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Steve McQueen Sets Paul Robeson Biopic As Next Feature HungerandShamegot directorSteve McQueensome pretty great buzz, but it wasn’t until12 Years a Slavethat he really broke through outside the indie/arthouse crowd. The slavery drama took home Best Picture at the 86th Oscars and marked McQueen as a big deal. Now he’s using the clout he gained from that film to get his next one moving. McQueen is set to follow up12 Years a Slavewith a biopic of performer and activistPaul Robeson....

Superhero Bits: Doomsday, Civil War, Mark Hamill Back On The Flash And More We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. How does the newDoomsdayinBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justicecompare to the comics? IsRobert Downey Jr.onIron Man’s side when it comes to theCivil Warconflict? What doesScarlett Johanssonhave to say aboutBlack Widowbacklash afterAvengers: Age of Ultron? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits. #DEADPOOL: Banner do filme do@deadpoolmoviena#CCXP2015!...

Tales From The Box Office: How Red Tails Ended Lucasfilm’s Pre-Disney Era With A Whimper (Welcome toTales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.) Lucasfilm will always be tied directly and most closely to “Star Wars,” one of the biggest, most beloved, and influential franchises in cinematic history. But let us not forget that the studio had other movies under its belt, including the “Indiana Jones” movies and “Willow....

The 12 Best Superhero Movies From Female Directors As the saying goes, not all superheroes wear capes. Not all of them have superpowers, either, unless those superpowers are being a billionaire (see Bruce Wayne aka. Batman), being a genius whose experiments went wrong (see Bruce Banner aka. the Hulk), or a mix of being a billionaire genius (see Tony Stark aka. Iron Man). Superhero movies have been around for a while, but they’ve never been more present than in the last decade....

The Batman Has The Best Superhero Score In Years Michael Giacchino! How did we get so lucky? The composer who built the themes for Pixar favorites like “Up” and modern sci-fi favorites like “Lost” and 2009’s “Star Trek” has lent his expansive talents to “The Batman,” and the world is better for it. I don’t know much about the hard work that goes into making music, but I know how it makes me feel....

The Daily Stream: Big Business Is A Switched-At-Birth Comedy That Lets Bette Midler And Lily Tomlin Shine (Welcome toThe Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie:Big Business Where You Can Stream It:Disney+ The Pitch:In 1948, the wealthy businessman Hunt Shelton and his pregnant wife are lost on a drive through West Virginia....

The Evolution Of Thor: From Serious Warrior To Silly Superhero WhenChris Hemsworth’s Thor made his hammer-smashing debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2011, his character was ripped directly from comic book pages, staying true to his origins and persona – a noble warrior whose sole reason for existing is to protect his home world of Asgard, his people, and the rest of the nine realms. In the greater timeline of the MCU, Thor appears in his own stand-alone trilogy (Thor,Thor: The Dark World,Thor: Ragnarok), two ensemble films (The Avengers,Avengers: Age of Ultron) andDoctor Strange....

The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers' Season 2 Will Skate Onto Disney+ After returning to the ice earlier this year,The Mighty Ducks: Game Changerswill keep the franchise revival alive with a second season officially being ordered by Disney+. Quack, quack, quack, QUACK QUACK! Deadlinehas word onThe Mighty Ducks: Game Changersseason 2 finally being ordered after the first season came to a close at the end of May. Fans have been waiting and hoping for the show to keep going, especially after the scrappy underdogs known as the Don’t Bothers defeated the powerhouse Mighty Ducks and stripped them of the franchise name that they no longer deserve....

The Morning Watch: ‘Hobbs & Shaw’ Scene Breakdown, The Russo Brothers Entire SDCC Panel & More The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, watch as directorDavid Leitchbreaks down one of the opening sequences fromFast and Furious Presents Hobbs & Shaw....

The Morning Watch: Stuntmen React To ‘Black Panther’, ‘Hamilton’ Cast Answers Twitter Questions & More The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, watch as stuntmen react to fight scenes inBlack PantherandCaptain America: Civil Warand reveal some of the moves that were practically done on set....

The Real-Life Chess Matches That Inspired A Famous Cowboy Bebop Episode Unlike theill-fated live-action series, the original “Cowboy Bebop” remains a favorite among anime fans. One of the most popular episodes of the series features the crew of interstellar bounty hunters searching for an elusive mastermind known simply as “Chessmaster Hex.” As his name would suggest, the guy really likes chess, and the entire episode, entitled “Bohemian Rhapsody,” is rife with chess metaphors and references....

This Week In Trailers: Bikini Girls On Ice, Mother Of Invention, What’s The Matter With Kansas, Eva Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

This Week In Trailers: Thunder Soul, One Hundred Mornings, The Scenesters, The Bloodfest Club, Subjectvive Expressions, Año Bisiesto (Leap Year) Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...