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How The 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie Created The Modern Superhero Comedy In 1990, music video director Steve Barron cracked the code on combining superheroics and laughs with New Line Cinema’s sleeper hit “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” which went on to become (and maintain as its status through the ’90s) the highest-grossing independent film of all-time, taking in $200 million worldwide on a $13 million-dollar budget. Based on the comic book by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird (itself a parody of Frank Miller’s “Daredevil” run), the IP had evolved into a popular cartoon show, a toy line, and even an addictive Nintendo video game before it was brought to the screen to enormous success....

How Unused ‘Star Wars: A New Hope’ Footage Ended Up In ‘Rogue One’ Rogue One: A Star Wars Storydid thatStar Warsthing over the weekend. You know, that thingStar Warshas always done: make a crap-ton of money. And while thereaction to the movieseems to have been generally positiveamongst fans and critics, one element of the film has already dredged up its fair share of controversy: the digital recreation of actors from the original trilogy....

Is Damon Lindelof Making A Star War? Damon Lindelof noted “Star Wars” megafan and Emmy-winning creator of hits shows “Lost,” “The Leftovers,” and “Watchmen,” is reportedly in development on a new movie in a galaxy far, far away. It’s been rumored forquite some timethat Lindelof was being considered for a new “Star Wars” movie, but according to the folks atThe Ankler, the time has come for Lindelof to reach that career milestone with Lucasfilm....

John Woo Brought Genuine Hong Kong Spectacle To ‘Mission: Impossible II’ (Welcome toTeam Leaders, a series where we explore how the directors of theMission: Impossiblemovies used this franchise as a canvas to explore their pet themes and show off their unique sensibilities. In this edition:John Woo’s graceful Hong Kong transplant,Mission: Impossible II.) 18 years after the May 2000 bow ofMission: Impossible II, it’s somewhat hard to swallow that the movie made $546 million worldwide, mostly because it’s garnered such an awful reputation (with many cinephiles considering it the unqualified nadir of the franchise)....

Jon Stewart Is Returning To TV With Apple TV+ Series ‘The Problem With Jon Stewart’ Jon Stewartis making his long-awaited return to TV this fall. After five years away fromThe Daily Showdesk, Stewart is returning to host a new current affairs series calledThe Problem with Jon Stewart, which will debut on Apple TV+ in fall 2021. In the first project from Jon Stewart’smulti-year dealwith Apple TV+, the award-winning host, writer, producer, and director will be returning to TV to find the problem with today’s current state of affairs in a series that Apple reveals is titledThe Problem with Jon Stewart....

Jonathan Nolan Wanted A Classic Rock Song In ‘The Dark Knight’ Trilogy Marketing But Christopher Nolan Refused With three films inThe Dark Knighttrilogy, there have been plenty of trailers and TV spots around the world advertisingChristopher Nolan’s acclaimed take on Batman. However, one marketing tactic that was never used to promote any of the films in the comic book trilogy was the use of modern music to drive those trailers and TV spots....

Kevin Feige’s ‘Star Wars’ Movie To Be Written By ‘Doctor Strange 2’ And ‘Loki’ Writer Michael Waldron Kevin Feige’s mysteriousStar Warsmovie has a screenwriter. Disney has reportedly tappedMichael Waldron, the writer ofDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessand head writer and creator of the upcoming Disney+ seriesLoki, to pen the yet-untitledStar Warsfeature film being developed by Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige. Deadline reports that Waldron has been hired to write the newStar Warsmovie being developed by Kevin Feige as part of the writer’s recent deal with Disney....

Kevin Smith Wants To Revive ‘Clerks: The Animated Series’ At A Streaming Service Kevin Smithis already going back to his rootswith a forthcoming sequelto the 1995 cult classicMallrats, and he’s cooking up a wholenew screenplay forClerks 3too. But that’s not the only dip back into the past of the View Askewniverse. The writer/director recently participated in an oral history ofClerks: The Animated Series, a short-lived network adaptation that aired on ABC for just six episodes before it got axed, and during the trip down memory lane, he said there have been talks about aClerksanimated series reboot....

Mr. Robot Season Finale Pushed Back Due To TV News Shootings TheMr. Robotseason one finale was supposed to air tonight, but USA Network has announced that they have decided to postpone the finale episode. The move was made due to the tragic shooting of two Virginia reporters during a live broadcast this morning — the episode apparently featured a very graphic on-camera shooting that might have been too similar to the this morning’s tragedy....

Natalie Portman Producing And Starring In Stoner Comedy Best Buds Natalie Portmanhas developed a pretty good ‘four for me, one for them’ approach to picking roles, withV for Vendetta,Mr. Magorium’s Wonder EmporiumandThorbeing her big studio films since escaping theStar Warsprequels, and many an indie or picture in between. Her production company Handsome Charlie Films has got movies likeHesherandPride and Prejudice and Zombiescoming down the pipe, confirming her dedicated indie approach to filmmaking....

NBC’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ Considering ‘Weekend Update’ Spinoff Saturday Night Live’sWeekend Updatecould be headed to weekdays. The show is reportedly considering a half-hour spinoff to debut on primetime sometime this fall. The Weekend Update desk has been manned byColin JostandMichael Chesince 2014, but details are sparse at this time and we don’t have any confirmation on which talents will be involved. The Weekend Update spinoff rumor comes fromPolitico, who reports NBC is in talks for a 30-minute primetime edition of the long-running segment....

Never Have I Ever Season 3 Gets A Premiere Date On Netflix Whether you’re Team Paxton or Team Ben, here’s some good news for all of you. Season 3 of “Never Have I Ever” has revealed its official release date, promising the return of Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) and her shenanigans during another school year (viaEntertainment Weekly). Created by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher, Netflix’s “Never Have I Ever” wasrecently renewedfor a fourth and final season, which is slated to premiere sometime in 2023....

New ‘Deadpool’ Photos: Negasonic Teenage Warhead Has A ‘New Mutants’ Uniform Last weekend, 20th Century Fox delivered quite the fun Christmas gift in the form of twoDeadpooltrailers, a green-band trailer and apreferred, raunchy red-band trailer. Plus, acouple new photos debuted yesterdayas well. But if that wasn’t enoughDeadpoolto tickle your fancy just the way the Merc with a Mouth likes, then this new batch of images from the movie might do the trick....