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Movie News Star Wars

Watch: John Williams Addresses Fans At Star Wars Comic-Con Concert

Following the Star Wars Comic-Con panel and behind-the-scenes footage, Disney held a surprise live Star Wars Concert for attendees.

Check out the video above featuring composer John Williams addressing the crowd noting he is hard at work at getting the music for Star Wars: The Force Awakens ready for December’s premiere.

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has a December 18, 2015 release directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and Abrams. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing, and John Williams returns as the composer.

Actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Max von Sydow, Lupita Nyong’o and Gwendoline Christie will join the original stars of the saga, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker in the new film.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer:

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Movie News

Pacific Rim 2 Starts Filming This Fall

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It’s learned Pacific Rim 2 starts filming this Fall.

Yahoo caught up with director Guillermo del Toro who let it be known shooting begins in November.

Plot details aren’t specific, but it’s said Pacific Rim 2 picks up a few years following the first one, with the report mentioning it will have a sharper focus on the monstrous kaiju.

Guillermo Del Toro confirmed a huge end scene for the movie, and that they are in the middle of designing the new robots and kaiju for the sequel.

“We have an epic battle at the end [that] we started designing a couple weeks ago,” Guillermo Del Toro said.

“It’s a few years after the first one,” Del Toro stated in a previous interview. “It’s not an immediate follow-up.  It is the world having been freed of Kaiju, what happens to the world after – what happens to the Jaeger technology once the Kaiju are not a threat.  It’s quite a jump.”

It’s also said it’s unknown whether Charlie Hunnam will be back as Jaeger pilot Raleigh Becket, but with filming to start soon, expect casting announcements to be made in the coming months.

Pacific Rim 2 has an August 4, 2017 release date.

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Movie News

Watch: First Ten Minutes Of Superman Lives Documentary & Final Nicolas Cage Costume Surfaces

An image of the final look of Nicholas Cage in his Superman Lives costumes has surfaced online, and ten minutes of the new documentary has been released exploring the film with The Death of ‘Superman Lives’: What Happened? which is now available on DVD, Blu-ray and VOD and can be found at booth #3915 at Comic-Con

Info:

The Death of “Superman Lives”: What Happened? is a Feature Length Documentary about the unmade movie “Superman Lives”. This film, out of all the various attempts to make a Superman movie between 1987 and 2006, would have stood the test of time and become a bonafide Cult Classic nowadays. I am not alone with my intense interest in knowing everything I can about this project, and so now I’m embarking on making a Documentary that will cover everything ever made for this film, from interviewing as many people as I can who were involved, to including actually recreating scenes from the script!!!

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Movie News

Batman: The Killing Joke Animated Movie Announced At Comic-Con

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Friday at Comic-Con saw the announcement made that Batman: The Killing Joke will become an animated movie.

Bruce Timm made the announcement at the “Justice League: Gods & Monsters” panel.

Batman: The Killing Joke will be coming out in 2016.

The graphic novel at Amazon is described as:

According to the grinning engine of madness and mayhem known as The Joker, that’s all that separates the sane from the psychotic. Freed once again from the confines of Arkham Asylum, he’s out to prove his deranged point. And he¿s going to use Gotham City’s top cop, Commissioner Jim Gordon, and his brilliant and beautiful daughter Barbara to do it.

Now Batman must race to stop his archnemesis before his reign of terror claims two of the Dark Knight’s closest friends. Can he finally put an end to the cycle of bloodlust and lunacy that links these two iconic foes before it leads to its fatal conclusion? And as the horrifying origin of the Clown Prince of Crime is finally revealed, will the thin line that separates Batman’s nobility and The Joker’s insanity snap once and for all? 

Update: DC also announced two more animated movies:

Batman: Bad Blood—An original Batman story that features the introduction of Batwoman to the new line of animated films.

Justice League vs. Titans—Another original story and the first of the DC Universe Original Movies to feature the Teen Titans. 

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TV Trailers

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 3 Trailer

The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 3: Magical Friendship surrenders DC Comics’ multitude of Super Heroes and Super-Villains to the demented whims of the award-winning Robot Chicken for a triumphant third time. This time around, Batman and Superman’s bromance takes a competitive turn and the fate of the universe somehow hangs in the balance! The all-star cast includes Seth Green, Matt Senreich, Breckin Meyer, Alfred Molina, Nathan Fillion, Weird Al Yankovic, Alex Borstein, Giovanni Ribisi, Jonathan Banks, Mae Whitman, Hugh Davidson, Dee Bradley Baker, Zeb Wells, Kevin Shinick, plus Adam West and Burt Ward.

The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special 3: Magical Friendship premieres this fall on Adult Swim.

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TV Trailers

Man in the High Castle Comic-Con Trailer

Watch the Comic-Con trailer above for Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle.

Synopsis:

Based on Philip K. Dick’s award-winning novel, and executive produced by Ridley Scott (Blade Runner), The Man in the High Castle explores what it would be like if the Allied Powers had lost WWII, and Japan and Germany ruled the United States. Starring Rufus Sewell (John Adams), Luke Kleintank (Pretty Little Liars) and Alexa Davalos (Mob City).

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TV Trailers

Watch: Ash Vs. Evil Dead Comic-Con Trailer

The Ash Vs. Evil Dead trailer has dropped at Comic-Con which features Bruce Campbell.

Ash Vs Evil Dead premiers on October 31st at 9pm ET on Starz and also stars Ray Santiago and Dana Delorenzo.

Synopsis:

Campbell will be reprising his role as Ash, the stock boy, aging lothario and chainsaw-handed monster hunter who has spent the last 30 years avoiding responsibility, maturity and the terrors of the Evil Dead. When a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind, Ash is finally forced to face his demons –personal and literal. Destiny, it turns out, has no plans to release the unlikely hero from its “Evil” grip. 

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Movie Trailers Star Wars

Watch: Star Wars: The Force Awakens Comic-Con BHS Footage

Watch The Star Wars: The Force Awakens Comic-Con behind-the-scenes reel above.

For a recap of events that went down, head on over here.

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has a December 18, 2015 release directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and Abrams. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing, and John Williams returns as the composer.

Actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Max von Sydow, Lupita Nyong’o and Gwendoline Christie will join the original stars of the saga, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker in the new film.

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Movie News Star Wars

Comic-Con Star Wars Panel Recap & Highlights

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Update: The Star Wars footage is now online here.

Update #2: Star Wars Concert with John Williams footage now online.

 

Disney just held their Star Wars panel at Comic-Con, which saw appearances by J.J. Abrams and LucasFilm president Kathleen Kennedy with Chris Hardwick serving as moderator.

Some of the topics included:

• Abrams mentioned they are using practical effects, with a creature from the movie appearing on stage that takes five people to control (see pic below). It’s Baba Joe that was featured in the Star Wars Omaze video.

Star Wars: Rogue One will start shooting in three weeks.

• Abrams didn’t reveal a new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer, but did show off a behind-the-scenes video which featured Simon Pegg on set in costume as Pegg will cameo for the film as some kind of alien; Princess Leia was also shown in her costume looking like a military comander; Stormtroopers were shown getting blown up on the lava planet; Daisy Ridley in the gunner’s seat of the Millennium Falcon.

• John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, and Oscar Isaac appeared on stage following the footage, and then later the Dark Side joins the cast with Adam Driver, Domnhall Gleeson and Gwendoline Christie.

• Domnhall Gleeson’s is playing General Hux General Hux who is in charge of the primary First Order base — named Starkiller Base (Starkiller a nod to Luke Skywalker’s original name). 

• Carrie Fisher enters the stage, with Mark Hamill shortly after. Peter Mayhew was also spotted sitting with the crowd. Hamill says:  “I’ve been a fan since I caught the black and white King Kong as a child. And I think the fans understand that I’m one of them. Without the fan’s we’re nothing.”  

Harrison Ford is introduced and says: “I hate to tell you guys I took a Star Wars trivia contest, and I flunked. I can’t remember what Han Solo was smuggling. Was it jewels? No, it was spices!” 

•  Ford also says: “I never thought it would come back to bless me instead of haunt me. I was very gratified when I read the script, because I read something that I thought was really remarkable. Well written, with some intriguing developments. So I was delighted to be involved.” 

• Twitter has new Star Wars emojis.

• The panel is just about over when it’s announced everybody is invited to live Star Wars Concert outside the venue. The hand out special Star Wars lanyards afterwards to guarantee entry. Star Wars: The Force Awakens Stormtroppers are there to lead the procession.

• New Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer will be released in the Fall.

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“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has a December 18, 2015 release directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and Abrams. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing, and John Williams returns as the composer.

Actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Max von Sydow, Lupita Nyong’o and Gwendoline Christie will join the original stars of the saga, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker in the new film.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer:

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TV News

Jay Garrick Confirmed For The Flash Season 2

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In addition to the new promo for DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow, it’s been confirmed that Jay Garrick will be featured in The Flash Season 2.

DC Comics chief creative officer Geoff Johns confirmed the news at the “DC Entertainment: From Page to Screen” panel at Comic-Con.

Jay Garrick’s helmet was featured in an episode of The Flash when the time vortex was open.

A rumor from about a month ago, which may have been a reference to Jay Garrick, also mentioned a new hero would be coming to The Flash described as: a season-long role of a classically handsome, square-jawed hero in his 30s to early 40s, a slightly cynical man “with an edge.”

Jay Garrick’s helmet is also on display on the Comic-Con floor as part of The Flash Season 2 display.

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Movie Trailers

Watch: Conan O’Brien Batman Vs. Superman Trailer

Check out a parody of the Batman Vs. Superman trailer Conan O’Brien released above.

It’s hoped the real deal gets dropped tomorrow at Comic-Con.

“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” has a March 25, 2016 release starring Ben Affleck as Batman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Laurence Fishburne as Perry White, Diane Lane as Martha Kent, Jeremy Irons as Alfred, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Ray Fisher as Cyborg with Callan Mulvey, Holly Hunter and Tao Okamoto in new character roles for the film. Justice League is to follow directed by Zack Snyder as well.

Synopsis:

Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.

Trailer:

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TV Trailers

Watch, Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow Comic-Con Trailer

The CW released a cool new “Hero Evolution” trailer for Comic-Con featuring Arrow, The Flash and Legends Of Tomorrow done with comic book-style panels.

The Flash Season 2 premiers October 6th.

Arrow Season 4 premiers October 7th,

DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow premiers in 2016.

 

Hero Evolution Trailer

Fan exclusive! The heroes and villains of DC Comics unite on The CW! Beginning this fall, watch Arrow, The Flash, and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.

Posted by DC’s Legends of Tomorrow on Friday, July 10, 2015

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TV News

Comic-Con: Arrow Season 4 Casts Neal McDonough As Damien Darhk

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Arrow has cast its Season 4 villain with Neal McDonough playing Damien Darhk.

Via DC:

As teased last season on Arrow, Oliver Queen and his team of allies will have a new adversary to deal with—Damien Darhk. Described as a mysterious and sophisticated villain, and an adversary of the late Ra’s Al Ghul, Damien Darhk is now the leader of his own clandestine group, suggesting that this cunning foe will prove to be one of the Arrow’s greatest challenges.

Neal McDonough is known for Band Of Brothers, Justified, Captain America, Minority Report and voiced Deadshot in the animated movie Batman: Assault on Arkham.

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Movie News

Batman Vs. Superman T-Shirt Day 2 For Comic-Con Revealed


Batman Vs. Superman Trailer
 

WB has released a second limited edition Batman Vs. Superman t-shirt for Comic-Con.

The shirts will be available for only a limited time and can be purchased through Junk Food.

“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” has a March 25, 2016 release starring Ben Affleck as Batman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Laurence Fishburne as Perry White, Diane Lane as Martha Kent, Jeremy Irons as Alfred, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Ray Fisher as Cyborg with Callan Mulvey, Holly Hunter and Tao Okamoto in new character roles for the film. Justice League is to follow directed by Zack Snyder as well.

Synopsis:

Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.

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TV Trailers

Watch: The 100 Comic-Con Trailer

The CW has debuted a Comic-Con trailer for The 100.

About The 100
Ninety-seven years ago, nuclear Armageddon decimated planet Earth, destroying civilization. The only survivors were the 400 inhabitants of 12 international space stations. Resources are running out on their dying ”Ark” – the 12 stations now linked. Draconian measures are the order of the day, including secretly exiling a group of 100 juvenile prisoners to the Earth’s surface to test whether it’s habitable. For the first time in nearly a century, humans have returned to planet Earth. The series stars Eliza Taylor (newcomer) as Clarke, Paige Turco (“Person of Interest,” “Damages”) as Abby, Thomas McDonell (“Suburgatory”) as Finn, Eli Goree (“Emily Owens, M.D.”) as Wells, Marie Avgeropoulos (“50/50“) as Octavia, Bob Morley (newcomer) as Bellamy, Kelly Hu (“X2: X-Men United,” “Arrow”) as Cece, Christopher Larkin (“Squad 85”) as Monty, Devon Bostick (“Aim High”) as Jasper, with Isaiah Washington (upcoming “Blue Caprice,” “Grey’s Anatomy”) as Chancellor Jaha, and Henry Ian Cusick (“Lost,” “Scandal”) as Kane.

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TV Trailers

Watch: Three Minority Report Teasers

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Fox has released three new teasers for their upcoming new series Minority Report, which premiers Monday, September 21st.

Minority Report follows the unlikely partnership between a man haunted by the future and a cop haunted by her past, as they race to stop the worst crimes of the year 2065 before they happen.

Synopsis:

Based on the international blockbuster film by executive producer Steven Spielberg and the first of his films to be adapted for television, MINORITY report follows the unlikely partnership between a man haunted by the future and a cop haunted by her past, as they race to stop the worst crimes of the year 2065 before they happen.

Set in Washington, D.C., it is 10 years after the demise of Precrime, a law enforcement agency tasked with identifying and eliminating criminals…before their crimes were committed. To carry out this brand of justice, the agency used three precogs – “precognitives” Dash, Arthur and Agatha – who were able to see the future. Now, in 2065, crime-solving is different, and justice leans more on sophisticated and trusted technology than on the instincts of the precogs.

Precog DASH (Stark Sands, “Inside Llewyn Davis”) – driven by his terrifying, but fragmented visions – now has returned in secret to help a brash, but shrewd, police detective, LARA vega (Meagan Good, “Think Like A Man” franchise, “Californication”), attempt to stop the murders that he predicts.

As they navigate this future America, they will search for Dash’s missing twin brother, ARTHUR, and elude others who will stop at nothing to exploit their precog abilities. Also complicating matters is Dash and Arthur’s ingenious, but reclusive, foster sister, AGATHA (Laura Regan, “Mad Men,” “Unbreakable”), who just wants Dash to return home.

A drama of crime and conspiracy, this is a timeless story of connection: two lost souls, Dash and vega, who find friendship, purpose and redemption in each other.

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TV Trailers

Watch: MTV’s Shannara Comic-Con Trailer

MTV has released a trailer for their new Shannara series for Comic-Con.

The series is based on the Terry Brooks novels of the same name and premiers on MTV January 2016.

Jon Favreau executive produces Shannara, which stars Arrow‘s Manu Bennett as the druid Allanon, Austin Butler as Wil Ohmsford, Poppy Drayton as Amberle Elessedil, Aaron Jakubenko as Ander Elessedil, John Rhys-Davies as Eventine Elessedil, Daniel MacPherson as Arion Elessedil, James Trevena-Brown as Crispin Edensong, Emilia Burns as Commander Tilton, James Remar as Cephelo, Marcus Vanco as Bandon and Ivana Baquero as Eretria.

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Movie News

Godzilla 2 Will Feature More Godzilla

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There is good news for fans of the King of the Monsters that may have been a bit disappointed with Godzilla‘s screentime in last year’s movie, and that is Godzilla will be featured more in the sequel.

Dread Central caught up with Legendary’s Barnaby Legg, creator of the Godzilla Encounter exhibit, who offered the following:

“Oh, don’t worry. We know. All I can say is stay tuned! You’re going to get exactly what you’re hoping for.”

Fans had issues with Godzilla in that, for one, Godzilla didn’t really show up until about an hour into the movie, and there is also the fact that all of Godzilla’s screentime made up about 8-11 minutes worth of footage.

The Godzilla sequel has a June 8, 2018 with Gareth Edwards set to return to direct and a script by Max Borenstein.

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TV Trailers

Watch: Bryan Cranston’s SuperMansion Trailer

Watch the first trailer for Bryan Cranston’s SupermanMansion above that debuted at Comic-Con.

Info:

This fall, from the studio that brought you Robot Chicken, comes a new animated Crackle Original Series. Producer and star Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad) voices Titanium Rex, leader of a hapless band of superheroes-turned-mansion-roomies. Stars Seth Green (Robot Chicken, Austin Powers), Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele (Key & Peele), Jillian Bell (22 Jump Street), Chris Pine (Star Trek), Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Famke Janssen (X-Men), Donald Faison (Scrubs), Breckin Meyer (Road Trip), Anton Yelchin (Terminator Salvation) and Nick Kroll (Adult Beginners).

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Movie News

Batman Vs. Superman Cast To Hold Surprise Comic-Con Autograph Session

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It’s being reported that the cast of Batman Vs. Superman will take to the Comic-Con floor for a surprise autograph session.

Deadline reports Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill will be at the DC Entertainment Booth possibly Friday night or on Saturday following their Hall H appearance.

It’s unknown if Gal Gadot or any other members of the cast will participate as well.

The Batman Vs. Superman costumes are on display at the SDCC floor, and earlier saw Ben Affleck named as directing, starring and co-writing a new standalone Batman film.

“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” has a March 25, 2016 release starring Ben Affleck as Batman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Laurence Fishburne as Perry White, Diane Lane as Martha Kent, Jeremy Irons as Alfred, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Ray Fisher as Cyborg with Callan Mulvey, Holly Hunter and Tao Okamoto in new character roles for the film. Justice League is to follow directed by Zack Snyder as well.

Synopsis:

Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.

Batman Vs. Superman Trailer:

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TV Trailers

Watch: Damien Comic-Con Trailer

Watch the trailer above for the new A&E series Damien for Comic-Con.

Damien is an hour-long drama consisting of ten episodes premiering in 2016 from The Walking Dead‘s Glenn Mazzara.

A&E also took an interesting approach to promoting the series at Comic-Con as every year street preachers flock to the SDCC, so A&E went a similar but opposite route espousing the virtue of Damien.

Check out the pics:

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Info:

The series stars Bradley James as Damien Thorn (“Merlin,” “Homeland”), along with Oscar nominee Barbara Hershey (“Once Upon a Time”), Omid Abtahi (“Better Call Saul”) and Meganlyn Echikunwoke (“House of Lies”).

“Damien” follows the adult life of Damien Thorn, the mysterious child from the 1976 motion picture who has grown up seemingly unaware of the satanic forces around him. Haunted by his past, Damien must now come to terms with his true destiny — that he is the Antichrist. Barbara Hershey stars as Ann Rutledge, the world’s most powerful woman who has been tasked with making sure Damien fulfills his destiny. Omid Abtahi portrays Amani Golkar, a close colleague of Damien’s whose fierce loyalty will be tested when he realizes who his brother-in-arms actually is. Meganlyn Echikunwoke plays Simone Baptiste, a woman whose life is thrown into turmoil when tragedy unexpectedly strikes.

“Damien” is produced by Fox 21 Television Studios (“Homeland,” “Sons of Anarchy”) for A&E Network. Glen Mazzara (“The Walking Dead,” “The Shield”) serves as writer and executive producer via his 44 Strong Productions. Ross Fineman (“Lights Out”), who developed the project alongside Mazzara, executive produces through his company, Fineman Entertainment. Pancho Mansfield (“Queen of theSouth”) also serves as executive producer. Golden Globe® and BAFTA Award nominated director Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth) directed and executive produces the first episode.

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Movie News

Comic-Con: Ron Perlman Says He Wants Hellboy 3

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Ron Perlman has been teasing fans on social networks with mention of Hellboy 3.

Now while attending the Comic-Con panel for the Amazon series Hand Of God, Perlman lets it be known he definitely wants to complete the Trilogy.

“If there’s a real honesty to fan-culture relationships, we owe the world the finale of Hellboy,” Perlman told the audience, reports Deadline. “We set up the whole film. It’s a deal we made (with fans). I don’t want to do Hellboy IV or V. I want to finish the f-cking trilogy!”

Perlman also acknolwedged his first tweet wasn’t a confirmation of Hellboy 3 as he had to “call studio executives to apologize,” but Perlman did note there’s been some talk with the Hellboy‘s director Guillermo del Toro, but nothing concrete.

Perlman offered the direction he thought Hellboy 3 should go with his character becoming the beast of the Apocalypse so that he can vanquish the foe in the third film — in order to defend humanity, Hellboy has to become a darker character.

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Marvel Movie News

Watch: Nicole Perlman Talks Guardians of the Galaxy & Captain Marvel

Check out video above of Nicole Perlman talking Captain Marvel and Guardians of the Galaxy.

Perlman is on board writing the Captain Marvel movie in which she says it’s currently in the brainstorming stage.

Regarding Guardians of the Galaxy, Perlman recounts how she got involved with writing the first version of the script. Perlman was a part of a Marvel writing program back in 2009 in which Marvel told the writers to develop lesser known properties.

A new Gamora comic book series is also in the works from Perlman which is set prior to Gamora joining the Guardians of the Galaxy team.

Here are some highlights:

They gave us a list of lesser known properties and said ‘choose one of these and you will be developing it for a couple of years by yourself.’ So we said ‘okay’ and everybody chose one. The one I chose was Guardians, which I got a lot of funny looks about because it was the least well known property on the list. 

I was originally drawn to the first group of Guardians. I thought there’s something really cool about Vance Astro and the whole idea about being temporally dislocated, but I loved the 2008 Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning reboot of the series. It just had so much color and sarcasm, and that was something that the producers were excited about as well.

I tried a lot of different versions of which Guardians to include in the story, but the ones that ended up in the movie are the ones that we decided fulfilled all the best parts of that team. We’re encapsulated by those guys.

Rocket Raccoon was a late addition. I’m really glad we put him in. He was very much on the fence for a while. I loved him, and Kevin loved him. There was some back and forth, and he made it in. Thank goodness.

With Quill we changed his backstory fairly significantly because we didn’t want him to start out too noble at the beginning and be doing this for noble reasons. We wanted him to be a bit of a scoundrel. 

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Movie News

Batman Vs. Superman T-Shirt Revealed For Comic-Con

DC has unveiled a limted edition exclusive Batman Vs. Superman t-shirt for Comic-Con.

The t-shirt is available starting today from Junk Food priced at $36 and will be available through July 17th. 

“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” has a March 25, 2016 release starring Ben Affleck as Batman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Laurence Fishburne as Perry White, Diane Lane as Martha Kent, Jeremy Irons as Alfred, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Ray Fisher as Cyborg with Callan Mulvey, Holly Hunter and Tao Okamoto in new character roles for the film. Justice League is to follow directed by Zack Snyder as well.

Synopsis:

Fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.

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Movie Trailers

Watch: Suicide Squad Trailer Parody

While we wait for the Suicide Squad trailer to potentially drop at Comic-Con, The Nerdist has gone out and put one together in the form of a parody.

Check it out above.

Suicide Squad” has an August 5, 2016 release date directed by David Ayer starring Will Smith as Deadshot, Jared Leto as the Joker, Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn, Cara Delevingne as Enchantress, Jai Courtney as Boomerang, Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag, Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, Adam Beach as Slipknot, Karen Fukuhara as Katana, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje as Killer Croc, Jay Hernandez as El Diablo, and Scott Eastwood in an unknown role.

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Movie News

Halle Berry Wants A Storm Movie & Watch Extant Comic-Con Trailer

Watch the Comic-Con trailer for Extant above, which stars Halle Berry.

Berry also fielded a question in regards to doing a Storm movie, in which she told Comic-Con attendees she would be all up for it.

“Absolutely,” Berry replied when asked about a potential Storm movie. “Fans have to tell Fox that that’s what they want to have happen!”

Halle Berry played Storm three times in the X-Men movies, and with there already being standalone movies for Wolverine, Deadpool and Gambit, it’s possible something could be done down the road with Storm; however, whether Halle Berry is still involved remains to be seen as Bryan Singer recently hinted at an X-Men reboot.

The Extant airs on CBS.

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TV News

SyFy Launches App For The Expanse

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Syfy has announced the launch of a virtual reality app for The Expanse, the network’s highly-anticipated drama series from Alcon TV premiering in December 2015. Utilizing Google Cardboard, the app immerses viewers into the vast world of The Expanse, giving them the opportunity to enter into settings from the show and experience them in virtual reality.

“The Expanse VR” app – available for iOS and Android devices – takes users on a 360-degree tour of the spaceship Canterbury (the massive ice freighter introduced in the first episode of The Expanse). Additional virtual reality content will be added to the app in the months leading up to the series’ premiere in December.

To kick things off, Syfy is offering 13,000 free Cardboard viewers to attendees at San Diego Comic-Con, available at The Expanse Café (Mary Jane’s Café in the Hard Rock Hotel, 207 5th Ave). All weekend, fans can stop by the café to learn more about the series, demo and download the app and assemble their own Google Cardboard. In addition to experiencing The Expanse in virtual reality, Comic-Con attendees can also attend a screening of the series’ first episode and a Q&A with the cast and producers (Saturday, July 11 at 4PM, Indigo Ballroom, Bayfront Hilton).

Conceived from a partnership between Syfy and NBCUniversal Media Labs, the app was developed by IM360 in collaboration with artists at Digital Domain. The team worked in close conjunction with the visual effects department on The Expanse, maintaining the experience’s authenticity by working off of materials used to build the Canterbury on the show.

“At Syfy, we’re constantly looking for innovative ways to let fans experience and interact with our content, so virtual reality has been on our radar for a while,” said Matthew Chiavelli, SVP, Syfy Digital. “The Expanse, with its incredibly detailed, vast world, offers many environments for us to mine and bring to life, and made for the perfect project to launch in this space. We are thrilled to be the first series to utilize Google Cardboard in this way, and have been lucky to work with top-notch teams from IM360 and Digital Domain, as well as at NBCUniversal Media Labs, to premiere this first-to-market activation.”

“It was exciting to work with Syfy on this groundbreaking new way to engage with viewers,” said Hanzhi Tang, VFX Supervisor, Digital Domain. “This is such a highly anticipated new show and our team hopes it helps put fans right in the action with our new, cutting edge, immersive technology.”

“It’s exciting to see this first of its kind Google Cardboard and NBCUniversal proof of concept come to life for Syfy’s The Expanse,” said Sanjay Macwan, SVP & CTO, NBCUniversal Media Labs. “Our Media Labs team leverages projects like this custom VR app to build ‘real life’ pilots that demonstrate innovation across NBCUniversal’s content portfolio. Based on its success, we’ll then be able to re-skin and scale the concept across our diverse set of businesses.”

Premiering on Syfy this December, The Expanse is a 10-episode space drama set 200 years in the future, after mankind has colonized the solar system. A hardened detective (Thomas Jane) and a rogue ship’s captain (Steven Strait) come together for what starts as the case of a missing young woman and evolves into a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history. The series is based on the popular New York Times bestselling book series collectively known as The Expanse, written by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck (under the pen name James S. A. Corey).

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