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Which ‘Jurassic Park’ Character Returns For ‘Jurassic World’? By Angie Han/March 18, 2014 9:07 am EST Speculation on which Jurassic Park characters might reprise their roles for Jurassic World has been swirling pretty much since the moment Jurassic World was announced. So far, though, none of the actors have confirmed their return. But now Colin Trevorrow is doing it for them. Or for one specific person, to be more precise. Hit the jump to find out which original Jurassic Park character will make it back for the sequel — and why you shouldn’t expect to see the others return with them....

‘24: Live Another Day’ Images Have Jack Bauer Back In Action By Angie Han/March 7, 2014 5:30 am EST The new 24: Live Another Day images feature returning characters Jack (Kiefer Sutherland) and Chloe (Mary Lynn Rajskub), along with lots of fresh faces played by Yvonne Strahovski, Benjamin Bratt, Tate Donovan, and more. See them all after the jump. The 12-episode limited series picks up four years after the events of the series finale....

‘American Ultra’ Will Reunite Jesse Eisenberg And Kristen Stewart By Russ Fischer/Nov. 4, 2013 2:15 pm EST Briefly: An argument threatened to tear friendships asunder earlier this year, as audiences were divided over the merits of new summer-set coming of age movie The Way Way Back in relation to the effectiveness of Greg Mottola’s similar movie Adventureland. Clearly, Mottola’s movie has landed in the public consciousness. Which means this new project from two participants might have an advantage from day one....

‘Back To The Future’ Power Laces Coming In 2015 Says Nike Designer By Angie Han/Feb. 17, 2014 9:45 am EST Still, there’s at least one detail that’s sure to come true if Tinker Hatfield has anything to do with it. The Nike designer has revealed that power laces are indeed coming in 2015, just as Back to the Future Part II said they would. More on the announcement after the jump....

‘Sausage Party’ Voice Cast Includes Seth Rogen, James Franco, Kirsten Wiig And Jonah Hill By Germain Lussier/Jan. 29, 2014 7:00 am EST Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg filled their directorial debut, This Is The End, with a plethora of famous faces. For their first dip into feature animation, they’re doing something similar. Rogen and Goldberg are producing the R-rated animated film Sausage Party, aimed at a 2015 release, and have tapped James Franco, Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, David Krumholtz, Kirsten Wiig, Edward Norton, Nick Kroll and Rogen himself to provide voices....

‘Star Wars Episode VII’ Takes Place 30 Years After ‘Return Of The Jedi’ By Russ Fischer/March 18, 2014 10:48 am EST Here’s some actual Star Wars news! (Even if it is minor.) Most of what we know about Star Wars Episode VII can be confined to a paragraph, and we know next to nothing about the new story. But today in a shareholders conference call Disney head Bob Iger said that Episode VII will take place thirty years after Return of the Jedi....

‘The Killing’ Recap Video: Catch Up On Seasons 1-3 Before Season 4 By Angie Han/June 23, 2014 1:15 pm EST [Twitter] Then, following Season 3, AMC killed The Killing again — only for Netflix to decide a couple of months later that it wanted to bring back the show. Season 4, which hits the streaming service August 1, is billed as the final season of the show, but who even knows at this point....

‘The Legend Of Hercules’ Trailer: Kellan Lutz Faces His Destiny By Angie Han/Dec. 13, 2013 11:00 am EST It remains to be seen which of the two Hercules movies due out next year will emerge victorious from the blood-stained arena that is the global box office. But in the race to put out a whole bunch of trailers, The Legend of Hercules is beating Brett Ratner and Dwayne Johnson’s Hercules by a very comfortable margin....

All Of The References In Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Simpsons’ Opening Revealed [Video] By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 4, 2013 4:00 pm EST Yesterday when I posted the Guillermo Del Toro directed opening of The Simpsons’ 24th annual Treehouse Of Horror halloween anthology series, I jokingly asked readers to try to spot all the movie, horror, sci-fi references and list them in the comments. Of course, no one took the time to try to do that....

Charlie Hunnam Is King Arthur In Upcoming Guy Ritchie Film By Germain Lussier/Aug. 27, 2014 6:19 pm EST Guy Ritchie is getting ready to start a new franchise and he’s just picked the main player. Charlie Hunnam, he of Pacific Rim and Sons of Anarchy fame, will play King Arthur in the Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur, currently scheduled for release July 22, 2016. He’ll likely be joined by the previously announced Idris Elba, playing a mentor role....

Chiwetel Ejiofor Starring In ‘The Secret In Their Eyes’ Remake By Russ Fischer/May 14, 2014 5:00 am EST Years ago Billy Ray (Shattered Glass) was hired to direct an English-language remake of The Secret in Their Eyes. The original Argentinian version, by director Juan José Campanella, was a huge success, and won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Picture in 2010. A US remake seemed all but inevitable, but it has taken a long time to move forward....

Composer Carter Burwell Departs ‘Thor: The Dark World’ By Germain Lussier/May 28, 2013 5:00 pm EST Briefly: As rumored in Monday’s edition of Superhero Bits, composer Carter Burwell has officially left the next Marvel movie, Thor: The Dark World. Scheduled for release November 8 from director Alan Taylor, insiders say it was an amicable creative split and that a replacement should be hired soon. Burwell would have been succeeding Patrick Doyle, who wrote the score for the franchise’s first film....

First Look: ‘V/H/S 3’ Gets New Title, Directors, Plot, Image By Angie Han/May 1, 2014 5:59 pm EST Gather ‘round the screen, kids, it’s time for another V/H/S. The first details have been revealed about the third V/H/S movie, now titled V/H/S Viral. That includes the names of the new directors, writers, stars, and producers, new plot info, and a sexy-scary first-look image. Hit the jump to get all the latest info on the horror sequel....

Frank Miller And Zack Snyder Will Have A Chat About ‘Batman Vs. Superman’ By Angie Han/Aug. 1, 2013 1:32 pm EST At last month’s San Diego Comic-Con, Warner Bros. announced their plans for a Batman vs. Superman film by reading a passage from Frank Miller’s comic book classic The Dark Knight Returns. Judging by the deafening roar and frantic tweeting that followed, the news was a welcome shock for fans the world over....

Henry Selick Directing Live-Action Film ‘A Tale Dark And Grimm’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 16, 2013 2:45 pm EST While best known as a director of stop-motion animation (James and the Giant Peach, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline) Henry Selick has also dabbled in live-action. There are the live-action scenes in James and the Giant Peach, for example, and his follow-up feature, Monkeybone. Now Kamala Pictures and FilmNation have set Selick to direct the live-action adaptation of Adam Gidwitz’s book A Tale Dark and Grimm, which follows two fairy-tale children as they flee their own story only to end up in others....

Here’s How The Hulk Could Fit Into Phase 2, ‘The Avengers 2’ And ‘The Avengers 3’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 4, 2013 6:00 am EST Few would argue that a major highlight of Marvel’s billion-dollar hit The Avengers was Mark Ruffalo’s turn as the Hulk. The character popped off the screen with incredible action and provided some of the best moments of the film. But at the end of the movie, he drives away with Tony Stark and, if we’re to believe the release slate, he won’t return for some time....

Idris Elba In Talks For Guy Ritchie King Arthur Film ‘Knights Of The Roundtable: King Arthur’ By Germain Lussier/July 21, 2014 1:00 pm EST Director Guy Ritchie has begun casting his 3D King Arthur film, which is slotted for 2016 and now has a name. The previously untitled film is called Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur and Idris Elba is in talks for a supporting role. Read the details on the Guy Ritchie King Arthur film here....

Michael Fassbender Says ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Aims To Respect The Games By Russ Fischer/Aug. 11, 2014 11:30 am EST Assassin’s Creed, for example, will star Michael Fassbender. The actor is also producing, and working with director Justin Kurzel, who directed Fassbender in Macbeth. It’s been a while since we had any good report of progress on the film but Fassbender now says it is still moving forward, and that they have an intense desire to “respect the game....

More Exclusive Comic-Con Art: Nerds Vs. Aliens, Olly Moss, Kevin Tong, Gallery 1988, Scott C, Acme Archives By Germain Lussier/July 17, 2013 1:00 pm EST For the past few days, we’ve been drawing (pun intended) your attention to ton awesome exclusive art that’ll be available at San Diego Comic-Con. We’re shown you Mondo, Marvel, some movies, and if you read Page 2 or Superhero Bits, there have been several peppered in there too....

See Lucasfilm’s Concept Art Of Young Han Solo By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 6, 2013 12:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Yesterday Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed that Disney and Lucasfilm were also developing stand-alone character-centric spin-off Star Wars films in addition to the previously announced third trilogy of the Skywalker saga (Episodes VII-IV). Earlier today it was revealed that one of the spin-off standalone movies would follow a young Han Solo, set between Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Episode IV: A New Hope....