Fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe better prepare themselves for some major losses to the Avengers roster in the coming years. By the time the two-part Avengers: Infinity War finally comes around, the contracts for many of the Marvel Studios mainstays will be at or near their end, and though the exact length of Kevin Feige's tenure as president is still unknown (there are all sorts of rumors that he'd love to jump over to the Star Wars side of Disney), one thing is for sure: Disney and Marvel are going to continue to make movies long after Infinity War, because there will be audiences who are still hungry for these stories.

At the Wizard World New Orleans comic convention, Joe Russo — one of the directors of Captain America: Civil War and both Infinity War movies — hinted to fans (via ComicBook) that they should expect big changes moving forward:

"Everything is finite, right? Nothing can last forever. It's cyclical. Some New Avengers in phase 4 are going to become prominent and then maybe some Avengers might not be around anymore. So, we'll see how all this plays out but you have to treat every character with respect. I think it's interesting that if you've seen four or five movies with the lead character having an arc, I want to see some story telling from some of the secondary characters. We're focusing on that right now with Infinity War while we're breaking into those movies, is which characters can we pull to the forefront who potentially haven't had their own 'A' story arc to this point. I think you'll see that the supporting Avengers are going to become primary Avengers."

That sounds an awful lot like some of the characters we know and love are going to die. Frankly, I hope it happens sooner rather than later: I really like the cast that's in place now, but I hope we see two or three major character deaths in Civil War because trying to sustain that level of storytelling across multiple movies with an ever-growing roster of characters seems borderline impossible. I'll welcome the death of a few of these players if it means the surviving characters have more room to breathe in these movies. And who knows — if the Russo Brothers' recent comments are any indication, we just might start to see that happen in Civil War as we barrel toward the Avengers' inevitable clash with Thanos.

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DC Comics' old west anti-hero bounty hunter Jonah Hex is set to appear on DC's new CW series Legends of Tomorrow. The new series deals with time travel, so they can do something like this! In an interview with EW, executive producer Marc Guggenheim said:

“Ever since we decided that Legends would involve time travel, we were eager to do a story set in the Old West. But if you’re going to do a story set in the DC Universe version of the Old West, you simply must include Jonah Hex in it. We’re thrilled about bringing another well known, beloved DC character to television.”

The character was previously adapted for the big screen and was played by Josh Brolin. The movie sucked, but I did like Brolin in the role. Don't expect him to reprise his role, though. Both Adam Baldwin and Thomas Jane provided the voice of the character in separate animated projects, but it seems unlikely they'd show up on this show, either.

There's no information on who will portray the character for the CW series, but I hope they cast someone that reeks of gritty badassery. Jonah Hex will first appear in episode 11, and there's a possibility that he will be a recurring character.

With Michael Bay's 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi set to hit theaters this weekend, ScreenJunkies figured now is as good a time as any to look back on his 2001 drama Pearl Harbor and give it the Honest Trailer treatment. And in an absolute first for something associated with Honest Trailers, they actually do something classy at the end by pointing out some real life World War II heroes and paying tribute to them. Yeah, I never thought that the word "classy" would ever come up when I was writing about one of these videos, either, but it looks like they surprised everyone today.

It's no surprise that one of Game of Thrones' cast members would try to get people interested in watching the next season of the massively successful HBO fantasy series, but this latest claim from Emilia Clarke might be one of the biggest I've ever heard an actor make about a particular show.

Here's what she said in a brief interview with E! News after the Golden Globes:

"I really can't say much apart from you'll see the biggest moments on television that have ever existed."

That's quite a high bar to set. I didn't love the previous season overall, though it did have some undeniably amazing episodes ("Hardhome," anyone?), so let's hope that next season lives up to the Khaleesi's promise. The fact that the showrunners are going beyond the storyline as established in George R.R. Martin's novels in season six makes me nervous, since the instances where they've gone "off-book" in the show's history have proven to be pretty divisive.

Game of Thrones returns (with or without Jon Snow) on April 24th.

When Marvel Studios announced that it was making room in Phase 3 for Ant-Man and The Wasp, I thought fans of Evangeline Lilly's character in Ant-Man would be happy (especially considering that film's post-credits scene), but another thought struck me: what about Black Widow? Kevin Feige and company have announced a Captain Marvel movie for 2019, but what about a solo film for Scarlett Johansson that fans have actually spent years clamoring for already? Johansson's star power is at an all-time high, the desire is there, a completed draft of a script is reportedly sitting in a vault somewhere in Marvel's offices...it sort of seems like a no-brainer, right?

I'm obviously not the only one who thinks that, but now we can add Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War directors Anthony and Joe Russo to that list. In the same international press tour that yielded discussion about General Thunderbolt Ross and the Red Hulk that we wrote about this morning, the directors were asked if they'd be interested in a Black Widow solo movie if that's something Marvel ever decides to get off its ass and put into development:

“Oh yeah, we love that character,” Joe says. Anthony notes, “And we love Scarlett.” Joe elaborates:

"We find that the character is one of the richest, if not the richest, character in the Marvel universe. She’s a very complex character. She’s haunted by demons and her understanding of the world is fascinating. I think there is a lot that can be done with that character."

Considering how well another Disney property with a female lead, The Force Awakens, is currently doing at the box office, the ball is in Feige's court to finally make this happen for the fans who have been wanting it for years. (Relevant discussion starts at 6:30 in the video below.)

Star Wars: Episode IX director Colin Trevorrow has been reading all of our fan theories regarding where the new Star Wars trilogy is headed, and he's preparing to answer all of our questions. In a recent interview with ET, Trevorrow explained that he is going to give us something "deeply and profoundly satisfying" and how he wants to honor the story and characters. He said:

"By the time we get to Episode IX, I look at that movie as one movie, as three movies, as six movies, and as nine movies. It’s something that needs to honor a story that has been told over a period of 40 years… Star Wars is a belief system, it’s not just a story and it’s not just a movie, and it’s something I take very seriously."

He went on to talk about Daisy Ridley's character, Rey, and how he believes that fans won’t be disappointed.

"We’re going to make sure that that answer is deeply and profoundly satisfying. Rey is a character that is important in this universe, not just in the context ofThe Force Awakens, but in the entire galaxy. She deserves it. We’ll make sure that that answer is something that feels like it was something that happened a long time ago, far away, and we’re just telling you what happened."

When he talks about her importance to the entire galaxy, it makes me believe that her importance to the story goes way beyond being Luke Skywalker's daughter. It also makes me believe that her character will carry on beyond this trilogy and will carry over into a new one that will continue the epic saga that started with A New Hope. The director continued:

“What's interesting is I'm not creating a host of new characters. I have a lot of characters that people really love that we're going to make sure are all honored. No one's going to be left behind.”

He doesn't mention any other characters that he'll be including, but I'm sure he's talking about Luke, Leia, Chewie, and more. He does say that he's excited to take these characters to new places. Trevorrow explains:

"They are icons, but they're also people that have suffered tremendous loss and challenge over the course of all these films. [Episode IX] is something that needs to honor a story that's been told over a period of 40 years. I don't want to ignore any of it, and I respect all of it. It's something I think the fan base is going to embrace."

I have faith that Trevorrow will give fans a conclusion to the trilogy that will leave us in awe. At least, that's what I'm hoping for!

Now I have even more reason to be excited for season two of Agent Carter. Why? Because the series will tie into the world of Doctor Strange! This season will play with the mystical and supernatural realm of the Marvel universe.

The series will include the Darkforce, which is an extra-dimensional negative energy. In the comics, many characters that get their powers from the Darkforce. It's one of the reasons why Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) heads to Los Angeles. She will be investigating this power. In the series, it'll be referred to as Isodyne.

Showrunner Michele Fazekas went into some detail about it during an interview with CBR:

"Basically, Isodyne is a company that we invented based in part on real life companies like Radiodyne or General Atomic or the beginnings of the Jet Propulsion Lab -- all of which were in L.A. in the '40s, and were developing the space program and were developing nukes. That's what Isodyne is, and what you'll learn is they were involved in the nuclear testing out in the desert when they were testing the, at the time they were calling it the atom bomb -- and one of these tests didn't go as expected. You'll learn more about that in Season 2, but they stumble upon what people in the Marvel Universe will know as Darkforce, but because they've never seen it before they just name it Zero Matter. That's our tie-in to the 'Doctor Strange' universe, and also to 'S.H.I.E.L.D.' because you've seen it in 'S.H.I.E.L.D.' as well."

The Darkforce also played a part in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. In the first season, the villain Blackout was powered by it. That doesn't mean it will work the same way in Agent Carter, though. Fazekas  said:

"The cool thing about what we learned as we researched Darkforce over the course of Marvel comic book history is, it affects people in different ways. It's created a bunch of superheroes, it's created a bunch of villains, and it has all these different properties. It could be a liquid, it could be a gas, it could be a solid, it could give you powers, it could kill you. It has a lot of different applications, which was cool for us. We were able to select what we liked and sort of make our own rules as to what it does, how it operates, and who it affects in our world."

I'm excited to see how exactly the Darkforce is used in Agent Carter. The Darkforce is behind the creation of some of Doctor Strange's villains. I'm sure more info will be revealed when Agent Carter returns on Tuesday, January 19th on ABC.

We haven’t seen a Chronicles of Narnia film since The Voyage of the Dawn Treader in 2010. After that, I pretty much gave up on the franchise and thought it was dead, which is sad because I absolutely love these stories. Turns out that the franchise is still moving forward and the producer of the film, Mark Gordon, will reboot the franchise with The Silver Chair. During an interview with Collider, Gordon revealed:

“We’re hoping to be able to make the movie very shortly. We’re very excited about it.”

David Magee (Life of Pi, Finding Neverland) has been working on a screenplay that will be based on the fourth book of the series. But the producer goes on to explain that this will not be a sequel. This will serve as a Narnia film franchise reboot. When asked if any of the original cast members would return, he said:

“No, it’s all going to be a brand new franchise. All original. All original characters, different directors, and an entire new team that this is coming from.”

The Silver Chair is set a decade into Narnia’s future, and it’s more of a standalone story, so rebooting the series with this book makes sense. Just in case you're not familiar, here’s the official description of the story:

NARNIA...where owls are wise, where some of the giants like to snack on humans, where a prince is put under an evil spell...and where the adventure begins.

Eustace and Jill escape from the bullies at school through a strange door in the wall, which, for once, is unlocked. It leads to the open moor...or does it? Once again Aslan has a task for the children, and Narnia needs them. Through dangers untold and caverns deep and dark, they pursue the quest that brings them face and face with the evil Witch. She must be defeated if Prince Rillian is to be saved.

As a long time fan of C.S. Lewis’ Narnia novels, I wish that the film adaptations had been handled a lot better. These films should have been classics like The Lord of the Rings, but unfortunately, they are pretty forgettable. Hopefully, this reboot with The Silver Chair will actually give fans something to gush over and be excited about. The fact that Gordon is still the guy spearheading things doesn't give me much hope, though.

One of the most intriguing and mysterious characters in Guardians of the Galaxy was Taneleer Tivan, a.k.a. The Collector, who was played by Benicio Del Toro. He's one of those characters that I was really hoping we would get to learn more about in the sequel, but it looks like that might not be happening. 

James Gunn and Marvel are deep in the casting stages for Vol. 2, but Del Toro has yet to hear anything about coming back to be a part of the sequel. Comingsoon.net had a chance to briefly meet with the actor, and they asked him if he was going to return for the sequel. This was his reply:

“I don’t think so. They would have told me, I hope… I do hope to play that character again at some point.”

So that’s kind of a bummer. It doesn’t mean we won’t see his character in the MCU again, though. There’s always a chance he could pop up sometime down the road. Hell, the guy is holding onto one of the Infinity stones! He was given the Aether, which is the Reality Stone, at the end of Thor: The Dark World. Maybe he’ll show up in Thor: Ragnarok! 

As of right now, the cast of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 includes Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel Bradley Cooper, Karen Gillan, and Pom Klementieff. Kurt Russell is also said to be in talks to play Star Lord’s dad. 

This doesn’t mean that Del Toro won’t be having fun making big sci-fi movies! He’s currently a part of Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: Episode VIII. Who knows, maybe he’ll get a call at the last minute to be in the movie. 

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is set to be released on May 5th, 2017. 

Jodie Foster is back in the director's chair to helm George Clooney and Julia Roberts in a new film called Money Monster. The story centers on a popular financial show host named Lee Gates, who ends up being taken hostage by an angry investor who feels like Gates screwed him after he loses on his money on a stock recommended by Gates. The movie looks great and the story unfolds in real time, which I think is refreshing for a film to do these days. Here's the synopsis:

In the taut and tense thriller Money Monster, Lee Gates (George Clooney) is a bombastic TV personality whose popular financial network show has made him the money wiz of Wall Street. But after he hawks a high tech stock that mysteriously crashes, an irate investor (Jack O’Connell) takes Gates, his crew, and his ace producer Patty Fenn (Julia Roberts) hostage live on air. Unfolding in real time, Gates and Fenn must find a way to keep themselves alive while simultaneously uncovering the truth behind a tangle of big money lies.

In an interview with EW, Foster said:

“The film is not a polemic. It’s really about the brotherhood that forms between these two men who thought they were on opposite sides, who hated each other, until they realize they’re both fighting for the same thing.” Also starring Dominic West, Giancarlo Esposito, and Caitronia Balfe, check out the first trailer below ahead of a summer release.

Money Monster also stars Jack O’Connell, Dominic West, Giancarlo Esposito, and Caitriona Balfe and is set to be released on March 31st, 2016.

Possible SPOILERS ahead! Proceed with caution:

Ever since the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Trailer was released, we've heard time and time again from Zack Snyder and his team that there is another big villain who is not Lex Luthor and Doomsday who they have yet to reveal. Well, it looks like the cat may have been let out of the bag! 

Latino Review is confidently reporting that they know who the big bad villain is, and that villain will also carry over into the Justice League films. What you are about to read has not been confirmed by the studio so it's just a rumor that we can discuss amongst ourselves for now.

The site claims that Bizarro is the villain that has been kept under lock and key. The report explains:

"Bizarro's appearance isn't speculation knitted together from other pieces of info, or one of our usual 'hot rumors' that can sometimes be in dispute. Bizarro WILL appear in Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice as part of the setup for Zack Snyder's upcoming Justice League, Part 1." 

They go on to offer additional details on the film and how Bizarro might be introduced in the movie:

"In the Post-Crisis DC Comics storyline, Bizarro is a clone of Superman made by Lex Luthor that  is named as such when Luthor says 'this bizarre -- oh forget it!' before making a move to dispose of the flawed clone. It's possible that the Bizarro introduced towards the end of 'Dawn of Justice' has a similar origin.

"In the movie, Lex is in control of Zod's body and Kryptonite, as well as up close and personal with Superman. Could Lex take a moment to steal some Superman DNA? Or is it even more devious? With Batman's question about Superman bleeding leading to Batman inadvertently providing Lex with the DNA to make a Bizarre Superman? 

"In March, when "Batman V. Superma1n: Dawn of Justice" hits theaters, the debate in Gotham and Metropolis will be how much we can trust Superman. It looks like the movie might end trusting Kal-El, but creating an untrustworthy villain of Kryptonian might."

It would be incredibly interesting if this actually turns out to be true. I'm curious to see what might happen with this. Bizarro doesn't seem like he would be a bigger threat than Doomsday, who actually killed Superman in the comics. But maybe Snyder is looking to switch things up with Bizarro, and they've come up with a way to make him a major serious threat. 

What do you all think of the possibility that Bizarro could be a major villain in Batman v Superman and Justice League?

A new promo spot has been released for DC's Legends of Tomorrow, and on top of showing off footage from the series, it also teases some new footage that will be a part of a half-hour special airing next week called DC Films Presents: Dawn of the Justice League. That special will revolve around the upcoming films Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad, and Wonder Woman. That special will reportedly include new footage from Suicide Squad and offers fans their first look at the Wonder Woman solo movie.

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I've got an awesome action-packed short film for you to watch called "Go Bag." The story centers on a spy who is forced to fight for her life using the contents of a stranger's carry-on bag as her only weapon. The short was written and directed by Seth Worley for Red Giant Films, and it's a clever, excellently executed film that's a lot of fun to watch! If you're a fan of action movies, then this is something you're sure to enjoy. 

We already heard that director Tim Miller was going for an R-rated Deadpool, but the MPAA has now made it official! The movie is rated R for "strong violence and language throughout, sexual content and graphic nudity" and saving cats from trees? This is what Deadpool fans wanted, so are you happy now!?

I also included a new TV spot for Deadpool, which is called "Pretty Little 'Poolers.'" It's light on new footage, but it's still entertaining! There are also a couple new photos below the TV spot from the film that have surfaced online as well.

Deadpool hits theaters on February 12th!

Based upon Marvel Comics’ most unconventional anti-hero, DEADPOOL tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.

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Director Spike Lee has a new documentary airing on Showtime next month called Michael Jackson's Journey From Motown to Off The Wall, which traces the singer/songwriter's progression from member of The Jackson 5 to one of the most popular solo artists in America with the release of his breakthrough "Off The Wall" album. It features interviews with modern musicians, artists, athletes, as well as some of Jackson's siblings and both of his parents, plus loads of behind the scenes footage.

Showtime has released the first clip, which has a surprising connection between Jackson's music and Star Wars that I never noticed before. Check it out below, and tune into Showtime on February 5th for the documentary's debut.

We knew the two-part Avengers: Infinity War movies would be big, but I'm not sure I was fully prepared for them to be quite this big.

The Russo Brothers, who are directing both movies along with this year's Captain America: Civil War, are making the press rounds to promote the latter film, and at Wizard World New Orleans, they dropped a somewhat staggering number of characters that will appear in the new Avengers film(s).

According to ComicBookMovie:

When Anthony Russo mistakenly referred to Hayley Atwell's Marvel character as "Sharon" Carter, his brother Joe came to his defense. "We have so many characters we're dealing with. We're breaking ground on Avengers: Infinity War. We have a board with 67 characters on it. You have to forgive him."

The outlet doesn't indicate that Russo was joking when he mentioned that number, and there's no video of the exchange to look at his body language or hear his tone to tell if he was being hyperbolic. But I fear that he's telling the truth, and 67 characters is an astonishing number. Avengers: Age of Ultron's IMDb page only lists 62 credited characters, and most of those have names like "Sokovian Family Member #3," "Johannesburg Elevator Passenger #1," and "Dr. Cho's Assistant #1." So if the Russos are dealing with 67 recognizable characters, this two-part movie is going to be even more of a storytelling nightmare than I suspected. How can anyone possibly make room for that many characters in two or three hours?

For the sake of argument, let's pretend each Infinity War movie is exactly three hours long, and both films feature all 67 characters. That leaves just over five minutes of screen time per character spread across both films. Now, obviously, people like Thanos and Iron Man are going to have more than five total minutes of screen time in the two movies, and my breakdown scenario isn't ideal for the massive fight scenes which are likely to take up a big portion of these films, but I'm sure you can see the general point I'm getting at — that is a lot of characters to work with, and if people thought Age of Ultron was bursting at the seams, it sounds like we haven't seen anything yet.

Avengers: Infinity War — Part 1 arrives in theaters on May 4, 2018, and Part 2 arrives on May 3, 2019.

"Drive your breath with laser light."

In hopes of making Star Wars: The Force Awakens a gigantic hit in China, Lucasfilm and Disney teamed up with a young Chinese pop star named LuHan and they made him the "Official China Ambassador for Star Wars: The Force Awakens." One of the first things he was asked to do was make a music video, and as you'll see, it turned out to be amazingly awful. You're especially gonna love the lyrics. 

Why are Disney and Lucasfilm worried about the box office numbers in China? Because the original Star Wars trilogy wasn't even released in China until last year. So like us, they don't have that nostalgic attachment to the franchise and the country often makes or breaks the international box office numbers. So it's in their best interest to push it hard there, even if it's as cheesy as this.

Via: /Film

Quentin Tarantino is one of those filmmakers that I hope never stops making movies. In the past he's said that he's going to retire from making films after his tenth one. The Hateful Eight was his eighth film, which means if Tarantino is true to his word, we'll only see two more films from him, which kinda sucks. Hopefully he's not serious about that. The guy seems like he's full of ideas, and it'd be a shame to not see those ideas brought to the big screen. 

The director recently spoke with IGN, and in the interview, he revealed a couple of movie concepts that he'd like to take on next. He's previously shared that he would like to make a horror film, and maybe another Kill Bill movie. These two other ideas are completely different, though. He explains:

“I think I’ve done all the ones that I’ve had a burning desire to do. A couple of things left that would be fun is I like the idea of doing a ‘30s gangster movie, so like Dillinger or Bonnie and Clyde kind of stuff. That’d be kind of cool."

A gangster movie set in the 1930s with that Tarantino flair that we all love!? Hell yeah, I'd watch that! The next idea he throws out is equally as interesting. He goes on to say:

“And I like the idea of doing a Hollywood movie one of these days. A movie that takes place in Hollywood. Maybe not now, but in a different era. That could be really cool.”

That could be cool! The Coen Bros. just made one like that called Hail, Caesar!, which looks great! I bet Tarantino would have a ton of fun exploring that concept. There are four movie ideas here that Tarantino can do, but if he only has two movies left, which two would you like to see him take on most? I'd go with the horror film and the 1930s gangster movie.