Actor Tom Holland recently shared a wonderfully touching and inspiring video of a visit he made to a children’s hospital. It really quite moving to see him bringing so much joy and happiness into the lives of these kids.

Yeah, it’s cool to see new stuff from the films that Marvel is making, and it’s fun to talk, speculate, and debate about these movies, but seeing the actors involved with stuff like this, trying to make the world a better place with the opportunities they’ve been given, is just as gratifying. Not only are many of the Marvel actors heroes on the big screen, but they are heroes in real life as well. 

This motivates me, and this kind of stuff inspires me to want to make the world a better place. We’ve got a fresh new start in 2017… Let's make it happen!

Happy new year everyone and especially to all the little legends we met that day. We'll see you soon 💪🏼Let's go 2017!! #spidermanhomecoming @hazosterfield @lifeisaloha

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I’m incredibly excited for Gore Verbinski’s upcoming new psychological horror film A Cure For Wellness. I love movies that focus on the subject matter of insanity, and that’s exactly what's going on here! It looks like a very unsettling story, and I’m excited to see how it plays out. 

We’ve got five new promo spots for you to watch today that were released to correspond with the new year. Hopefully, 2017 isn’t as wickedly insane as this movie looks. We need a great year! 

An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps.  He soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem.  When he begins to unravel its terrifying secrets, his sanity is tested, as he finds himself diagnosed with the same curious illness that keeps all the guests here longing for the cure. 

The film stars Dane DeHaan (The Amazing Spider-Man), Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter), and Mia Goth (The Survivalist, Nymphomaniac). It's set to be released in theaters on February 17th, 2017.

If you grew up in the '80s and '90s, there's a good chance you spent countless hours playing with LEGO and Nerf guns. Now, the YouTubers over at AstonishingStudios (via NerdApproved) have combined those two interests into one impressive result: a fully functioning replica of a Nerf Maverick REV-6 made completely out of LEGO bricks. Watch the video below, and ring in 2017 with a Harambe joke — because that's apparently still a thing.

A live-action feature film adaptation of The Jetsons has been in and out of development for years. Robert Rodriguez was the most recent director attached to it, but he ended up dropping out of the project. I'm sure that one day Hollywood will get around to doing it, but until then, you can watch a commercial created by Fast and Furious franchise and Star Trek Beyond director Justin Lin that brings the world of The Jetsons and its classic characters to life. He did a great job with it, and I think that maybe he should direct the movie! 

The commercial was produced by Arconic, and when talking about why they chose The Jetsons as the theme for their commercial, they explained: 

The Jetsons sci-fi cartoon series launched in 1962 and was set 100 years in the future. An instant hit, it presented an entertaining yet surprisingly forward-thinking vision of 2062. It’s amazing to see how much The Jetsons got right, predicting things like smartwatches, tablets and 3D printing; and that made us wonder what else might still be in store. Flying cars? Extraordinary buildings? So we gathered a brain trust of leading futurists and our own engineers to share their thoughts on what Arconic could help realize in 2062, and brought their vision to life with the help of film director Justin Lin.

I also included a behind-the-scenes video for you to check out for the impressive commercial. It features Lin talking about the ad and working with the Arconic engineers and futurists that helped him create the year 2062.

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Director Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman film looks like it has the potential to be amazing. I see a lot of promise in the footage that I've seen, and I'm cautiously excited about it. I really want this movie to be great! DC could use a truly great superhero film in their current situation. I'm hoping for the best!

We've got a new international trailer for you to watch today that offers up some thrilling action-packed footage. This is pretty much a recut of footage we've already seen, but it's presented in a way that's still exciting, so it's worth checking out.

Before she was Wonder Woman, she was Diana, princess of the Amazons, trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers…and her true destiny

Wonder Woman stars Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, Chris Pine as Steve Trevor, Connie Nielsen as Wonder Woman’s mother, Queen Hippolyta, and Robin Wright as Wonder Woman’s aunt, General Antiope. The cast also includes Lucy Davis, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Danny Huston, Ewen Bremner, Elena Anaya, Florence Kasumba, and Saïd Taghmaoui.

Wonder Woman opens in theater on June 2, 2017.

In 2010 a Star Trek fan and LEGO builder by the name of Kevin J. Walter started building a Klingon Bird of Prey ship out of LEGO bricks. Six years later it’s complete, and it’s seriously one of the most badass LEGO builds ever! 

He used 25,000 bricks to complete the project, and the attention to detail is insanely stunning. I’ve always loved the design of the Bird of Prey ship, and I’m seriously blown away by how awesome this build turned out. I love everything about it! When talking about his creation, Walter says:

"The Klingon Bird of Prey is, since I can think of, my favorite Spaceship-design and as well the one, which inspired me the most in my childhood and all my own spaceship Models. 

"After completing the BoP as virtual Model (2008-2010), it was always a dream of me to build it some time with real bricks. I'm really lucky the dream became true six years later!

"Really just in time to celebrate and tribute with it the 50th anniversary of Star Trek this year as well as the 30th anniversary of "Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home" where the BoP is (at least for me) the big star on screen... aside with George and Gracie."

You can see more photos of the ship here along with some “work in progress” shots.

Via: Brothers Brick

Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller have yet to start shooting their Han Solo movie. With Alden Ehrenreich taking on the role of Han Solo, Donald Glover playing Lando Calrissian, and Emilia Clarke cast in a lead female role, fans are excited to see how this film turns out.

According to Making Star Wars, Lucasfilm and Disney originally planned on releasing the Han Solo movie on May 25, 2018. Now they are hearing from their sources that the release date may have been pushed back to December 13, 2018. That's a long delay, but it will make for an exciting Christmas present for fans if it's true. 

The studio hasn't confirmed or denied this news, so at the moment we'll treat this all as a rumor. I'd rather not have to wait an extra six months to see this movie, but if they are pushing it back to make sure we get the best Han Solo film possible, then I'm ok with it. 

During a recent interview with Empire, director Gareth Edwards talked about aspects of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The film is still blowing up at the box office, and for the most part, fans are loving it! There are a few naysayers out there, but what can you do?

Edwards talked about a few aspects of the film that have been hot topics of conversation since its been release including the awesomeness of Darth Vader, the lack of an opening crawl, and the scenes in the trailer that were cut from the final version of the film.

About Darth Vader and coming up with his big reveal moment, he said:

"I'm jealous of moments like in Empire Strikes Back where you see the back of [Vader’s] head and you just go, 'oh my God, that is so cool,' and wanted to try and find something like that in our film...He’s really a burns victim, and it’s not going to be fun for him when he’s not in the suit – he’s going to be uncomfortable. I love the idea of showing that he’s vulnerable as well. Vader’s very, very bad, and so you try and just glimpse something of him that gives him some humanity, or it makes you empathize with him. Just seeing those scars and realizing that he’s, you know, an amputee, and just reminding you of that before he does all his stuff, it makes you torn, I think."

I absolutely loved the reveal of Vader in the film. There was a mix of oohs, aahs, and gasps from the audience in the theater when I saw the movie. It was definitely one of those exciting goosebump moments. The director also talked about the opening crawl and revealed that Gary Whitta actually wrote one in the first draft of the script!

"The first screenplay that Gary Whitta wrote had a crawl in it...and then at some point, probably like six months before we were filming, we were in a meeting, and they talked about not having an opening crawl, because these are standalone films, not part of the sagas. And if I'm honest, there was an initial kind of like, 'whaaaa? I want the crawl!' 

He explained why it was ultimately cut from the film:

"The opening sequence is kind of the crawl of our movie. It's like the setup. And our film is also born out of a crawl – the reason we exist is because of a previous crawl, so it feels like this infinite loop that will never end."

I'm completely fine with their not being an opening crawl, but I would still love to read what Whitta wrote up for it! Edwards goes on to talk about the footage in the trailers that were ultimately cut from the film. He explains that they were just cool shots that the marketing team wanted to use to use to help sell the film. They were already well aware that these shots were not in the movie, but that didn't stop them from using them. 

"There was a bit of a process to refining the third act in terms of the specific shots and moments, and so certain things just fell away. But then what happens is marketing love those shots, and go, 'oh, we've got to use that.' And you say, 'well, it's not in the movie'. And they say, 'it's okay, it's what marketing does, we just use the best of whatever you've done.' And so there's lots of little things, but towards the end you go, 'I know that's not in the film, but the spirit of it's in the film'."

This is something that we've seen happen a lot over the years with movie trailers containing footage that wasn't in the final cut, but it was a big deal with Rogue One because it was a Star Wars film! 

We recently wrote about The Hacksmith's adventures recreating Batman's iconic grappling hook, and now he's back to kick off the new year with an even "cooler" piece of gear: a jet-powered snowboard. OK, so technically it's not actually a jet engine strapped to the board, but it's close enough in my book — and still impressive that he was able to put this thing together in the first place. It looks like it'd be a ton of fun to zoom around on this bad boy.

Via: The Awesomer

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Another trailer has been released for Fifty Shades Darker that shows off some hot and steamy shower sex clips mixed with some ridiculously bad dialogue. You've got to be a special kind of talented to write dialogue like this. It's crazy to me how popular this franchise is. I guess there are a lot of people out there who have deeply rooted S&M fantasies? It's certainly not popular for the quality writing!

When a wounded Christian Grey tries to entice a cautious Ana Steele back into his life, she demands a new arrangement before she will give him another chance. As the two begin to build trust and find stability, shadowy figures from Christian’s past start to circle the couple, determined to destroy their hopes for a future together.

Fifty Shades Darker was directed by James Foley (Fear, House of Cards) and stars Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson. The movie will be released on February 10, 2017.

Disney and Lucasfilm's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is still the number one movie in America, and fans are going to be talking about it for a long time to come. So it's no surprise that the team over at Dorkly has already cranked out a new comic strip comparing Gareth Edwards' new film to one of those other famous prequels, Episode I: The Phantom Menace. It definitely seems like the Lucasfilm people learned a couple of good lessons from the mistakes of their past...either that, or (and I hate to say it, but...) maybe this is just what happens when George Lucas doesn't have his hands in the pot anymore.

Amazon's most successful series, The Man In High Castle, is officially getting a third season! The Americans and Nazis will continue their battle as Variety reports Eric Overmyer will take over the reigns as showrunner for the season. Overmyer, who has worked on shows such as Treme and The Affair, steps in for Frank Spotnitz, who left the show in the midst of the second season. 

There is no word as to when season three will be on the streaming service. 

Can you believe that action figure is officially licensed by Marvel? I suppose I would if you told me it was part of a "what if" storyline where Peter Parker's sweet old Aunt May was transformed to Gary Busey! Other than that, however, I have no idea how anyone can sign off on this horrid merchandise! Toy reviewer Ashens seems to have the same thought process as he tears into this horrendous Spider-Man series action figure in the video below! 

Sylvester Stallone is getting back into the director's chair for a project starring Adam Driver (The Force Awakens) called Tough as They Come. Stallone will also star alongside Driver in the film. 

The movie is based on a best-selling Travis Mills memoir. This is an intense true story of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mills, "one of only five soldiers to survive a quadruple amputation from a battlefield injury. At the heart of the story is the soldier’s relationship with his father-in-law, who stood by his side from the day he got home from the hospital." 

Driver will play Mills, and Stallone will take on the role of his father-in-law. This is a powerful story that is sure to make a great film, and I love that Stallone is directing and starring in it with Driver. There's no doubt we are going to see some incredible performances from them. 

I imagine this will be a personal project for Driver, as he served in the military before he became the popular actor that he is today. Here's a detailed description from the book:

Thousands have been wounded in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Five have survived quadruple amputee injuries. This is one soldier's story. 
 
Thousands of soldiers die year to defend their country. United States Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills was sure that he would become another statistic when, during his third tour of duty in Afghanistan, he was caught in an IED blast four days before his twenty-fifth birthday. Against the odds, he lived, but at a severe cost—Travis became one of only five soldiers from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to survive a quadruple amputation. 
 
Suddenly forced to reconcile with the fact that he no longer had arms or legs, Travis was faced with a future drastically different from the one he had imagined for himself. He would never again be able to lead his squad, stroke his fingers against his wife’s cheek, or pick up his infant daughter.
  
Travis struggled through the painful and anxious days of rehabilitation so that he could regain the strength to live his life to the fullest.  With enormous willpower and endurance, the unconditional love of his family, and a generous amount of faith, Travis shocked everyone with his remarkable recovery. Even without limbs, he still swims, dances with his wife, rides mountain bikes, and drives his daughter to school.  
 
Travis inspires thousands every day with his remarkable journey. He doesn’t want to be thought of as wounded.  “I'm just a man with scars,” he says, “living life to the fullest and best I know how.”  

Via: Deadline

HBO has released the trailer for their Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds documentary, Brights Lights. It offers a glimpse of what their lives were like together and gives us a real sense how close they were. We've heard time and time again that they were best friends, and this documentary will put a focus on the relationship. It looks like a fantastically charming film that fans of the actresses won't want to miss. 

Carrie Fisher and her mother, Debbie Reynolds, live in the same Beverly Hills compound. The 83-year-old grand dame still has a Las Vegas act, but performing is taking its toll. Carrie’s response is both hilarious and heart-rending. Featuring vintage family films that bring iconic old-world Hollywood to life, as well as extensive vérité footage,

The film was directed by Alexis Bloom and Fisher Stevens, and it's set to debut on Saturday, January 7 at 8:00 p.m. exclusively on HBO. 

This one's pretty simple: YouTuber Jim Casey has edited together some of the coolest and most iconic slow motion shots in movies (mostly from this century). I'm glad he included some shots from Dredd in there, because while that film is beloved by a small selection of hardcore fans, it should be seen by a larger audience. Hopefully this tiny introduction will cause some more people to seek it out. For me, this video reminded me that it's time to reassess Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, which I haven't seen since it hit theaters.

Via: Sploid

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I recently had the chance to catch a screening of the upcoming film The Founder, which tells the story of how McDonalds rose to fast food power. It was a great movie, and Michael Keaton gave an awesome performance that should secure him an Oscar nomination.

Keaton plays Ray Kroc, who was a milkshake machine salesman who saw potential in McDonalds back in the 1950s when there was only one location being run by two brothers. Kroc is the guy who jumped at the opportunity to transform it into a huge franchise. Along the way, he did some stuff that really makes you not like the guy. I already wasn't a fan of McDonalds, but this movie made me like it even less. 

The movie was marvelously directed by John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks), and this is the synopsis:

The founder tells the true story of how Ray Kroc, a struggling salesman from Illinois, met Mac and Dick McDonald, who were running a burger operation in 1950s Southern California. Kroc was impressed by the brothers’ speedy system of making the food and saw franchise potential. Writer Robert Siegel (THE WRESTLER) details how Kroc maneuvered himself into a position to be able to pull the company from the brothers and create a billion-dollar empire."

The movie also stars Laura Dern as Ray Kroc’s first wife Ethel; Linda Cardellini as his second wife Joan Smith; John Carroll Lynch as Mac McDonald; and Nick Offerman as Dick McDonald. It's currently playing in Los Angeles and New York, and it will get a wide release on January 20th.