Kathrine Waterston looks like a complete badass in this latest photo from Ridley Scott's highly anticipated Alien: Covenant. She also looks like she's under some pretty heavy stress, and she's most likely fighting off some monstrous xenomorph alien.

The photo comes from USA Today, and when talking about her character, Daniels, she says, “You don’t really know what you’re made of until you’re tested.” She goes on to talk about one of the similarities between her character and Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley, saying:

“They are both able to somehow think clearly in really shocking, unimaginable scenarios. It’s fun to play someone who can thrive in that chaos.”

From all the photos that I've seen of Daniels, it seems like she shares more similarities than that, especially in looking like a badass. When talking about whether she preferred the Alien Chestbursters over Facehuggers, she laughingly said:

“I’m very squeamish. I’ve seen these movies many times, but I feel like I’ve barely seen any of the alien scenes because my eyes are usually covered.”

This movie looks like it's going to be great. In case you need to be reminded of that, you can watch the trailer for it here. The movie hits theaters on May 17th! 

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We recently got a great first look photo of the Justice League team together. Everyone was present except for Superman. Justice League will be the most challenging film for Zack Snyder to make, and fans are waiting to see if he will actually be able to pull it off. Fans are split on what they think of Man of Steel and Batman v Superman, but I think everyone can agree that they should've and could've been much better. 

During an interview with USA Today, Snyder talked about Justice League, saying:

“It was all about the filling-out of this massive comic-book pantheon with the biggest and coolest heroes we could.”

Filling out the biggest and coolest heroes for the film is the easy part! The hard part is perfectly building their characters for film and telling a great story with those characters. That's what the film should be all about. At least, that's what I think. You can have the best superhero characters in the world to fill a movie frame with cool visuals, but without a solid story and script, what's the point? Snyder went on to talk about Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman and explained that she's fully evolved when we see her in Justice League. 

When talking about the upcoming Wonder Woman film he said she finds that “humanity isn’t always the most kind and awesome thing." He continued:

“It has its moments, but it can be brutal, and her coming to terms with that dichotomy is what we come to learn about her. And in Justice League, she’s fully evolved into someone who’s embraced mankind, partly through Superman’s sacrifice. She’s like, ‘All right, I’ve got to pick it up.’”

Yeah, well... some people would say it's not really a sacrifice if he didn't really die. Regardless, it's good to hear that she has embraced mankind and that she is willing to fight for them and protect them. I'm looking forward to seeing some new footage from the movie, but until then, fingers crossed that it turns out better than many of us are expecting.

Justice League hits theaters on November 17th. For more information on the film click here. 

The first trailer for Bates Motel season five has been released and it's definitely got an unnerving creepy vibe. It looks like this final season is going to finish off the series strong. I love this trailer as it's the perfect set up for what's to come! A&E also released a full synopsis that offers us some intriguing details, like the fact that season five is set two years after the events of season four, and a lot has happened. Most importantly, Norman has descended deeper into madness. 

Bates Motel Season 5 concludes the contemporary prequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. Over the course of five years, the series has provided fans with an intimate look into the unraveling of Norman Bates’ psyche. Fans watched as Norman’s dangerous transformation came full circle when he methodically murdered his beloved mother, Norma, in the final gut-wrenching episodes of season four. Now, Bates Motel Season 5 picks up almost two years later and finds Norman (Freddie Highmore), a grown man now, living a double life. Publicly he’s a happy and well-adjusted member of the White Pine Bay community, but at home Norman struggles; his violent blackouts continue to increase as ‘Mother’ (Vera Farmiga) threatens to take over his mind completely. Meanwhile, Dylan Massett (Max Thierot) and Emma Decody (Olivia Cooke), since leaving White Pine Bay, have been living their lives blissfully unaware of Norma’s death and Norman’s full on descent into psychosis. Unfortunately, for them, they will soon find themselves drawn back into Norman’s insanity, while a vengeful Alex Romero (Nestor Carbonell), who is currently incarcerated for a perjury, hungers for a chance to destroy his stepson and avenge the murder of his one true love, Norma Bates.

New faces find their way to the Bates Motel this season to further complicate Norman’s life and threaten to unearth his dark secrets. Viewers will finally meet the iconic Marion Crane played by Rihanna. In addition, a new couple in town, Madeleine Loomis, played by Isabelle McNally (House of Cards) and her husband Sam Loomis, played by Austin Nichols (The Walking Dead, Ray Donovan), as well as Sheriff Dana Greene, played by Brooke Smith (Grey’s Anatomy, Ray Donovan) become entangled in Norman’s life causing a chain of events that could blow the lid off Norman’s secret life. Lastly, fans will be greeted by familiar faces when Caleb Calhoun (Kenny Johnson) and Chick Hogan (Ryan Hurst) return with agendas of their own.

Bates Motel season five premieres Monday, February 20th at 10:00pm ET/PT on A&E, and I can't wait! 

Editing live action films is certainly a skill, and I don’t want to make it sound like an easy job, but the basic functions of an editor’s job are fairly straightforward: organize shots in the best order you can to tell a story. As this video from the Royal Ocean Film Society reveals, the job description isn’t quite the same thing for animated movies — it’s a lot more involved than simply taking pre-existing footage and molding it into a final product. If you’re someone who hasn’t really considered what it’s like to edit an animated feature, this video should prove to be enlightening, and will hopefully give you a larger appreciation for all of the storytellers who work on animated movies.

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It's no secret that the Guardians of the Galaxy team is going to be in Avengers: Infinity War. It's been teased by the writers and later confirmed by Vin Diesel. Zoe Saldana is now talking about the highly anticipated Marvel film, and in an interview with IGN, she seemingly confirms that Guardians of the Galaxy franchise director James Gunn will serve as a producer on the 2018 release. Her exact words were:

"James Gunn is a producer on [Avengers: Infinity War]. I know that he won't ever let the integrity of what he's created for the Guardians ever be compromised, so I'm at ease."

It completely makes sense that Gunn would be a producer on the film. This means that the Guardians team is going to be handled properly in the film, and I imagine Marvel won't do anything with them that Gunn isn't on board with. I imagine he'll also have a heavy hand in helping write for the characters in the film.

In a separate interview with MTV, Saldana was asked if we would see her character Gamora in Infinity War, and she nodded her head yes, but said that she hasn't seen a script yet. 

Look, I'm just excited that one day we are going to see The Avengers fighting alongside the Guardians against Thanos! The MCU is about to get ridiculously epic! 

Ben Affleck appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live recently and talked a little bit about Justice League and The Batman. One of the things that was brought up during the interview was the latest photo from Justice League that features Batman in his new tactical suit hanging out with Wonder Woman, Cyborg, The Flash, and Aquaman. 

Kimmel starts out by saying, "You are by far the most muscular of [them]. Was that in the contract?" Affleck replied excitedly, "I make that look pretty good! That's not bad!"

As the conversation went on, Kimmel straight up asked Affleck if he is going to direct the Batman solo film. When asked this same question in recent interviews, he sounded a bit iffy on it like it wasn't a 100% done deal. But when Kimmel asked about it, he assuredly said:

"I'm going to direct the next Batman, we're working on it. It's one of those things that's really frustrating because like Live by Night took me a year-and-a-half to write it and get it ready. And I worked really hard. It's just nobody gave a sh-t! Nobody was like, 'Where's Live by Night?!' But with Batman I keep on getting, 'Where's the f--cking Batman?!' And I"m like, 'Whoa, I'm working! Give me a second.'"

He makes a pretty good point there. Live by Night just isn't a high profile film like Batman is. I mean... it's Batman! Affleck has proven himself to be a solidly talented filmmaker so I'm looking forward to seeing what his take on Batman will be.

Kimmel also asked Affleck if his brother, Casey Affleck, would play Robin in the film and Affleck replied, "I think we could go back to the tape." The tape he's referring to is a clip shown earlier of his brother forgetting to thank him during his Golden Globe Award acceptance speech.

You can watch the whole interview below. 

I've never seen Mamoru Oshii's classic 1995 anime Ghost in the Shell. But with Paramount's live-action American remake coming out in March with Scarlett Johansson starring, it seems like a pretty good time to catch up with it.

Deadline reports that Lionsgate is bringing the original film back for a limited theatrical run in 110 theaters on February 7th and 8th. There's also good news for those of you who absolutely hate reading subtitles. If you get a chance to check out the theatrical rerelease, you'll be able to choose how you see it: while the original Japanese dialogue with subtitles is an option, you could choose to see it with an English dub.

If you're not interested in seeing it on the big screen, Lionsgate is also reportedly preparing a "deluxe Blu-ray and DVD collector's edition" of the anime that will hit shelves on March 7th. The ScarJo version, directed by Rupert Sanders, arrives in theaters on March 31, 2017.

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We've got a couple of TV spots for you to check out for Michael Bay's Transformers: The Last Knight. They are both brief, but it looks like they do offer a bit of new footage. We also have a new photo from the film to share with you featuring Mark Walberg's character Cade Yeager exploring an interesting setting that looks like it could be the Transformers' home planet of Cybertron. That's just speculation on my part, but we have heard that the movie will dive deep into the mythology of Cybertron. We'll learn how they were created, where their story starts, and how they went from a slave-race to a sentient race. 

According to USA Today, Wahlberg’s character "is a man on the run who teams with a British duke (Anthony Hopkins) and becomes embroiled in a massive conflict." When talking about the film, Wahlberg said, “It’s really smart and different.” He also talked about being “smashed through stuff," saying, “It’s not as cool as it would be had I been 25. At 45, it's all pretty strenuous, but I really like that Michael [Bay] gives me freedom to make the character my own, improvising and bring a lot of humor and elevate the emotion.”

Transformers: The Last Knight will be released in theaters on June 23, 2017. 

It's been a few years since Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity took the box office by storm, and this video essay from Filmscalpel (via TheAwesomer) examines whether or not the film's outstanding effects were actually as innovative as many film critics thought upon the movie's initial release.

I thought I knew a good deal about the making of this movie (I'd heard all about the light box, for example), but I actually didn't realize that a majority of the digital effects had been largely completed before the actors stepped onto the set for the first time. That's the one way this film truly did break the mold — it was the first time an entire movie had been timed to its visual and special effects instead of the other way around. Watch the video below:

Star Wars: Episode VIII director Rian Johnson recently sat down with USA Today to talk about his highly anticipated film project. As a fan of Johnson's previous film work, I'm excited and curious to see how he handles the Star Wars franchise. During the interview, the director talked about what he wants from the film and how he approached handling its characters.  

“I want it to be a blast and to be funny and to be a ride the way The Force Awakens and the original Star Wars movies were."

I have no doubt that it will be. We recently learned that the film's main focus will be Luke Skywalker and that we'll learn more about the character and his unknown past in this movie. The director also talked about Rey, Finn, and Poe, and how he wanted to explore their characters more, explaining: 

“I wanted to know more about each of them, and that doesn’t just mean information or backstory, Figure out what’s the most difficult thing each of them could be challenged with now — let’s throw that at them and dig into what really makes them tick by seeing how they handle that."

When it comes to Luke Skywalker, who will be one of the most important characters in this next film, Johnson said that he's "approaching it with a take that I hope feels honest and real and is going to be interesting to folks and make sense.”

Luke is the most exciting part about this whole thing for me! I'm so excited to see his story explored in this movie! Johnson has always been a great storyteller, so I trust that he'll do the character justice in this movie. We know that Rey is going to form a strong connection with Luke in the story, and when talking about where we last saw the two characters in The Force Awakens he said that neither of them know "what’s going to happen and also having a lot of expectations in her head about how this is going to go.” He also said, “It very much feels like what we all go through in adolescence, the dawning of this new chapter of our lives."

Obviously one of the big questions on everyone's mind is Rey's parentage. This is something that Rey is also asking herself, and it ties into the dawning the new chapter in her life. Johnson said it's "a huge part of especially Rey’s character, something that was a really powerful part of her setup and something I really wanted to dig into with this."

Johnson revealed that there is a solid title for the film, and that it's something he has known since he started working on the film. Of course, he didn't reveal it. All he said was, "All in good time."

This is a dream project for Johnson, and he said, “The creative work has felt like play." He continued, "It’s felt resonant and meaningful because it meant so much to me as a kid." I'm sure all of the Star Wars fans out there can relate to that, which is why we all hope that Johnson gives us the best Star Wars film possible. 

Star Wars: Episode VIII will be released on December 15, 2017. As we get closer to that date, we'll start to learn more and more information! Exciting times are ahead! 

The Walking Dead

DirectDeals has created a fun series of comics that imagine what hit TV shows would look like if they were transported into the world of classic comic strips like the ones we used to read in the Sunday paper (aka the "funny papers"). They've taken shows like The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, and Silicon Valley and turned them into Peanuts, Calvin & Hobbes, and Dilbert (respectively). But that's not all — see all of the amusing parodies below:

Game of Thrones

Mr. Robot

Empire

Silicon Valley

Veep

According to Tom Hardy, those Mad Max: Fury Road sequels are still happening and currently in development. When asked by The Wrap if they were still happening he said, “Yeah I believe so!” He seems very excited about the franchise and about Fury Road he said, “It was so good, man.” 

I remember hearing the stories about how he wasn't really happy and frustrated on the set of the film. It's good to know that he loved the final outcome and is ready to get back to work on the sequel, he's just waiting for the call.

“I don’t know when that starts, but I believe that’s in the books. There’s a couple of those floating around. I’m waiting for the call to come.”

We really haven't had any updates on these Mad Max sequels since the beginning of 2016. That's when director George Miller was clarifying some comments he made confirming that he will indeed be directing more Mad Max movies. From previous interviews with Miller, it sounds like Charlize Theron's Furiosa will be the focus of the sequel. He has said:

"Yeah, she’s a pretty compelling character so it would be great to tell her story.  Her backstory is really interesting.  We only allude to it in this movie because this movie is on the run; people don’t have much time for recreational talk. But you pick up, you have a sense of her having gone through stuff. That’s what the film is trying to do. You’re trying to put a lot of iceberg under the tip, I like saying. One of the things that’s really gratifying, people are reading the film more than just the surface — the events of the movie, and just picking up a lot of stuff underneath it, which is very deliberate......So in many ways, the audience is picking up a lot about Furiosa — or enough to intrigue. And she’s got an interesting story."

I'd love to see her team up with Mad Max again for another insane action-packed adventure in the wasteland. I can't wait to see what Miller has up his sleeve for this sequel! 

A former editor on the Attack On Titan series has been arrested for the murder of his wife. Comicbook writes that Jung-hyun Park was taken into custody by authorities for the murder of his wife who died back in August. Park is accused of strangling his wife to death as well as lying to authorities and claiming his wife's death was a suicide. 

Park was present for the beginning of Attack On Titan, and served as an editor-in-chief of Bessatsu Shonen Magazine, which featured the Manga's launch. While his go-ahead to launch the series was likely a part of the success it would have, he had no part in the creative process of the show. 

I write that because I'm seeing a lot of other people questioning how this arrest will affect the show. It won't in any way, so rest assured that season two of the series is still on track as far as we know. 

Some new information has surfaced regarding Drew Barrymore's upcoming Netflix comedy series, Santa Clarita Diet, and it sounds great! 

Barrymore stars alongside Timothy Olyphant (Justified) in the show as Sheila and Joel Hammond, who are married realtors in the Los Angeles suburb community of Santa Clarita. The big reveal is that it's a zombie series! 

In the series premiere, we learn that Sheila goes a “dramatic change” as she dies and comes back as a flesh-eating zombie. It's explained that "while they tend to their open houses and teenage daughter, the couple must sate Sheila’s unbridled id and undead hunger, first with raw meat and, eventually, the human kind."

The show was created by Victor Fresco, who previously developed shows such as ABC’s Better Off Ted and Fox’s Andy Richter Controls the Universe. It's been years since Barrymore has done anything. In fact, it's pointed out by USA Today that she hasn’t worked since her daughters, Olive, 4, and Frankie, 2, were born.

She was drawn to this project, though, by its "darkness" and "strange parallels," and when talking about the show Fresco said:

“What if she finds herself, and we do this sort of Cro-Magnon type of evolution with her over the course of the 10 episodes. No gimmicks, no prosthetics, just an awakening.”

Barrymore adds:

“I just really enjoyed just shedding a snakeskin with her, so it became a really fun obstacle that I wasn’t even planning for but seemed so conducive and fun and healthy for my own life.”

I included the first image from the series above along with two promo posters that you can check out below. There's a lot of fun potential here to work with, especially with this concept and I hope it turns out to be entertaining! 

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NBC has released a fantastic and fun new promo spot for their upcoming DC comedy series Powerless. The series focuses on a group of "exceedingly average" employees of Wayne Securities Research and Development company in a world full of superheroes leaving a mess behind them every time they fight a battle.

I really like what I've seen in this first trailer, and I'm looking forward to watching the series. It stars Vanessa Hudgens, Firefly alum Alan Tudyk, Community's Danny Pudi, and A to Z's Christina Kirk. Here's the synopsis:

Emily Locke lands her dream job as Director of Research and Development for Wayne Security in Charm City, home to super heroes and villains and citizens fed up with the collateral damage of their constant fighting. Full of confidence and big ideas, Emily quickly learns that her aspirations far exceed those of her new boss and officemates, so it will be up to her to lead the team toward their full potential and the realization that you don’t need superpowers to be a hero.

Powerless is set to premiere on February 2nd on NBC. 

Archer season eight is moving to FXX, and that will be the new network home of the hilarious animated series. FXX has also released two exciting promo spots that give us a fun little tease of what is to come! I think it's awesome that this next season is set in 1947 in Los Angeles, this could very well be its wildest season yet!

Archer is an animated, half-hour comedy that revolves around the hardboiled private eye Sterling Archer and his quest to find his partner’s killer in 1947 Los Angeles. The case proves to be more difficult than expected after Archer quickly gets mixed up in a deadly game of tug of war between Los Angeles’ most powerful crime bosses. Every clue leads Archer further away from his goal and deeper into a mystery involving kidnapping, prostitution and drug addiction.

Archer was created by Adam Reed and Floyd County Productions. The cast features features H. Jon Benjamin (Sterling Archer), Aisha Tyler (Lana Kane), Jessica Walter (Malory Archer), Judy Greer (Cheryl Tunt), Chris Parnell (Cyril Figgis), Amber Nash (Pam Poovey), and Lucky Yates (Krieger)

The all new season is set to premiere this spring on FXX.

Last year, producer Simon Kinberg said that the version of director Josh Boone's New Mutants movie they were working on included Professor X. It looks like that's still the plan because one of the actresses up for a role in the film pretty much confirmed it. That actress is Anya Taylor-Joy, who stars alongside James McAvoy in the upcoming M. Night Shyamalan thriller Split, so she would know! In an interview with Comingsoon Taylor-Joy said:

“I have [seen the Demon Bear animatic], it’s pretty cool. I’m a big fan so I’d love to be a part of it. I can’t say very much, but I would love to be a part of it. I think this year’s gonna be very exciting.”

She was then asked if she hoped that it would reunite her with McAvory, and she replied:

“I mean, I think James is already a part of it, isn’t he?”

A lot of sites are seeing this comment as a confirmation that Professor X will be in the movie, and I can see how that would come across. I think it would be awesome to see McAvoy back in the role of Professor X because he's so damn good in it! 

I have no idea if his involvement is a done deal or not, but Boone obviously has a place for him in the film if he wants it.