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Simon Pegg Got Help From the Star Trek Fan Wiki While Writing Star Trek Beyond

You know how when you’re trying to remember some detail about some fictional universe—so you end up getting lost in the fan-wiki for like twelve hours, only to come out armed with not only what you were looking for, but also a brand new education in the workings of the government of a tiny planet…

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This Awesome, Tragically Unused Captain America: Civil War Art Should Be on Every Billboard

Artist Alexander Lozano did a bunch of promotional art for Captain America: Civil War, but this one, the one that was never used, is possibly the best. Mainly because it focuses on only the movie’s two main characters and the detail in the damage is so dead on. On his Facebook page, Lozano captioned the…

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World’s Angriest Kanye Fan Sues Over Being Tricked Into Using Tidal

So, the grand experiment that is Tidal continues to be a rousing success. A Kanye West fan is now suing the artist and the service for using what he alleges are deceptive marketing practices to trick people into using Tidal. Justin Baker-Rhett is that fan—probably ex-fan now—and he’s claiming that he only signed up for…

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Here’s Our First Good Look at the Furry Dragon of Pete’s Dragon

We’ve had a teaser trailer and a motion poster, and both of them were surprisingly light on the dragon. Now, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly, we’ve finally got a closer look at the new version of Pete’s dragon. As promised, he is furry. The fur does make him pretty sympathetic, but it does make it slightly…

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Get Rid of All Your Gifs at the Gif Party

Some days you just can’t get rid of a bomb. But if it’s Friday, you can get rid of your gifs right here at the gif party.

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Neil Gaiman Is Writing a Six-Part Good Omens Miniseries

Neil Gaiman’s latest project was recently announced along with two other brand new Pratchett-based adaptations. When it rains, it pours. At a memorial for Terry Pratchett on Thursday night, it was revealed that Gaiman would be writing the script for the long-awaited filmed version of Good Omens (there was a radio play on BBC 4…

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Reminder: Rudyard Kipling Was a Racist Fuck and The Jungle Book Is Imperialist Garbage

We are currently in the 21st century. We are in the second decade of the 21st century and there are not one, not two, but three Jungle Book movies on the horizon. And that means that it’s time to remind everyone that Rudyard Kipling was a piece of racist, imperialist trash. In 1967, French literary…

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Jackie Earle Haley Is Everyone’s Villain Now

All while still being a recurring part of Preacher. Where is he going to find the time? We already knew that Haley was playing the villainous Odin Quincannon on AMC’s Preacher. But now Deadline’s reporting that he’s also going to play the villainous character “The Terror” on Amazon’s The Tick. And he’s in negotiations to…

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Alden Ehrenreich Is the Favorite to Play Young Han Solo

With every passing day, we get closer and closer to Disney and Lucasfilm finally announcing that they’ve found the actor who will play young Han Solo. Right now, all signs point to the relative newcomer Alden Ehrenreich. Deadline has sources who say that Ehrenreich’s in the lead after an “impressive performance.” If you’ve seen in…

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Of Course President Obama Is Going to Get to See Game of Thrones Early

Hey, remember how HBO freaked out about episodes of Game of Thrones leaking and put everything on lock down? Well, that prohibition doesn’t apply to the POTUS. Just last month, HBO confirmed that, for the first time ever, critics and reviewers wouldn’t receive early copies of the episodes. They were really, really, intent on keeping…

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All the Secrets We Divined From the Doctor Strange Trailer

We got our first look at Doctor Strange last night, and while it certainly introduced the title character, every other bit of plot was well-hidden. So we put on our magician’s hat and searched it out for you. It’s not the most exciting or original opening shot in trailer history, but we’re getting a heavy…

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Marvel’s Spider-Man Movie Is Going to Be Called Spider-Man: Homecoming

Marvel made a historic deal to put Spider-Man in its cinematic universe and now, out of CinemaCon, we know that his solo movie will officially be called Spider-Man: Homecoming. Yes, it is a pun. The title references both the high-school age of Peter Parker and that the character has “come home” to Marvel. Unfortunately, it…

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Watch Stephen Strange Become Doctor Strange in the First Trailer

Here it is, the first trailer for Doctor Strange. We see the accident that ends his medical career and hear him get a rousing pep talk from Tilda Swinton’s Ancient One. Life just gets better and better for him, doesn’t it? We’ll obviously have more information once we have time to comb through every frame,…

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Robin Williams Was Supposed to Be the BFG

The attempt to adapt Roald Dahl’s The BFG goes all the way back to the early ‘90s. And back then, the idea was for Robin Williams to play the titular Big Friendly Giant. Entertainment Weekly has a story about the lengthy process that brought The BFG to the big screen—but the most interesting detail was…

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Thor: Ragnarok Is Losing Natalie Portman—But Might Get a Brand New Superhero Instead

Not only do we have a brand new character joining the Marvel cinematic universe in Thor: Ragnarok, but it turns out another major character is leaving it. Marvel has cast Tessa Thompson (Creed) in Thor: Ragnarok. Deadline quotes anonymous sources—so take that with whatever gravity you assign it—as saying that Thompson’s role is “a kind…

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Disney’s Already Making a Jungle Book 2

I guess Disney’s pretty happy with the The Jungle Book, which comes out this week, because they’re already working on a sequel. Variety reports that Disney is already in talks to get director Jon Favreau and writer Justin Marks to return for Jungle Book 2. I kind of hope they fast track this thing so…

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The Cast of Kong: Skull Island Discovers It’s a Very Dangerous Place

While no giant gorilla actually appears in this footage, star Tom Hiddleston has promised us that King Kong will look as he never has before in the film. Nope, Skull Island ain’t no vacation spot. In this fresh behind-the-scenes cut, we get a few character introductions from Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, and Jason Mitchell. Larson’s…

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Every Preacher Scene Better Be as Ridiculous as This Crazy Car Fight

So, AMC released a sneak peek from Preacher. It’s a fight scene that is both a deeply impressive and slightly hilarious. The scene shows Tulip O’Hare (Ruth Negga) in a no-holds-barred fight while riding in the back of a car. While the intensity is impressive, the part that will remind you that there’s comedy in…

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Chris Pratt Joins the Avengers: Infinity War Cast (Probably)

We’re still two years away from Avengers: Infinity War Part 1, but we’re slowly but surely figuring out which characters from the massive Marvel cinematic universe are going to show up. And we now know that Star-Lord is one of them. Probably. In an interview with ComicBook.com, directors Joe and Anthony Russo talked about their…

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Behind-the-Scenes Video Gives Us Our First Glimpse of Valerian in Action

The MTV Movie Awards red carpet was the unusual home to new footage from Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Even without any of the effects added in, things look pretty awesome. The actual interviews of stars Dane DeHaan (Valérian) and Cara Delevigne (Laureline) as well as director Luc Besson in the video…

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Simon Pegg Got Help From the Star Trek Fan Wiki While Writing Star Trek Beyond

This Awesome, Tragically Unused Captain America: Civil War Art Should Be on Every Billboard

World’s Angriest Kanye Fan Sues Over Being Tricked Into Using Tidal

Here’s Our First Good Look at the Furry Dragon of Pete’s Dragon

Get Rid of All Your Gifs at the Gif Party

Neil Gaiman Is Writing a Six-Part Good Omens Miniseries

Reminder: Rudyard Kipling Was a Racist Fuck and The Jungle Book Is Imperialist Garbage

Jackie Earle Haley Is Everyone’s Villain Now

Alden Ehrenreich Is the Favorite to Play Young Han Solo

Of Course President Obama Is Going to Get to See Game of Thrones Early

All the Secrets We Divined From the Doctor Strange Trailer

Marvel’s Spider-Man Movie Is Going to Be Called Spider-Man: Homecoming

Watch Stephen Strange Become Doctor Strange in the First Trailer

Robin Williams Was Supposed to Be the BFG

Thor: Ragnarok Is Losing Natalie Portman—But Might Get a Brand New Superhero Instead

Disney’s Already Making a Jungle Book 2

The Cast of Kong: Skull Island Discovers It’s a Very Dangerous Place

Every Preacher Scene Better Be as Ridiculous as This Crazy Car Fight

Chris Pratt Joins the Avengers: Infinity War Cast (Probably)

Behind-the-Scenes Video Gives Us Our First Glimpse of Valerian in Action

Do ‘Disclosure Day’ Prep With a Spielberg Sci-Fi Marathon

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Ranking 2016’s Superhero Debuts, 10 Years Later

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How to watch UFC Fight Night Adesanya vs Pyfer live this Saturday

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JD Vance Says UFOs Are Actually Demons

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Amazon Clears Out Govee LED Smart Light Bulbs (2-Pack) at a Record Low, Each Bulb Costs Just a Few Dollars

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The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

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Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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