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Superhero Bits: Batman Day, Black Manta Tease, New Thor: Ragnarok Details & More We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. What’s so special aboutBatman Daythis fall? What’s the different between theInhumansandNuhumansonAgents of SHIELD? Who isKeith Davidplaying onNew Warriors? How doDeadpooldirector and creatorRob Liefeldreact to theHonest Trailerof the movie? Want a sneak peek atBlack Manta’s awesome costume inAquaman? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits. Watch a demo of the newMarvel Powers United VRgame experience, which was available to play at Comic-Con....

‘Coco’ Interview: Co-Director Adrian Molina On The Music, Influences, And More I’d never conducted an interview at a UNESCO World Heritage site before a couple of weeks ago. But after speaking withAdrian Molina, the co-director of Pixar’sCoco, at the ancient ruins of Monte Alban in Oaxaca, Mexico, I can cross that very specific thing off my bucket list. In honor of the movie’s home video release (and before this weekend’s Academy Awards, where it’s nominated for Best Animated Feature), I spoke with Molina about the power of the film’s music, how physically visiting a place like Monte Alban actually translates into a movie’s screenplay, and much more....

Cool Stuff: Craig Drake Solo Show III Has ‘Ghostbusters’, ‘Mad Max: Fury Road,’ ‘Ex Machina’ & More This past weekend saw the opening of the third solo show for pop culture artistCraig Drake. Over atHero Complex Gallery, fans lined up outside for hours to get into the show to have the first shot at picking up the latest work from the artist who brought us outstanding work from the likes ofStar Wars, Pulp Fiction, TRONand morein his last solo art show....

Robert Zemeckis May Return To Live-Action With ‘Timeless,’ Considered ‘Superman’ Robert Zemeckishas been very active over the past ten years, working to push forward the art of 3D and motion capture withThe Polar Express,BeowulfandA Christmas Carol. But when his 3D company, ImageMovers Digital, wasabandoned by Disneyearly this year, there was great supposition about what the filmmaker’s next move might be. We know he’s makingYellow Submarine, but would he continue in digitized animation?...

Why The Blair Witch Project Was A Nightmare To Film The story of “The Blair Witch Project” is the stuff of indie movie legend. Made in 1999 for a mere $60,000 and shot by the actors in the woods, the film went on to be an enormous box office sensation and zeitgeist-rattling horror touchstone, earning over $250 million worldwide. Directed by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez, “The Blair Witch Project” was shot in a documentary style, and purported to be the real footage of real people who actually got lost in the woods and who perhaps encountered the bizarre supernatural leavings of a real witch....

‘Batman: Gotham By Gaslight’ Trailer: The Dark Knight Vs. Jack The Ripper It’s the Dark Knight vs. Jack the Ripper inBatman: Gotham By Gaslight. The all-new, R-rated adaptation of theElseworldscomic takes Batman back in time, to an era where Jack the Ripper leaves London and begins stalking the streets of Gotham. A newBatman Gotham by Gaslighttrailer provides our first look at this new animated Batman adventure. What if notorious (and un-caught) serial killer Jack the Ripper came across the pond and ended up in Gotham City?...

‘Tomorrowland’ Toys Reveal A New Character And Jet Pack Disney’s marketing team has been pretty secretive aboutBrad Bird’sTomorrowland, but details have a way of leaking out anyway. Today it’s thanks to Funko, which unveiled a line ofTomorrowlandtoys at this weekend’s Toy Fair. The figurines reveal the movie’s major characters, including one we’ve never seen and a couple we barely know. Plus, they all come with accessories including shiny guns and a jet pack....

/Film LA: Alamo Drafthouse Eyes Los Feliz/Silverlake, 12-Hour Horror Marathon, Scott Pilgrim, Point Break Live And More Last January I moved to Los Angeles, and over the past eight months I’ve been surprised at just how many cool film events are going on in this city (and it seems that film geeks like you and me just don’t know about half of them). Some of the local blogs have listings of screenings, and the weekly newspapers have that never-ending list of events which is a pain to sift through, but none of them fill my needs....

ILM Visit: The Last Airbender I’m a late Avatar convert. It took months of being assaulted by the plaudits of critics and audiences until I was even ready to entertain the notion that a Nickelodeon show could actually be deserving of such praise, and several more months after having watched it to wipe clean the shame I felt for not taking note earlier. Once I actually forced myself to sit down and check out the first few episodes, I was hooked, and not even two weeks later, I had finished the entire series....

Mark Ruffalo Compares ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ To ‘Midnight Run,’ Which Is Really All You Need To Hear The first twoThormovies have their moments, but they’re among the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s more forgettable chapters. They never reach the heights ofThe AvengersorCaptain America: The Winter Soldier, but they never tumble to the dismal lows ofIron Man 2. They’re just kind ofthere, a great showcase for a handful of weird ideas andChris Hemsworth’s always entertaining lead, but not too much more....

‘The True American’ Will Find Kumail Nanjiani Turning From Comedy To Drama Kumail Nanjianiwill turn from comedy to drama forThe True American. Nanjiani andMark Ruffalowill star in thePablo Larraínfilm, based on a true story of a Muslim immigrant who advocated for mercy for the man who nearly killed him. More onThe True Americanmovie below. Having spent most of his career in comedy,The Big Sick’s Kumail Nanjiani is about to break into drama with Pablo Larraín’sThe True American....

Jeff Nathanson Doing ‘Men In Black 3D’ Rewrite/Polish; Production Split Into Two Segments New info onMen in Black 3: the film will start shooting this week in New York, but there’s a wrinkle. The production has hired frequent Steven Spielberg and Brett Ratner collaboratorJeff Nathansonto rewrite/polish one section of the script. (He recently didworkonTower Heist, wroteRush Hour 2&3andThe Terminal,Catch Me If You Canand worked onIndy IV.) The parts that he’s not dealing with shoot this year, and then, after a break, the production will resume to shoot the balance of the picture....

LA City Councilman Introduces A Resolution To Ban Live Guns And Ammunition On Film And TV Sets At A State Level In the wake of the accidental on-set shooting last week that left “Rust” cinematographerHalyna Hutchinsdead, a member of the Los Angeles City Council has introduced a resolution to ban live guns and ammo from the set of film and television productions. According toDeadline, councilman Paul Koretz introduced the resolution and is not the only government official who supports such legislation....