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‘Akira’ On Hold (Again) As Warner Bros. Looks At Budget And Casting Looks like the process of studios scrutinizing spending on films in development is a process that will continue into 2012. Disney putLone Rangeron hold last year when the budget escalated to over $250m, and Warner Bros. startedlooking keenlyat the budget forArthur & Lancelotin mid-December. Now the production offices for the live-actionAkirahave reportedly been closed and the film put on hold while WB figures out how much the film is really going to cost, and decides whether that money will be well-spent....

‘Infinity Train’ Season 3 Leaving Cartoon Network Behind, Will Premiere On HBO Max The third season of the animated anthology seriesInfinity Trainwill premiere exclusively on HBO Max. The series originated on Cartoon Network, but now you can catch the first two seasons on HBO Max before season 3’s arrival sometime this summer. The series is set on a mysterious train with an endless number of cars, each one its own universe....

‘Mission: Impossible’ Sequels Release Dates Pushed Back What’s the one thing that can slow down the constant perpetual motion of Ethan Hunt, IMF Agent? The coronavirus. Due to production halts because of the worldwide pandemic, the release dates of the two back-to-backMission: Impossiblesequels have been postponed.Mission: Impossible 7is moving from July 2021 to November 2021, whileM:I 8has been bumped from August 2022 to November 2022. This news comes with delays of several other Paramount titles, includingDungeons and Dragons,Paw Patrol, andThe Tomorrow War....

‘Rango’ Movie Review: A Beautifully Animated, Endearingly Odd Playground For Movie Lovers Are you smart, a bit weird and in love with movies? ThenRangois the animated film for you. Hell, it wants tobeyou. This often delightful western re-teams directorGore VerbinskiandJohnny Depp; for a treasure trove of anthropomorphized animal characters and animated eye candy that (gasp!) eschews the 3D fad for gold old-fashioned 2D.Rango’s love of movies — and reliance on one classic in particular — may go a little overboard in the end, but I can hardly fault Gore Verbinski for making something that dares to be odd, and plays to the audience in his own head rather than a studio focus group....

‘The Expanse’ Cancelled After Three Seasons On Syfy Syfy has pulled the plug on their seriesThe Expanseafter three seasons. The last episode of the show will air in July. Now, producers plan to shop the show to other networks. The Expanse Cancelled… Hi everyone. I have a confession: I never watchedThe Expanse, and I guess that makes me part of the problem. BecauseThe Expansehas now been cancelled by Syfy after three seasons....

Anthony Hopkins Gives A Belated Oscars Acceptance Speech, Pays Tribute To Chadwick Boseman Last night, the93rd Academy Awardsceremony ended with a surprise. Although the lateChadwick Bosemanhad been receiving many posthumous honors throughout awards season for his final performance inMa Rainey’s Black Bottom, the award for Best Actor ended up going toAnthony Hopkinsfor his turn inThe Father. Unfortunately, Hopkinswasn’t even present for the ceremony, virtually or live. But now theSilence of the Lambsstar has delivered a belated acceptance speech, paying tribute to Boseman in the process....

Superhero Bits: New Spider-Man Coming To Marvel Comics, Marvel Honors Goose For #LoveYourPetDay & More When does the complete series ofGothamarrive on Blu-ray? Which actors hold the record for longest portrayal of a live-action Marvel superhero? Who is playingBatwoman’s father in the new series on The CW? Who is the newSpider-Mancoming to Marvel Comics in May? How did test screenings changeThor: The Dark Worlddrastically? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

The Morning Watch: ‘Finding Dory’ Storyboard Comparison, How Actors Train Their Voices For Animated Movies & More The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, see how the adorableFinding Doryscene with a cute baby Dory evolved from storyboards to the final movie....

The Russell Crowe Thriller ‘Unhinged’ Really Wants To Be The First Major Movie In Theaters This August Warner Bros., Disney, and every other major studio may be reluctant to be the first out the gate to release their major studio films in newly reopened theaters, but Solstice Studios’Unhingedis sprinting to beat all other movies to the cinema. TheRussell CroweB-movie thriller is proudly announcing that it will be the first “new wide release in American movie theaters since they shut down in March due to Covid-19” with its August 21 release date — a week beforeTenetopens in select U....

‘Saved By The Bell’ Reboot Gets A November Premiere Date On Peacock School is back in session, though Bayside High will be opening a little later than everywhere else. Peacock’sSaved By The Bellreboot, which features original cast membersElizabeth Berkley LaurenandMario Lopez, has set its premiere date for this November only on the NBCUniversal streaming platform. Watch theSaved By The Bellreboot premiere announcement below. Saved By The Bell Reboot Premiere Oh nostalgia, you bitter pill....

IMAX Posts Four Potential ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ Giveaway Posters IMAXloves giving away free posters at early screenings of their films and they’ll be doing the same next month. That’s whenAvengers: Age of Ultronhits theaters and the official Avengers Twitter page has posted four possible posters fans can vote for to get at IMAX screenings of the superhero sequel. Check out the Avengers Age of Ultron IMAX posters below. These were all revealed by the official AvengersTwitter....

‘The Terror’ Review: ‘Punished, As A Boy’ Makes A Bad Situation Even Worse Welcome to our weekly recaps of AMC’s new historical horror showThe Terror. ThisThe Terrorreview takes a look at the fourth gloomy episode, “Punished, as a Boy.“Spoilersfollow. In this week’s episode: Last Sunset of the Year Episode 4 ofThe Terror, “Punished, as a Boy”, opens not in the frozen arctic nothingness we’ve come accustomed to, but rather in the stuffy, ornate halls of The Admiralty....

Adina Porter And Clark Backo Join LaKeith Stanfield In Apple TV+ Series The Changeling After previously taking a different form,“The Changeling"is starting to take shape. Not to be confused with the1980 classic horror filmfrom Peter Medak (orthe remake from Anders Engström), this project is based on the 2017 horror fantasy by Victor LaValle. Originally, a series based on the novel was in the works at FX in 2018. But after budget cuts following Disney’s acquisition of Fox, this co-production with Annapurna Television was canceled by the House of Mouse....