After having spent six seasons knowing several of the clones that make up the Grand Army of the Republic, Season 7 of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” introduced us to The Bad Batch, or Clone Force 99, a squad of clones with genetic malfunctions that give them enhanced abilities and personalities taken straight out of a 1980s action movie. Where their initial introduction felt a bit out of place in the aforementioned animated series, the squad’s first solo adventure in the aptly titled “Star Wars: The Bad Batch” is a lot more justified, as it adds a new perspective and time period to the larger story of the galaxy far, far away.

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It’s been 10 years since “Game of Thrones” aired its very first episode, so there are plenty of retrospectives out there, including some interviews. While speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Emilia Clarke looks back on that first season, and also the future of Westeros.

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“I honestly still look back at it and go, ‘I’m so not at a point where I can retrospectively see this for what it is.’ I think I’ll be 90 when I can actually do that,” Clarke tells EW.

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Fans hoping to finally get a live-action adaptation of the award-winning comic “Gotham Central” may be disappointed to know that the upcoming spin-off TV show of “The Batman” on HBO Max is not adapting the popular comic.

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Ed Brubaker, who co-wrote the 2002 comic with Greg Rucka, recently appeared on Kevin Smith and Marc Bernadin‘s Fatman Beyond podcast and teased what he knew of the upcoming HBO Max series.

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A few months ago WarnerMedia shook Hollywood by announcing every movie would screen in both theaters and HBO Max simultaneously in 2021, and now they seem to want to keep some version of that model going forward.

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In the latest episode of Vox’s Recode Media podcast, WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar confirmed that the company will return to prioritizing theatrical distribution in 2022, at least with its big-budget productions.

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Now that “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” is out in the open, audiences are free to compare it to the theatrical cut and find all the ways Snyder’s vision was changed. It is fair to say that much of what is being discussed paints a negative light on the theatrical cut. After writer Chris Terrio compared the script changes to it being “vandalized,” now it is cinematographer Fabian Wagner who is opening up about the changes made to his work on the film after Joss Whedon took over.

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Actress Charlyne Yi has spoken out about her experiences working on the 2017 film “The Disaster Artist,” which James Franco directed and Yi says she tried to quit because of the accusations of sexual misconduct against Franco.

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In an Instagram post earlier this week, Yi, who played costume designer Safowa Bright-Asare in the film, called out not just Franco, but specifically producer Seth Rogen, accusing him of enabling Franco’s behavior.

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It’s been a while since we’ve heard any updates on Francis Lee‘s untitled horror film, which he’s said will explore “some fundamentals about being queer.” Well, we finally have a bit of casting news, as Josh O’Connor is reuniting with his “God’s Own Country” director and starring in the upcoming horror film.

READ MORE: ‘Ammonite’ Director Francis Lee Reveals He’s Working On A Horror Movie Next

In a profile for Esquire, Lee revealed that Josh O’Connor will lead his next project, which is described as “a horror movie with strong elements of ‘class and queerness’, about a sad young man alone in an epic wilderness.” The film is apparently an adaptation of a novel, but Lee refuses to disclose what novel that is.

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In today’s take-in-with-a-big-spoonful-of-salt news, there’s a report that Din Djarin, Pedro Pascal‘s stoic masked protagonist in “The Mandalorian,” will make an appearance in the upcoming “Star Wars” show “The Book Of Boba Fett.”

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The scoop comes from Cinelinx, reporting that Din Djarin will appear in the new show.

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It seems Netflix continues to be in the business of making new adaptations of books that were turned into classic thriller movies by Alfred Hitchcock. Last year saw the release of the disappointing new adaptation of “Rebecca,” and now, the streaming is developing a new adaptation of “The 39 Steps” as a limited series, with Benedict Cumberbatch starring.

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Deadline has the scoop on Netflix adapting “The 39 Steps,” and updating John Buchan‘s 1915 novel to the modern era.

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In a big case of déjà vu, another Marvel Disney+ series is preparing audiences for what could be a surprise Marvel cameo, as the showrunner behind “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” keeps teasing some exciting character appearance that fans are probably already speculating is actually Mephisto all along.

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We’re more than halfway through “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” meaning whatever big reveals the show has in store, they’re going to have to unveil rather soon — like what the hell the villains’ motivations are.

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Ask any prank movie fans, and they might tell you that the best film of the year is “Bad Trip,” which just hit Netflix and stars Eric Andre, Lil Rel Howery, and Tiffany Haddish. Following the example of other prank films like “Borat” or the “Jackass” movies, the film is basically a series of interconnected pranks that make up a narrative, but what makes “Bad Trip” different is that it actually tells a story, and a good one at that.

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Ridley Scott is back, baby! After a brief break following his one-two punch of “Alien: Covenant” and “All the Money in the World,” the filmmaker is returning with two back-to-back features this year, “The Last Duel,” and “House of Gucci,” and we finally know a bit more about the latter. According to cinematographer Dariusz Wolski, the film is a “kitschy, funny, tragic tragedy” that he even compares to “The Godfather.”

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In an interview with The Film Stage’s The B-Side podcast, Wolski talked about his recent work with Sir Ridley Scott, and how he’s still trying to find the appropriate look for “House of Gucci,” which he describes as very different than “The Last Duel” since it’s “high fashion 80s and 90s” as he calls it.

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When Andrea Riseborough joins the cast of your film, you know people will have to pay attention, which is exactly why I’m now a lot more interested in Netflix‘s adaptation of “Matilda,” which has cast Riseborough and Stephen Graham as the parents of the titular character.

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The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop on Andrea Riseborough joining the cast of ‘Matilda’ as Mrs.

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Perhaps the most ill-advised part of “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” was having Jared Leto‘s Joker say the now-infamous line “We live in a society” during one of the trailers for the extended, restored cut of the film. Now, Zack Snyder has decided to further troll both fans and critics by sharing the full deleted scene on Twitter.

READ MORE: Zack Snyder Explains Why The “We Live In A Society” Line In The ‘Justice League’ Trailer Isn’t In The Movie

The line in question comes in during an alternate version of the very end of the film’s epilogue, set in the “Knightmare” post-apocalyptic alternate timeline previously seen in “Batman v.

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Netflix is betting big on anime in 2021, but there’s arguably no title as highly anticipated as “Yasuke.” This project takes the true story of a legendary Black samurai of the same name, voiced by LaKeith Stanfield, and adds in a whole lot more magic than you’d expect. Ahead of its release at the end of the month, Netflix has finally released the first trailer for the anime.

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One common problem with movies about criminals, thieves, and gangsters is that they end up glamorizing and glorifying the criminals. That’s not a problem with Michael Mann‘s movies. This week marked the 40th anniversary of Mann’s feature film debut, “Thief,” which seems as good a time as any to revisit this pulsating, neo-noir masterpiece.

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In “Thief,” James Caan plays a jewel thief trying to get out of the game.

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The prolific French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier passed away earlier this week. The director was heralded as the leader of the generation after the French New Wave, with a prolific career that spanned nearly 50 years.

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Martin Scorsese paid tribute to Tavernier in a lovely Instagram post, praising the filmmaker’s deep knowledge and love of cinema after the two met in the ’70s.

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Fans have pointed out that “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” star Sebastian Stan kind of looks like a younger Mark Hamill for a while now. But now, Stan is going on the record about whether he’s playing young Luke Skywalker, and what it’d take for him to do it.

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During an interview on Good Morning America, Stan addressed the fan-casting with skepticism.

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The second MCU show on Disney+, “The Falcon And The Winter Soldier,” has been reckoning with Old Man Steve’s decision to leave the shield behind and retire in “Avengers: Endgame,” but it is also building up a possible bright future from the Marvel Cinematic Universe by introducing the Young Avengers.

READ MORE: ‘Falcon & Winter Soldier’: Wyatt Russell Teases The “Gnarly” Difference Between His Character And Steve Rogers

In the latest episode, Bucky leads Sam to Baltimore where they encounter a man named Isaiah, who was also a super soldier back in his prime.

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The “Enchanted” sequel, titled “Disenchanted,” is finally moving forward, as James Marsden and Idina Menzel are both confirmed to be reprising their roles, alongside returning Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey.

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“Disenchanted” was only just confirmed last year during the 2020 Disney Investor Day, confirming that Adams would return for the sequel.

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‘Game of Thrones‘ author George R. R. Martin just signed a five-year overall deal with HBO to develop all kinds of content for the network, so if you still have any hope that “The Winds of Winter” will get finished anytime soon, better think again.

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The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop on Martin’s massive deal with HBO, which is said to span five years and is worth mid-eight figures.

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Though adult animation has made huge progress in earning critical and commercial acclaim in the West the past couple of decades, it is still mostly associated with comedies like “South Park” and “Rick and Morty.” Rest assured, you won’t mistake “The Spine of Night” for a comedy.

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Instead, this hand-rotoscoped animated, high-fantasy film mostly resembles the hyper-violent animated films of Ralph Bakshi from the late ’70s and early ’80s; films with elaborate worlds, kingdoms in peril, ancient evils awakening, and heroes ready to stand up for what’s right in epic, bloody battles.

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While basically all trailers for the upcoming “Godzilla vs. Kong” have focused on the titular showdown between Godzilla and King Kong, Kong using one of Godzilla’s dorsal fins as an axe, and a ton of buildings being destroyed, the latest trailer also teased the appearance of a very special and robotic guest, reinforcing the idea that Mechagodzilla will make its debut in the new MonsterVerse film.

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With this epic clash of titans just around the corner, early reactions for “Godzilla vs.

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Now that “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” is out for the world to see, and with the filmmaker being more open to talking about the work he was doing before stepping away from the film, fans are eager to know more of what could have been with Snyder’s vision for the future of the DC universe. Turns out, in a different timeline, not only could we have got three “Justice League” movies, but Adam Driver and Daniel Day-Lewis could have played roles in the franchise.

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After years of fan campaigning and cryptic, enigmatic teases about the existence of a “Snyder Cut,” Zack Synder finally got to bring his vision for a “Justice League” movie to life, even if he had to shoot it himself without Warner Bros. permission.

READ MORE: Zack Snyder Is “Fine” With Whedon’s ‘Justice League’ Being Canon & Doesn’t Have A “Burning Desire” To Do More Superhero Films

Speaking with Cinemablend, Snyder confessed that even despite releasing his version of “Justice League” and spending millions of dollars to finish it, Warner Bros.

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