Matt Singer is the editor and critic of the website ScreenCrush.com. For five years, he was the on-air host of IFC News on the Independent Film Channel, hosting coverage of film festivals and red carpets around the world. A member of the New York Film Critics Circle, he’s been a frequent contributor to the television shows CBS This Morning Saturday and Ebert Presents At the Movies, and his writing has also appeared in print and online at The Village Voice, The Dissolve, and Indiewire. His first book, Marvel’s Spider-Man: From Amazing to Spectacular, is on sale now.
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Brie Larson in ‘Early Talks’ to Play Captain Marvel
Variety reports that Marvel has its pick to play Captain Marvel in the MCU standalone movie of the same name, and it is Brie Larson, fresh off an Oscar win for Best Actress in Room. Before that she was outstanding in the little indie Short Term 12, playing a woman who works with at-risk youth. She’ll soon be seen as a member of the ensemble in the big-budget Kong reboot Kong: Skull Island. And perhaps after that she’ll become the first Marvel hero to get her own solo film.
Megatron Will Return in ‘Transformers 5’ Because Megatron Always Returns
The only constants in this world are death, taxes, and Megatron returning from the dead for another Transformers movie.
Disney Orders Reshoots to Lighten the Mood of ‘Rogue One’
There has been an awakening. Have you felt it?
25 ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Rumors That Turned Out to Be False
The following post contains SPOILERS — both real and hilariously fake ones that got shared online even though they were untrue — for X-Men: Apocalypse.
Lionsgate Says It Might Make Seven More ‘Power Rangers’ Movies. Seven!
“It’s morphin’ time!” (Repeats ad nauseum until the heat death of the universe.)
Check Out This Incredibly Rare Early Teaser For ‘Revenge of the Jedi’
Although May 4 has become Star Wars Day (Observed) just because of the cutesy “May the 4th be with you” thing, the real anniversary of Star Wars’ unveiling, the day we should celebrate, is May 25. Which just so happens to be today.
If You’re a DC Fan and You Hated ‘Batman v Superman,’ You’ll Love ‘DC Universe: Rebirth’ #1
The new Big Bad of the DC Comics Universe is Zack Snyder.
‘Finding Dory’ Trailer: A Fish Sticks to Her Plan to Get Home
There was a lot of initial skepticism about the idea of a Finding Nemo sequel. What are you gonna do? Have Nemo vanish again? How many times can a fish get lost?
John Carpenter Will Produce a New ‘Halloween’ Movie
It’s been seven years since Michael Myers last appeared to terrify teenagers on Halloween. But this Michael Myers. He can’t be killed. He can’t be stopped. He always come back. And now he’s coming back again. (Cue creepy piano music.)
‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ Extended Trailer: Even More Landmarks Get Trashed
The trend in trailers right now is to make things shorter. Teasers for trailers. Vines for teasers for trailers. Even full-length trailers on YouTube now often start with a five-second tease of the trailer you are about to watch five seconds later. It’s hard to conceive of ways content can be chopped any smaller, but studios keep finding ways.