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Sorry Captain Phasma fans, the chrome-plated villain didn't survive her plunge into an explosion and won't be appearing in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
Well, it's finally here. We can stop called it the deeply dull Episode IX and christen it with its official (and pretty cool) title Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker. By now you'll have seen the excellent teaser trailer, in which Rey pulls off a very cool lightsaber flip against an incoming TIE Interceptor and we get a couple of quick glances at all of our favorite characters. The last portion of the trailer flies by pretty fast though, making this gallery ideal to take some time and analyze what we missed:
There are many reasons why Robert Pattinson would make a great Batman. For one, he's a genuinely talented actor (for proof, check out his performance in David Cronenberg's excellent Cosmopolis), he's definitely got the right look for a young Bruce Wayne/Batman and it's a casting choice that would absolutely infuriate large sections of the internet (which would give the rest of us something to giggle at).
2019 looks set to be the biggest years in the history of the Pokémon franchise. We've got Detective Pikachu hitting cinemas in less than a month, Pokémon Go still breaking records and the hugely anticipated next full instalment in the RPG series Pokémon Sword and Shield. But that's not all, because we're also getting a CG remake of Pokémon: The First Movie. First released in Japan in 1998, the move went on get a domestic theatrical release in November 1999 and proved to be a global box office hit. Now, 20 years on from its original release, directors Kunihiko Yuyama and Motonori Sakakibara are have reimagined the movie as Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution - and today brings our first proper look at it.
One of the longest serving companions in Doctor Who history has hit out at the last season of the show. Frazer Hines, who played kilt-wearing, pipe-playing Scottish stereotype Jamie between 1966 and 1969 under the second Doctor Patrick Troughton, has given an interview with (ugh) Britain's The Sun newspaper in which he's slated the plots of Season 11. Here's what he had to say:
Detective Pikachu is shaping up to be a hit. Having received rave reviews from test audiences, the studio are so confident about it being a success that they're hoping it'll be the launchpad for their own Pokémon cinematic universe. Now, in an attempt to make that opening weekend truly impressive, The Pokémon Company have announced a promotion for the film that ties in with the popular trading card game.
Detective Pikachu is quickly building up hype as its May 10th release gets ever closer. Once a bit of an eyebrow-raiser due to casting Ryan Reynolds as Pikachu and having a faintly surreal sounding plot, the film has tested so well that Legendary’s already developing spinoffs in this new cinematic universe. Hardcore fans have also been kept happy through a very smart marketing campaign that has gradually revealed the movie’s takes on their favorite Pokémon with fans of the TCG set to be offered limited edition cards if they see the film on opening weekend.
The Child's Play reboot began life under a cloud, with longtime fans of the series dismayed that the film discards the mythos of the series in favor of simplifying things. Creator Don Mancini criticising the project, feeling that it steps on the toes of his own in-development Child's Play TV show was enough to put off most fans. Those bad feelings were cemented when it was confirmed that Brad Dourif wouldn't be doing the voice of Chucky, and again when we got our first glimpse of his new design...
Avengers: Endgame is right around the corner and is sure to contain superheroic moments designed to put a tear in the audience's eye. But there's one scene we know is going to happen that we can guarantee is going to be emotional: Stan Lee's cameo. His cameos in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Captain Marvel already had me welling up, but now that we've had confirmation that Endgame will be the final MCU Stan Lee cameo... it's going to be a toughy.
The indefatigable Ryan Murphy is back with the ninth season of everyone's favorite horror anthology series: American Horror Story: 1984. The upcoming season was revealed by Murphy on his Instagram page as part of a cryptic video, which you can see below: