Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verseis widely considered one of the best movies in theSpider-Manfranchise, telling the tale of different versions of the webbed wall-crawler from different dimensions coming together to save the day. As revealed by the movie’s producer Christopher Miller, there was once a plan to have the movie feature cameos by Tom Holland, Tobey Maguire, and Andrew Garfield, until Sony shot down the idea. “We pitched the Sony brass an ambitious tag involving Spider-Ham, Tobey, Andrew, and Tom....

Even when he has an epiphany and hopes to make things right on Christmas after committing so many wrongs, Ebenezer Scrooge only makes things much worse. This is what happens in one of the new sketches that aired on Saturday night’s new episode ofSaturday Night Live, co-hosted by comedy legendsMartin Shortand Steve Martin. In the skit, Short plays Scrooge in a new ending toA Christmas Carolthat has the bitter old man trying to turn over a new leaf by offering a coin to an orphan, but that’s just the first part of what becomes a bloody, horrifying ordeal for the townspeople....

It looks like the door may be open forWesley Snipesto return asBladein the modern Marvel universe. What form that may take and when it may actually happen? That’s still totally up in the air, but Snipes recently revealed that his team has had conversations with the brass at Marvel about bringing back Blade the Vampire Hunter. The firstBladerecently celebrated its 20th anniversary. In an age long before theMarvel Cinematic Universeas we know it, Wesley Snipes helped to legitimize comic book movies....

Netflixis partnering with action film maestroMichael Bayfor a TV series based on the comic bookBarbaric.It marks the filmmaker’s first time directing a television project in over three decades. According toThe Hollywood Reporter,Barbaricis being developed by A+E Studios along with Netflix and Bay, and is based on the bestselling Vault Comics hardcore fantasy series of the same name.Peaky Blindersstar Sam Claflin andStar TreklegendPatrick Stewartare attached to star in the series, which does not yet have a production start date....

It was officially announced yesterday that LeBron James will star in the long-awaitedSpace Jam 2and thatBlack Pantherdirector Ryan Coogler is set to produce while Terence Nance will helm the sequel. The 1996 original movie starred Michael Jordan alongside Bill Murray and the Looney Tunes characters, so there has been a lot of talk as to whether or not Jordan will make a cameo in the film. Fans of the NBA legend can rest easy in knowing that there are talks happening at this moment to get him involved in some capacity....

Marvel’sMoon Knightwrapped up itssensational first seasonthis past Wednesday. Marc, Steven, and Layla (with a little help from third personality Jake Lockley) were able to defeat Arthur Harrow and his followers of Ammit. With Khonshu playing a role in the fight, they were able to save most of the world from having their souls judged and possibly taken from them.A new direction from Marvel, dealing with one of their darker and lesser-known heroes, along with deep themes of mental health,Moon Knightentertains some of the better scores and ratings so far for Marvel television shows, with an 87% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 7....

Set in turn-of-the-century Paris, the infamous cabaret destination Moulin Rouge is the main star ofBaz Luhrmann’s aptly titled musicalMoulin Rouge!. Ewan McGregor plays Christian, a penniless poet who falls in love with the Moulin Rouge’s big star Satine (played by Nicole Kidman) who dreams of being a real actress. Though Satine has the ambition and talent to fly away from the underworld, as her boss refers to it, she has tuberculosis and is getting worse....

Iman Vellani, well-known for her part asMs. Marvelin the MCU, astonished her admirers with an unexpected transformation. The actress was lately observed in a cosplay of X-Men’s Jubilee, a divergence from her usual portrayal of Kamala Khan, alias Ms. Marvel. Vellani embodying Jubilee, another Marvel superhero, may suggest a possible association between her Ms. Marvel character and the X-Men in the MCU. Following the end of the Infinity Saga withAvengers: Endgamein 2019, the MCU has introduced numerous legacy characters, setting the stage for a new era of superheroes....

Welcome to today’s edition ofNerd Alert, where we have all the day’s eccentric, nerdy news for you in one convenient spot. What do we have in store for you this fine Thursday? you’re able to learn how to make your own retractableWolverineclaws, find out how to pick up aStar Warsarcade video game for a cool $100,000, and check out a real seismologist reacting to the earthquake-related destruction in the upcomingSan Andreas....

This year marks the first since HBO’sGame of Thronesdebuted in 2011 that fans won’t get to see a new season, with the eighth and final season slated to arrive sometime in 2019. Some hoped this gap would be filled by the long-awaited release of George R.R. Martin’s sixth book in this series,The Winds of Winter. Unfortunately, the author confirmed in a new blog post that The Winds of Winter won’t be published in 2018, but he did announce that his new book Fire & Blood, a detailed “imaginary history” on the Targaryen family, will be released on November 20....

No Time to Diewill hit theaters five days earlier, on November 20th. While this isn’t a few months earlier, it’s still better than nothing. As for the U.K. release date, the highly anticipated 25th installment in theJames Bondfranchise will keep its November 12th release date. The movie will now wage box office war on Pixar’sSoulthe weekend before Thanksgiving, which is typically a competitive time frame for the entertainment business. However, this year probably won’t be too typical....

Rian Johnson is still going to make anew Star Wars trilogywith Lucasfilm, he just doesn’t know when that’s going to be. So, the filmmaker may very well make another original movie before he heads back to a galaxy far, far away. It all comes down to the brass at Lucasfilm figuring out their long-term schedule when it comes to the future of the franchise on the big screen, and that could get complicated....

Are we about to get aSilver Sablemovie? Sony has been in control of everything related to any and allSpider-Man moviesfor quite some time, but they recently struck a deal with Marvel Studios to allow Spidey into the MCU. Sony still owns the rights to the character and his rogues gallery, but they seem to be letting Kevin Feige and Co. drive the ship. That said, Sony still never much has hopes of making more movies with otherSpider-Mancharacters....