Marvel has to be feeling pretty good these days.Deadpool, the raucous, rightly celebrated hit of the month, was a surprisingly fresh take on the superhero structure, and ended up having one of Marvel’s best opening weekends. The success ofTim Miller’s film should offer a nice roll-out for the megaton hit that will beCaptain America: Civil War, the third in theCaptain Americafranchise, which will arrive on May 6th in theaters nationwide. To celebrate that film’s release, Empire Magazine has created cover art and a cover story about the film, and the magazine just released the cover image for everyone to get a look at....

After wrapping production just this past December, we’ve now got the first solid look at Sony’s upcoming continuation ofCharlie’sAngels. DirectorElizabeth Banksis at the helm for the new action-packed effort fronted byKristen Stewart(Personal Shopper),Naomi Scott(Power Rangers), andElla Balinska(A Modern Tale). Banks will also star alongside the trio as Bosley, a mediator of sorts between the Angels and their employer, Charlie. As if that weren’t enough, Banks also co-wrote the script alongsideJay Basu(The Girl in the Spider’s Web)....

CODAon Sunday made history, as it became the first streaming film to win a Best Picture Oscar. The feel-good drama, which debuted on Apple TV+ in August last year, won in each of its three nominated categories at the 94th Academy Awards, held in Los Angeles. In addition to the Best Picture win,Troy Kotsurwon the Best Supporting Actor award, and directorSiân Hederwon for Best Adapted Screenplay. CODAalso became the first film with a predominantly Deaf cast to win Best Picture, and Kotsur is the first Deaf male actor to win an Oscar....

After announcing in 2020 that Academy Award nomineeAva DuVernaywas teaming up with former NFL superstar and activistColin Kaepernickfor a project, Netflix has now revealed the release date and new first-look images for the limited seriesColin in Black & White. The series will consist of six 30-minute episodes, and is set to premiere on October 29. The story will cover the young years of Kaepernick, under the motto “you don’t know Kaepernick until you know Colin....

From filmmakerNeill Blomkampand made through the experimental Oats Studios (which is looking to make original short film content that will eventually lead to full-scale feature films and series from the titles they create), the sci-fi shortZygotefollows two lone survivors (Dakota FanningandJose Pablo Cantillo) who are forced to fight for their lives. Stranded in an Arctic mine, they must evade a horrific and terrifying creature that can anticipate any move they might make....

It was a cold and breezy morning in Atlanta, Georgia last February, where the journalists on set assembled to chat with the cast and crew of the upcoming police thriller,Den of Thieves.Gerard Butlerhad a heavy beard, was wrapped in a bulletproof vest, covered in tattoos, and was sporting a button that read in big white letters, “FUCK YOU” for the role.50 Centhimself was in SWAT gear, his character in disguise looking to rob a bank alongside actorO’Shea Jackson Jr....

It looks likeDestin Daniel Crettonisn’t leaving the Marvel universe anytime soon.Deadlinereports that, in addition to his deal todirect a sequel to the wildly successfulShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the director has inked a deal with Marvel Studios to produce an untitled MCU series for Disney+, following up on the likes ofHawkeyeand the Emmy-nominatedWandaVision. The series is part of a deal that includes both theShang-Chisequel and the Disney+ series, the content of which has yet to be revealed....

Season 3 ofDoom Patroljust wrapped up on HBO Max, providing fans with yet another series of deliciously odd, funny, and touching episodes like no other show can offer. Throughout this season, Cliff Steele (Brendan Fraser),Jane(Diane Guerrero), Rita Farr (April Bowlby), Larry Trainor (Matt Bomer), and Cyborg (Joivan Wade) had to face off against pretentious artists, shapeshifters that can turn into ottomans, and the representation of their innermost traumas and fears, all the while dealing with emotional turmoil, raising a baby alien larva, and the first symptoms of Parkinson’s disease....

Millennials who are also fans of the tragically underrated showFreaks and Geeksare about to get some good news. This turn of the century, short-lived comedy-drama is about to be made available for purchase on some of the most popular streaming platforms today. Best of all, it is finally going to be available with the show’s original music intact. Freaks and Geekswas created byPaul Feigand produced byJudd Apatow. It’s a show that “explores the universal experience of being a teenager as lived by the regular old freaks and geeks in a Michigan High School Circa 1980”....

Season 3 of DreamWorks' wild and wonderful animated seriesHarvey GirlsForeveraddedthe fan-favorite Richie Rich to the cast, but Season 4 is poised to add the most familiar face yet. The Netflix series from co-creatorsEmily BrundigeandBrendan Hayhave already done a phenomenal job at focusing on the trio of Lotta, Audrey, and Dot as the title team while also vastly expanding the cast of characters to include just about every Harvey Street kid you’re able to think of....

Quick Links A sequel to the 1983 classic,A Christmas Story, the Max exclusive film premiered to the streamer with a bang (from a Red Ryder BB gun of course).A Christmas Story Christmasis one of the most popular Christmas films to come out this year. ActorPeter Billingsleyplay Ralphie roughly 40 years after he first burst onto the screen playing the nervous, quirky kid, and this time around he’s playing a desperate father trying to make the holidays as fun as possible for his family....

The CW drama seriesIn the Darkis back for a second season (and already picked up for a third!), with Murphy (Perry Mattfeld) on the mend after solving her best friend’s murder and having a terrifying encounter with Dean (Rich Sommer). At the same time, drug kingpin Nia Bailey (Nicki Micheaux) expects Murphy, along with her supportive best friend Jess (Brooke Markham) and her over-achiever boss Felix (Morgan Krantz), to launder money for her, which easily catches the interest of the IRS....

Executive produced by showrunnerMelissa Rosenbergand Marvel’s Head of TelevisionJeph Loeb,Marvel’sJessica Jones(available to stream at Netflix) is back for a third season, as Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) crosses paths with a highly intelligent and very deadly killer. At the same time, Jessica has cut the newly powered Trish (Rachael Taylor) out of her life, as she struggles to live up to her mother’s expectations for being a hero, but in order to survive the madman who wants to put an end to the super-powered, the two must find a way to repair their fractured friendship and work together....