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The Lord of the Rings books are some of the most well-known pieces of creative literature, that is mostly due to the universe being so in-depth that you can get lost in all of the little interconnecting stories. This amazing creation came from J.R.R Tolkien and now we are receiving a movie about his life.

The movie is simply titled 'Tolkien' and is basically a biopic of the mans life. Beginning as a young man in the heart of World War I, we will see actor Nicholas Hoult play the part of Tolkien, and how he began to be inspired with the creative thoughts of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings universe while being in the trenches in France.

According to Entertainment Weekly, the movie is also reported to touch on Tolkien's wife Edith Bratt who had significant influence in Tolkien's writings. The love story between Beren and Luthien in the book 'Beren and Luthien' is about a mortal man and immortal elf. This story is direct reference to Tolkien and Bratt, as on their joint gravestone they are referred to as Beren and Luthien. In the 'Tolkien' movie, Bratt will be played by Lily Collins. The director talking the helm will be Dome Karukoski. The Tolkien movie is expected to hit theatres on May 10th, 2019.

The launch date for Marvels next important character to take the spotlight in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is almost upon us, Captain Marvel is about to take the stage and Samuel L. Jackson has just confirmed she can time travel.

Samuel L. Jackson was conducting an interview with Entertainment Tonight when the actor was asked a series of questions regarding the upcoming Captain Marvel movie. One of the questions that Jackson answered was what qualities does Captain Marvel have to be the right first female-led superhero film from Marvel. Jackson answered "She's pretty much the strongest character -- in terms of someone with powers are able to do things -- in the Marvel universe. So, for Carol Danvers to be that person and for Brie to become that person, it's gonna be a dynamite thing."

Jackson continues and says "I mean, [the Avengers] are up against some really, really tough odds right now -- we saw throughout Infinity War -- so now we know that we need something that's as powerful as Thanos. And at some point, we'll find out how powerful she is and all the things that she's capable of. She's one of the few people in the Marvel universe that can time travel, so..." This is quite interesting and raises the question as to if Marvel have planned on dropping these small seeds of information right before movie launch to stir up talk. If so smart marketing, because I'm definitely intrigued as to how this will all play out in Avengers: End Game if it turns out to be true.

Marvel Studios has released a new trailer for the next addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, below you will find Captain Marvel's "Special Look" trailer.

Captain Marvel is starring female actress Brie Larson, and is planned to arrive in theaters across the globe on March 8th. The above trailer that has been released onto the Marvel Entertainment YouTube Channel showcases to us some scenes we have seen before from the first trailer that was released, and also some new never before seen scenes.

The other actors that will be present through Captain Marvel are the following; Samuel L. Jackson, Gemma Chan, Jude Law, Lee Pace, Ben Mendelsohn, Annette Bening and Djimon Hounsou. It should also be noted that Captain Marvel will be appearing in the coming Avengers: Endgame movie and will be playing a large role in the fight against Thanos.

The finale episodes of Game of Thrones' season 8 are expected sometime in April this year, and as we move closer to the premier we have news from HBO's CEO regarding the episode length and quality.

Richard Plepler, the CEO of HBO told Variety that he has seen the final episodes for the eighth seasons and despite the CGI not being fully completed he was still left thinking "I'm watching a movie." He also said that both D.B. Weiss and David Benioff completely exceeded his expectations for the final two episodes in particular, here is what Plepler had to say "They've exceeded the bar. I've watched them twice without any CGI and I'm in awe. Everybody's in for an extraordinary treat of storytelling and of magical, magical production."

The final episodes for Game of Thrones is simply going to go down in TV history. These six episodes are what viewers have been waiting for, and when the final episodes are movie length and on the very brink of movie level quality the hype can be heard across the entire breathe of Westeros. HBO will be showcasing the final six episodes sometime throughout April of this year.

Aquaman is the success story that WB has been gambling for since it started with Man of Steel in 2013, continued with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and hit out of the park with Wonder Woman.

Between now and then it hasn't been so good with the total dumpster fire that was Justice League, but WB allowed James Wan who directed Furious 7 and made an insane $1.5 billion for Universal. Wan had a vision for Aquaman that has paid off in more ways than one, with the energenic and charismatic Jason Momoa riding the wave as anyone would.

Well, the movie quickly shot past a few hundred million dollars in Chinese box office before hitting the US to open just shy of $200 million. It was only a few days ago that Aquaman was edging on $800 million and has now passed that to reach $887 million with no signs of slowing down. In comparison, the full cinema run of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice only pulled in $873 million and that had Superman and Batman in the title, in a fight, in a showdown almost to the death and it didn't hit $1 billion.

The culture hit classic 'Pokemon: The First Movie' no doubt starting the ball rolling for the slew of Pokemon movies to follow in its footsteps. Now the 1998 first anime movie is being remade in glorious CGI.

The Pokemon Company are re-releasing 'The First Movie' in CGI as apart of the 'Mewtwo Year', which is in celebration of the character making its debut and the lengthy 20 year lifespan it has created. The CGI re-release also features a much more accurate name change for the movie, changing from 'Pokemon: The First Movie' to 'Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution.'

It should be noted that Pokemon: The First Movie released back in 1998 and debuted amidst the beginning of the Pokemon trading card craze, the movie managed to pull in $232 million in box office sales and other forms of media. Unfortunately, the film is only expected to launch in Japan, but we can no doubt see the CGI re-release hitting the rest of the world. Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution is planned for release in Japan on July 12th, 2019.

Jason Momoa has been riding one of the biggest waves he's ever ridden in his life, first making a small but brief appearance as Aquaman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and then a more filled-out role in Justice League which bombed at the box office.

Aquaman was released in the US on December 21 and made hundreds of millions of dollars at the Chinese box office before its stateside release, with the domestic total about to hit $190 million. The total box office haul of Aquaman so far sits at just over $750 million, well on its way towards $800 million and with its eyes on the prize at $1 billion.

Aquaman has already made more money than the entire run of Justice League, but the US domestic box office numbers for Aquaman aren't as strong as Man of Steel, Justice League, Batman v Superman, or Wonder Woman. We have to give Aquaman it's full run before we have numbers locked in, but global box office sales have been a tsunami for WB and the still-in-trouble DCEU.

With the Witcher in full-scale production at the moment, insiders that are working along Justice League star, Henry Cavill have leaked some information regarding future seasons for the upcoming show.

The rumor is sourced by known DCEU insider, KC Walsh of Geeks WorldWide. Walsh has quite the track record for leaking information about upcoming TV shows and movies and the information that he has managed to gather for the 'Witcher' TV show is about how Netflix is overall feeling about its current production rate and quality.

According to Walsh, Netflix is reportedly "very happy with the Witcher and we could see multiple seasons greenlit before season one airs or shortly after." Walsh continues to explain that if Netflix does this then Henry Cavills schedule would be quite full for awhile, which in turn could take away from the potential of Cavill making a return as Superman. As you would expect, this is just a rumor so please take it with a grain of salt.

Stranger Things star, David Harbour goes down to the depths of hell and comes back in the form of Hellboy for a reboot. The first trailer has already been released.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly the actor gives some explanation toward what to expect in the story. Harbour says that this reboot is "not an origin story, but it's his coming to terms with where he came from. He's been Hellboy for a long time, but there's a new turn of events at the start of the film, where people start to bring up the fact that he might bring about the end of the world, and it's really the first time he's heard anything like that. The question that comes up in the movie is where does he really belong?"

The other actors that will be featured around Harbour will be Resident Evils Milla Jovovich as the Blood Queen, Ian McShane as Professor Broom, Daniel Dae Kim as Ben Daimo and Sasha Lane as Alice Monaghan. The director for the reboot is Neil Marshall and he has previously done work for HBO's Game of Thrones, Netflix's Lost in Space and movies such as Dog Soldiers and The Descent. The reboot for Hellboy is planned for release in theaters on April 12th, 2019.

Disney Pixar has surprised us with a newly released short film revolving around the ups and down of a mother and son relationship.

The above short film is titled "Bao" and is directed by Domee Shi. From the video we get visual representations of the hardships of being a mother and watching her son grow up. Bao, which is the mother in this story, gets another shot at motherhood when magically one of her dumplings becomes alive. Instantly emotionally attached, Bao watches the little dumpling quickly grow up while at the same time protecting it as best she can from the threats of the outside world.

Eventually, Bao is forced to face the realization that her little dumpling cannot be little forever, and just like any mother and son relationship the mother must realize that the son has to grow up and live his own life. A tragic turn of events happens when Bao is confronted by the moment of "letting go" of her dumpling and decides to eat him instead, throwing her into pit of regret and remorse. Bao is then greeted by her human son who seems to be regretful of the way he previously treated his mother (the dumpling is a complete metaphor to the human son), he then makes an effort to mend the relationship between the two.