Sean Astin

LEGO continues to pump out DC Comics animated films in partnership with Warner Bros. Entertainment. The latest one is called LEGO DC: Shazam Magic and Monsters. In the movie, the LEGO DC universe is introduced to Billy Batson, aka Shazam. He says the magic word, and he is turned into a superhero. The problem is […]

So we know that there's a lot of you out there who love The Goonies (more of a The Monster Squad fan here, personally) – but how many of you would watch a reboot or reimaginig of it? Okay – now how many of you would watch a "meta" series where the actual film itself […]

Following up on reports earlier this month that a series adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's world-renowned fantasy series Lord of the Rings was in development at Amazon, the streaming service has announced that the series is receiving a multi-season production commitment. Variety reported exclusively on the initial development news, which is set to be produced by Amazon […]

If this first teaser for the classic children show's Stranger Things 2 parody is a sign of things to come, then Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch and Elmo might need to pack their bags and figure out a way "how to get, how to get the **** out of Sesame Street." On the same day […]

Netflix has dropped the final trailer for Stranger Things 2, which debuts later this month. This is our best look at the new season and we get a glimpse at some of the new actors including Paul Reiser and Sean Astin. They've been doing a lot of teaser trailers and images to promote the series, […]

Covering events at New York Comic Con can get you feeling a little upside down and turned around, especially when you have to get from the Javits Center to The Theater at Madison Square Garden in record-breaking time. Though I was lucky enough to get my last post in the hopper before heading out, I […]

While others have been trying to get us to start thinking about Christmas since July, leave it to Stranger Things 2's two newest posters to remind everyone that there's still some tricks to be pulled and treats to be earned before Jack Frost starts nipping at anything or the first chestnut gets roasted. In honor […]

With less than a month to go before its second season premiere, Netflix's Stranger Things has released some exclusive pics and Season 2 details to this week's Entertainment Weekly (featuring ST2 on three collectors' covers). Created by Matt and Ross Duffer (The Duffer Brothers), the hugely popular '80s-set science-fiction series will be elevating the action […]

When you're a band looking for a comeback, hitting the road to travel the highways and byways across this country can be pretty hellish all on its own: cramped space, long hours driving, crappy motels, and eating most of your meals "to go." Worst of all? Band mates and crew that leave garbage around that […]

According to TVLine, Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings) will be playing a high school friend of Joyce (Winona Ryder) and Sheriff Hopper's (David Harbour) and manages the local RadioShack. Ross Duffer, series co-creator told the site that we'll see a different side of the actor and that he "killed it." Duffer said that Astin […]

The first trailer for the upcoming serial killer search show The Alienist from TNT just hit, and it looks pretty great: https://youtu.be/JcJQnaXiCfI The series is based on a novel of same name by author Caleb Carr, and the majority of the action takes place in 1896 after a series of gruesome murders take the lives of several […]

Welcome to This Day in Pop Culture History, a daily look at important events, birthdays, and other oddities in pop culture! History is important, and we aim to educate here at Bleeding Cool, so without further ado, here are some things that have happened on February 25: 1836- Samuel Colt patents his revolver. 1964- Muhammad Ali defeats […]

Quite a few details on Season 2 of Stranger Things have been revealed today, and we now have a much better idea of what we will be seeing in October. Sadly (for now) there is still no word on what Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) will be up to, but we know she will be back […]

DC Entertainment has released the trailer for Justice League: Throne of Atlantis, the upcoming Blu-Ray / DVD release from Warner Bros Animation. Newsarama first showed the footage as this movie picks up where Justice League: War left off. Jason O'Mara (Batman), Sean Astin (Shazam) and Christopher Gorham (The Flash) return from JL: War while Jerry […]

By Shawn Perry Last weekend Boston Comic-Con blew the roof off the Seaport World Trade Center and my heart.  On one of the most beautiful weekends of the year thousands of descended on the overmatched venue and the city Fire Marshals had nary a moment's rest but it was awesome… It was the most fun […]

The audience screaming for The Strain, the first show to make it into Hall H for its first season, were promised a cannister of gummi worms afterward, Straing style. What followed was a preview viewing of today's episode of the show so those traveling wouldn't miss out. After the screening, Guillermo del Toro, Carlton Cuse, […]