‘Man Of Tai Chi’ Trailer: Keanu Reeves Turns A Pure-Hearted Man Into A Killer By Angie Han/Sept. 4, 2013 3:30 pm EST After starring in a few martial arts-influenced films, Keanu Reeves is moving on to directing one of his own. His debut Man of Tai Chi stars Tiger Hu Chen as a talented martial artist who’s recruited by a shady figure (Reeves) to participate in an underground fighting tournament....
‘Saw II’ Director Gets ‘Apex,’ Described As ‘Predator’ Meets ‘Call Of Duty’ By Angie Han/July 11, 2014 4:30 pm EST Darren Lynn Bousman, the horror director behind Saw numbers II, III, and IV, is moving on to some different kinds of thrills. He’s attached himself to Apex, an indie sci-fi pic described as “Predator meets Call of Duty.” James E. Cavanaugh penned the script. Hit the jump for more details....
‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Clip: Save A Crew Member, Or Violate The Prime Directive By Russ Fischer/April 22, 2013 12:31 pm EST Most of the marketing for Star Trek Into Darkness has focused on some big elements: the unknown of Benedict Cumberbatch’s John Harrison character, the threat of terrorism, and the opportunity for Kirk (Chris Pine) to rise above his shortcomings and become an even better leader. This clip is all old-school Trek....
‘Trance’ Green-Band Trailer: James McAvoy’s Mind Is A Scary Place By Angie Han/March 21, 2013 7:00 am EST The latest trailer for Danny Boyle’s Trance can’t beat the earlier red-band one in terms of sex and violence, but it doesn’t need to. It looks plenty dark and twisted and bizarre as is. The trippy thriller centers on Simon (James McAvoy), a fine art auctioneer who assists in the theft of a stolen painting....
‘True Detective’ Season 2 Will Have Three Leads And Be Set In California By Germain Lussier/May 27, 2014 8:30 am EST The instant the credits rolled on the first season of True Detective, fans became rabid to learn about season two. We knew Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson’s characters wouldn’t be returning, so speculation began with who should star in the show. Then we learned the season would be about “hard women, bad men and the secret occult history of the United States transportation system....
‘Walking With Dinosaurs: The 3D Movie’ International Trailer By Germain Lussier/May 1, 2013 9:35 am EST This Christmas, while adults might be excited about Bilbo Baggins or the return of Ron Burgundy, all the kids will likely be walking with dinosaurs. Based on a traveling performance that features incredibly realistic animatronic dinosaurs, Walking With Dinosaurs: The 3D Movie is set for release December 20 from directors Barry Cook (Arthur Christmas) and Neil Nightingale (Enchanted Kingdom 3D)....
Benedict Cumberbatch Exits Guillermo Del Toro Haunted House Film ‘Crimson Peak’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 21, 2013 5:15 pm EST Sorry, fans of Benedict Cumberbatch, but you won’t get to see him working in Guillermo del Toro’s haunted house thriller Crimson Peak. The actor was set for a role, but has pulled out of the film for reasons unknown. The rest of the announced cast (Charlie Hunnam, Jessica Chastain and Mia Wasikowska) remains, but as the film doesn’t roll until early next year there’s a good amount of time to find a replacement for Cumberbatch....
First Official Video Of Episode 7 Millennium Falcon Reveals Star Wars DC Easter Egg By Angie Han/Sept. 18, 2014 9:12 am EST DC and Marvel don’t seem likely to cross paths on the big screen any time soon. But DC and Star Wars is another story. Bad Robot revealed today that there’s a little bit of DC right there in Star Wars Episode VII. Hit the jump to see the Star Wars DC Easter egg....
Gal Gadot Addresses Wonder Woman Criticism In First Interview By Germain Lussier/Dec. 26, 2013 10:30 am EST Now an Israeli entertainment show has what they’re touting as Gadot’s first interview since being cast. In it she talks about the training, her body type and more. Unfortunately, the whole thing is in Hebrew, but thanks to the magic of the Internet, we’ve got a translation below. Thanks to Good Evening with Gai Pines for the video and Batman-News for the translation....
Infographic: Marvel Vs. DC Movie Release Schedule By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 22, 2014 3:00 pm EST EricSmedbron created this fun infographic showing the superhero movies from Marvel vs. DC Comics, organized by release dates. Of course, the graphic groups all of the movies based on Marvel properties, not just Disney’s Marvel Studios films, but they also correctly include a small color-coded label identifying the movie studio producing and distributing the film. The infographic is good for an at a glance look at our superhero cinematic future, but if you want to find out more information about all of these releases, including some speculation about the unannounced titles set on the schedule, please head on over to our Complete Guide To Superhero Movie Release Dates....
Jackie Chan, Wesley Snipes, Nicolas Cage And Milla Jovovich In Talks For ‘The Expendables 3’ By Russ Fischer/May 31, 2013 9:30 am EST Briefly: When Sylvester Stallone assembles an Expendables film, the biggest question isn’t really why the characters are going to be punching and shooting, but who will be doing the punching and shooting. Stallone and Jason Statham are givens at this point, and now we’ve got four more all-but-confirmed names for The Expendables 3....
Paramount And New Regency To Make Darren Aronofsky’s $150 Million Biblical Epic ‘Noah’ By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 3, 2011 4:00 pm EST When Darren Aronofsky was 13-years-old, he won a United Nations poetry competition at his Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn school for a poem about the end of the world as seen through the eyes of Noah. And so started Aronofsky’s obsession with the biblical figure. In September 2008 we talked to Aronofsky about his idea for a film based on Noah:...
Rob Zombie’s ‘The Lords Of Salem’ Scores R-Rating By Russ Fischer/Nov. 10, 2012 10:00 am EST Briefly: I don’t know that there was ever much doubt about how things would go, but Rob Zombie’s new film, The Lords of Salem, has scored an R rating, according to the director. The classification is due to “Disturbing violent and sexual content, graphic nudity, language, and some drug use.” Given the level of intensity of most of Zombie’s films, the question might have been whether Salem would have been slapped with an NC-17, necessitating cuts....
Rumor: Warner Bros. Wanted Ben Affleck To Play Batman In ‘Justice League’? By Angie Han/Feb. 8, 2013 10:00 am EST Latino Review revealed the factoid in a tweet. FUN & FABULOUS FANBOY FACT OF THE DAY: DID YA KNOW WHEN AFFLECK WAS APPROACHED TO DIRECT JUSTICE LEAGUE THEY ALSO WANTED HIM TO PLAY BATMAN? — Umberto Gonzalez (@elmayimbe) February 8, 2013 El Mayimbe doesn’t say where he got the intel, and the almost-casting hasn’t officially been confirmed by anyone....
Sequel Bits: ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2,’ ‘The Hangover Part III,’ ‘56 Up’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 3, 2012 3:14 pm EST Three incredibly different sequels have news updates in this edition of Sequel Bits. After the jump, read about: Michael Apted’s 56 Up will hit theaters January 4. The Hangover Part III has turned Nogales, Arizona into Tijuana, Mexico. Ticket sales for The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 2 are outpacing the last film, plus a new poster....
Syfy Follows Up ‘Sharknado’ With ‘Ghost Shark’; Watch The First Clip By Angie Han/July 16, 2013 1:00 pm EST Sharknado may not have been a ratings smash, but it got to be a social media phenomenon thanks to its bizarre premise and tongue-in-cheek marketing campaign. Now Syfy’s big challenge will be to top themselves, and the first of their films to try will be the kinda-sorta-not-really similarly themed Ghost Shark....
The Original Django, Franco Nero, Attached To Star In ‘Django Lives!’; Quentin Tarantino Explains The Django Legacy By Russ Fischer/Dec. 17, 2012 4:16 pm EST In 1966, the film Django became a European hit, eventually spawning a sequel (Django Strikes Again, 1987) but also inspiring a horde of imitators that used the the character name in various ways to get audience attention. The latest film in the long-running non-series is Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, which adopts the Django name to tell a story that is wholly unrelated to the original ‘66 film....
Tina Fey Developing A ‘Mean Girls’ Musical By Angie Han/Jan. 29, 2013 10:04 am EST Could the Plastics be headed to Broadway? If Tina Fey has her way, quite possibly. During an interview at the SAG Awards this weekend, the Mean Girls screenwriter revealed that she and her husband (30 Rock composer Jeff Richmond) are working on a musical version of the high school comedy classic. And while casting has yet to begin, Fey joked that she could just have a role for noted movie fan Mariah Carey....
Tom Hardy In Talks To Play Famed London Gangster Twins By Russ Fischer/Feb. 24, 2014 2:30 pm EST Brian Helgeland adapted a story of famed American gang dealings in L.A. Confidential, and now he’s going to chronicle an unusual and notorious pair of London mobsters. He’s set to write and direct Legend (title subject to change), in which Tom Hardy may end up playing identical twin brothers Ronald and Reginald Kray, who dominated the London crime scene in the ’60s before being sentenced to life in prison in 1968....
Video: A Look Inside The Mystery Box That Is J.J. Abrams’ Novel ‘S’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 1, 2013 2:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. After a few teases we finally have our look at S, a novel conceived by Abrams and written by Doug Porst. Much like Mark Z. Danielewski’s amazing House of Leaves and a number of other books that have gone before, S is a novel with a secondary story happening in between the lines, as multiple previous readers interact at the same time....
