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Richard Linklater Lines Up Cast For Baseball Movie ‘That’s What I’m Talking About’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 16, 2014 11:15 am EST In Dazed & Confused the sport on the minds of the main characters was football. (Well, it was drinking and sex, and then football) In the “spiritual sequel” to the 1993 film, That’s What I’m Talking About, the guys will play baseball. Richard Linklater has cast a fond eye towards America’s Pastime before, when he remade The Bad News Bears....

Ruben Fleischer Linked To ‘Ghostbusters 3’ By Russ Fischer/May 31, 2014 7:30 am EST There have been a lot of director rumors lately, mostly centering around Ant-Man. The biggest piece of Ant-Man talk was legit at first and then ended up being wrong when Adam McKay abruptly quit talks for the film. But there’s a related piece of info that will be of interest to many. Also on the shortlist of possible directors for Ant-Man was Ruben Fleischer, the director of Zombieland, 30 Minutes or Less, and Gangster Squad....

Rumor: Jonathan Rhys Meyers In Talks For ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ By Angie Han/May 20, 2013 8:00 am EST Not all Star Wars Episode VII rumors are created equal. While a handful of the ones we’ve heard have proved to be true (the return of Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill, for example), many more have turned out to be little more than wishful thinking. According to a new report making the rounds today, Jonathan Rhys Meyers is already in talks for the new film....

Star Wars Bits: Joe Johnston Likes J.J. Abrams, Frank Oz Wants To Reprise Yoda, ‘Star Wars Pinball’ Announced, And More By Angie Han/Feb. 8, 2013 3:00 pm EST The man makes some very good points. Whatever else you think of the Abrams decision, he certainly knows his way around a big blockbuster. Still, here’s hoping Johnston gets his own shot at the franchise when that Boba Fett standalone begins to pick up steam....

Superhero Bits: Iron Man 3, Thor, Robin, Wolverine, Superman, Man Of Steel By Germain Lussier/Oct. 24, 2012 11:30 am EST Want to watch a visit to the set of Iron Man 3? Has Thor gone Brooklyn hipster? How can you win a trip to the Man of Steel world premiere? Which superhero film contains the #1 Halloween costumes this year? Where did DC Comics invade The Rocky Horror Picture Show? And what’s the subject of the latest Superman fan film?...

Two Face Might Not Be In The Dark Knight By Peter Sciretta/April 9, 2007 11:09 am EST When Aaron Eckhart was cast in the Batman Begins sequel, The Dark Knight, everyone wondered if his character, Gotham’s District Attorney Harvey Dent would show his other face. Eckhart added fuel to the fire by referring to his character’s villainous future identity, Two-Face, in public interviews. Well now screenwriter David Goyer says that might not be the case at all....

Watch The ‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ Restoration Trailer By Russ Fischer/June 13, 2014 2:45 pm EST I’m with Nicolas Winding Refn on the subject of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre — it is among the very best horror films, and a unique film achievement regardless of genre. There’s simply nothing else like it, sequels, remakes and imitators be damned. If you’ve never seen the film on the big screen, it’s an experience that can’t be recommended highly enough....

‘Afflicted’ Trailer And Poster: Found Footage Horror With A Superhero Twist By Germain Lussier/March 4, 2014 12:45 pm EST The Afflicted trailer might be one of the best Hollywood has released in a long time. Unlike traditional trailers, which are presented linearly, this one starts at the beginning, jumps to the end and works backward, showing how two friends’ trip around the world goes horribly, horribly wrong. Written and directed by Derek Lee and Clif Prowse, who also co-star, the film won Best Horror film, screenplay and director at Fantastic Fest, which is about as impressive as it gets when it comes to horror competition....

‘Dracula Untold’ International Trailer: Fact And Fiction Blend In A Horror Origin Story By Germain Lussier/Sept. 2, 2014 8:45 am EST Universal Pictures is getting ready to reboot all of their Universal Monsters. The last film not part of this new era is Dracula Untold, a standalone blend of fact and fiction that becomes a pseudo-Dracula origin story. Luke Evans (Fast and Furious 6, The Hobbit) is Prince Vlad of Transylvania, a just ruler who leads a peaceful life with his family....

‘Draft Day’ Super Bowl Spot: Kevin Costner Kicks Off The 2014 NFL Season By Germain Lussier/Jan. 30, 2014 8:40 am EST If ever a movie was made with the sole purpose to be sold at the Super Bowl, it’s Ivan Reitman’s Draft Day. The film opens April 11 and stars Kevin Costner as the GM of the Cleveland Browns, a team in desperate need of a kick in the ass. And that’s exactly what they do at the 2014 NFL Draft, the event where the 32 NFL teams select the best college players in the world....

‘Killing Them Softly’ International Trailer Features New Flashes Of Violence By Russ Fischer/Oct. 18, 2012 11:00 am EST I quit watching this French trailer for Andrew Dominik’s Killing Them Softly about half way through, after I saw a couple shots in a row that I realized I would have preferred to see first in the full feature. Take that as an endorsement, of sorts. This might show you more than you want to see, but at the same time it is a good new trailer for Dominik’s film, with a respectable amount of new footage....

‘Monty Python Live’ Stage Show Set For 2014 By Russ Fischer/Nov. 21, 2013 9:22 am EST Earlier this week the five surviving members of Monty Python — all of the guys who aren’t Graham Chapman, in other words — announced plans for a reunion of some sort, with assumptions that the Pythons would do a stage show. Eric Idle, Michael Palin, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones took part in a press conference today (and in a not-terribly-revealing Reddit AMA), announcing that Monty Python Live will take place at the O2 Arena in London on July 1, 2014....

‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2’ In The Works; Original Cast Returning By Germain Lussier/May 28, 2014 5:00 am EST Over a decade has passed, but one of the most successful independent films in history is getting a sequel. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 is now in the works and it’ll bring back Nia Vardalos and John Corbett, the stars of the 2002 hit. Vardalos once again wrote the script which takes place years after the original story, and centers on another family wedding....

‘Page One: Inside The New York Times’ Trailer By Russ Fischer/May 2, 2011 2:30 pm EST Andrew Rossi’s documentary about the New York Times, Page One: Inside the New York Times, premiered at Sundance this year and has been getting solid reviews as it moves to other festivals. The film does exactly what it promises to do: shows you a condensed year in the life of the paper and the people who create it as they address a rapidly shifting business climate while trying to remain true to the Gray Lady’s goal to provide in-depth reporting on a global scale....

‘RoboCop’ Hits The Streets With A New Motorcycle; See Photos And Video By Germain Lussier/Oct. 19, 2012 12:30 pm EST With Jose Padilha’s remake of RoboCop, not only is the title character getting a new suit, apparently he’s getting a new mode of transportation too. While the RoboCop of 1987 was happy piloting a standard police cruiser, the RoboCop of 2014 (the film was just pushed back) will rock a sleek new motorcycle....

‘Short Term 12’ Trailer: One Of The Year’s Best Films Opens August 23 By Germain Lussier/June 3, 2013 12:35 pm EST At this year’s South by Southwest Film Festival, one film took home both top prizes awarded by the Grand Jury and Audience. That film, Destin Daniel Cretton’s Short Term 12, opens August 23. Now you can get a look at the movie, as the first trailer has just been released....

‘Snowpiercer’ Trailer And Featurettes Detail Humanity’s Last Hopes By Russ Fischer/July 5, 2013 9:39 am EST Bong Joon-ho’s post-apocalyptic tale of class warfare, Snowpiercer, opens next month in South Korea, but there’s still no US date in sight. We don’t know what The Weinstein Company plans to do with the movie — maybe it’ll do some fall festival rounds, or maybe it will be held until 2014. Regardless, there are new trailers and featurettes coming out of Korea, offering up enough new footage and behind the scenes material that you might be able to feel as if you’ve seen the movie already....

‘Venus In Fur’ Trailer: Roman Polanski Adapts The Award-Winning Play By Russ Fischer/May 27, 2014 1:15 pm EST Roman Polanski’s new film is Venus in Fur, an adaptation of the stage play by David Ives. With the film opening in the UK this weekend, there’s a new UK trailer for the movie, which features Emmanuelle Seigner and Mathieu Amalric. The play is a two-character affair, with an actress showing up late for an audition....

By Angie Han/May 13, 2014 7:46 am EST It’s been well established that Channing Tatum wants to play Gambit in a future X-Men movie, and that X-Men producer Lauren Shuler Donner wants him right back. Now they’ve made it official, according to Donner. At a recent X-Men: Days of Future Past event, Donner stated in no uncertain terms that Tatum would be the new Gambit. Sorry, Taylor Kitsch. Read her comments after the jump....

Date Night Teaser Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 11, 2009 11:41 am EST Judging from the trailer, this is just what we would expect from Night at the Museum/Pink Panther helmer Shawn Levy. A couple mild jokes, an obvious storyline and a flurry of cameos and small supporting performances from actors/actresses you know (like Mila Kunis, Leighton Meester, Mark Wahlberg, James Franco, Mark Ruffalo, Kristen Wiig, and Ray Liotta). If you look closely near the end of the trailer, you might even see Olivia Munn, of G4 Attack of the Show fame....