‘Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Victory Tour Posters Revealed By Angie Han/Feb. 22, 2013 10:45 am EST Just because Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) survived the 74th Hunger Games doesn’t mean they’re living happily ever after. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire will reveal that they’ve left the frying pan only to jump into the, um, fire, as they’re forced to travel around Panem as smiling mascots for the Games....
‘Rush’ Trailer: Chris Hemsworth And Daniel Brühl Battle For Position By Russ Fischer/July 17, 2013 12:30 pm EST Here’s the latest trailer for Ron Howard’s new film Rush. Before Howard goes back to work with Tom Hanks and Dan Brown, he’ll oversee the release of this racing drama based on the real lives and careers of James Hunt and Niki Lauda (played by Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl, respectively) as they compete in a series of races that prove to be personally dangerous and professionally unique....
‘The Immigrant’ Trailer: Marion Cotillard Chases The American Dream By Angie Han/April 17, 2014 2:00 pm EST We got our first look at the Cannes 2014 slate this morning, but there are still a few Cannes 2013 films making their way to theaters. One is James Gray’s The Immigrant, starring Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix, and Jeremy Renner. Cotillard stars as Ewa, a Polish woman who emigrates to New York in 1920 with her sister Magda (Angela Sarafyan)....
By Germain Lussier/Aug. 14, 2014 3:30 pm EST Late last year, we wrote about a poster documentary called Twenty-Four by Thirty-Six, directed by Kevin Burke. The film aims to trace the full history of the movie poster from its earliest conception, through the golden age of Hollywood, all the way up to the current craze of limited edition screen prints. Since we ran the story, Burke and his team have been traveling the country, shooting and editing the film and now a brand new trailer is online....
‘Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory’ 40th Anniversary Cast Reunion By Peter Sciretta/May 17, 2011 5:00 pm EST The cast of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory reunited on the Today Show to celebrate the film’s upcoming 40-year anniversary. Most of the main cast members were in attendance, minus Gene Wilder and the late Jack Albertson). See the video and side-by-side photo comparisons of all the actors after the jump....
Chadwick Boseman As James Brown: First Look At ‘Get On Up’ By Russ Fischer/March 13, 2014 9:00 am EST That’s 42 star Chadwick Boseman above, and below you’ll see Boseman as James Brown in the first shot from the Brown biopic Get on Up. The film also stars Dan Aykroyd as Ben Bart, who presided over Brown’s agency Universal Attractions. The film, which spans much of the singer’s life, also features Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, and Lennie James....
Comedy ‘Ricky Stanicky’ Comes Back To Life At Summit With Jim Carrey To Star By Russ Fischer/April 10, 2013 3:22 pm EST Jim Carrey’s career is in an interesting place, with the former leading man beginning to find success as part of ensemble casts. As examples, he was highlighted as a strong point in The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, and looks like the most promising aspect of Kick-Ass 2. Now a project that has languished for a while is coming back to life thanks in part no doubt to Carrey’s interest in the film, and the public’s resurged interest in the actor....
Cool Stuff: Threadless’ ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ T-Shirt Collection By Peter Sciretta/June 7, 2013 6:00 am EST Threadless has teamed with Nickelodeon to produce a new line of t-shirts based on the winning submissions of an art contest. The contest was to create t-shirt designs based on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. From 1,014 submissions, 16 winning t-shirts are now on sale on the Threadless website. See them below. Buy the t-shirts now on Threadless....
Did Steve Jobs Test The iPad In Pixar’s ‘The Incredibles’? By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 28, 2011 3:00 pm EST Chris Noessel, an interaction designer and Nathan Shedroff, program chair of the MBA in Design Strategy at the California College of the arts, believe that Steve Jobs may have used the Brad Bird’s Pixar movie The Incredibles to test the concept of a tablet computer in front of movie audiences. The movie was released in 2004, six years before the announcement of the iPad, three years prior to the iPhone....
First Marvel Ride Officially Announced For Hong Kong Disneyland By Germain Lussier/Oct. 8, 2013 10:00 am EST The first Marvel-themed thrill ride at a Disney park has officially been announced, and it’s coming to Hong Kong Disneyland. The Iron Man Experience will open in 2016 and will be a high-tech simulator that puts the rider into Tony Stark’s suit as he flies around the streets of Hong Kong, battling enemies. That’s a piece of concept art above; see more below....
Focus Features Buys Zach Braff’s Sundance Dramedy ‘Wish I Was Here’ By Angie Han/Jan. 20, 2014 2:00 pm EST A decade after he made waves at Sundance with his feature directing debut Garden State, Zach Braff is back at the festival this year with his sophomore effort Wish I Was Here. And although it’s received mixed reviews so far, it has at least one big fan: Focus Features. The distributor has just closed a deal for the domestic rights to the dramedy, beating out CBS Films and Lionsgate in an auction....
Henry Cavill Could Replace Tom Cruise In Guy Ritchie’s ‘Man From U.N.C.L.E.’ By Germain Lussier/May 28, 2013 6:01 pm EST The film adaptation of the TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. has gone through its fair share of big names. Steven Soderbergh, George Clooney, Channing Tatum, Bradley Cooper and others all had their names circling the project at certain points. Most recently, Guy Ritchie was set to direct with Tom Cruise and Armie Hammer as two Cold War spies, but Cruise dropped out last week....
Jonathan Levine’s ‘All The Boys Love Mandy Lane’ Finally Gets Release Date By Angie Han/June 24, 2013 4:00 pm EST However, we in the States have so far been denied the pleasure of seeing where it all began. Levine’s directorial debut All the Boys Love Mandy Lane garnered enough positive buzz on the festival circuit in 2006 that Dimension Films scooped up the distribution rights, but the company never actually got around to releasing the film....
Joss Whedon Explains His Major Problem With ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 22, 2013 3:30 pm EST Before you assume that everyone’s favorite Star Wars movie is The Empire Strikes Back, talk to Joss Whedon. The writer/director has long been on the record as saying that, while he likes and respects Empire, he thinks A New Hope is the superior film. “I still believe that even though The Empire Strikes Back is better in innumerable ways than Star Wars, Star Wars wins because you can’t end a movie with Han frozen in Carbonite,” Whedon said in the past....
Loki’s Staff Mysteriously Appears The Day Before Marvel’s 2014 Comic Con Presentation By Peter Sciretta/July 25, 2014 2:18 pm EST Tomorrow is the day almost everyone at Comic Con is waiting for — we’ll be in Hall H for all of the movie studio presentations — Warner Bros, Legendary Pictures and most importantly, Marvel Studios. But in advance of Marvel’s panel in Hall H, something mysterious has appeared at the Marvel booth on the San Diego Convention Center show floor....
Neil Marshall Will Direct NBC’s ‘Constantine’ Pilot By Angie Han/Jan. 31, 2014 9:00 am EST Marvel may be running circles around DC in the big-screen franchise department, but the latter is doing quite well for itself on the small screen. One of several DC-based shows in the works right now is Constantine, and it’s moving quickly. The drama got a pilot order from NBC earlier this month, and has now picked up Neil Marshall (The Descent) to helm....
New Look At ‘Maleficent’ Features Lana Del Rey And A Classic Disney Tune By Russ Fischer/Jan. 26, 2014 7:58 pm EST Disney’s last trailer for Maleficent was a strange thing that cut together footage from Robert Stromberg’s new movie with clips of the original animated Sleeping Beauty, in which Maleficent made her debut. The music there was strangely bright, making the real tone of the film difficult to pin down....
Not So Fast: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Off ‘Jungle Book’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 9, 2014 10:17 am EST Briefly: Two competing Jungle Book films are in the works but one just fell back to second place in the race. The Warner Bros. version, written by Callie Kloves, was aiming to have Babel director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu direct. That’s not going to happen, due to scheduling. The news makes Disney’s version, directed by Jon Favreau with an already-scheduled October 9, 2015 release date, the clear front runner....
Page 2: Buffy, Star Wars, Godzilla, Jersey Boys, Maleficent, HTTYD2, Fargo, Frozen, Miyazaki By Peter Sciretta/June 9, 2014 4:00 pm EST Header Photo: Back Off Criminals, Toronto’s Neighborhood Watch Is Intense My own little head-canon for Kurt Russell characters.5 Story Ideas to Make the Star Wars Stand-Alone Films Stand Out Viewpoints 1: X-Wing, X-Wing VS. TIE-Fighter" Set of 3 by Chris Skinner 30 Years Of ‘Gremlins’: How Steven Spielberg Ushered In The Era Of PG-13 Blockbuster Entertainment...
Page 2: Kill Bill, Breaking Bad, Star Trek, Alien, Hunger Games, Frankenweenie, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Muppets, Drive, Brave, Total Recall, Looper, Transformers By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 8, 2012 8:00 am EST Header Photo: Top 10 must-see photos from the set of Kill Bill. The first trailer for AFTER EARTH will be attached to THE HOBBIT. Breaking Bad-inspired Golden Moth Chemical Logo t-shirt.The 10 Classics Left Off the Sight & Sound ListStar Trek Borg Cube Wedding Cake...
