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Paul Thomas Anderson Discusses His Comedy Ambitions, And Admiration For Action By Russ Fischer/Nov. 7, 2012 5:39 pm EST Paul Thomas Anderson has made movies with comic aspects, most notably the strange love story Punch Drunk Love. And his next film after The Master could end up being an adaptation of the Thomas Pynchon novel Inherent Vice, which, like most of Pynchon’s work, is a narrative informed by a strong sense of comic absurdity....

Samuel L. Jackson Is The President In ‘Big Game,’ Check Out First Photo And Cast Additions By Germain Lussier/Oct. 24, 2013 9:31 am EST Big Game is Air Force One meets The Grey. Directed by Jalmari Helander (Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale), it stars Samuel L. Jackson as the President of the United States. When Air Force One is shot down over Europe, the only person that can help the President survive both the wilderness and the terrorists on his tail is a 13-year-old boy....

Simon Pegg’s ‘A Fantastic Fear Of Everything’ Gets U.S. Date; Watch The Trailer By Angie Han/Dec. 13, 2013 11:45 am EST Simon Pegg’s come up against some pretty strange things in his onscreen career — zombies, aliens, Tom Cruise — but his characters have typically been able to take those situations in stride. That’s not the case in Crisipian Mills’ A Fantastic Fear of Everything, a surreal comedy about a murder mystery writer who, as the title suggests, lives in a constant state of terror....

Superhero Bits: Daredevil, The Flash, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Ant-Man, Dark Knight Returns, Batman 75 By Germain Lussier/July 9, 2014 4:30 pm EST Want to see set footage from Netflix’s Daredevil? Who is playing Firestorm in The Flash? Will Ant-Man be at Comic-Con? Is there a new TV spot for Gotham? Where can you see a bunch of new Guardians of the Galaxy videos? Is a Pixar artist coming to the world of comics?...

Superhero Bits: Iron Man 3, Dark Knight Rises, Amazing Spider-Man, The Avengers, Dredd By Germain Lussier/July 4, 2012 2:14 pm EST Above is a new motion poster for Dredd, which will have its first screening on preview night of San Diego Comic-Con. Head to www.judgementiscoming.com for info. If you really want to spoil yourself for The Dark Knight Rises, Comic Book Movie has posted the entire 50 page set of production notes regularly given to press before a screening....

The 750th Edition Of Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 7, 2013 3:00 pm EST Header Photo: Pirated J. Edgar DVD cover Why we still need video storesDid Ender’s Game Rip Off The Dueling Machine? Something Strange in Your Neighborhood by FringeFocus Is Twitter More Valuable Than Dish Network, SiriusXM, Or Netflix?Joss Whedon Says He Is Done with Feminists Keep Calm and Join a Fandom 10 Notable Filmmakers Who Work In Both Documentary & FictionBeyond Blockbuster: 6 Key Stages Of Home Video EvolutionFight Club infographic posterConan O’Brien Faces $25,000 FCC Fine For False Emergency Alert Sounds...

The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 21 - Heart. Broken. By David Chen/March 19, 2010 11:00 am EST Stephen talks about the terrifying prospect of being lost, and the satisfying, yet uncertain, journey towards being found. The Tobolowsky Files is a new podcast from the people who brought you the /Filmcast, featuring a series of stories about life, love, and the entertainment industry, as told by legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky. You can always e-mail Stephen at stephentobolowsky(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or you can e-mail David at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com....

The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 45 - The Things I Never Learned In School By David Chen/March 5, 2011 5:55 pm EST Real world tips on being a professional actor. The difference between acting school and the real world is the difference between reading and reading between the lines. The Tobolowsky Files is a podcast from the people who brought you the /Filmcast, featuring a series of stories about life, love, and the entertainment industry, as told by legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky....

Three Big Names Were Missing From The ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ Announcement By Germain Lussier/April 29, 2014 2:30 pm EST Now that we’ve had a few hours to digest and discuss the names of actors who are part of Star Wars Episode VII, we figured it was worth looking at a few major names that weren’t mentioned. StarWars.Com released a very short and sweet announcement of the cast and crew, but three major names were oddly, or maybe predictably, absent....

VOTD: How Much Does Captain America Cost U.S. Taxpayers? By Angie Han/March 26, 2014 12:45 pm EST Many a comic book movie has contemplated the emotional cost of being a superhero. You’re constantly in peril. You regularly have to put your civilian life on hold while you go battle baddies. All your loved ones are at risk of being captured by the enemy at any moment. And it can really sting when the public you’ve worked so hard to save doesn’t seem all that grateful for your help....

VOTD: Jack Black And Kyle Gass Star In ‘Teen Wolf’ Sequel ‘Adult Wolf’ By Angie Han/June 17, 2013 3:30 pm EST When MTV unveiled their new take on Teen Wolf in 2011, their efforts were initially met with eyerolls from folks old enough to remember the original Teen Wolf. The new series didn’t bear much of a resemblance to its ostensible source material, which had been a somewhat cheesy ’80s comedy....

Warner Bros. Secures Rights To ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ By Germain Lussier/May 7, 2013 4:15 pm EST After the success of the Lord of the Rings films, The Hobbit and now Game of Thrones, Warner Bros. is looking to kick off another major fantasy franchise. They’ve just purchased the rights to Dungeons & Dragons, the incredibly famous tabletop role playing game in which players create characters and go on adventures through mystical worlds....

‘Foxcatcher’ Gets Oscar-Friendly November Release By Germain Lussier/April 22, 2014 2:00 pm EST Bennett Miller has directed two movies and both have been nominated for Best Picture. He’ll go for the three-peat this year with Foxcatcher. The true story starring Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo and Steve Carell was originally scheduled for release last December, but was delayed. Now Sony Pictures Classic and Annapurna have set the film for a November 14 release following a world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival....

‘Fright Night 2: New Blood’ Trailer: Like 2011’s ‘Fright Night’, Only Sexier By Angie Han/Aug. 20, 2013 11:30 am EST Though the title suggests it’s a sequel, the direct-to-DVD feature Fright Night 2: New Blood comes across more like a remake of the 2011 Fright Night — which, of course, was itself a remake of the the 1985 film by Tom Holland. To make things more confusing, it seems to have no connection with the other Fright Night sequel from 1988....

‘How To Train Your Dragon 3’ Delayed A Year By Russ Fischer/Sept. 2, 2014 5:00 pm EST How to Train Your Dragon 2 wasn’t an out and out critical smash, but the film has performed well at the box office. Dreamworks Animation announced today that the film has hit the $600m milestone across the globe, with a $174m domestic tally. But the next film in the series won’t be rushed out the door....

‘The Connection’ Trailer: Jean Dujardin Stars In A ‘French Connection’ Riff (Updated) By Russ Fischer/Aug. 27, 2014 10:50 am EST La French, aka The Connection for international festival audiences, jumps off from the same ’60s and ’70s drug-trafficking patterns that inspired The French Connection. Jean Dujardin stars as a young magistrate thrust into an attempt to corral international heroin smuggling, and follows his “violent six-year campaign to bring down the kingpin of a major narcotics ring....

‘The World’s End’ Composer Steve Price Scoring Edgar Wright’s ‘Ant-Man’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 17, 2014 8:45 am EST When Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man hits screens next year, it will have a score from Steve Price. The composer had two films in theaters last year. One was Wright’s The World’s End, and the other is a picture he just won a BAFTA for scoring, Gravity. Wright tweeted a congrats to Price, mostly as a way to announced that they would be working together once more on Ant-Man....

By Angie Han/Jan. 25, 2013 9:00 am EST Film director Ruben Fleischer is not expected to be involved. Instead, Craig will take over at the helm. The filmmaker showed an affinity for gory horror with a sense of humor in his debut feature Tucker and Dale vs Evil, which should make him just about perfect for Zombieland. Especially as Craig considers himself to be a huge fan of Fleischer’s picture. “Zombieland was just one of these fun rides,” he said....

Ben Affleck And Matt Damon Promote ‘Project Greenlight’ Return By Russ Fischer/June 25, 2014 12:45 pm EST Ben Affleck and Matt Damon got their break with Good Will Hunting, and won their first major acclaim when their screenplay for that film took home the Best Original Screenplay Oscar in 1998. A couple years later, the two produced the HBO show Project Greenlight, in which aspiring writers and directors competed to create a feature film....

Bill Murray Is Baloo In Jon Favreau’s ‘The Jungle Book’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 1, 2014 5:50 pm EST Jon Favreau just bagged a white whale while casting his Disney remake of The Jungle Book. Or, maybe more to the point, a great big bear. Bill Murray will provide the voice of Baloo, the second lead, in Favreau’s CG live action hybrid. He joins an already rich voice cast that includes Scarlett Johnasson, Idirs Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Christopher Walken and Ben Kingsley....