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‘Hours’ Trailer: Paul Walker Is A Desperate Dad By Russ Fischer/Feb. 8, 2013 1:52 pm EST After being fairly quiet for the past few years, Paul Walker is enjoying a nice little career spike. There’s the intense anticipation for Fast & Furious 6, and he also locked up the lead role in a potential new Hitman franchise. Before his new car-racing thriller hits, however, Walker will be seen at SXSW in the lead role of Hours, a disaster thriller set in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina....

‘Iron Man 3’ Post-Credits Spoiler Revealed By Germain Lussier/April 15, 2013 9:40 am EST I’m going to give you every possible chance not to read this post. Latino Review has a report from the Paris premiere screening of Iron Man 3 and is ready to reveal the film’s post-credits scene. I’m sure about 95% of us will want to keep that a secret, even if we already think we know what it is....

‘Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Will Explain Coulson’s Return… Eventually By Angie Han/July 11, 2013 5:48 pm EST Of all the questions hovering over Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., perhaps the biggest is just what Agent Coulson (Clark Gregg) is doing in it. Even the spoiler-y explanation we got earlier a few months back only raised more questions. Happily, co-creator Jed Whedon assures fans they’ll get an answer — just not right away....

‘Star Wars Episode VII’ Might Add Unknown Oxford Actress Maisie Richardson-Sellers By Germain Lussier/April 10, 2014 8:30 am EST Despite names of every popular actor being rumored for Star Wars Episode VII, there was always a good chance J.J. Abrams would cast unknowns. That was the point of widely publicized, worldwide open auditions. Plus, it would be in the spirit of the 1977 original, when actors Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford themselves were relative unknowns....

‘The Sleepwalker’ Sundance Trailer By Russ Fischer/Dec. 24, 2013 3:00 pm EST Brady Corbet is following up his Sundance 2012 entry Simon Killer with The Sleepwalker, which he co-wrote with director Mona Fastvold, and in which he stars. It’s a story of two sisters and the severe test that is put upon their lifelong relationship. Check out a trailer below in advance of the film’s Sundance premiere.The Playlist had the trailer....

‘Toyko Tribe’ Review And Trailer: The Best Hip-Hop Gang Musical Ever Made [Fantastic Fest 2014] By Germain Lussier/Sept. 22, 2014 5:00 pm EST Tokyo Tribe is directed by Shion Sono, a director whose films (Love Exposure, Cold Fish) are usually pretty brutal. For the most part, this one isn’t. In fact, it’s the opposite. Tokyo Tribe is a hip hop musical about gang wars in Tokyo filled with sex, action, rapping and more rapping....

Ang Lee’s Lust, Caution Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/July 2, 2007 2:28 am EST Check out the movie trailer for Ang Lee’s (Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon) new film. Adapted from Eileen Chang’s short story by Lee’s Crouching Tiger screenwriter Wang Hui-Ling, Lust, Caution follows a powerful political figure (Tony Leung) in World War II-era Shanghai who enters into a dangerous game of emotional intrigue with an young woman (Tang Wei)....

Bryan Singer Discusses Sentinels, Quicksilver, And Time Travel From The Set Of ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 19, 2014 9:50 am EST Below you’ll find his comments on three key points: shooting the character Quicksilver, which was accomplished in part through the use of a high-speed camera; the creation and ideas behind the Sentinels; and the use of time travel as a plot device. First, let’s look at Quicksilver....

Colin Hanks Joins ‘Dexter’, Teaser Trailer Released By Angie Han/May 10, 2011 5:00 am EST It’s been months since the Season 5 finale of Dexter and we’ve still months to go until the Season 6 premiere, so it’s nice to see some intriguing tidbits of Dexter news today. Showtime has just released a new teaser trailer that doesn’t reveal a whole lot about the upcoming story arcs, but tries hard to get you pumped up for fall....

DreamWorks Buys Pitch For Revisionist Robin Hood Film ‘Merry Men’ By Germain Lussier/March 1, 2013 10:45 am EST Deadline broke the news of this deal, which was for the idea, not a finished script. Ingelsby is still writing while Waugh is off working on Need for Speed. That means, at the very earliest, it wouldn’t go in front of cameras until next year. So how is Merry Men different from all the different iterations of Robin Hood we’ve seen in the past?...

Effects House Rhythm & Hues Files For Bankruptcy Despite Winning Multiple Awards For ‘Life Of Pi’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 11, 2013 3:30 pm EST This news comes after not only that BAFTA, but multiple Oscar nominations for the company (for Pi and Snow White and the Huntsman) and several Visual Effects Society awards for Pi. Those don’t quickly translate into capital, however, and without a better cash flow, the company has to restructure....

First Look At Henry Selick’s ‘The Shadow King;’ Voice Cast Includes Brendan Gleeson And Jeffrey Tambor By Angie Han/Feb. 6, 2013 11:00 am EST Henry Selick’s stop-motion animation Shademaker hit a massive roadblock last year when Disney backed out of the project, but happily it turned out not to be dead so much as stalled. K5 International got things going again this week when it decided to back the project (now titled The Shadow King) and bring it to the European Film Market....

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Here’s How ‘Django Unchained’ Plays Into The Tarantino Universe By Angie Han/Jan. 25, 2013 11:00 am EST Although Quentin Tarantino’s works aren’t overtly linked like, say, the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe are, his devoted fans know they’re all connected in smaller, subtler ways. Perhaps the most famous association is between Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction — Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen) and Vincent Vega (John Travolta) are brothers — but there’s also the offhand mention of True Romance’s Alabama (Patricia Arquette) in Reservoir Dogs, the familial relationship between Ingourious Basterds’ Donnie Donowitz (Eli Roth) and True Romance’s Lee Donowitz (Saul Rubinek), and so on....

James Franco Blasts ‘Spring Breakers 2’; See The First Teaser Poster By Angie Han/May 15, 2014 8:12 am EST What’s Spring Breakers without James Franco and Harmony Korine? We’re about to find out, thanks to the Franco-free, Korine-less Spring Breakers: The Second Coming. And not surprisingly, Franco and Korine are none too thrilled about it. The actor and the director have taken to social media to voice their displeasure about the upcoming film, which is being directed by Jonas Åkerlund and written by Irvine Welsh....

Jason Momoa On ‘Batman Vs. Superman’ Reports: “It’s Just Rumors” By Angie Han/Jan. 13, 2014 8:39 am EST Briefly: If Jason Momoa has indeed been cast in Zack Snyder’s Batman vs. Superman, as he was rumored to have been last month, he isn’t letting on. “It’s just rumors,” the Game of Thrones alum said when asked about the project. “I want to say something amazing, but I can’t comment on rumors....

Johnny Depp Confirmed For Wally Pfister’s ‘Transcendence’ And Barry Levinson’s ‘Black Mass;’ ‘Pirates 5’ Nowhere In Sight By Germain Lussier/Feb. 28, 2013 11:20 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Both films sound different, interesting, and from really talented filmmakers. Oh, right, Pirates 5. Depp is a machine when it comes to work so, if the script for Pirates of the Caribbean 5 is deemed worthy when he finishes Black Mass, there’s certainly a chance it could shoot by the end of the year....

Mark Wahlberg To Star In J.C. Chandor’s ‘Deepwater Horizon’ By Angie Han/Aug. 20, 2014 11:00 am EST Following the fact-based actioner Lone Survivor and the less fact-based blockbuster Transformers: Age of Extinction, Mark Wahlberg is preparing to play another all-American hero. He’s entered talks for Deepwater Horizon, J.C. Chandor’s drama about the 2010 BP oil rig explosion. Get more details about the Mark Wahlberg Deepwater Horizon movie after the jump. Built in 2001 off the coast of Louisiana, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded on April 20, 2010....

Netflix Adds Another Original Series: ‘Lilyhammer,’ Watch The Trailer For The Gangster Show By Germain Lussier/Oct. 4, 2011 9:00 am EST Netflix is all in with this original programming thing. They already acquired the rights to the David Fincher/Kevin Spacey produced show House of Cards, are interested in exclusively airing the rumored next season of Arrested Development and have now picked up a Norwegian-produced TV show called Lilyhammer. They show stars Steven van Zandt (The Sopranos, Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band) as a Mafia informant who chooses to move to Norway as part of the Witness Protection Program....

Netflix Testing $6.99/Month And $9.99/Month Streaming Plans By Angie Han/Dec. 31, 2013 4:30 pm EST At $7.99/month, Netflix’s basic streaming package isn’t a bank-breaker for most folks. But if you really want to cut your entertainment expenditures to the bone, you may be in luck. The service is now testing a standard-def $6.99/month option for certain users. If, on the other hand, you’d like to do more with your subscription and don’t mind paying a little extra for it, the company is also trying out a $9....