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‘The Descendants’ Trailer: Alexander Payne Returns By Russ Fischer/May 25, 2011 2:00 pm EST It has been seven long years since Alexander Payne last had a film in theaters. He’s done a lot of work since Sideways, producing some films (Cedar Rapids) and television (Hung) and working to develop quite a few projects. He spent some significant time on the film Downsizing, which was shelved late in development; that’s when he jumped at making The Descendants with George Clooney....

‘Upstream Color’ Video Reaction [Sundance 2013] By Russ Fischer/Jan. 21, 2013 6:58 pm EST Today at Sundance saw the premiere of Upstream Color, the second film from Primer director Shane Carruth. Trailers for the movie position the film as an enigma, and while the film is hardly mainstream, I would argue that the feature isn’t nearly as impenetrable as those first looks suggested. That said, this film is quite a puzzle, and a very rewarding one....

‘Wrong’ Director Finishes New Film ‘Realite,’ Featuring Jon Heder In A Rat Suit; Also Editing ‘Wrong Cops,’ With Appearance From Eric Wareheim By Russ Fischer/Nov. 16, 2012 12:45 pm EST I’ve come to really admire director Quentin Dupieux, the man behind the films Rubber and Wrong. I love the way he both respects rules and throws them out the window on a regular basis. He goes where his ideas take him, and I find his movies to be tremendously entertaining as a result....

Chris Hemsworth And Charlie Day In Talks For ‘Vacation’ Sequel By Russ Fischer/Aug. 25, 2014 4:10 pm EST After showing a talent for making people laugh during his gigs as Thor, and in The Cabin in the Woods, Chris Hemsworth is taking a dive into full-on comedy. He’s in talks to play a new role in the sequel and semi-reboot of Vacation. John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Horrible Bosses, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2) wrote the film and will make their directorial debut on the picture, which follows the continued adventures of the Griswold family as they try desperately to have fun....

By Germain Lussier/June 5, 2013 4:38 pm EST If we’re lucky, every few months a poster is released that makes you step back from your computer and stare. A poster so gorgeous, fans and non-fans a like will bask in its beauty. Some previous examples are Olly Moss’s Star Wars posters, Ken Taylor’s Halloween poster, Tyler Stout’s Akira, Aaron Horkey’s There Will be Blood and now, you can add Tom Whalen’s The Wizard of Oz to the list....

Cool Stuff: Gallery 1988’s ‘We Made Them Do It’ Show Features ‘Con Air,’ ‘The Burbs,’ ‘Bad News Bears,’ ‘Wonder Years’ By Germain Lussier/July 25, 2013 11:00 am EST One of the major pitfalls in creating pop culture art is over-saturation. We all love movies like Star Wars, Back to the Future or The Thing, so over and over again people tend to make art based on popular properties and films. Gallery 1988 said screw that....

First ‘World’s End’ Featurette Gives 5-Minute History Of The Cornetto Trilogy By Germain Lussier/June 24, 2013 10:16 am EST Unless you’re a huge fan of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, understanding just how The World’s End could be considered the third film in a trilogy that began with those two movies could be a bit confusing. The three films have the same director (Edgar Wright), the same writing team (Wright and Simon Pegg), and the same lead actors (Pegg and Nick Frost), though each features different characters and different genres....

First Look: Eddie Murphy And Brandon T. Jackson As Father And Son In Shawn Ryan’s ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Pilot By Angie Han/March 19, 2013 1:30 pm EST Eddie Murphy tried for years to get a fourth Beverly Hills Cop movie off the ground, but it wasn’t until he reworked it for the small screen that the project really started to gain traction. Shawn Ryan came aboard to produce, CBS greenlit the pilot, Brandon T....

Jon Chu On The “Tonal Tightrope” Of Making ‘Masters Of The Universe’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 17, 2012 1:45 pm EST So a new He-Man movie is really in development. Why? Great question. The property was never anything other than a method to pander toys — pretty weird, goofy toys, at that. Yet there is a company ready to pour millions of dollars into revitalizing a sales pitch that is best remembered by guys in the 30 to 40-year old age range....

Kelsey Grammer Joins ‘The Expendables 3’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 18, 2013 7:04 am EST Briefly: As cameras roll on the Bulgaria set of The Expendables 3, one more famous face has joined the team. Kelsey Grammer, who’ll also appear in next summer’s Transformers: Age of Extinction, is set to play a mercenary role once earmarked for Nicolas Cage. The multiple-Emmy award winner joins a cast that includes Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Terry Crews, Antonio Banderas, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren and Wesley Snipes....

Mike Colter Will Be The ‘Halo’ “Digital Feature” Star By Russ Fischer/May 15, 2014 5:00 am EST Xbox Live is putting together two Halo projects. One counts Steven Spielberg as a producer, and will be the flagship series for the property on Xbox. (It could also hit Showtime.) The other — and the one we’ll talk about below — is a “digital feature,” similar to Halo 4: Forward Until Dawn. That is, it’s essentially set to be a long movie that will be released episodically....

Netflix Now Offers Director Commentary On ‘House Of Cards’ First Season By Russ Fischer/Jan. 3, 2014 12:30 pm EST Briefly: Some of the best director commentaries out there are from David Fincher, whose discussions about each of his films are super-detailed and free of the “you had to be there” stories that make some commentaries little more than a genial hangout session with the filmmakers. Hanging out is great, but if you want a commentary you might learn from, Fincher is a good bet....

New Image From ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Highlights The Green Goblin By Angie Han/Feb. 20, 2014 8:03 am EST Well, you certainly can’t accuse Sony of playing coy with their The Amazing Spider-Man 2 marketing campaign. The latest still offers our best look yet at the villainous Green Goblin, and might be considered pretty spoiler-y if the storyline hadn’t already played out in the comics and in Sam Raimi’s earlier Spider-Man trilogy....

Page 2: Lord Of The Rings, Back To The Future, Indiana Jones, Blade Runner, Joe Dante, Breaking Bad, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Aladdin, Star Wars By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 23, 2013 8:00 am EST Header Photo: A Visual Timeline Of The One Ring In-Theater Cell Phone Use Epidemic Spreads to Sundance How Junction Point Studios gave a voice to one of Walt Disney’s earliest creations. DeLorean Skirts Make Time Travel Easier...

POTD: Evangeline Lilly Shares Her ‘Ant-Man’ Look, Suggests Wasp Appearance By Russ Fischer/Aug. 21, 2014 10:50 am EST The first look at Paul Rudd in Ant-Man didn’t show us much, and this image of Evangeline Lilly suggests a lot more than it actually reveals. Lilly plays Hope Van Dyne in the film — that’s the daughter of Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) and Janet Van Dyne (above). We know that Janet isn’t in the film much, if at all....

See Two New Electro Shots From ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 30, 2013 6:00 am EST Seeing so much of Electro well before The Amazing Spider-Man 2 opens should have been a tip-off of some sort. For a while, we knew that Marc Webb’s sequel would feature the Rhino and at least one Osborn, but it seemed like Jamie Foxx, as Electro, would be the real center of the movie....

Short ‘Ouija’ Trailer Crams Horror Into One Minute By Russ Fischer/Aug. 20, 2014 8:00 am EST There’s a little bit of new footage in this trailer for Ouija, the film that shows what happens when kids use that dangerous tool of the devil, the Ouija board, to contact dead friends. Some people use the board to craft weird and potentially embarrassing moments at parties, but the people in the film find themselves connected to some evil force that is hell-bent on their destruction....

Sony Is Making A ‘Sonic The Hedgehog’ Movie By Angie Han/June 10, 2014 4:00 pm EST Hollywood’s track record with video game adaptations is spotty at best. But video games are well-known properties with wide name recognition and built-in followings, so there’s always going to be someone willing to try and buck that trend. Today, that someone is Sony and producer Neal Moritz, and the project in question is a Sonic the Hedgehog movie....

Superhero Bits: Guardians Of The Galaxy, Dark Knight Rises, Thor: The Dark World, X-Men, Thanos, Amazing Spider-Man 2 By Germain Lussier/Oct. 31, 2013 5:00 pm EST Have toy names spoiled some cameos in Guardians of the Galaxy? Is J. Jonah Jameson mad at The Amazing Spider-Man 2? How is Thor: The Dark World doing in its international debut? Will Alan Taylor be back for a third Thor film? Did Christopher Nolan want to make The Dark Knight Rises?...

Superhero Bits: Kick-Ass 2, Batman Vs. Superman, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Amazing Spider-Man 2 By Germain Lussier/July 29, 2013 3:00 pm EST Note: I’m going on vacation the rest of the week, so Superhero Bits will be back on Monday August 5. Conan O’Brien premiere exclusive footage from The Amazing Spider-Man 2. It’s a joke. The Comic-Con footage from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 actually did leak online, though....