By Russ Fischer/Nov. 29, 2013 4:15 pm EST There’s been many a fan-made LEGO Wall-E, but none created by one of the people who worked on the film. Angus MacLane has been working for Pixar for years — he’s credited as animator on many of the company’s films, going back to Geri’s Game and A Bug’s Life. He directed recent short works such as Small Fry and the great Toy Story of Terror!...
NYC’s IFC Theater Will Let Teens See NC-17 ‘Blue Is The Warmest Color’ By Angie Han/Oct. 25, 2013 6:00 am EST The news that the MPAA had stamped Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue Is the Warmest Color with an NC-17 rating wasn’t much of a shock. The board is famously prudish when it comes to sex, and the film raised eyebrows at Cannes for its lengthy, intense, and graphic scenes of lesbian lovemaking....
Page 2: Walking Dead, TMNT, Jurassic World, Voltron, Star Wars, Scorsese, Akira, Miyazaki, Toy Story By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 22, 2014 1:10 pm EST Header Photo: Walking Dead POP! Vinyl Figures Series 5 George Lucas blew up the galaxy, but I still remember it Drones Don’t Just Star In ‘The November Man’ – They Helped Make It Donkey Krang t-shirt Why I’m Excited about the ‘Harry Potter’ Spin-OffJosh Brolin Filled His Reddit AMA With The Goonies And Thrashin’ News We NeededFan created Jurassic World poster...
Paul Greengrass To Helm Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Trial Of The Chicago 7’ By Angie Han/July 23, 2013 5:30 pm EST Several years back, Aaron Sorkin penned a script called The Trial of the Chicago 7 that caught the attention of some high-profile directors. Among those were Steven Spielberg, who was originally set to direct, and then Paul Greengrass and Ben Stiller, when Spielberg departed. As of today, the screenplay still hasn’t made it to the big screen....
Plot Details And Characters For ‘Independence Day’ Sequels Revealed; James Vanderbilt Doing Rewrites By Germain Lussier/March 26, 2013 2:19 pm EST In this summer’s White House Down, director Roland Emmerich will once again wreak havoc on the President’s pad. It’s a place he knows well, having first blown it up 1996’s Independence Day. Ever since that film was released, fans have discussed a sequel and in the past few months, Emmerich and his producer Dean Devlin have confirmed sequels are in the works: ID Forever Part One and ID Forever Part Two....
Rose McGowan Says Robert Rodriguez’s Barbarella Is Happening, Sets Built, Contracts Signed. By Hunter Stephenson/April 12, 2008 1:29 pm EST “You could have used a scantily pic.” Actress Rose McGowan tells MTV that “I’ve got part of a spaceship built for me!” In other words, she’s the pale, titular character in Robert Rodriguez’s big budget remake of Barbarella and the doubters can eat cake. We’ve known about her attachment to the role made famous by a pin-up era Jane Fonda for eons now, but last year rumors persisted that Universal wasn’t copacetic with her casting....
Second Night Chronicles Film, ‘Reincarnate’ Shooting In 2013 By Russ Fischer/Dec. 6, 2012 3:59 pm EST Remember The Night Chronicles? That’s the planned three-film series funded by Media Rights Capital and produced by M. Night Shyamalan that would chronicle the intersection of the supernatural and the modern world. The first film in the loose series, Devil (yeah, the elevator movie) was released in fall 2010, and in June 2013 Shyamalan had announced 12 Strangers, the second planned film, but going on three years later it has yet to shoot....
Seven New Photos From ‘Man Of Steel’ Show Zod, Jor-El, And Superman In Flight By Germain Lussier/April 10, 2013 10:56 pm EST The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly has a big S on its chest and it surely doesn’t disappoint. Man of Steel is the featured film and, in the article, there are seven brand new photos as well as a ton of new info on the highly anticipated Superman reboot....
Stan Lee Comments Appear To Confirm ‘Black Panther’ Development At Marvel Studios By Russ Fischer/July 2, 2013 1:10 pm EST Marvel Studios has no shortage of characters to develop as the stars of new films, but the company does have to focus on a few per year. The lineup for the next few Marvel films includes new outings for Thor, Captain America, and the Avengers, and the debuts of Ant-Man and the Guardians of the Galaxy....
Star Trek Screenwriter Admits That William Shatner Cameo Is Still Possible By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 18, 2007 1:28 am EST Star Trek co-writer Roberto Orci is now saying that William Shatner might appear in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek prequel/reboot after all. “Still, it could happen,” Orci admitted after explaining to SciFi that the problem is two fold: “One, from our point of view, we are still hoping to find a way. Secondly, one of the difficulties that was brought up and discussed with Shatner when we all met him and pitched him ideas is that Trek fans are sticklers for their canon....
Stream The ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ Soundtrack By Russ Fischer/Nov. 5, 2013 7:30 am EST T Bone Burnett has worked with Joel and Ethan Coen on the musical component to the brothers’ films a few times, starting as a “musical archivist” for The Big Lebowski, and most notably acting as producer for the O Brother Where Art Thou? soundtrack. That album became a hit in its own right, and there’s reason to expect that Burnett’s contribution to the Coens’ new film, Inside Llewyn Davis, will find a similarly warm reception....
Superhero Bits: Guardians Of The Galaxy, SHIELD, X-Men: Days Of Future Past, The Wolverine, Justice League, Kick-Ass 2 By Germain Lussier/Feb. 13, 2013 2:30 pm EST We’re baaaaack! Yes, Superhero Bits is back and today you can find out the following. What’s the latest Justice League/Man of Steel rumor? How large is Hugh Jackman’s role in X-Men: Days of Future Past? Does Chris Mintz-Plasse have a crazy look in Kick-Ass 2?...
Superhero Bits: Thanos, X-Men Days Of Future Past, Gotham, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Comic-Con, Batman By Germain Lussier/July 10, 2014 4:30 pm EST Want this hilarious Batman/Jingle Bells t-shirt? Who helped James Gunn cast Thanos in Guardians of the Galaxy? How many versions of the Guardians soundtrack will there be? What’s going on with Batman and Marvel TV at San Diego Comic-Con? Want to read the Arrow season 3 synopsis? Can you guess which fast food chain teamed up with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?...
This Week In Trailers: 7 Cajas, Escape Fire, Tai Chi 0, The Dinosaur Project, Only The Young, Sushi: The Global Catch By Christopher Stipp/Aug. 17, 2012 9:00 am EST These are the moments I live for. Getting tipped that a movie like this exists is one of those happy perks of being in this line of work. Coming from director Juan Carlos Maneglia, this film feels like one of those tightly packed yarns that will start and end within a very short time....
Watch Wes Anderson And Roman Coppola’s Three-Minute Fragrance Ad ‘Prada Candy L’Eau’ By Russ Fischer/March 29, 2013 6:30 pm EST Prada Candy L’eau is a perfume, and in this case Prada Candy L’Eau is also a three-part long-form ad for said fragrance. (Well, “long-form” might be a stretch, as this is three and a half minutes with titles.) But it is one created by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, and one brimming with Anderson’s signature fetishes for composition, style, and color....
‘Doctor Strange’ Coming In Summer 2016 By Angie Han/Sept. 17, 2014 5:38 am EST Doctor Strange has been in development for who-even-remembers-how-long at this point, and in just two more years it’ll finally become a reality. A new report indicates that the superhero saga is set for a July 2016 opening, with preparations already underway for a mid-2015 shoot. Hit the jump for all the latest details on the Doctor Strange release date....
‘Jaws’ Themed Art Show Opens Friday - An Exclusive First Look By Germain Lussier/Oct. 30, 2013 10:00 am EST Sheriff Brody might think Quint’s gonna need a bigger boat, but you’re gonna need a bigger house. “Why,” do you ask? How else could you possibly accommodate all of the incredible art in this week’s Jaws themed art show, “Smile You Son Of A Bitch?” It takes place for three days only, November 1-3, at the Hero Complex Gallery in Los Angeles, CA....
‘Star Wars Episode 7’ X-Wing Officially Revealed By Peter Sciretta/July 21, 2014 5:52 am EST To promote the final week of the Star Wars: Force for Change campaign, director J.J. Abrams has released a video unveiling the Star Wars Episode 7 X-Wing. See the video now embedded after the jump to check out the Star Wars: Episode VII X-Wing design. ‘Star Wars Episode 7’ X-Wing Officially Revealed By Peter Sciretta/July 21, 2014 5:52 am EST...
‘The Last Exorcism Part II’ Trailer: Feels Like The First Time By Russ Fischer/Jan. 8, 2013 5:11 pm EST The 2010 horror movie The Last Exorcism told the story of Cotton Marcus, an evangelical minister in Louisiana who is the subject of a documentary effort by a small film crew. Though Marcus doesn’t believe in the power of exorcisms, he performs them occasionally as a faith-building exercise. But while doing an exorcism on camera for the film crew, things get out of control....
‘Tusk’ Trailer: “Who In The Hell Would Want To Be Human?” [Comic Con 2014] By Russ Fischer/July 25, 2014 9:38 pm EST “I don’t want to die in Canada.” That’s Wallace, (Justin Long), a guy who interviews people to learn their odd stories, but he becomes the subject of one after talking to the wrong Canadian. In Tusk, the new film from writer/director Kevin Smith, we follow Wallace as he finds a new story through an old sailor (Michael Parks)....
