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Rumor: Batman May Not Hit Screens Again Until Around 2019 By Russ Fischer/Feb. 13, 2013 3:58 pm EST In the film world, Marvel and DC are starting to look like a hoary old western stereotype: brothers who share the same basic qualities, but take very different life paths. Marvel is the one that grows up to be the priest, or the hero: successful, moving forward, respectable. DC is the outlaw, the one who tries quick schemes to jump-start success, with no long-term plan....

Spoiler: What Pop Culture Cameo Is In ‘A Million Ways To Die In The West?’ By Germain Lussier/May 12, 2014 12:00 pm EST Seth MacFarlane might be worth hundreds of millions of dollars, but he’s still a nerd at heart. His works are filled with pop culture references and his latest movie is supposedly no different. While the trailers for A Million Ways To Die In the West haven’t shown many of those trademark MacFarlane references, a new trailer reportedly reveals a major cameo....

‘A Case Of You’ Trailer: Peter Dinklage Steals The Show With One Word By Russ Fischer/Nov. 5, 2013 10:00 am EST The possibilities of online dating leads to a plausible romcom plot possibility: what if a guy liked a girl so much that he just reworked his own personality to match the details of her online profile? It’s basically Catfish, but softer. And so A Case of You stars Justin Long as the guy who gets into trouble when the girl he wants (Evan Rachel Wood) believes the personality he crafts from nothing, and then has to follow through....

‘Behind The Candelabra’ Trailer: Michael Douglas Preens And Seduces As Liberace By Angie Han/April 8, 2013 11:00 am EST Steven Soderbergh’s retirement has turned out to be more of a transition. While he’s done with theatrical features for now, he’s as active as ever on the small screen. Just last week, he was talking up his plans to adapt John Barth’s The Sot-Weed Factor into a 12-hour miniseries. Perfectly positioned to mark that switch from the big screen to the small one is Behind the Candelabra, an HBO film about the rather bizarre romance between the famed pianist (played with flirty, flamboyant charm by Michael Douglas) and his much younger lover Scott Thorson (a wide-eyed Matt Damon)....

‘Dexter’ Spinoff Still Possible, But Only If Michael C. Hall Agrees To Star By Angie Han/Jan. 16, 2014 2:30 pm EST According to Showtime president David Nevins, a Dexter spinoff is “something we continue to talk about” — but that it’s only gonna happen if Michael C. Hall agrees to appear Hit the jump to read Nevins’ comments, including his thoughts on criticism of the finale (spoilers follow). The one thing that’s more or less decided, though, is that the spinoff will involve Dexter....

‘Gone Girl’ TV Spot Pegs Ben Affleck As A Potential Murderer By Angie Han/Aug. 26, 2014 9:00 am EST Ben Affleck knows a thing or two about negative PR, but even his Gigli-era troubles have nothing on Nick Dunne’s. The latest Gone Girl TV spot stacks the deck against Nick, pegging him as the prime suspect in the disappearance of his beautiful wife Amy (Rosamund Pike). Of course, if the case were that straightforward there’d be no movie for David Fincher to make....

‘Man Of Steel’ Keeps Warner Bros. “On Course” For ‘Justice League’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 26, 2012 8:47 am EST With Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel approaching faster than a speeding bullet, it’s only natural to think about its place in a potential DC Comic Movie Universe. Warner Bros. has been developing a Justice League film for sometime and after Marvel’s successful integration of five films into The Avengers, fans have come to expect continuity and teases in their big budget superhero movies....

‘Only God Forgives’ Poster: Time To Meet The Devil By Russ Fischer/April 17, 2013 2:30 pm EST The first trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn’s new film, Only God Forgives, promised a neon-lit blast of strange, serious action. Ryan Gosling plays a small-time gangster in Bangkok who seeks to avenge the killing of his brother as his domineering crime-boss mother (Kristen Scott Thomas) pushes him into action. Now we’ve got a teaser poster that follows through on the trailer’s promise....

‘Red 2’ Trailer #2: Bruce Willis Enjoys Life While He Still Can By Angie Han/April 26, 2013 10:30 am EST Bruce Willis’ year of action sequels continues this summer with Red 2, which reunites him with stars John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, and Mary Louise Parker while bringing on some fresher blood in the form of Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lee Byung-hun, David Thewlis, and Anthony Hopkins. If you’ve seen the first one, you know basically what to expect — lots of old people running around shooting people and exploding things....

‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Native IMAX Scenes Will Put Audiences Right In The Games By Russ Fischer/Nov. 26, 2012 3:15 pm EST As more filmmakers begin to follow the lead of Christopher Nolan and Brad Bird, with sequences in their action films shot on native IMAX stock, the question becomes: how best to use the extra detail and open frame that IMAX provides? Bird, for example, did a spectacular job with Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, by using IMAX to convey the scale and imposing height of the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai....

‘Transformers’ Star Jack Reynor Is The Latest Subject Of ‘Star Wars’ Rumors [Updated] By Angie Han/Feb. 21, 2014 4:45 am EST The list of confirmed Star Wars Episode VII actors still hovers around zero, but the list of rumored stars seems to grow longer every week. The latest subject of speculation and gossip is Jack Reynor, who’s probably best known for a role that hasn’t even hit theaters yet — he’s the star of upcoming Transformers: Age of Extinction....

Aaron Paul’s ‘Need For Speed’ Getting Last Minute 3D Conversion [UPDATE] By Germain Lussier/Feb. 4, 2014 8:00 am EST UPDATE: The news of this 3D conversion actually broke in December over on MarketSaw, so it’s not as last minute as originally thought. The original story follows. DreamWorks’ adaptation of the video game Need For Speed, starring Aaron Paul, hits theaters next month. It just had a Super Bowl commercial and critic screenings are starting very soon....

Alamo Drafthouse Scraps Plans For Manhattan Location By Angie Han/Oct. 1, 2013 10:30 am EST New Yorkers were thrilled last year to hear that Alamo Drafthouse was all set to come to Manhattan, but alas, it’s not to be. The cinema chain has just scrapped their plans for the Upper West Side location, citing the rising cost of construction after Hurricane Sandy. Hit the jump to read more about the announcement....

Andrew Garfield And Michael Shannon Star In ‘99 Homes’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 6, 2013 11:30 am EST Briefly: We’ve seen a lot of “economic crisis” films, but the state of the US economy since 2008 continues to reverberate in film and entertainment. And while you might be weary of the announcement of more films that use the crisis as a backdrop, what about one in which Andrew Garfield plays a guy who goes to work for a shady real-estate broker played by Michael Shannon?...

Anna Paquin, Ellen Page And Shawn Ashmore Join ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 26, 2013 12:54 pm EST How about we take a quick break from Sundance and Star Wars for some good old fashioned superhero casting, okay? Director Bryan Singer has revealed that Anna Paquin, Ellen Page and Shawn Ashmore have been cast in X-Men: Days of Future Past, 2014’s follow up to X-Men: First Class....

Disney Prepping Live-Action Film Based On ‘101 Dalmatians’ Villainess Cruella De Vil By Germain Lussier/Sept. 30, 2013 2:45 pm EST Apparently, Disney has found another niche of their catalog to mine moving head. They’re currently finishing Maleficent, starring Angelina Jolie based on the villainess in Sleeping Beauty and now another foul Disney female is heading to the silver screen. The company has just hired writer Aline Brosh McKenna (Cinderella, The Devil Wears Prada, Annie) to write Cruella, a live-action film based on the classic villainess from 101 Dalmatians....

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Hourman Is The Next DC Hero To Jump To The CW By Germain Lussier/Nov. 5, 2013 11:30 am EST The DC TV Universe is quietly becoming much more expansive than its film universe. Arrow is currently on the air, The Flash is a potential spin-off, Commissioner Gordon will be featured in Gotham and the dark universe will even be represented on Constantine. Now, yet another DC character is having a TV show put into development: Hourman....

Is ‘Cloud Atlas’ A Love Letter To The Arts? Part Two In Our Interview With The Film’s Directors By Germain Lussier/Oct. 23, 2012 12:00 pm EST Editor’s Note: This is the second of a four part series breaking down /Film’s interview with Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski and Tom Tykwer, the writers and directors of Cloud Atlas. Look for a new part each day leading up to the film’s release October 26....