‘The Maze Runner’ Trailer By Russ Fischer/March 17, 2014 8:17 pm EST The first Maze Runner trailer is all dire situations: Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) wakes up in an elevator that quickly pushes him up into a gigantic maze. He and a bunch of other boys are trapped there, and Thomas learns in short order that escaping probably won’t be easy. It might not even be possible. Kids explore it each day, but nights in the maze are deadly....
‘Touchy Feely’ Trailer: Is Lynn Shelton Losing Her Touch? By Angie Han/June 17, 2013 11:15 am EST Lynn Shelton made her name with intimate, improvised dramedies like Humpday and Your Sister’s Sister. But her latest, Touchy Feely, sees her taking a broader, more traditionally scripted approach, to mixed reactions. The new film reunites Shelton with her Your Sister’s Sister star Rosemarie DeWitt, who’s playing warm, free-spirited masseuse Abby this time around....
By Angie Han/July 18, 2014 2:31 pm EST That film, which chronicles the incredible true journey of Olympian and World War II hero Louis Zamperini, is already building some good buzz thanks to a powerful trailer and a solid cast. Some (including us, we admit) have already wondered if it’s Oscar-bound. As an actress, Jolie is coming off of the Disney hit Maleficent — her first live-action role since 2010’s The Tourist....
Disney Developing Sequel To Live-Action ‘Alice In Wonderland’ By Germain Lussier/Dec. 7, 2012 1:30 pm EST Tim Burton’s 2010 3D version of Alice in Wonderland was a unexpected mega hit for Disney, grossing over $1 billion worldwide. Its success is credited with kickstarting the ongoing trend of live action adaptations of fantasy/fairy tale classics such as Mirror Mirror, Snow White and the Huntsman as well as the upcoming Maleficent, Oz the Great and Powerful and more....
Eli Wallach Has Died At Age 98 By Russ Fischer/June 25, 2014 1:15 am EST Eli Wallach will always be Tuco to me. For some actors who enjoyed a career as long and varied as Wallach, being persistently known for one role above all others would rankle. Judging by Wallach’s frequent interview conversations about his role in Sergio Leone’s The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, he probably wouldn’t mind. Or he would understand, at least....
First Look: Eli Roth’s The Green Inferno By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 11, 2013 6:00 am EST Worldview Entertainment has released the first image from Eli Roth’s (Hostel, Cabin Fever) The Green Inferno. The horror thriller follows New York City student activists who encounter a tribe of cannibals while traveling the remote jungles of Peru. This is Roth’s first directorial effort since the Hostel series. The image debut on Shock: The Green Inferno stars Lorenza Izzo (“Aftershock”), Ariel Levy (“Aftershock”), Aaron Burns, Daryl Sabara (“John Carter”, “Machete”), Kirby Bliss Blanton (“Project X”), Magda Apanowicz and actress/singer Sky Ferreria....
First Look: Kurt Russell In ‘Fast & Furious 7’ By Angie Han/Sept. 25, 2013 6:00 am EST It was only a few weeks ago that we first heard Kurt Russell could join Vin Diesel and company for Fast & Furious 7. Now, not only has that casting been 100% confirmed, we actually have our first look at the action star on set. Check it out after the jump. What exactly is going on in this photo is anyone’s guess....
First Poster For ‘Maleficent’ Starring Angelina Jolie; Trailer Out Tomorrow By Angie Han/Nov. 12, 2013 9:01 am EST Over a half-century since Disney released their animated classic Sleeping Beauty, the Mouse House is finally ready to hear out the bad guy’s side of the story. Directed by Robert Stromberg, Maleficent stars Angelina Jolie as the titular villainess — one of the most iconic in the Disney canon. The first trailer hits tomorrow at 9 AM EST, but until then we have a brand-new poster to feast our eyes on....
By Russ Fischer/Sept. 24, 2013 8:02 pm EST In addition to going into Gordon’s early days, it will “also look at the villains who made Gotham City famous.” Since the modern Batman timeline conceptualizes the rise of those villains as a result of Batman’s activity, will we see shadows of the Batman in the show? Nope, based on what we know. Instead, the show finds Gordon working as a detective, possibly prior to Batman’s appearance, and we don’t know how the stories of other villains will factor in....
Jack Black And Mike White Re-Team For ‘The D-Train’ With James Marsden By Angie Han/Feb. 11, 2014 5:30 am EST A decade after they played misfit buddies in School of Rock, Jack Black and Mike White are preparing to play longtime pals again in The D-Train. Instead of guiding cute kids to promising futures, however, they’ll be trying to track down a washed-up actor played by James Marsden. Hit the jump for more details on the new project....
Latest ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ Rumor Details Plot And Main Characters By Germain Lussier/June 11, 2013 8:46 am EST It feels like…hours since we’ve had a fun, juicy Star Wars Episode VII rumor to chew on. The latest one is potentially the biggest yet because it deals with not only the potential main characters of the film, but the roles they play as well. Yes, we’re finally talking Star Wars Episode VII plotlines....
Mad Men Season 7 Teaser: Don Draper Is Back By Germain Lussier/March 6, 2014 3:00 pm EST The first Mad Men Season 7 teaser is here. Like most teasers, it doesn’t reveal much. What it does remind us is April is going to be a fantastic month of TV with this Emmy-winning show coming back along with Game of Thrones and others. Don Draper is seen slowly getting off a TWA plane and putting on a fedora....
Miranda July’s ‘The Future’ Trailer By Germain Lussier/May 9, 2011 3:00 pm EST While the masses might not consider all filmmakers to be true artists, there’s no making that mistake with Miranda July. When she not only wrote but directed and starred in 2005’s Me and You and Everyone We Know, it was a revelation. A challenging, beautiful film that defied classification or simple description. Six years later she’s back with her second film, The Future, and once again July has created what looks to be something totally unique and different....
New ‘Side Effects’ Trailer Is Fraught With Prescription Drug Paranoia By Russ Fischer/Jan. 4, 2013 10:50 am EST Director Steven Soderbergh and screenwriter Scott Z. Burns have spent the last couple years making genre films with prestige casts to explore modern anxieties in a unique manner. The Informant! tackled fears of impotence and mediocrity through the story of a guy who envisions himself as a powerful insder agent. Contagion charted paranoia about the ever-closer proximity in which we live with others, using a tagline that warned “Don’t talk to anyone....
New Survey Says 50% Of Americans Think Trailers Give Away The Best Scenes By Germain Lussier/May 3, 2013 7:00 am EST A company called YouGov recently conducted a survey discussing public reaction to movie trailers and the impact they have on movie going habits. The study’s major finding is that 49% of people polled felt that trailers gave away too many of a movie’s “best scenes.” In comparison, only 32% of people thought they gave away the movie’s plot....
Paul Schrader To Direct ‘The Dying Of The Light,’ Nicolas Refn May Produce By Russ Fischer/June 5, 2013 4:13 pm EST There was a point where Nicolas Winding Refn was considering making a film called The Dying of the Light, about a CIA agent whose vision starts to fail while on a mission. Refn moved on to other projects, and won’t direct the movie, but he might still make it....
Paul Thomas Anderson Might Eventually Be Interested In A Movie About The Early Days Of Local Television, Maybe By Angie Han/Jan. 15, 2013 4:43 pm EST There’s little question as to what Paul Thomas Anderson’s next picture will be. The filmmaker has been developing his Thomas Pynchon adaptation Inherent Vice for a couple of years already, and last month he told press that his goal was to shoot it sometime this year....
Ron Howard Tweets ‘Heart Of The Sea’ Set Photos By Germain Lussier/Oct. 31, 2013 12:30 pm EST One of the unwritten rules of filmmaking is shooting on water is a death sentence. The stories of troubled water-based productions are legendary: Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, Kevin Reynolds’s Waterworld, James Cameron’s Titanic. It seems, though, in recent years production crews have more or less figured out how to do it. For example, Ron Howard tweeted some very cool images from the set of his upcoming film, Heart of the Sea, starring Chris Hemsworth, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy and Ben Whishaw....
This Week In Trailers: The Kill Team, Scatter My Ashes At Bergdorf’s, The Manor, In Fear, Furever By Christopher Stipp/May 3, 2013 3:00 pm EST Only in Las Vegas do I love walking through the excessively expensive boutique stores found in The Cosmopolitan or The Venetian. I loathe mall shopping but when you’re traipsing through a store like Tom Ford and realize that you can’t even afford a money clip for cash you don’t possess....
Watch: Comparing The Soundtracks Of ‘Man Of Steel’ And ‘Superman: The Movie’ By David Chen/July 8, 2013 12:00 pm EST Hans Zimmer and John Williams are probably my two favorite film composers of all time, so I was very keen to see how Zimmer would tackle the job of crafting a score for the new Superman film, Man of Steel. The soundtrack for the latter was suitably epic, and I actually think the way it’s structured says a lot about the themes of the film....
