Burr Steers To Direct Lily Collins In ‘Pride, Prejudice And Zombies’ By Angie Han/May 2, 2013 7:00 am EST I suppose it’s appropriate that a movie about the undead would itself have trouble staying dead. After years of failed attempts by Lionsgate to bring Seth Grahame-Smith’s Jane Austen spoof Pride and Prejudice and Zombies to the big screen, the project suddenly sprang back to life this spring when a new backer signed on....
Cate Blanchett To Make Directorial Debut With Psychological Thriller ‘The Dinner’ By Angie Han/Sept. 20, 2013 8:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It’s a summer’s evening in Amsterdam, and two couples meet at a fashionable restaurant for dinner. Between mouthfuls of food and over the polite scrapings of cutlery, the conversation remains a gentle hum of polite discourse — the banality of work, the triviality of the holidays....
CBS Working On ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Spinoff ‘How I Met Your Father’ By Angie Han/Oct. 31, 2013 8:00 am EST There’s no deal in place just yet, although the network has heard the pitch and is in active discussions with the studio. That CBS wants to keep the franchise going isn’t a surprise. Now in its ninth season, the comedy remains CBS’ second highest rated series, after the juggernaut The Big Bang Theory....
Chris Hemsworth Joins The Battle In ‘Thor: The Dark World’ Set Photos By Germain Lussier/Sept. 11, 2012 1:57 pm EST NO PHOTOS Before the second Thor film, Thor: The Dark World, went into production, star Chris Hemsworth said that director Alan Taylor was bringing a whole new feel to the film. He said the film would give Asgard a “more tangible” and “more organic feel.” Mere days into filming, that’s already coming to fruition....
Cobie Smulders Thinks She’s Back For ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 8, 2013 8:00 am EST Unless something tragic happens in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, this probably goes without saying but, hey, we’ll say it anyway. In a new interview, S.H.I.E.L.D. operative Maria Hill — Cobie Smulders — says her character is coming back for 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron. Read the quotes below. Smulders, who appears in the upcoming Disney film Delivery Man along with Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt, said the following to the Calgary Herald, via Superhero Hype:...
Dwayne Johnson Teases DC Comics Project By Russ Fischer/Dec. 31, 2013 3:41 pm EST 2013 was the year of teases from Vin Diesel. Maybe that gave his Fast & Furious co-star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson some ideas, because the Rock is now doing a tease of his own. In answer to fan questions via Twitter today, the star said “We just had a big meeting w/ Warner Bros CEO re: @DCComics 2014 we will partner up and create the cool bad assery....
First Look: Jeff Bridges Gets Into Dystopian YA With ‘The Giver’ By Angie Han/Jan. 23, 2014 2:00 pm EST It’d be easy to assume that Philip Noyce’s The Giver is just another Hunger Games knock-off, given that it’s yet another YA adaptation set in a dystopian universe. But in truth, it’s a film that Jeff Bridges has been working on for almost twenty years — way back before Katniss Everdeen was even a twinkle in Suzanne Collins’ eye....
First Look: Tilda Swinton And Tom Hiddleston In Jim Jarmusch’s Vampire Film ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 30, 2013 10:19 am EST Briefly: The new film from indie king Jim Jarmusch is a vampire love story (of sorts) and the first image suggests he has taken a page from Tony Scott’s early ’80s effort The Hunger. This movie, called Only Lovers Left Alive, stars Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt and Anton Yelchin....
Geek Deal: Burn Notice: The Complete Series For Only $49.99 By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 12, 2014 10:58 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.
Jason Reitman’s Men, Women & Children Teaser Poster: Together, Yet So Alone By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 3, 2014 11:20 am EST Its no secret, I’m a huge Jason Reitman fan. I’ve been following his career since his short films were released by Atom Films (remember that site?). His movies have dramatically changed my life, the amazing effect of powerful storytelling. I’m sadly not taking the trip to the Toronto International Film Festival this year, and will likely be missing the debut of his newest movie Men, Women & Children....
Jerry Bruckheimer Signs Paramount Deal; ‘Beverly Hills Cop 4’ And ‘Top Gun 2’ Among Priorities By Germain Lussier/Dec. 6, 2013 8:30 am EST Jerry Bruckheimer is going back to the studio he ruled in the Eighties. After ending a very successful development deal with Disney earlier this year, it was announced the mega-producer is driving down the hill and signing a new deal with Paramount, the studio Bruckheimer made his home in the 1980s, and where he developed such mega-hits as Flashdance, Top Gun and Beverly Hills Cop....
Kevin Smith Says ‘Tusk’ Is A Bridge To ‘Clerks III;’ Justin Long Joins Cast By Germain Lussier/Sept. 24, 2013 10:30 am EST Clerks made Kevin Smith, but in order to make Clerks III, Smith will have to make something else. In a new interview, the writer/director/podcaster said his next film, Tusk, will be an “ivory bridge” to Clerks III. A way to make financing the sequel easier and also to work out some of the cobwebs from not having directed a film since 2011’s Red State....
Melissa McCarthy Will Voice A Character In ‘B.O.O. (Bureau Of Otherworldly Operations)’ By Russ Fischer/June 13, 2013 12:27 pm EST The comic book adaptation R.I.P.D. (standing for Rest in Peace Department) features an agency staffed by deceased lawmen taking on spirits that don’t want to leave Earth. Just in case the kids won’t be attracted to that, DreamWorks Animation is making B.O.O. (Bureau of Otherworldly Operations), in which “a super secret government agency staffed with ghosts is dedicated to protecting humans from evil hauntings....
Miles Teller Will Play Dan Aykroyd In The John Belushi Biopic, Says Emile Hirsch By Angie Han/Jan. 20, 2014 8:05 am EST Can you see Emile Hirsch as a young John Belushi? Well, how about Miles Teller as a young Dan Aykroyd? Hirsch, who has been set to play the late Animal House star in Steve Conrad’s biopic since last fall, announced over the weekend that Teller would play the part of Aykroyd....
New ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ Image Features Black Widow With Captain America’s Shield [Comic Con 2014] By Germain Lussier/July 25, 2014 9:49 am EST In addition to all the awesome Avengers: Age of Ultron concept art coming out at Comic-Con, and before Marvel presents their own panel, Harley Davidson is getting into the Avengers action. Harley has revealed a brand-new still from the film featuring Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) on her new electric Harley....
New Year TV Spots For Sam Raimi’s ‘Oz The Great And Powerful’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 2, 2013 9:28 am EST Well, it’s 2013 and that means we can wipe the slate clean in all kinds of ways. Gone are the days obsessing over The Avengers and Dark Knight Rises. Now it’s about the latest and greatest. One such film, or at least Disney hopes, is Sam Raimi’s Oz The Great and Powerful....
Nine-Minute ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Prologue To Hit With ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ In IMAX 3D By Angie Han/Nov. 14, 2012 4:52 pm EST So far all we’ve seen of Star Trek Into Darkness is a measly three-frame clip, but if you’re planning to check out The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in IMAX next month you’ll get a much more satisfying eyeful. A nine-minute prologue for J.J. Abrams’ sci-fi epic will debut in front of Peter Jackson’s fantasy saga....
Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/June 11, 2009 12:07 am EST For those of you who don’t know, winners of the Webby Awards are only allowed to give 5 words for their acceptance speech. Above you can watch Beaker, representing The Muppets, give his 5 word speech. Diane Lane is set to star in Randall Wallace’s Secretariat, a Disney film about the relationship between the 1973 Triple Crown-winning racehorse and his owner, Penny Chenery....
Page 2: Borat Gets Smart, Kirsten Dunst, TMNT 2, WonderCon, Hudson And Wilson By Peter Sciretta/March 5, 2007 5:16 am EST TMNT director Kevin Munroe says a “very not-so-subtle” sequel set-up is included in the films ending. The director also says he would love to include Shredder in the sequel if it happens: “I do have a deal to do a second one, we’ll just wait and see if it happens....
Page 2: Nathan Fillion, Star Trek, Frozen, Michel Gondry, GoT, True Detective, Ghostbusters By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 20, 2014 2:00 pm EST Header Photo: Nathan Fillion Takes Control Of The USS Enterprise The sanitized “more killing, less gore” world of PG-13 remakes America is Chronically Addicted to TV Compared to the Rest of the World Parenthood: Look Who’s Returning! The Closest ‘Star Trek”s Leonard Nimoy Ever Came to ‘Star Wars’ Supernatural Spin-Off Casts Duo (Including a Vampire Diaries Fan Fave) Jeff Victor’s ABC’s of pop culture....
