Rumor: Katie Jarvis Up For ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ By Germain Lussier/May 16, 2014 8:39 am EST Latino Review dropped this news in a new column, along with a few other super major spoilers/rumors. There’s no word, however, whom each of these actresses could be playing (if they’re in the film at all). That’s something we’ll likely have to wait a while to find out as the revelation of character names will start to reveal the story....
Sean Penn In Talks For Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Inherent Vice’ By Germain Lussier/May 20, 2013 7:41 am EST Ask any actor to name the filmmakers they’re desperate to work with and a name that comes up more often than not is Paul Thomas Anderson. The proof is in the increasingly impressive and eclectic list of actors joining his upcoming crime film, Inherent Vice. So far there’s Joaquin Phoenix, Benicio Del Toro, Owen Wilson, Reese Witherspoon, Jena Malone, Kevin O’Connor and Martin Short....
See ‘The Spectacular Now’ For Free In A City Near You By Germain Lussier/July 25, 2013 11:30 am EST As a thank you to all our glorious /Film readers, we’re offering free tickets to see James Ponsoldt’s lovely, impressive coming of age story The Spectacular Now in a city near you. The film stars Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley and opens August 2 in New York and Los Angeles, and nationwide August 23....
Superhero Bits: Guardians Of The Galaxy, iZombie, X-Men: Days Of Future Past, Captain America, Wolverine By Germain Lussier/June 5, 2014 9:00 am EST Want to see a poster for the upcoming show iZombie? Did X-Men: Days of Future Past director Bryan Singer finally comment about the film? What is Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice filming next week? Is the first review of Guardians of the Galaxy out? Which classic TV character influenced Pepper Potts in Iron Man?...
Superhero Bits: The Dark Knight Rises, Hulk, Daredevil, Captain America 2, Fantastic Four, More Batman By Germain Lussier/July 19, 2012 1:30 pm EST Film Drunk has a crazy post with the number of Dark Knight Rises midnight screenings happening tonight at different theaters across the country. Above are the showtimes for the Arclight in Hollywood, CA. It’s gonna be a big weekend. Deadline is reporting The Dark Knight Rises has sold about $25 million worth of tickets in presale and has an outside shot at beating The Avengers gross....
Tom Cruise And Joseph Kosinski Developing ‘Go Like Hell’ As ‘Oblivion’ Follow-Up By Russ Fischer/Oct. 23, 2013 5:12 pm EST We know that Tom Cruise likes to work with the same people multiple times if they get along, and evidently he liked his Oblivion gig with director Joseph Kosinski. The two are going to develop another film together. In this case the movie is Go Like Hell, set in the ’60s and based on the book Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and their Battle For Speed and Glory at Le Mans by A....
Tom Hardy In Talks For Alejandro González Iñárritu’s ‘The Revenant’ By Angie Han/June 4, 2014 8:00 am EST That rumored Inception sequel never did come together, but fans can comfort themselves in the knowledge that Cobb and Eames will still reunite in the near future. Tom Hardy is looking to join Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant, a 19th century revenge tale being directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. More details after the jump....
Want To Know Who Menaces Benedict Cumberbatch In ‘Sherlock’ Season Three? By Russ Fischer/July 29, 2013 9:49 am EST Just over a week ago at Comic Con we got a peek at this middle of the third season of Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. We also learned a bit about how the season begins. But what we didn’t know, until now, was the name of any new actor who’ll be making trouble for Sherlock and Watson this time out....
WWE Producing Animated ‘Flintstones’ Film Featuring A Supporting Cast Of Wrestlers By Germain Lussier/May 29, 2013 10:30 am EST Fans of the classic animated series The Flintstones should always remember this: You’ll always have the original. After a set of live-action films in the Nineties, a new animated, direct-to-DVD film is now set to go into production aimed at release in 2015. Here’s the kicker, though. It’ll be produced by World Wrestling Entertainment and feature the voices of WWE superstars like CM Punk, John Cena and Chairman Vince McMahon....
‘Anchorman 2’ Blu-Ray Will Feature Three Cuts Of The Film By Russ Fischer/Feb. 24, 2014 11:00 am EST Anchorman 2 hit theaters at the end of last year, and it will soon be back in cinemas in a completely different cut assembled from alternate takes. But that’s not the end of the Anchorman 2 variant offerings: the Blu-ray release will feature three versions of the film. In addition to the original theatrical release and the second cut coming soon, the disc features an unrated version of the film....
‘Doctor Strange’s Supernatural Journeys May Look Like ‘Cosmos’ By Russ Fischer/July 26, 2014 8:27 pm EST Doctor Strange is one of the next big movies on Marvel’s slate, and we’re starting to get a good picture of what the film will offer. Scott Derrickson (Sinister, Deliver Us From Evil) is directing and Jon Spaihts is writing the latest script draft. While Joaquin Phoenix has reportedly been in talks for the lead role, Marvel has yet to confirm the deal....
‘Get On Up’ Trailer #2: Even Superstars Have Family Issues By Russ Fischer/May 20, 2014 3:00 pm EST James Brown tells you who he is in this new trailer for the biopic Get on Up. Either a short theatrical trailer or a long TV spot, this look at the film opens with Brown (Chadwick Boseman, 42) talking about his parents, and we flash through some moments of success before coming back around to a heated conversation between mama and her son....
‘Planes Fire And Rescue’ Extended Trailer By Russ Fischer/June 16, 2014 1:30 pm EST Planes was once a direct-to-DVD Cars spinoff, but the film turned out well enough that Disney gave it a theatrical release. And it was a fun little film; not a treasure, or anything, but an entertaining family adventure. And so there is a sequel that will also hit theaters. Planes: Fire & Rescue finds the hero of the first film joining a crew of vehicles that fight fires and rescue folk in danger at national parks....
‘The Wolf Of Wall Street’ Featurettes And Interviews Explore Scorsese’s Latest By Russ Fischer/Dec. 27, 2013 5:00 pm EST Martin Scorsese’s new film, The Wolf of Wall Street, is turning into one of the biggest firebrands of late 2013 as it provokes conversations about glorification versus excoriation of the film’s central character, and about our national obsession with getting rich. You won’t see too much of that in the official marketing, which is aimed squarely at getting across how much fun these characters have screwing people over....
Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, And Michael B. Jordan Team Up For ‘Triple Nine’ By Angie Han/Dec. 16, 2013 7:00 am EST Three of this year’s hottest stars are teaming up for director John Hillcoat. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael B. Jordan, and Casey Affleck have just boarded Hillcoat’s crime drama Triple Nine, joining the previously announced Christoph Waltz and Cate Blanchett. That’s a cast to rival Hillcoat’s last star-studded affair, the bootlegging pic Lawless....
Could Universal Bump ‘Snow White And The Huntsman’ Director Rupert Sanders Over To ‘Van Helsing’? By Russ Fischer/Oct. 10, 2012 12:56 pm EST We’ll very likely see another film featuring Chris Hemsworth’s Huntsman character from Snow White and the Huntsman, but the precise details of that SWATH sequel seem up in the air. A small part of the uncertainty around that project is due to the public and embarrassing affair between Snow White director Rupert Sanders and his star Kristen Stewart....
First Glimpses Of ‘Star Trek 2’ Reveal Villain Benedict Cumberbatch By Angie Han/Feb. 24, 2012 9:49 am EST While we’ve heard plenty of rumors about what may or may not be in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek 2, we haven’t seen much of the production at all. Happily, we finally have our first looks from the set today. Earlier this week, star Simon Pegg uploaded the first video from the set in the form of a birthday message to comics publisher 2000 A....
First Official Look: Sylvester Stallone And Robert De Niro In ‘Grudge Match’ By Angie Han/Aug. 13, 2013 3:00 pm EST For his boxing comedy Grudge Match, Peter Segal rounded up two legends of silver-screen boxing: Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro. Granted, the two aren’t quite in the fighting shape they were three decades ago, but the allure of watching Rocky Balboa face off against Jake LaMotta in the ring can’t be denied....
Japanese ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Spots Capture The Film’s Weird Sense Of Fun By Russ Fischer/Sept. 9, 2014 6:30 am EST Guardians of the Galaxy is the highest-grossing film of 2014 in the US so far, and is doing well overseas. It hasn’t even opened in some markets, which is why there are new Japanese Guardians of the Galaxy TV spots. And these spots are great. They focus on Rocket, Groot, and the bunch of losers as a whole....
Lawrence Kasdan & Simon Kinberg Could Be Writing ‘Star Wars’ Spinoffs, Rather Than Episodes VIII And IX By Germain Lussier/Nov. 28, 2012 9:31 am EST The imminent release of Star Wars Episode VII in 2015 made everyone assume Star Wars Episode VIII and XI would follow in 2017 and 2019. That was the logical progression of the news that Disney CEO Bob Iger and LucasFilm co-chairman Kathleen Kennedy stated they’d like to release a new Star Wars film every two years....
