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Photos: ‘Robocop’, ‘Hitchcock’, ‘The Wolverine’, ‘Beautiful Creatures’, ‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’ Reunion By Angie Han/Oct. 9, 2012 1:00 pm EST We’ve got a hodgepodge of new images after the jump, including set photos from Robocop and The Wolverine, stills from Hitchcock and Beautiful Creatures, and even a snapshot of the National Lampoon’s Vacation cast, reunited. PHOTOS NOT HERE While we’ve quite a bit of Joel Kinnaman in his futuristic Robocop suit already, these new set pics from Toronto offer a better look at some of the supporting players including Michael Keaton as OmniCorp CEO Raymond Sellars, Michael K....

POTD: Edgar Wright Gets Back To Work On ‘Ant-Man’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 2, 2013 11:11 am EST The World’s End has truly ended. After opening in most markets across the world, writer/director Edgar Wright has finished promoting the fantastic film and can move onto his next project. That next thing, as we all know, is the kickoff to Marvel’s Phase Three: the Summer 2015 release Ant-Man. A couple months ago Wright completed a short test reel, which was first shown at Comic-Con 2012, but he just took to Twitter to tease more work on the film with an exciting new image....

Quentin Tarantino Passed On Kevin Smith’s ‘Tusk;’ Filming Starts November 4 By Germain Lussier/Oct. 9, 2013 9:15 am EST Wednesday, Kevin Smith posted a second guest blog post on The Hollywood Reporter. Like the first one, it primarily concerns his next movie, Tusk, and is filled with new information. The most important piece is, after some financing issues, the film not only got the money it needs, it starts filming November 4 in North Carolina....

Ron Howard And Tom Hanks Return For Dan Brown’s ‘Inferno;’ Release Set For December 2015 By Germain Lussier/July 16, 2013 2:16 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ron Howard and Tom Hanks are returning to the world of Dan Brown, but not in the way you’d think. Sony has decided to skip The Lost Symbol, Brown’s third novel about Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, and move ahead with adapting his current best-seller, Inferno....

Stephen Lang And Michelle Rodriguez Cast In James Cameron’s Avatar By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 3, 2007 9:18 am EST Stephen Lang (Gods and Generals, Gettysburg) and Michelle Rodriguez (Girlfight, Fast and the Furious, Lost) have joined the cast of James Cameron’s $190+ million super-epic 3D performance-capture/live action/animation hybrid sci-fi film Avatar. Written by Cameron eleven years ago as an 80-page treatment, Avatar follows a wounded ex-marine who is unwillingly sent to settle and exploit the faraway planet Pandora....

Superhero Bits: Batman Arkham Knight, Gotham, Age Of Ultron, Thor: The Dark World, Stan Lee By Germain Lussier/March 4, 2014 3:33 pm EST Want to see a trailer and more info for the new game Batman: Arkham Knight? Who’ll be the underboss to Jada Pinkett-Smith in Gotham? How is Marvel changing Age of Ultron in the comic books? What happens in the latest deleted scene from Thor: The Dark World? Did the Agents of S....

Superhero Bits: Man Of Steel, X-Men: Days Of Future Past, The Wolverine, DC/Pixar, Guardians Of The Galaxy By Germain Lussier/Feb. 20, 2013 3:30 pm EST Will Bryan Singer be bringing X-Men: Days of Future Past to Comic-Con? Want to step inside the editing room of The Wolverine? Does the director of Superman Returns feel bad about Man of Steel? What do DC heroes like Batman, Superman and Flash look like as Pixar characters?...

The Twitter Plea To Cast Mark Ruffalo In ‘Columbo’ Is Wonderful By Russ Fischer/July 16, 2014 2:56 pm EST Say thanks to Gary Whitta. A couple days ago, The Book of Eli and Star Wars screenwriter mused about Columbo on Twitter. He soon made the same declaration that others have made in the years since Zodiac: that Mark Ruffalo would be perfect to take up the mantle of the disheveled, persistent LAPD detective originally played by the late (and unimpeachably great) Peter Falk....

Universal Will Make A New 3D Animated Feature Version Of ‘How The Grinch Stole Christmas’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 8, 2013 11:30 am EST Briefly: Ron Howard and Jim Carrey’s live-action version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, from 2000, isn’t the most beloved movie out there — why watch that one when the original Chuck Jones animated version is so much more charming? — but it does have fans, and it made money....

Warner Bros. Planning ‘Wizard Of Oz’ 3D Blu-Ray, ‘Hobbit’ Extended Edition, ‘Dark Knight Trilogy’ Collectors Edition And More By Germain Lussier/Oct. 4, 2012 2:42 pm EST 2013 is the 90th anniversary of Warner Bros., and besides a strong slate of theatrical films, the company has some very surprising – and not so surprising – plans for the home market. The biggest news is they’re planning 3D conversion of the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz for Blu-ray, coupled with a likely, limited theatrical run....

Watch A ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Clip By Russ Fischer/April 7, 2014 8:55 pm EST Here’s the first clip from Guardians of the Galaxy. You’ll see an extended version of the scene in which Peter tQuill, aka Star-Lord, is busted by some sort of interstellar peace officer/bounty hunter (Djimon Hounsou) as he attempts a little Indiana Jones-like maneuver. You’ve seen bits of this in the trailer, but here’s a longer look at the scene, with a nice little action beat at the end....

Watch Documentary ‘Cinematographer Style,’ A Great Exploration Of Film Technique By Russ Fischer/April 16, 2014 12:42 pm EST Here’s a feature-length documentary on the art of cinematography — one of many such films, but this particular one does feature the participation of dozens of cinematographers. Actually, more than “dozens” — Jon Fauer’s Cinematographer Style features interviews with over one hundred shooters. They include, but are hardly limited to Roger Deakins, László Kovács, Vittorio Storaro, Gordon Willis, Matthew Libatique, Bill Pope, Newton Thomas Sigel, Dante Spinotti, and John Toll....

Watch The Entire ‘Community’ Panel From Comic-Con 2013 By Angie Han/July 25, 2013 7:00 am EST /Film didn’t get a chance to cover the Community Hall H panel at this year’s Comic-Con, sadly, but you can enjoy what we missed thanks to the power of the Internet. A video of the entire event, from Dan Harmon’s Iron Man-inspired intro to the final round of applause, has made its way online. Executive producer Chris McKenna and stars Alison Brie, Yvette Nicole Brown, Gillian Jacobs, Ken Jeong, Danny Pudi, and Jim Rash were also along for the ride....

‘47 Ronin’ Trailer: Keanu Reeves Leads Carl Rinsch’s Samurai Epic By Angie Han/July 24, 2013 10:04 am EST Carl Rinsch’s 47 Ronin has had a long, tough journey to the big screen. The release date was pushed back multiple times, each time amid a flurry of rumors about on-set trouble. But this Christmas 2013 release date is sticking, and the samurai epic is now ready to show off its first bit of footage....

‘Interstellar’ Teaser Trailer: Christopher Nolan’s Latest Takes Us Deep Into Space By Germain Lussier/Dec. 14, 2013 8:18 am EST “Our destiny lies above us.” Christopher Nolan’s latest film, Interstellar, will be out in November 2014 but the first teaser trailer is out now. Watch it below. Talk about the definition of a teaser trailer. McConaughey’s voiceover reminds how obsessed the world used to be with space exploration. However, that obsession is long gone and somehow most people are okay with this....

‘Justice League’ In 2017 Is A “Good Bet”, Some DC Titles Revealed Later This Month By Germain Lussier/Aug. 8, 2014 12:10 pm EST The biggest news this week came from Warner Bros, who gave release dates to ten upcoming DC Comics movies through 2020. Nine of those are untitled and the first, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, will be out March 25, 2016. While untitled, we have a pretty good idea what a few of those movies are going to be....

‘Kill The Messenger’ Trailer: Jeremy Renner Uncovers CIA Drug Connections By Russ Fischer/May 29, 2014 1:00 pm EST One of the biggest government scandals of the 1980s was the Iran-Contra affair. That was the deal in arms were sold to Iran, with the proceeds from those sales funneled to Contra rebels fighting in Nicaragua. But arms sales weren’t the only funding tactic used to put guns in the hands of that Central American force....

‘Paperman’ Director Leaves Disney By Russ Fischer/Sept. 3, 2013 7:29 am EST Briefly: If you were hoping that you might eventually see a Disney animated feature from Paperman short director John Kahrs, it won’t happen any time soon. The filmmaker has moved on from Disney, as revealed by the “unofficial” Disney Animation Twitter account. Goodbye @john_kahrs. Thank you for all you brought to our studio. The best of luck to you, sir....

‘The Hobbit’, ‘Django Unchained’, ‘Gangster Squad’ Among Most Pirated Movies In 2013 By Angie Han/Dec. 31, 2013 2:00 pm EST For illegal downloaders, the biggest film of 2013 wasn’t a 2013 film at all, but a big-budget fantasy epic from late 2012. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey topped the list of the most pirated movies of the past twelve months, beating out the likes of Django Unchained, Fast & Furious 6, and Iron Man 3....

BBC Releases Nine Recovered And Remastered ‘Doctor Who’ Episodes By Russ Fischer/Oct. 11, 2013 4:17 pm EST Doctor Who fans can have a great weekend, thanks to the release of nine old episodes thought lost forever. Most people probably know that huge chunks of film history have disappeared forever, but even more television has been lost. There wasn’t always the thought that TV should be preserved, and some shows were lost when tapes were reused in budget-saving measures....