Bill Condon’s WikiLeaks Movie Gets New Title, ‘Downton Abbey’ Actor By Angie Han/Dec. 20, 2012 11:15 am EST It seems like every studio in Hollywood is rushing to get a Julian Assange / WikiLeaks movie out there, but one of the first out of the gate will be from Bill Condon. As the film hurtles toward a January start date, it’s picked up a new title and a new star....
Cool Stuff: “Otaku Obscura” - Joshua Budich’s Show Of Anime Art By Germain Lussier/Oct. 1, 2014 5:30 pm EST If you’re in the continental US, it’s hard to get closer to Japan than San Francisco. That makes the Bay City the perfect place for artist Joshua Budich’s first solo show Otaku Obscura, a tribute to the art of Japanese animation. Opening October 4 at Spoke Art in San Francisco, Budich has created 28 brand new prints based on some of the most famous and popular anime of all time....
By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 21, 2013 8:00 am EST Prime 1 Studio has announced that they are releasing a statue of Megatron from the Michael Bay Transformers film series. From the action-packed blockbuster, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Sideshow Collectibles and Prime 1 Studio are proud to present the Megatron: Transformers Statue. Leader of the Decepticons, Megatron will risk it all to achieve his goals, and holds no regard for the human race....
Danny Boyle Re-Teaming With ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ Scribe For Bille Jean King Biopic By Angie Han/Feb. 19, 2014 11:30 am EST Danny Boyle’s next move could be a sports film. The British filmmaker is reportedly working on a biopic of tennis icon Billie Jean King, specifically her legendary “Battle of the Sexes” match against Bobby Riggs in 1973. That sounds pretty interesting as it is, but what makes this project even more intriguing is that it reunites him with two men behind his biggest recent successes: writer Simon Beaufoy and producer Christian Colson, who both worked on Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours....
Kevin Hart To Write And Co-Star In ‘Ballers’ With Lebron James By Germain Lussier/Dec. 5, 2013 6:30 am EST NBA superstar Lebron James has been attempting to make his big screen debut since 2009. That’s when the reigning MVP first signed on to do a film called Fantasy Basketball Camp, however years have passed with little movement. Now there’s a major update that might finally get James into theaters. Comedian Kevin Hart has signed to co-write and eventually co-star in the film, which has been renamed Ballers....
LOL: Watch Hugh Jackman Sing Les Mis Spoof ‘Wolverine The Musical’ By Peter Sciretta/March 31, 2014 10:30 am EST X-Men: Days of Future Past star Hugh Jackman made an appearance on BBC Radio 1’s The Matt Edmondson Show over the weekend and was talked into performing a song from Wolverine: The Musical. The crew of the Edmondson Show wrote up the funny lyrics for the Australian actor to sing. Wolverine The Musical is a spoof/parody of the song “Who Am I from Les Miserables....
Martin Scorsese Lists The 11 Scariest Films, Steven Soderbergh Defends His Favorite 007 Pic By Angie Han/Nov. 11, 2013 10:00 am EST Iconic movie directors: They’re just like us! They also get spooked by well crafted horror films, or ranty about their favorite Bond films. Martin Scorsese recently listed his 11 favorite scary movies, name-checking some less famous titles along with the usual classics. Meanwhile, Steven Soderbergh has taken to his online shop to defend his James Bond movie of choice....
Matthew Vaughn To Produce Josh Trank’s ‘Fantastic Four’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 22, 2013 1:30 pm EST Here’s Millar’s tweet. What are your thoughts on this team up? — Millarworld (@mrmarkmillar) February 22, 2013 We’ll have more once there’s more to announce.
Netflix Introduces Max, A Movie Selection Service That Wants To Chat By Angie Han/June 28, 2013 2:30 pm EST Combine Siri and Hal 9000, and what do you get? A virtual cinephile with the personality of a game show host, according to Netflix. The company has just introduced Max, a new program that helps users decide what to watch. While Netflix already offers tailored recommendations based on their sophisticated algorithms, Max helps narrow down those options by asking viewers what they’re in the mood for right now....
New Images: Finding Dory, Big Hero 6, Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur And More By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 10, 2013 9:00 am EST This weekend at the D23 Expo, Disney released a bunch of new images and concept art images for upcoming Disney Animation and Pixar film productions including: the Finding Nemo sequel Finding Dory, the Planes sequel Planes: Fire & Rescue, the Toy Story television Special Toy Story of Terror, two original projects from Pixar: Inside Out and The Good Dinosaur, Walt Disney Animation’s Marvel comic book adaptation Big Hero 6, Frozen, the Disney Toons Tinkerbell spin-off/Captain Hook prequel The Pirate Fairy, and the Mickey Mouse short film Get A Horse!...
Noah Behind The Scenes Videos Show How Darren Aronofsky Created The Ark, Creatures, And Great Flood By Peter Sciretta/July 17, 2014 6:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Darren Aronofsky’s Noah hits home video on July 29th 2014 (preorder it here) and Paramount has released a bunch of video clips from the making of documentary on the blu-ray release. I really liked the film, and its always great to see real clips of Darren Aronofsky directing a film....
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Producers Sam Raimi And Robert Tapert To Reboot ‘The Grudge’ By Russ Fischer/March 20, 2014 3:30 pm EST The Grudge has been around for a good while. It’s nearly at the fifteen-year anniversary mark. (If you count the very first short installment, actually, we’ve passed that milestone.) So now it’s evidently time to reboot The Grudge in the US. Well before producers Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert recruited Takashi Shimizu to direct the first American Grudge installment, there were four in Japan....
Rupert Sanders To Direct Frederick Forsyth Adaptation ‘The Kill List’ By Angie Han/June 20, 2013 4:00 pm EST Rupert Sanders got pulled off the Snow White and the Huntsman sequel after all that drama with star Kristen Stewart last year, but he hasn’t had too much trouble finding a new gig. He was eyed as a possibility for Van Helsing before he landed the sci-fi love story The Juliet. Now he’s attached himself to another new project: The Kill List....
See Sentinel Concept Art Created For ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ By Russ Fischer/May 28, 2014 5:30 am EST The Sentinels, those mutant-hunting robots, are a staple of X-Men stories going all the way back to 1965. They have evolved dramatically over the years as artists and writers refine and re-evaluate their conception of the ‘bots, and how they relate to other characters. They take a pretty huge leap forward in X-Men: Days of Future Past, both visually, and in terms of their capabilities....
Studio Ghibli: ‘The Wind Rises’ Poster And ‘The Tale Of Princess Kaguya’ Trailer By Russ Fischer/Nov. 7, 2013 12:39 pm EST Twenty-five years ago Studio Ghibli’s second major release was the double feature of My Neighbor Totoro from Hayao Miyazai and Grave of the Fireflies from Isao Takahata. This year we’ve already seen Miyazaki’s latest, The Wind Rises, arriving to acclaim (and some controversy) in Japan, and we’ve now got a poster for the US release....
Studios And Theaters Agree On Satellite Distribution Of Films By Germain Lussier/March 7, 2013 5:00 pm EST Movies, of course, started as reels of film and remained like that for the better part of a century. About six years ago, digital distribution began and those movies were distributed as discs or on hard drives. Now, the three biggest theater chains in the country – Regal, AMC and Cinemark - have all but assured satellite distribution will begin to take hold....
Superhero Bits: Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Sinestro, Luke Cage, The Secret Service By Germain Lussier/Jan. 10, 2014 4:30 pm EST What Green Lantern bad guy is getting his own comic series? Want to read a new interview about The Secret Service? What’s Bruce Banner doing in Avengers: Age of Ultron? Are there lots of awesome looking Captain America: The Winter Soldier fan posters floating around? Is there a connection between The Avengers and Reservoir Dogs?...
Superhero Bits: Man Of Steel, X-Men Days Of Future Past, Amazing Spider-Man 2, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Kick-Ass 3 By Germain Lussier/June 4, 2013 4:00 pm EST Want to see some cool action scenes from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Captain America: The Winter Soldier? Are there 25 things you didn’t know about Superman? How many things are wrong with Superman Returns? What’s being protested on the set of X-Men: Days of Future Past?...
Syfy Developing Frank Miller’s ‘Ronin’ TV Series Along With ‘Letter 44’ And ‘Clone’ By Russ Fischer/April 30, 2014 12:15 pm EST The SyFy channel is making a big new push to air adaptations of comic books. One, based on the Oni Press title Letter 44, has been in the works for a bit. But there are two additions: a show based on the series Clone, originally from Image Comics. And then the big one: a series adaptation of Frank Miller’s early sci-fi story Ronin, in which a 13th Century ronin gets a new chance to avenge his master’s death....
