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Thomas Kretschmann Will Appear In Multiple Marvel Movies By Russ Fischer/March 3, 2014 12:30 pm EST Thomas Kretschmann is having a huge year, because he stars in Stalingrad, which has been a huge hit in Russia and is doing well in other countries even if it has slid quietly into American theaters. But Kretschmann will invade the US multiplex in 2015 via a significant role in Avengers: Age of Ultron. He plays the villainous Baron Wolfgang von Strucker, a long-running Marvel bad guy who wears a monocle and everything....

Will Wonder Woman Show Up In ‘Batman Vs Superman’? WB Exec Suggests Not By Russ Fischer/Oct. 22, 2013 8:30 am EST While superhero films have become dominant at the box office in the past decade, there still hasn’t been one that successfully brought a major female hero to the screen. There have been a couple big attempts, such as Elektra and Catwoman, but perhaps thanks to the failures of both those efforts, no studio seems willing to risk a load of cash on a solo film for a female character....

‘2 Guns’ Red Band Trailer: Have They Properly Incentivized You? By Angie Han/July 30, 2013 9:00 am EST One of the many projects that David O. Russell’s attached himself to and then detached himself from over the past several years is 2 Guns, an adaptation of a graphic novel by Steven Grant. He originally had Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson in mind for the lead roles, as two undercover federal agents who don’t realize the other is a lawman....

‘Ant-Man’: Corey Stoll In Talks For Role By Russ Fischer/March 24, 2014 6:30 pm EST Here’s the latest addition to Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man: Corey Stoll of House of Cards and Non-Stop is reportedly in talks to take a role in the film. Stoll joins a supporting cast that also includes Michael Pena, Evangeline Lilly, and Patrick Wilson. Paul Rudd is playing Scott Lang, the lead character who steals Ant-Man technology from Dr....

‘Best Night Ever’ Red-Band Trailer: ‘Bridesmaids’ Meets ‘Spring Breakers’, Via Friedberg And Seltzer By Angie Han/Nov. 15, 2013 11:30 am EST Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer have averaged roughly one release a year for the past several years, starting with 2006’s Date Movie, but in 2013 we get to see not one but two of their outrageously broad spoofs. Hooray? Hot on the heels of this month’s The Hunger Games parody The Starving Games comes Best Night Ever, which takes on hard-partying flicks like Bridesmaids, The Hangover, and Spring Breakers....

‘Community’ Season 4 Premieres In February, ‘Arrested Development’ Season 4 To Debut In April By Angie Han/Oct. 30, 2012 12:00 pm EST Human Beings, your prayers have been answered at last. No, not the one where NBC travels back in time to un-fire Dan Harmon. The one where Community finally sets a firm return date. Meanwhile, Netflix still hasn’t gotten around to setting an exact date for the long-awaited return of Arrested Development, but one site’s got some inside info that narrows down the window a bit....

‘Fifty Shades Of Grey:’ Francois Arnaud Of ‘The Borgias’ Rumored As Charlie Hunnam’s Low Payday Revealed By Russ Fischer/Oct. 17, 2013 2:00 pm EST Is it a surprise that Fifty Shades of Grey — the supermarket sex book in which a young woman is held in thrall to the sexual dominance of a very rich, very handsome man — is proving to be a tricky thing to adapt to film? Not just as far as writing the script, but when it comes to finding a cast that is willing to do the material, and which is comfortable with the various forms of fame that the roles will bring....

‘Free Birds’ Trailer: Owen Wilson And Woody Harrelson Are Time-Traveling Turkeys By Angie Han/June 19, 2013 1:00 pm EST In the States, Thanksgiving is practically synonymous with turkey. Any mention of the holiday automatically conjures images of a big, juicy, oven-roasted bird, and vice versa. Even vegetarians aren’t immune to the association — plenty of them nod to tradition with products like Tofurkey. But as pleasant as it is for us humans to gorge ourselves on tryptophan-laced poultry, you can’t blame turkeys for wishing they could remove themselves from the menu....

‘Interstellar’ TV Spots Serve Up More Footage, More Story Details By Angie Han/Sept. 29, 2014 1:00 pm EST In addition to being one of the most highly-anticipated movies of late 2014, Interstellar is also one of the most mysterious. The Christopher Nolan-directed sci-fi adventure hasn’t played any festivals or otherwise allowed for any early reviews, and even the marketing campaign has been careful not to give away too much. And naturally, all of that secrecy just makes us more curious about the movie....

‘Rocky On Broadway:’ Watch A Trailer For The Upcoming Film-Turned-Musical By Germain Lussier/April 29, 2013 12:15 pm EST Adapting movies into Broadway musicals is a long-standing business model. In recent years Disney has found incredible success with various translations; Mel Brooks pulled it off; even John Waters took a shot. Plus, many music-based movie and childrens’ films has made it to Broadway: Sister Act, Shrek, Bring it On, Legally Blonde, the list goes on and on....

‘Runner Runner’ Trailer #2: Does Ben Affleck’s Recent Casting Give This Film New Pop? By Germain Lussier/Sept. 4, 2013 11:00 am EST Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake are two of the most famous male celebrities going today. The former is an Oscar-winning director, screenwriter and the newly minted Batman. The latter is a multi-platinum recording artist currently on a sold out tour and recent recipient of MTV’s prestigious Video Vanguard award....

‘Scabbard Samurai’ Trailer: New Comic Weirdness From The Director Of ‘Big Man Japan’ By Russ Fischer/June 9, 2011 1:30 pm EST Even as news breaks that the strange pseudo-documentary sendup of Japanese kaiju movies and TV shows, Big Man Japan (aka Dai Nipponjin) is getting an uncalled-for US remake, writer/director/star Hitoshi Matsumoto has a new film opening in Japan. This week sees the bow of Saya Zamurai, aka Scabbard Samurai, a very strange-looking comedy set in feudal Japan....

‘Sleepy Hollow’ TV Trailer: Eyes Will Roll By Russ Fischer/May 13, 2013 6:19 pm EST Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are the “masterminds” behind this goofy Mad Libs in which Ichabod Crane was tasked by George Washington with killing one specific redcoat. This redcoat becomes the Headless Horseman — but not merely your run of the mill ghostly horseman. He’s one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. This horseman is now running around modern America, and Ichabod Crane is reawakened to stop him....

‘The Love Punch’ Trailer: Pierce Brosnan, Wannabe Jewel Thief By Angie Han/April 23, 2014 5:30 am EST Pierce Brosnan hasn’t played James Bond in years, but his days of daring aren’t totally behind him. In the new The Love Punch trailer, he plans to steal a $10 million diamond after a shady French financier makes off with his pension fund. The difference is that this Pierce Brosnan is not a badass spy, but an ordinary businessman with three equally ill-equipped co-conspirators: his snarky ex-wife Kate (Emma Thompson) and two bumbling neighbors (Timothy Spall and Celia Imrie)....

Ayelet Zurer Lands Female Lead In Da Vinci Code Prequel Angels And Demons By Hunter Stephenson/April 24, 2008 8:11 am EST Not sure what is going on in the photo above, but your brain should tell you that it’s a photo of Ayelet Zurer, and according to EW she’s landed the lead female role opposite Tom Hanks in Ron Howard’s summer ‘09 prequel to The Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons....

Bill Hader And Kristen Wiig Show Acting Chops In Charming ‘The Skeleton Twins’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 12, 2014 3:45 pm EST Editor’s note: This is our review of The Skeleton Twins from this year’s Sundance Film Festival. It opens in limited release this weekend so we are rerunning. When Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig were building their careers on Saturday Night Live, they played multiple characters every single week. That took incredible acting chops....

Cary Fukanaga To Direct Two-Movie Adaptation Of Stephen King’s ‘It’ By Angie Han/June 8, 2012 11:00 am EST Cary Fukunaga’s Jane Eyre wasn’t a horror movie per se, but the director brought a distinctive ghostly chill to the classic Gothic romance. And now he’ll be bringing that same knack for dread and suspense to another literary adaptation that more obviously calls for it. Fukunaga has just been hired to direct a remake of Stephen King’s It, which Warner Bros....

Cool Stuff: Artistic Posters For ‘The Kings Of Summer’ By Germain Lussier/May 31, 2013 4:30 pm EST Audiences love a good coming of age story, and Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ film The Kings of Summer is a great one. It tells the story of three boys (Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso, Moises Aries) who decide to run away from home and build their own house in the woods. The Sundance hit opens in New York and Los Angeles May 31, will expand from there and you should certainly seek it out....

Cool Stuff: Bad Dads - A Tribute To Wes Anderson Preview #1 By Germain Lussier/Oct. 15, 2010 9:00 am EST The films of Wes Anderson have many of the qualities of a great painting. Strong composition, beautiful colors and compelling characters all come to mind. Well, the brand new LoPo Gallery in San Francisco, CA is hosting an exhibition of art all based on the films of Anderson: Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited and Fantastic Mr....

David Goyer Pitching ‘Sandman’ Movie To Warner Bros.; Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Name Connected By Russ Fischer/Nov. 20, 2013 11:20 am EST There’s a new issue of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman on stands now. It launches a short ongoing story called The Sandman: Overture, acting as an explanation of events that preceded the first issue of the seminal comic series. It’s the first new Sandman story since 2003, and the first series of multiple issues since the series originally ended in 1996....