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‘Enemies Closer’ Trailer: He Doesn’t Give A Van Damme By Russ Fischer/Nov. 27, 2013 8:00 am EST OK, seriously, what’s going on with Jean-Claude Van Damme? I would have never pegged the guy as light-hearted, but he actually looks like he’s been having fun of late. There was that volvo commercial with the impressive split. Then there was yesterday’s trailer for Welcome to the Jungle, JCVD’s first outright comedy. Now we’ve got a look at Enemies Closer, an action film about a sort of bayou manhunt that definitely has it’s own comic edge....

‘Lost’s’ Titus Welliver Joins Michael Bay’s ‘Transformers 4’ By Germain Lussier/July 25, 2013 10:30 am EST Briefly: Michael Bay’s Transformers 4 is already months into production, featuring a whole new fleet of slick cars and a younger, rebooted cast. Even so, another talented veteran has just been announced as part of the bunch. Titus Welliver, best known for playing a pivotal character on Lost, has joined the film in an unspecified role....

‘Mr. Peabody And Sherman’ Trailer: The Story Of A Time Traveling Dog And His Pet Boy By Germain Lussier/Oct. 25, 2013 9:21 am EST Roles are reversed in the upcoming Rocky and Bullwinkle spinoff, Mr. Peabody and Sherman. Mr. Peabody is the world’s smartest dog and Sherman is his adopted human boy. Together they’ll get into time traveling adventures, with characters voiced by the likes of Ty Burrell, Allison Janney, Stephen Colbert, Leslie Mann, Stanley Tucci, Patrick Warburton, Lake Bell and Dennis Haysbert....

‘Night Moves’ Trailer: Jesse Eisenberg Fires Up A Revolution By Angie Han/March 21, 2014 10:30 am EST Following well-received debuts at Toronto and Venice last fall, Kelly Reichardt’s Night Moves is now gearing up for a theatrical release. The thriller stars Jesse Eisenberg and Dakota Fanning as a couple of young environmentalists who go a little extreme for their cause — like, blowing up a dam extreme — and then have to deal with the consequences....

‘Something Borrowed’ Trailer #2 – A Welcome Improvement Over The Last ‘Something Borrowed’ Trailer By Angie Han/March 3, 2011 8:00 am EST Warner Bros. has released another trailer for the man-stealing romcom Something Borrowed, and it’s making me wonder why they didn’t just release this (superior) version to begin with. The film is based on Emily Giffin’s popular novel of the same title, and features Ginnifer Goodwin and Kate Hudson as a pair of best friends in love with the same man (Colin Egglesfield)....

‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Final Trailer By Angie Han/March 19, 2014 7:35 am EST We’ve seen so many trailers, TV spots, clips, and images for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 at this point, we’re wondering if there’s even anything left for the theater. But Sony has dug up still more new footage for one last trailer, which they say is the last one until the movie opens in May. While most of the promos have focused on Jamie Foxx’s Electro as the main villain, the Amazing Spider-Man 2 final trailer emphasizes the complicated Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan)....

‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay’ Teaser Poster: The Rebellion Takes Flight By Angie Han/Jan. 22, 2014 2:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It really wasn’t that long ago that The Hunger Games: Catching Fire hit theaters. Indeed, it’s still in theaters in most parts of the country. But with The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 due out later this year, Lionsgate isn’t wasting any time getting the publicity machine up and running....

‘This Is 40’ Trailer: Judd Apatow’s Midlife Crisis By Russ Fischer/April 27, 2012 11:00 am EST Here’s the trailer for Judd Apatow’s This is 40, a film that is sort of a sequel to Knocked Up (as the trailer admits) and apparently an articulation of midlife angst from the writer/director/producer. Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann are a married couple hitting 40, and the looming milestone (does anyone call it “over the hill” any longer?...

Christopher McQuarrie Is The Likely Director For ‘Mission: Impossible 5’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 14, 2012 9:23 am EST Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie have developed quite a good working relationship. Before the writer/director was responsible for the script and direction of Cruise’s upcoming Jack Reacher, he wrote the star vehicle Valkyrie, and after making Jack Reacher did script work on Cruise’s All You Need is Kill, and on Top Gun 2 before it went on hiatus....

Commercial Director Nic Mathieu In Talks To Make ‘Robotech’ At Warner Bros. By Russ Fischer/Jan. 25, 2013 1:28 am EST It was only a couple weeks ago that a trailer for fan-made Robotech movie cropped up online. At the time, we mentioned that Warner Bros. had been developing a live-action adaptation of Robotech for a while, but things had been quiet on that front for many months. While it may seem that interest in the fan film that spurred WB back to action with an adaptation of the fan-favorite anime series, in fact the studio has been chugging along with the property for a while, and trying to hire a director since last fall....

Elmo Puppeteer Kevin Clash Resigns From ‘Sesame Street’ By Angie Han/Nov. 20, 2012 12:53 pm EST Kevin Clash, the puppeteer behind Elmo and the subject of the documentary Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey, has resigned from Sesame Street amid allegations of underage sex. The first accusation surfaced last week, prompting Clash to take a leave of absence from the company. Although the accuser has since recanted his statement, fresh allegations of sexual impropriety have just been raised by another party....

First Look: Joseph Gordon-Levitt In Premium Rush By Peter Sciretta/July 20, 2010 9:02 am EST NO PHOTOS Just Jared snapped some photos of Joseph Gordon-Levitt in action as a bike messenger on the New York City set of David Koepp’s on-the-run chase thriller Premium Rush. The story follows a 20-something-year-old bike messenger who somehow gets involved in a chase across New York City. And we’re not just talking about a little chase but big budget William Friedkin-style action sequences....

Four New Posters For ‘The Wolverine’ Including Three New Sumi-E Images By Germain Lussier/June 25, 2013 11:30 am EST Today we have three brand new posters in the style, for characters Shingen (Hiroyuki Sanada), Mariko (Tao Okamoto) and Harada (Will Yun Lee). Check them out, along with a brand new international poster, below. Here are the brand new Sumi-e posters along with the new international poster via Coming Soon. Based on the celebrated comic book arc, this epic action-adventure takes Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), the most iconic character of the X-Men universe, to modern-day Japan....

Helena Bonham Carter Joins ‘Cinderella’ As Fairy Godmother By Germain Lussier/June 20, 2013 4:49 pm EST Briefly: Kenneth Branagh’s live-action Disney film, Cinderella, has just found its Fairy Godmother. Helena Bonham Carter will play the iconic role helping the title character (Lily James) fall in love with the prince (Richard Madden) in spite of the Wicked Stepmother (Cate Blanchett). The film has yet to be given a release date, but late 2014, early 2015 seems likely....

James Mangold In Talks For Joe Namath Biopic By Angie Han/May 29, 2014 7:40 am EST James Mangold is looking to direct a movie about a larger-than-life figure who’s not a Marvel superhero. The Wolverine and Walk the Line helmer may be getting back into biopics with a film about Joe Namath, the legendary New York quarterback. Hit the jump for more details on the new project. Namath is one of the most charismatic and beloved figures in New York sports....

Jeff Goldblum And Bill Pullman Will Be Back For ‘Independence Day 2’ By Germain Lussier/June 25, 2013 12:04 pm EST Half the cast will be new faces; a new generation who has grown up in the world decimated in the first film. The other will be stars from the first movie. So who is returning and who isn’t? Well, Will Smith will not return as Captain Steven Hiller but Emmerich just confirmed Bill Pullman and Jeff Goldblum will indeed return, both of whom had expressed interest in the past....

Lawrence Kasdan Says He Isn’t Looking At Expanded Universe For New ‘Star Wars’ Movies: “I’m Trying To Start Fresh” By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 11, 2013 8:00 am EST On Friday we ran some quotes from Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg talking about their work consulting on Star Wars: Episode 7 and writing the announced set of stand-alone spin-ff films set within the Star Wars galaxy. The Los angeles Times also caught up with Kasdan at the Final Draft Hall of Fame ceremony and got him to talk a bit more about the upcoming Star Wars movies....

Lionsgate Will Distribute Spy Thriller ‘A Most Wanted Man’ With Philip Seymour Hoffman By Russ Fischer/July 30, 2013 5:29 pm EST Anton Corbijn’s third feature film, A Most Wanted Man, features Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, and Willem Dafoe in a story adapted from a novel by John le Carre (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy). We’ve seen an early sales trailer for the film (which was sadly pulled) but until now the movie didn’t have any US distribution in place....

Luke Evans In Talks To Play ‘The Crow’ By Russ Fischer/May 5, 2013 11:00 am EST Relativity Media’s reboot of The Crow has been a long time coming. Back in 2009 Stephen Norrington (Blade) was writing and set to direct. Nick Cave eventually rewrote the script, and Mark Wahlberg might have starred. But Norrington moved on, and thus began a cycle of new directors and actors being linked to the project....

More ‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 4 Trailers: “The World’s Fallen Apart” By Angie Han/March 24, 2014 12:45 pm EST With less than two weeks to go until the premiere, HBO has released two more Game of Thrones Season 4 trailers for your enjoyment. What they lack in length — they run about 30 seconds each — they more than make up for in action, excitement, and hints aplenty about the twists to come....