Posts

Movie Trailer #2: The Delayed ‘Season Of The Witch’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 11, 2010 11:26 am EST Almost exactly a year ago we got the first full trailer for Season of the Witch, then a LionsGate film starring Nicolas Cage. The film still stars Nic Cage, but is now being distributed by Relativity Media, which also financed the film’s production. The company has cut a new trailer to begin promoting the January 7 release, and it is a completely different beast from the previous one....

Page 2: Pacific Rim, World’s End, Breaking Bad, BTTF, Anchorman, Star Wars, Wreck It Ralph By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 23, 2013 11:00 am EST Header Photo: Today’s t-shirt of RIPT Apparel is a Robot-inspired design “Not the Droids We Are Looking For” The 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2015Why Hollywood Movies Are Plummeting at Japan Box OfficePACIFIC RIM Artist Creates Guillermo del Toro Jaeger Pilot SculptureThe Illusion of ‘Great Movie Years’Could practical movie effects make a comeback thanks to 3-D printing?...

Paramount To Ruin Your Favorite Movie Franchises By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 28, 2007 5:42 am EST We’ve spent quite some time on /Film recently talking about the new Hollywood money scam we call direct to dvd sequels and remakes. Every studio is setting up a home video division to squeeze money out of classic brands. Recent films have included The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning, American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile, The Lost Boys 2, Wargames 2, possible Gremlins 3 and The Goonies 2 (Thank go the Jaws sequel was debunked)....

Sundance Reactions: Jerusha Hess’ ‘Austenland’ And John Krokidas’ ‘Kill Your Darlings’ By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 19, 2013 12:57 pm EST Friday is the first real day of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and I spent the afternoon in the Eccles Theater (aka the Park City High School auditorium) watching two films: Jerusha Hess’ adaptation of Austenland starring Keri Russell, and Kill Your Darlings starring Daniel Radcliffe as Alan Ginsberg. After the jump you can find my mini reactions and a video blog I recorded with Steve Weintraub from Collider....

Superhero Bits: Batman, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Gotham, Captain America 3, Guardians Of The Galaxy By Germain Lussier/June 24, 2014 9:00 am EST Want to read and see some fun stuff about the 25th anniversary of Tim Burton’s Batman? Could Mr. Freeze show up in Gotham? What is the Wonder Woman costume in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice going to look like? How is Black Widow’s bike in Avengers: Age of Ultron special?...

Tina Fey’s Latest Project Is Middle East War Comedy ‘The Taliban Shuffle’ By Angie Han/Feb. 20, 2014 5:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Thankfully, her newest role sounds fairly promising. Fey is attached to star in and produce Paramount’s The Taliban Shuffle, scripted by a 30 Rock writer, based on a journalist’s memoir of her time in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Hit the jump for more details on this latest gig....

TV Bits: American Horror Story, 30 Rock, Californication, The Killing, Hannibal, Doctor Who, Masters Of Sex By Germain Lussier/Dec. 17, 2012 3:28 pm EST Lots of casting, first looks and more in this edition of TV Bits. After the jump find the following: Your first look at Showtime’s new shows Masters of Sex with Lizzy Caplan and Ray Donovan with Liev Schrieber. Horrible Bosses director Seth Gordon will helm the pilot for the ABC 1980s family comedy How the F Am I Normal?...

Video: How ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Should Have Ended By Germain Lussier/Aug. 6, 2014 12:00 pm EST Normally, I like the How it Should Have Ended series. They make smart points about movies while also being funny and respectful of the original material. These people don’t actually think these movie should end in a different way. It’s just a joke, and they put a ton of work into the product....

Watch The ‘Veronica Mars’ Opening Scene By Russ Fischer/Feb. 28, 2014 6:05 pm EST It’ll be a couple more weeks until you can see the Veronica Mars movie — a film even the creators of the original TV show thought might never happen. To make the wait just a bit easier, you can watch the Veronica Mars opening sequence right now. The scene recaps the TV series to some extent, and so also serves as a good primer for those who never watched the show....

‘Filth’ Red Band Trailer: James McAvoy Gets Down And Dirty In Irvine Welsh Adaptation By Angie Han/April 11, 2013 9:14 am EST James McAvoy wasn’t onscreen much in 2012, but 2013 will be a completely different story. The Scottish actor has already hit theaters in Welcome to the Punch and Danny Boyle’s Trance, and he still has the two-parter The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: His and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Hers....

‘Gotham’ Photo: Donal Logue As Detective Harvey Bullock By Germain Lussier/March 20, 2014 11:00 am EST Here’s Donal Logue as Harvey Bullock in Gotham. According to Variety, this is just the first reveal with more coming in the next few days. The costume and mood certainly fits the Gotham City we know and love. Beyond that, though, it’s just Donal Logue. Here’s the official description of Gotham, which will likely premiere this Fall....

‘Kick-Ass 2’ All-Ages Trailer: Once More, Without The F-Bombs By Russ Fischer/April 9, 2013 7:00 am EST If you’ve watched the red-band trailer for Jeff Wadlow’s Kick-Ass 2, this new all-ages version isn’t going to do much for you. This is really just the red-band trailer with all the most offensive stuff cut out. So there’s a bit less footage of the character played by Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and a bit more of Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and Hit-Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz), both in and out of costume....

‘The American Scream’ Trailer: ‘Best Worst Movie’ Director Chronicles Backyard Haunted House Builders By Russ Fischer/Oct. 8, 2012 2:15 pm EST One of my favorite films at this year’s Fantastic Fest was a small documentary called The American Scream, in which Best Worst Movie director Michael Paul Stephenson heads to Fairhaven, MA to look at the lives of three families who spent untold hours building backyard haunted houses. As you might expect from people with this particular obsession, the three families profiled have a certain degree of eccentricity, but Stephenson’s sensitivity towards them, and towards their driving interest, keeps the film grounded....

‘Transformers 4’ Confirms Nicola Peltz As Female Lead, Will Shoot In 3D By Angie Han/March 27, 2013 9:00 am EST — Michael Bay (@michaelbay) March 26, 2013 “@lindazge: @S4TE Tell us who already!” Nicola Peltz #nicolapeltz #transformers4 While there hasn’t been much official word on the film’s plot or characters, an earlier casting call indicated that the plot would center around a high school senior, her father, and her racecar-driving boyfriend....

‘Virginia’ Trailer: Oscar-Winner Dustin Lance Black’s Directorial Debut With Jennifer Connelly And Ed Harris By Germain Lussier/April 20, 2012 5:30 pm EST When Dustin Lance Black won the Best Original Screenplay Oscar in 2009 for Milk, his career exploded. He’d already written on HBO’s Big Love but now Clint Eastwood wanted him for J. Edgar, he lined up a bunch of upcoming projects and even got to direct a screenplay of his own....

Annotated ‘Star Wars’ Mashes Original Film With Its References By Germain Lussier/May 30, 2014 5:00 pm EST Part of the reason Star Wars still resonates with audiences today, much like it did in 1977, is that it is simultaneously familiar and new. George Lucas created something wholly original while being inspired by a great many things that came before his work. From Akira Kurosawa, Flash Gordon, and Stanley Kubrick to Fritz Lang, the list of things Lucas channelled is long and distinguished....

Edgar Wright Confirms Hank Pym In ‘Ant-Man’ By Angie Han/July 23, 2013 3:45 pm EST This weekend’s big reveal that the Avengers sequel would be titled Avengers: Age of Ultron immediately got comics geeks wondering what that meant for Ant-Man. In the books, Ultron is created by Hank Pym a.k.a. Ant-Man — but in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man isn’t due out until after Joss Whedon’s Avengers: Age of Ultron hits theaters....

Fight Club: The Calvin And Hobbes Conspiracy Trailer; Talk Of A Stage Musical Resurfaces By Russ Fischer/Jan. 12, 2011 1:30 pm EST I’m not a fan of many things that re-purpose Bill Watterson’s endlessly wonderful comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. The comic is just too pure and beautiful to mess with. But I can’t ignore the entertainment value of the theory that says Fight Club is really about a grown Calvin, with Tyler Durden standing in as the adult version of Hobbes....

Guillermo Del Toro Admits ‘Hellboy 3’ Won’t Happen, Shares Plot Concept By Angie Han/July 14, 2014 2:30 pm EST There’s never been any doubt that Guillermo del Toro wants to make a Hellboy 3. But at this point, even he’s doubting he’ll ever actually get the opportunity to do it. “I don’t think it will happen,” he admitted when asked recently about the long-rumored sequel. As a small consolation, however, he’s dished out some juicy details about what the plot would’ve been....

Gwyneth Paltrow Says There Won’t Be More ‘Iron Man’ Films By Germain Lussier/April 25, 2013 10:00 am EST Much like Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow’s contract with Marvel ends with next week’s Iron Man 3. Everyone assumes Downey will be back for at least The Avengers 2, and probably Iron Man 4, but nothing is set in stone. Now Paltrow has put those assumptions up for serious debate with a quote where she says she doesn’t believe Iron Man 4 will happen....