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Superhero Bits: New 2-Minute ‘Green Lantern’ TV Spot; Possible ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Make-Up Test Photo, Filming Headed To India; ‘Spider-Man’ Shoot Update By Adam Quigley/April 27, 2011 2:00 pm EST If you’re planning on watching only one trailer to sell you on Green Lantern, make it this one. That suggestion is probably coming a little late. Marketing has been in full swing for Green Lantern since the end of last year, and first impressions weren’t great....

Watch: AMC’s ‘Halt And Catch Fire’ Pilot Episode Online Now By Peter Sciretta/May 19, 2014 12:30 pm EST AMC has released the Halt and Catch Fire pilot episode online for everyone to preview ahead of the series’ June 1st premiere. This might be my most anticipated new television series of the year, a fictionalized dramatic thriller set in the wild west of the early 1980s PC revolution. The show is set during the expansion of the PC market after IBM rose to prominence....

Watch: Animated Sci-Fi Short Film ‘It’s Payback Time’ Packs Powerful Twist By Germain Lussier/Sept. 18, 2014 7:00 am EST Why are grey little blobs like the Minions from Despicable Me running for their lives? You’ll have to watch the new sci-fi short film, It’s Payback Time, to find out. In this animated film, a seemingly simple alien world has found itself in the midst of a terrible outbreak. A destructive blue substance is taking over and there doesn’t seem to be a way out....

‘BioShock’ Creator To Pen ‘Logan’s Run’ Remake By Angie Han/June 18, 2013 11:58 am EST It seems ironic that a film about a youth-centric society would itself be growing old, but that’s what’s been happening with the Logan’s Run remake. The project entered development about two decades ago and has passed through a number of high-profile filmmakers since then to no avail. So now, the studio’s looking outside the usual Hollywood circles to help make it happen....

‘Djinn’ Trailer - ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Helmer Tobe Hooper Returns With Abu Dhabi-Set Haunted House Tale By Angie Han/Jan. 10, 2012 2:00 pm EST Although he made his name in the late ’70s and early ’80s with horror classics like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Salem’s Lot, and (at least officially) Poltergeist, director Tobe Hooper’s been laying low as of late. His last credits, two episodes of the Showtime series Masters of Horror, and the 2005 film Mortuary, are from several years back, and the films he did before that (including Toolbox Murders and The Mangler) were neither as well known nor as highly respected as his early work....

‘Fast And Furious’ Spoof ‘Superfast!’ Casts Vin Diesel And Paul Walker Lookalikes By Germain Lussier/Sept. 24, 2013 7:00 am EST As Vin Diesel and Paul Walker are off shooting Fast and Furious 7 with director James Wan, two actors who look alarmingly like them are doing something eerily similar. Genre spoof directors Aaron Seltzer and Jason Friedberg are prepping Superfast!, a new comedy that’ll poke fun at the Fast and Furious series, along with some other action movies....

‘Hannibal’ Season 2 Poster Announces February Premiere By Russ Fischer/Dec. 19, 2013 2:48 pm EST That date means the 13-episode second season will start after the Winter Olympics. Laurence Fishburne returns as Jack Crawford, and Caroline Dhavernas and Hettienne Park co-star. See the full poster below, and get comments from series creator Bryan Fuller about his vision for the grand scope of the show. Over the summer, series creator Bryan Fuller laid out plans for the show as he sees it now....

‘Problem Child’ TV Show Coming To NBC By Germain Lussier/Sept. 17, 2014 10:00 am EST When I think of late Eighties/Early nineties comedies, Problem Child is one of those movies that oddly sticks with me. There was just something about seeing a kid who was my age up there on the big screen, raising absolute havoc. The film’ story is about a couple (John Ritter and Amy Yasbeck) who can’t conceive and decide to adopt....

‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Animated Logo Has Been Revealed By Germain Lussier/Nov. 20, 2012 1:10 pm EST A teaser trailer for next year’s sequel to The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, should be out soon. To hold us over, we’ve got a teaser logo. Fans unlocked the dynamic Flash image on Facebook and it’s pretty cool looking. (Some may have seen this playing before the most recent Twilight film, starting this past weekend....

‘The Muppets… Again’ First Look Photos And Plot Details Revealed By Angie Han/Jan. 30, 2013 9:03 am EST When Kermit and company hit the big screen in 2011’s The Muppets, it had been over a decade since their last cinematic outing in 1999’s Muppets From Space. Thankfully, the wait for their next film won’t be quite so long. The Muppets… Again is on track to open just over a year from now, and Disney is already getting the hype machine started with a plot synopsis and a couple of first look images — including one of human star Ricky Gervais....

‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Review: One Of The Best Video Game Movies Of All Time By Germain Lussier/Oct. 29, 2012 5:00 pm EST Video games and movies have never had a happy marriage. Good games rarely become good movies and good movies rarely become good games. But there had to be a sweet spot, and Disney has found it. That sweet spot is Wreck-It Ralph, a movie set in the world of video games, but not bound by any one in particular....

Alex Winter Explains Why We Haven’t Seen ‘Bill And Ted 3’ Yet By Germain Lussier/March 6, 2013 11:00 am EST South by Southwest is starting this week and one of the more surprising, and exciting, films playing is the Napster documentary Downloaded, directed by Alex Winter. Yes, the same Alex Winter who starred in The Lost Boys and Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. The movie is an engaging and entertaining tale of a culture milestone and we’ll have a full interview with Winter talking about the film later this week....

An ‘Underworld’ Reboot Is Coming By Angie Han/Aug. 28, 2014 8:00 am EST Lakeshore Entertainment thinks it’s time for another trip to the Underworld. The company is moving forward with a reboot of the vampires-vs.-werewolves saga, which launched in 2003. The news comes just two years after the last installment, Underworld: Awakening, hit theaters. Get all the details on the Underworld reboot after the jump. The original Underworld was directed by Len Wiseman, with Kate Beckinsale as vampire heroine Selene....

Brett Ratner’s ‘Hercules’ Starring Dwayne Johnson Gets Summer 2014 Release Date By Germain Lussier/Jan. 17, 2013 9:00 am EST Briefly: Ratner. Rock. August 2014. Brett Ratner’s latest film, Herclues, an adaptation of Steve Moore’s graphic novel Hercules: The Thracian Wars has been given an August 8, 2014 release date. It’ll star Dwayne Johnson as the legendary hero and be in theaters a week after James Gunn’s Marvel adventure Guardians of the Galaxy....

Bryan Singer May Bring All-CG Character ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past,’ Unsure About Halle Berry’s Return By Russ Fischer/Feb. 11, 2013 1:30 pm EST What tools will bring X-Men to the screen for their timeline-hopping story Days of Future Past? With a new trailer hitting today and the film’s release coming up in just a couple weeks, Jack the Giant Slayer director Bryan Singer is doing some press rounds. He’s fielding quite a few questions about X-Men, which is inevitable given his return to directing the franchise after a ten-year stint working as a producer on the series....

Geek Deal: The Largest Blu-Ray Collection Ever For Only $178.99 By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 19, 2014 11:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The set includes 16 of Warner Bros. Library’s Best Picture™ Winners on 52 Discs, Presented in Book Style Premium Packaging. Plus two all-new documentaries: Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot and The Warner Bros. Lot Tour. With hours of commentaries, behind-the-scenes featurettes and more on select films....

Here’s How Steven Spielberg’s ‘The BFG’ Movie May Be Different From The Book By Angie Han/Aug. 8, 2014 1:30 pm EST Roald Dahl fans the world over rejoiced to hear that Steven Spielberg had chosen a live-action adaptation of Dahl’s The BFG as one of his next projects. But purists should be warned: It seems Spielberg plans on making a few changes from Dahl’s beloved novel. Hit the jump to find out how Spielberg’s The BFG movie may be different....

Kevin Smith Reviews Ben Affleck’s Gone, Baby, Gone By Peter Sciretta/July 12, 2007 12:12 am EST Last week we posted the movie trailer for Ben Affleck’s directional debut Gone, Baby, Gone. If you haven’t seen it yet, check it out. We wrote that the film looked like it had award potential. It looks extremely promising. Well the first mini-review is in, and it’s over the top positive. Clerks filmmaker Kevin Smith has seen the film and loved it....

Mark Romanek In Talks To Direct Casey Affleck In ‘Boston Strangler’ By Angie Han/Jan. 8, 2014 4:51 pm EST After leaving Cinderella because his dark take didn’t jibe with Disney’s more upbeat vision, Mark Romanek is about to dive into some very sinister territory indeed. The Never Let Me Go helmer is in talks to direct Warner Bros.’ Boston Strangler, described as a Se7en or Zodiac-esque take on one of the most infamous serial killers in U....

Michael Bay And Steven Spielberg Upset Over Paramount/HD-DVD Deal By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 21, 2007 4:53 pm EST Paramount made a very bad decision earlier this week when it was announced an exclusive partnership with HD-DVD. HD-DVD is clearly the losing format at this point in the next gen format war. Most of the other studios have decided to support Blu-Ray. Nikki Finke is reporting that the HD-DVD camp is paying over $150 million for the “promotional consideration” exclusivity....