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‘Pretty Sweet’ Trailer: Spike Jonze Returns To Skateboarding By Russ Fischer/Nov. 30, 2012 7:00 am EST The work of Spike Jonze is all over the map, with the unifying element being an abiding interest in counterculture, and a less than traditional way of looking at the world. Jonze’s early film and video work was in skateboarding videos, but he hasn’t done anything in that world since 2007. Now, however, Jonze is one of the directors of Pretty Sweet, a skateboarding video now available on iTunes....

‘Saw 8’ Is In Active Developement By Germain Lussier/Nov. 5, 2013 9:24 am EST After almost a decade of Jigsaw, torture and traps, the Saw franchise took a hiatus back in 2010. The seventh film, Saw 3D, was a bigger financial success than the previous installment, but critically it was trampled and producers felt after seven years in a row, it was time to take a break. Three years have now passed sans-Saw and this past Halloween was the first in a while without a proper horror film for audiences to enjoy....

‘Silent Night’ Trailer: Celebrating The Scariest Damn Night Of The Year By Russ Fischer/Nov. 5, 2012 3:30 pm EST We’re well through the first and second tiers of horror remakes, as we’ve seen new versions of Psycho and ’80s slasher series such as Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Friday the 13th, not to mention remakes of slightly less well-knwon films such as The Hills Have Eyes and Piranha....

‘The Grandmaster’, ‘The Hunt’, And Seven Others Make Oscar Foreign Film Shortlist By Angie Han/Dec. 20, 2013 10:32 am EST It’ll be a while yet before we find out which English-language films are up for the Oscars, but the Best Foreign Language Film category has already been narrowed down to nine contenders. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Scientists has just revealed its shortlist of nine foreign films which will be competing for five slots when the nominations are announced on January 16....

‘Transformers: Age Of Extinction’ Super Bowl Spot: Optimus Rides Grimlock By Russ Fischer/Feb. 2, 2014 4:30 pm EST Here’s the first footage from Michael Bay’s fourth Transformers movie. This one, subtitled Age of Extinction, features a new lead cast, and quite a few new robots. Much of what’s in this trailer — like Grimlock, above — has been the subject of rumor and speculation, but with this first trailer they’re starting to open up the mystery box....

4D ‘Big Hero 6’ Preview Coming To Disneyland September 26 By Germain Lussier/Sept. 16, 2014 5:00 am EST Two of the most recent Disney movies, Guardians of the Galaxy and Maleficent, were both massive hits. Among the few things those films have in common is they both held 4D previews at Disneyland/California Adventure in Anaheim, CA. This probably didn’t have any direct effect on the success of the films, but if it ain’t broke, why fix it?...

By Angie Han/April 17, 2013 11:49 am EST It sounds like the gang’s on the lookout for new allies in the episode — the logline reads, “Adding new members to your post-apocalyptic “family” isn’t as easy as it sounds. But at least sometimes you get pie.” If you’re not ready to dig in just yet, though, you can start with a little taste from the trailer below (via Screen Crush)....

Because ‘Gotham’ Needs Another Villain: Nicholas D’Agosto Cast As Harvey Dent By Russ Fischer/Oct. 3, 2014 5:00 am EST Gotham doesn’t yet have a Batman, but it has a whole collection of characters that could eventually make big problems for Bruce Wayne if the show lasts long enough for him to don a cape and cowl. Another thing Gotham has been lacking is an idealistic hotshot young assistant DA — maybe a guy who could eventually flip sides from good to evil....

By Germain Lussier/Oct. 24, 2013 1:30 pm EST The Mondo Blog first announced this poster with the following images. What I love about this image is, even though it’s an iconic moment in the film, it takes a second to figure out exactly what you’re looking at. It’s like “I see the face hugger, and some hands…oh, and that’s a helmet, I got it!” It’s 24 x 36, an edition of 275 and will first be on sale October 26-27 in Austin....

Cool Stuff: Man Builds Life-Size Working Replica Of WALL-E By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 5, 2013 4:00 pm EST Michael McMaster from Bakersfield California decided to try to build a working life-size replica of Pixar’s WALL-E. McMaster belonged to the R2D2 Builders Club and decided to try to test his skills to recreate that other robot voiced by Ben Burtt. Since Star Wars was a live-action film, the R2 builders have a ton of real life prop and blueprint references to work off of....

Cool Stuff: Mondo’s Limited Edition ‘Oblivion’ Vinyl By Germain Lussier/April 12, 2013 9:12 am EST Mondo, best known for being the limited edition poster boutique of the Alamo Drafthouse, is well on its way to becoming a big limited edition vinyl boutique as well. It has only released a handful of scores so far, but more are coming and each has been more beautiful than the last. The biggest release so far was last month’s Drive release with hot pink vinyl and artwork by Tyler Stout....

First Look: Idris Elba In ‘True Detective’ Director’s ‘Beasts Of No Nation’ By Russ Fischer/June 27, 2014 12:30 pm EST That shot above pictures Idris Elba in Luther, but below we have the first image of the actor in Beasts of No Nation, the new film from Cary Fukunaga. The director has a couple of features under his belt, the great Sin Nombre and a worth-watching adaptation of Jane Eyre. But it was HBO’s True Detective that made a lot more people aware of Fukunaga....

Joss Whedon Says Ultron Will Be More Grounded In ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 21, 2013 1:15 pm EST The character Ultron is going to be much different on screen than he is in the comic books. In the comics, Ultron was created by Hank Pym (aka Ant-Man) and that won’t be the case in the movies. (Rumor is Tony Stark might have a role in Ultron’s creation.) He’s also going to be less powerful and more grounded....

Mark Wahlberg To Produce ‘Shooter’ TV Show For TNT By Germain Lussier/Sept. 12, 2014 10:30 am EST Normally, movies that don’t make $100 million worldwide don’t get sequels. And they definitely don’t get TV shows. But Mark Wahlberg isn’t your typical actor/producer. He’s now teamed up with Paramount TV to bring his 2007 film, Shooter, to TNT as a regular series. The film, which itself was based on the novel Point of Impact by Stephen Hunter, follows a decorated but retired military sniper who takes one last job....

Marvel Confirms Aaron Taylor-Johnson And Elizabeth Olsen Joining ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 25, 2013 8:35 am EST Marvel Studios finally confirmed what we’ve known for some time. Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen are joining Joss Whedon’s Avengers: Age of Ultron, opening May 1, 2015. They’ll play the brother sister duo of Quicksilver and Scarlett Witch, who might have a bit of a problem with how The Avengers are doing things....

New ‘Dirk Gently’ TV Series Revisits Douglas Adams’ Odd Detective By Russ Fischer/Aug. 4, 2014 1:30 pm EST Douglas Adams is best known for his Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy radio plays and novels, but he wrote a lot of other stuff over the course of his productive career. The two Dirk Gently novels are not as famous as the Hitchhiker’s books, but they may be even more pure distillations of Adams’ personality and interests....

New Drew Struzan Work Anchors Mondo’s Universal Monsters Gallery Show By Germain Lussier/Oct. 16, 2012 6:40 pm EST UPDATE: We’ve added three new images. It’s the gallery show they were was born to do. In the past, Mondo has released posters for all the Universal Monsters: Dracula, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Phantom of the Opera, The Invisible Man and The Mummy. Obviously, they’re monster fans, and after Mondo opened their own gallery, it was only a matter of time before the monsters took over that space....

Spider-Man 3 Venom Trailer LEAKED Online By Peter Sciretta/March 10, 2007 5:52 am EST As you probably know, the new Spider-Man 3 trailer is playing in front of 300. Someone decided to upload a video taped copy online. The trailer, which is available at Daily Motion, is almost the exact same cut that was shown at WonderCon 2007 in San Francisco last weekend. As always, the copy isn’t great. I’m guessing someone captured this with a cameraphone....

Theme Park Bits: Back To The Future, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Little Mermaid, Frozen, Haunted Mansion By Germain Lussier/May 13, 2014 2:30 pm EST There’s something for everyone in this edition of Theme Park Bits. From Back to the Future, to Star Wars, Harry Potter and The Little Mermaid, read about the following: Is Back to the Future returning to Universal Studios Hollywood? FastPass + is available to meet Mark Hamill and others at Star Wars Weekends....

This Week In Trailers: Tropico, If You Build It, Contracted, Cousin Jules, Inside Llewyn Davis By Christopher Stipp/Dec. 2, 2013 6:00 am EST Depending on where you sit on this issue, it was either good news this week to hear about J.D. Salinger’s three recently unpublished stories making their way out from reading rooms or an incredible invasion of the quiet author’s privacy to have these works remain tucked away from view....