Universal Plans ‘Pitch Perfect’ Sequel For 2015 By Germain Lussier/April 16, 2013 10:53 am EST Briefly: Good news for Pitch Perfect fans is coming out of CinemaCon in Las Vegas. The head of Universal Pictures, Adam Fogelson, just revealed the studio’s plan to have the Pitch Perfect 2 in theaters in 2015. Original writer Kay Cannon is back, and one can assume based on Sunday night’s MTV performance that the cast will be, too....
VOTD: Lana Wachowski Explains The Philosophical Intentions Of The ‘Matrix’ Trilogy By Germain Lussier/Oct. 16, 2012 2:00 pm EST As fantastic a film as Cloud Atlas is, one of the best things about this new film is that fans are finally getting to hear from two of its directors, Andy and Lana Wachowski. Formerly the Wachowski Brothers, the siblings exploded onto the scene in 1999 with the seminal sci-fi action film The Matrix, which was then followed by two sequels, The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions....
By Russ Fischer/June 18, 2014 6:00 am EST Back in 1967, when Lars von Trier was just Lars Trier, and only 11 years old, the future director made what he later called his first film. The movie is short, and animated in a crude stop-motion using cut-out paper characters. It is also, as you might expect, more than a bit unusual. Turen til Squashland… En Super Pølse Film is the title, which translates to Trip to Squash Land… A Super Sausage Film....
Woody Allen’s Next Film Titled ‘Magic In The Moonlight,’ Images Revealed By Russ Fischer/Oct. 15, 2013 1:00 pm EST The last few years have seen a great career upswing for Woody Allen, as his film Midnight in Paris helped re-ignite broad audience interest in his movies, and became his greatest commercial success. Blue Jasmine, starring Cate Blanchett, had a good run earlier this year, and now Allen is finishing his next film....
‘24’ Event Series ‘Live Another Day’ Setting And Timeline Revealed By Germain Lussier/Oct. 3, 2013 3:00 pm EST Turns out the first part of that escalation will be a wholly new setting. When the show comes back in May 2014 for a 12-episode run, Jack Bauer will be in London and four years will have passed since his last adventure with Counter Terrorism Unit. Entertainment Weekly broke the news of the series’ new setting and ran this quote from Sutherland:...
‘After Earth’ Trailer: Will Smith Teaches His Son To Fight Fear By Russ Fischer/March 7, 2013 3:46 pm EST The first trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s After Earth was a pretty tightly controlled thing, showing characters played by Will and Jaden Smith stranded on Earth in a future that has seen evolution turn decidedly against humans. This second trailer gives more context to the story, showing a bit of what the two guys were doing before crashing on Earth, an establishing the fact that there is conflict between father and son just as well as between the humans and everything else on Earth....
‘As Above So Below’ Trailer: The Dead Lie Under The Streets Of Paris By Russ Fischer/April 24, 2014 10:30 am EST Brothers John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle (Quarantine, Devil) have a new horror/thriller coming out, called As Above, So Below. The film follows a set of young explorers — or treasure hunters, really — who attempt to find a cache of riches under the streets of Paris. To get there, they go through the catacombs, that web of tunnels that act as ossuaries for about six million people and connect to old stone mines....
‘Fargo’ TV Trailer: “I Would Have Killed That Man” By Russ Fischer/March 19, 2014 5:00 am EST Fargo, the series, follows in the footsteps of Fargo, the movie, with the blessing of Ethan and Joel Coen. This isn’t a strict remake, but rather a new “true crime” story that is very much in the vein of the Coen Brothers movie, and which shares the same Minnesota setting and collection of friendly/quirky accents....
‘Made In America’ Trailer: Ron Howard Documents A Jay-Z Concert For Showtime By Germain Lussier/Aug. 30, 2013 1:30 pm EST Last summer two of the most powerful men in show business teamed up to make a movie. That unlikely duo was Shawn Carter, better known to most as rap mogul Jay-Z, and Opie, better known to most as legendary director Ron Howard. The result is called Made in America, and will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival next month before airing on Showtime October 11....
‘Monsters University’ Clip: Roommate Bonding By Angie Han/Feb. 12, 2013 9:37 pm EST The Monsters University marketing has made no secret of the fact that eventual BFFs / business partners Mike (Billy Crystal) and Sulley (John Goodman) weren’t such fast friends when they met in college. That’s not so surprising considering how different their personalities are, but now a new clip reveals exactly how horribly their first encounter went. Hit the jump to check it out....
‘Penguins Of Madagascar’ Trailer: Benedict Cumberbatch In The Danger Zone By Russ Fischer/June 11, 2014 10:30 am EST All you really need to know about The Penguins of Madagascar is that, in the film, Benedict Cumberbatch voices a wolf. Not just any wolf, mind you, but the leader of a task force that helps animals. But when he runs up agains the four goofy penguins from the Madagascar films, who are now starring in their own action/comedy film, he may have more than he can deal with....
‘The Best Of Me’ Trailer: Nicholas Sparks Does It Again By Angie Han/June 6, 2014 8:00 am EST Death is a staple of Nicholas Sparks romances, and that’s as true as ever in his latest movie adaptation The Best of Me. This time, the Grim Reaper conveniently provides an excuse to bring two high school sweethearts back together. Rich girl Amanda (Michelle Monaghan) and wrong-side-of-the-tracks boy Dawson (James Marsden) haven’t seen each other in twenty years when they reunite at the funeral of a mutual friend....
‘The Devil Inside’ Trailer: “You Need A Better Understanding Of Exorcism” By Russ Fischer/Oct. 17, 2011 4:30 pm EST After the success of Paranormal Activity, Paramount created a small division called Insurge. The purpose of that company offshoot was to make or buy several ‘micro-budget’ films each year — essentially movies made for about a million dollars that could (hopefully) replicate some of the success of Paranormal Activity. The first Insurge effort is this: The Devil Inside, in which a young woman named Isabella visits her mother, who has been held in what seems to be a Vatican-run institution after killing three people during an exorcism....
‘The Green Inferno’ Release Delayed Indefinitely By Russ Fischer/Aug. 8, 2014 7:30 am EST There’s trouble ahead for Eli Roth’s The Green Inferno. The film has been set for a September release, but Open Road has just taken the movie off its release calendar. But this isn’t the result of controversy or a problem with the film. No, this is the result of a business problem between the company that financed the movie, Worldview Entertainment, and the guy who used to lead Worldview....
‘The Lords Of Salem’ Teaser Trailer: So, How Many Times Did Rob Zombie Watch ‘Eyes Wide Shut’? By Russ Fischer/Oct. 3, 2012 4:34 pm EST The Lords of Salem feels like a ‘make or break’ moment for Rob Zombie. His debut film suffered problems in the clash between creator and distributor, and fan expectation and reality, but he broke out in a big way with The Devil’s Rejects. But after a very divisive pair of Halloween films I know a lot of people who are ready to give up on the idea of Zombie as director....
‘The Purge: Anarchy’ Trailer By Russ Fischer/March 27, 2014 5:30 pm EST The Purge: Anarchy, which acts as the sequel to last fall’s hit thriller, throws a stranger middle-class couple and a man out for revenge into the mayhem of the annual purge. That event, for those who missed the first film, is a single night per year in which all crime is legal, the better to weed out the “weaker” aspects of society....
‘The Room’ Behind-The-Scenes Book Release Party Will Feature New Documentary And Posters By Germain Lussier/Sept. 25, 2013 12:30 pm EST In Tommy Wiseau’s comedy of errors The Room, he regularly greets his friend with a loud, disingenuous and blandly hilarious line: “Hi Mark!” Next week in Los Angeles, those two words are sure to be on everyone’s lips because Mark himself, actor and author Greg Sestero, is finally releasing The Disaster Artist, a book detailing production of the film, one of the worst cult classics of all time....
‘The Three Musketeers’ Trailer - Alexandre Dumas’ Classic Tale Gets Updated With 17th Century Blimps By Angie Han/June 29, 2011 12:00 pm EST We’ve already seen some images and a teaser for Paul W.S. Anderson’s 3-D “reboot” of The Three Musketeers. Now, a just-released full-length trailer is offering the best look yet at Anderson’s take on 17th century France — and apparently, his version involves flying war blimps. Because why not, I guess....
Bryce Dallas Howard Could Take A Trip To ‘Jurassic World’ By Angie Han/Sept. 26, 2013 2:47 pm EST The Jurassic Park franchise is preparing to open its doors once again with Jurassic World, and Bryce Dallas Howard could be its first visitor. The redheaded actress has just entered early talks to star in the 3D sci-fi adventure, after months of rumors. Hit the jump for the latest details on the long-awaited film....
Christopher Nolan Discusses The Open-Ended Nature Of ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ By Angie Han/Nov. 28, 2012 7:05 pm EST (Spoilers for The Dark Knight Rises follow.) When a recent rumor cropped up that Joseph Gordon-Levitt had been tapped to play the new Batman in Justice League, it seemed like a logical narrative extension of The Dark Knight Rises. The end of the film set up Gordon-Levitt’s John Blake as a successor to Bruce Wayne, so it only made sense that the character would carry over into Warner Bros....
