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‘Sin City: A Dame To Kill For’ Trailer: Let The Monster Out By Russ Fischer/June 11, 2014 11:31 am EST Sin City is a place of excess, and the new Sin City: A Dame to Kill For trailer should fit right in. There is the parade of stars and notable guest-stars, from Josh Brolin, Eva Green and Joseph Gordon-Levitt to Bruce Willis, Jessica Alba, Mickey Rourke, and Powers Boothe. Then there’s the violence, and the sex, and the splashes of color splattered across the stark black and white imagery....

‘The Homesman’ Trailer: Tommy Lee Jones Leads The Way Home By Russ Fischer/April 15, 2014 2:00 pm EST Tommy Lee Jones has directed two TV movies (most recently The Sunset Limited) and one great theatrical feature, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. Now he has finished another film, which adapts Glendon Swarthout’s novel The Homesman. Jones’ movie will likely premiere at Cannes, and has a French release planned for May....

‘Wolverine’ Scribe Mark Bomback To Polish ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ By Angie Han/Oct. 29, 2013 3:15 pm EST Charlie Hunnam reportedly exited Fifty Shades of Grey after he got a little too hands-on with the script, but now Sam Taylor-Johnson and her producers have found a new scribe to wrestle it into submission. Mark Bomback, writer of The Wolverine and the Total Recall remake, has been hired to do a polish on Kelly Marcel’s screenplay....

‘Young Sherlock Holmes’ Remake May Get A Script From Disney Sequel Scribe By Russ Fischer/Nov. 20, 2012 3:00 pm EST Briefly: Maybe you thought that we needed another Sherlock Holmes movie or TV series, since there have been so few lately. I mean, there are only the two Guy Ritchie movies, a couple wonderful (if short) seasons of the BBC show starring Benedict Cumberbatch, and the US show Elementary to keep Sherlock fans happy....

Ben Affleck And Matt Damon Bringing Back ‘Project Greenlight’ By Germain Lussier/April 30, 2014 11:15 am EST One of the most underrated reality series is HBO’s Project Greenlight. The show, executive produced and judged by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, began in 2001. The premise was that producers waded through submissions from filmmakers and screenwriters, then paired the best in each category to make a movie. Three feature length movies were made as a result of the show....

Bryan Singer Confirms Bishop And Warpath For ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ By Angie Han/April 24, 2013 9:00 am EST Bryan Singer has eagerly shared most of his casting announcements on Twitter for X-Men: Days of Future Past, but he’s been less forthcoming about which characters his new stars will be playing. Today, though, he dropped a major hint. In a Vine video, Singer offered a rundown of the mutants who’ll feature in the movie....

Christopher McQuarrie Signs To Remake ‘Ice Station Zebra’ By Russ Fischer/May 6, 2013 5:25 pm EST Christopher McQuarrie’s most recent collaboration with Tom Cruise, Jack Reacher, comes out on Blu-ray tomorrow. Almost as if to publicize that fact, both director and star have announced new projects today. Cruise was confirmed for Mission: Impossible 5, which McQuarrie has been rumored to direct for some time. The director, meanwhile, was not part of the M:I 5 announcement, and was announced instead as the director for a remake of the late ’60s espionage thriller Ice Station Zebra....

Cool Stuff: A Second Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 30th Anniversary Art Show By Germain Lussier/July 18, 2014 5:00 pm EST I know what you’re thinking. Yes, we wrote about a Los Angeles area Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles art show earlier this week. But with the movie mere weeks away, what’s better than one Ninja Turtles art show? Two. COWABUNGA!! - 30 Years of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles opens Saturday July 19 at Iam8bit on Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles....

Ed Zwick Writing And Directing ‘Soul Reviver’ Movie By Russ Fischer/Aug. 1, 2014 1:15 pm EST It’s too soon to call it a trend, but between the adaptation of Death Note (which Gus Van Sant was erroneously said to be part of) and now this new adaptation of Soul Reviver, are we about to see more US interest in bringing anime and manga stories to the screen? Regardless, The Last Samurai producer Marshall Herskovitz and director Ed Zwick are putting together a Soul Reviver movie, adapting the supernatural action series created by Tohru Fujisawa and Manabu Akishige....

First Look: D.J. Cotrona And Zane Holtz In ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ TV Series By Russ Fischer/Jan. 10, 2014 5:15 pm EST Below is the first still of D.J. Cotrona and Zane Holtz as Seth and Richie Gecko, in the From Dusk Till Dawn TV series from Robert Rodriguez. The two play the roles originated by George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino in the 1996 film from Rodriguez and Tarantino, but the series isn’t just a remake, says the creator....

Gareth Edwards’ ‘Godzilla’ Adds Ken Watanabe As Filming Begins In Vancouver By Angie Han/March 18, 2013 3:00 pm EST Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla reboot has been kept under very tight wraps through most of its development process, but one aspect of the film that’s no secret is its top-notch cast. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olsen, David Strathairn, and Juliette Binoche(!) have all boarded over the past few months. Now, with principal photography underway, one more name has been added to that roster: Ken Watanabe....

Jon Favreau’s ‘Chef’: First Look And Early Buzz By Angie Han/March 10, 2014 11:30 am EST In it, Favreau plays a once-acclaimed chef rebuilding his life after a heavily YouTubed incident sends his career on the skids. He’s also dealing with a gorgeous ex-wife (Sofia Vergara) and an adorable moppet of a son (Emjay Anthony). So how does this latest effort stack up against some of Favreau’s critically scorned tentpole output?...

Leonardo DiCaprio Ready To Take A “Long, Long Break” From Acting By Angie Han/Jan. 21, 2013 5:52 pm EST In a recent interview, the actor alluded to his desire to put his acting career on the back burner for the time being. But a “break,” in this case, doesn’t necessarily mean sipping daiquiris by the pool (though we’d understand if he wanted to slot some time for that as well). Instead, he’s hoping to shift his focus to environmental work for the time being....

Martin Scorsese Directing Bill Clinton Documentary For HBO By Russ Fischer/Dec. 17, 2012 3:00 pm EST The partnership between HBO and director Martin Scorsese is taking another step forward, as Scorsese has now set his sights on a new documentary for the premium channel: he’ll cover the life of former President Bill Clinton in a film that covers Clinton’s dual Presidential terms and his work after leaving the country’s highest office....

New ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Images Spell Trouble For Gwen By Angie Han/March 28, 2014 9:23 am EST We knew Spidey (Andrew Garfield) was going to have his work cut out for him in the next movie, what with not one, not two, but three villains gunning for him. But a new batch of Amazing Spider-Man 2 images suggest that there’s big trouble toward Gwen (Emma Stone) as well. Elsewhere, the photos offer fresh looks at the Green Goblin (Dane DeHaan) on his glider, Paul Giamatti in his Rhino suit, and Stan Lee looking dapper on set....

New Posters For ‘The World’s End,’ ‘The Wolverine’ And ‘Man Of Steel’ By Germain Lussier/May 6, 2013 8:00 am EST Several new posters have just been revealed, two for highly-anticipated superhero movies from which we’ve seen plenty already, and two from a film that’s still almost a total mystery. The superhero films are The Wolverine and Man of Steel, and their posters reveal the Silver Samurai and a flowing cape respectively....

Page 2: Star Wars, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Aubrey Plaza, Frankenweenie, Community, Harry Potter, E.T., Transformers, Doctor Who, Back To The Future, Friday The 13th, Evil Dead By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 13, 2012 8:00 am EST Header Photo: Web Comic “Force-choked for Sure” How Appeasing a Global Audience is Making Hollywood Movies Weaker (and Oddly More Whitewashed) DreamWorks Animation down to the wire in talks with Sony and Fox New image from Frankenweenie features a were-rat...

Paul Greengrass Won’t Helm Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The Trial Of The Chicago 7’ By Angie Han/Sept. 17, 2013 1:30 pm EST Paul Greengrass’s on-again, off-again affair with DreamWorks’ The Trial of the Chicago 7 is, well, off again. The Captain Phillips director has just left the Aaron Sorkin-penned drama, two months after we heard he was in talks and five years after he originally started circling. Hit the jump to find out what happened....

Pixar Brain Trust Serving As Interim Director For ‘The Good Dinosaur’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 30, 2013 7:52 am EST A week ago we told you that Pixar had taken director Bob Peterson off the upcoming film The Good Dinosaur, and now that fact is confirmed. Along with the confirmation comes some interesting info. Peterson was removed from the project, but he has not left Pixar. And while the studio decides on a replacement, Peterson’s work is effectively being done by the core of the Pixar brain trust, members of which are overseeing different sequences of the film....

Relive Five Seasons Of ‘Breaking Bad’ In 7 Minutes By Angie Han/Oct. 8, 2013 11:00 am EST Between returning favorites like Homeland and Eastbound & Down, and promising new shows like Masters of Sex and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, it’s certainly not like there’s any shortage of fun stuff to watch on TV right now. Even so, we can’t help but miss Breaking Bad’s Heisenberg. We spent five seasons following his journey, after all....