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Page 2: The Raid, Transformers, True Romance, 2001, Simpsons, Friday The 13th, Star Wars, Christopher Nolan, Rob Zombie, Snow White, Muppets, Star Trek, Blade Runner, Prometheus By Peter Sciretta/April 16, 2012 8:00 am EST Where The Catholic League Gets It Wrong About The Three Stooges The Raid: Redemption director Gareth Evans on why you’ll never see the film in 3D.Dolby Labs and Philips unveil Dolby 3D tech, want to deliver glasses-free 3D in HD...

Rumor: Is This The New ‘Star Wars Episode 7’ Title? By Angie Han/May 6, 2014 8:04 am EST And that’s assuming this story is even true. AICN gets some pretty good scoops, but with a production as secretive as Star Wars Episode VII, there’s always going to be a lot of misinformation flying around. So if you don’t like the title, there’s no reason to freak out just yet. The site says that they have reached out to the J....

See Adrianne Palicki As Bobbi Morse In ‘Agents Of SHIELD’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 24, 2014 11:30 am EST Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD returned to television last night with its season two premiere. The show featured looks at a few new characters such as Isabelle Hartley (Lucy Lawless) and Carl “Crusher” Creel, aka the Absorbing Man (Brian Patrick Wade), along with returning agents and a few guests from the film side of the Marvel universe....

Sigourney Weaver Won’t Be One Of ‘The Expendabelles’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 20, 2014 11:15 am EST The modern, kick-ass female action star started with one name: Sigourney Weaver. So it was no surprise that Sylvester Stallone recently expressed interest in casting the iconic actress for The Expendabelles, the potential female-centric Expendables spin-off. Now it turns out, Weaver actually did get a formal offer, but passed on the role. Read more about The Expendabelles cast below....

Star Wars Bits: ‘Attack Squadrons’ And ‘1313’ Video Games, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tons Of New Art Work By Germain Lussier/Dec. 18, 2013 9:30 am EST This edition of Star Wars Bits is all about the visuals. There’s art, video games, and the jawline of Benedict Cumberbatch. Below read about the following. A new Disney Interactive Star Wars game, Star Wars: Attack Squadrons, will be released online in early 2014. Watch a trailer below....

Superhero Bits: Iron Man 3, Kick-Ass 2, Superman, Batman, Fantastic Four, Amazing Spider-Man By Germain Lussier/Oct. 23, 2012 1:30 pm EST What are some of the easter eggs in the Iron Man 3 trailer? Is Arrow coming back for a full season? Want to see a bunch of new images from the set of Kick-Ass 2? Has Clark Kent retired from journalism? Where can you buy limited edition Batman clothes? Which artists will influence Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four?...

The ‘Walking Dead’ Spinoff Might Be A Prequel By Angie Han/Nov. 15, 2013 2:15 pm EST AMC was pretty light on specifics when they first announced plans for a The Walking Dead spinoff. All they said at the time was that it would hone in on “a new corner of The Walking Dead universe” with “an entirely new story and cast of characters.” And while they have yet to confirm any new details, the unofficial word going around is that the new show could be a prequel....

Tom Hardy To Lead ‘Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell’; ‘The International’ Writer Eric Singer Tapped For Script By Angie Han/Nov. 14, 2012 2:09 pm EST Tom Hardy’s all set to enter the world of Tom Clancy, but it’s not in the way we previously suspected. A couple of months back, we got word that Paramount wanted the Dark Knight Rises actor to lead the Christopher McQuarrie-directed Without Remorse. Instead, he’s signed on for the Ubisoft video game adaptation Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, in the lead role....

TV To The Big Screen: ‘Party Down’ Probably Won’t Use Kickstarter, Zachary Levi Wants WB To Make ‘Chuck’ Movie By Angie Han/March 19, 2013 1:00 pm EST Veronica Mars’ successful Kickstarter campaign opened up a whole new route for TV makers hoping to revive their cancelled series, and Chuck’s Zachary Levi, for one, hopes to take advantage of it. Meanwhile, one TV maker who wants to stick with a more conventional approach for his next project is Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas himself, who says Party Down will likely take a more conventional path to the big screen....

VOTD: ‘The Heat’ Trailer Rebuilt In LEGO By Peter Sciretta/June 20, 2013 4:58 pm EST Garrett Barati has recreated the trailer for Bridesmaids director Paul Feig’s comedy The Heat in LEGO. We don’t usually post these LEGO recreations, but this one was actually impressively constructed. As you know, the film stars Sandra Bullock as an FBI Agent who is forced to team up with a Boston cop played by Melissa McCarthy....

Warner Bros. Making Live-Action ‘Archie’ Movie, Possibly With Zombies By Angie Han/June 6, 2013 9:45 am EST Just about every other popular comic book character has made it to the big screen in one form or other, so it was just a matter of time before someone got it in their head to make Archie into a feature film. And that someone, apparently, is Warner Bros. The studio has just closed a deal to make a live-action movie based on the long-running comic, with Jason Moore (Pitch Perfect) directing and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (the new Carrie) writing....

Zack Snyder To Direct Animated Children’s Film Guardians Of Ga’Hoole For Warner Bros. By Hunter Stephenson/April 14, 2008 12:32 am EST Who saw this coming? Perhaps that’s Zack Snyder’s M.O. Snyder will follow-up his 2009 adaptation of Alan Moore’s Watchmen with the animated kids film Guardians of Ga’Hoole, a feature adaptation based on the rather large (14 books and counting since 2003!) bestselling kids series by author Kathryn Lasky and illustrator Richard Cowdry....

‘Earth To Echo’ Trailer: Helping E.T. Get Home By Angie Han/May 28, 2014 1:40 pm EST If E.T. and Chronicle had a baby, it might look a lot like Earth to Echo. Director Dave Green employs the found-footage format to tell the story of four kids who discover and befriend a cute, friendly alien. Which, in turn, kinda looks like what might happen if Wall-E and Eve ever found a way to procreate....

‘I Am Bruce Lee’ Trailer: One More Loving Look At The Beloved Martial Arts Star By Russ Fischer/Jan. 18, 2012 1:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Documentary filmmaker Pete McCormack (Facing Ali) has made a new doc about the late martial arts legend Bruce Lee, which will show up in a limited theatrical engagement starting February 9. The film, I Am Bruce Lee, features clips from Lee’s films and his few filmed interviews, and is bolstered by a host of celebrity Bruce Lee admirers....

‘Jurassic Park’ 3D Re-Release Trailer: Post-Converted 3D Will Not Be Contained By Russ Fischer/Nov. 8, 2012 10:15 am EST Hey, remember Jurassic Park? Small movie, you might have heard of it. Maybe you’ve even seen it despite the fact that, having been released in 1993, it might count as a musty old classic to some people now. Universal has converted Steven Spielberg’s dinosaur adventure to 3D and will be putting it back in theaters on April 5, 2013....

‘Locke’: An 85 Minute Car Ride With Tom Hardy And His Phone [Sundance 2014 Review] By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 19, 2014 12:00 pm EST Friday morning I spent 85 minutes with Tom Hardy as he drove a car while fielding phone calls over a Bluetooth connection. It’s not as glamorous as it sounds; it’s a movie at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Locke, directed by Steven Knight (Oscar-nominated screenwriter of Dirty Pretty Things and Eastern Promises), is a an incredible acting exercise with the spotlight shining on Hardy, and Hardy alone....

‘Revenge’ Star Emily VanCamp Wins Female Lead In ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ By Angie Han/Feb. 1, 2013 3:16 pm EST Not all mainstream superhero flicks to change love interests between installments. Even the womanizing Tony Stark been loyal to Pepper through three films now, four if you count the upcoming Iron Man 3. But given the big time jump at the end of Captain America: The First Avenger, Captain America: The Winter Soldier simply couldn’t stick with Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell), no matter how delightful she was....

‘Safe Haven’ Trailer: Julianne Hough And Josh Duhamel Weep, Sigh, And Swoon For Nicholas Sparks By Angie Han/Oct. 24, 2012 7:00 am EST The Nicholas Sparks drama is practically a subgenre unto itself at this point, with its own set of tropes and traditions. Lasse Hallström’s Safe Haven sticks mostly with the formula, featuring a blandly attractive pair (Josh Duhamel and Julianne Hough as Alex and Katie),a picturesque waterside setting, and of course, a grand, swooning romance threatened by a big, tragic secret....

‘The Imitation Game’ Begins Filming With Benedict Cumberbatch And Keira Knightley By Germain Lussier/Sept. 16, 2013 10:30 am EST Benedict Cumberbatch sure does love movies about technology. He stars as WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in The Fifth Estate;Star Trek is based around technological advancement; and now the Sherlock star will play one of the most famous computer scientists and codebreakers in history. Leonardo DiCaprio was circling the film, The Imitation Game, a while back, but the role went to Cumberbatch....

‘Vehicle 19’ Trailer: Paul Walker’s Other Car-Related Summer Thriller By Angie Han/March 27, 2013 7:00 am EST In Vehicle 19, he plays a recently paroled man who accidentally picks up the wrong rental car. That wouldn’t be such a big deal in most cases, but the previous drivers of this particular car left behind some pretty unusual contents, like a gun and a tied-up woman. The entire corrupt police force is after him, and for some reason the only way to save his name is by driving really quickly....