Robert Downey Jr. Signs Deal To Appear As Iron Man In ‘The Avengers 2’ And ‘The Avengers 3’ By Germain Lussier/June 20, 2013 10:43 am EST Robert Downey Jr. will be back as Iron Man, but not in an Iron Man movie. The actor, whose lucrative multi-picture contract with Marvel Studios ended with Iron Man 3, has just signed a two picture deal to appear as the character both The Avengers 2 and The Avengers 3....
Rumor: Jon M. Chu Frontrunner To Direct ‘Star Trek 3’ [Updated] By Germain Lussier/Aug. 5, 2013 3:16 pm EST With J.J. Abrams in a galaxy far, far away, the final frontier is wide open. After the success of this year’s Star Trek Into Darkness, Paramount is getting ready to prep a third Star Trek film and the hunt for a new director is underway. The studio has yet to make a decision, but Latino Review is reporting the frontrunner is Jon M....
Sony And Disney Experiment With Early VOD Releases In South Korea By Angie Han/June 25, 2013 7:00 am EST In 2011, Universal’s first experiment with early VOD release did not go well. The studio wanted to make Brett Ratner’s Tower Heist available on demand just three weeks after its theatrical opening in two test markets, Atlanta and Portland. Exhibitors were none too pleased, threatening to boycott the film entirely. In the end, Universal backed down and scrapped their original plan....
Spring Date Set For Joe Carnahan’s ‘Stretch’; Brooklyn Decker Joins Cast By Angie Han/June 21, 2013 9:00 am EST Following a solid box office performance by The Purge, Universal is getting back into business with Blumhouse Productions for another microbudget genre pic. Only this one falls a bit outside Jason Blum’s usual horror wheelhouse. The studio is set to distribute the Blum-produced, Joe Carnahan-directed Stretch, an action comedy starring Patrick Wilson....
Star Wars Documentary ‘The People Vs. George Lucas Episode II’ Now In Production By Germain Lussier/June 16, 2014 11:30 am EST Fast-forward a few years and a lot has changed. George Lucas sold Lucasfilm to Disney and his beloved Star Wars franchise is continuing without him, helmed by some of those very fans who watched the prequels from the audience. Seems like the perfect time to come back to the subject and that’s exactly what’s happening....
Superhero Bits: Batman Vs. Superman, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Amazing Spider-Man 2, Gotham, Aquaman By Germain Lussier/Dec. 2, 2013 3:15 pm EST Just how excited is Elizabeth Olsen to play Scarlet Witch in Avengers: Age of Ultron? Is that really Natalie Portman in the final credits scene of Thor: The Dark World? What did Henry Cavill say about Ben Affleck in Batman vs. Superman? Has set construction that film began? Who will Jim Gordon be hunting down on the pilot of Gotham?...
Superhero Bits: Iron Man 3, Hellboy 3, Kick-Ass 2, Mark Millar, Dark Knight Rises, Kevin Feige By Germain Lussier/Oct. 16, 2012 1:00 pm EST After its announcement last week, now we have the trailer for Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United via Marvel. I’m not sure where Comic Book Movie got this promo image from Iron Man 3, but it’s awesome. Look at the background. Speaking of Iron Man 3, Vulture caught up with star James Badge Dale who said his villain is “Loosely based on Coldblood” and we haven’t seen his costume yet:...
Superhero Bits: The Wolverine, Batman Vs. Superman, Deadpool, Man Of Steel, Arrow, Thor: The Dark World By Germain Lussier/Nov. 8, 2013 11:00 am EST Is there a website where you can explore The Wolverine’s immortality? Does Thor: The Dark World empower women? Want to see some concept art from the Deadpool video game? Will there be Batman vs. Superman news this weekend? How did hair braids play a big role in Thor: The Dark World?...
Tom McCarthy Adapting ‘Tommysaurus Rex’ By Angie Han/March 7, 2014 6:00 am EST Between The Station Agent, The Visitor, and Win Win, we’ve developed a pretty good idea of what to expect from Tom McCarthy: low-key indies with touches of humor and pathos. But he’s shaking things up a bit with his upcoming The Cobbler by throwing fantasy and Adam Sandler into the mix. And now his next project after that could be an even bigger departure....
Watch ‘Shaun Of The Dead’ Animated On Disney’s ‘Phineas & Ferb’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 2, 2014 5:00 am EST The Disney Channel is quickly becoming something geeks need to keep an eye on. If having a brand new Star Wars series on it this week wasn’t enough, their long running hit Phineas & Ferb continues to attract in A-List geek talent. They’ve already done Star Wars episodes, Marvel episodes, Damon Lindelof wrote an recent Lost-themed episode, and soon Simon Pegg and Nick Frost will appear as their Shaun of the Dead characters Ed and Shaun....
Which 2012 Films Passed The “Russo Test” For LGBT Characters? By Angie Han/Aug. 27, 2013 8:00 am EST But women aren’t the only underrepresented group in Hollywood, and GLAAD has devised an analogue for LGBT characters called the Russo Test, named after The Celluloid Closet author Vito Russo. The organization applied the test to the 101 films released by major studios in 2012, and have now published their findings in their first-ever Studio Responsibility Index....
‘Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues’ Poster: “It’s Kind Of A Big Deal” By Peter Sciretta/June 18, 2013 12:41 pm EST Paramount Pictures has released a new poster for Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. A new trailer is set to hit the interwebs tomorrow (if an international version doesn’t surprise us tonight). Hit the jump to see the full mustache. Official “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues” Info: With the ’70s behind him, San Diego’s top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell), returns to the news desk in “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues....
‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’ Featurette Shows What’s Happened Between Rise And Dawn By Angie Han/June 13, 2014 1:15 pm EST When we left off in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, humanity wasn’t doing so well. Still, it’s been a shock to see just how not well they’re doing in the trailers for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, which picks up about ten years later in narrative time....
‘Girls’ Renewed For Season 4; Watch A New Clip From The Season 3 Premiere By Angie Han/Jan. 9, 2014 6:25 pm EST Hannah Hovarth may be kind of a screwup, but the show around her certainly isn’t. HBO confirmed today that it has renewed Girls for a fourth season, three days before the start of its third season. That’s an even faster renewal than it got last year, when HBO announced Season 3 two episodes into Season 2....
‘Homeland’ Showtime TV Series Trailer By Peter Sciretta/May 23, 2011 7:00 am EST Showtime has released a trailer for their new fall series Homeland, a psychological thriller starring Claire Danes, Damian Lewis and Mandy Patinkin. Here is the official plot synopsis: A taut psychological thriller about a volatile CIA officer (Emmy® winner Claire Danes) who becomes convinced that a recently rescued American POW may be connected to an al Qaeda plot to be carried out on U....
‘Mad Men’ Season 6 Bows In April; Look For Clues In These New Cast Photos By Angie Han/Jan. 23, 2013 1:30 pm EST AMC’s still playing coy with the return date for Breaking Bad’s final season, even though star Aaron Paul seemingly let it slip earlier this month. But if they won’t say when Walt and Jesse will be back on the screen, at least they’ve finally revealed when the hard-working men and women of Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce will....
‘Raiders! The Story Of The Greatest Fan Film Ever Made!’ Book Trailer By Germain Lussier/Oct. 23, 2012 2:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Here’s the trailer for Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made! via its official site. They borrowed and collected costumes, convinced neighborhood kids to wear grass skirts and play natives, cast a fifteen-year-old as Indy’s love interest, rounded up seven thousand snakes (sort of), built the Ark, the Idol, the huge boulder, found a desert in Mississippi, and melted the bad guys’ faces off....
‘Rio, I Love You’ Trailers: A Huge Cast Falls In Love In (And With) Rio De Janeiro By Russ Fischer/July 15, 2014 10:30 am EST There’s a new city-loving omnibus film featuring work from a crop of well-known directors and name actors, and the first footage from the project is out. In these Rio, I Love You trailers, you’ll see how the producers follow Paris, je t’aime and New York, I Love You with a bunch of new stories set in Brazil’s most internationally famous city and former capital....
‘The Boxtrolls’ Trailer And Poster: Meet The Family By Angie Han/Aug. 7, 2014 3:30 pm EST New York City may have Ninja Turtles roaming around beneath its streets, but Cheesebridge has Boxtrolls lingering under theirs. And it’s time we got to know them with Laika’s latest teaser for The Boxtrolls. While orphaned human Eggs (Isaac Hempstead-Wright) is the hero of the tale, the new Boxtrolls trailer focuses more on the quirky creatures who raised him....
‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ Midnight IMAX Screenings Will Have Four Exclusive Posters By Germain Lussier/Nov. 28, 2012 11:16 am EST Seriously, Warner Bros., we don’t need any more reasons to see The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. We’re there. Especially in IMAX. Not only will the first part of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy be gorgeous in the giant format, it has the first 9 minutes of Star Trek Into Darkness attached....
