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‘The Awakening’ Trailer: Rebecca Hall Is Forced To Believe In Ghosts By Russ Fischer/June 29, 2012 12:30 pm EST If one had to design a film to occupy the middle ground between The Orphanage and The Woman in Black (or between The Others and The Devil’s Backbone) it might be The Awakening, in which Rebecca Hall plays a woman in ’20s England who is called to a boys boarding school to debunk the notion that a ghost roams the halls....

‘Tracker’ Trailer: Ray Winstone Chases Temuera Morrison By Russ Fischer/Jan. 20, 2011 1:00 pm EST Tracker is one of those minor movies I’m trying to keep on my radar. (And on yours.) It’s a film out of New Zealand directed by Ian Sharp, and starring Ray Winstone as a Boer War veteran who is hired to find and bring to justice a Maori man (Temuera Morrison) accused of killing a British officer....

Carla Gugino Talks Watchmen’s Opening Credits, Silk Spectre’s Aging By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 30, 2008 4:33 pm EST While the film is still a risky proposition, all buzz surrounding and emanating from Zack Snyder’s Watchmen has thus far been positive. Actress Carla Gugino (Sin City) offered more than the requisite “it’s been fantastic” remark in a recent encounter with MTV, parlaying info about her superheroine, campy fox Sally Jupiter aka Silk Spectre, and the aging she undergoes, as well as other details....

Casting Rupert Evans As Superman In Justice League? By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 24, 2007 1:29 pm EST Who will play Superman in the new Justice League of America Movie? Our friends at Dark Horizons are now reporting a rumor that Rupert Evans might have nabbed the role in a London SoHo casting session three weeks ago. The 30-year-old British actor is best known as rookie agent John Myers in Guillermo Del Toro’s Hellboy, although he has appeared in a few television movies and appeared in a couple tv guest spots....

Cool Stuff: Kevin Tong And Martin Ansin Mondo Show Featuring ‘Aliens,’ ‘Flash Gordon,’ ‘Wizard Of Oz’ By Germain Lussier/March 12, 2014 9:45 am EST Most artists have a style. A unique, original look for their art that distinguishes it from the rest. Most artists, however, aren’t Kevin Tong or Martin Ansin. Just when you think either artist is best at one thing, they’ll change it up and do something totally different....

By Hunter Stephenson/July 26, 2008 10:52 am EST I’ve put out the word for further confirmation from our staff—against terrible odds of hangovers and lipstick shenanigans—but a rumor is quickly circulating that Lionsgate/Marvel has kicked director Lexi Alexander off Punisher: War Zone. The film, which opens this December, is finished filming but apparently HUGE creative differences arose over…final cut? There’s a lot of speculation going around. Over at AICN, Knowles says the film’s composer is off the project as well, and Lionsgate is now transplanting the score with shitty heavy metal—as we suffered through yesterday while watching the rather kickass and ultra violent footage from Comic-Con....

Halle Berry Confirmed To Appear As Storm In ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ By Russ Fischer/March 4, 2013 12:03 pm EST Briefly: Not much to this one, but we’ve now got confirmation that Halle Berry will once again wear a platinum wig to play the mutant Storm for director Bryan Singer in X-Men: Days of Future Past. Other cast members from the original X-Men cast assembled by Singer are returning for the director’s new chapter, including Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman, Ellen Page, and Anna Paquin....

Harvey Weinstein And Meryl Streep To Target NRA With ‘The Senator’s Wife’ By Angie Han/Jan. 17, 2014 6:00 am EST While addressing the issue of school shootings last year, NRA VP Wayne LaPierre decried on Hollywood’s “blood-soaked films” for promoting a culture of violence. Now Hollywood is getting ready to fight back, and to put the blame back on the NRA’s shoulders. Producer Harvey Weinstein revealed that he and Meryl Streep are gearing up to make The Senator’s Wife, described as a Mr....

Page 2: Brave, Ninja Turtles, Star Wars, Mad Max, Firefly, Ghostbusters, Game Of Thrones, Back To The Future, Tron, J.K. Rowling, Terminator, Alien By Peter Sciretta/July 5, 2012 8:00 am EST Header Photo: San Diego Comic-Con exclusive Brave print “Change Your Fate” by Michael DePippo The Original TOTAL RECALL Is Getting A New Blu-Ray Edition And Will Be Back in Theaters For One Day in the UK An Animated Ninja Turtles Tribute...

POTD: Brad Bird And Tom Cruise Location Scouting Mission: Impossible 4 By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 22, 2010 12:00 pm EST NO PHOTO Just Jared has published photos of Brad Bird (Iron Giant, Ratatoullie, The Incredibles) and Tom Cruise doing location scouting for the fourth Mission: Impossible film, which plans to shoot under the working title Aries starting on December 6 and going through early March 2011. The film is set to co-star Jeremy Renner as Brandt, Paula Patton (Precious) as ‘a young operative who works with Cruise’s Ethan Hunt character’, and Simon Pegg reprising his role as Benji Dunn....

Read Potential ‘Batman Vs. Superman’ Spoilers About Lex Luthor By Germain Lussier/Feb. 6, 2014 8:30 am EST Almost a week has passed since Warner Bros. dropped the casting bombshell that Oscar-nominated actor Jesse Eisenberg would be playing Lex Luthor in 2016’s Batman vs. Superman. Some fans raged over the idea of Eisenberg, a young, short man with lots of hair, playing the bald baddie. Since then, many have warmed to the interesting idea, others have simply gotten over it, but few are asking exactly why director Zack Snyder went this way with his casting....

Roku Announces Roku TV By Angie Han/Jan. 6, 2014 10:00 am EST Roku is moving past its set-top box competitors by moving past the set-top box altogether. The company announced this weekend that it will release a new line of HDTV sets with the Roku software built right in. Attendees at International CES this week will get the opportunity to preview the new televisions, with an official rollout set for this fall....

Video: The Story Behind Wes Anderson’s ‘The Darjeeling Limited’ And ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 25, 2013 3:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Earlier this month, we wrote about Matt Zoller Seitz’s new book The Wes Anderson Collection, a book examining the work of writer/director Wes Anderson. The Pulitzer Prize finalist has been following Anderson’s career since the very beginning, and has teamed up with editor Steven Santos to bring the book to the web in a documentary/video essay format....

Watch The ‘Game Of Thrones’ Season Four Gag Reel [Comic-Con 2014] By Russ Fischer/July 25, 2014 3:00 pm EST The Lannisters are tough, poker-faced bastards, but the actors who play members of one of the elite families of Westeros can’t always keep a straight face on set. Luckily the cameras are rolling even when some of these folk are in their more vulnerable moments, and so we’ve got an entertaining Game of Thrones gag reel from season four....

‘After Tiller’ Trailer: Documentary Explores Gray Areas In Abortion Debate By Angie Han/July 25, 2013 4:00 pm EST The four remaining doctors are the subject of After Tiller, Martha Shane and Lana Wilson’s documentary about the hot-button topic. The film looks at these physicians, the people they work with, and the people who turn to them for help, and attempts to do so without resorting to the black-and-white view usually applied to the issue....

‘Broadchurch’ Star David Tennant Will Reprise Role For US Remake By Russ Fischer/Oct. 2, 2013 4:30 pm EST The series, which was a tremendous success in its first season in the UK, is being remade in the US for broadcast on Fox. Tennant will play the Americanized version of the same character, with an American accent being part of what sets this version of the character apart from the original....

‘Downton Abbey’ Season 4 Trailer: Hugs, Kisses, And A Whole Lot Of Crying By Angie Han/Sept. 3, 2013 10:21 am EST Tragedy hit the Crawley family in a big way during the last season of Downton Abbey, but life at the manor goes on — as the Dowager Countess (Maggie Smith) helpfully reminds Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery) in the first trailer from Season 4. Based on the video, this life involves lots of hugging, kissing, and casting of meaningful glances, plus a whole lot of crying....

‘Fast & Furious 6’ Super Bowl Spot: Vehicular Warfare By Angie Han/Feb. 3, 2013 4:19 pm EST We haven’t seen too much from Fast & Furious 6 yet, but Universal has apparently chosen Super Bowl weekend to get the marketing push started in earnest. A few days ago, they revealed the full synopsis, and earlier this weekend they unveiled the first poster. Now, in the middle of the big game, we’ve finally gotten our first look at some footage in the form of a 60-second TV spot....

‘From Up On Poppy Hill’ US Trailer By Russ Fischer/Feb. 4, 2013 12:00 pm EST In March, Studio Ghibli’s latest film, From Up on Poppy Hill, comes to the US. Directed by Goro Miyazaki, son of Hayao Miyazaki, the film is a coming-of-age story set in Japan’s transformative post-war days. The animation is characteristically gorgeous, while the real-world setting sets it apart from most of Ghibli’s output. This first US trailer, which comes from new-ish Ghibli distributor GKids, features the English-language voice cast (Jamie Lee Curtis, Christina Hendricks, Ron Howard, Aubrey Plaza)....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Poster Concept Shows Updated Character Designs By Russ Fischer/July 20, 2013 8:33 pm EST Marvel Studios knocked its panel out of the park today in Hall H at Comic Con. The third film on the schedule was James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy. Until today we’d seen only some concept art showing off the characters in a general sense. Now, along with a new logo treatment above, we have a concept poster design that reflects part of the footage shown today....