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Superhero Bits: Sinister Six, The Wolverine, Iron Man, R.I.P.D., Thor: The Dark World, Wonder Woman By Germain Lussier/Dec. 17, 2013 4:00 pm EST Want to see a video about creating the prologue to Thor: The Dark World? Was there a huge monster cut from the end of R.I.P.D.? How could Sony put a new Spider-Man into Sinister Six? Who do all the big Hollywood actors prefer: Batman or Superman? Did other providers have a shot at Marvel’s Defenders shows?...

Vincent D’Onofrio Is The Kingpin In ‘Daredevil’ By Russ Fischer/June 10, 2014 12:09 pm EST Depite making his first big splash as the withdrawn and disturbed Private Pyle in Full Metal Jacket, Vincent D’Onofrio has become best-known for upholding the cause of righteousness on Law & Order: Criminal Intent. But now he’ll bounce back to the other side of the legal fence as he takes the role of Wilson Fisk, aka the Kingpin of Crime, on the Marvel Studios show Daredevil....

VOTD: Stan Lee Rants About 3D Movies By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 17, 2013 10:34 am EST You don’t like 3D movies? Comic book legend Stan Lee doesn’t like em either. After the jump you can watch Stan the man rant about this very subject. Oh, and “Get off my lawn!” VOTD: Stan Lee Rants About 3D Movies By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 17, 2013 10:34 am EST You don’t like 3D movies? Comic book legend Stan Lee doesn’t like em either....

William Shatner Confirms ‘Star Trek 3’ Offer, Roberto Orci Responds To Haters By Angie Han/Sept. 29, 2014 7:30 am EST Just days after word spread last week that Roberto Orci wanted William Shatner for Star Trek 3, the actor took to Twitter to deny, deny, deny. But now, just days after that, Shatner has changed his tune completely. During an appearance at Wizard World Nashville Comic Con this weekend, Shatner admitted that he’d gotten the call from J....

Yes, ‘The Wire’ Is Being Remastered; No, It Won’t Be Airing Soon By Germain Lussier/Sept. 2, 2014 12:17 pm EST The original The Wire remastered report came from HBOWatch.com who happened to find this promo. However, Indiewire (among others) actually contacted HBO directly and were told while The Wire is in the process of a remastering, plans to air it are currently indefinite. The above commercial was released prematurely, is incorrect and episodes are “currently under review....

‘Anchorman: The Legend Continues’ Gets Official Release Date By Germain Lussier/Dec. 20, 2012 6:00 am EST Briefly: Ron Burgundy is coming back in exactly one year from right now. Anchorman: The Legend Continues, the sequel to 2004’s cult hit Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, has just been given a prime holiday release date: December 20, 2013. That puts currently puts it up against the Tom Hanks Disney film Saving Mr....

‘Arrested Development’ Will Only Have One Season On Netflix By Angie Han/Feb. 25, 2013 1:34 pm EST Arrested Development fans, get ready to taste the sad all over again. In fall 2011, Netflix made a million comedy fans’ dreams come true when they announced plans to revive the beloved comedy for a fourth season to begin streaming in 2013. Those new episodes haven’t hit yet, but when they do you’ll want to enjoy them because they’ll likely be the last....

‘Beasts Of The Southern Wild’ Director Benh Zeitlin Details New Project By Germain Lussier/Sept. 6, 2013 3:30 pm EST From frame one of Benh Zeitlin’s debut feature Beasts of the Southern Wild, it was obvious this was the work of a rising auteur. The entire film was filled with visuals, choices and performances unlike anything audiences had seen before. A whole new world, built one an impressive low budget scale. Beasts went on to four Oscar nominations along with dozens of other awards and anointed Zeitlin as a filmmaker whose work we’d be keeping a close eye on....

‘Spider-Man’ Producer To Head Dedicated ‘Star Wars’ Studio At Walt Disney Imagineering By Peter Sciretta/April 25, 2014 2:19 pm EST Walt Disney Imagineering is reportedly moving Scott Trowbridge, WDI Research & Development team vice president for creative, to a new dedicated project studio solely dedicated on creating theme park attractions and experiences based on the Star Wars franchise. Who is Scott and what does this mean for future Disneyland Star Wars attractions?...

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Teaser Trailer: More Action, More Intrigue, More Problems For Captain Kirk By Germain Lussier/Dec. 17, 2012 8:30 am EST Here’s the first full trailer for the J.J. Abrams sequel, Star Trek Into Darkness. Running a minute or so longer than the announcement trailer that was out earlier this month, here you get a chilling voiceover by Admiral Pike (Bruce Greenwood), more views of the returning cast (Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, John Cho), as well as the new additions (Benedict Cumberbatch, Alice Eve)....

‘Stoker’ International Trailer: “India…Who Are You?” By Russ Fischer/Oct. 4, 2012 12:36 pm EST The core of the US trailer for Stoker, from Oldboy director Park Chan-wook, was a wonderfully hateful little speech from Nicole Kidman as the threatened matriarch of the Stoker family. That speech is in this new UK trailer, but thrown toward the end, truncated, and cut up with other footage. The core here, instead, is the nature of her daughter, played by Mia Wasikowska....

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Co-Creator Peter Laird Comments On Megan Fox’s Casting By Angie Han/March 6, 2013 9:00 am EST

‘The Brass Teapot’ Trailer: Pain Is Money For Michael Angarano And Juno Temple By Angie Han/Jan. 17, 2013 4:30 pm EST It’s a fact of human nature that no matter how much we have, we want more. But how far we’re willing to go varies wildly from person to person. Some would rather be poor for the rest of their lives than hurt another, while others literally or figuratively kill to land a little extra dough....

‘The Strain’ Officially Renewed For Season 2 By Russ Fischer/Aug. 19, 2014 1:00 pm EST Last week there was unofficial word that FX would renew The Strain for a second season. Now the network has given the actual season order, and The Strain will have a 13-episode follow-up to its first season. Guillermo del Toro and Carlton Cuse are exec producers on the Sunday-night show, which follows the infection of New York City by an ancient form of vampirism that is spread like a viral pandemic....

‘Vacation’ Sequel To Shoot This Summer With Ed Helms In The Lead By Angie Han/March 7, 2013 11:30 am EST Who wants to take a road trip this summer? Apparently, John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein, and Ed Helms do. Vacation writer-directors Daley and Goldstein have revealed their plans to shoot their National Lampoon sequel in Atlanta and New Mexico this summer, with Helms playing the lead role of Rusty Griswold. More casting is expected to follow shortly....

Bradley Cooper Could Join Emma Stone In Cameron Crowe’s Latest By Germain Lussier/Oct. 25, 2012 7:00 am EST When Bradley Cooper first blipped on the pop culture radar as the loveable friend on J.J. Abrams’ Alias, no one could guess the heights to which he’d soar. He’s gone from bit player to leading man, blockbuster star and now Oscar-hopeful. And once you’ve covered all those bases, that’s when the coolest of cool filmmakers start to take notice....

Brandon T. Jackson Inherits ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ Mantle From Eddie Murphy, Will Star In TV Reboot By Russ Fischer/Nov. 14, 2012 12:03 pm EST Eddie Murphy and the powers that be decided against going the big-screen route for a new Beverly Hills Cop outing, and instead have chosen to take the character to TV. But this won’t merely be Murphy’s return to television; rather, we’ll see a sorta-sequel, sorta-reboot of the character, with the son of Muphy’s character Axel Foley getting into his own crime-fighting shenanigans....

Dave Franco Joins Brother In Film Based On Making Of ‘The Room’ By Germain Lussier/June 9, 2014 9:30 am EST James Franco’s upcoming film based on the book, The Disaster Artist, just got a little weirder. The book tells the behind the scenes story of the making of cult classic, The Room. One of the film’s co-stars Greg Sestero (“Oh hi, Mark”) co-wrote the book about the unfathomable production of the notoriously terrible film and Franco purchased the rights earlier this year....

Disney’s ‘Into The Woods’ Images Tease A Star-Studded Fairy Tale By Angie Han/July 30, 2014 12:45 pm EST We’ve seen plenty of live-action fairy tales hit the big screen in recent years, but most of those movies are content to include tell just one story. Rob Marshall’s upcoming musical Into the Woods mashes them all together. The first Into the Woods images show James Corden and Emily Blunt as a baker and his wife who want to start a family....

First Look: Tim Burton’s ‘Big Eyes’ Starring Amy Adams And Christoph Waltz By Angie Han/Aug. 4, 2014 9:00 am EST Though the Keanes’ eerie paintings look like something out of a Burton fairy tale, the actual movie doesn’t sound so whimsical. The Keanes’ paintings hit it big in the ’50s and ’60s, with Walter taking all the artistic credit. However, it emerged during a bitter courtroom battle that Margaret had actually done all the paintings....