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The Best Of Toy Fair 2014: ‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘Transformers,’ ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy,’ ‘Ninja Turtles’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 17, 2014 10:45 am EST Toy Fair 2014, the preeminent event on the toy calendar for this year, is currently going on in New York City. This is the week where all the biggest toy manufacturers in the world reveal their latest work and newest licenses. Often, they tie into some of the biggest upcoming movies....

The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 24 - Season Finale: Don’t Argue With The Road By David Chen/April 9, 2010 11:00 am EST Stephen and Beth discover how surprising the road can be in this concluding episode of “The Tobolowsky Files: Season One.” The Tobolowsky Files is a new podcast from the people who brought you the /Filmcast, featuring a series of stories about life, love, and the entertainment industry, as told by legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky....

TV Updates: Spaced Canned, Lost Extended, JJ Abrams’ Fringe And New Heroes Promo By Peter Sciretta/May 11, 2008 1:30 pm EST The writers strike caused LOST to lose two hours of it’s planned fourth season. The show’s producers have announced that they will reclaim those hours in the show’s fifth and six season. That means that the finial two seasons of the hit show will now be 17 episodes in length instead of the planned 16 episode arcs....

V For Vendetta’s James McTeigue To Direct Revelation By Hunter Stephenson/May 9, 2008 9:55 am EST Director James McTeigue looks to follow-up his gig on the Wachowskis-produced Ninja Assassin, currently in production, with Revelation, a thriller with a sci-fi twist from Inferno Distribution. The pic will follow a female journalist following a string of “bizarre murders and discovers that the victims were all treated by the head of an org that researches alien abductions....

‘[REC] 4: Apocalypse’ Trailer: The Undead Story Reaches Global Scale By Germain Lussier/April 24, 2014 2:00 pm EST After a brief detour from the main story in the third film, [REC] 4: Apocalypse comes back to the beginning to complete the franchise. The film opens October 31 overseas and is directed by Jaume Balagueró. Where as [Rec] 3: Genesis told a parallel story to the first two films, Apocalypse returns to the story of news reporter Ángela Vidal (Manuela Velascoa)....

‘A Good Marriage’ Trailer: Stephen King Adapts His Own Murderous Novella By Russ Fischer/Aug. 20, 2014 10:45 am EST A Good Marriage is based on Stephen King’s novella from the Full Dark, No Stars collection, and it’s the first King screenplay to hit the big screen in a long time. The film stars Joan Allen, Anthony LaPaglia, Kristen Connolly, and Stephen Lang in a story about a woman who discovers that her perfect, loving husband is in fact a serial killer....

‘All The Boys Love Mandy Lane’ Finally Set For Release; Revisit An Old Trailer By Russ Fischer/March 8, 2013 2:30 pm EST In 2006 the film All the Boys Love Mandy Lane generated some buzz in the midnight program at Toronto. The director, Jonathan Levine, went on to make films such as The Wackness, 50/50, and Warm Bodies, and star Amber Heard made her way into other genre fare including Zombieland and Drive Angry, as well as films such as The Rum Diary....

‘Highlander’ Remake Loses Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo By Russ Fischer/Nov. 30, 2012 5:19 pm EST Briefly: The Highlander remake needs a new director. Most recently, Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later) was set to direct, after having taken over when Justin Lin (The Fast and the Furious franchise) exited. But now Fresnadillo is out, too. Reportedly the reason he moved on was based in a simple “creative differences” scenario. Fresnadillo wanted one version of the story, and Summit wanted another....

‘House Of Cards’ Season 2 Trailer: Democracy Is So Overrated By Russ Fischer/Jan. 6, 2014 10:30 am EST Here’s the full trailer for the second season of House of Cards, and it is just full of drama, scheming, anger, and all the devious political maneuvering that made the first season so great. There are even more hints of murder here — is a new victim going to be ground up in one of Frank Underwood’s ruthless power ploys, and not just in a political sense?...

‘How To Train Your Dragon 2’ Trailer: Every Dragon Has Secrets By Russ Fischer/April 10, 2014 8:57 am EST The big character reveal that some people probably wanted to avoid in the last full trailer for How to Train Your Dragon 2 is front and center in this new one. So that’s a warning, but at this point, it seems like the studio is determined to give that particular point away....

‘Legends Of Oz: Dorothy’s Return’ Trailer: The Emerald City Gets Animated By Angie Han/Dec. 10, 2013 1:30 pm EST It’s been nearly seventy-five years since MGM released The Wizard of Oz, and over a century since L. Frank Baum first published the book it was based on, but the story is showing no signs of losing its power. Last year saw the release of a big-budget prequel, Disney’s Oz the Great and Powerful, and next year we’re getting an (unrelated) animated sequel called Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return....

‘The Drop’ International Trailer And Poster: Starring Tom Hardy And James Gandolfini By Angie Han/June 20, 2014 10:30 am EST Dennis Lehane has been behind some of the best mysteries and thrillers of the past several years, as the author of Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone, and Shutter Island. But this fall’s The Drop marks his first time actually adapting his own work for the screen. Based on Lehane’s short story “Animal Rescue,” the crime drama follows two cousins (Tom Hardy and James Gandolfini) who run a Brooklyn bar that functions as a drop point for local gangsters....

‘The Star Wars’ Trailer: A Comic Book Of George Lucas’ Original Vision By Germain Lussier/Aug. 8, 2013 1:00 pm EST Before George Lucas made some big chances to the career-defining script that became Star Wars, the story was called The Star Wars. Many of the bigger ideas and character names that would appear in the 1977 classic were in place early on. But there are huge differences between the early draft and what audiences eventually saw on the screen....

‘Two Night Stand’ Trailer: Miles Teller’s Other 2014 Hookup Romcom By Angie Han/Aug. 8, 2014 12:30 pm EST As the maxim goes, if at first you don’t succeed, then try, try again. Miles Teller has already debuted one hookup romcom this year, the disastrous That Awkward Moment, and now he’s back with another one titled Two Night Stand. This one stars Teller and Analeigh Tipton as two strangers who hook up and then get stuck together when a blizzard traps them inside....

‘What If’ Trailer: Daniel Radcliffe Goes RomCom With Zoe Kazan By Germain Lussier/May 29, 2014 11:30 am EST We’ve seen Daniel Radcliffe as a hero, we’ve seen him in period pieces, some have even seen him naked on stage. But now the Harry Potter star takes on his most “normal” role to date, as a simple guy trying to win the affections of a girl. Radcliffe is the star of What If, a romantic comedy directed by Michael Dowse....

Behind The Scenes B-Roll Footage From ‘Fast And Furious 6 And ‘The Hangover Part III’ By Germain Lussier/May 17, 2013 3:57 pm EST In one week, Vin Diesel’s fast cars and Bradley Cooper’s frequent carnage are going head to head at the box office. The Hangover Part III and Fast and Furious 6 each open over Memorial Day weekend, in what’s poised to be the biggest showdown of the summer. They’re both films with built-in fanbases aimed at the same demographic....

Cool Stuff: ‘Back To Back To The Future’ Reinstates Eric Stoltz As Marty McFly By Angie Han/June 25, 2013 2:45 pm EST At the time, though, it wasn’t an easy choice. For one thing, actress Melora Hardin became collateral damage in that changeover — she was considered too tall to play Fox’s love interest, so she was let go before she shot a single scene. Producer Bob Gale that conversation with Hardin “the hardest thing I ever had to do,” and said he was “sick about it for days....

Disney Developing A ‘Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride’ Live-Action/CG Hybrid Movie By Germain Lussier/April 18, 2012 7:00 am EST When the character of Brodie in Kevin Smith’s Mallrats said “Everyone wants Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride,” turns out Disney executives were listening. They’re now developing a live-action/computer generated hybrid movie based on the classic attraction that’s been at Disneyland since the park opened in 1955. Commercial and music video director Pete Candeland has been attached to oversee the project, Justin Springer (Tron: Legacy) will produce and the search for a writer has begun....

Exclusive Behind The Scenes Images And Concept Art From ‘Rise’ And ‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’ By Germain Lussier/July 2, 2014 10:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. More so than pretty much any movie this summer, you’re going to walk out of Matt Reeves’ Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and think, “How the HECK did they do that?” The combination of technical expertise mixed with dramatic artistry is absolutely magnificent and, somehow, a huge step up from the already-impressive Rise of the Planet of the Apes....

Ghostbusters 3 Confirmed By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 3, 2007 12:29 am EST It looks like a third Ghostbusters film might actually happen after-all. The catch is, it will be completely computer animationed. Dan Aykroyd confirmed that an animated Ghostbusters 3 is in development while doing an interview for CISN fm. “Ghostbusters 3 lives today. A year ago it didn’t.” “I wrote a script called Hell Bent, Ghostbusters go to hell basically. The premise is that it’s Manhellton....