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Watch Two New ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Teases: The Rebellion Ignites By Germain Lussier/Feb. 17, 2014 8:57 am EST With four official characters introduced, the image of Star Wars Rebels is beginning to take shape. The Lucasfilm/Disney animated series will tell Star Wars fans how the rebellion against the Galactic Empire grew from its earliest stages to the strong organization that blew up two Death Stars. In that time between Episodes III and IV, we know there will be an evil Sith named The Inquisitor, a droid named Chopper, a hidden Jedi named Kanan and a poor, street smart kid named Ezra, who Kanan takes under his wing....

WGA Strike Officially Over…Let’s Dance! By Hunter Stephenson/Feb. 12, 2008 9:30 pm EST Our strike-beat reporter, Hooper X, will be chiming in with his official report shortly, but the legendary Writers Guild of America Strike is now over. A vote was passed at 7 p.m. today to end it with a 92.5% endorsement. Here’s the statement from WGA West president Patrick Verrone… “The strike is over,” he said. “Our membership has voted, and writers can go back to work....

‘Better Call Saul’ Can Be A Prequel, Sequel And Part Of ‘Breaking Bad’ By Germain Lussier/July 1, 2014 11:00 am EST One of the biggest burning questions regarding the AMC Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul has been answered. It’s a prequel to Breaking Bad. And a sequel to Breaking Bad. And a part of Breaking Bad, all at the same time. Executive producer Peter Gould told the NY Daily News the show is going to have flexible timeline, which would allow the story to span decades including, yes, those where Saul (Bob Odenkirk) was working with Walter White (Bryan Cranston)....

‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Teaser Poster By Russ Fischer/July 9, 2013 9:20 am EST Comic Con kicks off next week and you can expect to hear about the first footage from Captain America: The Winter Soldier during Marvel’s Hall H presentation next Saturday. In the meantime, here’s a teaser poster for the film, directed by Anthony and Joe Russo and starring Chris Evans as the title character and Sebastian Stan as the Winter Soldier....

‘Jack Reacher’ Japanese Trailer Gives Up Much More Plot And Action By Russ Fischer/Dec. 4, 2012 4:41 pm EST Here’s the best trailer yet released for Christopher McQuarrie’s Jack Reacher, which stars Tom Cruise as Lee Child’s ultra-capable former military cop Jack Reacher. Unfortunately, for those who haven’t read the source novel One Shot, it’s also the most plot-heavy trailer yet. While the voiceover narration here is in Japanese, you won’t need a translation to understand that this trailer sets out the first act of the movie pretty much beat by beat....

‘Man Of Steel’ UK TV Spot Has More New Footage By Germain Lussier/May 10, 2013 2:31 pm EST Screaming, flying, fighting, destruction: a new UK TV Spot for Man of Steel has it all. The film opens on June 14, which is coming faster than a speeding bullet. Can you believe we’re just over one month away from seeing what director Zack Snyder and producer Christopher Nolan have in store for the Superman legend?...

‘Sopranos’ Creator David Chase Fails To Shake TV Habits In Feature Directorial Debut ‘Not Fade Away’ [NYFF Review] By Angie Han/Oct. 5, 2012 5:00 pm EST And yet, if anything, Chase’s work in Not Fade Away actually emphasizes what the two mediums don’t have in common. In Chase’s hands, a premise that could’ve worked equally well for TV or film turns into a messy, meandering movie that feels like it should’ve been a 13-episode season of an HBO drama....

‘The Homesman’ U.S. Trailer: Tommy Lee Jones Returns To The Director’s Chair By Angie Han/Sept. 11, 2014 4:30 pm EST Nearly ten years after making the leap to directing with The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Tommy Lee Jones is back behind the camera with The Homesman. (In the interim, he made The Sunset Limited for cable.) The new film is a Western, like the last one was, but of a very different type....

‘The Rite’ Trailer #2 By Russ Fischer/Dec. 10, 2010 11:00 am EST The Rite is based on Matt Baglio’s nonfiction book The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist, but the film, directed by Mikael Hafstrom and starring Anthony Hopkins, Colin O’Donoghue, Alice Braga, Ciaran Hinds, and Toby Jones, looks like it has taken a few liberties with the text. I hope not too many, because the idea of a young seminary student (O’Donoghue) learning a thing or two about exorcism from an odd older priest (Hopkins) has some promise....

‘Whiplash’ International Trailer Only Hints At J.K. Simmons’ Brutal Dialogue By Russ Fischer/Aug. 25, 2014 9:30 am EST As the domineering music conservatory teacher at the center of Whiplash, J.K. Simmons spews vile, mean, even brutal dialogue. Most of it is aimed at the the young drummer and would-be jazz great played by Miles Teller. Is the teacher just using a bit of old-school motivation, or is he really out of his mind?...

15 ‘Game Of Thrones’ Images Offer Closer Looks At Characters Old And New By Angie Han/Jan. 31, 2014 5:30 am EST Until Game of Thrones returns on April 6, we’ll take what we can get from the HBO fantasy show. So far, that’s been a trailer and some Vine teasers, and now, a big batch of stills. The new images offer closer looks at some of our favorite returning characters as well as some notable new ones....

Cool Stuff: Dave Perillo’s ‘Star Wars’ Poster From Acme Archives By Germain Lussier/Feb. 5, 2013 12:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Anyone who follows Peter on Twitter (@Slashfilm) saw a lot of Dave Perillo this weekend. The Philadelphia-based artist, who has worked with Disney, Gallery 1988, Mondo and others, is a favorite around these parts and his work dominates a large section of Peter’s apartment....

Cool Stuff: Ken Taylor’s Quentin Tarantino Miramax Print Series By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 19, 2013 11:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Miramax is now selling the art Ken Taylor created for the Tarantino XX DVD/Blu-ray set as a series of limited edition silkscreened prints. They have released five prints in all which span Quentin Tarantino’s Miramax film career. Each print is silkscreened on 24 x 35 130lb acid free paper stock using archival quality inks, and is individually hand numbered edition of only 500....

First Look: Chris Evans And Hayley Atwell In Captain America By Russ Fischer/Sept. 24, 2010 8:47 am EST NO PHOTOJoe Johnston is directing Captain America: The First Avenger right now in Manchester, and to say that the Manchester locations are not closed sets would be something of an understatement. Two days ago we saw a video walkthrough of the dressed streets, and there has been a steady stream of photos showing a car chase, explosions and more shooting....

German Rumor: Keanu Reeves Teaming With Wachowski Brothers For Plastic Man? By Hunter Stephenson/July 14, 2008 8:10 pm EST So, for the record, we pay no mind to Script Girl’s buxom scoops, but if a rumor allegedly originates via radio in Berlin, we’ll throw out a “might be true” lasso. Nurse Ratched, are you there? However, the following equation: Keanu Reeves + Wachowski Brothers + Plastic Man has a probable ring to it....

Latest NSFW ‘Nymphomaniac’ Clip Was Too Explicit For YouTube By Russ Fischer/Nov. 1, 2013 10:19 am EST Clips from Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac are being released to the internet at a steady pace, and the latest was too much for YouTube. Maybe it was the explicit oral sex, or maybe it was Shia LaBeouf’s make out technique. Or maybe it’s the three-way — actually, probably not in this case, since the three-way in question is a three-camera split screen, not a tangle of three people....

LOL: ‘Star Wars Episode II - Attack Of The Clones’ Honest Trailer By Germain Lussier/May 7, 2014 2:00 pm EST If ever a popular film was ripe for parody, it’s Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. Regularly heralded as the worst of the Star Wars films, Clones contains some of the most wooden acting, bad writing, and awkward moments ever seen in big budget sci-fi. Even the action, probably the biggest in all of the Star Wars films, feels flat because it relies so heavily on CGI....

Michael Moore Lobbying For (More) Foreign Films And Docs In Theaters By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 23, 2008 7:08 pm EST Twenty-three days into the month of January, Michael Moore is getting proactive about his New Year’s resolution: he wants one screen in every multiplex in America reserved for foreign films and documentaries. So, how’s your newly implemented exercise regime going so far, everybody? Here’s Moore… “People want to see documentaries, but there’s a disconnect between that desire and the exhibitors out there,” Moore tells the Hollywood Reporter....

Page 2: Scott Pilgrim, Home Improvement, Argo, Battlestar Galactica, Star Wars, Star Trek, Goon, Doctor Who, Bourne Legacy, Dr. Horrible, Curious George, Dumbo, Twilight, The Babysitter, Neverending Story By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 9, 2011 8:00 am EST Header Photo: You can buy this awesome Scott Pilgrim vs. The World/Star Trek mash-up t-shirt. Topless Robot lists The 6 Best (and 6 Worst) Filmation-Only He-Man CharactersJoBlo has premiered the posters for Goon starring Liev Schrieber and Seann William Scott....

Paramount Developing Live-Action CG Hybrid ‘Monster Trucks’ By Angie Han/Aug. 1, 2013 3:00 pm EST Moviegoing audiences love their cars, whether in alien robot form or as high-speed heist tools. Paramount learned that lesson with their lucrative Transformers series, and now they’re preparing to launch a whole other franchise called Monster Trucks. Paramount Animation has tapped Blue Sky Studios’ Chris Wedge (Ice Age) to direct the original live-action / CG hybrid, which has a script by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger (Kung Fu Panda)....