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Kevin Feige Answers ‘Iron Man 3’ Burning Questions, Teases Marvel Cinematic Universe Links By Germain Lussier/May 10, 2013 12:30 pm EST Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige took to Twitter Friday morning, as @Iron_Man, to answer some fan questions about Iron Man 3, which is currently in theaters. Most of them were the usual fan questions (“Who would win in a fight, Iron Man or RoboCop”) but he did give some insight into the upcoming films too....

Marketa Irglova’s Oscar Speech By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 25, 2008 12:47 am EST One of the true Oscar moments this year happened when host Jon Stewert ushered Best Song co-winner Marketa Irglova back onto the stage after she had been cut off by the music before the commercial break. And thank god she got her chance. Irglova’s speech was moving and inspirational. If you missed it, watch the speach below. Glen Hansard: “Thanks!...

Michael Bay Turns His Ninja Turtles Back Into Mutants By Angie Han/April 29, 2013 1:10 pm EST Michael Bay faced massive backlash last year when he revealed plans to turn the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles into aliens for Jonathan Liebesman’s upcoming reboot. So much so that he had to follow up a few days later with a statement telling fans to “take a breath, and chill.” Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman defended the decision, describing Bay and Liebesman’s approach to press as “AWESOME,” and Paramount seemed on board with the change as well, dropping the “Teenage Mutant” from the title....

Paramount Developing Benghazi Film By Russ Fischer/Feb. 11, 2014 9:30 am EST Briefly: The attack on the US diplomatic mission and nearby CIA Annex in Benghazi on September 11, 2012 has become a lingering scandal for the Obama administration, with many people unsatisfied with both the White House’s method of dealing with the attack, and the way that information about the event has been doled out in the aftermath. Now Paramount is buying rights to a forthcoming book, Thirteen Hours: A Firsthand Account Of What Really Happened In Benghazi, by Mitchell Zuckoff with the assistance of surviving members of the Annex Security Team who were present during the attack....

Paramount Moving Forward With Third ‘G.I. Joe’ Film By Angie Han/April 1, 2013 8:00 am EST Between reshoots and the 3D post-conversion, it took Paramount an extra nine months to get G.I. Joe: Retaliation into theaters. But now that the film’s there, the studio is wasting no time with the next installment. Paramount has reportedly decided to move ahead with a third G.I. Joe film after the strong box office performance by Retaliation this weekend....

Patrick Wilson Joins ‘Ant-Man’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 27, 2014 12:50 pm EST Patrick Wilson is joining Ant-Man, to be directed by Edgar Wright, in a role that is yet to be revealed. He was often brought up by speculators as a good choice for Hank Pym, the originator of the Ant-Man technology, but he won’t have that role in the film. Wilson adds to the existing roster of Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, and Michael Pena....

See N.W.A In The First ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Cast Photo By Russ Fischer/June 18, 2014 12:00 pm EST The casting choices for the three core characters in Universal’s N.W.A biopic, Straight Outta Compton, were just leaked over the past few days – or we thought they had been. Now, Universal has put out an official release for the film, and there’s a key difference. Yes, Ice Cube’s son O’Shea Jackson Jr....

Simon Kinberg Talks Fantastic Four: Origins, Tone, And FF/X-Men Crossover Potential By Russ Fischer/April 22, 2014 5:00 am EST And while we know that this new Fantastic Four film will jump off from the Ultimate series, we don’t know much about how the backtory will weave together elements of the Ultimate and classic story lines. WonderCon wasn’t a place for answers, but in a few interviews Kinberg did give many new hints about the film....

Superhero Bits: Fantastic Four, Batman Vs. Superman, Andrew Garfield, Captain America: The Winter Soldier By Germain Lussier/March 6, 2014 5:00 pm EST Why is that shot above the best photo ever? Want to see a trailer for the 75th anniversary of Marvel Comics? How did Andrew Garfield and Batkid make up for getting cut from the Oscars? What exclusive can you get for pre-ordering Batman: Arkham Knight? Did Michael B. Jordan address the Fantastic Four casting controversy?...

Superhero Bits: R.I.P.D., The Avengers, Man Of Steel, Dark Knight Rises, Captain America, X-Men By Germain Lussier/Aug. 29, 2011 12:00 pm EST Bleeding Cool uncovered this new look at The Avengers which is a promo for a bunch of new comic books that Marvel will release before the movie hits theaters in May. Loki is the God of Mischief and Lies, is he not? So Superhero Hype came up with the great idea, because Tom Hiddleston can’t talk much about the plot of The Avengers, just make him tell lies about it....

Superhero Bits: X-Men: Days Of Future Past, Amazing Spider-Man 2, Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., Kick-Ass 2, R.I.P.D. By Germain Lussier/July 15, 2013 3:00 pm EST Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is coming to Comic-Con. Here’s a teaser image.Vulture says they know who Peter Dinklage and Josh Helman are playing in X-Men: Days of Future Past.Gallery 1988 will release a variant of Eric Tan’s San Diego travel print at Comic-Con, featuring a decidedly superhero theme....

TV Bits: Frank Darabont’s ‘L.A. Noir’ Gets Picked Up, Plus ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘Sons Of Anarchy,’ ‘Twilight’ & ‘American Horror Story’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 18, 2012 6:00 am EST Above is you first look at Frank Darabont’s new show L.A Noir, which was just picked up by TNT for six episodes. After the jump, read much more about the show as well as the following: TNT is developing a new Frankenstein series based on the Dean Koontz novels....

TV Bits: James Cameron Brings About The ‘Robogeddon’, Plus: ‘Breaking Bad’, ‘Southland’, ‘Glee’, ‘Veep’, ‘The Walking Dead’, ‘Game Of Thrones’, And More By Angie Han/April 10, 2012 10:32 am EST The saga of Walter White will continue into 2013, according to Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston. Though AMC renewed the acclaimed drama for a 16-episode final season last summer, it’s only now that the network’s finally made a decision to split the longer-than-usual season into two separate runs rather than airing one extra-long season....

VOTD: How Movie Trailers Get Scored By Russ Fischer/March 15, 2013 10:00 am EST We’ve featured many videos from the Soundworks collection in the past, but this one is slightly different. Most of the videos focus on how music and sounds are created for specific films. This one focuses on the work done specifically for trailers, to sell many different films. The spotlight here is on Yoav Goren, who explains his early days of creating music in the ’90s with synth and sampling tools that are rudimentary compared to the stuff available today, and then goes on to use examples of current trailers to describe his working methods....

Watch ‘More Than A Game’: A Documentary About ‘Street Fighter’ Gaming Championship By Peter Sciretta/July 16, 2014 6:00 am EST More Than A Game is a 2011 documentary by Thomas Hewett and Jack Abbot following competitive Street Fighter video gamers who are training and traveling to Las Vegas to compete in the United States Championships. Every year, thousands of players from all over the world will descend upon Las Vegas to find out who is the globes greatest competitor in Street Fighter, Marvel Vs Capcom, Tekken and other fighting games....

Watch A Great Explanation Of The History Of Film Compositing By Russ Fischer/July 26, 2013 3:00 pm EST A lot of you know quite a bit about film, but I bet the video below features a few details that will be new to all but the most technically-aware readers. The site filmmakerIQ.com has put together a great video that explains the origins of film compositing as used in special effects. It begins with the short in which Georges Melies tore his own head off three times in a row to present audiences with himself surrounded by three talking heads....

WGA Awards Go To ‘Argo’, ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ By Angie Han/Feb. 18, 2013 8:18 am EST In the last major pre-Oscars guild awards, the WGA followed the PGA, the DGA, and the SAG (not to mention the HFPA, the BAFTA, and most every other film-related acronym you can think of) in feting Argo, this time for the excellent adapted screenplay by Chris Terrio. Mark Boal’s Zero Dark Thirty nabbed the original screenplay award, but at this point Argo seems a virtual lock to pick up Best Picture come Sunday....

‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Super Bowl Spot & Trailer By Angie Han/Feb. 2, 2014 3:15 pm EST It seems fitting that the latest trailer for Captain America: The Winter Soldier would debut during that most American of holidays, Super Bowl Sunday. Marvel Studios had teased a new spot earlier this week, but they over-delivered, wonderfully, by offering up action-packed thirty-second TV ad and a brand-new full-length trailer. Watch them both after the jump....

‘Let’s Be Cops’ Red-Band Trailer: Abusing Authority By Russ Fischer/March 25, 2014 12:45 pm EST This Let’s Be Cops red-band trailer makes the film out to be more of a comedy sketch than a movie. Here we see two friends, played by Damon Wayans Jr. and Jake Johnson, guys who have stalled out in their early ’30s, at a loss for outfits for a costume party. They dress as cops, and then find that they really like when people assume they really are cops....

‘Loomis Fargo’ Is A Go; Jim Carrey Stars And Jared Hess Directs Real Life Heist Comedy By Germain Lussier/Jan. 31, 2013 1:40 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. While it was first revealed last year, the director of Napoleon Dynamite is now firmly set to rob a bank, and Jim Carrey is along for the ride. Beginning in April, Jared Hess will direct Loomis Fargo, an action-comedy based on real events....