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Sequel Bits: ‘Hatchet 3,’ ‘Star Trek 2,’ ‘Scary Movie 5,’ And ‘Prometheus’ By Germain Lussier/May 30, 2012 3:30 pm EST From the Eighties, Nineties and up through today, this edition of sequel bits spans the decades. After the jump read about the following: Gremlins’ star Zach Galligan joins the cast of Hatchet 3. Watch Benedict Cumberbatch gush about his experience on Star Trek 2 and avoid the word “Khan.” Michael Dorn, aka Worf in the Star Trek universe, was asked to be in Star Trek 2....

Sequel Bits: ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Title Dispute And Synopsis Revision, Plus ‘Riddick,’ ‘Taken 2’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 19, 2012 4:15 pm EST Fans there aren’t too happy about the different, and have petitioned the local distributor, Central Partnership, to go with the original title, calling the new spelling “just illogical, not to mention incompetent,” and mentioning that “Into Darkness is an original and intriguing title, while “Vengeance” is just lame cliché....

The Best Deadly Competition Movies You Probably Haven’t Seen By Jordan Hoffman/March 23, 2012 8:00 am EST As I’m writing this I’ve yet to see HG, but I know I’ll dig it because the concept of deadly competition is one I find endlessly fascinating. How does one form allegiances with others when each party knows that there can ultimately be only one victor? I don’t know. It’s also why I don’t work in an office anymore....

The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 66 - The Benefit Of Doubt By David Chen/Aug. 5, 2014 6:59 pm EST Theater is like life, you never know what will happen next. That’s supposed to be the good part. The Tobolowsky Files is a 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. You can e-mail Stephen at stephentobolowsky(AT)gmail(DOT)com....

Uncharted Movie Begins Production In Early 2015 By Peter Sciretta/July 18, 2014 12:00 pm EST King of Kong/Horrible Bosses director Seth Gordon recently talked with press about The Goldbergs (the 1980-something-set sitcom he produces and sometimes directs) and revealed some information about the Uncharted movie adaptation Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune which he is set to direct. Find out new details about the movie including when the Uncharted movie begins production, after the jumpe...

UPDATE: ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Will Premiere October 3; Regular Series Starts October 13 By Germain Lussier/Aug. 19, 2014 8:00 am EST One of the biggest mysteries regarding the new Disney cartoon Star Wars Rebels hasn’t had anything to do with Jedi, Sith, or new characters. We’ve just been wondering when we’d get to see it. At Comic-Con, the news was quietly leaked that the first episode (for which you can watch our full review here) will premiere in October 2014....

UPDATED: Posters From Mondo’s Official Disney Art Show Include ‘Fantasia,’ ‘The Incredibles,’ ‘The Black Hole’ And ‘Up’ By Germain Lussier/March 5, 2014 10:10 am EST UPDATE: We’ve added posters for 101 Dalmatians and Aladdin.UPDATE 2: More posters revealed, including The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Peter Pan and The Sword in the Stone.Mondo has finally started to reveal the posters from their highly anticipated “Nothing’s Impossible” Walt Disney themed art show, presented by Oh My Disney....

By Russ Fischer/Jan. 7, 2013 2:15 pm EST Warner Bros. was once a studio synopymous with animation thanks to the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon lines. But it has been a long time since WB was particularly commanding in theatrical animation. (The studio does have a healthy direct to video animation arm, however.) Other studios such as Pixar and DreamWorks have taken center stage there. Pixar is famous for its “brain trust,” and the concept of having some individual or group of people to guide other projects, beyond the basic producer capacity, has spread to Marvel, which has Joss Whedon, and Fox, which hired Mark Millar to emulate Whedon’s “godfather” duties with superhero projects....

‘Godzilla’ Poster: Raining Vengeance On The Great Lizard By Russ Fischer/Feb. 20, 2014 10:45 am EST Here’s a new poster for Legendary’s latest version of Godzilla. The film opens on May 16, and with luck we’ll see new footage soon, but for the time being this poster is great. Sure, it recaps a moment from the first trailer, but that moment was very quietly impressive, and represents a sequence we’re all curious to see play out on film....

‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’ Live Action Remake Trailer By Germain Lussier/Dec. 13, 2013 8:00 am EST Hayao Miyazaki may be officially retired, but his films will live on forever. Mostly in their own form but, in some cases, as reimaginings. Princess Mononoke was a stage play and on March 1 2014, a live-action remake of Kiki’s Delivery Service will hit screens in Japan. Takashi Shimizu, who directed the original versions of The Grudge, is at the helm and Fuka Koshiba is playing Kiki....

‘The Frozen Ground’ Sales Trailer: John Cusack Really Doesn’t Like Vanessa Hudgens As A Stripper By Russ Fischer/Aug. 21, 2012 9:37 am EST The trailer for the Nicolas Cage / John Cusack serial killer move The Frozen Ground starts with quite a one-two punch: a Bible verse followed by the tag “based on actual events.” So you know this is serious. And, sure, this is serious subject matter, as Cusack plays a version of real-life killer Robert Hansen, and Cage is the weary detective on his trail....

‘The Imitation Game’ UK Trailer: Benedict Cumberbatch Could Win The War By Russ Fischer/Oct. 2, 2014 11:30 am EST At festivals in September, Benedict Cumberbatch won praise for his portrayal of mathematician and codebreaker Alan Turing in The Imitation Game and the film won the Toronto festival’s all-important Audience Award. Directed by Morten Tyldum (Headhunters), the film follows Turing as he is recruited to work at Bletchley Park, wherein the UK’s Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) was housed....

‘Under The Dome’ First Look: Stephen King’s Novel Comes To TV By Germain Lussier/April 1, 2013 9:04 am EST There’s a good chance that Under the Dome is show everyone will be talking about this summer. CBS is adapting the Stephen King best-seller about a small town that’s suddenly isolated by a huge, invisible dome into a 13 part mini-series. Broadcast begins June 24, and the network has just released the first actual look at the show....

Confirmed: Aaron Taylor-Johnson Set For Quicksilver In ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 30, 2013 3:38 pm EST Update from Editor Peter Sciretta: The Wrap has confirmed that Aaron Johnson is signed to play Quicksilver in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Original story follows. Remember earlier this year when Marvel and Joss Whedon were said to want Aaron Johnson to play Quicksilver in Avengers: Age of Ultron? Well, just as Samuel L....

Cool Stuff: Matthew Modine Releases ‘Full Metal Jacket Diary’ iPad App By Russ Fischer/Feb. 2, 2013 10:00 am EST Matthew Modine was a young actor when he played a starring role in Stanley Kubrick’s next-to-last film Full Metal Jacket. I’d expect that working with Kubrick would be a formative experience for anyone, but to have such a role at a young age would be a special, life-altering thing. Modine has extensively documented his experience in the film, and now he’s translated his recollections into a great-looking iPad app....

Cool Stuff: New Posters For ‘Army Of Darkness,’ ‘Evil Dead 2’ And ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ By Germain Lussier/May 8, 2013 12:44 pm EST The two leaders in pop culture art are both releasing excellent new prints on Thursday. First up is Mondo, which is finally releasing an awesome Army of Darkness poster, made by Randy Ortiz for a screening that took place a few weeks back. They’re pairing that with a brand new Evil Dead 2 poster by Jason Edmiston....

David Fincher Could Direct Aaron Sorkin’s Steve Jobs Biopic [Updated] By Germain Lussier/Feb. 26, 2014 1:45 pm EST The Oscar-winning team behind The Social Network is taking on tech-reality once again. David Fincher is in early talks to direct a Steve Jobs biopic written by Aaron Sorkin. Update: New reports say that Fincher isn’t yet in talks, but he’s taking a meeting about the film. Our headline has been changed to reflect his more tenuous status with the project....

Disney’s ‘Frozen’ Is Turning Your Kids Gay, Says Pastor By Angie Han/March 12, 2014 2:00 pm EST Pastor and Generations Radio host Kevin Swanson and his co-host Steve Vaughn are taking the hit animated adventure to task for pushing a “progressive,” pro-gay, pro-bestiality agenda. “Friends, this is evil, just evil,” declared Swanson. Calling Disney “one of the most pro-homosexual organizations in the country,” Swanson suggested that Frozen was exactly the kind of thing Satan himself might dream up to ruin society....

Don’t Ever Expect A Comic Book Movie From Danny Boyle By Angie Han/April 2, 2013 3:30 pm EST Danny Boyle has spoken at length about his disinterest in big-budget franchise filmmaking, but in case there was any confusion, he’s reiterating once again that he has no interest in making a Bond film. “They’re not really for me,” he asserted in a recent interview. Nor is he eager to delve into the comic book world — as a movie director, that is....

Exclusive: See Lawrence Kasdan’s Handwritten Screenplay Pages For ‘Empire Strikes Back’ By Peter Sciretta/May 4, 2013 9:00 am EST This week I talked to the great people at the Writers Guild Foundation Archive about giving us access to something unprecedented from Star Wars history. Screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan donated his original handwritten first draft of The Empire Strikes Back. The WGA West archive has the only copy in existence, other than the original, in addition to later drafts with notes by Kasdan himself....