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First Images From Ryan Gosling’s Directorial Debut ‘Lost River’ By Russ Fischer/April 18, 2014 4:00 pm EST Ryan Gosling spent some of the last year making his first feature as a director. Originally called How to Catch a Monster, the film is now called Lost River, and is set for the Un Certain Regard sidebar at Cannes. That’s the place where films that are either the product of newcomers to Cannes, or that are a little more unusual than the typical Competition titles....

First Look: Jason Momoa As The New Conan The Barbarian By Russ Fischer/May 10, 2010 12:19 pm EST NO PHOTOS I was happy about the news that Jason Momoa (Stargate: Atlantis) had been cast as Conan in the new film by Marcus Nispel. He seems like he can act, and he’s got a look that will not only work for the part, but quickly differentiate this version from the Schwarzenegger original....

Infographic: Hollywood Disaster Map By Angie Han/March 22, 2014 9:00 am EST In real life, a city-destroying disaster is a national tragedy. At the movies, though, it’s just the expected conclusion of any big action movie. Politicians can argue all day long about whether Hollywood is destroying America in the spiritual sense, but filmmakers definitely love wrecking the country as part of a blockbuster narrative. Today, we have a Hollywood disaster map that illustrates just how and where the movies like to hit....

Kevin Smith Starts A Podcast By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 5, 2007 8:23 am EST We knew this was bound to happen sooner or later, writer/director Kevin Smith (Clerks, Mallrats, Dogma) has started his own podcast. SModcast captures an ongoing conversation between Smith and long time friend and collaborator Scott Mosier. The podcast is available at Smith’s movie news site QuickStopEntertainment. Here is the episode discussion for the first episode: In which our heroes primarily puzzle over when “Oriental” became a derogatory term, as well as touch on the following subjects: the very tall, “Pump Up the Volume”, parental groping, the detritus that gets washed off a newborn, the notion of a Birth-Day celebration, mobile units, bear bars, and Wolfie....

Next Up For Christopher Nolan: Sci-Fi Time Travel Film ‘Interstellar,’ Once Envisioned As A Spielberg Project By Germain Lussier/Jan. 9, 2013 10:06 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Christopher Nolan, fresh off finishing his Dark Knight trilogy, might have lined up his next project. Nolan, who has developed an almost obsessive following over the past decade, is in talks to direct Interstellar. That’s a sci-fi script written by his brother Jonathan Nolan and based on the theories of theoretical physicist, gravitational physicist and astrophysicist Kip Thorne....

Page 2: Ghostbusters, Hobbit, Jaws, Transformers, Boy Meets World, Gangster Squad, Dan Harmon, Back To The Future, Star Wars, Miyazaki, Star Trek, Megan Fox, Jurassic Park By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 3, 2012 8:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Header Photo: Aaron Paul as a GhostbusterProceed With Caution: The Year in Movie Spoilers Screenwriter Geoff Latulippe explains how to read and write Hollywood Rejection Form Letter from the silent film era10 Screenwriters to Watch 2012...

POTD: ‘Return Of The Jedi’ Cast 30 Years Later By Germain Lussier/July 26, 2013 8:00 am EST Star Wars Celebration Europe is underway in Germany, and the eyes of Star Wars fans across the globe will be on their Twitter feeds to see if the first convention after the big announcement of new films yields any major news. The head of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy, will make her first Celebration appearance and she’s bringing along many of the original trilogy’s major stars....

Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘Grimsby’ Adds Ian McShane And More By Angie Han/June 10, 2014 8:45 am EST Sacha Baron Cohen’s next comedy is casting up. Ian McShane, Gabourey Sidibe, David Harewood, and Johnny Vegas have just joined the cast of Grimsby, a spy spoof being directed by Louis Leterrier. Mark Strong was previously cast as one of the leads. Hit the jump for more details on the project. Scripted by Baron Cohen, Phil Johnston (Wreck-It Ralph), and Peter Baynham (Borat), Grimsby follows two estranged, polar-opposite brothers forced to go on the run together....

Sandra Bullock May Pick On Quvenzhané Wallis In ‘Annie’ By Angie Han/June 13, 2013 1:00 pm EST Sandra Bullock has maintained an immensely popular sweetheart reputation for much of her career, but lately she seems eager to shake things up. A few months ago, she signed on to voice the villainness in the Minions spinoff. Now she’s looking to stay on the dark side with a role as the nasty Miss Hannigan, in the upcoming remake of Annie....

Star Wars Bits: ‘Episode VII’ To Film At Pinewood, Darth Maul Wants To Return, And William Shakespeare’s Star Wars By Germain Lussier/July 5, 2013 10:20 am EST Back in May, StarWars.com confirmed J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars Episode VII would be shooting in the United Kingdom, and recently Deadline confirmed the exact location. It’s Pinewood Studios, best known for housing most of the James Bond films. Disney has been shooting a lot of films there recently, such as the Marvel movies, which is why Episode VII will break from the Star Wars tradition of filming at Elstree Studios....

Stephen King’s ‘Under The Dome’ To Air On CBS In 2013 From Producer Steven Spielberg By Germain Lussier/Nov. 29, 2012 12:53 pm EST Stephen King’s 2009 novel Under the Dome looks like it’s finally going to be adapted. The project was originally optioned for Showtime and fan-favorite writer Bryan K. Vaughan was hired to adapt, but after some time the project was put into turnaround. It’s now been picked up by CBS and given a 13 episode straight-to-series order for the Summer of 2013....

Ted Sarandos Says Marvel Netflix Shows Aren’t Afraid To Be Darker Than The Films By Russ Fischer/Aug. 26, 2014 10:45 am EST The Netflix Daredevil TV series is shooting now, but we still know relatively little about it, and we know almost nothing about the three shows that will follow (featuring Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist) much less how they’ll all come together in The Defenders. But now Netflix chief Ted Sarandos has said a few things about his company’s upcoming Marvel slate, and one comment in particular sticks out: that the series “will not be afraid to go darker” than Marvel’s films....

Universal Talking About Possible ‘Pitch Perfect’ Sequel By Germain Lussier/Dec. 19, 2012 3:23 pm EST One of the best times I had in the theater all year was with Jason Moore’s a capella musical comedy, Pitch Perfect. Starring Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson, the film had a high-energy pace, catchy tunes and an evil sense of humor that made it feel like Bring It On with singing. After turning a decent little theatrical profit, Pitch Perfect hit Blu-ray this week and with that comes news of a possible follow up....

Watch Jason Momoa Talk Aquaman On ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ By Germain Lussier/June 19, 2014 10:33 am EST Multiple sources, including several Hollywood trades, have reported and confirmed that Jason Momoa is playing Aquaman in Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. One person who hasn’t confirmed it though, is Jason Momoa. After dismissing rumors of the role and lying about it to journalists, Momoa was finally confronted, on camera, with the headline from Variety on Jimmy Kimmel Live....

Will Ferrell And Zach Galifianakis Reteam For Richard Linklater’s ‘Larry’s Kidney’ By Angie Han/May 16, 2014 6:58 am EST Richard Linklater does bittersweet like nobody’s business, so he seems like kind of the perfect guy to direct a life-or-death comedy. He’s set to direct Larry’s Kidney, starring The Campaign rivals Will Ferrell and Zach Galifianakis as cousins who travel to China for a kidney transplant. Hit the jump for more details on the project....

‘Effie Gray’ Trailer: Some Needs Can’t Go Unfulfilled By Russ Fischer/Sept. 15, 2014 5:30 am EST Entire teams of people working in legal and clearance departments exist to prevent just the sort of stuff that happened to Emma Thompson’s film Effie Gray. Based on a true story, Thompson scripted and co-starred in the film, only to see it bogged down in two separate accusations of plagiarism by two different playwrights. Judges ruled in favor of the film in both cases....

/Filmcast Ep. 257 - Fruitvale Station By David Chen/Jan. 26, 2014 4:57 pm EST Dave and Devindra get a rundown on the best of Sundance from Germain Lussier, discuss the documentary Mitt on Netflix, and grapple with how Fruitvale Station blurs the line between fact and fiction. Be sure to check out Jessica Testa’s piece on Jodon Romero and Slate’s breakdown of the facts behind Fruitvale. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

‘Hannibal’ Season Two Teaser Poster: Dark And Horny By Russ Fischer/Oct. 1, 2013 3:15 pm EST With Hannibal, series creator Bryan Fuller and broadcast home NBC are part of the impressive trend of televised horror that pushes the boundaries of what many people thought was possible or permissible on TV. In the process, they’ve created fans out of people who thought a series exploring the early relationship between Hannibal Lecter (Mads Mikkelsen) and FBI profiler Will Graham (Hugh Dancy) was doomed to fail....

‘The Adventures Of Tintin’ International Trailer By Russ Fischer/July 11, 2011 7:22 am EST Here’s the first full-length trailer for The Adventures of Tintin, which Steven Spielberg directed as a mo-cap animated adaptation of one of Herge’s classic Tintin tomes. This is our first good look at the action and adventure promised by the title and poster, and our best look yet at the animation, produced by Peter Jackson and enabled by WETA....

‘The Fault In Our Stars’ Trailer: Shailene Woodley Falls In Love For The First Time, Again By Angie Han/Jan. 29, 2014 10:57 am EST Last year, screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber brought us The Spectacular Now, a smart, tender YA adaptation about first love. This year, they’re mining similar territory with The Fault in Our Stars, based on John Green’s bestselling novel. They even have Shailene Woodley starring once again....