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One-Minute ‘Warm Bodies’ Trailer Has More Angry John Malkovich By Russ Fischer/Dec. 1, 2012 3:32 pm EST There’s a short new trailer for Warm Bodies, the zombie romantic comedy from director Jonathan Levine (50/50, The Wackness), starring Nicholas Hoult as a zombie who falls for a human girl (Teresa Palmer). It’s the classic wrong side of the tracks romantic setup, complete with the girl’s father (John Malkovich) being a guy who is opposed — really, violently opposed — to the idea of their relationship....

Page 2: BTTF, Transformers, Robocop, Pacific Rim, Star Wars, Ghostbusters, Star Trek, Tom Hiddleston, Firefly By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 24, 2013 12:00 pm EST Header Photo: Geeky Mom Converts Her Toddler’s Push Car Into a DeLorean Time Machine From ‘Back to the Future’ Horror Science: How Realistic Are Slasher Movie Kills? How Long Should You Stick With a New TV Show? Artist Turns 1988 Ford Fiesta Into Sculpture of a Squatting Transformer...

Revisit The Digital Revolution In ‘Jurassic Park’ Through 10-Minute Video By Russ Fischer/June 11, 2014 3:00 pm EST Today is the 21st anniversary of the release of Jurassic Park, which hit theaters on June 11, 1993. With those twenty-one years in the rear view mirror, it can be difficult to remember just how groundbreaking the film was at the time. In ‘93 there were only a few films that used digital effects, and not even a handful that used them as extensively as audiences saw in Jurassic Park....

Richard Attenborough Has Died At Age 90 By Germain Lussier/Aug. 24, 2014 2:50 pm EST Richard Attenborough, the Oscar-winning director and legendary actor, passed away Sunday at the age of 90. Though the younger generation knows him for best for role as John Hammond in Jurassic Park, Attenborough has been acting since the 1940s and directed several notable films, including A Chorus Line, Chaplin, Shadowlands, Cry Freedom and Gandhi. At the 1983 Academy Awards, Ghandi took home eight Oscars, including trophies for Best Picture and Best Director....

By Germain Lussier/Aug. 29, 2013 12:30 pm EST Though the book has been around for 150 years, and the Broadway musical for over 30, Les Miserables had a big comeback last year thanks to Hollywood. Tom Hooper’s hit adaptation, which won three Oscars including Best Supporting Actress, brought Victor Hugo’s story into the public conscious like never before. Now the story is being adapted for television, with a modern setting....

Sixteen ‘The Expendables 3’ Posters Feature The New, The Old And The Iconic By Germain Lussier/April 2, 2014 10:05 am EST The badasses of action are back in not one, not two, but sixteen character posters for this summer’s The Expendables 3. Everyone’s here, including the returning cast (Sylvester Stallone, Terry Crews, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Randy Couture), the new young team (Kellen Lutz, Ronda Roussey, Victor Ortiz, Glen Powell) and some new iconic additions (Harrison Ford, Kelsey Grammer, Wesley Snipes, Antonio Banderas, Mel Gibson)....

Superhero Bits: Iron Man 3, Dredd 3D, The Dark Knight Returns, Batman Live, The Wolverine By Germain Lussier/Sept. 4, 2012 11:30 am EST The Sports Hero edited this video tribute to The Dark Knight Trilogy featuring, yes, R. Kelly’s Gotham City.Hayley Atwell did everything but confirm her involvement in Captain America: The Winter Solider to Bleeding Cool.Lost star Michael Emerson will be voicing The Joker in The Dark Knight Returns Part Two, out in 2013....

Superhero Bits: Iron Man 3, The Avengers, Dark Knight Rises, Amazing Spider-Man, Watchmen By Germain Lussier/April 6, 2012 11:30 am EST Wyndham Hotels (via Superhero Hype) has revealed a ton of new wallpapers from The Avengers. But since we always put up the Thor, Iron Man or Hulk, we figured we’d go with the S.H.I.E.L.D one. IO9 lists twenty possible signs that will mark the end of the superhero film boom....

Tom Hardy Joins A Ridley Scott-Produced Drama And A Musical By Angie Han/April 4, 2014 1:00 pm EST Over a decade after he made his feature film debut in Black Hawk Down, Tom Hardy is preparing to work with Ridley Scott again. This time, they’ll be joining forces for a BBC One drama called Taboo, created by Hardy’s Locke director Steven Knight. Meanwhile, Hardy has also booked another, very different kind of role....

WTF: Woman Jailed For Failing To Return Jennifer Lopez Movie In 2005 By Angie Han/Feb. 17, 2014 1:00 pm EST South Carolina woman Kayla Michelle Finley was sent to jail last week for failing to return a copy of the Jennifer Lopez comedy Monster-in-Law that she’d rented nine years ago. Although the store where she originally picked up the tape, Dalton’s Video, has since shut down, the warrant for her arrest never expired....

‘22 Jump Street’ Viral Video Features Channing Tatum Spoofing Jean-Claude Van Damme By Germain Lussier/Nov. 20, 2013 8:48 am EST With post-production in full swing on one movie, directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord are currently in-production on their next movie. That movie is 22 Jump Street, the college-based follow-up to the 2012 hit film starring Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill. It’s scheduled for release June 13 and while a teaser trailer will likely be out before the end of the year, the directors have made even more work for themselves by crafting a viral spoof of an incredible commercial starring Jean Claude Van Damme....

‘Bond 24’ Starts Filming In October By Germain Lussier/Feb. 28, 2014 8:24 am EST Twenty-four. Bond 24. The new M, Ralph Fiennes, hasn’t even read the script to the next James Bond film, but the actor says he knows when he and Daniel Craig will be sharing martinis. Sam Mendes will start filming the follow-up to Skyfall in October, aimed at a November 6, 2015 release. Fiennes spoke to MTV about the film schedule:...

‘Dumb And Dumber To’ Teaser Posters: Suitable Promotion For The Comedy Sequel By Germain Lussier/March 20, 2014 12:45 pm EST Apparently, Dumb and Dumber To is good. That’s the buzz coming off the film’s first test screening earlier this month. And not just from the people who tweet, either. I’ve heard from people I know and trust who snuck their way into that screening, the Farrelly Brothers are back with a gross-out comic romp worth of their best films....

‘Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters’ International Trailer: “You Gotta Be Kidding Me” By Russ Fischer/Sept. 4, 2012 9:46 am EST Last year Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton starred as adult versions of Hansel and Gretel in a film called Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, directed by Tommy Wirkola (Dead Snow). The movie has been delayed a couple times, but is finally set to open in January, thanks to Jeremy Renner’s increased profile post-Avengers and Bourne....

‘Home’ Trailer: Rihanna And Jim Parsons Are Earth’s Best Hope By Angie Han/June 12, 2014 11:00 am EST Jim Parsons and Rihanna don’t seem like the likeliest of besties, but in the new Home trailer, that’s kind of the point. He plays Oh, an alien who’s been exiled from his own kind; she’s Tip, a resourceful girl down here on Earth. Their paths cross when Oh’s people, the Boov, try to conquer her planet....

‘Monsters University’ Cast Adds Nathan Fillion, John Krasinski, And Bonnie Hunt By Russ Fischer/April 16, 2013 12:00 pm EST The cast of Pixar’s Monsters University already included a few expected names and some good newcomers, including Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Dave Foley, Helen Mirren, Julia Sweeney, Joel Murray and Peter Sohn. Now there’s a report that many more recognizable names lent their voices to characters in the film. EW says that Nathan Fillion, John Krasinski,and Bonnie Hunt are among the voice cast of Monsters University....

‘Prometheus 2’ Gets New Writer; Will Reportedly Open March 2016 By Germain Lussier/March 24, 2014 3:28 pm EST Prometheus ended with Noomi Rapace’s character and part of the android played by Michael Fassbender going off to the planet where the Engineers originated. There was also some sort of xenomorph creature that was created at the end of the movie, an obvious bridge to Scott’s original Alien film. The sequel will continue all those threads....

‘Quartet’ Trailer: McGonagall And Dumbledore Make Beautiful Music In Dustin Hoffman’s Directorial Debut By Angie Han/Oct. 30, 2012 6:00 am EST Proving it’s never too late for fresh starts, Dustin Hoffman is embarking on a brand-new directing career at the ripe old age of 75. His first feature is Quartet, a gentle Brit comedy-drama set in a home for retired opera performers. Billy Connolly, Pauline Collins, and Tom Courtenay plays a trio of longtime friends and colleagues enjoying their golden years together at the facility, only to be thrown off balance by the arrival of the former fourth member of their singing quartet — a famed diva played by Maggie Smith....

‘The Grandmaster’ Trailer: Tony Leung Becomes A Legend By Angie Han/July 12, 2013 3:00 pm EST It feels like we’ve been waiting forever for Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster, but next month our patience will finally be rewarded. To prepare us for the martial arts epic’s release, The Weinstein Co. has released a new full-length U.S. trailer. Tony Leung leads the cast as Ip Man, who’s probably best known in the U....

Comic Book Science Fact Check: Neil deGrasse Tyson Locates Krypton; Does The S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier Fail At Physics? By Angie Han/Nov. 7, 2012 1:56 pm EST Some of the science fiction in superhero tales really seems more like pure fantasy — the Hulk and Spider-Man’s origin stories come to mind — but then there are other aspects of the stories that seem more believably rooted in reality. That’s the idea, anyway....