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‘The Comedy’ Latest Film To Offer In Theater Commentary Track By Germain Lussier/Nov. 16, 2012 9:00 am EST Kevin Smith coined it, Rian Johnson does it and now The Comedy is on board. Director Rick Alverson and star Tim Heidecker have recorded an in theater commentary track for The Comedy, a dramatic, uncomfortable but interesting film that explores what it means to be privileged and bored in modern society. The film is now on demand and has just begun to start rolling out into indie theaters after beginning its run in a controversial fashion at Sundance earlier this year....

‘The Dark Tower’ Could Still Become An Elaborate Movie/TV Adaptation By Russ Fischer/May 16, 2013 12:34 pm EST Briefly: The movie-and-TV adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower that Ron Howard, Akiva Goldsman and Brian Grazer have been assembling has gone through a few revisions. At this point, it stands as a one-film deal financed by Media Rights Capital, with Russell Crowe starring as Roland the gunslinger. If that film does well, MRC could move forward on more movies....

‘X-Men Apocalypse’ Is An ’80s Period Piece, Will Feature Mass Destruction By Germain Lussier/March 14, 2014 9:30 am EST In a new interview, Singer revealed a few more details on the film, including the fact it’ll be an Eighties period piece, and the logical continuation of the Seventies look of Days of Future Past, and that it will have “will more of the mass destruction that X-Men films, to date, have not relied upon....

Behind The Scenes Video: The Coen Brothers’ True Grit By Russ Fischer/May 1, 2010 4:23 pm EST I’m wildly curious about True Grit, the new version of the Charles Portis novel currently lensing under the supervision of Joel and Ethan Coen. For the past couple weeks I’ve resisted posting the many set photos that have hit the internet as the film shoots in New Mexico and Texas. Mostly because they didn’t show much; you could see old west building facades and some period-appropriate costumes, but there wasn’t anything that really suggested what the movie would look like....

Blu-Ray Geek Deals: Band Of Brothers/Pacific Set $54.99, Mummy Trilogy $14.99 & 50% Off Criterion By Peter Sciretta/June 4, 2013 11:01 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Exclusive Clip From ‘Our Day Will Come’ - “We Do Gangsta” By Russ Fischer/Oct. 25, 2013 2:00 pm EST Our Day Will Come, from music video director Romain Gavras (‘No Church in the Wild’), is a strange road trip movie about two very messed-up guys, played by Vincent Cassel and Olivier Barthélémy, each with his own problems and a total inability to connect to pretty much anything. Cassel’s character is a charming but possibly demented psychologist, and Barthélémy’s is a bullied kid with some deep-seated sexual issues....

Expect A Bloodier Unrated Cut Of ‘The Wolverine’ On DVD/Blu-Ray By Angie Han/July 23, 2013 1:00 pm EST Though the comic book world can be a very dark place, what with all those evil supervillains and bloody battles and heroic deaths and whatnot, a comic book movie director can only show so much of that stuff without risking the film’s commercial prospects. Mainstream superhero tales will push the constraints of the PG-13 rating as far as they’ll stretch, but it’s very rare that they’ll actually break through them....

Francis Lawrence To Direct ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 And 2’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 1, 2012 10:04 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Collider got the jump on the scoop, saying the ink is still wet on the deal. Lionsgate has yet to officially confirm. (EDIT: They just did.)Original speculation was that Lawrence wasn’t going to be able to direct the final two Hunger Games films because he’d been too busy finishing Catching Fire, opening November 22, 2013, but apparently that’s not the case....

Hayao Miyazaki’s Post-Retirement Plans Include Drawing Samurai Manga By Russ Fischer/Nov. 13, 2013 8:00 am EST We may not ever see another new feature film directed by animation master Hayao Miyazaki, but with the revelation of his post-filmmaking plans, it’s easy to imagine that at least one more of the director’s stories is destined for the screen. This past weekend, Stuio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki appeared on Japanese television show Sekai-ichi Uketai Jugyo, where he was asked about Miyazaki’s plans now that he’s done with directing feature films....

Joe Carnahan Finds Inspiration For ‘Narc’ TV Show In ‘True Detective’ By Germain Lussier/May 1, 2014 4:00 pm EST The reason Joe Carnahan doesn’t make more movies is he doesn’t want to make Hollywood movies. The director of The Grey, Smokin’ Aces and Narc is one of the most honest and talented filmmakers out there, which isn’t always a good combination. It means he sometimes has to leave projects he doesn’t feel passionate about or attaches himself to movies that might never get made....

Joe Carnahan To Direct Vampire Romance ‘Undying Love’ For Warner Bros. By Angie Han/Nov. 27, 2012 6:14 pm EST Ever since The Grey roared into theaters earlier this year, Joe Carnahan’s been adding projects left and right. Even with his gritty Daredevil reboot in the scrap heap, he still has the Groundhog Day-esque Continue, the low-budget Stretch, and the Death Wish remake to keep him busy. Now he’s also making room for Undying Love, the Warner Bros....

Jon Favreau In Talks To Direct ‘The Jungle Book’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 5, 2013 5:10 pm EST Jon Favreau is in talks to finally make that big budget Disney family movie we’re been waiting for. No, not Magic Kingdom. Instead, the director of Iron Man and Iron Man 2 is in negotiations to direct a new version of Rudyard Kipling’s classic tale The Jungle Book.Deadline broke the news of the film, which will be based on a new adaptation written by Justin Marks (Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li)....

Kathleen Kennedy Talks ‘Star Wars’ Writing Meetings, Effects, George/JJ’s Meeting And More By Peter Sciretta/July 27, 2013 9:01 am EST Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy appeared at Star Wars Celebration this weekend in Essen Germany. Kennedy appeared on a panel with Warwick Davis, and this is where she announced that John Williams would be returning for the new Star Wars films (reported elsewhere on the site). What else did she say? What else was revealed?...

Kevin Smith Responds To /Film: Not Directing SuperMax By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 9, 2007 10:28 am EST Yesterday I posted an article titled “Kevin Smith to direct Comic Book Movie… Supermax?” I posted Kevin’s recent comments from Wizard Magazine that he might be doing a comic book movie for his tenth film. “I think is going to be a comic book movie – not The Green Hornet, though. There’s something that we’re kind of negotiating on right now which would actually be pretty cool....

LOL: Ron Burgundy Wishes You A Happy Halloween By Germain Lussier/Oct. 31, 2013 5:27 pm EST Halloween is already coming to a close, but there’s still time to hear from everyone’s favorite Anchorman, Ron Burgundy. Check out two special Halloween greetings from Ron, returning in Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, December 20. LOL: Ron Burgundy Wishes You A Happy Halloween By Germain Lussier/Oct. 31, 2013 5:27 pm EST Halloween is already coming to a close, but there’s still time to hear from everyone’s favorite Anchorman, Ron Burgundy....

MTV Greenlights Ten Episodes Of ‘Shannara’ TV Series By Russ Fischer/July 11, 2014 10:00 am EST MTV is really taking the plunge into fantasy, as it has greenlit a ten-episode first season order for Shannara. The show will be based on the series of fantasy novels by Terry Brooks, reworked a lot of J.R.R. Tolkein’s ideas, setting the fantasy world as the post-nuclear future of Earth. The novels take place thousands of years after apocalyptic wars mutated mankind into elves and dwarves, and changed the geographic layout of our planet....

Neil Gaiman Hansel and Gretel movie Gaiman said in a statement, For me, retelling Hansel and Gretel was a way of telling an old tale in a way that made it immediate and true, and about us, now. It reminds us of how paper thin civilization really is. It’s about hunger, and about families. I’m thrilled and delighted to be working with Juliet Blake to bring Hansel and Gretel to the world again, and to show people how much this story has to say to us....

New ‘Interstellar’ Trailer Goes Deep; Plus Kip Thorne Featurette By Russ Fischer/Oct. 1, 2014 11:30 am EST Here’s what will likely be the final Interstellar trailer, via a website that offers audiences a chance to explore space along with the characters. This trailer also confirms the IMAX release of the film on November 5, with that lovely “In 70mm IMAX film, 70mm film and 35mm film” tag. Watch the final Interstellar trailer below....

New ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Posters By Russ Fischer/June 23, 2014 4:29 pm EST There’s also a new trailer coming shortly, and we’ll have that for you as soon as it hits. TurtleReveal.com has been collecting tweet reactions all day, and will be revealing new posters as fans ask for them. (Or, more than likely, has a plan to roll out posters and then the new trailers no matter what characters are tweeted about....

Producer Brian Grazer Might Use Crowd-Funding For ‘Friday Night Lights’ Movie By Germain Lussier/May 16, 2013 8:54 am EST Sometimes its easy to forget just how ubiquitous producer Brian Grazer is. Not only does he work hand in hand with Oscar-winning director Ron Howard on some of the biggest movies out there, he also shepherded a ton of well-known television shows. After some years off the air, two of his more famous shows, Arrested Development and 24, will soon be returning in new ways....