Kevin Smith Movie Project Updates By Peter Sciretta/March 7, 2007 5:49 am EST Two weeks back, Kevin Smith told the crowd at the New York Comic Con that he would be shooting back-to-back films starting this winter. The only thing that was revealed is that one would be a horror, and the other would be a comedy that “had to be shot in the winter.” Now we have a couple more details....
Lionsgate Bringing ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ And ‘I, Frankenstein’ To Comic-Con By Germain Lussier/June 26, 2013 9:20 am EST We’re less than a month away from the granddaddy of all pop culture gatherings, San Diego Comic-Con, and Lionsgate is the first studio to officially announce it will be bringing movies to show off. On Saturday July 20, in Hall H, stars and filmmakers behind The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and I, Frankenstein will be on hand to promote and show brand new footage....
New Iron Man Movie Poster Revealed By Peter Sciretta/June 29, 2007 1:59 pm EST A new poster for Iron Man has premiered at The Cinema Expo International in Amsterdam (I’m gonna have to check this out next year) this week. FilmFocus posted a photo of the display, which our friends at Screenrant took into photoshop, adjusting it to remove the side angle perspective. And that’s the photo you’re looking at to the right....
Nike’s ‘Back To The Future’ Sneakers Now Available [Updated] By Russ Fischer/Sept. 8, 2011 8:30 pm EST Original story follows: This has been updated three times, and the title changed from “Producer Frank Marshall Teases Big ‘Back to the Future’ Announcement” to what you see above. The updates are after the break. Producer Frank Marshall is being a huge tease on Twitter this afternoon with a message that seems to indicate there is some sort of new Back to the Future project about to be announced....
Page 2: BTTF, LEGO, Star Wars, Mike Tyson, He-Man, Orphan Black, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, RoboCop, Guillermo Del Toro By Peter Sciretta/July 29, 2014 1:00 pm EST Header Photo: Joey Spiotto’s “Storytime: a little gallery show” A Comic-Con Intervention: 3 Humble TV Requests for Next Year What We Learned From Comic-Con: Movies Were an Afterthought Recycling Is Not Awesome For Emmit In Defense of Comic-Con After Years of Attending, Comic-Con Has Lost Hype But Not Passion...
Page 2: Drive, Terra Nova, Tron, Thundercats, Pixar, Twilight, Riddick, The Thing, Red Tails, Harry Potter, David Fincher, The Simpsons, Star Trek, Back To The Future By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 18, 2011 8:00 am EST Rocket Releasing and Big Air Studios have acquired North American distribution rights to Darren Bousman’s horror-thriller 11-11-11 and plan to release the film on November 11th in 15 cities. Terra Nova has a $20 Million Budget and uses painted Nerf guns as props...
Radio Silence Explains The Collective’s Approach To Found Footage And ‘Devil’s Due’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 8, 2014 5:00 pm EST The clips we saw lay out a lot of the film’s story, so I won’t recount them here. One, which stands on its own to some extent, has just been released to the public, and you can see it below. Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are credited as directors on the film, which was scripted by Lindsay Devlin, but the collective is really functioning as they have in the past....
Rumor: Zac Efron And Ryan Gosling Up For ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ By Germain Lussier/July 24, 2013 4:10 pm EST J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars Episode VII starts filming in a few months and the Lucasfilm, Bad Robot and Disney teams have been hard at work trying to put together a cast. The general assumption is many of the roles will go to unknowns, with a few choice roles going to established stars....
See Arnold Schwarzenegger Crush Things With His Tank, For Charity By Russ Fischer/March 12, 2014 5:15 pm EST Arnold Schwarzenegger is giving you the chance to drive around with him in a tank, crushing things. For charity! Omaze and the After-School All-Stars are working with Arnold to set up a charity drive where one contributor will win an afternoon with Arnie, in his own tank, crushing things. Like in Conan, but perhaps not with your enemies....
Trivia: Anne Hathaway Almost Had Jennifer Lawrence’s Part In ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ By Angie Han/Jan. 17, 2014 9:00 am EST In 2013, both Jennifer Lawrence and Anne Hathaway took the the Oscar stage to accept acting awards — Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook, Hathaway for Les Misérables. But had things gone a bit differently several months earlier, it could have been Hathaway grabbing the prize for her charming, sexy turn in a David O....
Trivia: For ‘Gone Girl,’ David Fincher Averaging Nearly 50 Takes Per Scene By Russ Fischer/Oct. 24, 2013 11:30 am EST David Fincher’s films have a very definite style, but he has developed a method of directing that seeks to wring some elements of style out of his actors’ performances. He has said, half-jokingly, “I hate earnestness in performance… usually by Take 17 the earnestness is gone,” and talked about wanting to break down scenes and dialogue to a granular level, to push performances to a point where they’re beyond second nature, to where they just happen....
TV Bits: ‘Breaking Bad’, ‘American Dad’, ‘Game Of Thrones’, ‘Boardwalk Empire’ By Angie Han/July 17, 2013 7:12 am EST Thats right world, Jesse and the Rippers are back! Flashback to our first hit single http://t.co/MoDXLivZ4G — Jesse Katsopolis (@jesseandtheripp) June 19, 2013 [People] In other ’90s kid news, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? may be coming back to PBS. The network hinted as much on Tumblr with a recent post of the criminal mastermind’s iconic hat and gloves....
Uwe Boll Will Quit Making Movies With One Million Signatures By Peter Sciretta/April 6, 2008 11:29 am EST Ladies and Gentleman, we finally have a chance to rid the cinematic world of a cancer. Uwe Boll, the German director behind such horrid video game adaptations as House of the Dead, BloodRayne, Dungeon Siege and Postal, has recently admitted that he would retire from making movies if enough people want him to stop....
Vin Diesel Originally Met With Marvel About A “Fresh IP” By Russ Fischer/Aug. 27, 2013 4:30 pm EST This summer, Vin Diesel had a great time talking up meetings he had with Marvel. That led to a great deal of speculation about what he could be doing with the company, with the biggest ideas being that he would play Thanos in Guardians of the Galaxy and future projects, or perhaps (this was a longshot) play the Vision in Avengers: Age of Ultron....
Watch Nicolas Winding Refn Introduce ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ By Russ Fischer/June 3, 2014 12:30 pm EST Nicolas Winding Refn, director of films such as Drive and Valhalla Rising, is a big horror fan. In fact, to hear him tell it, a horror film is responsible for his desire to make movies in the first place. At Cannes this year, Refn introduced a screening of the 4k restoration of Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre as part of the the Directors’ Fortnight program....
Watch The Canon-Sponsored Short Film ‘When You Find Me’ From Producer Ron Howard And Director Bryce Dallas Howard By Angie Han/Dec. 16, 2011 11:30 am EST It’s been a few months since we’ve heard anything about The Originals, Bryce Dallas Howard’s planned debut as a feature director, but in the meantime the actress/filmmaker has been keeping busy with another short film. Titled when you find me, the 30-minute movie originated as part of Canon U....
Wedge Antilles Won’t Be Back For ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ By Germain Lussier/May 12, 2014 11:00 am EST When Return of the Jedi ends, the whole gang is there: Luke, Leia, Han, Lando, Chewbacca, C-3PO, R2-D2, even Hayden Christensen, via the “magic” of Special Editions. There’s also a very special X-Wing pilot: Wedge Antilles, played by Denis Lawson. The Rebel pilot has been with the Rebellion longer than most of the main characters, having contributed to the destruction of both Death Stars and more....
Why So Serious? Warner Bros. Rules Out Funny Superhero Movies By Russ Fischer/Aug. 27, 2014 10:45 am EST Years back, there was a real divide between DC and Marvel. DC was the stoic old guard, Marvel the young upstart. Despite the fact that the ’60s saw some incredibly wacky characters grace the pages of DC comics, the conception amongst comics fans, especially when modern comics fandom came of age in the ’80s and ’90s, was still that DC was the “serious” house and Marvel the playground....
‘Cold In July’ Trailer: Michael C. Hall Kills Again By Angie Han/April 16, 2014 11:45 am EST Michael C. Hall’s days as a serial killer may be behind him, but his days as a more ordinary, accidental kind of killer are not. In the first Cold in July trailer, the former Dexter star shoots down a burglar in self-defense. This act sets off a whole series of events, starting with the dead guy’s father’s quest for revenge....
‘Dirty Wars’ Review: And The Government Thought Torture In ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Made Them Look Bad? [Sundance 2013] By Germain Lussier/Jan. 22, 2013 7:30 am EST Dirty Wars is a movie that you’ll watch, and which will compel you to watch your back after you’ve seen it. Paranoid viewers might think the CIA should have a list of all the people who’ve seen the film, directed by Richard Rowley, because they now know unspeakable, horrific truths about America....
