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‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Trailer: One Last Look At One Woman’s Dedication To Duty By Russ Fischer/Dec. 13, 2012 6:11 pm EST Kathryn Bigelow’s film Zero Dark Thirty has turned into one of the most acclaimed films of 2012, and most of us haven’t had a chance to see it yet. Early screenings for critics groups and awards voters have led to massive amounts of positive conversation about the movie’s craft, and some less positive conversation about the way it depicts the use of torture....

Cool Stuff: Here’s What A ‘Star Wars’ Theme Park Might Look Like By Germain Lussier/Nov. 5, 2012 6:00 am EST Did you hear? Disney bought LucasFilm and there’s a new Star Wars movie coming out. Yup, it’s been pretty big week on the geek front with innumerable questions, some answers and rabid speculation. However, with the movie news dominating the headlines, the theme park ramifications have been largely overlooked, specifically the fact that the blueprints for a full on Star Wars park have been available for two years....

Dane DeHaan And Rooney Mara Join ‘Great Gatsby’-Esque Musical ‘Ziggy’ By Angie Han/Sept. 12, 2014 2:42 pm EST Well, you can’t accuse Dane DeHaan and Rooney Mara of not wanting to try new things. The hot young stars have signed on for Ziggy, a musical Jazz Age love story from Diesel Schwarze. Grammy-nominated producer and songwriter Alex Da Kid will help provide original contemporary music. If that sounds a bit like Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, there’s be a good reason for that....

First Look: Tom Hanks In ‘A Hologram For The King’ From Tom Tykwer By Russ Fischer/May 14, 2014 10:15 am EST That shot above is the first desolate look at Tom Hanks in A Hologram for the King, which is the new film from Tom Tykwer. Hanks had a big role in Tykwer’s last film, too, which was the Wachowski siblings collaboration Cloud Atlas. Hanks’ company Playtone produced this new movie, along with a couple other companies, and it is being shown to distributors at Cannes....

Justin Lin Explains Using The ‘Furious 6’ Title Card In ‘Fast And Furious 6’ By Germain Lussier/May 14, 2013 10:44 am EST Long before Fast and Furious 6 was in production, fans were curious about its title. Would the film be called Fast Six? Furious Six? Maybe just Fast and Furious 6, or some other combination of the title elements. Eventually the producers settled on the simple title Fast and Furious 6, and the movie hits theaters on May 24....

Justin Theroux To Star In Damon Lindelof’s HBO Pilot ‘The Leftovers’ By Germain Lussier/June 4, 2013 11:20 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Theroux will play Kevin Garvey, the town’s leader who tries to keep things normal even with frightening questions to be answered. Lindelof is co-writing and co-executive producing the show with Perrotta, marking his first return to television after Lost. What if—whoosh, right now, with no explanation—a number of us simply vanished?...

Logos Revealed: Maleficent, Tomorrowland, Into The Woods, Cinderella By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 11, 2013 10:49 am EST At Saturday’s live-action film presentation at D23 Expo, Walt Disney Pictures revealed the official logos for a handful of their upcoming films: Maleficent, Muppets Most Wanted, Into The Woods, Cinderella, Tomorrowland AND MORE. Check them out now after the jump. Official Info: “Into the Woods,” based on the Tony®-winning original musical by James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim, surrounds a baker and his wife’s quest to break a witch’s curse in order to start a family....

Page 2: Star Wars, Sons Of Anarchy, Jaws, Firefly, Doctor Who, BTTF, He-Man, Walking Dead, Daria By Peter Sciretta/July 24, 2014 1:00 pm EST Header Photo: Yub Nubs! t-shirt 17 Imaginary Emmys For Your Favorite Shows6 Filmmaking Tips from Terry GilliamSneak peek: ‘Sons of Anarchy’ Collector’s Set (plus a deleted season 6 scene)22 All-Time Great Directors And Their Final FilmsA Thoughtful Investigation Into Whether Or Not There Will Ever Be Another Phoebe Cates...

Paul Feig To Direct James Bond-Inspired Spy Comedy ‘Susan Cooper’ By Angie Han/June 19, 2013 4:00 pm EST Feig chose to follow up the $288 million success of Bridesmaids with another lady-led laffer, the Sandra Bullock-Melissa McCarthy buddy-cop pic The Heat, and now he’s working on yet another. His newest effort is Susan Cooper, about a female James Bond type. Hit the jump for all the details. Feig wrote the script, and plans to direct and produce....

Richard Price’s Lush Life Headed To Big Screen From Producer Scott Rudin By Hunter Stephenson/March 17, 2008 7:21 am EST A writer’s writer, author Richard Price (Clockers, The Wire) just released what is possibly his best reviewed novel yet, Lush Life, and now Oscar-winning producer Scott Rudin (No Country For Old Men) will produce the feature film adaptation with Miramax. Price will write the screenplay. The novel centers around a murder that occurs when a restaurant manager and a bartender walk a drunken friend home on New York’s Lower East Side and are (allegedly) accosted by muggers....

Sequel Bits: ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ Clip And Featurette, Plus ‘Jurassic Park 4,’ ‘Star Trek Into Darkness,’ ‘Fast & Furious 6’ By Russ Fischer/March 20, 2013 4:55 pm EST Later tonight we’ll have a new trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness, but in the meantime we’ve got two new images. Neither tells us anything at all new, but you can see one above (click to enlarge) and the other one below. Also after the break,...

Seth Rogen And James Franco’s ‘The Interview’ Moves To Christmas By Germain Lussier/Aug. 7, 2014 12:20 pm EST Briefly: The Interview, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s follow up to This is the End, just got bumped back a few months. Originally scheduled for release October 18, it’ll now open Christmas Day. The film stars Rogen and James Franco as entertainment journalists who land an interview with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and are asked by the U....

Sony Announces PlayStation TV Set-Top Box By Angie Han/June 10, 2014 1:00 pm EST However, the PlayStation TV will (not surprisingly) be geared more toward gamers. Users will be able to stream games from their own PlayStation 4s, if they have them, or from the cloud-based PlayStation Now service. The latter offers access to older games, including PS3 titles. None of this will sound particularly new to Sony customers across the Pacific....

Star Wars Bits: Saoirse Ronan Confirms Audition Rumor; Plus Sullivan Stapleton And Potential TV Resurrection By Germain Lussier/Oct. 1, 2013 12:30 pm EST One casting rumor is confirmed while another one pops up. In today’s edition of Star Wars Bits, read about the following: Saoirse Ronan confirms she’s read for Star Wars Episode VII. 300: Rise of an Empire star Sullivan Stapleton also is rumored to have read. The success of Marvel’s Agents of S....

Video: Everything You Need To Know About X-Men Movies Before Seeing ‘Days Of Future Past’ By Germain Lussier/May 22, 2014 6:00 am EST X-Men: Days of Future Past opens this weekend and with it, all the previous X-Men movies have been blended together. Bryan Singer’s groundbreaking first two movies, Brett Ratner’s terrible third, the good and bad Wolverine movies, and Matthew Vaughn’s First Class all come together in an ambitious story involving time travel and a massive, star-studded cast....

VOTD: Reel Wisdom: Lessons From 40 Films In 7 Minutes By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 8, 2011 6:00 am EST /Film reader Derek Stettler has compiled a video titled “Reel Wisdom: Lessons from 40 Films in 7 Minutes,” which does just what it claims. Here is more from the editor: I made this video because I love films and I think there is great wisdom inherent in the film medium. This video represents some of the best wisdom from films, edited together as a single coherent piece of advice on everything from life, death, and purpose, to anger, regret, and destiny....

VOTD: Watch J.J. Abrams Discuss ‘Star Wars’ With Simon Pegg By Germain Lussier/May 3, 2013 1:00 pm EST There is no news about Star Wars Episode VII in this post. I’m sorry, but it’s true. However if you’re a Star Wars fan like me, ready to eat up any and all content related to J.J. Abrams and his highly anticipated movie, you’ll enjoy this. Below is a short video featuring Abrams discussing the franchise, and his fandom, with fellow Star Wars nerd Simon Pegg....

Warner Bros. To Make Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ In Space By Germain Lussier/Jan. 14, 2013 5:34 pm EST Even in our wildest, 11th grade English class imaginations, few could have seen this one coming. Warner Bros. is taking one of the greatest stories ever told, The Odyssey by Homer, and having it rewritten in space. James DiLapo gets the assignment, a young screenwriter whose movie, Devils At Play, was on the 2012 Black List....

Watch Andrew Garfield Interviewed As Spider-Man For ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ By Germain Lussier/July 22, 2013 1:00 pm EST Comic-Con 2013 proved one thing beyond a shadow a doubt. To make an impression in Hall H, you have to do something unexpected. Sony did just that with their presentation of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, bringing Spider-Man himself to the stage before introducing the actor portraying him, Andrew Garfield. You can read about the footage here, and rest of the panel here, but below check out a video of the whole panel which includes 10 minutes of Garfield, as Spider-Man, just being hilarious....

Watch The ‘Parks And Recreation’ Season 6 Gag Reel Starring Li’l Sebastian By Angie Han/Aug. 22, 2014 9:30 am EST Just because something is fun to watch doesn’t mean it was fun to make, as gossip rags are all too happy to tell you. But there’s something about NBC’s Parks and Recreation that makes us think this cast might actually be as delightful on set as they are on screen. Now, the Parks and Recreation Season 6 gag reel confirms those suspicions....