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Watch The 2013 Movie Supercut That Argues “Life Without Movies Is Impossible” By Russ Fischer/Dec. 9, 2013 1:30 pm EST Celebration of 2013 as a year of movies is already in full swing, with critics groups handing out their awards, top-something lists starting to appear, and many a montage of 2013 footage competing for your time. The latest supercut ready to remind us of how some movies looked really good before we actually got to see them is Final Cut 2013, an 8-minute assembly of trailer moments, beauty shots, and trailer gags....

What’s Good For Movies Works On TV: Disney’s ‘Big Thunder Mountain Railroad’ Inspires Series By Russ Fischer/Nov. 13, 2012 4:05 pm EST Briefly: If one were to imagine Disney’s Big Thunder Mountain Railroad ride inspiring a narrative arc, it might be a children’s’ western, or something along the lines of Thomas the Tank Engine. But while Disney is putting a show into development based on the ride, the concept is focused around another aspect of the ride, and one which is behind so many other new shows....

WTF: Australian Titanic Enthusiast Plans To One-Up James Cameron With New Film By Russ Fischer/Oct. 22, 2013 3:15 pm EST It’s a potent cocktail: money mixed liberally with delusions of grandeur. Recall, if you will, the name Clive Palmer. He’s the billionaire in Australia (at current conversion rates there’s not even a need to qualify him as a billionaire only in Australian dollars) who last year announced his plans to build a full-size, working Titanic replica of his very own....

‘A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night’ Teaser: Meet Iran’s First Vampire Western By Russ Fischer/Jan. 10, 2014 6:00 am EST As things tend to go in Iranian film, we don’t hear about a lot of westerns, and probably fewer films that involve vampires. So when the claim can be made that A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is the first Iranian vampire western, and one directed by a woman, to boot, there’s plenty reason to be curious....

‘Bolt’ Helmer Chris Williams To Co-Direct Marvel/Disney Animation ‘Big Hero 6’ By Angie Han/Dec. 31, 2013 11:00 am EST Don Hall (Winnie the Pooh) has been working on Disney’s animated Marvel adaptation Big Hero 6 since mid-2012 or so, but as 2013 draws to a close he’s calling in some additional help. Chris Williams (Bolt) has just boarded the film as to co-direct alongside Hall. Meanwhile, there are some changes on the producing side as well....

‘Call Of Duty’ Writer Will Staples To Pen ‘Mission Impossible 5’ By Germain Lussier/May 9, 2014 3:43 pm EST Christopher McQuarrie is definitely directing Mission: Impossible 5 for returning star Tom Cruise, but things have taken a slight detour. The production just hired Will Staples to re-write the script which was originally written by Drew Pearce (Iron Man 3). Staples has yet to have a screenplay produced, but is a vet in the world of video game writing....

‘Earth To Echo’ Pushed From Spring To Summer 2014 By Russ Fischer/Feb. 6, 2014 3:00 pm EST Briefly: Another found-footage genre picture has been delayed, and this time it seems to be for a pretty good reason. Relativity is pushing the Amblin-esque Earth to Echo from a spring release into July of this year. That indicates that Relativity has confidence in the film’s ability to draw an audience in competition with films that will likely have far more marketing muscle behind them....

‘Fargo’ May Be Adapted To Television… Again By Russ Fischer/March 26, 2012 11:00 am EST Prior to No Country For Old Men, the greatest success for the Coen Brothers was Fargo, their 1996 film that won Frances McDormand the Oscar for Best Actress and the Coens the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Fargo was an indie sensation that crossed over into mainstream success — so much so that in 1997 there was a plan to turn Fargo into a TV show....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ TV Spot: Criminals, Misfits, And Thugs By Angie Han/June 26, 2014 8:50 am EST Guardians of the Galaxy definitely looks to be this year’s weirdest mainstream superhero movie, which is really saying something when the others have involved time-traveling mutants and dueling 90-year-old supersoldiers. And we mean that as a sincere compliment. The latest Guardians of the Galaxy TV spot includes new footage showing off even more of these “criminals, misfits, and thugs,” including Bradley Cooper’s loud, angry Rocket Raccoon....

‘House Of Cards’ Renewed For Third Season By Russ Fischer/Feb. 4, 2014 11:31 am EST Briefly: The second season of House of Cards won’t hit Netflix for another ten days, but a third season is already a definite. The show has just been renewed by Netflix, so exec producers David Fincher and Beau Willimon have a mandate to go back to work. Not that this is a surprise, given that Netflix execs have pledged to continue the show....

‘Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit’ Gets IMAX Release By Germain Lussier/Dec. 17, 2013 12:00 pm EST Briefly: When you think Kenneth Branagh movies, you think IMAX. Obviously. So it shouldn’t be too surprising that, for the second film in a row, Branagh’s directorial work is getting the giant screen treatment. Paramount’s Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit will get a day and date IMAX release on January 17. Starring Chris Pine, Keira Knightley and Kevin Costner, the film tells and early story of the popular Tom Clancy character who has to stop a terrorist attack....

‘Outbreak’ To Become NBC TV Pilot By Germain Lussier/Aug. 28, 2013 1:00 pm EST A deadly disease takes the world by storm, killing millions. A small team is tasked with tracking down the source to create a vaccine and save what remains of humanity. Yes, it’s a tried and true narrative seen in books, TV and movies going back decades. One of the more famous examples is Wolfgang Petersen’s 1995 film Outbreak....

‘Splinter Cell’ Movie Nabs ‘Up In The Air’ Scribe Sheldon Turner By Angie Han/March 31, 2014 1:30 pm EST The Splinter Cell movie took a big leap forward earlier this month when Doug Liman signed on to direct, and now it’s taking another. Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air) has been tapped to write a new draft of the screenplay, taking over for Eric Warren Singer (American Hustle). Tom Hardy is still set for the lead role....

Cameron Diaz Reunites With ‘Bad Teacher’ Director And Star For ‘Sex Tape’ By Angie Han/April 19, 2013 7:00 am EST Bad Teacher turned out to be a big smash hit for Sony, grossing over ten times its modest $20 million box office budget. Those are the kind of numbers that usually give rise to a sequel — and while there aren’t any plans right now to make one (or at least not yet), there is a reunion brewing for the trio at its center....

Cool Stuff: Olly Moss Creates Academy-Sponsored ‘85 Years Of Oscar’ Poster By Russ Fischer/Feb. 11, 2013 4:45 pm EST How would you depict every single winner of the Best Picture Oscar, if you had to render each one as a slightly altered version of the well-known Oscar statue? Artist Olly Moss was tasked with depicting a reference to every single Best Picture on one poster, for the 85 Years of Oscar one-sheet....

David Fincher To Direct Graphic Novel Adaptation Black Hole By Hunter Stephenson/Feb. 20, 2008 11:39 pm EST “David Fincher tackling STDs, not like herpes, worse,” is the imagined, beaded brow pitch to the studio. It worked. The director of the Oscar-shunned modern masterpiece Zodiac, as well as Fight Club, is attached to direct a film based on the comics-turned-acclaimed graphic novel, Black Hole, by Charles Burns. Brad Pitt’s Plan B is producing the project, but like DiCaprio’s Akira, no official word if Pitt is involved to star....

Exterior Of ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ Millennium Falcon Revealed [Updated With Video] By Russ Fischer/Sept. 10, 2014 3:20 pm EST Update: Video footage added after the jump. Photos of the sets and vehicles for Star Wars Episode VII are among the most sought-after snaps right now, and one guy managed to get one by accident. Matthew Myatt shooting aerial photos for use as stock photos for the flying school Airborne Aviation, but he captured something that isn’t going to make it into the stock catalogue: an image of a tarp-covered X-Wing fighter next to a half-built Millennium Falcon....

Hugh Grant Helps Out ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 8, 2013 5:50 pm EST Briefly: Guy Ritchie’s new take on the spy show The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is growing fast. He’s got Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer to play US agent Napoleon Solo and the Russian spy Illya Kuryakin. They’re partnered though the United Network Command for Law Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.) to fight bad guys.Alicia Vikander and Elizabeth Debicki were added in the past weeks, and now Hugh Grant is on board as the head of British Naval Intelligence....

J.K. Rowling Posts New Harry Potter Story On Pottermore By Angie Han/July 8, 2014 7:16 am EST Seven years after the publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final installment of the series, the boy wizard is back for more adventure. Only he’s not a boy anymore. In a new Harry Potter story posted this morning on Pottermore, J.K. Rowling sends Harry, now 34, to the Patagonian Desert for the Quidditch World Cup....

James Gunn Spills Details On A ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Deleted Scene By Angie Han/Sept. 15, 2014 9:00 am EST Guardians of the Galaxy already involves more dancing to classic rock than all of the other Marvel movies combined. However, it seems there was yet another musical moment that wound up on the cutting room floor. Director James Gunn spilled the details on a Guardians of the Galaxy deleted scene showing a prison guard (played by Spencer Wilding) giving in to the awesomeness of ’70s Scottish band Pilot....