Jim Henson Died 22 Years Ago Today By Peter Sciretta/May 16, 2012 12:00 pm EST Jim Henson died 22 years ago today. Feel free to leave your memories of Henson’s legacy after the jump. I’ve also included the awesome 1994 documentary The World of Jim Henson. Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: Part 5: Part 6: Part 7: Part 8: Part 9: Jim Henson Died 22 Years Ago Today...
Page 2: Game Of Thrones, Attack The Block, LOST, Harry Potter, Pee-Wee Herman, Bored To Death, Alien, The Walking Dead, Twilight, Zombies, The Smurfs, Star Wars By Peter Sciretta/July 29, 2011 8:00 am EST Today’s t-shirt of the day on TeeFury is Zombie-inspired design “Zombie Warning (Too Late!)” Ranker lists the 10 Greatest Comic-Con 2011 Casual Encounters Posts. Tim Doyle is selling some of his original movie art on eBay....
Page 2: Star Wars, Star Trek, Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, Aftershock, Jaws, Oblivion, Now You See Me By Peter Sciretta/May 13, 2013 1:00 pm EST Header Photo: LEGO Rainbow R2-Cthulhu Blinded by the Light: Why J.J. Abrams’ Lens Flare Is Not a Big Deal10 Movie Moms We Love Wicked Disney Villain Heels Five Favorite Films with Sarah Polley12 Movies That Filmed Happy Endings You Never Saw Grand Theft Auto IV Video Game Mod Replaces Helicopters With the Millennium FalconMovie House of Worship: Oakland’s The New Parkway12 TV Moms We Won’t Be Sending Flowers to on Mother’s Day...
Rumor Control: Jessica Chastain Not Offered ‘True Detective’ Season 2 By Angie Han/May 21, 2014 8:00 am EST With most shows, fans can depend on the lead actors to come back season after season. But with an anthology series like True Detective, all bets are off. And so for the past several months, viewers have been speculating and fantasizing about who might fill Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson’s shoes for True Detective Season 2....
Scoot McNairy Joins ‘Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice;’ But Who Is He Playing? By Germain Lussier/June 26, 2014 11:20 am EST A new cast member has reportedly joined Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. He’s even a former a associate of Marvel. Scoot McNairy, who recently starred in the Marvel One Shot: All Hail the King, has joined the DC Comics film in an unspecified role. The actor can now be seen on the AMC show Halt & Catch Fire (opposite Guardians of the Galaxy bad guy Lee Pace) and starred with his Batman v Superman co-star Ben Affleck in Argo....
Sequel Bits: ‘Avatar 2’, ‘Mission: Impossible 5’, ‘Texas Chainsaw 4’, ‘Fast & Furious 7’ By Angie Han/Aug. 1, 2014 1:00 pm EST Mission: Impossible 5 is set for December 25, 2015. We’re all ready to go on August 24, which is what I’m being told. Which is why I’m here doing a little press right now, and I’m available – because I might become unavailable very soon. As far as I know, we’re all set to go....
Sequel Bits: ‘The Act Of Killing’, ‘Dumb And Dumber To’, ‘How To Train Your Dragon 2’ By Angie Han/April 30, 2014 8:00 am EST Wondering what exactly Toothless, Hiccup, and their pals have been up to since we last saw them? A new How to Train Your Dragon 2 featurette would be happy to show you. Also after the jump: The Act of Killing sequel should hit festivals this fall Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 adds D....
Steven Soderbergh Will Still Be Involved With ‘Magic Mike XXL’ By Angie Han/May 20, 2014 8:43 am EST It was established some time ago that Steven Soderbergh would not be directing Magic Mike XXL. After lots of rumor and speculation, it was announced earlier this spring that Soderbergh’s longtime first assistant director Gregory Jacobs would be taking over the reins instead. But that doesn’t mean Soderbergh isn’t involved. To the contrary, he sounds about as involved as he could possibly be without actually directing the thing himself....
Superhero Bits: Batman V Superman, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Secret Service, X-Men Days Of Future Past By Germain Lussier/May 21, 2014 4:00 pm EST Want to read detailed breakdowns of the new Guardians of the Galaxy and Kingsman: The Secret Service trailers? How can you watch 50 animated episodes of The New Adventures of Batman and The New Adventures of Superman? Does Jason Momoa like all the DC superhero rumors? Want to see Craig Drake’s take on Elektra?...
The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 5 - The Middle Chapters By David Chen/Nov. 27, 2009 6:56 am EST The Tobolowsky Files is a new podcast from the people who brought you the /Filmcast, featuring a series of stories about life, love, and the entertainment industry, as told by legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky. In this episode Stephen reveals how his acting career got started amid fires, floods, and other disasters on his first trip to Los Angeles....
There’s A ‘Groundhog Day’ Musical In The Works By Angie Han/Jan. 10, 2014 3:10 pm EST Phil Connors is about to find himself reliving February 2 all over again (and again), this time on the stage. Songwriter Tim Minchin and director Matthew Warchus are reportedly working on a stage musical version of the 1993 Harold Ramis classic Groundhog Day, with a workshop set for this spring. And if that report is giving you a bit of déjà vu, that may be because we last reported on the show in 2009, though it seems a lot has changed since then....
This Week In Trailers: X+Y, Kink, Memphis, Tour De Force By Christopher Stipp/Aug. 23, 2014 10:00 am EST Can you feel the humidity? Kink Trailer (NSFW) Just because I don’t get it doesn’t mean I’m not fascinated by it. The tightrope that documentarian Christina Voros has to walk with this trailer is that it has to embody the ethos of the BDSM community while being absolutely honest and objective while being commercially appropriate....
Tina Fey And Amy Poehler’s ‘The Nest’ To Take On ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ By Germain Lussier/April 22, 2014 12:00 pm EST Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are taking on the Empire. Their upcoming film, The Nest, was just given the release date of December 18, 2015. That just so happens to be the day Star Wars Episode VII opens. The Nest will be directed by Pitch Perfect’s Jason Moore. Here’s the plot description:...
Tom Hiddleston To Star For Ben Wheatley In ‘High Rise’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 5, 2014 6:30 am EST The J.G. Ballard novel High Rise, about an apartment building in which occupants are cut off from exterior society and divide into their own class structures, has been a dream project for decades for producer Jeremy Thomas. He’s finally getting the film made later this year, with Ben Wheatley (Kill List, A Field in England, Doctor Who) in the director’s chair and Wheatley’s partner Amy Jump writing....
Watch A Behind The Scenes Video From ‘300: Rise Of An Empire’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 6, 2014 5:00 am EST Zack Snyder’s massive hit 300 was released in 2006. Though its sequel didn’t start production at that time, it kind of feels like it did. Very early casting announcements and multiple title changes have made it seem like we’ve been hearing about 300: Rise of an Empire for years. All that can now be put aside, because on March 7 Noam Murro’s sequel starring Sullivan Stapleton, Eva Green, Callan Mulvey, Hans Matheson, Lena Headey and Rodrigo Santoro is finally hitting the big screen....
What Did Christian Bale And Terrence Malick Shoot In Austin This Weekend? By Russ Fischer/Sept. 19, 2011 12:00 pm EST Not long ago, we heard that Terrence Malick has a new film brewing with Christian Bale. Almost nothing else was known about the project — no real story, no timeline, no other cast details. Over the weekend, we got what seems to be the best possible confirmation of this project as Malick and Bale were spotted all over the Austin City Limits music fest....
‘Beasts Of The Southern Wild’ Trailer: The Best Film At Sundance Coming Soon To A Theater Near You By Germain Lussier/May 2, 2012 10:30 am EST Head to Apple Movie Trailers to see this in HD. Here’s an embed. If you don’t quite get what’s going on there, here’s the official plot description: I wrote a long, rave review of the film at Sundance which you can read here. You can also rewatch the video blog Peter and I did discussing the beautiful movie....
‘Brave’ Director Writing And Directing New Original Project By Russ Fischer/April 11, 2013 12:30 pm EST Mark Andrews, like many of Pixar’s feature directors, has a long history at the company. He worked on The Incredibles as story supervisor, and directed the short One Man Band, and co-wrote Jack-Jack Attack and One Man Band. He was promoted to director of Brave when Brenda Chapman was removed, and watched the film go on to win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature....
‘Coherence’ Teaser Trailer And Clip: Reality Bends On One Strange Night By Russ Fischer/April 25, 2014 11:30 am EST One of the most buzzed-about films at Fantastic Fest last year was the low-fi science fiction story Coherence. Written and directed by James Ward Byrkit, the film is partially improvised, and tells of the “reality-bending” effect an an astrological anomaly has over the course of one night. The film stars Emily Baldoni, Maury Sterling, Nicholas Brendon, Elizabeth Gracen, Alex Manugian, Lauren Maher, Hugo Armstrong and Lorene Scafaria....
‘Dumb And Dumber To’ Adds Rob Riggle - Twice By Angie Han/Sept. 27, 2013 2:00 pm EST We’re all Rob Riggle fans over here, but the Farrelly Brothers really, really love him — so much so, they’ve cast him twice. The former Daily Show correspondent has just landed a key role playing twin brothers in Dumb and Dumber To, which is shooting now in Atlanta. Hit the jump to learn more about his character....
