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First Look: Joseph Gordon-Levitt In Robert Zemeckis’ ‘The Walk’ By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 7, 2014 3:00 pm EST Sony Pictures Entertainment has released the first official photo from Robert Zemeckis’ Flight follow-up The Walk, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as daredevil Philippe Petit. As you probably know, Petit (with the help of a few conspirators) strung a wire between the twin towers of the World Trade Center in 1974, allowing him to do a 45-minute high-wire performance show above the streets of Manhattan....

Hayao Miyazaki Retires From Feature Directing By Russ Fischer/Sept. 1, 2013 8:40 am EST Briefly: We’ll have to wait for more info, but Twitch reports that Hayao Miyazaki’s retirement from feature directing was announced at the Venice Film Festival, where his new film The Wind Rises is in competition. He didn’t make the statement himself; rather, Studio Ghibli president Hoshino Koji announced it. There were no further details. Long-time fans of the director will recall that this is not the first time the director has announced his intention to retire....

James Gunn Will Introduce More Females Into ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ (But Not Captain Marvel) By Germain Lussier/Sept. 2, 2014 10:09 am EST Marvel Studios has been under fire lately for its lack of female superheroes. Yes the studio has Black Widow, Gamora and the upcoming Scarlet Witch, but none have had their own solo film, and there’s no solo movie on the books yet. This has people questioning the gender balance in the Marvel Universe....

New ‘Divergent’ Trailer Explains Tris’ World; ‘Insurgent’ To Shoot In May By Angie Han/Feb. 4, 2014 8:35 am EST Lionsgate is feeling so optimistic about Divergent becoming the next big thing that they’re hitting the ground running with the sequel, Insurgent. Akiva Goldsman is working on the script as we speak, and now the production company confirms that shooting is scheduled to begin this spring. But before we get there, they still have to open the first movie....

Queen Would Like Ben Whishaw To Play Freddie Mercury By Angie Han/Oct. 21, 2013 9:30 am EST Sacha Baron Cohen dropped out of the long-gestating Freddie Mercury biopic this summer when he and the remaining members of Queen couldn’t come to an agreement over the film’s tone. The role has remained unfilled since then, but drummer Roger Taylor has now revealed that they already have someone in mind: Ben Whishaw. More details on the possible casting after the jump....

Running The Oscar Race Costs Big Bucks By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 22, 2007 5:30 am EST It costs big money to run the Oscar race. Many people don’t realize all the money it takes to market an award winner. Here are some of the money figures which the studios are spending to market an Oscar contender: The Departed: $40.3 million Little Miss Sunshine: $11.9 million The Queen: $14.5 million Babel: $16.4 million Blood Diamond: $19....

Scott Derrickson’s ‘Doctor Strange’ Won’t Be An Origin Story By Germain Lussier/Aug. 18, 2014 12:00 pm EST 25 years ago, Tim Burton showed people how it was done. His Batman, unlike almost every superhero movie that’s been released since, started with the character already in action. It was not an origin story. Sure it briefly explained how Bruce Wayne became Batman, but he’s Batman the entire movie. That’s radically different from Batman Begins, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Man of Steel and even this month’s Guardians of the Galaxy....

Spike Lee “Updating” Debut Feature ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ As TV Series For Showtime By Russ Fischer/May 6, 2014 10:50 am EST She’s Gotta Have It introduced Spike Lee to the world in the mid-’80s, and will now be his latest project. Lee is remaking — or returning to — She’s Gotta Have It, in the form of a Showtime series. The filmmaker will write and direct a half-hour comedy show that “updates” the film, which followed a sexually liberated young woman as she juggled three suitors in Brooklyn....

Superhero Bits: Batman Vs. Superman, All Hail The King, Amazing Spider-Man 2, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Avengers: Age Of Ultron By Germain Lussier/Jan. 3, 2014 3:00 pm EST Who might have written the new Marvel One Shot: All Hail the King? Is an Agent Carter TV show happening? How much is the reported budget for Batman vs. Superman? What information about Thanos and The Collector is out there from Guardians of the Galaxy?...

Superhero Bits: Iron Man 3, Man Of Steel, Thor The Dark World, Amazing Spider-Man 2, Justice League By Germain Lussier/April 23, 2013 4:51 pm EST Want to see the official midnight IMAX poster for Iron Man 3? (Hint: that’s not it above.) Who is the latest actor cast in X-Men Days of Future Past? Are there new Thor: The Dark World stills? What did Zack Snyder say about possible sequels to Man of Steel?...

Superhero Bits: Thor: The Dark World, Rocket Raccoon, Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., Magneto, The Dark Knight By Germain Lussier/Oct. 4, 2013 5:30 pm EST Want to see the first full clip from Thor: The Dark World? What awesome merchandise will Marvel have on sale at New York Comic Con? Which superheroes does Terry Crews want to play? Why isn’t Joseph Gordon-Levitt going to play Batman? Where can you get a limited edition Rocket Raccoon plush?...

Watch: Wes Anderson’s Symmetry Obsession Explored By Angie Han/March 17, 2014 4:00 pm EST Wes Anderson is the rare filmmaker with a style so distinctive, even the most casual filmgoer can immediately pick it out – whether it’s in an actual Wes Anderson movie or in an SNL parody. There are a lot of different elements that come together to make his movies look so unique, but one of his signatures – Wes Anderson’s symmetry obsession....

By Germain Lussier/May 13, 2013 8:49 am EST Don’t expect this to lead into a movie, however. Reilly said this event is in lieu of the planned movie that could never quite get off the ground. TV Line summarized his quote on the topic. So mark it down on your calendar, one year from this month, 24: Live Another Day returns to television. [The producers realized that] 24 compressed into two hours is not 24," said Reilly....

‘Beverly Hills Cop 4’ And ‘Geostorm’ Coming March 2016 By Germain Lussier/May 2, 2014 2:49 pm EST Briefly: Axel Foley is officially back. Paramount has set a March 25, 2016 release date for a new Beverly Hills Cop film, directed by Brett Ratner and starring Eddie Murphy. Little is known about the film except Jerry Bruckheimer is producing and Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) wrote the latest version of the script....

By Angie Han/March 5, 2014 6:00 am EST After a lengthy hiatus, Justin Timberlake finally returned to making new music last year with the album The 20/20 Experience. But he hasn’t given up on his Hollywood dreams. MGM is developing a remake of The Idolmaker, with Timberlake set to produce. Now Hustle & Flow’s Craig Brewer, who directed Timberlake in Black Snake Moan, in talks to helm. Hit the jump for more details on the project....

‘Star Wars Rebels:’ New Concept Art, Clip And Expanded Universe Influence By Germain Lussier/April 21, 2014 1:00 pm EST WonderCon 2014 brought a bunch of news regarding this fall’s highly anticipated TV show, Star Wars Rebels. Paramount among this is an action-packed new clip released from the show, but also a bunch of excellent new Star Wars Rebels concept art, the news Star Wars: The Clone Wars composer Kevin Kiner will return to score the show, new merchandise and the news Rebels could include characters or influence from the Expanded Universe....

‘Terminator: Genesis’: Aaron Williamson Playing Younger T-800 By Angie Han/May 1, 2014 5:00 am EST Arnold Schwarzenegger has been set to play the titular T-800 in the new Terminator movie since before there was even really a new Terminator movie to talk about. But he might not be the only T-800 running around in Terminator: Genesis. Bodybuilder and trainer Aaron Williamson has apparently been set to play a younger version of the T-800, as revealed by Williamson himself....

Another ‘Bullet To The Head’ Trailer Promises Middle-Of-The-Road Buddy Action By Russ Fischer/Oct. 29, 2012 1:15 pm EST I want to like Bullet to the Head. I really do. It marks the return of Walter Hill, who has made films I love (producing Alien, and directing The Warriors, 48 Hours) and it features Sylvester Stallone in a tough but smartass action role, which is a zone in which he can be very comfortable....

First Footage Of Aaron Paul In ‘Need For Speed’ By Russ Fischer/June 10, 2013 4:57 pm EST The Fast and Furious franchise is so big at this point that someone else was bound to want in on that action. Car racing movies are nothing new, of course, but what about bundling the general action of the Fast/Furious movies with a recognizable video game property? And so Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad) stars in Need for Speed, directed by Scott Waugh (Act of Valor)....

First Look: Benedict Cumberbatch As Julian Assange In ‘The Fifth Estate’; Release Date And Additional Casting Revealed By Angie Han/Jan. 22, 2013 3:30 pm EST Julian Assange has been hailed as a hero by some and decried as a villain by others, so it seems just about perfect that Bill Condon’s WikiLeaks movie stars an actor who can play both. As principal photography on the film, now titled The Fifth Estate, gets underway, the first photo of Benedict Cumberbatch as the WikiLeaks founder and Daniel Brühl as his former right-hand man Daniel Domscheit-Berg has been revealed....