‘Godzilla’ Could Feature Multiple Monsters By Russ Fischer/June 18, 2013 2:54 pm EST Briefly: Way back when Legendary’s new Godzilla was first announced there was talk that the giant lizard of the title wouldn’t be the only monster in the movie. And while there’s still no confirmation, more materials now say that we can expect more beasts than the title monster. A press release trumpeting the marketing opportunities for the film describes the movie:...
‘Olympus Has Fallen’ Trailer: Yippee Ki-Yay, Mr. President By Russ Fischer/Jan. 22, 2013 9:29 am EST There are two “Die Hard in the White House” movies set for release this year. One is Roland Emmerich’s White House Down, with Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx. The other is Antoine Fuqua’s Olympus Has Fallen, which features Gerard Butler as a secret service agent, Aaron Eckhart as the President of the United States, Morgan Freeman as the Speaker of the House, and a whole bunch of Asian antagonists....
‘Print The Legend’ Trailer: Netflix’s 3D Printing Documentary By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 11, 2014 11:30 am EST Netflix has released the trailer for Print The Legend, Luis Lopez and J. Clay Tweel’s documentary about the 3D printing revolution. The streaming company acquired the movie at the SXSW Film Festival this March, where it was met with good reviews (Indiewire called it “a slick documentary with widespread appeal”. Watch the Print The Legend trailer embedded now after the jump....
‘Snakes On A Plane’ Director David R. Ellis Has Died At Age 60 By Russ Fischer/Jan. 7, 2013 3:09 pm EST David R. Ellis, the man who directed Snakes on a Plane, a film that helped change the relationship between movie studios and the internet in a big way, has died unexpectedly in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was 60 years old. The LA-born filmmaker made his way up through the Hollywood ranks in classic fashion, starting out as an actor and stunt man, then working as a stunt coordinator (To Live and Die in LA, Scarface, Patriot Games) and second unit director, holding that last title on films such as Waterworld, the first Harry Potter film, and The Matrix Reloaded....
‘The Pirates! Band Of Misfits’ Trailer #2 – Claymation Hugh Grant Has My Vote For The Pirate Of The Year Award By Angie Han/Nov. 17, 2011 9:00 am EST You’d be forgiven for suffering from pirate fatigue after this year’s lackluster fourth entry in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, but these delightful trailers for Aardman Animation’s The Pirates! Band of Misfits prove there’s still plenty of fun to be found on the high seas....
30-Foot Transformers Invade Westwood By Peter Sciretta/June 27, 2007 3:14 pm EST
Brief New ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ Footage By Russ Fischer/Feb. 25, 2014 1:00 pm EST X-Men: Days of Future Past opens on May 23.
Bryan Singer Says He Hasn’t Even Spoken To Mark Millar About ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ By Angie Han/March 11, 2013 4:30 pm EST Though Millar’s done a bang-up job talking up the new X-Men movie in public, in private it seems he hasn’t had much of a hand in the film. In fact, according to Bryan Singer, they haven’t spoken at all since Singer took over the directing gig back in October....
Carrie Fisher Was “Joking” About Being Cast In ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ By Angie Han/March 6, 2013 4:00 pm EST Carrie Fisher made headlines yesterday when she affirmed that she would appear in Star Wars Episode VII, as has been rumored since, well, pretty much the second the movie was announced. But it seems her statement was premature, as her camp has now clarified that the casting isn’t set quite yet....
Cobie Smulders To Play Wonder Woman… In ‘The Lego Movie’ [Comic-Con 2013] By Angie Han/July 20, 2013 1:30 pm EST Warner Bros. has been trying to get Wonder Woman to the big screen for years, and they’re finally on the verge of success. The catch? She’ll be rendered in Lego bricks rather than flesh and blood. We’ve known for some time that Lego Batman and Superman would appear in the upcoming The Lego Movie, played by Will Arnett and Channing Tatum, respectively....
Cool Stuff: Band Logo Style Director T-Shirts By Peter Sciretta/March 14, 2008 11:07 am EST Last week I came across a photo of Eli Roth wearing a SCORSESE t-shirt. As a film geek, I thought it was just the coolest but I didn’t know where to find one. CUT TO: A week later, I’m in Austin Texas for the SXSW film festival. Aside from being the coolest movie theaters in the world, The Alamo Drafthouses in the city also house Mondo Tees, a t-shirt/poster store which has all sorts of cool stuff....
By Russ Fischer/June 5, 2013 12:14 pm EST It had to happen: someone saw mainstream potential in Jacques Audiard’s magnificent prison/crime drama A Prophet, and has set the film up for a remake at a US studio. Neal H. Mortiz (producer of the Fast/Furious films and stuff like Total Recall and Prison Break) will produce the remake for Sony, which optioned the story. The original film starred Tahar Rahim as a young Arab man who is sent to prison in France....
By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 1, 2009 6:11 pm EST Watch the featurette on Apple: Large | 480P | 720P | 1080P
First Look: Diablo Cody’s Directorial Debut ‘Paradise’ By Angie Han/July 26, 2013 3:30 pm EST Diablo Cody has written some of the sharpest female-led dramedies of the past several years, and now she’s taken the next step by helming her own. The Juno scribe makes her feature directing debut this fall with Paradise, a comedy about a sheltered young woman (Julianne Hough) taking a walk on the wild side. Octavia Spencer, Russell Brand, Nick Offerman, and Holly Hunter also star....
Frozen, The Little Mermaid And More Official Disney Posters On Sale Until ‘Stroke Of Midnight’ By Germain Lussier/June 19, 2014 11:30 am EST The stroke of midnight is pretty important in Disney stories. It’ll soon be pretty important to Disney fans, too. Acme Archives will release twelve new posters beginning Friday June 20, and keep them on sale until the stroke of midnight the second following Monday. The posters run the gamut of Disney properties, from Frozen to Lilo and Stitch, The Muppets, Alice in Wonderland, Malificent and others....
Gameplay Footage From ‘Star Wars 1313’ Revealed; Think ‘Uncharted 3’ Meets ‘Empire Strikes Back’ By Germain Lussier/June 5, 2012 3:00 pm EST The Internet has been abuzz this week with the news of Star Wars 1313, a video game that’ll provide a more mature look at the Star Wars universe. You star as a bounty hunter working in the underworld of Coruscant sometime between the events of Star Wars Episodes III and IV....
James Cameron Gives ‘Avatar’ Sequel Update: “I’m Deep Into It” By Russ Fischer/March 18, 2013 10:00 am EST What’s the timeline for production on James Cameron’s next film (or next two films) in the Avatar storyline? At this point, despite hopes loosely being pinned on the films shooting this year, Cameron is still only in the scripting stage, and so it seems like the next trip to Pandora is unlikely to take off until 2015 at the very earliest....
Jon Stewart Noah Critics Video Most of these people’s problems with Noah can be boiled down to either a misunderstanding of the film, a misunderstanding of the original Biblical text, or both. But in fairness, Stewart seems to do some misunderstanding himself here. Kevin McCarthy, the critic shown in the segment saying that Noah is “not a documentary,” responded to Stewart’s segment during an appearance on Fox’s Washington, D.C. affiliate. The strange part of what’s going on there — it’s a compliation of people basically hating on Noah....
LOL: Louis CK Discusses His Love Of IMAX 3D Films By Germain Lussier/Jan. 2, 2014 5:00 pm EST The full episode of Comedians in Cars With Coffee is here. For some reason, the embed isn’t working. Or, click the image below. The whole thing is great, but the IMAX 3D talk comes up around 14:00. The “Blue Numbers” CK is talking about are these…which are much more impressive in IMAX 3D....
Lots Of People Finished ‘House Of Cards’ Season 2 Over First Weekend By Germain Lussier/Feb. 21, 2014 10:49 am EST Netflix dropped the entire 13-episode second season of House of Cards February 14 and immediately the race began. That’s the race to once again become engrossed in the world of Kevin Spacey’s character Frank Underwood; the race to avoid spoilers; and the race to see how fast you can finish. It turns out about 668,000 people – myself NOT included – finished the entire second season before the end of the first weekend....
