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‘Star Trek’ Theme Park Concept Art And ‘Ratatouille’ Ride Update By Germain Lussier/Feb. 24, 2014 12:30 pm EST Let’s turn the spotlight on one theme park attraction that’s here and another coming in the future. First up, Disneyland Paris held a big presentation for stockholders to show off the brand new Ratatouille thrill ride opening later this year. The full video of the event is online, along with some very cool concept images and construction photos from inside the attraction....

‘The Knick’ Teaser: Clive Owen Extols The Virtues Of Modern Medicine By Russ Fischer/April 28, 2014 2:00 pm EST Cinemax is going slow with the release of footage from Steven Soderbergh’s TV show The Knick, but that’s OK. The series tells of the early days of modern surgical medicine, focusing on one doctor (played by Clive Owen) at New York’s Knickerbocker Hospital. The prior teases were basically still images with ominous music from saxophonist extraordinaire Colin Stetson....

‘Under The Skin’ Teaser: A Hallucinogenic Vision Of Scarlett Johansson As An Alien By Russ Fischer/Sept. 2, 2013 11:45 am EST We’ve waited years to see Under the Skin, the newest film from Birth and Sexy Beast director Jonathan Glazer. Scarlett Johansson joined the project in 2010; she plays an alien who seduces her way to meals, with humans as her new primary food source. The first image of Johansson in the film arrived in May of last year, and the movie is finally hitting the festival circuit....

Another Pixar Sequel Is In Development…But Which One? By Germain Lussier/May 13, 2013 10:46 am EST At any given time, the gang at Pixar has roughly half a dozen films in various stages of development, many of which the public is unaware of. Currently we know they have Monsters University out next month, Bob Peterson’s The Good Dinosaur out next Summer, Pete Docter’s Inside Out set for release Summer 2015 and Andrew Stanton’s Finding Dory, the sequel to Finding Nemo, out November 2015....

Ava DuVernay Takes Over Lee Daniels’ Martin Luther King Jr. Biopic ‘Selma’ By Angie Han/July 11, 2013 3:45 pm EST You may recall that a couple of years back, Lee Daniels was debating between two civil-rights themed projects. He ultimately settled on the White House drama The Butler, which opens next month. But the other, Selma, hasn’t been forgotten entirely — it’s just in new hands now. Ava DuVernay, the rising star behind last year’s Sundance drama Middle of Nowhere, has taken over the project....

Columbia Hires ‘Seven Years In Tibet’ Scribe Becky Johnston To Write ‘Salt 2’ By Angie Han/Dec. 10, 2012 6:04 pm EST While the Angelina Jolie vehicle Salt wasn’t a runaway hit in the U.S., it ultimately earned almost $300 million in worldwide box office — definitely enough to inspire some sequel chatter. But the actual process of making another film hasn’t been so smooth. Director Phillip Noyce pulled out of the potential follow-up in late 2010, and earlier this year the project received a severe blow when Jolie rejected Kurt Wimmer’s draft of the screenplay....

Dan Stevens Joins Tom McCarthy’s ‘The Cobbler’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 12, 2013 1:00 pm EST Briefly: Dan Stevens, formerly of Downton Abbey, will share the screen with Adam Sandler in the new film from Win Win and The Visitor director Tom McCarthy. We don’t have any details on the project, called The Cobbler, which McCarthy is writing and directing, other than the fact that all three guys are part of the show....

Don’t Take Chris Evans’ Captain America Shield From Him Just Yet By Germain Lussier/Sept. 11, 2014 12:30 pm EST In Hollywood, nothing and no one is infallible. At some point, Marvel Studios will realize that. Some thought The Avengers would be a problem; others assume this summer’s Guardians of the Galaxy would be their first misstep. Neither was. The Edgar Wright Ant-Man controversy is the next speed bump and, after that, the big issue could be the fact that many of Marvel’s major stars are ending their contracts....

First Look: Michael Douglas In Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 23, 2009 2:00 am EST [No photo] Some new photos from rhe set of Oliver Stone’s Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps have shown up online, including a first look at Michael Douglas reprising his role as Gordon Gecko, a part which earned him an Academy Award. See the photo of Douglas as Gecko after the jump....

First Official Look At Electro In ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ By Russ Fischer/July 10, 2013 9:45 am EST We’ll almost certainly see a teaser trailer for Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 next week at Comic Con, but for now here’s the first official shot of Jamie Foxx as the villain Electro. We’ve seen Foxx’s non-electrified look in an official pic, and set pics showed us an early look at what you see above and below....

Full Length TV Trailer: Mike Judge’s ‘Silicon Valley’ By Angie Han/Feb. 24, 2014 2:00 pm EST Update from Editor Peter Sciretta: HBO has released a new full length trailer for Mike Judge’s new series Silicon Valley alongside a behind the scenes featurette. I have included both of those videos after the jump.Full length trailer: Behind the scenes featurette: Angie’s original post follows A decade and a half after Peter Gibbons left Initech behind for good, Office Space writer-director Mike Judge is delving back into the world of computer programming with HBO’s Silicon Valley....

FX Orders ‘Fargo’ Season 2, Which Will Be A Prequel Series Of Sorts [Updated] By Russ Fischer/July 21, 2014 6:00 pm EST Today FX announced the renewal of two of its most critically-acclaimed shows: Louie and Fargo. Writer/director/star/producer/editor Louis C.K. will create a fifth season of his unpredictable show. And Noah Hawley will get to make a second season of Fargo. But for the latter show there are some big changes ahead....

Jamie Foxx Becomes Electro In ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Comic-Con Teaser By Germain Lussier/July 18, 2013 9:00 am EST The Amazing Spider-Man 2 comes to San Diego Comic-Con Friday evening with a panel that includes director Marc Webb and stars such as Andrew Garfield and Jamie Foxx. Foxx, who plays Electro in the film, is emblazoned all over buildings in the area and in a new video, you can catch a glimpse of his origin....

Jon Favreau Directing ‘Shannara’ Pilot For MTV Based On Fantasy Novel Series By Russ Fischer/Dec. 6, 2013 10:33 am EST The Sword of Shannara, from author Terry Brooks, is kind of a cold-war revision of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ideas. The book features all the fantasy trappings of Tolkien’s novels — so much so that critics dinged Brooks for rampant borrowing — but gives it all a nuclear origin, as the novels take place thousands of years after apocalyptic wars mutated mankind into elves and dwarves, and changed the geographic layout of Earth....

Jon Favreau On The Future Of Iron Man By Peter Sciretta/June 5, 2008 2:08 pm EST Director Jon Favreau has been leaving more hints that the Iron Man sequel will not follow the highly acclaimed Demon in a Bottle storyline, which involves Tony Stark battling alcoholism. “The comic book fans might see ‘Demon in a Bottle’ as a fresh story line but I haven’t seen ‘Hancock’ yet. From what I’ve seen it seems there is a lot of imagery that seems to be shared....

M. Night Shyamalan’s Latest Project Is… A Nonfiction Book About Education Reform? By Angie Han/Aug. 29, 2013 8:00 am EST M. Night Shyamalan’s career was originally built on his ability to surprise the audience, and his latest release may be his most unexpected yet. Yes, it’s something even more out-there than a ’90s teen romcom. Shyamalan has written a new book about public education reform, titled I Got Schooled: The Unlikely Story of How a Moonlighting Movie Maker Learned the Five Keys to Closing America’s Education Gap....

New ‘Man Of Steel’ Set Photos Show Off Superman’s Costume Accents By Russ Fischer/Aug. 30, 2011 9:56 pm EST I’ve defaulted to the officially-released image of Henry Cavill as Superman in Zack Snyder’s now-shooting Man of Steel, but after the break you’ll find far more detailed set pics that show off quite a few bits of his costume that we haven’t yet seen. I figure there are some of you who want to wait for more official pics or the trailer to see all the weird new costume details — and there are quite a few — but for those ready now, hit the jump....

Page 2: Snow White, Rocketeer, Baron Munchausen,, Oscars, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Community, Election, Muppets, Ferris Bueller, Indiana Jones By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 7, 2012 9:00 am EST Header Photo: Snow White back tattoo. River Road Entertainment optioned screen rights to Karen Thompson Walker’s first novel The Age of Miracles. Dave Perillo’s Robo Karaoke t-shirt. James Wan’s Conjuring has been retitled The Warren Files Watch a featurette on the 3D conversion of Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace....

Page 2: Total Recall, Breaking Bad, Star Wars, Jaws, Pulp Fiction, The Raid, Community, Alien, Simpsons, David Fincher, E.T., Game Of Thrones, Tony Scott, Walking Dead, Ridley Scott By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 5, 2012 8:00 am EST Header Photo: Total Recall gif by illustrator/animator Jesse James Dean The Best Reviewed Indie Films of the Summer (And Where To Find Them)How Apple’s story is like Breaking Bad (via) Han Shot First tattoo...

Paul Giamatti To Play The Rhino In ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’; Felicity Jones Also In Talks By Angie Han/Jan. 28, 2013 1:02 pm EST Whatever you thought of The Amazing Spider-Man, it couldn’t be denied that Marc Webb had put together an amazing cast. But at the rate the sequel is snapping up stars, it could wind up topping even its predecessor on that front. Paul Giamatti has entered talks to join the movie in the role of the Rhino, a hulking villain whose dim intelligence is balanced by severe strength and the ability to charge at superhuman speed....