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Marvel Updates: New ‘Iron Man’ 3 Photo, Director James Gunn Calls ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Casting Reports “Inaccurate” By Germain Lussier/Dec. 27, 2012 9:30 am EST Two new Marvel updates are each shrouded in mystery. First up, Marvel tweeted an intriguing new photo from Iron Man 3 as a way of wishing everyone Happy Holidays, but they did it on December 26. Next up, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn refuted a recent story regarding casting his 2014 space film, then deleted it, then got into a bit of a tiff with a journalist over it....

Matthew McConaughey Raises Expectations For Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 19, 2014 10:15 am EST Matthew McConaughey needs to give his management team a raise. The actor had a huge 2013, appearing in three Oscar-caliber films including Dallas Buyers Club, for which he was given his first Oscar-nomination. He also did the buzzy TV drama, True Detective, which could garner the actor an Emmy-nomination. McConaughey has never been hotter and yet he’s following up a huge 2013 with something even bigger....

Meta-‘Star Trek’ Novel ‘Redshirts’ Heads To TV By Germain Lussier/Feb. 7, 2014 3:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Deadline broke the news that Jon Shestack (Air Force One) and Ken Kwapis (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) are developing the novel into a limited series for FX. They’re currently out to writers and Kwapis, directed the finale of The Office, will direct the pilot....

Michael Bay’s ‘Armageddon’ Mea Culpa Isn’t The Apology You Were Expecting By Russ Fischer/April 22, 2013 5:13 pm EST This is a quote I expect Michael Bay is going to address in the near future, but for now it’s an interesting statement from a guy who isn’t known for modesty. In an interview to promote his new film Pain & Gain, the director of the Transformers films, The Rock, and Armageddon, says “I will apologize for Armageddon....

Michel Gondry On Creating A Never-Ending Movie And Working At MIT By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 21, 2007 11:02 pm EST Gondry also talks about a film which he wrote (but never shot). Sounds interesting, but could it work? With Gondry at the helm, anything is possible. It was one long special effect. “A single scene would be played twice, identically,” Gondry says. “But in the context of the beginning it would mean one thing, and in the context of the ending it would mean something completely different....

Page 2: George Lucas, Brave, Back To The Future, Transformers, The Thing, This Is 40, Star Wars, The Dictator, Hunger Games, The Wizard, James Bond By Peter Sciretta/May 9, 2012 11:00 am EST Header Photo: Yoda George Lucas By: Mark Raats The 10 Filmmakers Whose Work Must Be Seen on the Big Screen New Clip From Snow White and the Huntsman The Poster for Ruby Sparks Lucy Punch, Derek Jacobi Cast in Romantic Comedy ‘Of Corset’s Mine’...

Rumor: ‘Namor’ Could Be Legendary’s Mystery 2016 Release By Germain Lussier/May 15, 2014 2:45 pm EST What is the untitled mystery “event” film Legendary and Universal are releasing in 2016? We explored the options on Wednesday, saying Will Smith’s Brilliance was one possibility, and Hot Wheels could be another. Others suggested the long in development Mass Effect was in the mix. Those are still all on the table, but a new rumor says the film could be even more exciting....

Saoirse Ronan Used A Lightsaber In Her ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ Audition By Germain Lussier/Oct. 4, 2013 11:00 am EST Saoirse Ronan was the first actor to let the cat out of the bag about auditioning for Star Wars Episode VII. The Hanna actress freely admitted she auditioned for a part and added that “everyone” was auditioning for the film. If she could go back in time, the actress probably wouldn’t have said that....

Sequel Bits: ‘Crouching Tiger 2’, ‘22 Jump Street’, ‘Act Of Valor 2’, ‘Dead Snow 2’ By Angie Han/Aug. 23, 2013 7:00 am EST Today’s sequel-related updates are mostly about casting. After the jump: Ziyi Zhang is in talks for the Crouching Tiger sequel Kurt Russell’s son Wyatt Russell joins 22 Jump Street Martin Starr and others board Dead Snow: Red Vs. Dead Relativity pushes on with a SWAT-themed Act of Valor 2 Yuen Wo Ping is directing from a script by John Fusco, based on the novel Iron Knight, Silver Vase by Wang Du Lu....

Soundtrack Bits: Listen To A Track From M83’s ‘Oblivion’ Score, Michael Giacchino Reunitings With Wachowskis For ‘Jupiter Ascending’ By Russ Fischer/March 6, 2013 2:08 pm EST Universal recently revealed that plans to open Joseph Kosinski’s Oblivion early in IMAX theaters has been scuttled, but other plans for the movie are going forward at full speed. Anthony Gonzalez of the electronic/dance band M83 has been recording the score for the film with Joseph Trapanese, and the first track from that effort is now online....

The Fifth Stop On ‘The World’s End’ Virtual Pub Crawl: The Good Companions By Germain Lussier/July 5, 2013 12:00 pm EST All week, some of our fellow movie blogs have been taking you on a tour of Newton Haven’s Golden Mile bar crawl. Twelve pubs, twelve pints, all within one mile, making for a true challenge of drunken prowess. Whether or not Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and the gang in Edgar Wright’s film The World’s End will actually complete the crawl is something we’ll have to wait until August 23 to discover....

The Marvel Cinematic Universe Is The Most Successful Franchise In US History By Germain Lussier/April 8, 2014 4:00 pm EST Spider-Man, Shrek, The Lord of the Rings, Batman, James Bond, Star Wars and Harry Potter all have one thing in common. Their films have grossed less money at the domestic box office than the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But then, in looking at things that way, every film series that isn’t Marvel’s has that in common....

Veronica Mars Canceled?! By Peter Sciretta/March 15, 2007 8:24 pm EST Okay, we know – this isn’t exactly movie news. But E!’s Kristin Veitch is reporting that Veronica Mars won’t return for a fourth season. And this isn’t one of those stupid rumors. Word stems for series creator Rob Thomas. This is horrible news. The final five episodes of season three will air in April-May. Update: The Hollywood Reporter claims that IF the series were to return for a fourth season in Fall 2007, it might be a much, MUCH different show: “an idea to fast-forward a couple of years and have Mars studying at the FBI Academy....

Werner Herzog Shot A ‘Parks And Recreation’ Cameo By Russ Fischer/Sept. 5, 2014 4:15 pm EST The career of Werner Herzog is an endlessly wonderful thing. The director has crafted a rich filmography bursting with documentary and dramatic films. His voice and manner of speaking are approaching iconic status. His statements about work and life are rich, surprising, and entertaining. And every once in a while he shows up in someone else’s project....

‘Futurama’ Cancelled (Again) By Angie Han/April 22, 2013 11:55 am EST Cohen told EW that he’d become used to living with the threat of cancellation. “I felt like we were already in the bonus round on these last couple of seasons, so I can’t say I was devastated by the news,” he said. “It was what I had expected two years earlier. At this point I keep a suitcase by my office door so I can be cancelled at a moment’s notice....

‘Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit’ International Trailer By Russ Fischer/Oct. 15, 2013 9:39 am EST Here’s an alternate version of the first trailer for Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, in which Chris Pine plays the latest incarnation of Tom Clancy’s intelligence analyst turned unwitting field operative. Kenneth Branagh directs and plays with a Russian accent as the film’s villain, and Kiera Knightley and Kevin Costner offer moral support as Pine’s Jack Ryan tracks down some sort of international terror threat....

‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’ Trailer: Colin Firth Will Destroy You, Politely By Russ Fischer/May 20, 2014 10:13 am EST The trailer for the new film from Kick-Ass and X-Men: First Class director Matthew Vaughn is here. Kingsman: The Secret Service sees Vaughn working once again from source material by Kick-Ass author Mark Millar. This time, he adapts the Millar and Dave Gibbons comic The Secret Service, with Colin Firth in the role of a highly competent intelligence agent who takes on a promising new trainee (who also happens to be his nephew)....

‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ Being Adapted As A Stage Musical By Germain Lussier/Dec. 6, 2012 1:25 pm EST Guillermo Del Toro is known for being busy, but this past few days have been ridiculous. The director of the upcoming Pacific Rim just signed for his follow-up project, Crimson Peak, agreed to co-write the sequel to Pacific Rim, a trailer is coming out soon, the viral marketing has started, and now he’s revealed one of his most famous films will be turned into a stage musical....

‘Parkland’ Trailer: A Very Undignified End For A Very Dignified Man By Russ Fischer/Aug. 21, 2013 6:30 am EST The latest film about the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy is Parkland, named for the hospital that received Kennedy after he was shot in Dallas. The film is the directorial debut of journalist Peter Landesman, and features a high-profile cast playing the many people who surrounded the President at the time: Ron Livingston and Billy Bob Thronton are secret service agents, Paul Giamatti is Arnold Zapruder, Zac Efron and Marcia Gay Harden are Parkland employees, and Jacki Weaver and James Badge Dale are Lee Harvey Oswald’s immediate family....

‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Poster Close-Up Reveals Character Spoiler By Russ Fischer/Dec. 2, 2013 1:00 pm EST One of the biggest gripes audiences had with Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3 was that it featured too many villains — there were Venom, the Sandman, and a Green Goblin-influenced Harry Osborn. That’s a lot, and it seemed like easing up would be a good idea, but Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 isn’t backing off from the “everything and the kitchen sink” approach....