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‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ Commercials Are Advertising High Frame Rate By Germain Lussier/Oct. 26, 2012 4:50 pm EST Hollywood history was made earlier this week and not only did most of us miss it, it happened again Thursday night. During the World Series, Warner Bros. premiered the second commercial for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Much like the debut commercial for Peter Jackson’s first in a series of Hobbit films, the spot features new footage, an advance ticket on-sale date and Howard Shore’s gorgeous score....

‘The Pirate Fairy’ Trailer: Featuring Tom Hiddleston As A Pre-Hook Captain Hook By Angie Han/Dec. 4, 2013 11:30 am EST Tom Hiddleston is already a Disney prince of sorts, but he’ll dive even deeper into the Mouse House next spring. A few months back, it was announced that Hiddleston and Christina Hendricks had signed on for The Pirate Fairy, a sort of Peter Pan spinoff about Tinkerbell (Mae Whitman — yes, her), a badass fairy named Zarina (Hendricks), and the cabin boy (James) she falls for....

‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ Adds ‘Jack Reacher’ Actor Josh Helman By Angie Han/June 25, 2013 2:15 pm EST That name may not immediately ring a bell, especially if you’re not from Down Under, but he’s quickly making his presence known in the States. He last starred in Jack Reacher and will soon appear in Mad Max: Fury Road. Hit the jump for more details on his casting. Helman joins a sprawling cast that currently includes — deep breath now — James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellan, Patrick Stewart, Halle Berry, Ellen Page, Shawn Ashmore, Anna Paquin, Daniel Cudmore, Peter Dinklage, Omar Sy, Fan Bingbing, Booboo Stewart, Adan Canto, and Evan Peters....

Bradley Cooper Set To Star In Witness Protection Thriller ‘American Blood’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 24, 2014 11:30 am EST Briefly: The Hangover films made Bradley Cooper a star, and two films with David O. Russell made him into an awards contender. That puts Cooper in a rare position, where he can go from voicing an animated raccoon in a Marvel movie to having his pick of potential prestige pictures. One of the latter is American Blood, which will be based on a forthcoming novel from the young New Zealand author Ben Sanders....

Cool Stuff: Lego X-Mansion From ‘X-Men’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 10, 2014 8:00 am EST This Lego Cuusoo thing really works. Back to the Future and Ghostbusters are just two of the major properties builders created and uploaded to the site, only to be endorsed by fans, put in front of the Lego review board, approved and made available to the public. Now there’s another super cool set we want to alert people to, hoping it might get pushed through....

Cool Stuff: The Full Mondo Artwork For The ‘Tarantino XX’ Box Set By Germain Lussier/Oct. 26, 2012 4:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. All week, sites like ours have been debuting artist Ken Taylor’s gorgeous art for the upcoming Tarantino XX Blu-ray box set, which will be released on November 20. It’ll feature Blu-rays of Tarantino’s debut, Reservoir Dogs, as well as Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, True Romance (scripted by Tarantino, but directed by Tony Scott), the two Kill Bill films, Death Proof, Inglourious Basterds, and new supplemental material....

Could The Spider-Slayers Show Up In ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’? By Angie Han/Oct. 15, 2013 12:31 pm EST Spider-Man will have his hands plenty full in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 with Electro and the Rhino, but now there’s a hint that yet another villain could come into play. The viral site The Daily Bugle has just posted a fake news story which name-checks a certain scientist who has historically not been such a big fan of Spidey....

Ewan McGregor To Lead Phillip Noyce’s ‘American Pastoral’ By Angie Han/June 19, 2014 8:30 am EST Even as he puts the finishing touches on The Giver, Phillip Noyce is making some progress on his next film. Ewan McGregor has been confirmed to lead American Pastoral, the long-gestating adaptation of the Philip Roth novel. Hit the jump for plot details and more. Speaking with Coming Soon, Noyce blamed the slow progress on the difficulty of finding the right lead actor....

First Look: Natalie Portman In David Gordon Green’s Your Highness By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 24, 2009 12:00 am EST [No photo] The first set photo of Natalie Portman in David Gordon Green’s The Highness has been discovered on the fansite Natalieportman.com [via Playlist / Collider]. The photo shows the suspected actress, in green and sporting a shorter haircut, watching on as a medieval jousting duel takes place in background. Check out the full photo after the jump....

Guillermo Del Toro Envisioned Charlie Day As The Villain Of ‘Pacific Rim 2’ By Angie Han/Aug. 5, 2013 2:30 pm EST We still don’t know whether Pacific Rim will ever get a sequel, but Guillermo del Toro’s been dreaming up plotlines for one since way before the first film ever opened. Now star Charlie Day’s revealed a tantalizing tidbit about one of the director’s many ideas. According to Day, his nerdy scientist character Newt Geiszler was originally supposed to be the villain of Pacific Rim 2....

Johnny Depp Says Retirement From Acting Is “Not Too Far Away” By Angie Han/July 29, 2013 1:30 pm EST If the failure of The Lone Ranger suggested that audiences may be ready to take a break from Johnny Depp, the actor’s latest statements indicate that the feeling may be mutual. Depp told UK press today that he was “probably not too far away” from retiring from acting, after about three decades in the business....

Joss Whedon Wanted To Direct ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ By Angie Han/Jan. 14, 2013 4:00 pm EST It probably won’t be long now before Disney formally announces the new director of Star Wars Episode VII, but until then we’re going to continue with the process of elimination. Last week, Guillermo del Toro revealed that he most definitely would not be taking over at the helm. Today, we can also cross Joss Whedon off the list of possibilities....

Michael Cera Stars In Trailer For ‘Crystal Fairy’ And Directs Short Film ‘Failure’ By Russ Fischer/June 20, 2013 1:57 pm EST Sebastián Silva’s first film at Sundance this year was the road trip/drug trip experiment Crystal Fairy & The Magical Cactus, or simply Crystal Fairy. Michael Cera stars as a somewhat clueless and boorish American on extended holiday in Chile. All he really wants to do is find a San Pedro cactus that he can boil down so that he can trip balls thanks to the hallucinogenic properties of the plant....

Netflix Orders Two To Five More Episodes Of ‘Arrested Development’ By Angie Han/Dec. 12, 2012 12:00 pm EST A little over a year ago, Netflix made TV lovers’ dreams come true with the announcement that they’d be reviving Arrested Development for a ten-episode season. The word came as even the most diehard fans had lost all hope of ever seeing the Bluths again, no matter how optimistically creator Mitch Hurwitz talked up the movie sequel....

New ‘Ender’s Game’ Trailer Out Tuesday, Here’s A Sneak Peek By Germain Lussier/Aug. 5, 2013 10:30 am EST Another trailer that debuted at Comic-Con is set to come online this week. The latest action-packed trailer for Gavin Hood’s Ender’s Game will be released at 9 a.m. PST on Tuesday August 6, and you can check out a teaser for it below. Thanks to Facebook for this tease. Read more about the trailer from our Comic-Con coverage here and, of course, check back tomorrow for the full reveal....

Oliver Stone Drops MLK Biopic; Darren Aronofsky Won’t Direct ‘Red Sparrow’ By Angie Han/Jan. 18, 2014 11:00 am EST We talk all the time here about new projects for our favorite directors, but today we’re going to talk about two films that have just been dropped by their respective helmers. According to new reports, Darren Aronofsky has walked away from the thriller Red Sparrow, after circling the picture for months. Meanwhile, Oliver Stone is kicking off his MLK weekend by announcing that he is no longer making an MLK biopic....

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley’s Role Confirmed For Transformers 3 - Sam Witwicky’s Future Wife? By Adam Quigley/July 21, 2010 9:30 pm EST NO PHOTOS We’ve known for a couple months now that Victoria’s Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley would be taking over as the love interest for the third entry of Michael Bay’s Transformers series, and have even got a few glimpses at her showing off her assets on set. But there still hasn’t been any explanation as to what her place in the film would be, or if her cleavage’s screen time would be able to compete with that of Megan Fox....

Set Photos: George Clooney’s ‘The Ides Of March’ By Germain Lussier/March 1, 2011 4:30 pm EST [No photo] Manned with one of the most impressive casts in recent memory, including Ryan Gosling, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, Max Minghella and Evan Rachel Wood, George Clooney’s The Ides of March is currently shooting aimed at a late 2011 release. Clooney stars, co-wrote and is directing the film, based on the play Farragut North by Beau Willimon....

Stupid Movie Executive Quote Of The Day By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 31, 2008 7:05 pm EST Tom Bernard, Co-President of Sony Pictures Classics (aka Where Good Films Go to Die) [indiewire] Smart Movie Executive Quote of the Day “When you have a quality film of this caliber made by amazingly talented filmmakers and actors who truly believe and support a project, you can only succeed. We knew [Juno] had cross over potential and it has resonated with audiences all across the country....

Superhero Bits: Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., Thor: The Dark World, Batman And Robin, Watchmen, X-Men: Days Of Future Past By Germain Lussier/Sept. 12, 2013 10:30 am EST Want to see a new featurette on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? How has Kat Dennings’ character changed in Thor: The Dark World? What piece of Batman and Robin swag can you now own? Does Hugh Jackman think Wolverine will back after X-Men: Days of Future Past?...