Tim Blake Nelson Joins ‘Fantastic Four’ As Harvey Elder By Angie Han/April 30, 2014 3:45 pm EST Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four already has a central quartet and a badass villain. But now it’s getting around to casting some other key characters. Tim Blake Nelson has just joined the superhero saga as Harvey Elder, known in the comics as the Mole Man. Hit the jump for more on what he’ll be doing in the franchise....
TV Trailer: J.J. Abrams-Produced Jonah Nolan-Written TV Show ‘Person Of Interest’ By Germain Lussier/May 19, 2011 2:00 pm EST Watch an extended trailer for the show and read the official description after the jump. Thanks to io9 for the heads up. And here’s the plot description: Using state-of-the-art surveillance technology, the two work outside of the law using Reese’s adept skills and Finch’s unlimited wealth to unravel the mystery of the person of interest and stop the crime before it happens....
Two Teaser Posters For Pixar’s ‘Monsters University’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 30, 2012 8:44 am EST Ask most people to pick their favorite Pixar movie and one that often gets forgotten is Monsters Inc. Pete Docter’s Oscar winner came out over a decade ago and the characters haven’t resurfaced. So, unlike films such as Toy Story, The Incredibles and Wall-E, it’s simply not as fresh in everyone’s mind. But audiences love Monsters Inc....
‘American Hustle’ Trailer: Everyone Plays Their Part And Runs Their Own Game By Russ Fischer/Oct. 9, 2013 4:22 pm EST The first teaser trailer sold the fun of watching them all decked out in period garb, lying, stealing, screwing, and scamming, with Led Zeppelin scoring the action, and probably costing more than Russell’s first couple films in the process. American Hustle opens on December 13. Yahoo has the trailer.
‘Bears’ Trailer: Disneynature Gets Grizzly In 2014 By Angie Han/April 2, 2013 5:00 pm EST After exploring Earth, Oceans, African Cats, and Chimpanzee(s) over the past few Earth Days, Disneynature is taking a bit of a break from the theater this year. Their next film, Wings of Life, hits later this month, but only on home video. But fear not, because Disneynature will be back in full force next year. The documentary label has just revealed a trailer for its next theatrical release, the simply titled Bears....
‘Doomed!’ Trailer: Documenting The Rise And Fall Of Roger Corman’s ‘Fantastic Four’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 14, 2014 5:30 am EST The Roger Corman-produced version of The Fantastic Four, from 1994, is like an optical illusion. Every time I try to watch the thing, I get about five minutes in before my eyes and brain resolutely decide to look at anything else. The term “unwatchable” gets thrown around a fair bit, but Corman’s Fantastic Four is a great candidate to define the term....
‘Fight Club’ Sequel Comic Moves Ahead With Help Of ‘Hawkeye’ Writer Matt Fraction By Angie Han/Jan. 30, 2014 6:30 am EST For his part, Fraction hinted at the collaboration on Twitter. He followed up with a blog post that read, simply, “What’s the first rule of Fight Club?” So he’s apparently not talking for now. But Palahniuk dished out some of the plot details last year. #satanista #fightclub2 #ohyeahitsfuckinghappening — BUTT STUFF WEREWOLF (@mattfraction) January 25, 2014...
‘Masters Of The Universe:’ Jeff Wadlow Re-Writing The Script By Russ Fischer/April 10, 2014 12:45 pm EST Sony and Escape Artists are reviving He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, after the toy and cartoon property spent years in development hell. At one point recently, Jon M. Chu (G.I. Joe Retaliation) was going to direct a script by Terry Rossio (Pirates of the Caribbean, The Lone Ranger). Now Kick-Ass 2 director Jeff Wadlow has been hired to re-write the film, and there is supposition that he could direct as well....
‘The Mummy’ Release Date Pushed Back By Angie Han/Aug. 1, 2014 4:00 am EST Universal’s plans to kick-start a new Universal Monsters franchise will have to wait just a little bit longer. The studio has delayed The Mummy release date by a few months, making room for the Snow White and the Huntsman prequel The Huntsman as previously reported. Hit the jump for the latest details on the Mummy reboot. The studio announced that The Mummy release date is now set for June 24, 2016, instead of April 22, 2016 as has been planned since last year....
Cool Stuff: ACME Archives’ Exclusive D23 Expo Art Featuring ‘Ducktales,’ ‘Star Wars,’ ‘20,000 Leagues’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 8, 2013 9:37 am EST The D23 Expo begins Friday in Anaheim, CA and /Film will be on the scene. We’re expecting to learn tons more about Frozen, The Good Dinosaur, Tomorrowland and maybe even Star Wars Episode VII. We’ll have updates here on the site as soon as possible, so keep checking back....
DC Comics Tells 7th Grader Its Movies Sell More Than Marvel’s By Germain Lussier/Jan. 8, 2014 12:00 pm EST Fanboys who read movie websites aren’t the only ones who realize Marvel is beating DC at the movie theater. A 7th grader was tasked with writing a company for a school project and he chose DC Comics. He wrote that he’s a huge fan of DC’s properties but asks “How does DC plan to compete against Marvel movies when Marvel seemingly dominates the live action superhero movie industry?...
Extended ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ “Rogue Cut” Arrives Summer 2015 By Russ Fischer/Sept. 25, 2014 6:05 pm EST Variety reports that the “Rogue Cut” will feature “more than 10 minutes of extra footage,” including not only Rogue’s scenes, but “sequences involving other characters, as well.” Kinberg said, We’ve known that Paquin’s scenes were cut because the film was already plot-heavy, and Kinberg says her stuff “didn’t fit” with the film as we saw it, especially thanks to its heavy focus on Xavier....
How GM And Philips Almost Killed ‘Toy Story’ And All Of Your Favorite Pixar Movies [Trivia] By Peter Sciretta/July 2, 2014 5:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As you probably know, Ed Catmull was recruited by George Lucas to run Lucasfilm’s Computer Division. Pixar started out as a computer hardware and software technology company. The early genesis of the company was The Graphics Group, one third of Lucasfilm’s Computer Division....
Ian McKellen Will Play A Retired Sherlock Holmes In ‘Slight Trick Of The Mind’ By Angie Han/Sept. 5, 2013 8:51 am EST Over a century since he first appeared in print, Sherlock Holmes is, if anything, more popular than ever. BBC’s Sherlock and CBS’ Elementary offer dueling visions of the famed detective in present-day London and New York, respectively, while Robert Downey Jr. plays a less modern, more Iron Man-y version of him in the Warner Bros....
Jean-Claude Van Damme Tries Intentional Comedy In ‘Welcome To The Jungle’ Trailer By Russ Fischer/Nov. 25, 2013 3:30 pm EST I might ask “why has Jean Claude Van Damme never done a comedy?” and someone could scoff “dude, didn’t you see Cyborg? Or Double Impact? Or Street Fight—” and I’d say “shut up, why hasn’t he made a movie that was billed as a comedy?” That conversation can go around and around, but the truth remains: there really isn’t a JCVD movie that is obviously designed for laughs more than anything else....
Mark Ruffalo Talks Expanded Hulk Role In ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ By Germain Lussier/June 5, 2014 1:20 pm EST Ruffalo has been pretty open about filming Avengers: Age of Ultron, which hits theaters next May. In a new interview he talked a bit more about Hulk’s expanded role. His quotes give a tiny hint at how the character will have more to do in the highly-anticipated sequel. Read the Mark Ruffalo Hulk quotes below....
Netflix Strays From Binge-Watching Model With ‘Turbo FAST’; Watch The Trailer By Angie Han/Dec. 3, 2013 12:30 pm EST So far, one of the ways that Netflix has differed from traditional TV is its model of distribution. Netflix typically releases a whole season at once, rather than parceling episodes out over the course of several weeks or months. But as the streaming service moves into children’s programming, they’re looking to shake up their approach....
New ‘Thor: The Dark World’ Poster By Russ Fischer/Aug. 1, 2013 9:24 am EST We’re close enough to the release of Thor: The Dark World that it’s time for the photoshop collage poster, featuring as many elements as possible. In truth, this collage is better than many. It’s got Thor (Chris Hemsworth) cradling Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) front and center, while Malekith the Accursed (Christopher Eccleston) looks on and Loki (Tom Hiddleston) laughs....
Now Lee Daniels Is In Talks To Make The Richard Prior Biopic By Russ Fischer/Jan. 10, 2014 4:15 pm EST It almost feels like there could be a movie about the effort to make a biopic about Richard Pryor. Various producers and directors have been attached to the film over the past few years, with Richard Condon almost getting the green light back in 2010. The film is in the hands of the Weinstein Company, and after Lee Daniels and the company did well together with The Butler (er, Lee Daniels’ The Butler) the plan is now for them to reunite to chronicle Pryor’s life....
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