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‘Penny Dreadful’ Trailer: The ‘Skyfall’ Team Tries To Scare You Senseless By Angie Han/Jan. 16, 2014 3:30 pm EST Sam Mendes and John Logan worked together to bring us Skyfall in 2012, and they’re teaming for the next Bond movie as well. But before that gets going, they’re reuniting for a very different kind of project. Showtime’s Penny Dreadful is a sort of horror mash-up, weaving famed monsters like Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, and Dorian Gray together into one spooky Victorian-era yarn....

‘The Wolf Of Wall Street’ FX Reel Showcases Invisible CGI By Russ Fischer/Jan. 13, 2014 4:00 pm EST There are a lot of complaints about over-reliance on CG in Hollywood films, and some of those gripes are on point. Films that go overboard with computer-generated creatures and digital doubles can quickly increase the distance between an audience and the story, rather than bridging it. But a great many films use CG in ways that most audiences never think about while a film runs....

By Angie Han/Nov. 14, 2012 3:27 pm EST As the old saying goes, you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. So while some movie exhibitors have responded to annoying cell phone use in theaters by deploying theater ninjas or simply kicking out rude patrons altogether, Cinemark is taking a different tack with a bit of positive reinforcement. The national theater chain has just unveiled a new iPhone and Android app called CineMode, which tracks whether a cell phone is used during a film....

Could Daniel Craig Be Cut Out Of The ‘Dragon Tattoo’ Sequel? By Angie Han/Jan. 31, 2013 8:55 am EST Because it was based on the first of a trilogy of books, David Fincher’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo was inspiring sequel talk even before the first film started shooting. Yet over a year since the film’s theatrical release, Sony’s made surprisingly little progress on The Girl Who Played With Fire....

Doc Brown Is The New Face Of Argentinian Electronics Store Garbarino By Angie Han/Sept. 9, 2011 9:00 am EST It seems Christopher Lloyd’s still doing brisk business playing Doc Brown, his iconic character from Back to the Future. I loved seeing him step back into character for the Nike MAG sneaker ad — right in the middle of the Lone Pine Mall, no less. But there’s also another, somewhat less awesome commercial featuring Lloyd-as-Doc making the rounds....

First Look: Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel And Teresa Palmer In The Sorcerer’s Apprentice By Peter Sciretta/March 27, 2009 1:23 am EST [No photo] Disney’s The Sorcerer’s Apprentice is currently shooting in New York City and the gossip sites have the first look at the film’s cast. JustJared has the first photos of Nicolas Cage (WTF?) filming a scene in a subway station with co-star Jay Baruchel. Loosely adapted from the classic story from Fantasia, and based in modern-day Manhattan, Baruchel stars as Cage’s Apprentice, who gets into trouble when the broomstick he’s tasked to do his chores while the Sorcerer is away somehow develops a mind of its own....

By Germain Lussier/Jan. 13, 2014 3:15 pm EST Kinberg, who is also working on Star Wars, X-Men and Fantastic Four, will be tasked with taking this massive world and leading it in a filmable direction. It’s a task no one at Universal was able to do in the years the property was at that studio, so it’ll obviously be a challenge. While the card game, at its roots, isn’t a narrative experience, over the years a set of characters and concepts have been written that are now familiar to dedicated players....

Is Spider-Man 3 The Most Expensive Movie Of All Time? By Peter Sciretta/April 23, 2007 2:43 pm EST RADAR online is reporting that Spider-Man 3 is the most expensive movie of all time. The site/magazine claims that Sony has spent over $350 million on the film so far. You add Press and Advertising and that figure goes up to half a billion. But is it true? The original number coming from the studio was $250 million....

Jonás Cuarón Discusses His ‘Gravity’ Companion Short ‘Aningaaq’ By Angie Han/Oct. 29, 2013 4:59 pm EST (Note: Spoilers for Gravity follow.)Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity doesn’t really need extra frills to make it better, but a companion short film directed by Cuarón’s son and co-writer Jonás Cuarón could enhance the experience all the same. “Aningaaq” revisits a key scene from the feature in which Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) happens to make contact with someone on Earth — only from the perspective of the Inuit fisherman (played by Orto Ignatiussen) on the other side....

Kellan Lutz To Star In ‘Hercules 3D’ By Angie Han/April 5, 2013 8:25 am EST While Brett Ratner’s Hercules for MGM/Paramount has been busy nailing down supporting actors over the past couple of months, Millennium’s competing Hercules 3D is just getting started on casting. And first up is the legendary warrior himself. Twilight actor Kellan Lutz has just signed on to take the lead in the film, which is being directed by Renny Harlin....

Mechs Run Amok In ‘Robotech’ Fan Trailer By Russ Fischer/Jan. 7, 2013 1:30 pm EST Guillermo del Toro is doing giant robots in Pacific Rim, Michael Bay did them in Transformers, and an updated version of Voltron has been in and out of development for years. But Robotech, which was the mid-’80s US combination and localization of several Japanese TV series, has yet to inspire a live-action film. Plans were afoot at Warner Bros....

Moon Bloodgood Cast In Terminator 4 By Peter Sciretta/April 21, 2008 1:29 am EST Good news for Terminator fans: First it was confirmed earlier this weekend that The Sarah Connor Chronicles has been renewed for a second season. Second, the rumor from last week that Terminator 4 had been shut down has turned out to be untrue after all. And now THR reports that Moon Bloodgood is in final negotiations for the female lead in McG’s upcoming film....

Netflix In Talks For ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ TV Show By Russ Fischer/May 23, 2014 1:00 pm EST For years, director David Wain and many of the actors involved in his film Wet Hot American Summer have talked about a sequel. The original film, which featured an incredible roster of then-up and coming talent as counselors at summer camp, even ends with a joke that sets up a sequel, in which the counselors would reunite years after the end of the film....

Nicolas Winding Refn Explains ‘Only God Forgives’ Scriptwriting Process In Behind The Scenes Footage By Russ Fischer/April 4, 2013 11:00 am EST We’ve only just seen the first trailer from Nicolas Winding Refn’s new film Only God Forgives, in which Ryan Gosling plays a man looking to avenge his brother’s murder in Bangkok. (There appears to be a bit more to the story than that, but we’ll keep it simple for now....

Page 2: Transformers, Jaws, Ghostbusters, Frozen, Harry Potter, Gremlins, Twister, Star Wars, Muppets, Apes By sfsuperadmin/Aug. 5, 2014 3:00 pm EST Header Photo: Days of Future Extinction t-shirt Let’s Dream-Cast the All-Lady ‘Ghostbusters 3’Ten Things I Learned at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con THIS FRIDAY – Mark Englert returns to G1988 with the second installment to his Director Series. Know Your Groots: 11 Sentient Trees Branched Out of Pop Culture...

Paramount Announces ‘Transformers 5’ For 2016 By Russ Fischer/June 18, 2014 12:45 pm EST Paramount loves sequels just as much as any other studio, and at the CineEurope confab — basically the European CinemaCon — studio reps touted the company’s upcoming schedule. 2016 is thick with sequels, with Transformers 5 newly announced for that year alongside Beverly Hills Cop 4, G.I. Joe 3, and Hansel and Gretel 2. Also in the 2016 announcement is Paranormal Activity 5, which represents a huge delay for the title....

Paramount Moving Ahead With ‘World War Z’ Sequel By Germain Lussier/June 24, 2013 11:30 am EST Over the past few weeks, Brad Pitt has been cautiously optimistic about a potential sequel to his new zombie film, World War Z. He knows there’s more story to tell and more parts of Max Brooks’ novel to explore, but he was unsure about how the public would embrace the film. Well, after a $112 million opening weekend ($66 million in the US and $46 million international), which is also the biggest of Pitt’s career, Paramount has decided to move forward on a sequel to World War Z....

POTD: Seth Rogen Begins Work On The ‘Preacher’ Pilot By Peter Sciretta/July 1, 2014 2:00 pm EST Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have begun work on the pilot episode of AMC’s small screen adaptation of Preacher, based on the comic series by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. Today Seth Rogen has tweeted a photo showing that work has started on the pilot episode with Breaking Bad’s Sam Catlin who will serve as the series showrunner....

Quentin Tarantino Confirms ‘The Hateful Eight’, Wants To Do Sci-Fi By Angie Han/July 28, 2014 8:00 am EST Quentin Tarantino called off his plans to make The Hateful Eight the moment we found out about them, but over the past few months it seems like he’s slowly been warming to the project once more. Then this weekend at Comic-Con, he finally confirmed that the film is back on. And this being Tarantino, of course he doesn’t just have one project in the works....

Scarlett Johansson And Jonah Hill In Talks For The Coen Brothers’ ‘Hail Caesar!’ [UPDATED] By Angie Han/July 9, 2014 2:00 pm EST Way back in 2001, when she was just a teenager, Scarlett Johansson had a supporting role in Joel and Ethan Coen’s The Man Who Wasn’t There. Now that she’s all grown up, she’s getting ready to team up with them again. The Avengers actress is in talks to board Hail Caesar!...