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‘Sharknado’ Gets Midnight Theatrical Run By Germain Lussier/July 26, 2013 9:45 am EST Regal Cinemas knows what their customers want. They want sharks in tornados, at midnight, on a big screen with super loud sound. Sharknado, the SyFy exploitation film starring Ian Ziering and Tara Reid, will play at midnight on August 2 at about 200 Regal Cinemas across the country. That’s quite a step up for a made-for-TV movie.The Hollywood Reporter reported on the news....

‘Sin City: A Dame To Kill For’ Trailer: Violence In Black, White, And Red By Russ Fischer/March 6, 2014 12:38 pm EST Here’s the first Sin City: A Dame to Kill For trailer, from Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller. Nine years after the release of the first film, the duo has created a sequel that once again splashes Miller’s distinct visual style on the screen. Blending some of Miller’s previously published stories with new material, the film has a giant cast (of course) and appears to be just as grim and relentless as the first....

‘Transformers: Age Of Extinction’ Trailer: Optimus Needs A New Dinobot Army By Russ Fischer/May 14, 2014 11:59 pm EST In the first trailer for Transformers: Age of Extinction, we met Mark Wahlberg and his family, and watched as he revived the wreck of Optimus Prime. In this one, Prime speaks up , and starts to explain the plot. He tells us enough to get the trailer moving with big explosions and craziness, and eventually gets around to insisting that he needs a new army, just before we see him ride into a city astride the Dinobot Grimlock....

‘Wolves’ Trailer: Havok And Khal Drogo Are Werewolves At War By Angie Han/Feb. 13, 2014 2:30 pm EST As Khal Drogo on Game of Thrones, Jason Momoa was the feared leader of a vicious tribe of warriors. As Connor in David Hayter’s Wolves, he’s pretty much the same thing, only his charges are werewolves instead of horse-lords. X-Men: First Class star Lucas Till plays the protagonist, a recently orphaned high school student who’s horrified to discover that he’s turning into a wolf....

Colin Farrell Confirms ‘True Detective’ Season 2 Role By Angie Han/Sept. 22, 2014 8:00 am EST After a lengthy casting process that had rumors flying left and right, True Detective Season 2 has finally set its first star. Colin Farrell has confirmed that he will star in the HBO mystery series, which is expected to air next year. Farrell also mentions that the rest of the cast has not been “locked down” yet, though Vince Vaughn and Taylor Kitsch have been reported as likely stars....

Disney’s First Marvel Animated Film ‘Big Hero 6’ Gets Trailer May 22 By Germain Lussier/May 16, 2014 12:28 pm EST November 7 is going to be a great day at the movies. That’s the day Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar hits theaters for adults and for the kid in all of us, Disney is releasing their first animated Marvel movie. It’s called Big Hero 6 and, up until now, we’ve heard and seen very little about it....

Drafthouse Films Releases ‘Trailer War’ Compilation Of Rare Vintage Exploitation Film Promos By Angie Han/Oct. 2, 2012 2:33 pm EST In the two years since its launch, Drafthouse Films has compiled an enjoyably eclectic lineup ranging from the retrofuturistic break-dancing apocalypse comedy The FP to last year’s foreign film Oscar nominee Bullhead. But even by those standards, their latest release Trailer War is a little bit different. It’s not so much a movie as it is a feature-length compilation of trailers — gloriously bizarre, gleefully tasteless vintage trailers from low-budget exploitation flicks, in the vein of the old 42nd Street Forever compilations....

Elizabeth Olsen In Talks For Scarlet Witch In ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ [Updated] By Germain Lussier/Aug. 22, 2013 11:25 am EST Joss Whedon’s highly anticipated 2015 sequel, Avengers: Age of Ultron, will surely have lots of new characters in addition to the returning superheroes Marvel has already cast. Two specific roles we know of are brother and sister superheroes Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch. They will reportedly be at odds with the Avengers before teaming up to help defeat Ultron....

Geek Deal: Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Five Disc 3D/Blu-ray/DVD/Digital For $12.90 By Peter Sciretta/June 14, 2013 10:30 am EST

Jesus Movie ‘The Resurrection’ Coming From ‘Waterworld’ Director By Angie Han/Sept. 30, 2013 5:00 pm EST Biblical adventures are the new fairy tales, at least when it comes to Hollywood. As evidenced by the upcoming releases of Darren Aronofsky’s Noah and Ridley Scott’s Exodus, religious epics are the newest trend to take Hollywood by storm. The latest filmmaker to jump on that bandwagon is Waterworld director Kevin Reynolds, who’ll the Jesus Christ pic The Resurrection....

Johnny Depp Confirmed For ‘Black Mass’, Tom Hardy In Talks By Angie Han/Feb. 7, 2014 11:00 am EST The Whitey Bulger biopic Black Mass got a fresh jolt of life last month when Scott Cooper entered talks to direct, and now it’s taking another big step forward as casting gets underway. In the lead role will be Johnny Depp, who previously signed on and then quit the project last year, while Tom Hardy is in early talks to play his FBI handler John Connolly....

Kathleen Kennedy Says ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ Draws Major Inspiration From ‘Star Wars’ Origins By Russ Fischer/May 10, 2013 4:21 pm EST The news that Star Wars: Episode VII will shoot in the UK isn’t a big deal, as the series has always had a production home in Britain. But in announcing plans to film the new Episode at one of the UK’s major studios (which one is not specified), LucasFilm president Kathleen Kennedy has issued a statement that some fans might find promising....

Lionsgate Moving Ahead With ‘Now You See Me’ Sequel By Angie Han/Aug. 9, 2013 10:00 am EST In many respects, Now You See Me doesn’t fit into the usual franchise-starter template. It’s not based on a comic book, or a young adult series, or anything else, for that matter. It cost a (relatively) moderate amount to make, and it was never envisioned as a big summer tentpole for the studio....

Mondo Announces Ben Affleck Poster Series Including ‘Argo,’ ‘The Town’ And ‘Gone Baby Gone’ By Germain Lussier/Dec. 6, 2013 12:30 pm EST Before Ben Affleck becomes Batman, he’s getting his own Mondo poster series. The company just revealed they’ve got a new series of limited edition prints coming up, based on the director’s previous films Gone Baby Gone, The Town and Argo. Here’s what the actor/director said about the company:...

New ‘The Wolverine’ Image Features A Bone Claw Flashback By Russ Fischer/Oct. 25, 2012 8:02 am EST Whether or not you like this new image of Hugh Jackman in The Wolverine might depend to some extent on your feelings about the character’s claws. See, in early Wolverine comics appearances the guy was a mutant whose skeleton had been enhanced with adamantium, and his claws were added during that process. Later, Marvel wrote in a big change: the claws are actually bone, and have been with Wolvie since birth; they were coated with adamantium when the guy’s skeleton was tweaked....

New Images: Matt Damon In ‘Elysium’ And Ryan Gosling In ‘Only God Forgives’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 19, 2012 9:54 am EST The two films represented here couldn’t be more different in many ways, but they share a couple of significant characteristics. While Elysium is a gritty science fiction thriller and Only God Forgives is a sort of Western revenge film set in Thailand, both movies are the new projects from directors whose last films turned them into huge names....

Page 2: Cowboys And Aliens, Back To The Future, Men In Black 3, Harry Potter, Dark Shadows, Zach Galifianakis, Star Wars, Firefly, Toy Story, Dexter, Transformers, Doctor Who By Peter Sciretta/July 5, 2011 9:00 am EST Chewbacca street art. The Atlantic lists the 50 greatest movie franchises of all time. The t-shirt of the day on TeeFury is a Harry Potter-inspired design “Masters of Death”. Hipstamatic has released a free Cowboys and Aliens Freepak which will make your iPhone photos look like they were shot and color timed by Academy-nominated director of photography Matthew Libatique....

Page 2: Rushmore, Downton, King Kong, Titanic, Back To The Future, Metropolis, Sherlock Holmes, Star Trek, South Park, Power Rangers, Star Wars, Samuel L. Jackson By Peter Sciretta/March 29, 2012 1:30 pm EST Header Photo: Rushmore poster by Marinaesque Racist Hunger Games Fans Are Very Disappointed Watch Chasing Trinity part 2: BIGGEST CAR CHASE EVER Movies.com’s Girls on Film takes a look at Katniss Everdeen and the Problem with Hero WorshipTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles CakeGawker explains “Why I’ll Never Recap a TV Show Again”...

POTD: ‘Terminator Genesis’ Filming Gets Under Way By Germain Lussier/April 21, 2014 6:07 pm EST Today, Skydance Productions uploaded an interesting photo to the company Facebook account. It shows a slate marking roll one, take one of a film directed by Alan Taylor. On the side, it says “R.I.P Sarah,” likely in honor of the late camera assistant Sarah Jones. The slate is a good announcement that Terminator Genesis filming is under way....

Superhero Bits: Age Of Ultron, Man Of Steel, Kick-Ass 2, The Wolverine, Amazing Spider-Man 2, Guardians Of The Galaxy By Germain Lussier/July 23, 2013 12:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Does Chris Evans know who Ultron is? Is Jeff Wadlow writing X-Force? Want to see some Guardians of the Galaxy costumes? What happens in Marvel One Shot: Agent Carter? Will there be an unrated version of The Wolverine?...