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POTD: ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ Battery Of John Boyega, Daisy Ridley And J.J. Abrams Plus A Cameo By Germain Lussier/Aug. 19, 2014 9:30 am EST What you’ve got to love about Twitter are the windows it opens. The way a single tweet can just set your imagination on fire with possibility. Monday night, that happened twice. First as a joke, and then as a photo. The photo featured Star Wars Episode VII director J....

Robin Williams Left Four Unreleased Movies By Angie Han/Aug. 12, 2014 9:00 am EST In addition, he’d been developing a sequel to Mrs. Doutbtfire that will likely be cancelled now that Williams is gone. Hit the jump for all the details on Williams’ unreleased projects. He’ll next appear in Merry Friggin’ Christmas, an indie comedy set for November 7. Williams and Joel McHale play a father and son who hit the road to retrieve some forgotten gifts in time for the holidays....

Set Photos: Jeremy Renner And Gemma Arterton As ‘Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters’ By Russ Fischer/March 31, 2011 3:00 pm EST [No photo]Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton have started work on Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, directed by Tommy Wirkola (Dead Snow). The first spy pics are already out, and the show the two actors suited up to kill some witches. Bigger images are below. The film is shooting in Germany, and Famke Janssen, Peter Stormare, Derek Mears and Ingrid Bolsø Berdal are also in the cast....

Stephen Merchant’s HBO Series ‘Hello Ladies’ Gets A Short Tease By Germain Lussier/June 10, 2013 9:54 am EST Almost everything Stephen Merchant touches turns to comedy gold. The Office, Extras, Life’s Too Short, An Idiot Abroad: all shows that are hilarious and well-received across the globe. Merchant’s next show aims to do the same with one small difference. He didn’t co-create this one with Ricky Gervais. On September 29, Merchant steps out on his own with Hello Ladies, an HBO comedy about a lanky British man (played by Merchant) on the prowl in Los Angeles....

Superhero Bits: Captain America The Winter Soldier, RIPD, Justice League, Iron Man 3, X-Men: Days Of Future Past By Germain Lussier/April 11, 2013 1:04 pm EST Want to see a possible glimpse of Captain America’s new suit in Captain America: The Winter Soldier? How much could Iron Man 3 make opening weekend? Which actor is being used in concept art to play The Flash in Justice League? Will Halle Berry’s pregnancy change X-Men Days of Future Past?...

Superhero Bits: Sin City A Dame To Kill For, The Flash, Batman V Superman, Ant-Man, X-Men Apocalypse By Germain Lussier/Aug. 8, 2014 9:00 am EST Want to see some video of a car chase on the set of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice? How well is Guardians of the Galaxy doing at the box office? Who is in a new clip and poster for Sin City: A Dame to Kill For?...

The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 40 – The Man In The Closet By David Chen/Nov. 12, 2010 12:00 pm EST Stephen looks at a series of good and bad bedtime stories and how they occasionally can change the world. The Tobolowsky Files is a podcast from the people who brought you the /Filmcast, featuring a series of stories about life, love, and the entertainment industry, as told by legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky....

By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 7, 2014 1:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Art of John Alvin will be released on August 26th 2014, a retrospective collection of his finest movie poster work, along with previously unseen comprehensives and in progress sketches and commentary from Alvin’s widow. To promote the book, the publisher has released online Alvin’s unused Jurassic Park posters designed for the original Steven Spielberg film....

VOTD: Unfinished ‘Star Wars’ Anime Features Massive Space Battle By Germain Lussier/Sept. 17, 2012 2:18 pm EST Since 1977, there are very, very few things Star Wars hasn’t been. We can debate for hours on end about the merits of the various movies, action figures, sleeping bags, video games, 3D re-releases and things we dare not mention. However, fans almost unamiously agreed that Genndy Tartakovsky’s Clone Wars mini-series, and its subsequent spin-off, are probably the two best things to happen to the franchise since the fall of the Empire....

Will Forte Is Alone In ‘The Last Man On Earth’ Trailer By Russ Fischer/May 13, 2014 12:45 pm EST There has to eventually be more to this than Forte wandering around as the only person left in LA, right? We’ll find out. In the meantime, watch this footage. Oh, and Forte’s character name is obviously derived from the names of the two guys who created the show with him: Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the directors of The Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street....

‘Blood Glacier’ Trailer Looks Like A Visually Effective Descendant Of ‘The Thing’ By Russ Fischer/April 4, 2014 10:30 am EST We’ve seen more than a few films that have been heavily inspired by John Carpenter’s The Thing — one was even also called The Thing! On the surface, the awesomely-titled Blood Glacier is very much in that vein, as it follows a scientific team in the snowy Alps as the small group contends with a bunch of violently mutated animals....

‘Ginger & Rosa’ Trailer: Blooming Before The Bomb Drops By Russ Fischer/Sept. 7, 2012 4:34 pm EST Writer/director Sally Potter takes her time, with only six features released after her 1983 debut, The Gold Diggers. Her 1992 movie Orlando helped push Tilda Swinton from the Derek Jarman coterie into the larger indie movie world, but Potter’s own films since have sat pretty firmly on the fringes of art house territory....

‘Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit’ Poster; Trailer Premiere On Thursday By Russ Fischer/Oct. 2, 2013 12:30 pm EST The timing here is unfortunate — just as Jack Ryan creator Tom Clancy is reported to have passed away, Paramount is kicking the promotion for Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit into gear. The new film stars Chris Pine as CIA intelligence officer Jack Ryan, and revamps the character’s cinematic origin. The film was directed by Kenneth Branagh, who also plays the villain, and also features Kevin Costner, as seen above....

‘The Boxtrolls’ Teaser: Laika’s Next Celebrates A Very Unconventional Family By Angie Han/July 2, 2013 10:28 am EST With only two completed feature films under its belt, Laika’s quickly proving itself to be one of the smartest, most creative animation studios working today. Coraline and ParaNorman were wonderful stop-motion pictures gentle enough for kids, but sharp enough for adults. Now an early teaser indicates that their third release, The Boxtrolls, is shaping up to be the same way....

2014 Screen Actors Guild Award Winners By Germain Lussier/Jan. 18, 2014 10:46 pm EST Park City, Utah might be the home of independent film this week but back in Hollywood, the Screen Actors Guild gave out their annual awards to the best acting performances of the year. Most of the trophies lined up with the Golden Globes, and likely the Oscars, but there was a surprise or two in there. Check out the winners for movies and TV below....

By Angie Han/April 24, 2013 1:14 pm EST

Charming Cast Is Charming In The ‘Pacific Rim’ Gag Reel By Angie Han/Oct. 8, 2013 4:00 pm EST Saving the world from a terrifying race of giant sea monsters is serious business. Making a movie about saving the world from a terrifying race of giant sea monsters appears to be a whole other matter. Although the characters of Pacific Rim weren’t much given to smiling, giggling, or goofing off — they seemed pretty preoccupied with the whole “cancelling the apocalypse” thing — the cast and crew apparently found plenty of opportunities to laugh on set....

Could The MegaUpload Shutdown Have Actually Hurt Box Office Returns? By Russ Fischer/Nov. 26, 2012 2:00 pm EST The argument between movie studios and those who like to download movie content free of change has gone back and forth for years, with the MPAA winning a battle in ealy 2012 when the site MegaUpload was shuttered. MegaUpload hosted a great deal of pirated content, including films, and television, and the ire of the MPAA provided some of the force that helped shut the site down....

Early Buzz: ‘Noah’ Footage Premieres To Rave Reviews By Germain Lussier/July 25, 2013 2:30 pm EST Darren Aronofsky’s Biblical epic Noah is scheduled for release March 28, 2014, which means the marketing should start fairly soon. Case in point, the director showed an early cut of the trailer on Thursday to an audience at the Echo Conference, a church-based conference in Texas for “artists, geeks and storytellers.” He sent a video introduction and then showed the trailer....

First Look: Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan And Tobey Maguire In Baz Luhrmann’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 18, 2011 4:30 pm EST Certain movies are rumored and talked about for so long it’s kind of surreal to actually see them in production. Among the films on that long and distinguished list might be Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby. For well over a year, the film was set to star Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire as Gatsby and Carraway....