Oscar Isaac Joins HBO’s ‘Show Me A Hero’, From ‘The Wire’ Creator David Simon By Angie Han/July 30, 2014 4:00 pm EST The roles keep rolling in for Oscar Isaac. The Star Wars Episode VII actor has been set to star in HBO’s Show Me a Hero, from The Wire creator David Simon. Catherine Keener also boards the civil rights drama, based on the nonfiction book by Lisa Belkin. Hit the jump for more details....
Page 2: Alien, Pixar, Battlestar, Wizard Of Oz, Mad Men, John Carter, Star Wars, Futurama, Zoolander, Simpsons, Narnia, Mr. T, Hunger Games By Peter Sciretta/March 27, 2012 8:00 am EST Header Photo: Take a look at this 1979 concept art for Ridley Scott’s Alien. HireANanny lists the 10 Most Realistic Movies About Parenting Someone is selling the front computer panel to an old PIXAR Image Computer on ebay. Vol1Brooklyn lists 5 Books That Must Never be made into films...
Rumors Swirl About ‘The Amazing-Spider Man’ And ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Villains By Russ Fischer/June 10, 2013 12:09 pm EST Doctor Who isn’t the only big geek property that is the subject of rumor today. Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (and the likely Amazing Spider-Man 3) and James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy are both the subject of rumor, with each specifically talking about a villainous character. The Spidey rumors are more likely to be substantial reveals than the Guardians one, but both remain unconfirmed at this point....
Sequel Bits: ‘Bill & Ted 3’, ‘Blade Runner 2’, ‘Fast & Furious 7’, ‘The Expendables 3’ By Angie Han/Aug. 8, 2013 4:28 pm EST No one would argue that Sean Young wasn’t an important part of Blade Runner, but does she really need to be part of the sequel? Not surprisingly, Sean Young thinks so. To the point that she’s asking people to boycott the follow-up if she doesn’t appear in it....
Seth Rogen And Evan Goldberg Board ‘Console Wars,’ The Story Of Sega Vs. Nintendo By Germain Lussier/Feb. 24, 2014 8:01 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In 1990, Nintendo had a virtual monopoly on the video game industry. Sega, on the other hand, was just a faltering arcade company with big aspirations and even bigger personalities. But that would all change with the arrival of Tom Kalinske, a man who knew nothing about videogames and everything about fighting uphill battles....
Sony Readies A Rollercoaster Tycoon Adaptation By David Chen/May 13, 2010 5:09 am EST Ever played the “Tycoon” series of video games? Games such as “Railroad Tycoon,” “Transport Tycoon,” and “Rollercoaster Tycoon” were like “SimCity” on a smaller level, allowing you to manage one company and compete for world domination in its business. The “Rollercoaster Tycoon” series was particularly popular, spawning two sequels, several expansion packs, a board game, and a book series....
Steve Carell Announces Start Of Shooting On ‘Anchorman: The Legend Continues’, Dylan Baker And Meagan Good Join Cast By Angie Han/March 1, 2013 9:00 am EST As Anchorman: The Legend Continues enters production in Atlanta, it’s been adding new cast members left and right. The newest arrivals today are Meagan Good and Dylan Baker, who join franchise newcomers Kristin Wiig and James Marsden. John C. Reilly is also rumored for a cameo, though the production is staying mum on that one....
Superhero Bits: Guardians Of The Galaxy, Deadpool, Batman V Superman, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Fantastic Four By Germain Lussier/June 27, 2014 9:30 am EST Here’s a new Guardians of the Galaxy featurette via Marvel. Looks like Jesse Eisenberg is in Michigan for Batman v Superman as he posed with an executive from Ford. So is his co-star Tao Okamoto via CBM. We’re making a big bet for 2015 with The Fantastic Four and director Josh Trank....
‘Arrested Development’ Season 4 Gets Premiere Date, Extra Episode, And New Poster By Angie Han/April 4, 2013 7:45 am EST Seven years, three months, and sixteen days. That’s how long Arrested Development fans will have been waiting for new episodes when the fourth season finally premieres on Netflix next month, as revealed by the streaming service today. The fact that the beloved cult comedy is returning at all is reason enough to get excited, but Netflix and the show’s producers are further sweetening the deal with another extra episode, bringing the total for Season 4 up to 15....
‘Curse Of Chucky’ Trailer: It’s A Doll, What’s The Worst That Could Happen? By Russ Fischer/July 8, 2013 2:30 pm EST Brad Dourif is a great character actor, as seen in decades of film work. Most people recognize him as Wormtongue from The Lord of the Rings or Doc Cochran from Deadwood, but if you haven’t seen his early turn in John Huston’s Wise Blood, get that Criterion release in your hands now....
‘Honour’ UK Trailer: Paddy Considine Is Hired To Finish Nasty Family Business By Russ Fischer/Feb. 18, 2014 11:15 am EST In Honour, Paddy Considine plays a man who kills for money, and who finds himself with a particularly unpleasant job. The title is related to honor killings, as the film is about a young Muslim woman, played by Aiysha Hart, whose boyfriend (Nikesh Patel) is so unacceptable to her family that they order her murder....
By Germain Lussier/May 16, 2014 10:10 am EST The first full trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar is now online. And it is excellent. Starring Matthew McConaughey, the film shows us a world where food is becoming scarce. So a small group of explorers heads to the heavens in an attempt to solve mankind’s ultimate problem. Co-stars include Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway, Casey Affleck and Michael Caine, among others. This new Interstellar trailer suggests a surprisingly emotional story of a father’s love for his daughter, and the incredible lengths he’ll go to to save her....
‘Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa’ Red-Band Trailer By Russ Fischer/Oct. 21, 2013 3:00 pm EST The Jackass segments featuring Johnny Knoxville made up to look like a much older man were always fun, but can that concept work during the course of an entire film? We’ll find out in a few days when Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa opens in theaters. In the meantime you can get another look at the film via this red-band trailer, which is very definitely not safe for work thanks to the presence of, among other things, a very stretchy prosthetic penis....
‘Paranormal Activity 5’ Gets Director; ‘Paranormal’ Spin-Off Director To Make ‘Scouts Vs Zombies’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 27, 2013 10:00 am EST Lots of news on the Paranormal Activity front over the past few days, just in time to remind fans there won’t be a new movie this year. First up was the news Almanac writers Jason Pagan and Andrew Deutschman will write the fifth installment of the franchise, set for release October 14, 2014....
‘SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge Out Of Water’ Trailer: Kooks Get Heroic By Russ Fischer/July 31, 2014 10:15 am EST There’s a go-to tactic for animated properties that want to change things up a bit: put the characters in the real world. That’s the trick SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge Out of Water 3D gets up to, as a real-world pirate (well, real-world in the movie’s story, anyway) gets his hands on a book that can turn any story into truth....
‘The Hangover Part III’ Red-Band Trailer: Some Things Never Ever Change By Angie Han/May 16, 2013 3:16 pm EST Four years after The Hangover blew up their careers in a big way, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and Zach Galifianakis are circling back to close that chapter of their careers once and for all. Or at least until Warner Bros. realize these movies are still making a ton of money and they need to make more of them....
‘The Wind Rises’ US Trailer: Miyazaki’s Final Feature In Flight By Russ Fischer/Nov. 18, 2013 12:30 pm EST Hayao Miyazaki’s final feature film, The Wind Rises, just finished its Oscar-qualifying run in New York and LA, and will be back in theaters for a full run in February. This first brief run of the film was a subtitled affair, preserving the original Japanese voice track. When the movie returns next year there will be a choice of subtitled and dubbed versions....
By Angie Han/Feb. 7, 2013 6:04 pm EST Over the past few years, Ross has attracted praise as the lead of indies like The Wise Kids and Nate & Margaret, and he’s had guest spots on Boss and NCIS. The young Vidovic has only been active for a couple of years now, but in that time has appeared on Raising Hope, Up All Night, and Harry’s Law.
Bret McKenzie And James Bobin Planning ‘Labyrinth’-Like Musical By Germain Lussier/Aug. 12, 2013 12:00 pm EST The fact Bret McKenzie, one half of Flight of the Conchords, won an Oscars for The Muppets still makes me smile. McKenzie won the award for Best Original Song for “Man or Muppet” back in 2012 and followed that up by beginning work on next year’s sequel, Muppets Most Wanted. It also gave him some well-deserved caché and McKenzie is using that to develop a passion project....
Cool Stuff: Eric Tan’s Beautiful Star Wars Trilogy Posters By Germain Lussier/Sept. 16, 2014 10:31 am EST These three Star Wars posters are so beautiful, we figured they needed to be featured twice. Eric Tan is one of our favorite artists here at /Film but, unlike others, he doesn’t release a lot of prints. That’s because his day job is a designer at Disney. That’s cool on its own, but in the past few years, it means he gets to play in the coolest sandbox of all: Star Wars....
