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Watch Tim Burton’s Long-Lost ‘Hansel And Gretel’ By Russ Fischer/June 17, 2014 5:15 pm EST Way back in 2007, in the early days of /Film, Peter wrote about one of Tim Burton’s most obscure works. The piece in question was Hansel and Gretel, a half-hour version of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, produced as one of Burton’s collaborations with Disney. This was before Frankenweenie turned everything sour, and well before Burton became a star director....

‘CBGB’ Trailer: Punk Rock History Scrubbed Clean Of Grime By Russ Fischer/Aug. 7, 2013 3:30 pm EST This trailer for CBGB, which dramatizes the history of the NYC club that was the birthplace of new wave and punk in America, makes a lot of noise about the fact that the club’s bathroom (above) was famously gross. In fact, after the club closed, parts of that bathroom and other elements of the joint were actually disassembled and worked into the sets used for the movie....

By Russ Fischer/Sept. 11, 2013 8:01 am EST Want to see the face of the new Godzilla? It’s always the same: there’ll be a new film with a tightly-guarded character design that has been hidden from the curious public. But those character designs have to be merchandized, and so there are licensing expos where companies get to see the stuff that studios are hiding from people. And then pictures hit the internet, often well before trailer footage does....

‘Jane Got A Gun’ Now Set For February 2015 By Russ Fischer/April 24, 2014 4:30 pm EST Briefly: Months ago, Gavin O’Connor’s film Jane Got a Gun was one of the most talked about films in Hollywood. Now, after a quiet period and some schedule changes, there’s a new Jane Got a Gun release date set for February 20, 2015. When everyone was talking about Jane Got a Gun, it wasn’t yet Gavin O’Connor’s film....

‘Maladies’ Trailer: James Franco Is A Troubled Actor By Russ Fischer/Feb. 5, 2014 4:00 pm EST James Franco has a well-established image at this point: the indulgent artist, who flies from one project to another seemingly based only on whim. Never mind that he can be a powerful actor, and that he is producing and finishing more work than almost anyone else out there. He’s just so… present. How dare you work too much, James Franco!...

‘The Babadook’ US Trailer: This Demon Is Here To Stay By Russ Fischer/Sept. 25, 2014 6:00 am EST The Babadook is good enough that, after nine months of Sundance audiences (like me) flapping their gums about it’s virtues, Fantastic Fest audiences saw through any hype and responded enthusiastically to the film in multiple screenings over the past week. It’s good enough that, even with the debut of other impressive horror pictures (such as festival entries Cub, It Follows, and Shrew’s Nest — especially Shrew’s Nest) The Babadook still rings as the top horror film of 2014 so far....

‘The Hunt’ Trailer: Mads Mikkelsen At The Center Of A Storm Of Lies By Russ Fischer/April 19, 2013 4:45 pm EST Thomas Vinterberg is a name that more people should know, if only for his film Festen (The Celebration). That ‘98 effort was the first film in the Dogme95 movement, and was at the leading edge of shooting serious theatrical efforts on video. Shot by Anthony Dod Mantle, who later became Danny Boyle’s regular cinematographer, the film is also arguably the birth of Boyle’s current style....

‘The Monster Squad’ Remake Is Officially Dead By Germain Lussier/Aug. 6, 2014 9:03 am EST In 1987, director Fred Dekker released The Monster Squad. The film was a major box office disappointment but caught fire on home video, gaining fans over the years. Decades later, it’s a cult classic with a dedicated, passionate fan base. That fan base willed the film onto DVD and caught the attention of Hollywood. In particular, attention came from Platinum Dunes, the team behind multiple horror remakes and this weekend’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles....

‘The Winter Soldier’ Directors Take On ‘The Gray Man’ By Russ Fischer/May 30, 2014 9:21 am EST Anthony and Joe Russo became a hot ticket after the success of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and they’re already set to direct the third Cap film. But they’re fielding other offers, too, and they’ve just sparked to a project that has been in development before. The Russos are set to write and direct an adaptation of Mark Greaney’s spy thriller novel The Gray Man for Sony....

‘Under The Skin’ Trailers: Scarlett Johansson Is An Alien On Earth By Russ Fischer/Feb. 11, 2014 8:31 am EST The arrival of the gorgeous Neil Kellerhouse-designed poster (above) for Jonathan Glazer’s film Under the Skin heralded the arrival of a new trailer, which you can now see below. In fact there are two new trailers, a US edit, and a UK version, for the film in which Scarlett Johansson plays an alien who has taken human form in order to hunt her prey: men....

‘Water For Elephants’ Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 15, 2010 7:10 pm EST Flashpoint Entertainment has released a movie trailer for Francis Lawrence’s big screen adaptation of Sara Gruen’s bestselling novel Water for Elephants . The story follows a veterinary student who “abandons his studies after his parents are killed and joins a traveling circus as their vet.” The film stars Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz and Hal Holbrook. Watch the trailer now embedded after the jump....

‘Welcome To New York’ International Trailer: Gerard Depardiu Parties His Way Into Trouble By Russ Fischer/July 11, 2014 2:18 pm EST Could it be career rehab time for Gerard Depardieu? Abel Ferrara, who made audiences see Harvey Keitel in a harsh new light when he made the original Bad Lieutenant, has cast Depardieu as a vague analogue of embattled IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Ferrara scripted with Christ Zois, and Jacqueline Bisset co-stars....

Bond Bonanza: New Adele-Powered ‘Skyfall’ Trailer, Video Blog, And Video Retrospectives By Russ Fischer/Oct. 5, 2012 3:10 pm EST Yesterday saw the release of the excellent Skyfall theme song by Adele, and now we’ve got a new trailer that features the tune. In addition to that, a new ‘making of’ video blog has been released, along with quite a few little video retrospectives that offer a fond look back at the series....

Full ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ Trailer: Honest Abe Tells His Story By Russ Fischer/March 17, 2012 2:33 pm EST In addition there is plenty of Timur Bekmambetov’s signature action style. Anyone who saw Night Watch or Wanted will recognize his touch instantly. See the footage below. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter also features Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Alan Tudyk, Anthony Mackie, Rufus Sewell, Erin Wasson and Dominic Cooper, just to name a few....

Has Joseph Gordon-Levitt Been Cast As Batman In ‘Justice League,’ Or Even ‘Man Of Steel’? [Updated] By Angie Han/Nov. 27, 2012 10:30 am EST (Spoilers for The Dark Knight Rises follow.) Christian Bale may have completed his arc as Batman with The Dark Knight Rises, but the ending of the trilogy left the door open for Joseph Gordon-Levitt to take over as the Caped Crusader. Now, it looks like that’s exactly what’s about to happen....

New Coen Brothers Film ‘Hail Caesar!’ Adds Channing Tatum, Tilda Swinton, And Ralph Fiennes By Russ Fischer/June 24, 2014 3:00 pm EST I probably shouldn’t be as excited as I am about the idea of Joel and Ethan Coen directing Channing Tatum in their new film Hail Caesar!. And yet here we are. After Tatum’s gigs with Phil Lord and Chris Miller, not to mention his work with Steven Soderbergh, I can’t wait to see what the Coens do with him....

New Image From ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ Set Features Humans, A Droid, And Ship By Germain Lussier/June 11, 2014 9:00 am EST An unexpected photo from inside Pinewood Studios emerged late Tuesday. That’s where J.J. Abrams is filming Star Wars Episode VII and the United Kingdom’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, paid a visit to announce the next spin-off film will be shooting there. Granted, we knew this because Lucasfilm/Disney had locked up Pinewood for multiple years, but no matter....

Page 2: Star Trek, Doctor Who, Elysium, Simpsons, Godzilla, Woody Allen, Star Wars By Peter Sciretta/July 26, 2013 1:00 pm EST Header Photo: This Is One Lecherous McDonald’s MinionSimple Does Not Equal Dumb, and Other Assorted Thoughts on Pacific RimStanley Kubrick Loved ‘White Man Can’t Jump,’ Hated ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Burst-O-Fun t-shirt How the new Planet of the Apes movie fits into the series timeline What Spike Lee’s Kickstarter can teach other crowdfunders—and Lee, too...

Photo: Day One Of ‘Star Wars 7’ Filming Begins [UPDATED WITH SECOND PHOTO] By Peter Sciretta/May 16, 2014 8:30 am EST The first photo has been released from the set of JJ Abrams’ Star Wars Episode VII, on the first day of principal photography. The photo shows the Star Wars Episode 7 clapboard with a makeshift Episode 7 logo (no subtitle or working title). UPDATE: A second photo has now been added....

Reserve Your Tickets Now For A ‘Godzilla’ Viral Event At Comic-Con By Germain Lussier/July 15, 2013 4:34 pm EST If you’re heading to Comic-Con, your mind is probably beginning to melt at all the awesome possibilities. Now you can add another to the list. Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. are teaming up for an event called the “Godzilla Encounter” to promote Gareth Edwards’ May 2014 film, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Juliette Binoche, David Strathairn, Bryan Cranston and Sally Hawkins....