What Does ‘The Terminator’ Have In Common With ‘Star Wars?’ By Germain Lussier/June 6, 2014 4:30 pm EST The story is legendary. In the mid 1970s, George Lucas sat down to write a space opera called Star Wars. He wrote a 12 (or 9, depending on who you ask) chapter story that he soon realized was way too ambitious for one film. So he chopped the saga of the Skywalkers story down to its most exciting, and tightest chapter....
‘A Haunted House’ Trailer: Marlon Wayans Spoofs ‘Paranormal Activity’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 19, 2012 12:00 pm EST Twelve years ago, the Wayans Brothers started a new chapter in comedy history with their spoof comedy Scary Movie. Poking fun at the horror films of the day, the film was a massive success. It spawned three sequels (with a fourth on the way) and influenced innumerable, lesser quality ripoffs. Since then, though, the horror genre has changed....
‘Cheap Thrills’ Red-Band Trailer: David Koechner Drives His New Friends To The Edge Of Insanity By Russ Fischer/July 29, 2013 11:38 am EST Cheap Thrills is a great movie not just for the fact that it is freaky and unsettling in a very realistic way, but because it will make you look at the film’s four major actors in a new light. Ethan Embry and Pat Healy play two guys who need cash, and David Koechner and Sara Paxton play a rich couple with money to burn....
‘Journey To The West’ Trailer: Demon Hunters Collide With Big CG By Russ Fischer/Dec. 19, 2013 6:00 am EST Journey to the West is, kinda, the new film from Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle star/director Stephen Chow. He co-wrote, co-directed and produced the film, but doesn’t appear in the movie — still, it bears his distinct influence. The movie features a bizarre collection of monsters and demon hunters, who collide in battles that are decorated with weird, outsized CG embellishments....
‘Monogamy’ Trailer And Poster – From ‘Murderball’ Director Dana Adam Shapiro, Starring Chris Messina And Rashida Jones By Adam Quigley/Feb. 3, 2011 1:00 pm EST The narrative feature debut from Murderball co-director Dana Adam Shapiro, Monogamy was well received when it premiered at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival and even better received at the 2011 Independent Spirit Awards, where it’s garnered a nod for Best First Screenplay. The film follows a bored Brooklyn-based photographer (Chris Messina) who, amidst doubts about getting married to his fiancée (Rashida Jones), develops an unconventional side business where clients hire him to stalk them with his camera....
‘Monsters University’ Trailer #3: Let The Scare Games Begin By Germain Lussier/April 25, 2013 10:30 am EST Disney has kind of a big movie opening next week, and is using it to promote the other big movies they have coming up next. We’ve already seen the first trailer for Thor: The Dark World and now Disney has released a final trailer for Pixar’s 2013 film, Monsters University. In this trailer, we get our first glimpse at the film’s big Revenge of the Nerds homage, the Scare Games....
‘Ninja Turtles’ Street Art Movie Posters Discovered In Los Angeles [UPDATED] By Peter Sciretta/June 9, 2014 11:30 am EST Paramount is ramping up the marketing campaign for the Michael Bay-produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot, which is due in theaters on August 8th, 2014. New stylish comic book inspired art posters have been spotted in city streets. Check out the new Ninja Turtles street art movie posters after the jump....
‘Now You See Me 2’ Scheduled For Summer 2016 By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 9, 2014 5:00 pm EST Lionsgate has announced a Summer 2016 release date for Now You See Me 2. The magical heist sequel will hit theaters the same weekend that the original film made its debut in 2013. Hit the jump to find out more about the film and the Now You See Me 2 release date. Now You See Me 2 will hit theaters on June 10th 2016, the same day as Sony’s big screen adaptation of the video game Uncharted, a week after Paramount’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, and a week before Pixar’s Finding Nemo sequel Finding Dory and WB comedy The Nice Guys....
‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:’ Fan Fixes New Turtles With Digital Plastic Surgery By Germain Lussier/April 1, 2014 6:07 pm EST The first trailer for Jonathan Liebesman’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot was received pretty well considering all the naysaying before the film was made. For years, fans raged online about rumored changes to their beloved comic book heroes-turned Saturday morning cartoon superstars. It turns out almost all of that venom was for naught as the trailer delivered a pretty solid tease of a film that seems very much in line with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles we know and love....
‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Super Bowl Spot Part 1 By Germain Lussier/Jan. 30, 2014 5:07 pm EST Super Bowl Sunday is still days away, but one of the most anticipated commercials has just made it online. Sort of. The spot is for Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2, but this is just “part one” with part two airing during the game. Don’t worry though. It’s still a solid 30 seconds of web-slinging action....
Aaron Sorkin Says ‘Steve Jobs’ Isn’t A Biopic, Talks ‘The Newsroom’ Learning Curve By Russ Fischer/April 22, 2014 12:30 pm EST Aaron Sorkin is so well-established as a writer that his name connotes a certain level of ambition and achievement. He earned a large audience with The West Wing; whether he’s earning the right to keep it with The Newsroom is another story. So it is refreshing to hear, direct from the man, that he still struggles as a writer....
Alexander Payne To Executive Produce And Direct New HBO Series Hung By Hunter Stephenson/May 9, 2008 10:38 am EST Yeah, like that. Director/Moviegoer Upper Alexander Payne (Sideways, Election) will take a dip into TV to direct HBO’s new dark comedy series, Hung. Variety reports that Payne is also expected to hop on as an executive producer. Personally, another show, even a good one, examining the psyche of a middle-aged American man, a former high school sports star and father at that, risks treading a well-worn road, but the hook to Hung is that the guy’s dick is huge....
Celebrate The 20th Anniversary Of ‘Jurassic Park’ With An Online Art Exhibit By Germain Lussier/June 11, 2013 9:17 am EST Twenty-years ago today, June 11, 1993, was a date 65 million years in the making. This is the 20th anniversary of the release of Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park, and rarely does a movie still resonate two decades after its release like Spielberg’s dinosaur action thriller does today. Fans still talk about the film on an almost daily basis, it was recently re-released in 3D, and a third sequel is in the works....
Cool Stuff: Jason Reitman’s Short Film In God We Trust By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 25, 2008 11:43 am EST Many people first discovered Jason Reitman in 2005 with his feature film debut Thank You For Smoking. And even more people discovered Jason with 2007’s little film that did, Juno, which was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and won Best Screenplay. But I first discovered Reitman in 2000, with a little short film called In God We Trust....
Cool Stuff: Two New ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Posters From Mondo By Germain Lussier/Jan. 23, 2013 2:30 pm EST Brand new Lord of the Rings Mondo posters have immortalized one of the best moments in the series and a few of the most memorable characters. Comic book artist, and Mondo virgin, Paolo Rivera has put his spin on the Battle of Pelennor Fields and the simultaneous trek of the One Ring from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King while Mike Sutfin, who previously did a poster for Blade 2, has put the evil Nazgul front and center....
Could The ‘Contagion’ Sequel Mutate Into A Television Series? By Angie Han/Feb. 1, 2013 5:08 pm EST Steven Soderbergh’s 2011 disease thriller Contagion wasn’t exactly crying out for a sequel, but in the light of its strong box office performance of course more than a few execs’ minds went there. Warner Bros. quietly began developing a follow-up with writer Scott Z. Burns set to produce, and last October it took a small step forward by posting an open writing assignment....
Exclusive: Tyler Stout And Ken Taylor Team Up For Mondo Gallery Exhibit; Plus ‘Game Of Thrones’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 26, 2013 10:27 am EST That sound you just heard was the world of pop culture art exploding. On March 15 at the Mondo Gallery in Austin, Texas, legendary poster artists Ken Taylor and Tyler Stout are teaming up for an exhibit of new work. It’s Taylor’s second U.S. show and Stout’s first Mondo show, a major milestone as he’s been blowing poster fans’ minds since 2005....
First ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Poster Revealed: “You’re Welcome” By Germain Lussier/Feb. 20, 2014 1:35 pm EST This week has been the public coming-out party for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy. First a trailer, then five character introductions letting fans know who these brand new superheroes are. And now, the exclamation point: the first poster for James Gunn’s August 1 film. Check it out below. Here’s the poster. Guardians of the Galaxy opens in the US on August 1, 2014....
George Lucas On ‘Star Wars Episode VII’: “I Have Not Spoken To J.J. Abrams” By Angie Han/June 18, 2013 7:26 am EST As exciting as it is to think about J.J. Abrams and Michael Arndt collaborating on a new Star Wars movie, one interesting aspect of that lineup is who’s not involved. Though George Lucas invented that universe, and though he’ll stay on the franchise as a “creative consultant,” he won’t be driving the new trilogy in any real sense....
Joel Edgerton Signs On For Jeff Nichols’ Sci-Fi Picture At Warner Bros. By Russ Fischer/June 28, 2013 8:29 am EST Actor Joel Edgerton and director Jeff Nichols have both been coming up through the ranks over the past decade, so it makes a certain sense that they’d end up doing a studio project together. Nichols is the director of such films as Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter, and Mud. Now he’s set to make his first studio film for Warner Bros....
