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‘Life Of Pi’ Cinematographer Claudio Miranda Shooting ‘Star Trek 3’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 3, 2014 11:30 am EST The Oscar win Claudio Miranda enjoyed for Life of Pi started some conversations, as that film was shot with a heavy blend of real and CG environments. But Miranda’s skill in leading a crew that works with such a combination of elements should serve him very well for his next gig. Miranda (above, center) has been hired to shoot Roberto Orci’s Star Trek 3, which will also mark the current series’ transition from film to digital....

‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1’ Trailer By Angie Han/July 27, 2014 9:00 pm EST The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 was always going to be one of this year’s most eagerly anticipated releases. But thanks to Lionsgate’s brilliant marketing campaign, buzz has reached a fever pitch. Today, the first The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 trailer was finally revealed after weeks of teases. So, does it live up to the hype?...

‘The Last Airbender: Legend Of Korra’ Trailer: Simply Stunning By Devindra Hardawar/July 24, 2011 9:05 pm EST I’m still kicking myself for missing yesterday’s Comic-Con panel for The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra, but at least we can all now feast in the trailer that premiered there. As a huge fan of the original Avatar: The Last Airbender, I’m happy to report that Korra looks like a gorgeous and mature follow-up....

‘The Tales Of Beedle The Bard’ Comes To Life At ‘The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter’ By Peter Sciretta/June 4, 2014 2:00 pm EST As the clock ticks down to the grand opening of Universal Orlando’s The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter Diagon Alley expansion, more details are being revealed. The newest bit is that author JK Rowling’s The Tales of Beedle the Bard will be brought to life as part of the park’s new entertainment options....

‘This Is 40’ Blooper Reel Features More Fox, Segel, McCarthy, Armstrong And Others By Germain Lussier/Jan. 18, 2013 1:30 pm EST Groping, fake erections, improv, huge laughs, the latest video Judd Apatow’s This is 40 makes Apatow’s set look like a playhouse. It’s a blooper reel from the film, a sort of sequel to Knocked Up, which features Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd as a married couple dealing with turning 40....

A Cast Of Kings S3E10 - Mhysa Part 2 By David Chen/June 13, 2013 10:59 pm EST Joanna and Dave discuss the season finale of Game of Thrones, “Mhysa.” This is part 2 of a 2 part discussion. Check out part 1 here. E-mail us and let us know what you thought of the episode, as well as of the podcast, at acastofkings@gmail.com. You can find every episode of the show at gameofthronespodcast....

Brad Pitt Takes Center Stage On New ‘World War Z’ Poster By Russ Fischer/April 4, 2013 8:47 am EST The last poster for World War Z showed an organic tower of zombies swarming towards a helicopter. For this new one-sheet, Brad Pitt takes the center as he rides in the back of a helicopter, but he’s not really the focus. Despite Pitt occupying most of the poster’s real estate, most people will probably spend more time checking out what he’s surveying: total chaos on the ground below....

Cannes 2014 Lineup Features Ryan Gosling, David Cronenberg, Bennett Miller And David Michôd By Angie Han/April 17, 2014 7:20 am EST This morning, the official selections for the 2014 Cannes Film Festival were announced. Now in its 67th year, the event is still considered one of the highlights of the cinematic calendar, and lineups like this one are why. The list runs all over the place, in a good way....

Chris Columbus Circling ‘Ghostbusters’-Esque Action-Comedy ‘Pixels’ By Angie Han/May 30, 2013 3:00 pm EST Happy Madison and Sony were quick to snap up the rights to Patrick Jean’s short Pixels: Retro Gamers in 2010, but since then their plans for a feature adaptation have been moving pretty slowly. The film was set to open in May 2013 and then May 2014, before being pulled off the studio’s release calendar entirely....

Cillian Murphy Cast In Wally Pfister’s ‘Transcendence’ By Russ Fischer/April 15, 2013 3:45 pm EST Each time we report on a new actor being added to Wally Pfister’s directorial debut, Transcendence, it’s the same old thing: new actor, very little new info. Being as Pfister has learned from the Christopher Nolan school, and in fact this film is being exec produced by Nolan, it’s no surprise that details are scant....

Cool Stuff: Back To The Future Past T-Shirt Mash Up By Germain Lussier/March 26, 2014 10:30 am EST It’s a rare occasion to specifically call out a single day’s Teefury t-shirt, but it’s a rare occasion for one to be this awesome. Popular Mondo artist Tom Whalen is behind the Wednesday March 26 design and it’s called “Back to the Future Past.” The image blends the characters of the X-Men with Back to the Future, in a similar time travel way to the upcoming film X-Men: Days of Future Past....

Final ‘Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Trailer: The Games Have Begun By Germain Lussier/Oct. 27, 2013 7:02 pm EST Since the announcement of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, all of the marketing has carefully avoided one major thing: what happens in the second half of the movie. Well, with a few weeks to go before the November 22 release, and the release of the final trailer, the cat is out of the bag....

First Look: ‘10 Things I Hate About You’ Sorta-Sequel ‘10 Things I Hate About Life’ By Angie Han/Nov. 11, 2013 3:00 pm EST 10 Things I Hate About You was only a modest hit when it first opened in 1999, but it’s demonstrated some surprising staying power over the years. While most teen romcoms of the era have been lost to time, 10 Things I Hate About You was revived as an ABC Family sitcom just a few years ago....

First Look: Paul Giamatti As Rhino In ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ By Germain Lussier/May 11, 2013 9:33 am EST Director Marc Webb has just tweeted our first look at yet another of The Amazing Spider-Man 2’s many villains. We’d already seen Jamie Foxx as Electro, and Dane DeHaan’s Harry Osborn looks appropriately bratty but we had yet to catch a glimpse of Paul Giamatti as Aleksei Sytsevich, The Rhino. Now we have....

First Set Photos From Steven Spielberg’s ‘War Horse’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 31, 2010 3:00 am EST NO PHOTOS These aren’t the most exciting photos to hit the ’net today, but hell: they’re images from the set of a new Steven Spielberg movie. That’s got to be a good thing. And these images of the shoot of War Horse, which were sent to Collider, are also notable for looking pretty low-key. Not a massive crew in evidence....

Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine Almost Had A Cameo In Sam Raimi’s ‘Spider-Man’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 10, 2013 12:11 pm EST According to Hugh Jackman, those barriers almost broke down in 2002. A few short years after Bryan Singer’s original X-Men, then lower level Marvel producer Kevin Feige suggested Wolverine cameo in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man. Jackman even traveled to the city, but something stopped it from happening. Jackman spoke about the near cameo in an interview with the Huffington Post:...

In ‘The ABCs Of Death 2’ Image ‘Room 237’ Director Gets Gory By Russ Fischer/Oct. 2, 2014 6:00 pm EST You know Rodney Ascher from his documentary Room 237, which gave theorists the chance to air their oddball concepts about meaning in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. In between prepping his next film, a documentary about sleep paralysis, Ascher took the time to shoot a segment for The ABCs of Death 2....

Jamie Foxx In Talks To Play Electro In ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 1, 2012 12:15 pm EST Last we heard, Marc Webb was set to direct The Amazing Spider-Man 2 for Sony and Columbia, with Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone returning as Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Gwen Stacy, and Shailene Woodley set to play a young Mary Jane Watson. And at that time, Electro was said to be the most likely villain for the film....

Joe Wright May Follow ‘Anna Karenina’ With ‘The Secret Life Of Houdini’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 15, 2012 12:56 pm EST I think I like Joe Wright more when he’s working in a tweaked genre mode. Wright’s literary films (such as Atonement and Pride & Prejudice) are great, but it’s Hanna that really stuck with me. And with his version of Anna Karenina finished, he might be edging back towards the unusual with The Secret Life of Houdini, a biopic of the famous escape artist and anti-Spiritualist that tackles some of the more outrageous stories about Houdini’s life....

Jose Padilha May Follow ‘RoboCop’ With True Crime Tale ‘The Brotherhood’ By Russ Fischer/April 10, 2013 3:43 pm EST After the Elite Squad films, Brazilian director Jose Padilha seemed like a mold-breaking choice to direct the RoboCop remake for MGM. We have to wait to see how that worked out; while many photos have hit the web, we still haven’t seen any footage from the film. Now Padilha is signing on to a film that sounds more directly in his wheelhouse: The Brotherhood, based on the book The Brotherhoods: The True Story of Two Cops Who Murdered for the Mafia written by Guy Lawson and William Oldham....