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‘The Trip To Italy’ Teaser: Steve Coogan And Rob Brydon On The Road Again By Russ Fischer/March 24, 2014 2:30 pm EST Michael Winterbottom’s film The Trip was a feature paired down from three hours of BBC television in which Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon played versions of themselves eating and drinking their way through English restaurants. It was great stuff, very funny and consistently entertaining, whichever version you saw. The TV series sequel is about to hit UK televisions, so here’s the first The Trip to Italy teaser....

2014 Product Placement Awards Go To ‘Anchorman 2’, ‘Philomena’ By Angie Han/March 4, 2014 2:30 pm EST Since the awards aren’t all self-explanatory, we’ve listed some of the more interesting results along with explanations below. To read the full 2014 Product Placement Awards list with more detailed analyses, click over to Brandchannel. 2013 Award for Overall Product Placement: Budweiser The King of Beers beat out Apple this year by being everywhere, from The Butler to Don Jon and even Star Trek Into Darkness....

Aubrey Plaza Romcom ‘The To Do List’ Gets Red-Band Teaser And Release Date By Angie Han/Aug. 29, 2012 11:38 am EST With her sharp, sarcastic persona, Aubrey Plaza could’ve easily wound up with a decent career playing BFF and sidekick roles. But in this year’s heartwarming indie hit Safety Not Guaranteed, she proved herself equally up for the task of leading a film — and now she’s about to do so again in next year’s The To Do List....

David Fincher’s ‘20,000 Leagues Under The Sea’ Could Move Forward In Australia; Brad Pitt Not Set To Star By Angie Han/Feb. 15, 2013 11:30 am EST David Fincher has been attached to 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea for almost three years now, but Disney’s been waffling on whether or not it actually wants to move forward with the project. Last we heard in October, the studio had decided only to give itself more time to decide....

Easter Egg: Mickey Mouse On Cloud City In ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 23, 2013 3:00 pm EST The Star Wars blog just posted a very awesome easter egg from The Empire Strikes Back, one that somehow foretold recent events. Mickey Mouse can be plainly seen in the background of Cloud City while Luke Skywalker is fighting Darth Vader on Hoth. This, of course, is interesting not only because it’s a cool piece of trivia, but because Disney now owns LucasFilm....

Genesis Rodriguez Will Be In Kevin Smith’s ‘Tusk’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 14, 2013 8:00 am EST We’ve heard lots about Kevin Smith’s upcoming horror movie Tusk, but we haven’t heard where the beautiful girl fits in. We know Justin Long plays a podcaster who goes to interview an old man (Michael Parks) who then makes him dress up like a seal. There’s also a detective role with a big star set, though Smith is mum on exactly who plays him....

Guy Ritchie Circling Six-Film King Arthur Franchise For Warner Bros. By Angie Han/Jan. 27, 2014 2:15 pm EST Warner Bros. is a huge fan of director Guy Ritchie. The studio distributed his 2008 flick RockNRolla, and gave him both Sherlock Holmes films and the Man from U.N.C.L.E. movie. So it seems only natural that WB would be looking to extend the relationship, this time with a King Arthur picture. If all goes well, the project has the potential to keep the two sides in business together for a long, long time....

Jerry Bruckheimer Might Lose Final Cut On ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean 5’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 8, 2013 9:00 am EST A track record like the one producer Jerry Bruckheimer has amassed affords him many things. Money, of course. Power to get movies made. And, apparently, final cut on a lot of his movies. That track record has been a bit tarnished as of late, though. G-Force, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and Prince of Persia all under-performed....

LOL: Execs In 1982 Blast ‘Blade Runner’ As “Deadly Dull” And “Confusing” By Angie Han/March 15, 2013 1:00 pm EST Few people nowadays would debate Blade Runner’s position in the sci-fi classics pantheon, whether they like the movie or not. But when the film first opened three decades ago, not everyone was so sure what to make of it. Plenty of critics praised its looks, but criticized the slow pacing, and its overall $6 million opening weekend gross was considered a disappointment....

New ‘Men Women And Children’ Trailer: We Just Can’t Connect By Russ Fischer/Sept. 17, 2014 5:42 pm EST In the new Jason Reitman film, Men Women & Children, technology really isn’t making our lives easier. Instead of bringing us together, social media, gaming, online dating and other tech advancements too often provide methods to emphasize our fears and insecurities, and all the other things that cause pain and drive us apart....

New Set Photos Of Andrew Garfield In Costume In ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 28, 2011 3:30 pm EST [No photo] Though it doesn’t get much better than the two official images Sony released of Andrew Garfield, both in and out of costume, in Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man, a few new photos have surfaced that are pretty close. They show The Social Network star, in costume, being held up at gunpoint as well as him just walking around between takes, still in costume....

Paramount And Bad Robot Hire Rising Director Julius Onah For Sci-Fi Thriller ‘God Particle’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 30, 2012 2:16 pm EST Briefly: Paramount and Bad Robot continue to plan one film after another, and the latest effort is God Particle. The picture will be part of the low-budget Insurge label — the division of Paramount started in the wake of Paranormal Activity’s success — and the companies have now chosen a director....

Ray Liotta, Juno Temple & Jeremy Piven Added To ‘Sin City: A Dame To Kill For’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 18, 2013 9:00 am EST Briefly: As if the cast for Robert Rodriguez’s Sin City: A Dame To Kill For wasn’t impressive enough, three more stars have been added: a Goodfella, Catwoman’s accomplice and Ari Gold. Ray Liotta, Juno Temple and Jeremy Piven have been cast in the film joining the likes of Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Jaime King, Josh Brolin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dennis Haysbert and Jamie Chung....

Roger Ebert Dies At 70 By Russ Fischer/April 4, 2013 1:12 pm EST Roger Ebert, long the chief film critic at the Chicago Sun-Times, and the man who did more to define the popular dialogue about movies than any other person, has died at the age of 70. The Sun-Times reports his passing. Ebert had battled cancer for many years; the disease infected his jaw and cost him his ability to speak in 2006....

Set Video: Wild ‘World War Z’ Zombie Attack By Germain Lussier/Sept. 7, 2011 5:00 am EST [No photo] Whether you’re talking about George Romero, Danny Boyle, Edgar Wright or any one else who has made a famous contribution to the zombie genre, some of the most important things to note are the differences in the undead. Do they run? What do they eat? How do they eat? Is the transformation fast?...

Stare Into The Face Of The Giant From Bryan Singer’s ‘Jack The Giant Slayer’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 14, 2012 11:30 am EST Bryan Singer’s Jack the Giant Slayer (retitled from Jack the Giant Killer) may have been delayed by quite a while, and the subject of some suspicion via a vis the efficacy of the film’s visual effects. But with the film pushed to March 1, there’s a lot more time to make those effects work, and hopefully the not so hot stuff we saw in the first trailer will be improved thanks to the extra time allotted for post-production....

Theme Park Bits: Captain America, Harry Potter, The Simpsons, Captain EO, Maleficent, Star Tours By Germain Lussier/Jan. 16, 2014 3:00 pm EST The battle between Disney and Universal is at the forefront of this edition of Theme Park Bits. Below, read about the following: Captain America: The Winter Soldier is coming to Disneyland. A new hint has surfaced at the closing of Captain EO. Last week marked the 27th anniversary of Star Tours....

VOTD: Zach Galifianakis’ ‘Between Two Ferns’ Oscar Buzz Edition With Jennifer Lawrence, Anne Hathaway, Christoph Waltz, Naomi Watts & Amy Adams By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 11, 2013 3:00 pm EST Zach Galifianakis’ talk show Between Two Ferns makes its triumphant return to Funny Or Die with a special Oscar Buzz Edition. In Part one of this special, Galifianakis hilariously and awkwardly interviews Oscar contenders Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Lining Playbook), Anne Hathaway (Les Misérables), Christoph Waltz (Django Unchained), Naomi Watts (The Impossible) and Amy Adams (The Master)....

Warner Bros. Registers Domains For Different ‘Batman Vs. Superman’ Titles By Germain Lussier/Nov. 21, 2013 7:59 am EST Warner Bros. has yet to formally announce a title to the Man of Steel sequel, set for release in July 2015, which will feature Batman. Rumors swirled it would be called Batman vs. Superman, and a member of the crew even called the film that during some early filming in Los Angeles. Apparently, though, the studio has yet to make a final decision and has registered multiple domains for multiple different titles to the film, all of which focus on calling the film “Man of Steel” in some way....

Watch The First Epic Footage From Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’ [Updated With Poster] By Angie Han/Nov. 13, 2013 6:45 am EST Paramount and Darren Aronofsky were still sparring over the third act of Noah, last we heard, but with the Biblical epic scheduled for a spring release it’s about time for the first trailer to land. Which, per the modern movie marketing playbook, means they’re starting off with a trailer for the trailer....