Joseph Gordon-Levitt Offers Another ‘Sandman’ Update By Angie Han/Aug. 21, 2014 1:30 pm EST Hollywood has been trying to get an adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman off the ground for years, and as of now it looks like Joseph Gordon-Levitt will be the guy to finally make it happen. Although Warner Bros. has not yet said when exactly we’ll see the Sandman movie, the producer (and possibly also star and director) assures that it’s coming....
Kooky New Spoilers For Transformers 2 Hit Net? By Hunter Stephenson/June 26, 2008 3:18 pm EST Discuss: What do you think of the spoilers? Sound legit to you? Sounds pretty Michael Bayian to me. According to a tipster at MB, Shia’s character, Sam, possibly falls under the influence of a splinter he retained from the AllSpark that was destroyed in the original flick. The side-effects apparently hit him while he’s in a college astronomy class taught by Raiin Wilson’s professor....
LOL: Joss Whedon Endorses Mitt Romney’s Vision Of A Zombie Apocalypse By Angie Han/Oct. 29, 2012 9:53 am EST While the East Coast hunkers down for the worst of Hurricane Sandy, Hollywood luminary Joss Whedon is looking farther ahead to another sign of the coming end times: the zombie apocalypse. And he knows just the way to bring it about, too. In a last-minute push to help get out the vote, Whedon has released an ad promoting Republican Mitt Romney as the right choice for president....
LOL: Michael Giacchino’s Pun-Tastic ‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’ Soundtrack Listing By Peter Sciretta/June 30, 2014 7:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Composer Michael Giacchino has been known to have a little fun with the titles of the songs he creates for movies, but his original motion picture score for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is particularly full of puns....
Matthew McConaughey Wanted For ‘The Stand’ [Updated] By Russ Fischer/Aug. 22, 2014 4:46 pm EST Writer/director Josh Boone is down with the McConaissance, for obvious reasons, and he wants the actor to play a lead role in The Stand. Depending on which of Matthew McConaughey’s roles are most prominent in your mind, however, the role choice might surprise you. And the choice is great, so read more below. Update: Sadly, Boone said via Twitter that this is not true....
Mild ‘Maleficent’ Trailer Targets A Family Audience By Russ Fischer/May 8, 2014 5:30 am EST Despite the ABC Family Channel voiceover, the angle used in this “last” trailer for Maleficent is a decent one. It pins the film firmly to the original Sleeping Beauty, and focuses on the “truth” of Maleficent’s past as a good fairy who went bad. Sure, there are all those great shots of Angelina Jolie that we’ve seen so many times in the past few months....
New ‘Labor Day’ Poster; Trailer Arrives On Halloween By Russ Fischer/Oct. 30, 2013 12:00 pm EST Jason Reitman’s new film, Labor Day, opens on Christmas Day, and it will be promoted via a new trailer on Halloween. That trailer hits at 9am PST tomorrow, and as a precursor we have a new poster. The film features Josh Brolin as an escaped convict who is taken into the home of a reclusive woman (Kate Winslet) and her son....
See ‘The Guest’ Trailer From Jason Eisener; Score The Soundtrack For Free This Weekend By Russ Fischer/Sept. 26, 2014 11:30 am EST The Guest opened in a handful of theaters last weekend, and to celebrate that Hobo With a Shotgun director Jason Eisener cut together a really spectacular short trailer for the film. It’s a tight blast of action, color and music that perfectly captures the vibe of the film, in which Dan Stevens plays a very capable and very violent man acting on grim intentions....
Stanley Tucci Joins ‘Transformers 4’ By Angie Han/April 16, 2013 9:00 am EST The 3D IMAX camera wasn’t the only new addition to Transformers 4 announced at CinemaCon yesterday. Michael Bay also revealed that Stanley Tucci had boarded the cast, joining Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, and Jack Reynor. Tucci’s the kind of guy who’s good in a bad film and even better in a good one, so he’ll be a welcome presence....
Superhero Bits: Kick-Ass 2, Planet Hulk, X-Men Days Of Future Past, Iron Man 3, Man Of Steel, Guardians Of The Galaxy By Germain Lussier/March 5, 2013 2:28 pm EST What did Joss Whedon have to say about a potential Planet Hulk movie? How close did Jim Sturgess get to starring in Guardians of the Galaxy? Is Jim Carrey excited about Kick-Ass 2? Which piece of X-Men history has made its way into X-Men: Days of Future Past?...
Superhero Bits: Wonder Woman, Batman Vs. Superman, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Thor: The Dark World, Ant-Man By Germain Lussier/Jan. 6, 2014 4:40 pm EST Batman On Film posted a bunch of possible Batman vs. Superman tidbits including rumors about Batman’s outfit, Jason Momoa’s role and much more.Batman On Film also reports Batmobile scenes for Batman vs. Superman will be filmed over the Summer. More dish from Batman on Film: Will Wonder Woman be a descendant of Krypton in Batman vs....
The Mummy 3 Details Revealed By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 27, 2007 3:36 pm EST It was reported last week that Jet Li had been cast in The Mummy 3. Many people wondered how that could be. Well, now we know (or at least think we know). “I can’t say a lot, we just met with Rob Cohen today, he’s going to direct the movie. I will say, it’s not set in Egypt and there is a different mummy....
Toy Maker Sues Disney Claiming ‘Toy Story 3’ Bear Infringes Patents By Russ Fischer/Feb. 12, 2014 5:00 am EST Briefly: What’s the best way to get attention for your company? When all else fails, sue another major company, claiming said entity stole your creation. That’s what’s happening with Disney and the New Jersey company Diece-Lisa Industries, which says that the Toy Story 3 character Lotso “illegally copies its patented snuggling stuffed animals....
Universal Shifts Three Comic Book Movies: ‘R.I.P.D.,’ ‘Kick-Ass 2,’ ‘2 Guns’ By Germain Lussier/March 1, 2013 10:30 am EST Three Universal Pictures comic book adaptations are getting shifted around the release schedule. R.I.P.D. will still be released on July 19, but now it’s officially in 3D. Kick-Ass 2 moves back from June 28 to August 16 2 Guns moves up from August 16 to August 2. Read the latest plot descriptions for each below....
Watch Some Real Bay-Hem In A ‘Transformers: Age Of Extinction’ Set Video By Germain Lussier/Nov. 20, 2013 9:12 am EST Entertainment Tonight has released a video from the set of Transformers: Age of Extinction and while there’s no new information on the plot, it’s still packed with material. The video is filled with flipping cars, shooting debris, stampeding crowds, huge explosions, a screaming Michael Bay and three actors (Mark Wahlberg, Jack Reynor and Nicola Peltz) who almost seem out of breath they’re working so hard....
Watch This Short Film: ‘Noah’ Could Be This Generation’s John Hughes Movie, Set Inside A Computer By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 12, 2013 12:30 pm EST We get sent dozens of short films every week and while I try to watch most of them, the sad fact is that we don’t post as many short films as we use to. Sometimes a gem sticks out from the rest of the submissions and becomes an obvious choice....
Zodiac Killer On The Loose By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 16, 2007 6:00 am EST Didn’t Paramount Pictures learn from the Cartoon Network’s mistakes? Guerrilla marketing was so five years ago. In today’s fear obsessed world, people are stupid. To promote the upcoming David Fincher film Zodiac, Paramount is plastering light-poles in major cities with original police sketches of the actual Zodiac killer. It’s a very cool guerrilla promotion, but will people understand it?...
‘Halt And Catch Fire’ Teaser: AMC’s Vision Of The Wild West Of The Early ’80s PC Revolution By Russ Fischer/March 31, 2014 11:00 am EST The title Halt and Catch Fire makes this new AMC show sound like a strange thriller, but it’s really about the expansion of the PC market after IBM rose to prominence. That said, the show does look like a thriller to some extent, as a set of characters — primarily Lee Pace as Joe MacMillan, Scoot McNairy as Gordon Clark, Kerry Bishé as Donna Clark, and Mackenzie Davis as Cameron Howe — exploit particular aspects of IBM’s design to create their own personal computer....
‘Iron Man 3’ Gets A Kids’ Choice Awards TV Spot And A Walt Disney World Monorail By Angie Han/March 25, 2013 10:00 am EST Much of the country is still experiencing that early-spring chill, but summer is just six weeks away. Or the Hollywood version of it is, anyway. Early May marks the start of this year’s crowded blockbuster season as Iron Man 3 lands in theaters. Marvel’s been marketing the hell out of this movie (remember when we got a poster like every two days?...
‘Jack The Giant Slayer’ Trailer And Clips By Russ Fischer/Feb. 11, 2013 10:43 am EST Bryan Singer’s return to the X-Men franchise is interesting, especially after First Class proved that there is a hell of a lot of life left in the screen versions of the many mutant characters. But before Singer’s Days of Future Past hits, we’ll see Jack the Giant Slayer. And how does that film look at this point?...
