‘Ender’s Game’ Sequel Could Land On TV By Russ Fischer/Nov. 8, 2013 8:45 am EST Briefly: ‘Tis the season for the corporate earnings call, and we’re getting a lot of interesting news out of a couple of these conferences between execs and shareholders. Disney had its call yesterday, and opened the day by announcing four new Marvel shows and an “event miniseries” on Netflix — a good way to keep shareholders happy on the important day....
‘Frankenstein:’ James McAvoy Is Dr. Frankenstein Opposite Daniel Radcliffe’s Igor By Germain Lussier/July 25, 2013 1:30 pm EST The film already has an October 17, 2014 release date. Production is set to start this Fall to make next year’s release.
‘jOBS’ Set Photos Show Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, Ahna O’Reilly, Lukas Haas, And A Young Bill Gates Lookalike By Angie Han/June 14, 2012 6:00 am EST The very first pictures from Joshua Michael Stern’s indie Steve Jobs biopic jOBS confirmed what we already more or less knew: that Ashton Kutcher can look a lot like the late tech guru in the right outfit. Now a more recent batch of set photos offers glimpses of some of the rest of the cast as well, including Josh Gad as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak; Ahna O’Reilly as Jobs’ girlfriend Chris-Ann Brennan; Lukas Haas as Apple employee Daniel Kottke; and Dermot Mulroney as former Apple CEO Mike Markkula....
‘Tar’ Trailer: Jessica Chastain, Mila Kunis And James Franco Star In Film Based On C.K. Williams Life And Work By Russ Fischer/Nov. 11, 2013 8:32 am EST The omnibus film Tar is based on the life and work of poet C.K. Williams, but the real attraction of the film is the cast. Jessica Chastain, James Franco, Mila Kunis, Zach Braff, and Bruce Campbell are among the actors who worked with twelve new directors from NYU to create a film that acts as both biopic for Williams and an exploration of his work....
‘The Hobbit’ Footage Edited Into One Eight-Minute Trailer By Russ Fischer/Nov. 20, 2012 1:30 pm EST Why should Cloud Atlas be the only Warner Bros. film to get a giant-sized trailer? Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, as the first of an unexpected trilogy of films adapting J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel The Hobbit, is the beginning of what might be a mini-epic from the director. As such, it deserves a long trailer....
‘Transformers: Age Of Extinction’ Teaser Preview; Full Trailer Tuesday [Updated] By Germain Lussier/March 3, 2014 10:45 am EST New footage from Transformers: Age of Extinction will debut Tuesday, but a short tease has been released in anticipation of the upcoming video. Entertainment Tonight is promising a Transformers 4 preview with “all new scenes” Tuesday. And while the Super Bowl spot already revealed some brief footage from Michael Bay’s anticipated sequel, starring Mark Wahlberg, this could be our first official full look at the film....
By Germain Lussier/March 7, 2014 10:15 am EST The True Detective finale airs this weekend and fans everywhere are on pins and needles waiting to see where creator Nic Pizzolatto and director Cary Joji Fukunaga will take us in the last hour. After the debut episode, the show quickly reached critical mass. A True Detective parody here, a theory there, the Season Two meme is still everywhere, and debates have raged since day one....
‘Twin Peaks’ Blu-Ray Set Includes ‘Fire Walk With Me’ Deleted Scenes [Video] By Russ Fischer/May 15, 2014 8:35 am EST On July 29 we’re going to see the first new Twin Peaks material to arrive in 22 years. And while this stuff isn’t exactly “new” — it is footage that David Lynch shot for Fire Walk With Me — it is footage that fans have hoped to see ever since laserdisc and DVD made the presentation of deleted scenes a common practice....
Character Passports Introduce The Inhabitants Of Bong Joon-Ho’s ‘Snowpiercer’ By Angie Han/April 5, 2013 10:30 am EST Snowpiercer is Korean director Bong Joon-ho’s first English-language outing, but he’s managed to assemble a cast even the most experienced Hollywood directors would kill for, including Tilda Swinton, Octavia Spencer, John Hurt, Ed Harris, Chris Evans, and Song Kangho. We’ve seen little of those stars so far, aside from a poster here and a still image there, but today we have much better looks at all of them thanks to a series of character “passports....
Cool Stuff: Pop Culture Crime Stories Get An LA Art Show By Germain Lussier/Aug. 14, 2014 6:00 am EST Some of our greatest art has to do with crime. People who commit it, people who fight it, people who study it, these are stories that very easily provide gripping emotion. Innumerable classic movies, music, television and more are based on crime and a new gallery exhibit celebrates it all. The Hero Complex Gallery in Los Angeles presents an exhibit called I Am The Law/A Life of Crime opening Friday August 15....
David Fincher Will Direct All First-Season Episodes Of HBO Series ‘Utopia’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 29, 2014 6:00 pm EST The second season of Utopia aired in the UK over the spring and summer of 2014, and the writer Dennis Kelly says that a third and fourth season could be produced. I haven’t watched any of the UK show at this point, and so I’m going to trust the wiki recap in order to give you some basic plot outline:...
Early Buzz: ‘Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 21, 2013 12:00 pm EST “Free screening of Anchorman 2 this Tuesday!” As a film fan, hearing someone scream that outside a movie theater is like being invited to the ultimate event. As a film journalist, it’s the opposite, because you can’t attend. (Test screenings are typically closed to press.) Last week, I was in Burbank, CA attending a press screening of the awesome horror film You’re Next when I heard someone say those beautiful words....
First Look: Arnold Schwarzenegger Is A Zombie’s Sad Dad In ‘Maggie’ By Angie Han/Aug. 12, 2014 4:30 pm EST In most of his movies, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s preferred method of dealing with problems is to destroy them — either with his powerful fists or with the aid of some fancy firearms. But it appears he’s taking an entirely different approach in Maggie. The TIFF drama stars Schwarzenegger as a Midwestern farmer whose darling daughter (Abigail Breslin) has fallen prey to a zombie epidemic sweeping the nation....
First Look: Hugh Jackman As Jean Valjean In Tom Hooper’s ‘Les Miserables’ By Angie Han/March 20, 2012 4:30 pm EST NO PHOTOS After picking up Best Director and Best Picture at the 2010 Oscars, The King’s Speech helmer Tom Hooper mostly sat out this past awards season. But the way things are shaping up for his next film, Les Misérables, it’s more than likely he’ll be back in the spotlight again next year....
First Look: Nicole Kidman As Grace Kelly In ‘Grace Of Monaco’ By Angie Han/Feb. 25, 2013 11:05 am EST It’s a fool’s errand to try and predict the 2014 Oscars a year in advance, but based on what we know about it so far Grace of Monaco could very well end up a serious contender. It’s directed by La vie en rose helmer Olivier Dahan (check), stars Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman and nominee Tim Roth (double check), and centers around a widely beloved entertainment industry figure (triple check)....
First Pressing Of ‘Game Of Thrones’ Season One Just Became A Collector’s Item By Russ Fischer/June 15, 2012 1:00 pm EST Unless you’ve been offline for the past few days you’ve likely read about the fact that, in the final episode of the first season of HBO’s Game of Thones, former President George W. Bush makes an appearance as a decapitated prop head on a stake. It’s a minor cameo — no one seemed to notice when the episode originally aired (on June 19, 2011) or when the season hit DVD (on March 6 of this year)....
Former David Fincher Project ‘Chef’ Comes Back To Life With Derek Cianfrance And Bradley Cooper By Angie Han/Nov. 1, 2012 4:56 pm EST It wasn’t so long ago that Bradley Cooper was mostly thought of as the guy from Wedding Crashers and The Hangover, but these days his dance card is filled with projects by David O. Russell, Susanne Bier, Cameron Crowe, and the like. One he’s got coming up next year is The Place Beyond the Pines, from Blue Valentine helmer Derek Cianfrance, and now the pair are already gearing up to reunite on a new project called Chef....
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Full Synopsis For Neill Blomkamp’s ‘District 9’ Follow-Up, ‘Elysium’ By Russ Fischer/June 14, 2012 5:41 pm EST Over the past two years, District 9 director Neill Blomkamp has been very good about keeping plot details quiet for his second feature, Elysium. We know that Matt Damon plays a big role (and sports a shaved head at one point) and that Jodie Foster is the head of an offworld state. We also know the story is a sci-fi tale laced with socio-political concerns, and that it takes place a hundred or so years in the future....
Hero Complex Gallery Celebrates Award-Season With ‘Oscar Legends’ Art Show In San Francisco By Germain Lussier/Feb. 14, 2013 10:00 am EST Among film fans, the Oscars often get a bum rap. Awards are generally bestowed to predictable, safe choices, and very often the films we really love get no joy from the Academy. But once in a while the Oscars gets it right. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won 11 Oscars....
