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‘The Way, Way Back’ Trailer: Steve Carell, Toni Collette And Sam Rockwell Shape A Boy’s Summer Vacation By Germain Lussier/April 11, 2013 11:00 am EST Faxon and Rash won an Oscar for writing The Descendants, but you likely know them best as Ben from Ben & Kate and Dean Pelton from Community. They pop up in this film too, which they wrote, and directed. The movie opens July 5. The first trailer is below....

2007 Academy Awards Spoilers By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 25, 2007 12:24 pm EST Here is a rundown of what we know about tonight’s award ceremony. If you don’t want to know… Don’t read! It will open with a preshow segment which uses CGI trickery to allow host Ellen Degeneres to dance in and out of movies from the past. The climax involves her dancing with CG penguins from Happy Feet. Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas will present the Best Director Award....

David Lynch Short Film ‘Idem Paris’ Recalls The Industrial Tone Of His Debut By Russ Fischer/Feb. 12, 2013 2:00 pm EST David Lynch got his filmmaking start with short films, and of late the short form seems to be what he’s most interested in whenever he goes back to the moving image. One of his latest works is a short called Idem Paris. Like his early film shorts, it represents an intersection between the worlds of film and art, albeit in a different form....

Here We Go Again: Dan Aykroyd Claims ‘Ghostbusters 3’ Will Shoot Next Spring By Angie Han/July 23, 2014 4:30 pm EST Dan Aykroyd is never ever giving up on Ghostbusters 3. Though the project suffered yet another big setback earlier this year when Ivan Reitman decided not to direct, Aykroyd is nevertheless optimistic that the sequel will be ready to shoot by next spring. Hit the jump to see what he had to say....

Jeremy Irons And Sienna Miller Climb Ben Wheatley’s ‘High Rise’ By Angie Han/May 14, 2014 7:30 am EST The J.G. Ballard adaptation High Rise has been kicking around for some time, but got fresh momentum last summer when Sightseers helmer Ben Wheatley signed on to direct. He cast the first star, Tom Hiddleston, a few months ago, and now he’s added two more. Jeremy Irons and Sienna Miller are set to join the project in two key roles....

Listen To A Preview Of Trent Reznor And Atticus Ross’ ‘Gone Girl’ Soundtrack, Plus: New Pics By Angie Han/Sept. 22, 2014 10:30 am EST It was only a few years ago that Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross began composing scores, but already they’ve come to feel like a staple of David Fincher’s films. The dynamic duo are at it again this year with Gone Girl, and in keeping with the twisted feel of the movie the first track released from the Gone Girl soundtrack is eerie and kind of off-putting....

Page 2: Harry Potter, Star Trek, Apes, Robocop, Sopranos, Alien, Ghostbusters, Mike White, Hobbit By Peter Sciretta/July 18, 2014 1:00 pm EST Header Photo: Harry Potter “Muggalo” Tattoo ‘Planet of the Apes 3?: Where Should the Series Go Next? 10 Controversial TV Episodes Pulled From Air More Proof That Pregnancy Needn’t Be a Hinderance To Cosplay Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Calcifies the New Era of the Post-Human Blockbuster...

Paul Rudd In Talks For Lead In ‘Ant-Man’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 18, 2013 5:04 pm EST Briefly: He’s been rumored for months, and denying the report for just as long. But now The Wrap announces the first details that Paul Rudd is now in talks to play the lead in Ant-Man, directed by Edgar Wright. Seems that with Joseph Gordon-Levitt moving towards WB and DC’s Sandman film, Rudd locked down the lead role in Wright’s film....

Peter Jackson Says He’ll Still Make That ‘Tintin’ Sequel After ‘The Hobbit’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 11, 2013 10:59 am EST With all the work put into the three Hobbit movies, and Peter Jackson’s own comments about wanting to follow the Hobbit films with smaller movies that are based on New Zealand-sourced stories, it seemed like Tintin was being hung out to dry. Wasn’t Jackson going to direct the second film featuring Herge’s blond young reporter?...

Quentin Tarantino Dominates Director Roundtable, Says “I Can’t Stand All This Digital Stuff, This Is Not What I Signed Up For” By Russ Fischer/Nov. 28, 2012 4:15 pm EST Amongst even the most fervent Quentin Tarantino fans, the subject of Death Proof is touchy — is it a good film, or not? I love the movie, seeing it as precisely the sort of grindhouse movie that it hoped to replicate, with a layer of commentary thrown in for good measure....

Ridley Scott-Produced Halo Series Is Called ‘Halo Nightfall’ By Russ Fischer/June 9, 2014 1:00 pm EST Today at Microsoft’s annual E3 press conference there was no word about the Steven Spielberg-produced Halo series that is expected to premiere in 2015. But there was some brief info on the other series based on the Halo games, which counts Ridley Scott as a producer. That one is a smaller-budgeted “digital series” originally said to be similar to Halo: Forward Until Dawn....

Rumor: Chiwetel Ejiofor Up For ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ [UPDATED] By Germain Lussier/Nov. 3, 2013 9:08 am EST Update: There’s now video of Ejiofor answering a question about Star Wars. See it below. Imagine being a journalist, landing an interview with J.J. Abrams about his new book (which means you can’t really talk about Star Wars Episode VII too much), then haphazardly running into a potential Oscar winner in Abrams’ office....

Sequel Bits: ‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’, ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’, ‘24’ By Angie Han/July 25, 2014 11:00 am EST Practically speaking, Caesar is in a very tough place. I don’t necessarily think that there will be as big a leap between films. I see Casear as a seminal figure in ape history and he’s a mythic character. He’s essentially like their Moses and I think Caesar having to grapple with what it means to engage in this conflict that he doesn’t really want to be a part of and how that cuts at his core is going to be one of the great challenges for the character....

Seth Rogen And Jay Baruchel Stop Being Polite In ‘The Real World: This Is The End Edition’ By Angie Han/June 12, 2013 7:00 am EST At first blush, a star-studded comedy about the apocalypse and a reality show about hot-tubbing 20somethings wouldn’t seem to have much in common. Upon closer examination, however, it turns out they’re not very different at all. Both MTV’s The Real World and Seth Rogen and Jay Baruchel’s This Is the End involve unruly groups stuck living together — the former because that’s what they have to do to get on TV, the latter because the rest of the world has become a fiery pit of despair....

Superhero Bits: Arrow, Superman IV, Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Days Of Future Past By Germain Lussier/May 8, 2014 4:15 pm EST Want to see a bunch of cool behind the scenes images and video from The Amazing Spider-Man 2? Who broke the news to Jon Crier that Superman IV didn’t turn out well? How did Avi Arad get the Iron Man franchise back to Marvel years ago? Where would some of the biggest superheroes get drafted in the NFL?...

The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 36 - Virtual Reality By David Chen/July 16, 2010 11:01 am EST Yes, it’s Christmas in 1987, and we can listen to it in the middle of the summer because it’s Virtual Reality! The Tobolowsky Files is a podcast from the people who brought you the /Filmcast, featuring a series of stories about life, love, and the entertainment industry, as told by legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky....

The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 42 - The Moment Before Zero By David Chen/Dec. 13, 2010 12:00 pm EST What does a bad first date, a fist fight with Mel Gibson, and the beginning of all space and time have in common? Well… The Tobolowsky Files is a podcast from the people who brought you the /Filmcast, featuring a series of stories about life, love, and the entertainment industry, as told by legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky....

TV Bits: AMC Developing ‘Thief Of Thieves’ From ‘Walking Dead’ Creator Robert Kirkman, Plus: ‘Married… With Children’, ‘Mockingbird Lane’, Charlie Sheen By Angie Han/April 12, 2012 10:31 am EST Thief of Thieves reunites Kirkman with Walking Dead producer David Alpert and former Walking Dead executive producer Chic Eglee, the latter of whom will serve as showrunner if Thief of Thieves gets picked up to series. The show, like the comic, will follow “a master thief with a dual identity who, while struggling to quit the business, opts to steal only what has already been stolen....

Twelve New ‘Django Unchained’ Images Reveal New Characters And Scenes By Germain Lussier/Oct. 31, 2012 12:35 pm EST Today may be Halloween but I’m already looking ahead to Christmas. The family gatherings, the joy of giving, the religious celebration… it’s all important. But this year, there’s also Tarantino. Quentin Tarantino’s latest film, Django Unchained, opens on December 25 and brings with it the kind of excitement generated by a filmmaker whose previous releases have been almost universally stellar....

Video: Danny Boyle Says We’re In Danger Of Losing Adult Movies Due To “The Pixarification Of Movies” By Peter Sciretta/May 3, 2013 12:00 pm EST Danny Boyle thinks we’re in danger of losing adult movies for adults, and has a theory of how we got here. Watch an interview clip from VodkasterOfficiel, embedded after the jump. Do you agree with Danny Boyle’s theory of the state of cinema? Video: Danny Boyle Says We’re In Danger Of Losing Adult Movies Due To “The Pixarification Of Movies”...