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John Woo’s ‘The Crossing’ Opens In China In December By Russ Fischer/Sept. 10, 2014 9:00 am EST John Woo has been quiet for several years as he dealt with throat cancer, and as government script approval was delayed for his latest film, but he’s ready to return to cinema screens with a new two-part epic. Much as his last major effort, Red Cliff, was a two-part tale drawn from Chinese history, so too The Crossing is a period piece split into two parts....

Marvel Confirms Paul Rudd As ‘Ant-Man’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 19, 2013 6:29 pm EST Erase any doubt you might have had that last night’s “in talks” report about Paul Rudd playing the lead in Ant-Man for Edgar Wright could have meant that someone else might end up with the role. (The actor had passed off talks of him getting the gig as “all rumor, man” just a week ago.) Marvel has just confirmed that Rudd will play the role, though the release shies away from naming the specific incarnation of the character, and definitely does not give out any plot info....

MGM Will Reboot ‘The Addams Family’ As An Animated Film By Angie Han/Oct. 31, 2013 11:15 am EST Here’s some appropriately gothic news for Halloween: MGM is working on another reboot of The Addams Family, this time as an animated feature. That might sound like old news to those who recall that Tim Burton was working on a stop-motion animated version a few years back, but in fact, this is a new incarnation altogether....

Page 2: BTTF, Indiana Jones, AHS, Totoro, Friends, David Lynch, True Detective, Star Wars, Roger Rabbit, Scandal By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 19, 2014 4:00 pm EST Header Photo: Laurent Durieux’s awesome Back to the Future Part III print. 10 LEGENDARY DRINKING SCENES IN MOVIES The biggest comparison of sci-fi spaceships ever is complete at lastBond Movie Villains, Ranked Worst to BestThe 5 Best (and 5 Worst) Movies to Watch On a Long Flight...

Page 2: Hobbit, Incredibles, Star Wars, Firefly, Star Trek, Drive, Walking Dead, House Of Cards, Magic Mike, Argo, Doctor Who, Indiana Jones, Bond, Christopher Nolan, Die Hard By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 12, 2013 12:30 pm EST Header Photo: Cat Hobbit Hole Netflix’s ‘House Of Cards’ Is Internet TV-Funded Original Programming But Don’t Kid Yourself It’s Ad-Free (Spoiler Alert) Was Darth Vader’s attack on the rebels at Hoth a complete military blunder?...

Rumor: ‘Chronicle’ Star Michael B. Jordan In Contention For ‘Fantastic Four’ By Angie Han/May 2, 2013 8:46 am EST Let’s be real: Superhero movies have historically tended to be lily-white affairs. Sure, there’s the occasional Nick Fury or Storm or War Machine, but the vast majority of leading heroes have been Caucasian. If a new casting rumor is to be believed, though, Josh Trank’s upcoming Fantastic Four could be an exciting exception....

Spider-Man Takes Aim In New ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Photos By Germain Lussier/Nov. 8, 2013 3:18 pm EST As we wait on the first trailer for Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (which will be attached to The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug), a few new photos have surfaced to whet your spidey-appetite. Two are fairly innocuous, but the third reveals a scene we definitely have not seen yet. It’s not a super spoiler; it seems like something that could be in that trailer....

Superhero Bits: Amazing Spider-Man 2, Arrow, Thor: The Dark World, Batman, Kick-Ass, Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. By Germain Lussier/Oct. 10, 2013 5:15 pm EST What’s the name of the new Batman comic book coming in 2014? How does Hans Zimmer describe The Amazing Spider-Man 2? Want to see a toy of The Winter Soldier from Captain America: The Winter Soldier? Is Quentin Tarantino a Batman fan? Which DC easter eggs were in the first episode of Arrow?...

Superhero Bits: Batman: Arkham Knight, Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Days Of Future Past, Watchmen By Germain Lussier/March 27, 2014 3:00 pm EST What’s happening for the 75th anniversary of Batman? Want to learn some new facts about The Amazing Spider-Man 2 video game and Batman: Arkham Knight? Are you craving some new images from Captain America: The Winter Soldier? What happens in the first action scene of X-Men: Days of Future Past?...

Superhero Bits: Batman V Superman, Flash, Black Panther, Sin City 2, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Captain Marvel By Germain Lussier/Aug. 19, 2014 4:30 pm EST Does Kevin Feige hear your pleas for a Black Panther and Captain Marvel movie? Which villain has been cast in Arrow? Can you watch the Sin City: A Dame to Kill For premiere in 3D? What does Frank Miller think of movies based on his comics?...

Theme Park Bits: Land Of Oz Garden Opens At Epcot, DreamWorks Animation To Open Indoor Theme Parks In Russia By Germain Lussier/Feb. 19, 2013 7:00 am EST Two upcoming family films are getting a nice theme park presence. First up, Disney’s Oz the Great and Powerful opens March 8. Rumors of a full land based on the film continue to spread, a Land of Oz garden based on the film just opened at Epcot Center in Orlando, FL as part of the 2013 Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival....

Universal Considers Other Directors As Martin Scorsese Backs Away From ‘The Snowman’ By Angie Han/April 15, 2013 4:45 pm EST Martin Scorsese being who he is, never has any shortage of options for his next film. But even he can only get so much work done in a day or month or year, and now it looks like his crowded schedule has forced out one project that’s been on his to-do list for a while now....

VFX Breakdown Videos: ‘Star Trek Into Darkness,’ ‘Pacific Rim’ And ‘Now You See Me’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 8, 2014 2:30 pm EST The summer of 2013 has come and gone. We’ve reached that moment where movies we were so excited for only six months ago can begin to collect dust on our DVD shelves. If you know what’s good for you though, don’t let that happen. The filmmakers behind some of the summer’s biggest hits have gone to great care to infuse each release with plenty of behind the scenes extras to help enrich your enjoyment of each film....

Which Movies Will Have Commercials During Super Bowl XLVIII? By Germain Lussier/Jan. 27, 2014 10:00 am EST For movie fans who don’t like football, the Super Bowl is basically a night of trailer premieres. Studios spend millions of dollars ($4 million per 30 seconds to be exact) to debut commercials for their upcoming blockbusters. Usually, those commercials debut brand new footage. Looking at the 2014 release schedule, there are tons of films with Super Bowl potential but the final list of films with Super Bowl commitments has now been revealed....

‘Bad Kids Go To Hell’ Trailer: When Bender From ‘Breakfast Club’ Becomes The Headmaster, Everybody Dies By Angie Han/Nov. 20, 2012 2:52 pm EST What if John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club had ended not with the Brat Pack finding friendship, love, and understanding, but with everyone dying horribly and painfully? Directed by Matthew Spradlin based on his own graphic novel, Bad Kids Go to Hell sees six prep school kids serving detention together on a gloomy Saturday....

‘Charlie Countryman’ Red-Band Trailer: Shia LaBeouf Is Way Out Of His Element By Russ Fischer/Nov. 1, 2013 2:30 pm EST Charlie Countryman, starring Shia LaBeouf, has been somewhat divisive since it debuted at Sundance. Adherents (including our own Germain Lussier, quoted in the new trailer) like the film for its audacious, raw visuals and LaBeouf’s all-in performance, while detractors say that the debut from commercials director Fredrik Bond is more music video than anything else....

/Film Interview: ‘22 Jump Street’ Directors Phil Lord And Chris Miller On Their Future Plans By Angie Han/June 26, 2014 5:30 pm EST But that doesn’t mean they necessarily want things to stay that way. “It would be nice at some point to do something that people expects to be good. Although then with high expectations come a lot more pressure.” So what do the pair have coming up next? Hit the jump to read my full interview with the pair and find out....

‘Finding Dory’ Cast Additions Include Ty Burrell, Diane Keaton, And Eugene Levy By Russ Fischer/Aug. 9, 2013 12:15 pm EST We know more about Andrew Stanton’s Finding Dory, the sequel to Finding Nemo, than we did about the other Pixar projects on display at D23 today. And yet there’s more to learn, and the presentation of the film today featured some big cast announcements. One thing is that, while he’s in both The Good Dinosaur and Inside Out, Bill Hader is not in Finding Dory....

‘Jack The Giant Killer’ Gets Moved Up Three Weeks And A New Title By Germain Lussier/Oct. 17, 2012 5:02 pm EST Briefly: With Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium moving back a few months from a previously annoucned March 2013 release date, the long delayed Bryan Singer film, Jack the Giant Slayer, is jumping on the opening. Previously schedueld for release on March 22, it’ll now be released March 1 and yes, the new title is “Jack the Giant Slayer,” as opposed to “Killer....

‘Kink’ Red-Band Trailer: BDSM Enthusiasts Are People, Too By Russ Fischer/Jan. 17, 2013 3:00 pm EST There’s probably a way to cut a work-safe trailer for kink (the lower-case “k” is intentional) but that would be so boring. Not that this first trailer is all that explicit, but the film is a documentary about the filmmakers at fringe and BDSM porn site Kink.com. Or are they smut peddlers? Or experimenters in human interaction?...