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‘Big Hero 6’ Trailer: Disney Teases Their Animated Marvel Superhero Team-Up By Angie Han/May 22, 2014 8:28 am EST 2014 has already seen the premieres of two Marvel adaptations, with a third on the way this weekend and a fourth arriving later this summer. Today, we have a new look at yet another one, which premieres this fall. But this one’s a little different from all the others. Big Hero 6 isn’t a live-action CG spectacle, but an animated movie — the first animated Marvel feature film from Disney, in fact....

‘Entourage’ Movie Finally A Go As Principal Actors All Sign By Germain Lussier/Oct. 28, 2013 6:23 pm EST Briefly: Now that the drama is over, Drama is finally back. Entourage creator Doug Ellin tweeted what several of his stars had been saying over the weekend. All deals have been signed and the movie version of the hit Hollywood-based HBO show is finally a go. Vince (Adrian Grenier), E (Kevin Connolly), Turtle (Jerry Ferrara) and, yes, Drama (Kevin Dillon) will all now receive backend deals on the $30 million film....

‘Europa Report’ Trailer: Trying To Do Something Great For Mankind By Russ Fischer/May 17, 2013 12:42 pm EST The indie Europa Report features Sharlto Copley (District 9, Elysium) and Michael Nyqvist (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol) as members of a crew in space. The film has been fairly under the radar until now, with only a couple images, a poster, and some teaser footage to give us an idea of what to expect....

‘Karate Kid’ Sequel Gets ‘The Crazies’ Director Breck Eisner By Peter Sciretta/April 7, 2014 1:30 pm EST When The Karate Kid was released in theaters in May 2010, the box office surpassed all expectations (grossing $176 million domestic and about $182 internationally). Columbia Pictures was quick to announce that the company would begin development on a sequel. Kung Fu Panda screenwriters Cyrus Voris and Ethan Reif were tapped to pen the follow-up, but development of the Karate Kid sequel has not been as quick....

‘Only God Forgives’ Red-Band Trailer: Wanna Fight? By Russ Fischer/April 3, 2013 3:53 pm EST Nicolas Winding Refn (Bronson, Drive) has employed images of serious violence in the past; his first team-up with Ryan Gosling featured both intimidating threats and gory action. Now we’ve got the first footage from their second film pairing, Only God Forgives, a violent revenge-thriller “western” set in Bangkok. Gosling plays a boxer and drug smuggler pressed into vengeful action when his brother is killed....

‘Rudderless’ Trailer: William H. Macy Directs Billy Crudup And Anton Yelchin In Musical Drama By Germain Lussier/Aug. 14, 2014 12:03 pm EST The first Rudderless trailer and poster are here. Directed by William H. Macy, making his feature debut, the film stars Billy Crudup as Sam, a father who loses his son. Racked with depression, Sam eventually finds solace in his son’s original music. He performs the songs at an open mic, and eventually becomes popular because of the music....

‘Taken’ Director Targets Sean Penn For ‘Prone Gunman’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 29, 2013 1:40 pm EST The Transporter cinematographer and District B13 director Pierre Morel broke big with Taken and then retreated back to the action cheese of From Paris With Love. But next he’ll direct an unexpected actor in a new action/thriller. Sean Penn is now set to star in Morel’s adaptation of the thriller novel Prone Gunman. Peter Travis (Dredd) adapts the 1981 novel by the late Jean-Patrick Manchette....

‘Terminator’ Casting: Sarah Connor Could Either Be Emilia Clarke Or Brie Larson By Germain Lussier/Dec. 4, 2013 9:16 am EST As films move and shift in and around that crazy 2015 release schedule, one that’s methodically, quietly, and steadily moving forward like a killing machine is the Terminator reboot. Alan Taylor hasn’t even officially been announced as the director, yet they’re also very close to casting one of the film’s leads: unsuspecting mother turned soldier Sarah Connor....

‘The Conjuring’ Spinoff ‘Annabelle’ Moves Ahead With New Stars And A Start Date By Angie Han/Jan. 16, 2014 8:00 am EST Though she wasn’t the main focus of The Conjuring, Annabelle the doll was one of its most memorable visions. Her cracked gray face and clown-like smile look like the stuff nightmares are made of, even before it’s revealed that she’s possessed by demons hell-bent on destroying her roommates. She was so effectively creepy, in fact, that now she’s getting her own movie....

A24 Films Schedules Kevin Smith’s ‘Tusk’ For Third Quarter 2014 By Germain Lussier/Dec. 10, 2013 3:13 pm EST Here’s what A24 has to say: A24 and Demarest Films have teamed up on Kevin Smith’s latest film TUSK. The film, which stars Justin Long, Michael Parks, Genesis Rodriguez, and Haley Joel Osment, was born out of one of Kevin Smith’s immensely popular SModcasts. Currently in production, the modern-day monster movie was also written by Smith....

Benedict Cumberbatch Joins ‘Crimson Peak’ By Russ Fischer/April 4, 2013 12:10 pm EST Benedict Cumberbatch is becoming one of the most sought-after screen actors, thanks originally to his leading role in the BBC series Sherlock, but also to attention-getting gigs like his Star Trek Into Darkness villain. Now Guillermo del Toro has turned to Cumberbatch to bolster the cast of the haunted house movie Crimson Peak. Emma Stone and Charlie Hunnam are also part of the cast....

D23 Video Reactions: Marvel Sequels, Maleficent, Tomorrowland, Saving Mr. Banks By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 11, 2013 12:00 pm EST Saturday at the D23 Expo, Disney held a huge panel presenting information and footage from the company’s next few years of live-action film projects. You can read about most of the news breaks elsewhere on the site. After the presentation, I got together with Germain Lussier to record a video blog giving our reactions to the main footage presentations: scenes from the Marvel Sequels Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Thor: The Dark World, as well as first looks from Maleficent, Tomorrowland, Saving Mr....

Ellen Page To Star In Sam Raimi’s Drag Me To Hell By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 9, 2008 12:52 pm EST Sam Raimi doesn’t get his dream job of directing the Lord of the Rings Hobbit prequels… What is the Spider-Man director to do? Anything he wants – he’s Sam f’n Raimi. And what Raimi wants is the hottest actress in Hollywood right now in his next film. Ellen Page has been cast in Raimi’s Drag Me to Hell, which Raimi wrote with his brother Ivan....

By Angie Han/May 28, 2014 8:00 am EST Manolo is the one with the swoopy hair, and Tatum’s Joaquin is the mustachioed one. Saldana’s female lead character is named Maria. Though the three used to be best friends — “like the Three Musketeers,” Tatum says — as kids, the two men are now rivals competing for the lady’s affections. Meanwhile, Manolo is also struggling with his desire to become a musician....

By Angie Han/Feb. 12, 2014 2:30 pm EST The show brings Forte back to his TV comedy roots. He first broke through on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, departing in 2010 after eight seasons on the show. He’s lately earned praise for his subtle, surprising dramatic performances in the films Nebraska and Run & Jump. It also reunites Forte with Lord and Miller. Forte voiced Abe Lincoln on the pair’s Clone High, and had a supporting role on their feature debut Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs....

Get Five Limited Bernie Wrightson ‘Frankenstein’ Posters By Germain Lussier/May 13, 2013 10:00 am EST Monster fans, comic fans and art fans are likely familar with the name Bernie Wrightson. If you aren’t, here’s the skinny. Wrightson is an award-winning illustrator well-known for his work on comics like House of Secrets and Swamp Thing. Yet the thing for which he’s best known may be Frankenstein. In the Eighties, Wrightson created Bernie Wrightson’s Frankenstein, a seminal work in monster pop culture retelling Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in comic book form....

Guillermo Del Toro Moving Forward With Supernatural DC Comics Movie ‘Dark Universe’ Featuring Swamp Thing And John Constantine By Russ Fischer/Jan. 7, 2013 4:38 pm EST Not long ago word came down that Guillermo del Toro is working to produce a film, originally referred to as Heaven Sent and now tentatively called Dark Universe, that will feature supernatural DC Comics characters such as Swamp Thing and John Constantine. We didn’t know much about the movie at the time, but now in a new interview del Toro talks about finally hiring a writer — who he refuses to name — and giving some more details about the potential character roster of the film....

HBO Wants To Do A Third ‘Band Of Brothers’ Series; Signs Unrelated Deal With David Fincher By Germain Lussier/Oct. 19, 2012 11:15 am EST Who knew this week was going get so David Fincher heavy? Disney is considering his 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, he released a new commercial for Halo 4 and now he’s reportedly signed an output deal with HBO. That means they’ve agreed to take on a body of work at a set price, but what exactly that work be?...

Ian Ziering And Tara Reid Return For ‘Sharknado 2: The Second One’ By Angie Han/Jan. 31, 2014 3:00 pm EST If you’re Ian Ziering or Tara Red, the answer, it turns out, is “pretty damn high.” The pair are set to reprise their roles for Sharknado 2: The Second One, which will once again be directed by Anthony C. Ferrante with a screenplay by Thunder Levin. What’s different this time around is that the action will take place in New York City....

Minor Spoilers From Seth MacFarlane’s ‘Ted’ Reveal Absolute Insanity By Germain Lussier/May 20, 2011 3:00 pm EST Seth MacFarlane has already built a television empire and he’s about to do the same thing at the multiplex. He’s currently shooting Ted, an R-rated comedy about a man whose Christmas present from the 1970s, a talking teddy bear, comes to life and achieves fame as a foul-mouthed womanizer. Mark Wahlberg is the lead, Mila Kunis is his girlfriend and MacFarlane himself will play the bear in full motion capture....