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New Rumored ‘Transformers 4’ Details Include Character Ages And Start Date By Germain Lussier/Oct. 18, 2012 3:05 pm EST Director Michael Bay is on record saying Transformers 4 takes things “in a new direction” and if the latest rumor is true, it’s starting at the top. Yesterday’s big rumor was that the human lead of the film would be a girl and it would be her boyfriend would be secondary; the inverse of the relationship between Sam and his lady friends in the first three movies....

Rumor: Alfonso Cuarón Offered ‘The Shining’ Prequel ‘Overlook Hotel’ By Angie Han/May 22, 2014 9:18 am EST Harry Potter might not be the only dormant property that Warner Bros. wants Alfonso Cuarón to help revive. According to a new rumor, the studio has also offered him The Overlook Hotel, the prequel to Stanley Kubrick’s Stephen King-based classic The Shining. Hit the jump for all the latest dirt on this project....

Sequel Bits: ‘Minions’, ‘22 Jump Street’, ‘Dark Crystal’, ‘Better Call Saul’ By Angie Han/May 20, 2014 2:00 pm EST Ju-On: The Beginning of the End will open in Japan next month. No U.S. release date has been announced. This is the seventh installment in the Ju-On franchise, which has also been remade in the U.S. as The Grudge. [Variety] Not long ago, we heard that the Dark Crystal sequel The Power of the Dark Crystal was still in the works....

Sony Invites Military Personnel To See ‘White House Down’ For Free On July 4 By Germain Lussier/July 3, 2013 8:47 am EST In America, July 4 is synonymous with several things: Barbecue, fireworks, baseball, apple pie and Roland Emmerich movies. That last one usually means his 1996 hit, Independence Day, but this year an equally patriotic, kick-ass action film from the director is in theaters: White House Down. To simultaneously help promote the fledgling film, and do something awesome for American military personnel, Sony has partnered up with several major theater chains to offer free admission to the film to any active military personnel or veterans on July 4....

Summit Re-Ups Writers For ‘Red 3’ By Russ Fischer/May 17, 2013 3:26 pm EST Briefly: We haven’t even seen Red 2, but Summit is confident enough in the film that writers Jon and Erich Hoeber have been signed to write a third. The brothers wrote the first two films, so they’re as familiar as it is possible to be with the material. Not a bad outcome for the original film based on the comic by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner that focused on aging black ops characters being drawn back into action....

Superhero Bits: Man Of Steel, The Wolverine, Dark Knight Rises, Avengers, Venom By Germain Lussier/Sept. 3, 2012 12:00 pm EST Want to see possible packaging for The Dark Knight Rises Blu-ray? Why is Hugh Jackman dressed up on the set of The Wolverine? Could Justice League and Transformers cross over? How does Henry Cavill describe his take on Man of Steel? Is Venom actually going to become a good guy? Where can you buy some original Judge Dredd concept art and which Pixar artist is drawing for Marvel?...

Superhero Bits: Wonder Woman, Shazam, Iron Man, Batman, Arrow, Captain America By Germain Lussier/Dec. 26, 2013 11:00 am EST Will a Shazam movie ever happen? What does the old Wonder Woman think about the new one? Does the star of Arrow think he fits in with the theatrical characters? And why is Batman in Love Actually? Read about all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits. Batman Parkour…BATMAN PARKOUR!!! Original Wonder Woman Lynda Carter spoke to Metro (via Superhero Hype) about Wonder Woman appearing in Batman vs....

The ‘Super Mario Bros.’ Movie Gets A Comic Book Sequel By Angie Han/Aug. 27, 2013 10:15 am EST Super Mario Bros. is one of the most iconic video games of all time, one that’s remembered fondly by just about anyone who grew up in or around the 1980s. Super Mario Bros. the movie, on the other hand, is widely regarded an epic failure, and the start of Hollywood’s long, uninspiring history with video game-to-film adaptations....

VOTD: 250 Movie Introductions By Germain Lussier/Dec. 10, 2010 5:00 am EST Thanks to Buzzfeed for the video.

Watch Disney Drive-On With The Muppets Episode 1: Walter Gets A Job At Walt Disney Studios By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 1, 2014 12:00 pm EST To help promote the home video release for Muppets Most Wanted, Disney Movie Anywhere is premiering a six-part original series called “Disney Drive-On with The Muppets” for a limited time beginning August 1, 2014 (today!). After being left in charge of the Muppets’ office by Kermit, Pepe the King Prawn takes on the responsibility of “mentoring” Walter on the business of Hollywood....

Watch The First Four Minutes Of ‘Now You See Me’ By Germain Lussier/May 8, 2013 4:00 pm EST The upcoming film Now You See Me focuses on a character quartet nicknamed The Four Horsemen. Played by Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher and Dave Franco, they’re magicians who perform elaborate heists, giving the proceeds to the audience. This naturally gets the attention of the authorities and the story moves forward....

Watch This: The Social Network Opening Credits That Could Have Been By David Chen/Jan. 15, 2011 12:09 pm EST David Fincher’s The Social Network is finally out on DVD/Blu-Ray this week, and it offers a pretty spectacular, in-depth look at the creation of the film (go here for all our past coverage of the film). One of the things that’s always interested me about the movie is the opening credits sequence, which has gone through several changes from conception to execution....

‘Killer Joe’ And ‘To Live And Die In LA’ TV Series In Development By Russ Fischer/June 10, 2014 9:30 am EST It seems so long ago, but 2011 was the beginning of the McConaissance, when Matthew McConaughey’s rep was re-invigorated with the release and/or festival debuts of The Lincoln Lawyer, Bernie, and Killer Joe. The last one, from director William Friedkin, may end up having the longest legs, as it is one of two Friedkin films being used as the inspiration for a new TV series....

‘Ping Pong Summer’ Shines With Respectful Eighties Nostalgia [Sundance 2014 Review] By Germain Lussier/Jan. 25, 2014 11:00 am EST “The year is 1985. Rad Miracle is a shy, 13-year-old white kid obsessed with two things: Ping-Pong and hip-hop.” That’s the first sentence of the Sundance description of Ping Pong Summer, a new film by writer/director Michael Tully. The instant I read that, I had to see the film. It just so happened that the screening was my final film of the festival....

‘Simon Killer’ Trailer By Russ Fischer/Feb. 8, 2013 1:00 pm EST Sometimes it takes a long time for distributors to settle on a release plan for films they buy at Sundance. A couple of big 2012 titles are just now being teased to the public, for example. Take The Shining documentary Room 237, which just got a US trailer today in anticipation of a late March release. Now here’s the trailer for Simon Killer....

‘Zero Charisma’ Trailer: A Dungeon Master Can’t Control His Own Destiny By Russ Fischer/Feb. 1, 2013 5:22 pm EST All you may need to hear about Zero Charisma is that it follows a tabletop RPG dungeon master who isn’t well-adjusted enough to deal with real life in any fashion. But the film has a great pedigree: Best Worst Movie and The American Scream director and Troll 2 actor Michael Paul Stephenson is the exec producer, and this one was co-directed by Best Worst Movie and The American Scream cinematographer Katie Graham and editor Andrew Matthews....

Alamo Drafthouse To Open Third New York Location In Downtown Brooklyn By Angie Han/Dec. 3, 2012 1:25 pm EST New York is already a pretty sweet place to live if you’re a film lover. Not only is it among the first stops for limited releases, its popularity as a shooting location means New Yorkers are constantly surrounded by the sites of iconic movie scenes. It’s home to lots of industry movers and shakers, meaning it’s not so unusual to run into stars or filmmakers at screenings of their films....

Battle Brews Over Completion And Sale Of Long-Delayed Joe Lynch Film ‘Knights Of Badassdom’ By Russ Fischer/March 4, 2013 9:50 pm EST Over a year and a half ago, at Comic Con in 2011, we saw footage of Joe Lynch’s film Knights of Badassdom. With a cast that features Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones), Danny Pudi (Community) and Summer Glau (Firefly), and a story about LARPing fantasy fans who are pressed into action against a real magical threat, the movie did well at Comic Con....

Bryan Singer Recruits ‘X2’ Writers For ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 19, 2013 9:25 am EST Now Singer has tweeted an image of a “late night story session” for the film, showing him at work with Simon Kinberg, who we know has a big role in Fox’s superhero movie plans. Also in the pic are X2: X-Men United screenwriters Mike Dougherty and Dan Harris. Here’s Singer’s tweet and image: The current report is that Singer will return to direct Apocalypse, but that, too, is unconfirmed by the studio....

Details Emerge About The Wachowskis’ Globe-Spanning Netflix Series ‘Sense8’ By Angie Han/Jan. 7, 2014 5:00 pm EST Andy and Lana Wachowski’s Jupiter Ascending has been getting a lot of attention lately, because that’s what happens when you turn America’s Sweetheart into Jacobim Mugatu. But it’s just one of two major sci-fi projects due from the pair this year. The Wachowskis are also teaming with J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5) on their first small-screen effort, a new Netflix series titled Sense8....