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‘Noah’ Trailer: Russell Crowe Gets A Vision From God, Courtesy Of Darren Aronofsky By Angie Han/Nov. 14, 2013 8:08 am EST Following yesterday’s juicy little teaser, not one but two full-length trailers for Darren Aronofsky’s Noah have arrived, and you can check out both of them after the jump. Russell Crowe stars as the familiar Biblical hero, who’s driven by a vision from God to prepare for an upcoming flood that could wipe out all life on Earth....

‘Sharknado’ Trailer: It’s Raining Sharks By Russ Fischer/July 2, 2013 3:00 pm EST If you have to ask what Sharknado is about, perhaps it’s time to brush up on your reading skills. The title may be an ungainly combination of “shark” and “tornado,” but it does get the idea across. There’s some plot, I suppose, as suggested by this synopsis: “Super tornadoes suck sharks up from the ocean floor, hurling them at LA....

‘Texas Chainsaw 3D’ Inspires 30 Frightening New Posters; Here Are Our 12 Favorites. By Germain Lussier/Dec. 18, 2012 5:00 am EST Human skin. Severed limbs. Hammers. Bones. Chainsaws. There’s no denying that The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and its terrifying character, Leatherface, have helped shape horror iconography. To celebrate Texas Chainsaw 3D, the latest film in the series and first that’s a direct sequel to Tobe Hooper’s 1974 classic, Lionsgate and Vice are celebrating that iconography by creating an online gallery of eye-catching art....

‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Trailer Teases Feature ‘Rise Of Electro’ Subtitle By Russ Fischer/Dec. 2, 2013 8:25 am EST The full trailer for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is coming on December 5, but here are three brief bits of footage to show off the film’s web-swinging hero. Along with the teasing looks at Spidey in action, these clips feature (in Spanish) the Rise of Electro subtitle that has started to appear on international marketing for the movie....

A whole fleet of dudes use motorcycles as weapons against Tony Jaa. The movie has some of the worst CG I’ve ever seen… …like when Jeeja Yanin creates an explosion using an electrical cord or something. A woman kills a guy by punching him in the throat. For some reason, some concrete walls get set on fire… …and Tony Jaa uses them to make flaming shoes. Tony Jaa and his enemy use a train track to electrify themselves during a fight(!...

‘Winnie Mandela’ Trailer: This Fall’s Other Mandela Biopic By Angie Han/Aug. 7, 2013 6:30 am EST Nelson Mandela’s story will be brought to the big screen this prestige pic season in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, with a little help from director Justin Chadwick and star Idris Elba. But Mandela’s wife Winnie will get her own time in the spotlight next month with the unimaginatively titled Winnie Mandela. Directed by Darrell Roodt, the biopic follows the South African politician from her rural upbringing, through her husband’s imprisonment and the scandal and controversy that dogged her in later years....

Bennett Miller’s ‘Foxcatcher’ With Channing Tatum And Steve Carell Gets December Release Date By Germain Lussier/Aug. 16, 2013 6:55 am EST Briefly: One of the year’s most highly anticipated films that had been still waiting for a release date has just officially entered the awards race. It’s Foxcatcher, the true story of an Olympic wrestler whose brother was murdered by a mentally unstable millionaire. Bennett Miller, whose films Capote and Moneyball were both nominated for Best Picture Oscars, is at the helm....

Charles Dance Teases Tywin Lannister’s Return In ‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 5 By Angie Han/Sept. 22, 2014 2:30 pm EST As we wait to see whether Isaac Hempstead-Wright (Bran) and Kristian Nairn (Hodor) will make it into Game of Thrones Season 5, another actor is eagerly teasing his return. Charles Dance recently dropped some potential clues about the return of Tywin Lannister next season, which… well, let’s just put a big fat Game of Thrones Season 4 spoiler alert right here and continue the discussion after the jump....

Cool Stuff: Paintings Of Kids Pretending To Be ‘Star Wars’ Characters By Germain Lussier/Feb. 20, 2014 10:01 am EST With all the hype, merchandising, and insanity, it’s sometimes easy to forget why we all loved the Star Wars universe in the first place. Star Wars was all about fun. Excitement. Action. Romance. These films were our wildest dreams played out on screen and to watch them was to pretend we were these characters....

Could Mark Wahlberg Star In ‘Transformers 4’? (Update: Michael Bay Says No) By Russ Fischer/Oct. 23, 2012 4:43 pm EST Michael Bay and Mark Wahlberg just finished working together on Pain and Gain, Bay’s “little movie” based on a true story about psychotic gym rats in Miami who get into kidnapping and murder. And now there’s a chance that Bay will turn to Wahlberg for the fourth Transformers film. While that would seem to fully put to rest rumors that Transformers 4 would feature a female protagonist, (Wahlberg has had many high-profile female co-stars, but you’d think he’d play the protagonist in T4) but recent casting breakdowns suggest otherwise....

Deathlok Comes To ‘Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 24, 2014 6:00 am EST Are you still watching Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? There’s a chance the answer is “no,” based on an informal straw poll I’ve just taken with friends I know had been very interested in the series at first. Marvel is trying a few new tricks to bring viewers to (or back to) the show, such as adding Bill Paxton for a multi-episode arc as Agent John Garrett, and Elene Satine will play the Asgardian villain Lorelei....

Dolby Atmos Coming To Blu-Ray And Home Theaters By Peter Sciretta/June 30, 2014 11:31 am EST The first time I experienced a film in a movie theater with surround sound I remember thinking to myself that the home theater experience would never be able to replicate that immersion. Of course, cut to a few years later at a party at my rich uncle’s house where he’s playing movies on his home television in 5....

Edward Norton To Direct And Star In ‘Motherless Brooklyn’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 20, 2014 3:30 pm EST We’ve been waiting for what seems like forever for Ed Norton to firm up plans to direct and star in a film based on the Jonathan Lethem novel Motherless Brooklyn. But we haven’t been interested in the idea for as long as Norton has. He optioned the novel when it was first published, in 1999, and has been trying to get the film made ever since....

Five Reasons Why Spike Lee’s ‘Oldboy’ Is Worse Than Park Chan-Wook’s ‘Oldboy’ By David Chen/Dec. 4, 2013 8:00 pm EST Spike Lee’s Oldboy is a curiosity to be sure, a remake of a bizarre, twisted, gruesome Korean thriller. Most people thought Lee’s film was pretty terrible, and while I don’t have too many positive things to say about it, I did find it fascinating to compare the decisions that Lee made with those that Park Chan-wook made in his 2003 cult classic version of the story....

Grant Morrison Reviews ‘Man Of Steel’, David Gordon Green Weighs In On ‘Pacific Rim’ By Angie Han/Aug. 5, 2013 4:30 pm EST As Us Weekly’s familiar refrain goes, celebrities are just like us! They, too, like to check out the summer’s big studio releases and then talk about their opinions afterward. The difference is that when the famous people in question are comic book writer Grant Morrison and filmmaker David Gordon Green, they’re weighing in as pop culture creators, not just consumers....

Here’s Fifteen Seconds Of New ‘RoboCop’ Footage [Updated] By Russ Fischer/Nov. 6, 2013 4:50 pm EST With shots that last less than a second, it’s possible to pack an impressive amount of information into a fifteen-second clip. That’s the case with this preview of the new trailer for the RoboCop remake. The trailer hits tomorrow, and this advance look comes from Entertainment Tonight, but thankfully it is free of talking heads and intrusive voiceover....

James Cameron Says ‘Pandora: The Land Of Avatar’ Is Tentative Name For New Disney Attraction By Germain Lussier/June 1, 2014 12:30 pm EST For years we’ve just referred to it it “Avatar Land” but, at a recent Q&A, James Cameron told audiences what the official name of the newest addition to Disney’s Animal Kingdom might be. “It’s going to be called, I believe, Pandora: The Land of Avatar.” He also discussed some of the technical advances Disney Imagineers are making in the park, particularly with the animatronic Na’vi....

James Franco Optioned ‘Fight Club’ Author Chuck Palahniuk’s Book ‘Rant’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 11, 2014 2:58 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Still, if that option is by a very motivated and talented person, that’s definitely a positive factor. That’s what happening now. James Franco, the popular actor and burgeoning director, has reportedly purchased the rights to Palahniuk’s 2008 novel, Rant. Rant is a fictionalized oral history of a crazed serial killer in the future....

John Carpenter To Direct ‘Darkchylde,’ See WETA Test Footage By Germain Lussier/Oct. 31, 2010 11:30 am EST Being as it’s Halloween, what a perfect time to announce that John Carpenter’s next film will be a scary comic book adaptation. He’ll helm the film version of Darkchylde, based on the popular comics created by Randy Queen about a young girl named Ariel Chylde who regularly sheds her skin and turns into her deepest, darkest nightmares....

John Singleton Again Set To Direct Tupac Shakur Biopic By Russ Fischer/Feb. 12, 2014 4:30 pm EST John Singleton has long wanted to make a biopic about the late Tupac Shakur, whom Singleton cast in Poetic Justice. In late 2011 he was set to direct the film, but he dropped out a month later, and in the years since the Tupac film has essentially stalled, with attempts to come up with a new director, script, and financing taking time to bear fruit....