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Daniel Radcliffe Ponders ‘Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them’ Cameo By Germain Lussier/Oct. 10, 2013 10:28 am EST Warner Bros. recently announced J.K. Rowling is writing a new movie based in the world of Harry Potter. It’s called Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and will be set several decades before Potter’s story begins. One would assume, then, actor Daniel Radcliffe would not be appearing in the films. That doesn’t stop people from asking him about it, though, and Radcliffe revealed he’s thought about how his character could return....

Danny Boyle In Talks To Direct Steve Jobs Film, Wants Leonardo DiCaprio To Star By Russ Fischer/April 21, 2014 3:14 pm EST At one point the Aaron Sorkin-penned Steve Jobs film might have been directed by David Fincher. Unfortunately, Fincher never took the gig due to disagreements over salary and control. That leaves the high-profile project wide open for a director willing to take on the job. Now, Sony may have locked down a very awards-friendly filmmaker: Danny Boyle is now in talks to direct the film....

Ennio Morricone Now Composing Ringtones For LG By Germain Lussier/Jan. 4, 2011 10:00 am EST When film fans hear the word “composer,” we immediately think of a film composer. Maybe our minds even drift to some of our favorite scores by the likes of John Williams, Bernard Herrmann, Hans Zimmer or Jerry Goldsmith. When that happens, it’s easy to forget that a composer can write music for things other than movies....

Harold Ramis Has Died At 69 By Russ Fischer/Feb. 24, 2014 9:31 am EST Harold Ramis, who co-wrote Meatballs, Animal House, and Ghostbusters, and who wrote and directed Caddyshack and Groundhog Day in addition to many other directorial achievements, has died at age 69, according to the Chicago Tribune. Despite those achievements, Ramis is best known for playing Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II, where he provided the essential and exaggerated straight-man character to anchor the team that also included Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd....

Howard The Duck Concept Art Was Perfectly Translated Into ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 19, 2014 2:30 pm EST The most unexpected Marvel character to hit cinema screens this summer has been Howard the Duck, who originally starred in his own George Lucas-produced film in 1986. Now there’s some concept art that shows one of the early visions for the new cinematic incarnation of the cigar-chewing duck — see the Howard the Duck concept art below....

J.C. Chandor To Direct ‘Deepwater Horizon’ Movie By Angie Han/July 11, 2014 2:30 pm EST You’d think the harrowing drama of his All Is Lost would make anyone think twice about venturing back into the sea, but director J.C. Chandor isn’t scared. He’s now in talks to direct Deepwater Horizon, about the real-life oil rig of the same name. Its explosion in 2010 caused the largest offshore oil spill in U....

Kate Mara Calls For An Anti-Tech Revolution In Viral Teaser For ‘Transcendence’ By Angie Han/Dec. 20, 2013 3:30 pm EST If you’ve ever worried that technology might be moving too fast, that computer intelligence could soon move so far past human intelligence that we’re left cowering in the dust, that the machines will then turn around and destroy us, their makers — well, then Kate Mara has some terrible news for you....

M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender Gets Release Date, Director Update, “Avatar” Dropped From Title By Hunter Stephenson/April 15, 2008 7:23 pm EST Writer/director M. Night Shyamalan will definitely be following up his June blockbuster contender, The Happening, with Paramount’s adaptation of the hit Nicktoons series Avatar: The Last Airbender. The ambitious live-action film is now due on July 2, 2010. Variety reported just minutes ago that the film’s title has been officially shortened to The Last Airbender, thus avoiding the 3D death ray of James Cameron’s AVATAR....

New ‘Better Call Saul’ Plot Details: Series Takes Place Six Years Before ‘Breaking Bad’ By Russ Fischer/July 11, 2014 5:35 pm EST OK, here we go: real details on what Vince Gilligan is doing with his Breaking Bad spin-off series Better Call Saul. We’ve known some basics, such as that Bob Odenkirk and Jonathan Banks are reprising their Breaking Bad roles of Saul Goodman and Mike Ehrmantraut. And we’ve heard a hell of a lot of rumors, speculation, and “maybe” details from Gilligan, Odenkirk, and other participants....

Nick Fury Won’t Get His Own Movie, But Look For His Story In ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ By Angie Han/Dec. 18, 2012 9:00 am EST Nick Fury is one of the more prominent characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, having appeared in five out of the six titles to date. Yet he’s never actually appeared in his own standalone film. For a while, it seemed like a S.H.I.E.L.D. movie might be coming out after The Avengers, but as we’ve since learned, that project has since evolved into a TV series....

Nick Robinson Of ‘The Kings Of Summer’ Lands In ‘Jurassic World’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 15, 2013 11:55 am EST Briefly: This year, the film The Kings of Summer, from Jordan Vogt-Roberts, was the feature debut of actor Nick Robinson. Playing the film’s lead, Robinson did a great job as a high school kid who, dissatisfied with his life at home, builds his own house in the woods, with the help of two friends....

Second ‘47 Ronin’ International Trailer Showcases The Supernatural By Germain Lussier/Sept. 3, 2013 12:00 pm EST A second international trailer for Carl Erik Rinsch’s long delayed 47 Ronin has been released. Where last week’s Japanese trailer focused on the famous international cast (Keanu Reeves, Hiroyuki Sanada, Ko Shibasaki, Tadanobu Asano, Rinko Kikuchi) this new one focuses on creatures, monsters and similarly disgusting bad guys. Or at least, that what it looks like; the dubbing in the trailer means story points are difficult to verify....

Sentinel Blueprints Revealed From ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 13, 2013 1:15 pm EST Maybe it’s because it was confirmed during Comic-Con, but I still haven’t fully wrapped my mind around the fact X-Men: Days of Future Past will feature Sentinels. Though we got a glimpse in X-Men: The Last Stand, everyone’s favorite mutant super team has yet to truly tangle with the huge, evil robots on screen....

Sequel Bits: ‘Star Trek 3’, ‘Terminator 5’, ‘Godzilla 2’, ‘Hobbit 3’, ‘Expendables 3’ By Angie Han/July 15, 2014 2:00 pm EST Meanwhile, star Zachary Quinto is dropping hints about what Orci’s Star Trek 3 might look like. “I think the five-year mission will be a part of this next film in some way,” he teased. Orci has said the same thing in the past, so this particular plot point would seem to be all but confirmed....

Star Wars Bits: Mark Hamill, Detours, Assault Team, Pinball And Iceland In ‘Episode VIl’ By Germain Lussier/March 27, 2014 12:00 pm EST The big theater convention CinemaCon brought no new news for Star Wars Episode VII. However, there’s still news to be found. In this edition of Star Wars Bits, read about the following: Mark Hamill will appear at Disney’s Star Wars Weekends. Star Wars Detours may still see the light of day....

Stephen King Adaptation ‘Mercy’ Headed To Big Screen With ‘Paranormal Activity’ Producer Jason Blumhouse By Angie Han/Oct. 26, 2012 10:04 am EST Three and a half decades after Brian De Palma first brought Stephen King to the big screen with Carrie, the horror author seems to be hotter than ever. It feels like hardly a week goes by without news of yet another King adaptation project, and this week is no exception....

The Alamo Drafthouse’s Top 10 Films Of 2013 By Germain Lussier/Jan. 2, 2014 8:30 am EST If you think movie theaters don’t have personalities, think again. Major corporate movie theaters feel quite different from smaller, independent venues; the movies each promote show the difference. Squarely in between those extremes is the Alamo Drafthouse, a growing chain of theaters with a distinctly independent and niche sensibility. Which is what makes their top 10 films of 2013 so intriguing....

Tobey Maguire’s Nick And Elizabeth Debicki’s Jordan Take The Spotlight In New ‘The Great Gatsby’ Character Posters By Angie Han/Dec. 19, 2012 5:00 am EST Only time will tell how Baz Luhrmann’s ostentatious modern sensibilities will mesh with F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age classic The Great Gatsby, but if nothing else, the film seems to have the characters down pat. Yesterday, we got posters for two key figures from The Great Gatsby: Tom Buchanan (Joel Edgerton) and Myrtle Wilson (Isla Fisher)....

Two ‘Game Of Thrones’ Stars Board ‘Pride And Prejudice And Zombies’ By Angie Han/Sept. 24, 2014 8:06 am EST The Lannister clan has plenty to worry about already on HBO’s Game of Thrones, but now two of them are about to face a threat possibly even greater than Daenerys’ dragons or Melisandre’s shadow monsters: Regency-era zombies. Charles Dance and Lena Headey, who play Tywin and Cersei respectively, are set for the cast of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies....

Universal Remaking Stephen King’s ‘Firestarter;’ ‘Maximum Overdrive’ Remake Also Percolating By Russ Fischer/Dec. 14, 2010 8:50 am EST Poll a hundred people about their top five movies based on Stephen King novels and I doubt Firestarter, the 1984 film featuring Drew Barrymore in her first post-E.T. film appearance, would even crack the top 90%. I actually wouldn’t be surprised if a great many people now have never seen the film....