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By Russ Fischer/Aug. 28, 2014 12:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. First, the sizzle reel: The Cosmopolitans Written, directed and produced by Academy Award nominee Whit Stillman (“Metropolitan,” “Barcelona,” “The Last Days of Disco”), The Cosmopolitans follows a group of young American expatriates in contemporary Paris searching for love and friendship in a foreign city. The romantic comedy pilot stars Adam Brody as Jimmy, Chloë Sevigny as Vicky, Carrie MacLemore as Aubrey, Dree Hemingway as Camille, Freddy Ãsblom as Fritz, Jordan Rountree as Hal, and Adriano Giannini as Sandro....

Page 2: Alien, Transformers, Star Wars, Ray Harryhausen, Wizard Of Oz, Doctor Who, Charlie Brown, Robocop, Cloud Atlas, Harry Potter, Drive, Lost In Translation By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 26, 2012 8:00 am EST Header Photo: Facehugger Bong Steven Spielberg on unlocking ’tremendous mystery’ of his dyslexiaWhy Time Travel Stories Should Be Messy Optimus Prime Transforms Between a Birthday Cake And a Groom’s Cake Why Does ‘The Poseidon Adventure’ Enjoy the Geek Cred That ‘Titanic’ Lacks?...

Patton Oswalt And Bob Odenkirk Join Genre Mashup Film ‘Kitchen Sink’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 20, 2013 7:30 am EST Up until now, odds are Robbie Pickering’s film Kitchen Sink hasn’t been on your radar. That’s about to change. The genre mashup written by Oren Uziel (who Sony also hired to write Men in Black 4 and 22 Jump Street 2) placed on The Black List, and was almost the directorial debut of Jonah Hill before Pickering (Natural Selection) came on board to direct....

By Germain Lussier/Feb. 22, 2013 8:21 pm EST UPDATE: Drew Karpyshyn has responded to this rumor. Read his response below. And you thought we were going to get through a week without a juicy Star Wars rumor? Think again. Ain’t It Cool News is reporting one of the many (many) ideas currently floating around Lucasfilm (such as the Han Solo, Boba Fett and Yoda movies) is a movie version of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic....

Ryan Reynolds Says ‘Deadpool’ Recently Took “Very Small Tiptoes Forward” By Germain Lussier/Oct. 24, 2013 1:00 pm EST Will we ever get to see Ryan Reynolds in a hard-R rated Deadpool movie? It’s a question fans have been asking literally for years. The script by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick leaked online some time ago, and everyone involved is so proud of it, they subtly encourage fans to download, read and champion it....

This Week In Trailers: Broken, Hellgate, I, Anna, Hail, The Hunt, Freeloaders By Christopher Stipp/Nov. 30, 2012 4:00 pm EST Longing for the day when we had thrillers pack the multiplex, changing tastes replacing these with the paranormal teen romance/superhero yarns we all know and love, this trailer feels like a movie we haven’t seen for some time and I love it. With Gabriel Byrne and his flowing silver locks looking all morose, complimenting the listless visage of Charlotte Rampling, and Richard Hawley’s “Precious Sight” crooning in the background tying it all together, this is how you sell a movie....

Tom Hardy And Takashi Miike Leave ‘The Outsider’ By Angie Han/Jan. 21, 2014 10:33 am EST Takashi Miike and Tom Hardy’s The Outsider seemed to be coming along at a decent clip. The yakuza flick was first announced last summer, then got a big boost in the fall when Worldview Entertainment signed on to finance and produce. Alas, now it’s suffered a nasty blow. Hardy has just departed the project, and Miike has followed suit....

Trailer: Morgan Spurlock’s One Direction 3D Movie ‘1D3D’ By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 11, 2013 7:00 am EST TriStar Pictures has released the first trailer for the Morgan Spurlock-directed One Direction 3D movie. The trailer makes it seem more of a puff-piece documentary than the cash-grab 3D concert film most were expecting. Watch the trailer embedded after the jump, and leave your thoughts in the comments below. Official Studio Released Info: One Direction – Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson – were discovered by Simon Cowell on the U....

VIDEO: George Lucas And Kathleen Kennedy Discuss Transitioning LucasFilm Into The Future By Germain Lussier/Dec. 31, 2012 1:19 pm EST The fifth and final part of the discussion between George Lucas, Kathleen Kennedy and Lynne Hale has just been posted on StarWars.com. Much like the last few parts, there isn’t any news on Star Wars Episode VII or the subsequent films, but this clip does feature the LucasFilm co-chairs talking about simultaneously departing and arriving at the company during a period of radical transition....

VOTD: Claymation ‘The Raid’ And ‘The Thing’ Director Goes Red-Band With Holiday Music Video ‘Mr. Frosty Man’ By Angie Han/Oct. 24, 2012 5:00 pm EST Every year, it seems like Christmas creeps up a little bit earlier. Though the day after Thanksgiving is widely considered the “official” start of the season (at least here in the U.S.), in reality we hardly get a chance to sort through our Halloween candy before the store racks fill up with tinsel and candy canes....

VOTD: Everything Wrong With ‘X-Men: First Class’ By Angie Han/May 14, 2014 6:00 am EST As usual, the complaints range from totally valid (that villain plot does seem awfully convoluted) to the totally silly (who cares what happened with those Twinkies?). Watch the video after the jump. In the meantime, CinemaSins invites you to turn a jaded eye to X-Men: First Class. If you’re looking for a deep thinkpiece, this… isn’t really it....

Watch An Alternate Ending To 1990’s ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Movie By Germain Lussier/Aug. 14, 2013 7:00 am EST Not sure exactly how this hit our radar this week, but it did. So let’s roll with it. The 1990 live action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film made over $200 million across the world, certifying it as one of that year’s most successful films. Who could forget the ending where, after defeating Shredder, Leonardo, Raphael, Michaelangelo and Donatello spout out a slew of suitably radical adjectives before Master Splinter throws in his own, they all laugh, and the amazing song “T....

By Angie Han/Jan. 28, 2013 5:00 pm EST Wonder Woman fans can take some comfort in the fact that The CW has a marked interest in adding her to their slate. The network has found great success in DC characters, first with Smallville and then with last fall’s Green Arrow, in Arrow. In addition, it’s worth pointing out that The CW has proven a willingness to stick with troubled projects in the past....

‘Certified Copy’ Trailer, Starring Juliette Binoche By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 18, 2011 5:00 am EST Sundance Selects have released the domestic movie trailer for Certified Copy, a French drama about a middle-aged English writer who is in Tuscany to promote his latest book, where he meets a French woman (played by Academy Award winner Juliette Binoche) who leads him to the small village of Lucignano in Southern Tuscany. The movie premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, and has played a couple dozen film festivals since....

‘Cuban Fury:’ First Look At Nick Frost, Rashida Jones And Chris O’Dowd In A New Comedy By Germain Lussier/Nov. 16, 2012 11:10 am EST Nick Frost dancing. Those three words alone can sell a movie to a certain audience. Throw in Rashida Jones and Chris O’Dowd and you’ve got Cuban Fury, an upcoming comedy directed by James Griffiths and written by Jon Brown. Frost plays a former dancing prodigy who is injured in his youth, only to be reinvigorated later in life but his beautiful new boss....

‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ UK Trailer: Oscar Isaac Plays A Folk Singer With A Cat By Angie Han/Dec. 4, 2013 6:00 am EST The Coen Brothers’ Inside Llewyn Davis has earned strong buzz from the get-go, picking up the Grand Jury Prize shortly after its Cannes debut and earning Best Feature at the Gotham Independent Film Awards this past weekend. Now, after months of hype and even more months of marketing, it’s finally about to arrive in theaters....

‘Listen Up Philip’ Trailer: Jason Schwartzman Is An Angry, Acidic Author By Russ Fischer/Sept. 15, 2014 6:00 pm EST Elisabeth Moss had two big films at Sundance this year: The One I Love, and Listen Up Philip. Here’s a new Listen Up Philip trailer, in which an angry and self-destructive author (Jason Schwartzman) strikes up a friendship with his literary idol (Jonathan Pryce) and falls even deeper into his own self-absorption....

‘Million Dollar Arm’ Trailer: Jon Hamm Seeks A Baseball Star In India By Russ Fischer/Dec. 23, 2013 8:17 am EST Craig Gillespie’s Million Dollar Arm stars Jon Hamm in a fictionalized story of a sports agent who finds himself marginalized in the business at home, and comes up with a scheme to find a new pitching star in India. Disney’s movie looks like exactly the sort of true-story sports film we’ve seen from Disney in the past, and does give actors like Aasif Mandvi, Suraj Sharma, and Lake Bell a chance to play with Hamm on the big screen....

‘The Conjuring’ Trailer: Clap Your Hands For A Truly Chilling Promo By Angie Han/Feb. 27, 2013 12:00 pm EST Horror director James Wan and his Insidious star Patrick Wilson are currently hard at work on Insidious Chapter 2, but first we’ll see them tangling with some other spirits in The Conjuring. The fact-based haunted house tale follows a family (led by Lili Taylor and Ron Livingston) who move into an old but charming New England farmhouse....

‘The Interview’ Poster: Seth Rogen And James Franco As Propaganda By Germain Lussier/June 11, 2014 4:15 pm EST Briefly: Later this week, we’re going to get our first look at The Interview, which is Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s follow up to This is the End. The trailer will be attached to 22 Jump Street and should be online soon. But first, the poster for the October comedy has been revealed and it’s excellent....