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More New Footage From ‘The Hobbit’ Via Alternate Trailer Endings By Russ Fischer/Sept. 19, 2012 1:00 pm EST Warner Bros. has done a neat thing with today’s new trailer for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. An online app offers the chance to see five alternate endings for the trailer, one of which features the footage we saw earlier today. The other four endings are technically available to people via the app, but one YouTube video will let you see all four laid end to end....

Page 2: Indiana Jones, Mighty Ducks, Die Hard, Star Wars, Doctor Who, BTTF, Tim Burton, Michael Bay, Judge Dredd By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 25, 2013 1:00 pm EST Header Photo: Today’s t-shirt of the day on RIPT Apparel is a Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom/Despicable Me-inspired design The 20 Highest Grossing Films Featuring Female Action Heroines In a Lead Role (Adjusted for Inflation) The Many Experiences Of Art: An Interview With Jensen Karp Of Gallery 1988...

POTD: 98 Reels Of Film For ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ In IMAX By Germain Lussier/Dec. 11, 2012 1:00 pm EST Why will you only be seeing the Star Trek Into Darkness prologue in front of digital IMAX screenings of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey? Because the film is so long, an extra nine minutes likely couldn’t fit on a platter. Peter Jackson’s film is just under 3 hours, with credits, so it’s literally a mass of celluloid that pushes the boundaries of what IMAX projectors can physically show....

Robert Pattinson Joins Benedict Cumberbatch In ‘The Lost City Of Z’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 6, 2013 4:34 pm EST Pattinson has gone more for the weird when it comes to gigs outside Twilight. (Both the intentionally weird, and the unwittingly so.) And he’s got another gig with Cronenberg in the works now, a job with Werner Herzog, and a role in The Rover, from Animal Kingdom director David Michôd. That’s good company to be in....

By Germain Lussier/Sept. 10, 2013 4:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The idea sounds a bit like Y The Last Man, but with a girl on another planet, plus the What Women Want thing. I’ve never heard of the books until reporting on this so I can’t vouch for them, however, Zemeckis and Kaufman’s interest has piqued mine as well. What do you think?...

Rumor: ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Land Coming To Disney World? By Angie Han/Oct. 16, 2013 2:00 pm EST Wannabe hobbits may no longer have to journey to New Zealand to make their dreams come true. A new report indicates that Disney is close to finalizing a deal with Warner Bros. to bring a Lord of the Rings-themed attraction to Orlando. Now, it’s been rumored for years that the Mouse House has an eye on Middle-earth....

Six New Images From Pixar’s ‘Toy Story Of Terror’ Including A First Look At Combat Carl By Germain Lussier/Sept. 27, 2013 4:30 pm EST Briefly: Carl Weathers voicing a Pixar character just feels right. The Rocky, Predator, Happy Gilmore and Arrested Development actor has always had a sense of humor, and he’s using that – as well as his action background – in Toy Story of Terror, the upcoming ABC Disney/Pixar short....

Star Wars Bits: Frank Marshall Comments On ‘Episode VII’ Directors And ‘Indiana Jones 5,’ Joe Johnston Responds To Fan Speculation By Germain Lussier/Nov. 13, 2012 11:17 am EST Two people with very unique perspectives on this Star Wars business are producer Frank Marshall and director Joe Johnston. Marshall has worked with LucasFilm extensively in the past, producing all four Indiana Jones films (among others) and just so happens to be married to the CEO of the company, Kathleen Kennedy....

Steven Soderbergh Will Produce And Direct Cinemax Series ‘The Knick’ By Russ Fischer/May 23, 2013 12:00 pm EST Discussions of Steven Soderbergh’s “retirement” hadn’t gone on very long before the writer/producer/director clarified that he was really moving away from feature films, not necessarily from working in moving images. Television projects have been on the table, and he’s talked about a couple. (Info on The Sot-Weed Factor is here, for example.)...

Superhero Bits: Amazing Spider-Man 2, Batman Vs. Superman, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Ant-Man, Thor: The Dark World By Germain Lussier/Jan. 8, 2014 4:00 pm EST Has Amy Adams read the script for Batman vs. Superman? How natural will the introduction of Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch be in Avengers: Age of Ultron? Want to see a new image of Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man 2? What does Judd Apatow think about Paul Rudd playing Ant-Man?...

Superhero Bits: Fantastic Four, The Flash, Constantine, Lego Batman, Agent Carter, Aquaman By Germain Lussier/Oct. 2, 2014 5:00 pm EST Who are the latest characters confirmed to appear in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham? How was Miles Teller cast in Fantastic Four? Want to see a new Constantine featurette? What’s the latest on the set of Agent Carter? Was Aquaman a part of Man of Steel without us knowing it? Is it a good thing Joaquin Phoenix isn’t playing Doctor Strange?...

Superhero Bits: Guardians Of The Galaxy, Man Of Steel, Amazing Spider-Man 2, Kick-Ass 3, Justice League By Germain Lussier/April 19, 2013 1:00 pm EST Did you miss a major Easter Egg in the Man of Steel trailer? Want to see video of Electro on the set of The Amazing Spider-Man 2? What kind of people are being looked for to be a part of Guardians of the Galaxy? Which major star was once sought after to play Lobo?...

Superhero Bits: The Wolverine, Iron Man 3, Man Of Steel, The Dark Knight, SuperCrooks, Hellboy By Germain Lussier/Oct. 25, 2012 12:30 pm EST Want to see an awesome set from The Wolverine? Will the movie feature ninjas? Who is Mark Millar trying to cast for SuperCrooks? Has David Goyer revealed something about Dark Knight Rises deleted scenes? What’s up with The Mandarin’s tattoo and rings in Iron Man 3? Is Paul Thomas Anderson a fan of Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight films?...

Two New ‘Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues’ Trailers: He’s Still Kind Of A Big Deal By Germain Lussier/Oct. 23, 2013 8:43 am EST Two brand new trailers, full of new footage, characters and hilarious jokes have just been released for Adam McKay’s highly anticipated sequel, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. The domestic trailer is funny – more Ron, more Champ, more Brick, more Brian, more absolute insanity in the world of 24 hour news, but the international trailer is brilliant, giving a much better sense of what the story is....

VOTD: Alfonso Cuaron’s ‘Children Of Men’ Blood Splatter Story By Germain Lussier/July 24, 2013 8:00 am EST Most people think Comic-Con is nothing more than a house of madness where people sleep for hours to see 30 seconds of brand new exclusive footage. Granted, that aspect of the Con is a big thing. But there are also moments of quiet genius stuffed in between the big events. One such moment took place during Entertainment Weekly’s Visionaries panel, which featured directors Alfonso Cuaron, Marc Webb and Edgar Wright talking about their films, new and old....

Walter Salles In Talks To Take Over True Imposter Tale ‘The Man In The Rockefeller Suit’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 31, 2013 4:20 pm EST The story is a good one, though: it follows German-born Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, who arrived in the U.S. as a teenager in the late ’70s and began assuming various identities. He eventually settled on that of Clark Rockefeller, “reluctant scion of the family with the country’s most famous name,” and capitalized on the false persona to climb the ranks of upper-crust East Coast society — living in luxury, landing prestigious Wall Street jobs, and even maintaining a 12-year marriage with businesswoman Sandra Boss, who was unaware of his true identity....

Watch A Career-Spanning Philip Seymour Hoffman Video Tribute By Russ Fischer/March 3, 2014 5:00 pm EST Do not watch this Philip Seymour Hoffman video tribute if you’re not prepared to go into a spiral of your own emotional responses to his powerful performances, and to his death. That said, definitely watch the video below when you’re ready to take in a snapshot of his on-screen persona. The actor’s entire career is represented here, from a 1991 Law & Order episode to the pair of 2012 films The Master and A Late Quartet....

Watch Derek Cianfrance’s Commercial For Dick’s Sporting Goods By Angie Han/March 14, 2013 1:15 pm EST Derek Cianfrance’s next film, The Place Beyond the Pines, won’t land in theaters for another couple of weeks. But in the meantime, we have another new work of his for you right here. The Blue Valentine director was hired by Dick’s Sporting Goods to put together this ad titled “Every Pitch,” about the high-pressure moment between two pitches in a tied baseball game....

Wes Anderson’s ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ Sets A Box Office Record By Germain Lussier/March 10, 2014 12:41 pm EST Briefly: Wes Anderson’s latest film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, set a major box office record this weekend. Playing on just four screens, it grossed $811,166 total. That’s an average of $202,792 per screen, making it the highest-grossing limited live action debut of all time. The previous record holder was from that other Anderson, Paul Thomas, whose recent film The Master made $147,262 per screen on five screens....

‘Attack The Block’ Star John Boyega To Lead Jesse Owens Biopic By Angie Han/Jan. 24, 2014 11:30 am EST Attack the Block star John Boyega will go from battling aliens in South London to racing Olympians in Nazi Germany. The British actor is set to lead Race, a biopic of legendary athlete Jesse Owens. Stephen Hopkins (The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, Showtime’s House of Lies) will direct. Owens is most famous for his performance at the 1936 Berlin Olympics....