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Second Untitled Marvel Movie Set For 2016; Plus Live-Action ‘Cinderella’ Out March 2015 By Germain Lussier/June 24, 2013 1:09 pm EST Over the past few weeks, movie studios have been hungrily gobbling up prime release dates through the end of the decade. Studios like Sony and Disney have given release dates as far ahead as 2018 to big-time sequels and films with no titles. It’s getting a bit ridiculous. One of the most exciting studios planting those flags is Marvel Studios....

Sequel Bits: ‘The Raid 2’, ‘Sharknado 2’, ‘Super Troopers 2’, ‘22 Jump Street’ By Angie Han/July 30, 2013 3:00 pm EST So far, Reid says, the only thing that’s confirmed about Sharknado 2 is that it’ll be set in New York. And, of course, that it’ll feature a tornado of sharks. Otherwise, that title would just be false advertising. [THR] Syfy and The Asylum love Ian [Ziering], Tara, Cassie [Scerbo], [and] EVERYONE....

Studio Ghibli Documentary ‘The Kingdom Of Dreams & Madness’ Looks Behind The Scenes Of Hayao Miyazaki’s Workplace By Russ Fischer/July 9, 2013 4:00 pm EST The best way to learn about Japan’s famed animation house Studio Ghibli is simply to watch Ghibli’s films, especially those made by co-founder Hayao Miyazaki. Barring that, a visit to the Ghibli Museum in Japan will give you a good look at the studio’s history; cheaper but also far more limited is the selection of “making-of” clips that accompany some of the company’s films....

Sundance Hits ‘Infinitely Polar Bear,’ ‘Killers’ And ‘Ping Pong Summer’ Get Distribution By Germain Lussier/Feb. 3, 2014 3:00 pm EST Briefly: The 2014 Sundance Film Festival is over and done but the we’re still seeing the effects of the fest on film distribution. Three of the festival’s more popular films were just picked up for future release. The first is Infinitely Polar Bear, the Bad Robot-produced dramedy starring Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana....

Two New Video Clips: Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End By Peter Sciretta/April 15, 2007 12:09 pm EST Two new clips have landed from Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. The first clip shows Captain Jack talking to a couple ladies before entering into a short featurette with a bunch of clips, mos tof which we’ve already seen in the theatrical trailer. But there are some goodies, like Yun-Fat Chow’s character Captain Sao Feng going head to head with Captain Jack....

Video: Everything Wrong With ‘Iron Man 2’ In Six Minutes Or Less By Germain Lussier/April 30, 2013 5:00 am EST “A video of everything wrong with Iron Man 2? What is it, the whole movie?” That was what first popped into my head when I saw that the CinemaSins team was back to their old tricks, ripping apart some of pop culture’s biggest movies. In honor of this week’s release of Iron Man 3, they’ve gone ahead and dissected the film most people consider the worst of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man 2, in six minutes or less....

Watch Lars Von Trier’s Award-Winning 1980 Short ‘Nocturne’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 26, 2012 2:36 pm EST The internet being the incredible repository of video that it has become, every once in a while a very early short film turns up from a famous filmmaker. Today the example is Nocturne, from Lars von Trier (Antichrist, Breaking the Waves, the upcoming Nymphomaniac). The 8-minute film from 1980 won Trier the Best Film award at the Munich International Festival of Film Schools....

Will ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ Return To Yavin 4 From ‘Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope?’ [UPDATED] By Germain Lussier/Dec. 19, 2012 9:34 am EST UPDATE: The original Reuters author told TheForce.net he made a mistake. The rest of the article remains as is. The original base of the Rebel Alliance in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, was on the tiny moon Yavin 4. It’s here that X-Wing fighters were launched against the Death Star and Han Solo, Luke Skywalker and Chewbacca were given their medals....

‘Berberian Sound Studio’ Trailer: Beware The Sound Of Fear By Russ Fischer/May 14, 2013 4:00 pm EST Berberian Sound Studio started doing the festival rounds last year, but IFC is going to release it in the US this summer. Toby Jones plays a movie sound designer working on an Italian horror film, and the film follows his increasingly problematic mental state. Comparisons have been made to Roman Polanski’s work, and it’s easy to see some Coppola (The Conversation) and De Palma (Blow-Out) in there, too, along with the spirit of precisely the sort of films that Jones’ character is working on....

‘Ender’s Game’ Offers Prop Replicas Made In 3D Printer; Plus Historical Infographic By Germain Lussier/Oct. 29, 2013 9:20 am EST 3D printing could revolutionize the commercial world. Almost anything you can imagine can be reproduced in a 3D printer and Hollywood has begun to notice. For example, on the set of Ender’s Game, many of the film’s props were created in a 3D printer, likely saving money in terms of industrial and labor-intensive individual production....

‘Enemy’ Teaser Trailer: A Double Dose Of Jake Gyllenhaal From ‘Prisoners’ Director By Germain Lussier/Sept. 23, 2013 11:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Based on a novel by Jose Saramago, Gyllenhaal stars as a downtrodden college professor who comes to realize there’s a younger version of himself somewhere in the world. It also stars Mélanie Laurent, Isabella Rossellini and Sarah Gadon. Check out the teaser below....

‘Gravity’ Featurette Explains How 3D Becomes A Primary Character In The Film By Germain Lussier/Sept. 24, 2013 11:00 am EST There are few theatrical experiences as intense as seeing Gravity on a giant screen in 3D. Alfonso Cuaron’s latest film, opening October 4, is one of the most visually and sonically impressive films in recent memory as the two elements work in beautiful tandem to enthrall the audience. It’s a must-see in 3D because the third dimension is used very specifically to enhance the tension and sense of fear....

‘Harry Potter’ Spinoff ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Director Revealed: David Yates By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 21, 2014 11:48 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Harry Potter series director David Yates will return to JK Rowling’s magical world, helming the Harry Potter spin-off movie Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Yates is a longtime member of the Potter film series, having directed Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and both parts of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows....

‘Into The Woods’ Teaser Trailer: Disney’s Fairy Tale Musical Is Out This Christmas By Germain Lussier/July 31, 2014 9:37 am EST What happens when you combine the stories of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk and Rapunzel, add a few Oscar-winners, some Tony-winning music and sprinkle a little Disney on top? You get Rob Marshall’s adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical, Into the Woods. The film opens Christmas Day....

‘Kick-Ass 2’ Character Posters: Make New Friends, But Keep The Old By Angie Han/March 18, 2013 11:00 am EST The first Kick-Ass featured but a handful of costumed heroes and villains, but Kick-Ass 2 will introduce us to a whole lot more. The Jeff Wadlow-directed sequel sees Kick-Ass (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) and Hit-Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) joining forces with the do-gooder team Justice Forever, while Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) refashions himself The Mother Fucker and amasses an evil army of his own....

‘Penthouse North’ International Trailer: Michael Keaton Threatens Michelle Monaghan In Long Shelved Thriller By Angie Han/March 14, 2013 10:00 am EST Michael Keaton hasn’t appeared on the big screen since 2010’s The Other Guys, but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t been working. Way back in 2011, he and Michelle Monaghan were cast in a thriller titled Penthouse North. The film entered production with helmer Joseph Ruben late that year, to be distributed by Dimension Films....

‘Planes: Fire And Rescue’ Teaser Trailer: Dusty Goes From Racing To Rescue By Germain Lussier/Oct. 28, 2013 12:38 pm EST In terms of classic Disney storytelling, I felt this summer’s animated film Planes was super solid. Sure it was predictable and a bit cheesy, but the Cars spinoff created by DisneyToons had all the energy, pacing and excitement you’d expect from your standard animated Disney film. To say that sentiment was not shared by my colleagues would be an understatement, however....

‘Sin City: A Dame To Kill For’ Pushed Back To Summer 2014 By Angie Han/June 17, 2013 7:19 pm EST 2013 was supposed to be the year of Frank Miller. There were two adaptations of his books due out in the second half of this year, 300: Rise of an Empire and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. But Warner Bros. decided last month to push the former back to 2014, and now Dimension Films is following suit with the latter....

‘Star Wars Battlefront’ E3 Trailer: Recapturing The Magic Of The Original Trilogy By Peter Sciretta/June 9, 2014 12:23 pm EST I’m not a huge video gamer, but the Star Wars Battlefront E3 trailer has me excited for the future of the Star Wars universe in the interactive space. The trailer is a behind the scenes look at how EA’s Dice Studio is working hard to recapture the magic of the original Star Wars trilogy of films, going back to the Lucas archives to capture new details from the models and props....

‘Star Wars Episode 7’ Filming Is Already Underway; Casting Not Complete By Germain Lussier/April 6, 2014 9:31 am EST A recent rumor has now been confirmed by the chairman of Disney Studios. In a new interview, Alan Horn said Star Wars Episode VII has, indeed, begun filming. He didn’t say where, he didn’t say for how long, but he did say they have “a lot of” the main actors in place....