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Original ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ Teaser Features Concept Art Rather Than Footage By Russ Fischer/Oct. 16, 2013 2:15 pm EST Still, an early teaser was cut for The Empire Strikes Back, and the Star Wars YouTube channel just gave it an official online release. This teaser is interesting because it features no actual footage from Empire. Rather, it offers up quite a range of Ralph McQuarrie’s concept art for the film, showing locations on Hoth and Bespin, and showing a bit of the planned battle between Luke and Vader....

Potential Star Wars Disneyland Details Include Speeder Bike Ride And Millennium Falcon Walkthrough By Germain Lussier/Oct. 8, 2013 3:30 pm EST Disney Imagineers seem to be having a ball figuring out ways to further integrate Star Wars into Disneyland. With seemingly every new edition of insider column, MiceAge, their ideas are reportedly altering and solidifying leading towards what tourists will eventually enjoy when they visit the Anaheim park for decades to come: a full Star Wars themed Tomorrowland....

Remake Bits: David Lindsay-Abaire Gives ‘Poltergeist’ Update, ‘Carrie’ Reveals Viral Image, HBO To Remake French Brothel Drama ‘Maison Close’ By Angie Han/Nov. 13, 2012 10:45 am EST MGM’s been trying to remake Poltergeist for years now, but the project suddenly became much more interesting last summer when David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole) was tapped to pen the script. While the picture is still in the early stages, with no director or stars signed on as of yet, the writer reassured Collider that it is “definitely a priority” for the studio and that it’s continuing to move forward:...

Scott Cooper And Leonardo DiCaprio Get On ‘The Road Home’ By Angie Han/Feb. 21, 2013 11:30 am EST So much for Leonardo DiCaprio’s plans to take a break from Hollywood — he may have already found his next role. The Django Unchained actor is set to produce and possibly star in The Road Home, an adaptation of an upcoming novel by Michael Armour. The project is set up at Warner Bros....

Sequel Bits: ‘The Hobbit’, ‘National Treasure 3’, ‘Aliens’, ‘Dumb And Dumber To’ By Angie Han/Oct. 25, 2013 7:30 am EST But as pricey as the camera is, police explain that this particular model is so rare that it’s unlikely to get much at the pawn shop. “I don’t think a person who is not in the industry would even know what it is,” said an officer. An employee associated with the production added that without the accompanying equipment, which the thieves did not get, the camera itself wouldn’t work....

By Russ Fischer/Aug. 21, 2014 12:30 pm EST Sony and Shane Black have a nice little pulp revival arrangement going. For quite a while, Black has been developing a Doc Savage movie for Sony. Now he’s also tapped to direct The Destroyer for the studio, based on the long-running novel series (150 books!) centered around badass character and “human superweapon” Remo Williams. The script for The Destroyer is by Jim Uhls (Fight Club), based on the characters co-created by Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir....

Skylar Astin And Ben Platt Are Back For ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ By Germain Lussier/May 22, 2014 5:00 am EST Briefly: The two newest members of the Barden Treblemakers are now officially returning for Pitch Perfect 2. Roommates turned a capella singers Jesse (Skylar Astin) and Benji (Ben Platt) have now both officially signed to return for the currently in-production sequel. Directed by Elizabeth Banks, almost all of the original cast is returning – including Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson and Adam DeVine – as well as newcomers Haliee Steinfeld and Katey Segal....

Superhero Bits: Gotham, Agents Of SHIELD, Spider-Man, Lego Batman, Guardians Of The Galaxy By Germain Lussier/Aug. 1, 2014 4:30 pm EST How much did Guardians of the Galaxy make on its first evening? Does James Gunn have deleted scenes held back from the film? Which actors have been added to Gotham and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? When is Lego Batman 3 coming out? Why are superhero movies so devoid of color these days?...

Theme Park Bits: Paramount Park Features ‘Star Trek’ And ‘Mission Impossible;’ Plus ‘Tomorrowland,’ ‘Waterworld,’ ‘Ratatouille’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 11, 2014 3:00 pm EST Director Brad Bird tweeted the above image last week to announce, even though it won’t hit theaters until May 2015, Tomorrowland has finished filming. The production finished up at Disneyland in Anaheim with a scene that takes place at the 1964 World’s Fair. You can see spy photos here....

VOTD: ‘Wreck It Ralph’ In 60 Seconds And In Live Action By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 12, 2013 4:51 pm EST Kial Natale decided to try to recreate Disney Animation’s Wreck It Ralph, in live action, telling the story of the entire movie in under 60 seconds. The resulting short film is actually pretty awesome, showing you what all those sweded videos could look like with a lot of work and computer effects and compositing knowledge & skills....

Watch: Paul Thomas Anderson Directed TV Pilot For ‘The Jon Brion Show’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 18, 2013 2:00 pm EST Paul Thomas Anderson once directed a television pilot. The show never aired or got picked up and, for the most part, no one ever saw what he did. However, now thanks to the magic of the Internet, that’s all in the past. The PTA website Cigarettes and Red Vines got their hands on the pilot episode of The Jon Brion Show, which Anderson directed after VH1 turned down the initial version....

Watch A Pitch Trailer For ‘Jurassic World’ By Angie Han/Sept. 11, 2013 10:13 am EST Last night’s announcement that Jurassic Park 4 would be titled Jurassic World just left us hungry for more information about the movie, and today we’ve something really juicy. Someone has uploaded a pitch trailer for the film, giving us a sense of what it might look like. Keep in mind that this isn’t actually a clip from the movie — in fact, Frank Marshall has confirmed that it isn’t — but it’s an exciting peek at a long-developing project nonetheless....

Watch The Filming Of The “Tread Lightly” Scene From ‘Breaking Bad’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 23, 2013 11:00 am EST After the massive cliffhanger in the mid-season finale of this last season of Breaking Bad, everyone expected the showdown between Walt and Hank to take some time. Leave it to Vince Gilligan to mess with expectations again and have it happen right in the premiere episode of the fifth season’s return. The performances by Dean Norris and Bryan Cranston in the scene were second to none; now a behind the scenes clip shows the production of that scene....

‘Archer’ Teaser: “I Bet Your Tears Taste Like Bacon” By Russ Fischer/Nov. 5, 2013 11:00 am EST Sherlock isn’t the only smart guy that will be back on TV in January; Archer is coming back to FX on an as-yet unspecified date within January next year. (Update: It’ll air on a new day this season, Mondays at 10 PM ET/PT, beginning January 13.) The show’s fifth season has already been advertised with a great re-make of the Top Gun music video....

By Russ Fischer/March 9, 2012 11:30 am EST Not long ago, Kevin Smith and a company called Phase 4 announced a distribution partnership, in which Phase 4 would acquire low-budget films and release them under Kevin Smith’s SModcast Pictures banner. The first pickup for the label is the wild high school comedy Bindlestiffs, directed by Andrew Edison, co-written by Luke Loftin and starring Loftin, Edison, John Karna and Will Fordyce. It premiered at Slamdance this past January....

‘Minions’ Spinoff Pushed From 2014 To 2015 By Angie Han/Sept. 20, 2013 4:45 pm EST This year has been a tough one for animated films. The Croods, Epic, Monsters University, Despicable Me 2, Turbo, and Planes all opened in the space of six months, and Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2, Free Birds, and Frozen are due out in the next several weeks. But so far at least, 2014 is shaping up to be a bit less crowded....

‘Monsters: Dark Continent’ Trailer: Beware The Giant Sand Bugs By Russ Fischer/May 15, 2014 4:30 pm EST Monsters: Dark Continent hits the UK in September. We don’t have a US date yet. Trailer at IGN via Vertigo Films. Noah, a haunted soldier with several tours under his belt, is sent on a mission: an American soldier has gone rogue deep in the Infected Zone, and Noah must reach him and take him out....

‘Rock Of Ages’ Scribe Teams With ‘Frozen’ Composers For Disney’s ‘Bob The Musical’ By Angie Han/Jan. 7, 2014 11:30 am EST Disney’s Bob the Musical has been in the works for a full decade at this point, but it’s been slow going. One of the last updates we got on it was that 21 Jump Street’s Phil Lord and Chris Miller were negotiating to direct, but even that ultimately amounted to nothing as they’ve since moved on....

‘Rubber’ Trailer – Movie About A Killer Tire With Psychic Powers By Germain Lussier/Jan. 18, 2011 3:00 pm EST You’ve already seen a short teaser trailer for Quentin Dupieux’s killer tire movie Rubber but now that its April 1 release date is fast approaching, Magnet has released the real deal: a two-and-a-half minute glimpse at one of the most unique films to get a release in recent years. Having experience this movie first hand, here’s my 2 cents on this trailer....

‘Sabotage’ Trailer: Arnold Schwarzenegger Versus The Cartel By Russ Fischer/Dec. 23, 2013 8:07 am EST David Ayer (Training Day writer, End of Watch director) has a great-looking WWII tank movie coming next year, called Fury. But first, he’ll open the year with a movie featuring the DEA, drug cartels, deals gone bad, and sneaky dealings that leave people dead left and right. In Sabotage, Arnold Schwarzenegger stars as the leader of a DEA unit that robs a cartel and ends up in all sorts of trouble because of it....