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Bryan Cranston Writing ‘Breaking Bad’ Memoir; More ‘Better Call Saul’ Characters Revealed By Angie Han/April 3, 2014 2:15 pm EST Breaking Bad is over, but it’s far from forgotten. Case in point: AMC is currently working on the spinoff show Better Call Saul, about Bob Odenkirk’s sleazy lawyer character. Though most of the characters revealed so far are familiar ones, we now have details on some of the new people that’ll populate the show....

Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’ Will Be Projected In 70mm IMAX At About 50 Locations By Germain Lussier/June 20, 2014 3:00 pm EST Somewhere at the cross-section of technological advancement and artistic expression lies Christopher Nolan. The director of The Dark Knight, Memento and Inception is well-known for being beholden to film, and in particular to IMAX film. IMAX continues to produce film cameras for directors like Nolan to use, but IMAX projection is quickly moving away from film....

Cool Stuff: The Amazing Star Wars Concept Art Of Former ILM Illustrator Joshua Viers By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 2, 2014 10:30 am EST Removed at request of the artist Fan art isn’t just for the consumers, its also for the creators. Joshua Viers, a concept art illustrator who formerly freelanced at Industrial Light and Magic, sent us a look at a serious of Star Wars concept art illustrations he has created just for fun....

Don’t Expect A ‘Call Of Duty’ Movie, Says Activision CEO By Germain Lussier/Jan. 9, 2013 2:35 pm EST In 2007, Activision changed first person shooters forever with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. The fourth game to carry the “Call of Duty” name, it was the first set in modern times. The release became a cultural phenomenon, due in large part to its incredibly exciting online multiplayer experience Since then, the release of each subsequent game has been met with the kind of fanfare usually reserved for the biggest summer blockbusters....

Elizabeth Olsen Confirms Scarlet Witch Gig In ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 11, 2013 3:15 pm EST We’ve known that Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene, Godzilla) was likely going to play Quicksilver’s sister, known in heroic circles as the Scarlet Witch. Now the actress has spoken just a bit about the role — not enough to give anything away about the film, but enough to let us know for certain that she’s in it....

Halloween Exclusive: New Poster For ‘The Simpsons: Treehouse Of Horror’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 31, 2013 12:00 pm EST Pumpkins, costumes, candy and horror movies have long been Halloween traditions. One of the newer traditions, over the past few decades at least, is The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror. Sick, twisted, and hilarious spins on Springfield’s most famous family referencing gothic film, literature and so much more. To commemorate these incredible episodes, which now have 24th reincarnations, Acme Archives and artist Dave Perillo have collaborated on a poster....

Has Felicity Jones Confirmed Her Black Cat Role ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’? By Angie Han/June 18, 2013 11:30 am EST After introducing us to a new, rebooted vision of the Spideyverse in last year’s The Amazing Spider-Man, director Marc Webb is planning to expand that mythology in a big way with next year’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Mary Jane Watson (Shailene Woodley), Electro (Jamie Foxx), The Rhino (Paul Giamatti), Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), and Norman Osborn (Chris Cooper) are among the classic comic characters who’ll be making their first appearances in the sequel, and now it looks like we can add Felicia Hardy a....

HBO Previews: ‘Veep’, ‘Girls, And Of Course, ‘Game Of Thrones’ By Angie Han/Feb. 21, 2012 12:00 pm EST This winter’s been so mild that it feels more like April than February, but unfortunately, actual spring is still some weeks away — which means we’ve still got some waiting to do before HBO kicks off its spring schedule. Thankfully, the network’s been good about reminding us of exactly what we have to look forward to, in the form of teasers, trailers, clips, and the like....

Katherine Heigl Is A Hypocrite By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 3, 2007 4:25 pm EST Katherine Heigl is a hypocrite. There I said it. Heigl bashed Knocked Up in an interview with Vanity Fair: “It was hard for me to love [Apatow’s] movie” because it’s “a little sexist…it paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight, and it paints the men as goofy, fun-loving guys.” But it was easy for her to commit to a starring role in Judd Apatow’s “Sexist movie” which elevated her price-tag from $300,000 to $6 million....

Kevin Feige Says ‘Doctor Strange’ Director Short List Isn’t As Short As We Think By Germain Lussier/March 13, 2014 7:00 am EST Marvel is still searching for the right Doctor Strange director. Several names have been mentioned in conjunction with the film. Speaking to us at the Captain America: The Winter Soldier junket, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirmed they have met with several of the names mentioned in the press....

By Angie Han/June 19, 2014 2:15 pm EST The roles of the six young stars have already been cast, and you can get a first look at them in character after the jump. Here’s who’s who, from left to right.

Lynne Ramsay Gets Funding To Launch ‘Moby Dick’ Into Space With ‘Mobius’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 3, 2012 12:30 pm EST I’m still haunted by Lynne Ramsay’s last film, We Need to Talk About Kevin, which I believe is one of the best horror films of the last few years. And so “We Need to Talk About Moby Dick in Space” is a great title for the announcement that Ramsay now has financial backing for Mobius, the film in which she’ll launch a version of Herman Melville’s novel Moby Dick into space....

Martin Campbell In Talks For ‘Hunter Killer’ By Angie Han/Sept. 17, 2014 7:30 am EST Casino Royale director Martin Campbell is getting back into the espionage game. He’s in early talks to direct Hunter Killer, based on the novel Firing Point by George Wallace and Don Keith. Hit the jump for more on the Martin Campbell Hunter Killer news. That didn’t work out either, and earlier this year it was reported that Steven Quale (Into the Storm) would be taking over the helm....

Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures Pulls Out Of ‘Terminator: Genesis’ By Angie Han/Jan. 23, 2014 7:10 pm EST Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures was the one that got the ball rolling on the new Terminator movie in the first place, beating out Lionsgate to pick up the rights back in 2011. And the project’s made some significant progress lately, picking up cast members and a director. But as pre-production comes along, Annapurna has decided that it no longer wants to fund the film....

Michael Caine Confirmed For Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’ By Russ Fischer/May 3, 2013 1:14 pm EST Briefly: The collaboration between director Christopher Nolan and actor Michael Caine is moving towards its tenth year, the two having first worked together on Batman Begins, shot in 2004 and released in 2005. Caine was in all three of Nolan’s Batman films, and played roles in the director’s “in-between” films The Prestige and Inception. Now Caine has been confirmed for Interstellar, the sci-fi picture that also features Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain, and fellow Batman vet Anne Hathaway....

Sam Raimi ‘Would Like To Work’ On An ‘Evil Dead 4’ Script This Summer [UPDATED] By Germain Lussier/March 4, 2013 9:30 am EST Just as the world gets ready for a Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell endorsed remake of Evil Dead, the director himself is finally getting ready to continue the franchise. In a new interview, Sam Raimi said he and his brother, most likely screenwriter Ivan Raimi, would be sitting down to write Evil Dead 4 this summer....

Set Photos: Tom Cruise In ‘Mission: Impossible 4’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 6, 2010 1:06 pm EST NO PHOTO Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to check out these photos from the set of Mission: Impossible 4. Directed by Brad Bird and starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Paula Patton, Vladimir Mashkov, Michael Nyqvist and Josh Holloway, the film is scheduled for release December 16, 2011 and is currently shooting in Prague....

Superhero Bits: Batman Arkham Knight, Guardians Of The Galaxy, The Flash, Stan Lee, Arrow By Germain Lussier/June 11, 2014 3:30 pm EST How can you prove your worthiness to be named one of the Guardians of the Galaxy? Is there a new character playing Spider-Man? Want to learn a bunch of new stuff about Batman: Arkham Knight? Where can you see a featurette about The Flash? When does the second season of Arrow hit Blu-ray?...

‘American Horror Story: Freak Show’ Poster And Teasers: We Are All Freaks By Angie Han/Aug. 28, 2014 2:00 pm EST American Horror Story: Coven went off the rails somewhat, but the great thing about Ryan Murphy’s FX anthology horror series is that each season is a fresh start. The next season, American Horror Story: Freak Show, will see many of the same cast and crew heading to 1950s Florida, where a “dark entity” emerges....

‘American Psycho’ Writer Bret Easton Ellis Penned A Movie For Kayne West By Angie Han/Feb. 18, 2014 2:30 pm EST Bret Easton Ellis’s last film, The Canyons, didn’t get much in the way of critical acclaim, but it nevertheless received a lot of attention for a splashy cast that included Lindsay Lohan and porn star James Deen. Now, for his next project, he’s joining forces with another tabloid-friendly celebrity: Kanye West....