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‘Arrested Development’ Writer To Pen ‘Knight Rider’ Movie By Germain Lussier/June 26, 2013 10:00 am EST With the Fast and Furious movies making billions for Universal, it’s no surprise other studios are trying to make their own car films. And if those films are based on well-known properties, that’s even better. Need for Speed is currently in production at DreamWorks, and now The Weinstein Company is moving ahead with a film based on the Eighties TV show Knight Rider....

‘Elysium’ Extended Trailer: Matt Damon Saves The World By Angie Han/July 31, 2013 10:06 am EST No doubt plenty of District 9 fans were sold on Elysium the moment they heard the words “directed by Neill Blomkamp.” But moviegoers who need a little more convincing than that can feast their eyes on the new extended trailer, which clocks in at nearly four minutes long. In the year 2159, society is divided into two very different classes....

‘Monsters Vs Aliens’ Director Rob Letterman Gets ‘Goosebumps’ By Angie Han/March 20, 2013 7:00 am EST Plenty of us who grew up in the ’90s still have a dusty box of old Goosebumps novels tucked away somewhere in the attic, but Sony Pictures is actually doing something with its stash. The studio acquired dozens of R.L. Stine’s bestselling scary stories a few years back, and is now joining forces with Rob Letterman (Monsters vs Aliens) to bring them to life on the big screen....

‘Nowhere Boy’ Helmer Sam Taylor-Johnson To Direct ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ By Russ Fischer/June 19, 2013 12:57 pm EST We don’t yet know much about plans that Focus is pulling together for the film, but if the movie is even vaguely as successful as the novel series, it’ll be huge. Kelly Marcel scripted, and Michael De Luca is producing. Does this directorial choice at all imply that the director’s husband, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, will play the wealthy and sexually dominant male lead of the film?...

‘RoboCop’ Trailer: “Why Is America So Robo-Phobic?” By Russ Fischer/Nov. 7, 2013 7:10 am EST Director Jose Padilha seems to know that some people are looking at his remake of RoboCop with a jaundiced eye, and so he introduces the new trailer for the film with some of the same explanation that he offered at Comic Con. In fact, this is a version of the reel that was shown at Comic Con this past summer, starting with drones patrolling the Middle East and Samuel L....

‘Shrew’s Nest’ Trailer: Dark And Bloody Terrific Family Horror By Russ Fischer/Sept. 26, 2014 7:30 am EST Fantastic Fest seems to have a bit less horror each year as the festival’s scope expands. At the same time, the horror at the fest is often pretty great. Take Shrew’s Nest (aka Musarañas), a Spanish film that is essentially gothic family drama… until it goes totally mental. I loved this movie in part because it is really nicely controlled until it goes bonkers, and also because it features one hell of a great lead performance from Macarena Gómez....

‘Sin Nombre’ Director To Direct ‘Noble Assassin,’ About Real-Life James Bond Figure By Russ Fischer/Aug. 22, 2013 8:00 am EST Just hours ago we talked about the fact that Sin Nombre and Jane Eyre director Cary Fukunaga had teamed with Idris Elba for a lead role and producing gig in his long-developing film Beasts of No Nation, based on the novel of the same name. Now Fukunaga has been announced as the likely director for another adaptation....

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ - What Did You Think? By Russ Fischer/Aug. 8, 2014 6:00 pm EST We’ve reviewed the film in print and podcast. Now that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is out, we want to know what you think. Spoilers are encouraged in the open comment thread below. I agree with Germain that the elevator scene is the best in the film, because it breaks out of the simplistic plot to show the characters in a moment of downtime....

‘This Is The End’ Red-Band Teaser Clip And Poster: Seth Rogen’s End Of The World Comedy Debuts, Before Possible End Of The World By Germain Lussier/Dec. 20, 2012 1:05 pm EST This Is The End (formerly Jay and Seth Versus the Apocalypse, aka The End of the World, aka The Apocalypse) is the new title of the directoral debut of frequent collaborators Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. The pair, who co-wrote Superbad, Pineapple Express and more, also co-wrote this apocalyptic comedy about a group of actors who end up hanging at James Franco’s house during the end of the world....

‘Three Days To Kill’ Starring Kevin Costner Scheduled For February 2014 By Germain Lussier/May 28, 2013 4:15 pm EST The world has been on pins and needles waiting for the answer to one question: When will we see the next McG theatrical feature? The answer is February 14, 2014. Three Days to Kill, directed by McG, co-written by Luc Besson and starring Kevin Costner, Hailee Steinfeld, Amber Heard and Connie Nielsen, has just been picked up by Relativity and slotted on the calendar....

‘You’re The Worst’ Red-Band Trailer: FX Gets Raunchy By Russ Fischer/June 20, 2014 3:30 pm EST You’re the Worst, a new show from FX, really dives in to sex as comedy as it follows a couple (Aya Cash and Chris Geere) who attempt to have a purely sexual relationship, and end up falling for each other anyway. Stephen Falk is the creator/exec producer/showrunner, and the pilot is directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kings of Summer, the future Metal Gear Solid film)....

3D Box Office Projected To Decline In 2013, First Drop Since 2009 By Angie Han/April 11, 2013 5:00 pm EST But no trend can grow forever, and if 3D isn’t in decline yet, exactly, it’s at least headed for a plateau. A report by Fitch Ratings indicates that 3D box office figures are projected to drop in 2013, for the first time since 3D blew up in 2009. But even as overall box office went up, 3D’s contribution to the total in 2012 remained flat from the year before....

Brad Bird’s ‘Tomorrowland’ Pushed From Winter 2014 To Summer 2015 By Germain Lussier/Nov. 7, 2013 1:58 pm EST Here’s the official description of the plot: Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space that exists in their collective memory as “Tomorrowland....

Christopher Nolan Calls ‘Man Of Steel’ “The Biggest Possible Movie Version” Of Superman By Germain Lussier/Dec. 4, 2012 1:45 pm EST After only seven movies, Christopher Nolan has elevated himself to Hollywood royality. Actually, he probably did it after five movies, but there’s no doubt he’s on a short list of the best in the business. That makes not only his opinions important, but his projects doubly so. He’s currently promoting the home release of his latest movie, The Dark Knight Rises, but the filmmaker’s got another major movie he produced – Man of Steel – coming out in a few months as well....

Cool Stuff: Heroes And Villains On Display In ‘Arch Nemesis’ Art Show By Germain Lussier/May 23, 2013 1:00 pm EST Every great hero has a great villain, a nemesis that completes their existence. It’s a theme explored in films like Unbreakable and The Dark Knight, and later this weekend will be the centerpiece at the Hero Complex Gallery in Los Angeles, CA. Their latest show is called Arch Nemesis, and is comprised of works depicting that topic....

DreamWorks Spinning Off ‘Madagascar’ Penguins Into Their Own Film By Russ Fischer/March 30, 2011 8:00 am EST The four roguish penguins that have been in both Magadascar movies (and will be in the third film, to be released next year) are one of the most popular aspects of that series. They starred in their own spin-off short when the first film hit DVD and have a TV show on Nickleodeon....

Exclusive: ‘Tomorrowland’ Is Coming To Disney’s Destination D By Germain Lussier/Sept. 3, 2014 11:45 am EST Brad Bird’s Tomorrowland is ready to come out into the world. Tuesday, Disney revealed that the film would have a presence at New York Comic-Con. Now, we can exclusively reveal the film will also have a presentation at the D23 Destination D event that takes place November 22-23 in Orlando, Florida. The film’s supervising art director Ramsey Avery will dive into the making of the film, specifically talking about how they reconstructed parts of the 1964 World’s Fair including the “It’s A Small World” ride....

Forest Whitaker Not Cool With Where The Wild Things Are Reshoots, Loves Spike Jonze’s Vision By Hunter Stephenson/March 26, 2008 12:11 pm EST There was an instance where I was arrested at a student protest and it would have been great if Forest Whitaker had suddenly appeared to passionately articulate and argue my case to the police rather than the guy who yelled, “Dude! Run! No! Don’t!” Whitaker, who plays one of the main Wild Things in in the notoriously delayed and troubled Where the Wild Things Are, is backing the film’s director, Spike Jonze, and the flick 100 percent....

Four New Names Mentioned For Harry Osborn In ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Including Sam Claflin And Eddie Redmayne By Germain Lussier/Nov. 19, 2012 5:00 pm EST The battle for a plum role in Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has become a showdown worthy of the webslinger himself. We know that Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone will be returning, joined by newcomers Shailene Woodley and (most likely) Jamie Foxx. Then there’s the role of Peter’s best friend-turned-enemy Harry Osborn, played by James Franco in the Sam Raimi series....

Guillermo Del Toro To Direct Both Hobbit Films By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 28, 2008 1:51 pm EST While nothing has been officially signed just yet, it sounds like a lock that Hellboy 2 director and all around cool guy Guillermo del Toro will take over the directorial reigns from Lord of the Rings trilogy mastermind Peter Jackson and helm the two planned Hobbit films for New Line. Today’s announcement in the trades comes after much speculation, beginning last December when Jackson and New Line finally settled their disagreements over profit participation for the prior billion-dollar grossing Tolkien adaptations....