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Pierre Morel Directing ‘The Killer’ Based On Tom Wood Novel By Russ Fischer/Sept. 9, 2014 10:30 am EST Don’t worry, not that The Killer. While someone will eventually remake John Woo’s Hong Kong film of the same name, this is about Pierre Morel (District B13, Taken) directing an adaptation of the Victor the Assassin book series by Tom Wood. The first book in the series was released as The Killer in the US (it’s called The Hunter in the UK) and follows — see if this makes sense — an assassin named Victor....

Relive The Production Of Edgar Wright’s ‘Shaun Of The Dead’ Through Daily Set Images By Germain Lussier/May 13, 2013 11:00 am EST This past weekend marked the ten year anniversary of production on Shaun of the Dead. The film not only launched the film career of its writer/director Edgar Wright (who’s making a Marvel movie for crying out loud!), but its two stars as well. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, previously best known for a little show called Spaced, have since become household faces and names thanks to turns in movies like Star Trek, Mission: Impossible, Attack the Block and Snow White and the Huntsman....

Scott Mann Will Direct The ‘Seven Samurai’ Remake, Moving The Action To Modern Thailand By Russ Fischer/May 3, 2011 2:30 pm EST I’m not going to say that remaking a stone-cold classic like Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai is a fool’s errand. After all, some guy named Sergio Leone remade another Kurosawa classic, Yojimbo, and produced a classic of his own, A Fistful of Dollars, in doing so. Still, does it seem like a good idea?...

Shia LaBeouf Tweets Retirement Announcement By Germain Lussier/Jan. 10, 2014 8:55 am EST The last few weeks haven’t been particularly kind to actor Shia LaBeouf. After releasing a subversive short film, it was revealed the short was plagiarized from the work of Daniel Clowes. That lead to an apology, which was also plagiarized, and the actor’s defenses snowballed into weirdness including a skywritten apology and plenty of arguments about the creative process as a whole....

Steven Spielberg ‘Halo’ Show Could Air On Showtime By Germain Lussier/May 5, 2014 9:46 am EST Microsoft knows it is sitting on a goldmine with Halo. The video game series will be based on one of the most successful franchises in the world. While multiple attempts have been made to bring the sci-fi action property to the big and small screen, things are progressing very slowly. That might change soon. Microsoft has been in talks with Showtime to bring a live-action TV show based on the game, exec produced by Steven Spielberg, first to the cable channel then to XBox Live....

Watch Saturday Night Live’s Farewell To Blockbuster Video By Germain Lussier/Nov. 18, 2013 11:00 am EST The announcement Blockbuster Video was closing all its physical locations marked the end of an era. Anyone who ever rented a movie at a video store took a moment to think back on how radically and quickly things have changed. It was a significant media moment. Predictably, Saturday Night Live had a different twist. They took the real life event and gave it a funny spin by following a few disillusioned, lost Blockbuster employees on a post-closure quest, featuring a cameo by Lady Gaga....

‘Avatar’ Sequel Writing Roles Finally Confirmed By Germain Lussier/June 17, 2014 8:30 am EST James Cameron can’t write all three Avatar sequels alone. And he especially can’t write them alone at the same time. That’s why he enlisted the help of four writers: Rick Jaffa, Amanda Silver, Josh Friedman and Shane Salerno. The five of them sat in a room for five months, eight hours a day, breaking down the stories for each sequel....

‘Breaking Bad’ Poster And Teaser: The End Is Nigh By Angie Han/June 5, 2013 1:32 pm EST Whether we’re measuring Walt’s journey in real time (five and a half years), show time (about two years), or TV seasons (five), what’s certain is that it’s almost at an end. It’s anyone’s guess whether that means death, jail time, an escape, or something else entirely for our favorite meth kingpin, but we’ll find out when the final eight-episode stretch of Breaking Bad begins in about two months....

/Film Interview: ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Producers On Diversity, Flexibility, And Non-Spidey Heroes By Angie Han/May 7, 2014 3:00 pm EST Of course, he’s not doing it alone. His partner on The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is Matt Tolmach. Unlike Arad, Tolmach is relatively new to the comic book movie game; his only previous superhero movie is the last Amazing Spider-Man. But the results speak for themselves, in a financial means at least....

/Film Interview: Mondo’s Justin Ishmael Talks Comic-Con Releases, Teases Future Events, Studio Ghibli And Back To The Future By Germain Lussier/Aug. 2, 2013 9:00 am EST Mondo was out in force at San Diego Comic-Con, releasing almost two dozen brand-new posters (including variants) over the course of four days. So when I got a chance to sat down with creative director Justin Ishmael, I decided to learn a bit more about the creation of some of those posters such as Martin Ansin’s Conan the Barbarian, Ash Thorpe’s Pacific Rim and William Stout’s King Kong....

‘Iron Man 3’ Will Suit Up In Innoventions At Disneyland By Germain Lussier/March 28, 2013 1:00 pm EST Innoventions at Disneyland might not be getting a full Stark Expo overhaul any time soon, but Marvel is flying in for the release of Iron Man 3. On April 13, the Tomorrowland staple at Disney’s flagship location will welcome Iron Man Tech Presented by Stark Industries. The exhibit will feature Tony Stark’s Hall of Armors (above) from the film itself and give park visitors the oppurtunity to virutally try on the suits and even mess around in Stark’s workshop....

‘The Orphanage’ Director To Make ‘World War Z’ Sequel By Russ Fischer/Dec. 10, 2013 2:52 pm EST Briefly: Brad Pitt is back to produce and star in the sequel to World War Z, but this one will have a new director as Marc Forster will not return. Juan Antonio Bayona (aka J.A. Bayona), who made The Impossible and The Orphanage, will direct the sequel. While there are arguments to be had over The Impossible, the disaster sequence in that film alone suggests that Bayona will be right at home with the big sequences in this film....

‘The Past’ Trailer: First Subtitled Look At Cannes-Bound Film From ‘A Separation’ Director By Russ Fischer/April 22, 2013 11:32 am EST The last film from Asghar Farhadi, A Separation, was a powerful drama that swept awards around the world and was one of the most impressive films of 2011. His new film, The Past, is premiering In Competition at Cannes next month, and now we’ve for the first English-subbed trailer. Bérénice Bejo (The Artist), Tahar Rahim (A Prophet) and Ali Mosaffa (The Last Step) feature in the story that follows a different bit of domestic strife, as an Iranian man (Mossaffa) deals with the fallout of divorcing his French wife (Bejo) in order to return to Iran....

‘The Wind Rises’ Will Get Oscar Qualifying Run In November, Wide Release In February By Germain Lussier/Sept. 12, 2013 8:00 am EST Disney has finalized release plans for what’s likely to be the last film Hayao Miyazaki will ever direct: The Wind Rises. The Studio Ghibli film will get an Oscar qualifying run in New York and Los Angeles from November 8-14, a limited release on February 21, 2014 and then expand on February 28, 2014....

‘Wayward Pines’ Trailer: M. Night Shyamalan Smashes Together ‘Twin Peaks’ And ‘The Prisoner’ By Russ Fischer/May 12, 2014 3:30 pm EST The show will be presented as a 10-episode “event series,” with a cast that includes Matt Dillon, Carla Gugino, Melissa Leo, Terrence Howard, Toby Jones, Juliette Lewis, and many more. Trailer via THR. Info below presented by Fox. Imagine the perfect American town… beautiful homes, manicured lawns, children playing safely in the streets....

‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ Trailer By Angie Han/Oct. 29, 2013 10:25 am EST Two years after X-Men: First Class and seven years after X-Men: The Last Stand, we have our first peek at what happens when those two worlds collide. The full-length trailer for X-Men: Days of Future Past has just arrived, bearing two Magnetos, two Professor Xaviers, and a whole lot of action. Check it out after the jump....

By Angie Han/April 1, 2014 2:30 pm EST Fresh off of shooting David Ayer’s Fury, Brad Pitt is looking to head back to World War II. This time, it’ll be for an untitled romantic thriller scripted by Steven Knight, writer of Eastern Promises and Dirty Pretty Things and director of Locke. More details on the project after the jump. World War II is familiar territory for Pitt, although it remains to be seen what angle Knight’s tale will take....

Bryan Singer Officially Set To Direct ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ By Angie Han/Oct. 30, 2012 3:37 pm EST Bryan Singer has officially closed his deal to direct the upcoming film, confirming rumors that the First Class producer would swap places with the First Class helmer for Days of Future Past. More details after the jump. Talk that Singer could direct Days of Future Class began circulating last week, and as of today Deadline reports that the filmmaker has actually signed the deal....

Cool Stuff: ‘I Love You, Man’ Art Show Focuses On Film Friendship By Germain Lussier/May 10, 2013 8:30 am EST From black lights to best friends, Brooklyn’s Bottleneck Gallery is getting sentimental for their next pop culture art exhibit. It’s called I Love You, Man and is focused on friendships that are prevalent in film or television. Some examples: The Channel 4 News Team in Anchorman, the Ghostbusters, Ferris and Cameron in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Bill and Ted, The Boondock Saints, The Three Amigos, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid or Donnie and the Rabbit in Donnie Darko....

Could ‘Thor’ Star Jaime Alexander Play Wonder Woman In ‘Batman Vs. Superman’? By Angie Han/Nov. 4, 2013 9:30 am EST At this weekend’s Comikaze Expo, the Thor: The Dark World actress revealed that she has met with Warner Bros., possibly about playing Wonder Woman, and probably for Batman vs. Superman. Hit the jump to learn exactly what she had to say about it. During the event’s AMC panel, Alexander confirmed that she’d been having conversations with both Marvel and DC about superhero flicks....