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New Line Cuts ‘Gears Of War’ Loose, New Studio Home Sought For Big-Budget Game Tie-In Movie By Russ Fischer/Oct. 9, 2012 5:01 pm EST Gears of War, the Epic Games video game series published by Microsoft that has gone through three blockbuster installments so far, was set up at New Line for a long time as a potential feature. Len Wiseman was going to direct at one point, but in the years since 2007, when New Line signed on, there hasn’t been any significant movement on the project....

Reaction: Footage Previewed From The Superpower Found Footage Movie ‘Chronicle’ By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 6, 2012 6:00 am EST Video Blog Reaction: Quick Impressions: The footage was impressive in the way that it attempts to reinvent the superhero movie using a realistic found footage visual narrative structure. Most superhero films have the moments where the newly super-gifted hero tries out his new powers and is either forced or decides to become a crime-fighter....

Read The Interactive ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ Script By Russ Fischer/Jan. 17, 2013 11:00 am EST Oscar campaigning used to be so easy. Take out a few trade adds, approach a number of key voters, do a few rounds of dinners and drinks, done. Now there are far more outlets to get out info about a movie. The internet allows distributors to make all manner of materials available to promote their films for award consideration: scripts, scores, interviews, and on a limited basis even the entire film, via digital screener....

Robin Hood Set Photos Show King John’s Men Attacking By Brendon Connelly/May 22, 2009 3:16 pm EST [No photo]Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood is currently filming on locations up and down the English countryside. Courtesy of The Daily Mail you can see a handful of paparazzi shots of King John’s soldiers attacking a village. These were all filmed in Bourne Wood, Surrey but the film has skipped between a handful of counties....

Rumor: Here’s How A Certain Sith Lord Could Return In ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 14, 2013 12:02 pm EST Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa and Han Solo famously defeated the Galactic Empire at the end of Return of the Jedi, tying a nice bow on the entire Star Wars universe. But, of course, with Star Wars Episode VII in the works, director J.J. Abrams and screenwriter Michael Arndt have to come up with a new antagonist to challenge the Jedi after the demise of Emperor Palpatine and his apprentice, Darth Vader....

Sacha Baron Cohen’s Freddie Mercury Biopic Is Still Moving Forward, Says Queen Guitarist By Russ Fischer/Oct. 16, 2012 11:53 am EST Every once in a while we get an update on the planned biopic of late Queen frontman and consummate showman Freddie Mercury. For quite a while Borat star and Hugo supporting actor Sacha Baron Cohen has been set to play the mustachioed singer, but beyond that we’ve heard fairly little....

See Nova Concept Art From ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 8, 2014 3:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Cutting Nova from the first film makes sense. He would be another human character who is empowered with somewhat superhuman capabilities — a lot like Star Lord in the end. And then there’s the fact that we see so many other Nova Corps. characters in the movie....

Sienna Miller Joins ‘American Sniper’ With Bradley Cooper By Angie Han/March 14, 2014 4:00 pm EST Warner Bros.’ American Sniper had changed hands a few times already by the time it wound up with Clint Eastwood last summer. But not only is this director sticking around, he’s making some good progress. Sienna Miller has just booked the female lead in the military drama, opposite Bradley Cooper. Get the latest update on the role after the jump....

Superhero Bits: Avengers Station, Stan Lee, Batman V Superman, X-Men: Days Of Future Past, Big Hero 6 By Germain Lussier/June 3, 2014 10:00 am EST Collider was among the sites that visited the Marvel Avengers Station exhibit currently on display in New York City.X-Men: Days of Future Past just crossed $500 million worldwide, making it the most successful international X-Men movie yet. Here’s a lo-res version of the Big Hero 6 team, expect a better look soon....

Superhero Bits: Gotham, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Flash, Arrow By Germain Lussier/Sept. 16, 2014 5:00 pm EST Want to see four Gotham TV spots including one that’s in 3D? Has someone already created an everything wrong with Guardians of the Galaxy video? Whose mask is Jeremy Renner wearing on the set of Avengers: Age of Ultron? Could Ant-Man’s story play into the mega sequel? Do you want Groot’s cell phone number?...

Theme Park Bits: ‘Ratatouille’ Opening Date Announced; Spider-Man, Harry Potter And Frozen By Germain Lussier/April 23, 2014 5:00 am EST Updates on lots of new, exciting rides and attractions at theme parks around the world are in this edition of Theme Park Bits. Below, read about the following: Meet the animatronic characters in the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and see the interactive queue. The Ratatouille ride officially opens July 10; see a new video....

TV Bits: ‘Parks & Recreation’, ‘Bates Motel’, ‘Arrested Development’, ‘The League’, ‘The Office’ By Angie Han/Sept. 18, 2012 10:00 am EST Some quick TV hits for you after the jump, including: Bates Motel adds Max Thieriot as a big brother to Norman Jeff Garlin will also return to Arrested Development FX getting sued for copyright infringement over The League Parks & Recreation looks funny as ever in Season 5 trailer Watch an 18-minute blooper reel for Seasons 2-7 of The Office Executive produced by Carlton Cuse (Lost) and Kerry Ehrin (Friday Night Lights), Bates Motel explores the messed up familial relationships that caused Norman to get all mad and murder-y in his adult years....

Vin Diesel Is Officially In ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 21, 2013 11:21 pm EST This whole business of Vin Diesel being in Guardians of the Galaxy has been really interesting to watch, because while Diesel talked about playing the tree-alien Groot for a long time, the guy wasn’t actually signed to do anything with Marvel for much of that period. Not that he wasn’t always a pretty ideal choice, even if his one line in the movie is “I am Groot....

VOTD: David Cronenberg Advertises POD, The Realization Of His Technological Dreams By Russ Fischer/Sept. 11, 2013 1:00 pm EST Some of David Cronenberg’s films are scarily prescient. The pictures he made in the late ’70s and early ’80s feature concepts that seemed outlandish at the time, but have been incorporated into current technology. In exploring how humanity might live and evolve with technology, Cronenberg turned into a legitimately accurate futurist, and his pointed fictions influenced those who created legitimate tech....

Watch A Terrific Effects Reel For ‘The Great Gatsby’ By Russ Fischer/June 26, 2013 3:02 pm EST Baz Luhrmann’s films have become increasingly reliant on digital effects over the years, and his recent adaptation of The Great Gatsby is a massive confection of digital imagery and practical photography. Sometimes the blend is seamless, other times less so, but Luhrmann consistently uses digital effects to create a vision of New York City that may have never quite existed, complete with surrounding areas and lavish Long Island homesteads....

WTF: Potential Oscar Spoiler Leaks As Academy Community Protests Security Firm By Germain Lussier/Feb. 10, 2014 2:08 pm EST This could be the most coincidental leak of all time, the most perfectly timed viral image of all time, or just a complete misunderstanding. Regardless, on Monday a CNN program briefly showed a supposed glimpse of the plaque that will decorate the Best Actor Oscar at March 2nd’s Academy Awards. Is it real?...

‘Alien’-Inspired Giger Bar May Come To U.S. By Angie Han/Jan. 8, 2014 3:30 pm EST The Alien movies are creepy and terrifying, and no sane person would actually want to live through (or, as often as not, die from) the characters’ terrifying ordeals. But the characters designed by H.R. Giger are fascinating ones, and it’s tough to imagine any sci-fi fan not wanting to get a closer look. If cocktails are also involved, all the better....

‘American Hustle’, ‘Wolf Of Wall Street’, ‘Lone Survivor’ Nominated For WGA Awards By Angie Han/Jan. 3, 2014 12:00 pm EST Following SAG and the PGA, the Writers Guild of America has just unveiled its list of nominees for the 2014 nominees. For anyone who’s been watching the awards race, the list won’t contain many surprises. The WGA likes American Hustle and Dallas Buyers Club just as much as everyone else does....

‘Child Of God’ Trailer: James Franco Captures The Brutality Of Cormac McCarthy By Russ Fischer/June 26, 2014 3:45 pm EST James Franco pays the bills (and has a great time) in big movies, and in friend projects such as This Is the End and The Interview. On the side, he has become a prolific art house director. His latest directorial effort to hit theaters is a really something to behold. Based on the Cormac McCarthy novel Child of God, this latest film from Franco is a tightly-crafted and very effective story of a wildly unstable man....

‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’ Trailer: In Which Humanity Is Totally Screwed By Angie Han/Dec. 18, 2013 8:40 am EST Rise of the Planet of the Apes ended with humanity in dire straits, and based on the first trailer for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes things haven’t improved much for our kind since then. The film picks up about eight years later, when the struggle against the virus and the infighting among the humans have destroyed civilization as we know it....