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‘Star Wars Episode VII’ Set Visit Brought Super Fan Kevin Smith To Tears By Germain Lussier/June 30, 2014 1:10 pm EST Many of us are huge Star Wars fans, and the mere thought that there’s a new film being shot right now is enough to give chills. Now go beyond that thought and daydream about visiting the set. Seeing the Millennium Falcon, touching it, learning a few pieces of information, would be a feeling that’s almost too wild to imagine....

‘The November Man’ Trailer: Pierce Brosnan Returns To Spying By Angie Han/June 6, 2014 12:30 pm EST A dozen years after his last outing as Bond, Pierce Brosnan is getting back into the spy game in The November Man. He even has a former Bond Girl accompanying him, Quantum of Solace’s Olga Kurylenko. But the first trailer for the Roger Donaldson-directed thriller feels a bit more melancholy than your average 007 adventure....

‘Trolls’ Movie Nabs Anna Kendrick And ‘Shrek Forever After’ Director By Angie Han/June 16, 2014 3:00 pm EST Troll dolls haven’t been relevant since the mid-’90s or so, but DreamWorks Animation announced last year that they were determined to bring back the fluffy-haired, jewel-bellied beasts. Now they’ve found just the people to do it. Mike Mitchell (Shrek Forever After) is set to direct Anna Kendrick in the musical franchise-starter Trolls. Get character details, release date info, and more after the jump....

Author Tom Clancy Has Died At 66 By Russ Fischer/Oct. 2, 2013 9:45 am EST Author Tom Clancy, who created the Jack Ryan character that has been played by Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck and most recently Chris Pine for the upcoming Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, has died at age 66. Clancy’s publisher confirmed his passing, but did not give a cause of death. Clancy’s first novel, The Hunt for Red October, was published in 1984, just in time to capture public imagination and fears in the last years of the Cold War....

Bill Murray Joins Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone In Cameron Crowe’s Untitled Hawaii Project By Angie Han/Oct. 14, 2013 8:30 am EST Emma Stone’s Zombieland character would probably be thrilled to hear the latest update on Cameron Crowe’s untitled Hawaii project. Bill Murray has just signed on for the romantic comedy, joining Stone, Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams, and more. More details on the plot and cast after the jump. Cooper leads as a disgraced defense contractor who heads to Hawaii to oversee a weapons satellite launch....

Check Out Concept Art For Smaug And Others In ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug’ By Germain Lussier/Dec. 20, 2013 5:00 pm EST With Christmas vacation quickly approaching, odds are members of your family are going to want to take a trip to Middle Earth. Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is now in theaters, and it features some incredibly gorgeous creatures. Designer Andrew Baker posted a whole bunch of the original concepts and designs of the film’s characters such as Smaug, Beorn and more....

Darrell Hammond Named New Saturday Night Live Announcer By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 18, 2014 10:23 am EST As you probably know, radio and television announcer Don Pardo died on August 18th 2014 at age 96. Pardo was the announcer on a ton of NBC shows, including The Price Is Right, Jackpot, Jeopardy!, Three on a Match, Winning Streak and NBC Nightly News. His longest, and most well known announcing job was Saturday Night Live, a gig he held from the show’s 1975 debut until his death (39 seasons)....

Elijah Wood Is ‘The Late Bloomer’ And Forms Genre Production Company By Germain Lussier/Oct. 1, 2012 3:47 pm EST Elijah Wood fans have lots to be happy about today. First up, he’s set to star in The Late Bloomer, the directorial debut of frequent Wilfred director Randall Einhorn, which tells the true story of a 30 year old man who goes through puberty in a matter of weeks. In addition, Wood has teamed up with Daniel Noah and Josh C....

Ethan Hawke Latest Actor Rumored For ‘Doctor Strange’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 1, 2014 8:30 am EST When last we left the role of Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange, Joaquin Phoenix was in “final talks.” That was in late August, but Marvel has yet to make an official announcement about the casting. So we wait. Now, a new name is in the mix, reportedly contacted after Joaquin Phoenix wouldn’t make things final. That name is Ethan Hawke, the star most recently seen in Boyhood....

First Look: Benicio Del Toro Is The Wolf Man? By Peter Sciretta/July 1, 2007 11:29 pm EST It looks like Benicio Del Toro might be forgoing the computer generated effects for his next role in The Wolf Man. TMZ caught Del Toro driving somewhere in Beverly Hills (where else?). Mark Romanek’s (One Hour Photo) remake of the 1941 horror film features Lawrence Talbot as an American man who returns to his ancestral homeland, only to be bitten, and subsequently cursed by, a werewolf....

Lizzy Caplan Joins Seth Rogen And James Franco In ‘The Interview’ By Angie Han/Oct. 2, 2013 3:15 pm EST After casting a bunch of his most famous friends in his co-directorial debut, This Is the End, Seth Rogen is calling upon another old familiar face for his follow-up The Interview. Lizzy Caplan has just clinched the female lead role in the assassination plot comedy, which also stars Rogen and James Franco....

LOL: ThinkGeek’s April Fools Day Movie Products By Germain Lussier/April 1, 2013 8:21 am EST One of the best movie-related April Fools gags I can remember was from a few years ago: ThinkGeek’s Star Wars Tauntaun Sleeping Bag. It was a gross, hilarious idea that got so much attention, Lucasfilm actually allowed the company to make and sell the product. This year, ThinkGeek is back with another batch of inspired movie related items that you’ll either really want because they’re so clever, or laugh at because they’re so mean....

Michael Bay Action Scenes Are More Restrictive Than You’d Think By Germain Lussier/July 3, 2014 7:00 am EST No one does action quite like Michael Bay. Love his movies or hate them, there’s no denying the director has an incredible eye for action and his latest movie, Transformers: Age of Extinction, is the biggest one yet. The effects, the locations, the stunts, all of it suggests a budget and freedom few filmmakers would ever enjoy....

Michael Moore’s Next Movie Is NOT A Fahrenheit 9/11 Sequel By Peter Sciretta/May 16, 2008 2:49 pm EST When it was first announced that Paramount Vantage and Overture would be distributing Michael Moore’s next film, the press release stated that “the subject matter of the new film is being kept under wraps by all the principals.” I think where people got confused is the release also called the film “a searing and provocative follow up to his groundbreaking 2004 documentary Fahrenheit 9/11”....

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Page 2: Star Wars, Harry Potter, Doctor Who, Anna Kendrick, Firefly, World’s End, Gremlins, Hobbit, Star Trek By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 31, 2013 1:00 pm EST Header Photo: Darkside/Jedi Lightswitch A Brief History of Hollywood Censorship and the Ratings System The 10 Best Films of 2013, According to the Alamo Drafthouse Watch The New Oswald The Lucky Rabbit Mini-Toon That Disney Released In Japan This Christmas10 Movies That (Mostly) Happen Over the Course of One Memorable NightDoes ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Glorify Excess?...

Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Inherent Vice’ Aims For Spring Shoot By Russ Fischer/Jan. 29, 2013 9:23 pm EST A Thomas Pynchon novel is really, truly headed to the big screen from a reputable director. And that director is Paul Thomas Anderson — what a wonderful world this is! Anderson took quite a long time to finance, make and release The Master, which hit theaters five years after his previous film, There Will Be Blood....

Robert De Niro Replaces The Late James Gandolfini In HBO’s ‘Criminal Justice’ By Angie Han/Sept. 25, 2013 4:30 pm EST One of James Gandolfini’s last projects is picking up steam once again. At the time of his passing, the Sopranos actor had been working on an HBO miniseries called Criminal Justice. But since the network could not move ahead with the pilot they had already shot with him, there was some question of how the show could proceed....

By Russ Fischer/Feb. 28, 2014 1:46 pm EST Will there be a new Matrix trilogy? A report says claims that Warner Bros. wants one, and that Andy and Lana Wachowski have already started work on stories, “with early treatments and outlines already turned into the studio.” That comes from Latino Review, which claims that the Wachowskis and Warner Bros. are aiming for a 2017 release window. The nature of the new story is uncertain at this point, with the report claiming one early treatment was “about the birth of the Matrix,” but that the development situation is fluid and very subject to change....

Screenwriter Max Landis Offers ‘Chronicle 2’ Update By Germain Lussier/April 9, 2013 2:43 pm EST The brain behind last year’s surprise hit Chronicle wants to set the record straight about its sequel. Max Landis, who wrote the found-footage superhero movie, sincerely believes Chronicle 2 will get made. He’s even got a script completed that the studio likes; one that is decidely darker than the first film. That’s a bit of an issue, as is the fact that director Josh Trank is about to start making 2015’s Fantastic Four reboot....