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Watch The Oscar-Nominated ‘Simpsons’ Short Film ‘The Longest Daycare’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 19, 2013 11:04 am EST Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane might be hosting this Sunday’s Academy Awards, but his rival cartoon is actually up for an Oscar. The Longest Daycare, the Simpsons-inspired short film starring Maggie Simpson that played in front of this summer’s Ice Age: Continental Drift, is one of the nominees for Best Animated Short. We’ve already seen a short trailer for the film, but it’s now online in its entirety....

WTF: Drake Doremus Film ‘Equals’ Is A Romantic ‘1984’ Starring Kristen Stewart By Russ Fischer/Jan. 16, 2014 9:30 am EST If you’re like me, when you think of romance, you think of the dystopian future depicted in George Orwell’s landmark novel 1984. The novel is just as frightening now as it was decades ago. It is even more appropriate as a piece of social and political observation now than it has ever been....

‘A Young Doctor’s Notebook’ Trailer: Don Draper And Harry Potter Pass The Loofah By Angie Han/Nov. 12, 2012 10:00 am EST At first blush, Harry Potter and Don Draper wouldn’t seem to have much in common, but according to a new Brit miniseries, the former grows up to become the latter. Daniel Radcliffe and Jon Hamm signed on several months back to star in the drama-comedy A Young Doctor’s Notebook, as younger and older versions of the same character....

‘Argo’ Trailer: Ben Affleck’s Ambitious ’70s-Set Political Caper Thriller By Russ Fischer/May 8, 2012 7:23 am EST “This is the best bad idea we have, sir, by far.” Here’s the trailer for Argo, Ben Affleck’s third film as director. The film follows the efforts of an operation to rescue six diplomats hiding in Tehran during the Iranian revolution in 1979. The trailer begins in serious political thriller mode before the real plan is revealed and it moves into an Oceans Eleven tone for a moment....

‘Cinema Verite’ Trailer #2 By Germain Lussier/March 23, 2011 6:00 am EST Long before The Real World, Survivor or Jersey Shore, producer Craig Gilbert created An American Family. The PBS documentary special that aired in 1973 was unlike anything ever put on television. It chronicled the real life, daily struggles of the Louds, a seemingly perfect California family who were not only catapulted to fame by the film, but helped usher in a whole new genre: reality television....

‘Prometheus’ Set Photos Reveal Two Futuristic Vehicles By Angie Han/Aug. 29, 2011 7:00 am EST If you’ve been following Prometheus news closely on /Film, you may recall that earlier this summer, we showed you a not-at-all-revealing set photo of a green screen blocking public view of “a bunch of vehicles” behind the walls. Well, if that image piqued your curiosity, keep reading — we now have shots of some of the stuff that was hidden behind that wall....

‘Sabotage’ Trailer: Arnold Schwarzenegger Faces The Wrath Of The Cartel By Russ Fischer/Nov. 21, 2013 11:09 am EST End of Watch director and Training Day writer David Ayer takes Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington, Terrence Howard, Mireille Enos, and Olivia Williams to the mean streets of Atlanta for the violent DEA story Sabotage. Arnie leads a DEA crew that gets into trouble when millions of dollars go missing after a huge cartel bust....

‘The Hobbit’s’ Villain Smaug Revealed On Air New Zealand Airplane By Germain Lussier/Dec. 2, 2013 10:30 am EST The first trailer for Peter Jackson’s second Hobbit film, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, answered one of everyone’s biggest questions about the sequel. Would Jackson’s second film get us all the way into the Lonely Mountain and reveal Smaug, the malicious and greedy dragon at the end of the Dwarves quest? The title suggested it but the trailer confirmed it....

Bad Ideas: Spoofing Dance Movies By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 7, 2007 5:50 am EST Dirty Step Stomp, a spec script by Steve Basilone and Annie Mebane, spoofs recent dance flicks such as Stomp the Yard, Step Up and Save the Last Dance in addition to the classic 1980’s films Footloose and Dirty Dancing. But is there really enough quality movies to make fun of? It probably doesn’t matter anyway. What did Paris Hilton or Borat have to do with epic movies?...

David Green Replaces Barry Sonnenfeld On ‘MIB’-Esque ‘Lore’ By Angie Han/Aug. 29, 2013 10:31 am EST This summer’s R.I.P.D., which looked like nothing so much as Men in Black with dead people, was a huge flop for Universal. Indeed, by some measures, it’s one of the biggest box office bombs of all time. But perhaps because the original Men in Black franchise is still doing pretty well for Sony, Warner Bros....

Early Buzz: Edgar Wright’s ‘The World’s End’ Is The Cornetto Trilogy’s Tasty Finish By Angie Han/July 8, 2013 6:15 pm EST We Americans cheered when Edgar Wright’s The World’s End got bumped up from October to August, but our cousins across the pond are even luckier — they’ll get to see the film in just a few more days, on July 19. Thanks to that earlier UK date, the first reviews have already hit the web....

Edgar Wright’s Collaboration With ‘Oldboy’ Writer Mark Protosevich Is A Scary Movie By Germain Lussier/Nov. 27, 2013 10:05 am EST Back in June, news broke that J.J. Abrams would be producing a film directed by Edgar Wright and co-written by Wright and Mark Protosevich. The title of the work was Collider and all we heard at the time was the film was “sci-fi.” With Protosevich’s latest film Oldboy now in theaters, he spoke ever so briefly about the film revealing he and Wright are going after something “smart and scary....

FilmDistrict Sued Because ‘Drive’ Was Not Enough Like ‘The Fast And The Furious’ By Angie Han/Oct. 10, 2011 9:00 am EST Deming is seeking a refund for her ticket, as well as “an end to misleading movie trailers.” To that end, she plans to turn her case into a class-action lawsuit next week. FilmDistrict has not publicly commented on Deming’s lawsuit, though Emagine has put out a statement agreeing to refund any customers who were displeased with the movie....

Hugo Weaving Joins The Wolf Man By Hunter Stephenson/Feb. 22, 2008 2:05 pm EST Actor Hugo Weaving (V For Vendetta, The Matrix) is set to star as Detective Aberline for director Joe Johnston in The Wolf Man. Weaving will join a cast that includes Anthony Hopkins (as the Wolf Man’s father), Benicio del Toro (as the Wolf Man) and Emily Blunt (as the love interest). This is the first bit of casting news for the big budget remake of the 1941 horror film since the original director, Mark Romanek, abruptly left at the end of January over budget issues....

Judd Apatow’s ‘The Simpsons’ Episode Script Being Produced, Twenty Years Later By Russ Fischer/Nov. 20, 2012 5:00 pm EST Let’s say you’re one of the producers of The Simpsons, still on the air after an astounding 24 seasons. For years, you’ve ignored spec scripts and story pitches from pretty much everyone possible. And then you learn that Judd Apatow, who is now kind of a big deal, wrote a Simpsons spec script as his first-ever stab at writing for television....

Let’s Speculate Wildly: Are Brad Bird And Damon Lindelof Already Working On ‘Star Wars VII’? [UPDATE: No.] By Angie Han/Nov. 1, 2012 11:00 am EST UPDATE: Not surprisingly, the rumor that 1952 is a cover for Star Wars VII has already been debunked thanks to an insider who spoke with First Showing. Original story follows. Tuesday’s news that Disney had plans to create a whole new Star Wars trilogy immediately sparked a thousand blog posts (including ours) about who should direct the next installment....

Mondo Brings ‘Aliens’ And ‘Predator’ To San Diego Comic-Con By Germain Lussier/July 17, 2013 2:30 pm EST Mondo has revealed two more prints that’ll be on sale at their booth at San Diego Comic-Con: Aliens by Ken Taylor and Predator by Ash Thorpe. Check them out below. Thanks to Hero Complex for the images. These will be on sale at Comic-Con Thursday. Follow @MondoNews for times. Aliens by Ken Taylor Edition Size: Regular (red) – 425 / Variant (green) – 225 Price: $50 / $75 Predator by Ash Thorp Edition Size: Regular (red) – 325 / Variant – 145 Price: $50 / $75...

Natalie Portman Says A Female Superhero Movie Is Coming From Marvel By Angie Han/Sept. 20, 2013 5:25 pm EST It’s not news at this point that there’s been a tragic dearth of female leads in the current glut of superhero movies. What is news, however, is Natalie Portman’s suggestion that that could change soon. The Thor: The Dark World actress hinted that a female-led film was in the works at Marvel Studios....

New Image: Amy Adams As Lois Lane In ‘Man Of Steel’ By Angie Han/Jan. 30, 2013 1:00 pm EST We’ve had ample opportunity to pore over photos of Henry Cavill as Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, exhaustively analyzing his new costume and chiseled Kryptonian jaw from every angle. Today, however, it’s his gal pal Lois Lane (Amy Adams) who gets to take a turn in the spotlight. Though we’ve already gotten a peek at the character in the Man of Steel trailers, a new photo offers a much better chance to see the four-time Oscar nominated Adams at work....

New Pics: Jeff Bridges In True Grit; Rutger Hauer In Hobo With A Shotgun By Russ Fischer/May 4, 2010 12:00 pm EST NO PHOTO It’s a good day to be a fan of aging men with a violent streak. Over the last week we’ve had behind the scenes video glimpses of both the Coen Brothers version of True Grit and Jason Eisener’s feature-length expansion of his fake grindhouse trailer Hobo With a Shotgun....