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‘Pacific Rim’ WonderCon Trailer: You’ll Believe A Boat Can Be A Baseball Bat By Germain Lussier/April 29, 2013 10:40 am EST The highlight of WonderCon 2013 was Guillermo del Toro’s specially-cut trailer for his upcoming Pacific Rim. At the time, the director said the footage was for our eyes only. That’s now changed. Warner Bros. has officially uploaded the footage, which will shoot your expectations for the film into space. Check it out below....

‘Playing It Cool’ Trailer: Chris Evans Doesn’t Believe In Love Until He Meets Michelle Monaghan By Russ Fischer/Sept. 12, 2014 12:30 pm EST “Hey, if that other guy can do it…” When Chris Evans talks about wanting to leave acting behind, maybe he’s talking about movies like Playing it Cool, once called A Many Splintered Thing. The romcom follows a screenwriter who just wants to write action, but is talked into writing a romcom… and somewhere along the way, this self-professed love-hater falls for a charming young woman (Michelle Monaghan)....

‘Shaun The Sheep’ Teaser: Shaun Gets His Own Movie By Angie Han/April 3, 2014 9:30 am EST First introduced in the 1995 Wallace & Gromit short film A Close Shave, Shaun the Sheep is finally getting his very own feature. Aardman Animation has just released the first Shaun the Sheep teaser, and it’s full of exactly the kind of clever yet kid-friendly humor the studio has become known for. Watch it after the jump....

‘True Detective’ Season 2 Update: First Script In; Rumors About New Lead By Germain Lussier/June 30, 2014 12:30 pm EST Late last week, a big step was taken forward for True Detective season 2. Series creator Nic Pizzolatto reportedly turned in the script for the first episode of the new season, and the lead for this new storyline is not what we’d heard it might be. In the months since the first season finished, we’d heard rumors suggesting various new directions, from redoing the two-detective structure of the first season, to relying upon a more female-centric cast....

Actor Bob Hoskins Has Died At 71 By Germain Lussier/April 30, 2014 8:20 am EST Bob Hoskins, one of the most recognizable and charismatic actors of his generation, has passed away at the age of 71. Hoskins gave iconic performances as far back as the 1970s. His most successful films were probably Robert Zemeckis’ Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and Steven Spielberg’s Hook. In each Hoskins exhibited a perfect balance of physical humor, aloofness and intimidating strength....

Bryan Singer Talks Linking ‘Days Of Future Past’ And ‘Apocalypse;’ Hasn’t Yet Signed To Direct By Germain Lussier/Jan. 7, 2014 3:16 pm EST Bryan Singer finished 2013 with a bang, revealing that another X-Men sequel, called X-Men: Apocalypse, will hit theaters in 2016. The writer/director is still finishing X-Men: Days of Future Past but the announcement suggested the X-Men universe would continue to expand in a major way. Singer just did a new interview where he said he’s yet to decide if there will be a post-credit scene teasing the 2016 film....

Cool Stuff: Threadless’ ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ T-Shirt Collection By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 11, 2012 12:08 pm EST Recently Threadless has teamed with Walt Disney Pictures for a series of art contests, resulting a series of Disney-themed t-shirt collections that are cooler than your typical Disney merchandise. We posted about The Muppets and Disney Villains collections when they were released. The latest contest asked artists to create a design based on Tim Burton’s holiday classic The Nightmare Before Christmas....

First ‘Oldboy’ Teaser Poster, Plus Very Early Screening Reaction [Updated With High-Quality Poster] By Russ Fischer/April 15, 2013 11:19 am EST Spike Lee’s new version of Oldboy, drawn from both the Park Chan-wook film and the manga that inspired it, is getting closer to release, with a date planned for this fall, but it remains more or less a mystery. Sure, we know the basics: that Josh Brolin plays a guy kidnapped off the street one night and held in a strange prison for many years....

First Poster For Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Gravity’ Is A Blast By Germain Lussier/May 8, 2013 10:49 am EST After years of anticipation, tomorrow we’ll get our first good look at Sandra Bullock and George Clooney in Alfonso Cuarón’s space drama Gravity. A few seconds of footage hit the net on Tuesday and now, in anticipation of the trailer, the first poster for the film is out. It gives just a hint of the terror to come for two astronauts who are stranded in space when they’re separated from their ship....

Harmony Korine May Follow ‘Spring Breakers’ With A Southern-Set Crime Film By Russ Fischer/March 19, 2013 10:00 am EST Briefly: Harmony Korine’s latest film, Spring Breakers, is a huge success in limited release, earning a $90k per-screen average on the few screens it hit this past weekend. That may not sound like much, compared to far bigger and more excessively marketed releases, but the movie is already Korine’s most successful — the earnings from just one of this weekend’s screens are already more than Julien Donkey Boy made in its whole limited run....

James Gunn And Kevin Feige Tease ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Easter Eggs By Germain Lussier/July 29, 2014 11:30 am EST Guardians of the Galaxy opens Friday and hopefully you are making plans to see it. It’s truly a fun ride, jam-packed with awesomeness. However, one scene in particular is extra packed with neat stuff. That’s Benicio Del Toro’s big scene, in which he appears as the Collector. As his name suggests, the Collector has a lot of different things in his room....

Latest ‘Pacific Rim’ Trailer Has Big Action, Lots Of Mythology By Germain Lussier/May 16, 2013 10:48 am EST The concept of Pacific Rim seems like the simplest thing ever. Humans pilot giant robots to battle giant alien monsters. However, Warner Bros. is dead set on letting audiences know there’s much more to it than that. In the latest trailer for the Guillermo del Toro sci-fi action film, the focus is squarely on the history and mythology created for the film....

Movie Theater Plays Horror Movie For Little Kids By Peter Sciretta/April 6, 2007 9:00 am EST Imagine this: A bunch of parents bring their children to see The Last Mimzy. When the lights go down, the theater full of youngsters watch in shock as a chained naked woman gave birth to a dead baby on screen. This happened at the Island 16 multi-plex in Moltsville. As it turns out, The Hills Have Eyes 2 was played in the wrong theater....

Must See: Rare Disneyland Castmember Backstage Photos By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 12, 2012 7:00 am EST I’m a huge Disneyland fanatic, with the top of the line Premier Annual Pass to prove it. I’ve always loved hearing the behind the scenes stories about the famous attractions in Walt Disney’s incredible creation. We’ve all seen the video footage of Disneyland’s Space Mountain with the lights on. I’ve seen dozens of behind the scenes photos from the Anaheim-based theme park over the years, but I’ve never seen a collection like this one....

New ‘Friday The 13th’ TV Series Will Feature Jason Voorhees And “His Wacky Family” By Russ Fischer/April 24, 2014 1:30 pm EST Jason Voorhees isn’t just getting a new movie; he’s getting a TV series, too. While there was a Friday the 13th TV series in the ’80s, that show didn’t feature Jason. Instead it was about a group of people seeking to find and preserve magical artifacts — like a haunted Antiques Roadshow....

New ‘Peanuts’ Movie First Look: Charlie Brown And Snoopy Head Back To The Big Screen By Russ Fischer/March 17, 2014 10:23 pm EST The last time Charlie Brown and Snoopy were in their own big-screen feature was in 1980. But 2015 is the 65th anniversary of the debut of Charles Schulz’s comic strip ‘Peanuts,’ and also the 50th anniversary of their wonderful special A Charlie Brown Christmas. And so a new Peanuts movie is finally going to arrive....

New Photos And Quotes For Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps; Thoughts On The Script By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 15, 2010 8:42 am EST At the above VF link, there’s a quote from Douglas about Gekko’s influence and power in the current global marketplace: “Gekko couldn’t manipulate the markets like he did back then. It’s so big, so huge, that to be a minor player you need to be a major bank....

Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/May 1, 2009 1:30 am EST Paramount Pictures tweeted this really cool photo of the set-up outside the Chinese Theater for the Star Trek premiere. Jon Favreau has confirmed on Twitter that Mad Men star John Slattery filmed a scene in Iron Man 2. 14 news story tidbits not fit for the front page, available after the jump. Entertainment Weekly has new photos from Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, Moon, District 9 and Michael Mann’s Public Enemies....

Robert Downey Jr. Weighing Numerous Projects, Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes? By Hunter Stephenson/June 12, 2008 11:07 pm EST As we’ve previously reported, Brett Ratner wants Robert Downey Jr. to portray American publisher Hugh Hefner in his biopic Playboy. EW has listed a few other projects that he’s currently rumored for, most notably Warner Bros. and Guy Ritchie’s upcoming big budget revamp of Sherlock Holmes. What else? “In recent weeks, the 43-year old actor has had his eye on various projects, including Twentieth Century Fox’s Travis McGee (based on John D....

Robert Downey Jr. Will Do ‘Iron Man 4’… If Mel Gibson Directs By Angie Han/Oct. 3, 2014 1:30 pm EST One of the most epic will-they-won’t-they storylines currently playing out in pop culture isn’t a TV romance, but Robert Downey Jr.’s back-and-forth regarding Iron Man 4. He suggests he’s done with the franchise, then clarifies he’s “open” to returning. He says there’s “no plan,” then hints that he wants to keep riding that wave....