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New Images From ‘The Hobbit’ Include A New Look At Elijah Wood As Frodo By Russ Fischer/Oct. 16, 2012 2:30 pm EST Here’s a big reveal: in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Elijah Wood looks almost just like he did in the Lord of the Rings films, which he headlined as Frodo Baggins. The seemingly ageless Wood turned out to be the perfect choice to play Frodo, not only because of the qualities he broughtt to the screen in Peter Jackson’s first three film adaptations of J....

News Bits From The /Filmcast FilmAid Marathon Featuring Jason Reitman, Edgar Wright And Rian Johnson By Germain Lussier/April 1, 2013 12:00 pm EST Over the course of the broadcast (which you can read more about here; check back soon for downloadable segments) many of those filmmakers provided juicy, newsy tidbits. You can read them after the jump, including Rian Johnson’s thoughts on the new season of Breaking Bad, Jason Reitman’s almost-foray into the X-Men universe and when we can expect to see the trailer for Edgar Wright’s The World End....

Pauly Shore Stands Alone Trailer: The Life Of A Struggling Aging Comedian By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 23, 2014 5:00 am EST Showtime has acquired the independent documentary feature Pauly Shore Stands Alone about the life of a struggling and aging comedian. The Pauly Shore film was produced by a /Film reader and recently won Best Documentary Feature at the Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival, and is now set to premiere on the premium cable channel on December 4th 2014....

Potential ‘Fantastic Four’ Co-Stars Miles Teller And Michael B. Jordan Reteam For Heist Movie By Germain Lussier/Feb. 19, 2014 6:13 pm EST Briefly: They may still appear together in Fantastic Four but, until then, That Awkward Moment co-stars Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan have just signed onto something else. The pair will co-star in a Macau, China-set heist movie in the vein of Oceans Eleven. Attached to helm is their That Awkward Moment director Tom Gormican....

Roberto Orci Wants To Reunite William Shatner And Leonard Nimoy In Star Trek 3 By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 22, 2014 2:47 pm EST William Shatner has been very vocal about not being invited to be part of the new Star Trek films. Originally Shatner was written into the script for JJ Abrams’ Star Trek, but they decided not to film the cameo role. Well it now looks like Shatner might have his chance to return to the big screen as Captain James T Kirk in Roberto Orci’s Star Trek 3....

Scream 4 Set Photo: Sidney Prescott Has Become An Author By Peter Sciretta/July 6, 2010 11:30 am EST We don’t know much about the plot of Scream 4, but we do know what Wes Craven told us in April: “We have fun with the idea of endless sequels, or “sequelitis” as Kevin calls it in the script. Sid goes through these three horrendous things, and Stab was based on those horrible things....

Stan Lee’s New Character, ‘Annihilator,’ Gets Film Adaptation From ‘Enchanted’ Producer And ‘Bourne Legacy’ Writer By Germain Lussier/Feb. 21, 2013 11:00 am EST When Stan Lee appears in a Marvel movie, it’s a sign of respect. Each cameo acknowledges that comic book legend created, or co-created, most of the major cornerstone characters in the Marvel universe. In the decades since creating Spider-Man, the Avengers and the X-Men, Lee has continued to create superheroes both for Marvel and on his own and now one of the newest ones is about to get his own movie....

Steven Spielberg Developing Stanley Kubrick’s Passion Project ‘Napoleon’ As Mini-Series By Russ Fischer/March 4, 2013 1:45 pm EST Steven Spielberg and Stanley Kubrick are famously linked through the film A.I. Artificial Intelligence, which Kubrick conceived in the ’70s, and ultimately passed to Spielberg in the mid ’90s. Spielberg only made A.I. in the wake of Kubrick’s death. While they had some communication on the project, it wasn’t one that could really be called a collaboration....

Tobey Maguire And Neil Moritz To Produce Comic Book Adaptation Afterburn By Hunter Stephenson/March 27, 2008 12:13 pm EST “Bad cat.” Before we begin, no, not Afterburner the video game, it’s Afterburn, and it still sounds pretty cool. Tobey Maguire and Neil Moritz (I Am Legend, xXx) are producing a feature film adaptation of the sci-fi comic book Afterburn, which follows a group of treasure-hunters for hire in the future who “recover” exotic valuables from an Earth half-destroyed by a solar flare....

Video: Everything Wrong With Christopher Nolan’s ‘Inception’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 21, 2013 6:00 am EST Christopher Nolan’s Inception was never meant to be simple. The film features a final shot that explicitly doesn’t tell us what happens in the end and a plot that mirrors the world it creates, featuring many layers of story rolling out simultaneously. And it’s a movie about entering other people’s dreams. For that reason alone, it was bound to have plot holes....

Video: The Evolution Of The ‘Jurassic Park’ Raptor Suit By Germain Lussier/Oct. 22, 2012 2:30 pm EST Though Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park is well-known for its advancements in computer graphics, legendary creature creator Stan Winston had plenty of work to do, too. He created numerous dinosaurs for the film including the all-important Velociraptor, the main antagonist of the movie. Several of the bird-like carnivores were rendered in a computer but Winston and his team also created suits that humans could comfortably wear and maneuver while still looking like a raptor....

Video Reaction: J.J. Abrams’ ‘Almost Human’ [Comic-Con 2013] By Angie Han/July 18, 2013 4:00 pm EST Guessing how a TV show will turn out before the first episode even airs is a fool’s errand. Even so, some pilots boast premises or talents so promising we can’t help but be intrigued, and one we’ve been particularly curious about is Fox’s J.H. Wyman-created, J.J. Abrams-produced Almost Human. Set several decades into the future, the sci-fi drama centers around human cop John Kennex (Karl Urban) and the humanoid android partner, Dorian (Michael Ealy), who’s assigned to him....

Watch Jon M. Chu’s Epic Musical Pre-Flight Safety Video For Virgin America By Angie Han/Nov. 4, 2013 11:35 am EST As someone who flies several times a year, I’ve long since stopped paying attention to those pre-flight safety videos. There are only so many different ways the FAA can explain how to buckle a seatbelt or find the nearest exit, and those subjects weren’t even interesting the first time around....

By Germain Lussier/March 10, 2014 11:18 am EST Hollywood uses teaser trailers to sell their films to the public. Filmmakers use them to sell studios on their vision. Now, writer/director Zach Lipovsky has taken the next logical step: he’s created a teaser trailer for a script. The script is called Chrononaut and involves time travel, mech suits and the bonds between family. In addition to the writing, the director of the Leprechaun reboot and producer of Afflicted took four months to animate this beautiful teaser....

‘Crouching Tiger’ Sequel Shooting Next Spring; Michelle Yeoh And Donnie Yen To Star By Angie Han/May 16, 2013 3:30 pm EST What is the gorgeous fantasy world of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon without Ang Lee’s magic touch? For better or for worse, we’ll find out next year. The Weinstein Company has announced plans for Crouching Tigher Hidden Dragon II – The Green Destiny, with the original’s choreographer Yuen Wo Ping at the helm....

‘Halo: Nightfall’ Trailer: Bridging The Halo Games With A Digital Series By Russ Fischer/July 24, 2014 7:50 pm EST Here’s the first Halo: Nightfall trailer. The digital series is produced by Ridley Scott, and his Scott Free Productions and Microsoft’s 343 Industries. It stars Mike Colter (The Good Wife) in a story that acts as a bridge between Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians. (Colter’s character Jameson Locke will play a big role in the forthcoming game....

‘Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Gets Record Ratings; New ‘Thor 2’ Footage In TV Spot By Germain Lussier/Sept. 25, 2013 1:00 pm EST Tuesday was a pretty damn good day if you are a Marvel Cinematic Universe fan. First up, the Iron Man 3 Blu-ray hit shelves, including the One-Shot Agent Carter. Then Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. premiered on ABC. And if that wasn’t enough, a new minute long TV spot for Thor: The Dark World debuted, featuring some exciting new footage....

‘Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Takes Place After ‘The Avengers,’ How Does Agent Coulson Fit In? By Germain Lussier/Jan. 11, 2013 2:28 pm EST One of the biggest mysteries in regards to the upcoming ABC pilot Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D. has just been answered. ABC President Paul Lee confirmed that the story takes place after the battle of New York in The Avengers. When the show was first announced a post-Avengers timeline was what most fans expected....

‘Outlander’ Trailer: Ron Moore’s New Show Looks Like A Modern ‘Brigadoon’ For TV By Russ Fischer/May 2, 2014 4:00 pm EST Battlestar Galactica revamp mastermind Ron Moore has one show, Helix, on the air now, and another premiering later this year. The upcoming one is Outlander, which adapts Diana Gabaldon’s series of novels about World War II nurse Claire Randall (Caitriona Balfe) who finds herself bounced back in time to 18th century Scotland....

‘Paul’ Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 6, 2011 11:25 am EST Universal Pictures has released the an extended movie trailer for Superbad/Adventureland director Greg Mottola’s sci-fi adventure comedy Paul which stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (and an alien voiced by Seth Rogen). The teaser trailer, released on October (watch it here), was met with mixed response. That said, I’m a huge fan of Mottola’s previous films, the cast is pretty stacked, and the geek-focused plot seems up my alley....