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Sony Classics Takes Woody Allen’s ‘Magic In The Moonlight,’ Reveals Plot Points By Russ Fischer/Jan. 9, 2014 3:45 pm EST Briefly: It will come as a surprise to no one that Sony Pictures Classics has picked up North American distribution rights to Woody Allen’s new movie Magic in the Moonlight, and along with the announcement we’ve got the first plot details for the film. We’ve known that the cast features Emma Stone and Marcia Gay Harden (seen above) with Colin Firth, Eileen Atkins, Hamish Linklater, Simon McBurney, Jacki Weaver, Jeremy Shamos and Erica Leerhsen....

Superhero Bits: Amazing Spider-Man 2, Red 2, Comic-Con, Kick-Ass 2, Man Of Steel, Arrow, The Wolverine By Germain Lussier/June 24, 2013 4:45 pm EST Want to see a huge batch of set photos from The Amazing Spider-Man 2? Where can see you five new clips from Red 2? Will Tony Stark be able to power his suits in The Avengers 2? When is the second season of Arrow starting? Which comic character is on the cover of the San Diego Comic-Con booklet?...

Terry Gilliam Reviving ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 18, 2013 3:45 pm EST Never call director Terry Gilliam anything other than tenacious. His latest film, The Zero Theorem, is still making its way through festivals, but he’s got his sights set on a follow-up. At the Camerimage Festival of the Art of Cinematography in Bydgoszcz, Poland, ComingSoon talked to Gilliam, who said his next project is one that he’s tried to make multiple times in the past: The Man Who Killed Don Quixote....

The Debate Over The Main Villain In ‘Star Trek 2’ Rages On By Germain Lussier/April 30, 2012 4:30 pm EST The on-again, off-again debate about the main villain in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek 2 seems to be back on and maybe at an end. At first we heard Benicio Del Toro was cast, then he dropped out. Then we heard he was set to play Khan, but Abrams said that wasn’t true....

Trailer For Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘The Wind Rises,’ Now With Subtitles By Russ Fischer/Aug. 14, 2013 12:52 pm EST Hayao Miyzaki’s new film The Wind Rises has been a box-office monster in Japan, coming in at number one for a month straight. We’ve seen a trailer, but now thanks to the Toronto International Film Festival, which will soon host the film’s premiere outside of Japan, we can get a subtitled version of the footage....

Warner Bros. Will Release Tom Cruise Time-Bender ‘All You Need Is Kill’ In March 2014 By Russ Fischer/Oct. 1, 2012 9:56 am EST Looks like Warner Bros. is really going to keep the title All You Need is Kill for the Doug Liman-directed sci-fi thriller starring Tom Cruise as a soldier who is killed during his first few minutes of battle, but finds himself reliving his last day over and over again....

Watch Amy Adams’ Raw Tribute To Philip Seymour Hoffman By Russ Fischer/Feb. 20, 2014 5:15 pm EST The passing of Philip Seymour Hoffman shook the film community and audiences everywhere, and we’re still processing the loss of one of the greatest acting talents our generation is likely to see. Amy Adams, who co-starred with Hoffman in Doubt (above) and The Master, appeared last night on Inside the Actor’s Studio, and the subject of Hoffman’s death was broached....

Watch The Evolution Of Marvel’s Phase 1 And 2 From Comic Con By Germain Lussier/Aug. 1, 2014 10:27 am EST You may wonder why people sleep on concrete overnight at San Diego Comic-Con to see Marvel’s Hall H panel every year. You can find a small answer below. Besides the awesome news and huge stars Marvel parades across the stage, the studio is all about theatrics. The lights go down, a video comes up, and 6,500 people have no idea what’s about to play....

WTF: Dolph Lundgren Recreates Famous Movies In Game Show ‘Race To The Scene’ By Germain Lussier/June 6, 2013 2:45 pm EST It’s a slow news day, and this caught my eye during lunch. I saw Dolph Lundgren, star of Universal Soldier, Rocky IV and The Expendables, as the host of a game show. But not just any game show. This game show recreates famous movie scenes so that fans can experience them, and compete for prizes while doing so....

‘47 Ronin’ Posters: Hey, Remember When This Thing Had A 2012 Release Date? By Angie Han/Jan. 22, 2013 1:00 pm EST A few years ago, Universal announced a release date of November 2012 for 47 Ronin, Carl Rinsch’s samurai epic starring Keanu Reeves. Then the studio pushed the date back to February 2013, then back again to Christmas 2013. As of now, months after that first 2012 date has passed, we’ve yet to see any footage for the movie....

‘Dinosaur 13’ Trailer: A Wonderful Discovery Becomes A Legal Horror Story By Russ Fischer/May 23, 2014 11:00 am EST The documentary Dinosaur 13 tells story that is first uplifting and then utterly infuriating. It’s a wild ride. The film begins with the 1990 discovery of a T-rex skeleton, nicknamed Sue, and follows the work of a group of semi-pro paleontologists who unearth and preserve the skeleton, only to have it taken from them by the highest US law enforcement agencies....

‘Godzilla’ Japanese Trailer And Cool IMAX Poster By Peter Sciretta/April 24, 2014 10:02 am EST Legendary Pictures in conjunction with Warner Bros have released a new international trailer for Godzilla. The Godzilla Japanese trailer gives us a better look at the Japanese backstory of the creature, focusing a bit more on Ken Watanabe’s character, as well as the same soft yet tense building ominous score and series of “take my money now” teasing action sequence edits we’ve come to expect from this movie’s marketing campaign....

‘Mad Men’ Final Season Images Hit; Matthew Weiner Talks About The End By Angie Han/March 12, 2014 8:00 am EST Now that we’ve all finished analyzing and overanalyzing that psychedelic Mad Men poster, it’s time to turn our attention to the first Mad Men final season images. As Mad Men marketing goes, these pictures look fairly straightforward. They just show Don Draper (Jon Hamm) at the airport and on an airplane, with Megan (Jessica Paré), Peggy (Elisabeth Moss), and Roger (John Slattery) taking turns beside him....

‘November Man’ Director To Remake ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’ By Angie Han/Sept. 24, 2014 4:00 pm EST Another classic is getting updated. Roger Donaldson has signed on to helm a new version of All Quiet on the Western Front, the harrowing saga of a young German soldier fighting from the trenches during World War I. The director is coming off of another, albeit very different, tale of global conflict, the spy thriller The November Man....

‘Tammy’ Trailer: Melissa McCarthy Commits An Unrobbery By Angie Han/May 6, 2014 9:30 am EST In just a few short years, Melissa McCarthy has proven herself to be a major box office draw. This summer, she’ll put that appeal to the test again with her passion project Tammy. Her husband Ben Falcone directed the dark comedy, from a script they wrote together. The plot centers on (you guessed it) McCarthy’s Tammy, a woman who’s just hit rock bottom....

‘Trust’ Trailer, Starring Clive Owen And Catherine Keener By Russ Fischer/Feb. 8, 2011 3:30 pm EST When I first saw the Apple listing for a trailer for Trust, I got excited that Hal Hartley’s deadpan 1990 family drama might be getting a rerelease. (It isn’t on DVD, but is streaming on Netflix.) Instead, this is a trailer for David Schwimmer’s second directorial effort, in which a 14-year old girl (Liana Liberato) develops an online relationship with a boy who (shocker) turns out to be not quite what he pretended to be online....

‘Upstream Color’ Trailer: A Warning, Or A Promise? By Russ Fischer/Dec. 4, 2012 12:00 pm EST This is the place where I’m supposed to be able to put the first footage from Shane Carruth’s second film into some sort of context, but I just can’t do it. The movie is Upstream Color, and it follows Carruth’s 2004 indie sci-fi debut Primer. That ‘04 effort quickly became a benchmark in hardcore science fiction, thanks to the very matter of fact manner in which it explored the personal and moral ramifications that might arise if a couple guys had access to a time machine....

Christopher Nolan Looking To Matthew McConaughey For ‘Interstellar’ Lead By Russ Fischer/March 28, 2013 2:11 pm EST What a run the past couple years have been for Matthew McConaughey. He went from a period in which he staffed cookie-cutter rom-coms to a series of pictures that used his talents spectacularly well. From The Lincoln Lawyer to Bernie, Killer Joe, Magic Mike, and Mud, he’s had a string of roles any actor would be proud of....

Cool Stuff: Spoke Art’s Martin Scorsese Art Tribute In New York By Germain Lussier/April 15, 2013 4:00 pm EST Put Martin Scorsese up against any filmmaker and the native New Yorker has a fighting shot. Hawkes? Ford? Kubrick? Hitchcock? Spielberg? All legends, but Scorsese is undeniably in the same league. And this weekend marks one of the first full gallery shows specifically dedicated to his films. Spoke Art has taken over New York’s Bold Hype Gallery for Scorsese: An Art Show Tribute, featuring work based on films such as Goodfellas, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, The Departed, Gangs of New York, Casino and many more....

Dolby, Royal Philips, And James Cameron Team Up To Bring Glasses-Free 3D To The Home By Angie Han/April 9, 2013 9:26 am EST Even under the best of circumstances, watching films in 3D is kind of a pain. Those clunky glasses never quite sit right on anyone, and they’re hideous to boot. That goes double if you have to wear them over your normal glasses. And then on top of all that, the picture may still look off if you’re not sitting in the right part of the room....