‘A Good Day To Die Hard’ Photo Shows A Father/Son Outing Gone Wrong By Russ Fischer/Oct. 3, 2012 2:17 pm EST It worked for Looper, so here once again is an early image from a new Bruce Willis film in which the actor wields a powerful rifle. In this case, the film is A Good Day to Die Hard, aka Die Hard 5, and a project that isn’t likely to be even vaguely as satisfying as Looper....
‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ Eyes New Leads; ‘Closer’ Scribe To Polish Script By Angie Han/Oct. 14, 2013 2:00 pm EST With just weeks to go until shooting, Fifty Shades of Grey hit a big snag this weekend when Charlie Hunnam abruptly dropped out of the lead role. His decision left director Sam Taylor-Johnson scrambling to find a replacement, and the word is that Jamie Dornan and Alexander Skarsgard are among the actors being eyed....
‘The Hateful Eight’ Poster Commemorates Tarantino’s One-Night Stage Performance By Russ Fischer/May 5, 2014 10:15 am EST There isn’t even a movie at this point, but there is a poster for Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight. Granted, since there isn’t a movie (or a cast, or a plan for a movie) this Hateful Eight poster is pretty basic. It is related to the live-read staged by Tarantino a couple weeks ago, as a benefit for Film Independent in Los Angeles....
‘The Iceman’ Trailer: Michael Shannon Loves His Family, Contract Killing By Angie Han/Jan. 16, 2013 9:00 am EST After the dual disappointments of Killing Me Softly and Gangster Squad, I’m feeling a little burned out on mob movies at the moment. So maybe it’s just my mood that has me unimpressed with the new trailer for The Iceman. On the one hand, director Ariel Vromen seems to have a flair for visuals, the cast looks strong, and the fact-based premise is intriguing....
‘Thor: The Dark World’ Trailer #2: “You Must Be Truly Desperate To Come To Me For Help” By Germain Lussier/Aug. 7, 2013 6:59 am EST Hiddleston. Hemsworth. Hopkins. Portman. The second trailer for Alan Taylor’s Thor: The Dark World is here. Check it out below. Thanks to Marvel and YouTube. From the trailer, it’s pretty obvious Thor and Loki are both deeply affected by the events of The Avengers. Even Jane Foster is harboring some resentment about the ordeal....
Aaron Eckhart And Miles Teller Join Martin Scorsese-Produced ‘Bleed For This’ By Angie Han/Feb. 4, 2014 6:00 am EST The 2014 box office has not been kind so far to Miles Teller and Aaron Eckhart. Teller’s That Awkward Moment had a disappointing opening this past weekend, while Eckhart’s I, Frankenstein completely bombed the week before that. But perhaps they’ll fare better when they join forces, with a bit of help from executive producer Martin Scorsese....
Beastie Boy Adam Yauch Starts Movie Company By Hunter Stephenson/Feb. 6, 2008 4:52 pm EST When the eldest Beastie Boy grows a serious gray beard, you know the film business is calling, and today brings news that Adam Yauch aka the rapper known as MCA has started an indie film distribution and international sales company called Oscilloscope Pictures. Anyone who’s grabbed the nachos and grape soda and plopped down to the visual wonders of Criterion’s Beastie Boys: Video Anthology or watched the seminal rappers’ delirious concert film Awesome: I F***in’ Shot That!...
Cool Stuff: Hot Toys 1/6th Scale Back To The Future DeLorean Time Machine By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 4, 2014 1:15 pm EST In July, Hot Toys announced they would be producing a Back to the Future 1/6th scale Marty McFly Figure as part of their Movie Masterpiece line. The first photos of the Michael J Fox-replica Marty McFly figure was very impressive, but what was in the background of the photos got even more buzz: a 1/6th Scale DeLorean Time Machine replica....
Cool Stuff: Radio-Controlled Flying ‘Star Trek’ USS Enterprise By Peter Sciretta/May 6, 2013 7:00 am EST TheMiro59 has created a radio controlled version of Star Trek’s USS Enterprise. After the jump you can watch footage, from the construction to the starship’s first “space” voyage. I wish Paramount would actually license a product like this. via: Geekologie Cool Stuff: Radio-Controlled Flying ‘Star Trek’ USS Enterprise By Peter Sciretta/May 6, 2013 7:00 am EST...
David Cronenberg’s First Feature, ‘Shivers,’ Being Remade By Russ Fischer/Sept. 6, 2013 12:30 pm EST David Cronenberg’s first commercial feature was the great low-budget shocker Shivers (aka They Came From Within), in which the residents of an ultra-modern apartment complex are infected by a strange parasite. The parasite removes inhibitions, and drives its hosts into frenzies of sex and violence. Eventually the whole complex is full of a swirling mass of people that all look like they’ve taken their cosplay of scenes from Caligula a little too far....
Documentary ‘Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop’ Lands Distribution At SXSW By Russ Fischer/March 15, 2011 8:00 am EST One of the documentaries to get the most attention at this year’s South by Southwest Film Festival has been Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop, directed by Rodman Flender, which chronicles the days after the comedian left NBC and created the ‘Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television’ tour that traveled cross-country as a comedy/music revue....
Exclusive: Ludacris Joins Gerard Butler’s Game By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 14, 2007 1:46 am EST Chris “Ludacris” Bridges (Fred Claus, Crash, 2 Fast 2 Furious) has joined the cast of Lionsgate/Lakeshore’s upcoming Gerard Butler sci-fi action thriller which is currently being filmed under the title of Game. The film, written and directed by Crank helmers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, takes place in the near future where nano technology has been developed to allow for mind control....
Exclusive: Tom Whalen Draws 35 Pop Culture Busts For New Art Show By Germain Lussier/Sept. 29, 2014 9:30 am EST Philadelphia-based artist Tom Whalen just keeps getting bigger. But, for his latest show, everyone is getting smaller. Whalen is extremely well-known as one of the work horses for Mondo. If there’s a Disney property being turned into a poster, Whalen is usually doing it. But he’s also tackled such iconic films as RoboCop, Terminator 2, The Iron Giant and Army of Darkness this year alone....
First Look: Hayley Atwell As ‘Peggy Carter’ In AGENTS OF SHIELD By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 10, 2014 11:00 am EST Marvel Studios has released the first photo of Hayley Atwell reprising her Captain America: The First Avenger role as Peggy Carter on the second season of the ABC television series Agents of SHIELD. The September 23rd 2014 season 2 premiere episode “Shadows” will feature 1940s-era flashbacks featuring Carter and her Howling Commando buddies Jim Morita and Dum Dum Dugan (again played by Kenneth Choi and Neal McDonough)....
Four New Clips From ‘The Muppets’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 3, 2011 4:00 pm EST Four new clips, three weeks to go and over two minutes of footage. Those are today’s numbers for The Muppets, the big screen return, after twelve years, of everyone’s favorite lovable puppet pals. Four new clips, clocking in at over two minutes of footage, have made it online today and, after the jump, you see the new Muppet Walter get surprised by Gary (Jason Segel), a great idea about how to find Kermit The Frog, a little breaking and entering and Miss Piggy lay the smack down....
Geek Deal: Up To 57% Off ‘The Woody Allen Collection’ Sets 1-3 And More By Peter Sciretta/March 13, 2013 10:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As with all of the Gold Box Deals, these prices will be gone by the end of the day, so act fast!
George Miller To Direct The Justice League Of America Movie? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 1, 2007 3:33 pm EST Our friend Frosty at Collider is reporting that Happy Feet director George Miller has been asked to direct a live-action big screen version of the Justice League of America for Warner Bros. The source of the information seems to be credible, but I’m amazed to see that Warner Bros is actually pushing th development of the project so early....
Here’s Exactly What Damon Lindelof And Drew Goddard Changed In ‘World War Z’ By Germain Lussier/June 20, 2013 9:28 am EST Brad Pitt and Marc Forster’s long-discussed global zombie adaptation, World War Z, is finally hitting theaters this weekend. After a production marred in controversy, Paramount paid for massive rewrites and reshoots to (hopefully) save the movie. The story goes that, during editing, no one was happy with how the film ended....
Is Takashi Miike’s Next Film An Adaptation Of The ‘Ace Attorney’ Games? By Russ Fischer/May 23, 2011 2:00 pm EST Takashi Miike has two films in the press right now. His last film, 13 Assassins, a really excellent piece of work, and one of his best efforts, is playing VOD and in some theaters now. And Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai, his first 3D film, just premiered at Cannes. The reviews for the latter weren’t great, but the director, true to form, is already moving on to more projects....
James Cameron Recruits Screenwriting Help For ‘Avatar’ Sequels By Russ Fischer/July 31, 2013 1:30 pm EST Briefly: James Cameron has been hard at work — or at least at work in some sense — on the Avatar sequels for a few years now. There has been a lot of tech development done to bring new visions of Pandora to life, for example. But while the technological underpinning of the sequels is more or less in place, the direct roadmap to get to the end of the second movie is not....
