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‘Jurassic Park 4’ Now Aiming For 2015 Release, To Be Shot In 3D? By Peter Sciretta/June 18, 2013 12:30 pm EST Jurassic Park 4 was gearing up to begin filming when the plug was abruptly pulled a few weeks ago. Rumor had it that Steven Spielberg was not happy with the screenplay. Whatever the real story may be, Universal Pictures and producer Frank Marshall decided to put the project on hold while they focused their efforts on development without having the pressure of chasing an announced release date....

Bad Robot’s Los Angeles Offices Getting A ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ Upgrade By Germain Lussier/Sept. 11, 2013 11:00 am EST A while back, a rumor began to circulate that J.J. Abrams was going to leave Star Wars Episode VII. The reason? He supposedly didn’t want to pick up and move to London, where Disney and Lucasfilm had agreed to make the movie. Abrams wanted to shoot it at home, in Los Angeles, California, and said as much in public....

Black Friday Week Geek Deals [Day 2] By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 20, 2012 8:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. MORE NEW DEALS: PREVIOUSLY: TV: The TV Deals of the week include: Other TV Deals: The Gold Box Blu-ray deal of the Week is the Planet of the Apes: 5 Film Collection for only $22.99, 54% off the $50 msrp. $3.99 Blu-Rays: Caddyshack, The Last Samurai, Hall Pass, Sucker Punch, Blazing Saddles, Dumb and Dumber Unrated, Kill Bill Volume 1, The Crow, Fargo...

Cool Stuff: Dave Perillo’s ‘Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade’ Poster By Germain Lussier/July 10, 2014 5:00 pm EST Fans have waited over half a year for artist Dave Perillo to complete his Indiana Jones poster trilogy. On Friday July 11, he does just that. The Acme Archives will release Perillo’s take on Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Friday, at a time between 10 and 11am PST. The fitting companion to Raiders of the Lost Ark and Temple of Doom is a 12 x 36 silkscreen in an edition of 250....

Cool Stuff: Mondo Releases Studio Ghibli Compilation Album With Tyler Stout Artwork By Germain Lussier/July 20, 2013 10:00 am EST Mondo, a company best known for posters, has also been releasing some incredible albums. They’ve done Drive, Poltergeist, and many others but now they’ve gone above and beyond. Mondo has teamed up with Studio Ghibli to release a compilation album featuring music from five different films: Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, The Cat Returns and My Neighbors The Yamadas....

Dave Grohl’s ‘Sound City’ Documentary Trailer: Making Human Music In An Age Of Machines By Russ Fischer/Dec. 4, 2012 9:56 am EST We’ve already had a couple brief looks at Sound City, the documentary about the legendary recording studio put together by Dave Grohl of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters. Now, with Grohl set to make the keynote address at next year’s SXSW and the documentary scheduled for a high-profile premiere at Sundance, we’ve got a proper theatrical trailer for Sound City....

By Angie Han/Nov. 6, 2013 4:00 pm EST As American Hustle prepares to take theaters by disco glitter storm, another of David O. Russell’s projects may have taken a small step forward toward release. Nailed, a project Russell abandoned three years ago after financing fell apart, has just received a rating from the MPAA. That doesn’t mean a theatrical opening is imminent, but it does suggest that someone, somewhere, is thinking of finally releasing it....

Disney Buys LucasFilm; ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ Set For 2015, Long-Term Plans Include New ‘Star Wars’ Film “Every Two To Three Years” By Russ Fischer/Oct. 30, 2012 1:01 pm EST Huge news from Disney, which is under the relatively new steerage of Alan Horn. CNBC was first to report via twitter that Disney has purchased Lucasfilm, paying the same amount for the company that it did for Marvel a few years ago: $4b in cash and stock....

Early Buzz: ‘Les Miserables’ Delights Audiences At First Screenings By Russ Fischer/Nov. 26, 2012 7:41 am EST Tom Hooper follows up his Oscar-winning The King’s Speech with a film version of the stage musical classic Les Miserables, and the first public screenings of the film were met with great enthusiasm, first by a New York City audience, then by LA viewers. Sure, the deck was stacked in favor of Hooper and the film, given that the NYC audience was a particularly theater-friendly crowd, so the reaction might not be a pure gauge of how to expect the film will play elsewhere....

Exclusive: More Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary Art Plus Limited Variant News By Germain Lussier/April 17, 2014 7:00 am EST The four-city, 70-plus artist Ghostbusters 30th Anniversary art show kicks off this Saturday April 19 in New York City. Gallery 1988 is curating the event and they’ve slowly been releasing more and more looks at the show. Now it’s our turn. /Film is proud to exclusively debut five brand new pieces from the show: Pieces by Mark Englert, Dan Mumford, Cuddly Rigor Mortis plus two super limited variants....

First Look: Jason Clarke In Baltasar Kormákur’s ‘Everest’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 12, 2014 10:30 am EST Production is now underway on the star-studded mountain climbing drama, Everest. Directed by Baltasar Kormákur (Contraband), Everest features Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes and Jake Gyllenhaal telling the true story of two groups of climbers who attempted to summit the world’s highest mountain in what turned out to be a horrible snowstorm. It’ll be released in IMAX 3D on February 27, 2015....

HBO’s ‘Game Of Thrones’ Renewed For Two More Seasons By Angie Han/April 8, 2014 1:00 pm EST The characters of Game of Thrones have a habit of dropping dead at the most inopportune times, but Game of Thrones itself is in no danger of getting axed. HBO has just ordered two more seasons of the hit fantasy drama, guaranteeing that the show will run at least six seasons. Hit the jump for more details....

Hulu Exploring Ideas For A Sixth Season Of ‘Community’ By Russ Fischer/May 29, 2014 5:00 am EST A great many people watch Community via Hulu — it’s one of the streaming service’s most popular offerings — and now Hulu may be the home for the near-mythical sixth season of the show. When the show was canceled by NBC there was some talk that a place like Hulu could be the home for one last season....

John Logan Will Work Solo To Write Bond 24 And 25; Films May Tell One Connected Story [Updated] By Russ Fischer/Oct. 26, 2012 12:00 pm EST The twenty-third James Bond film, Skyfall, opens in the UK today, and if early reviews are anything like a barometer of public opinion, it could be the most successful film of the franchise. We know that Daniel Craig will likely make two more Bond films, and EON Productions isn’t wasting any time setting the twenty-fourth film in motion....

Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s ‘Don Jon’ Gets October Wide Release By Angie Han/April 10, 2013 1:46 pm EST Briefly: Another Sundance hit is prepping for a theatrical bow. Relativity has just announced an October 18 wide release for Don Jon (formerly Don Jon’s Addiction), Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s crowd-pleasing feature directorial debut. The deal was one of the biggest at this year’s Sundance, so the splashy rollout shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. Don Jon faces some rather varied competition on that date, including The Seventh Son, Kimberly Peirce’s Carrie remake, and Lee Daniels’ The Butler....

Kevin Smith Hopes To Have ‘Clerks 3’ In Theaters In 2014 For 20th Anniversary By Germain Lussier/Dec. 27, 2012 8:52 am EST 1994 was a major year in American independent cinema. Quentin Tarantino released his second movie: Pulp Fiction. Steve James’s documentary Hoop Dreams was hailed as an instant classic. And a tiny British film became one of the year’s top grossers: Four Weddings and a Funeral. That was also the year that Kevin Smith released a little movie called Clerks....

Leonardo DiCaprio Developing Woodrow Wilson Biopic, Likely To Star By Russ Fischer/Sept. 17, 2013 7:00 am EST Leonardo DiCaprio is never short of projects in development, and he certainly has a fondness for stories rooted in history. A new biography of President Woodrow Wilson was just published this month, and the screen rights have landed at DiCaprio’s company Appian Way. The actor plans to produce the adaptation of A. Scott Berg’s book, and star as the 28th President....

Leonardo DiCaprio Set For Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s Period Revenge Tale ‘The Revenant’ By Germain Lussier/April 15, 2014 12:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Before Inarritu came onboard in 2011, John Hillcoat and Christian Bale were close to making the movie; before them the team was Park Chan-wook and Samuel L. Jackson. Those are all very different versions of the same story, but demonstrate it’s something that someone in Hollywood is passionate about....

Napoleon Encounters A Liger And Kip Takes A Bath In New Clips From ‘Napoleon Dynamite: The Animated Series’ By Angie Han/July 29, 2011 12:00 pm EST A few months ago we showed you the first trailer for Napoleon Dynamite: The Animated Series, which offered a brief glimpse at the new show. At this year’s Comic-Con, FOX brought out several clips to give the audience a better taste of what to expect....

Page 2: Lincoln, Cloud Atlas, Star Wars, Home Alone, True Grit, Wizard Of Oz, Steven Spielberg, Hobbit, Star Trek, Zoe Saldana, Wreck It Ralph By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 29, 2012 8:00 am EST Header Photo: /Film Reader Drew D sends in another unfortunate movie poster display, proving AGAIN that Lincoln can’t get a breat. In Defense Of The MATRIX Sequels The 30 Most Anticipated Movies of 2013Wizard of Oz movie blurb.Spielberg’s Triad of Doom – From a Shark’s ‘Jaws’ to ‘Jurassic Park’Did You Know ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ Is Based on a True Story?...