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‘Forrest Gump’ Getting IMAX Re-Release By Germain Lussier/June 5, 2014 2:53 pm EST Briefly: Twenty years have passed since the release of Robert Zemeckis’ Best Picture winning film, Forrest Gump. To celebrate the occasion, Paramount will reportedly re-release the film, in IMAX no less, on September 5. [ERC Box Office] ‘Forrest Gump’ Getting IMAX Re-Release By Germain Lussier/June 5, 2014 2:53 pm EST Briefly: Twenty years have passed since the release of Robert Zemeckis’ Best Picture winning film, Forrest Gump....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Officially Becomes HBO’s Most Popular Show Ever By Germain Lussier/June 5, 2014 5:30 pm EST Even as the battle for the Iron Throne wages on in Westeros, another battle has been won on HBO. Game of Thrones has officially become the most popular show in the history of HBO, beating The Sopranos, Sex and the City and so many others. Read the particulars below. The Wrap reported the Game of Thrones ratings....

‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’ Trailer: All The News, Eventually By Russ Fischer/March 7, 2014 12:30 pm EST John Oliver, who came up through the ranks at The Daily Show, is about to debut his own comedy news program, and here’s the first Last Week Tonight With John Oliver trailer. This gig comes after Oliver’s very successful run filling in for Stewart as The Daily Show anchor. Sure, Jon Stewart is still going strong at The Daily Show, and his one-time protege Stephen Colbert is at the top of his game on The Colbert Report....

By Angie Han/April 4, 2014 2:30 pm EST David Lowery was a surprising choice when Disney hired him to pen the Pete’s Dragon remake. His last film, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, was a gritty crime drama; Pete’s Dragon is… not that. But now he’s getting even more involved in the family-friendly adventure. A new report indicates that Lowery has entered talks to direct Pete’s Dragon as well as write. Hit the jump for more details....

‘Predestination’ Trailer: Ethan Hawke Travels Through Time By Angie Han/Sept. 26, 2014 10:00 am EST When he’s not collaborating with Richard Linklater on beautifully understated indies about the passage of time, Ethan Hawke can often be found heading up thrillers. His recent genre successes include Sinister and The Purge, and now he’s reteaming with his Daybreakers directors Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig for Predestination. The time-traveling pic is based on a 1959 short story by Robert Heinlein called “—All You Zombies—” but to our modern eyes it also seems to have shades of Looper and Source Code....

‘Sly Cooper’ Trailer: The PlayStation’s Animated Thief Gets His Own Movie By Russ Fischer/Jan. 28, 2014 10:14 am EST The Sly Cooper series of games, developed by Sucker Punch as PlayStation exclusives, has always been one of Sony’s more film-friendly IPs. The games feature an animated visual style and revolve around a trio of friends led by the “gentleman thief” Sly Cooper, himself the latest in a line of master criminals....

‘Walt Before Mickey’ Trailer: Walt Disney Biopic Shows The Early Years By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 12, 2014 8:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The film does not have a distributor yet, and there is actually another independent competing Walt Disney biopic. Logan Sekulow’s As Dreamers Do which was just released on video — you can watch the trailer for that movie on their official site....

Arnold Schwarzenegger Will Be King Again In ‘The Legend Of Conan’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 25, 2012 2:33 pm EST Conan’s wheel has turned again, however, and Schwarzenegger is stepping back into the role for The Legend of Conan, which is being described as “Conan’s Unforvigen.” Deadline reports that Universal will release the film, produced by Fredrik Malmberg of Paradox Entertainment, which holds the Conan rights, and Chris Morgan, writer of the last four Fast and Furious Films....

Cool Stuff: Eighties Style Action Figures For ‘Back To The Future,’ ‘The Goonies,’ ‘Firefly,’ ‘Pulp Fiction’ And More By Germain Lussier/Feb. 14, 2014 1:00 pm EST These days action figures look too good. They’re all 3D scanned with multiple points of articulation, tons of accessories and beautiful packaging. That wasn’t always the case. In the Eighties, you got a basic likeness that barely looked like the character, four points of articulation and a simple card with plastic bubble....

Don’t Miss: Pirates Of The Caribbean Ultimate Fan Events By Peter Sciretta/March 9, 2007 3:07 pm EST Disney is holding Pirates of the Caribbean Ultimate Fan Events in 18 cities on Sunday March 18th. Basically, they are showing the Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End trailer theatrically, a day before it’s television debut on Dancing with the Stars (March 19th, 8-10pm). The event will also include a screening of Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl as well as a “treasure trove of giveaways....

Ellen Page To Star In Drew Barrymore’s Whip It? By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 13, 2008 11:00 pm EST After she’s done filming the lesbian werewolf movie Jack and Diane, might Juno starlet Ellen Page slip into a pair of roller skates for Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut? Unless another famous gal’s name rhymes with “Shmellen Shmage,” that’s what Shauna Cross, author of the novel Derby Girl and its adapted screenplay Whip It, tells Film School Rejects....

First Look: Ethan Hawke And Emma Watson In ‘Regression’ By Russ Fischer/June 10, 2014 10:30 am EST Alejandro Amenábar, despite having made only a few films, has quite the resume. One of his early features was remade by Cameron Crowe as Vanilla Sky, and he directed The Sea Inside (which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film, and helped introduce Javier Bardem to global audiences) and The Others. Now he returns this year with a new film called Regression....

First Look: Will Ferrell In Land Of The Lost By Peter Sciretta/March 25, 2008 5:20 pm EST JFX gives us out first look at Will Ferrell in Universal’s upcoming adaptation of Land of the Lost. Ferrell plays Dr. Marshall, a wacky scientist who ends up the laughingstock of the scientific community after attacking the quadriplegic and wheelchair-bound Stephen Hawking while being interviewed on Anderson Cooper 360. Dr. Marshall is reduced to becoming a tour guide at the La Brea Tar Pits, the only scientific job that would take him....

Guillermo Del Toro Open To Using TV’s Constantine In ‘Justice League Dark’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 12, 2014 9:30 am EST Will Guillermo del Toro ever get to direct Justice League Dark? Who knows. He’s finishing up an October 2015 release in Crimson Peak, and then moves into 2017’s Pacific Rim 2. After that his schedule is hypothetically open. At Comic-Con, Legendary chairman Thomas Tull teased the filmmaker about possibly letting him make passion projects Into the Mountains of Madness or Hellboy 3 in the future....

How Long Is Interstellar? Christopher Nolan’s Longest Movie To Date By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 25, 2014 12:00 pm EST The running time for Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar has been released by Warner Bros, and it looks to be the longest film Christopher Nolan has directed to date. How long is Interstellar? Find out after the jump alongside a comparison of Nolan’s previous film lengths. How Long is Interstellar? Chart Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar is 169 minutes in length, that is 2....

Jason Reitman Attached To Adapt Novel ‘The Possibilities’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 28, 2014 4:30 pm EST Briefly: The new novel from The Descendents author Kaui Hart Hemmings is now a possible new project for Labor Day and Young Adult director Jason Reitman. Appropriately, the book is called The Possibilities; it’s set to be published in May. Reitman’s company and Indian Paintbrush have optioned the novel, and attached Reitman to direct.THR has news of the option, and describes the novel:...

Joss Whedon Talks James Spader’s Casting In ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 11, 2013 9:31 am EST The first piece of official casting for 2015’s Marvel movie, Avengers: Age of Ultron, was for the title character. Writer/director Joss Whedon turned to James Spader to play the all-powerful, hyper-intelligent robot, and the choice made a ton of sense. All through Spader’s career, in films like Pretty In Pink and Less Than Zero, his indie work in Sex, Lies and Videotape and Crash, and his popular TV work on Boston Legal, The Practice and The Office, he’s excelled at playing an icy, morally ambiguous character....

Matt Damon “Open” To More ‘Bourne’ - But There’s A Catch By Angie Han/May 6, 2014 5:30 am EST Matt Damon has been saying for years that he’d gladly return for more Bourne, but only if director Paul Greengrass could come too. And even though Universal is currently in the process of making a second Bourne-less Bourne movie, Damon’s feelings haven’t changed on the matter. In a new interview, Damon stated that he’d be “open” to reprising his role as the amnesiac spy....

New ‘Oz: The Great And Powerful’ Images Show Off More Of The Film’s Rainbow Of Design Elements By Russ Fischer/Jan. 3, 2013 3:20 pm EST Sam Raimi’s new prequel to The Wizard of Oz opens in a couple months, and to complement the most recent TV spots and trailer, we’ve got some new high-res photos that show off the characters played by James Franco, Michelle Williams, and others.Oz: The Great and Powerful follows a magician (Franco) whose escape from a small town con game turns into a path to a new world, as he pilots a balloon that is blown off course into Oz....

Nicholas Stoller To Rewrite ‘Uptown Saturday Night’ For Adam McKay, Will Smith And Denzel Washington By Germain Lussier/Nov. 26, 2013 6:30 am EST Two of the biggest stars in the world are attached. A high-profile comedy director wants to make it his next film. There’s just one thing in the way – that pesky script. That seems to be the case with Uptown Saturday Night, a remake of the 1974 Sidney Poitier film starring Poitier and Bill Cosby....