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David O. Russell Follows Jennifer Lawrence To ‘The Ends Of The Earth’ By Angie Han/Feb. 19, 2013 4:19 pm EST Silver Linings Playbook duo Jennifer Lawrence and David O. Russell can’t get enough of each other, apparently. Just yesterday, the Oscar-nominated actress boarded Russell’s next, an untitled movie about the Abscam sting of the ’70s. Now we have word that he’s joining her in The Ends of the Earth, a fact-based love story by Argo scribe Chris Terrio about an oil tycoon and the affair that upends his life....

Diablo Cody’s ‘Paradise’ Debuts On DirecTV August 8 By Russ Fischer/Aug. 1, 2013 10:34 am EST How has the movie business changed in the past decade? For one, VOD and streaming video have changed the stigma once attached to films debuting at home before they hit theaters, and movies now routinely can be seen on the small screen before they open on the big one. But the distribution scheme for Diablo Cody’s first turn as a director is still a bit unusual....

Exclusive: Sony Betting Big On ‘Pixels’, Trailer Will Be Attached To Third ‘Hobbit’ Film By Germain Lussier/Oct. 2, 2014 7:00 am EST Remember when Summer blockbusters weren’t just comic book adaptations and sequels? When high concept, crazy huge ideas dominated the multiplexes? It feels like its been forever but Chris Columbus’ 2015 release Pixels is exactly that. Yes, it’s an adaptation of a short film, but the big idea is pure Summer blockbuster....

By Germain Lussier/June 11, 2013 7:30 am EST You’d have to imagine some of those dates will be filled by How to Train Your Dragon and Kung Fu Panda sequels, as well as possible follow-ups to Epic or Turbo, depending on how the rest of the summer goes. Also, this aggressive attack on the calendar is likely a result of Pixar’s similar announcement of release dates through 2018. The only overlap will be on June 16, 2017, which now has films from this batch as well as Pixar....

James Cameron Can Express All His Artistic Observations Through ‘Avatar’ Sequels By Russ Fischer/Aug. 20, 2014 3:30 pm EST During interviews for that piece, James Cameron talked about his ideas for the sequels as all-encompassing artistic expressions: Gianopulos also speaks about the series, and (as you’d expect) expresses great confidence, even as he demurs on the total budget figure. There’s nothing I need to say as an artist about the state of the world and human affairs that I can’t do through the lens of the ‘Avatar’ universe....

LOL: ‘50 Shades Of Grey’ Screen Tests From ‘Saturday Night Live’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 7, 2013 12:00 pm EST Universal’s 2014 adaptation of the best selling romance/sex novel will actually star Charlie Hunnam and Dakota Johnson but, below, see what it might look like if these other actors played the roles. Here’s the video of the sketch.

Marvel Rumors: Black Panther In ‘The Avengers 2,’ Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye To Be Recast By Germain Lussier/May 17, 2013 10:30 am EST Two pretty big rumors regarding The Avengers 2 are whipping around the Web today, so we figured they were worth a look. The first one seems most plausible. It concerns the possible inclusion of the Black Panther in the sequel and the hint comes from the chairman of South Africa’s Cape Town Film Studios....

Marvel’s ‘Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Gets Full Season Pickup; Titus Welliver To Appear By Germain Lussier/Oct. 10, 2013 2:00 pm EST The “back-nine” either refers to the second half in a round of golf, or the nine additional episodes a network TV show gets once it shows staying power. And since this isn’t a golf website, it must mean Marvel Studio’s first TV show, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., just got a full season pickup for nine more episodes....

Miles Teller Among Actors Eyed For ‘Fantastic Four’ Role [UPDATED] By Angie Han/Aug. 2, 2013 12:05 pm EST The Sundance Film Festival is always good for a couple of breakout stars, and this year one who caught a lot of positive buzz was Miles Teller. Though the 26-year-old actor got his first big break in 2010 with Rabbit Hole, it was his mesmerizing performance in The Spectacular Now that cemented his status as the Next Big Thing....

New ‘Interstellar’ IMAX TV Spot Looks Absolutely Stellar By Angie Han/Aug. 26, 2014 10:15 am EST It almost seems a shame to post the new Interstellar IMAX TV spot here at /Film, because this is so obviously the kind of film that begs to be seen on the biggest screen possible. On the other hand, though, if sharing a dinky YouTube preview is what it takes to get people to see the full movie in a proper IMAX theater, then the net effect of that will be good....

New Yorkers Can Now Watch Movies From A Rooftop Hot Tub By Angie Han/May 15, 2014 3:30 pm EST We’ve seen theaters try to entice moviegoers with big-name guests, luxe chairs, gourmet menus, specialty cocktails, and even etiquette ninjas. But this may be the first time we’ve heard of rooftop pool parties being brought into the mix. A company called Hot Tub Cinema has begun hosting pop-up events in which — as their name suggests — movie lovers get to watch films from the comfort of a hot tub....

Page 2: Star Wars, Goonies, OitNB, Reservoir Dogs, GoT, Independence Day, Transformers, BTTF, Simpsons, Alien By Peter Sciretta/July 3, 2014 2:00 pm EST Header Photo: GENTLE GIANT’S SDCC MCQUARRIE-STYLE LUKE SKYWALKER 6 Filmmaking Tips from Andy SerkisWhy That Mirror Shot In ‘Contact’ Is Even More Complicated Than It Looks ‘Game of Thrones’ Off-Season Reading: ‘The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire’ 19 Things We Learned from the ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ Commentary...

Rumor: Neill Blomkamp To Direct Microsoft’s ‘Halo’ Pilot By Germain Lussier/Jan. 25, 2014 5:38 pm EST A few years back, fans’ hearts were crushed when Neill Blomkamp parted ways with Halo. Before he made District 9, the director did a series of Halo short films and was working on a film adaptation with producer Peter Jackson. For numerous reasons, the project fell apart and fans were left thinking they’d never get to see Blomkamp’s vision of Master Chief....

Spike Lee Takes Over Former Michael Mann Project ‘Gold’ By Russ Fischer/May 17, 2013 4:37 pm EST One of those other potential efforts was Gold, a film that follows a 1993 mining scandal, featuring a prospector who found “one of the largest gold mines in the world in the Indonesian jungle.” It has been likened to The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, but in what respects beyond the simple prospector angle, we don’t know for certain....

Superhero Bits: Man Of Steel, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Agents Of SHIELD, Iron Man, Dark Knight Rises, Wolverine By Germain Lussier/Nov. 20, 2013 4:45 pm EST Want to see some cool new images from Man of Steel? What happened on the Thor: The Dark World crossover with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and what can we expect on the Captain America: The Winter Soldier episode? Who is joining the Guardians of the Galaxy?...

Tarsem Singh And Ryan Reynolds In Talks For ‘Selfless’ By Angie Han/April 25, 2013 2:00 pm EST After foraying into kiddie territory with Mirror, Mirror, Tarsem Singh is headed back to darker material. Singh is looking to team with star Ryan Reynolds on Selfless, a Black List thriller written by Àlex and David Pastor. It features a body-switching premise that sounds kind of crazy, which should make it a good fit for the adventurous Singh....

Trailer: Disney Infinity Video Game ‘Platform’ Announced By Germain Lussier/Jan. 15, 2013 2:30 pm EST An imagination is the ultimate playground. There you can take anything you want and make it do anything you want. If you want a character from a movie to fight a character from a video game in the world of a comic book, your imagination can do that, no matter what logistical issues it might present in real life....

Watch A Retrospective Of The 84 Best Picture Oscar Winners By Russ Fischer/Feb. 20, 2013 2:00 pm EST The Oscars will be doled out this weekend, and so this week is the culmination of award-season speculation and fervor. It’ll all be over soon, but while you wait for Sunday’s glitzy ceremony to begin, this video is a great way to relive the biggest winners of years past. The reel highlights every Best Picture winner from the past 84 years, with just a few seconds given to each movie....

‘24 Exposures’ Trailer: ‘You’re Next’ Creators Star In Story Of Sex And Murder By Russ Fischer/Dec. 20, 2013 12:00 pm EST The actors in Joe Swanberg’s movies have, at times, been friends of his in filmmaking, just as he has acted in other directors’ films. For 24 Exposures, Swanberg has Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett in front of the lens — they’re the director/writer pair who are responsible for films such as You’re Next and A Horrible Way To Die, and parts of V/H/S and V/H/S/2....

‘Batman V Superman’ Batmobile Revealed, And It Is A Beast [Updated] By Russ Fischer/Sept. 10, 2014 1:00 pm EST Zack Snyder showed off the first glimpse of the Batman v Superman batmobile, then gave us a few more details when he revealed Batman’s outfit. Now that the film is shooting on the streets of actual cities, however, others are getting in on the action. A couple shots of the new Batmobile have reportedly been grabbed as the film shoots in Detroit....