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New Screenwriter Scales ‘Cliffhanger’ Remake By Russ Fischer/May 29, 2014 5:00 pm EST A “re-imagining” of Renny Harlin’s 1993 film Cliffhanger is in the works from producer Neal Moritz, and a new screenwriter has been hired to push the development forward. Joe Gazzam was given the nod to write the screenplay based on his new pitched take. Deadline reports that StudioCanal has the rights to the remake, and that there is no domestic distributor on board just yet....

Theme Park Bits: Indiana Jones, Frozen, Haunted Mansion, Universal Studios, Ratatouille By Germain Lussier/Nov. 25, 2013 7:00 am EST Disney, Marvel and Universal all get some ink in this edition of Theme Park Bits. Below, read about the following Will a Indiana Jones ride open at Disneyland Paris? The Ratatouille ride will open in Summer 2014. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige admits to wanting more Marvel rides. Get a glimpse of the new Frozen-influenced World of Color show at Disney California Adventure....

This Week In Trailers: Wild Bill, Pray For Japan, Hardcore Logo II, Two Little Boys, Mister Rogers & Me By Christopher Stipp/March 3, 2012 1:00 pm EST The deadbeat dad who doesn’t amount to much, comes back into his kids’ lives to set things straight, learns how to be a better dad while trying to fend off the advances by the bad influence who won’t let him go straight, pretty basic stuff....

Timur Bekmambetov And F. Scott Frazier Team With Michael Bay For ‘Heatseekers’ By Angie Han/Jan. 15, 2013 3:30 pm EST Timur Bekmambetov is going from vampire-slaying world leaders to pirate-hunting pilots. The Russian filmmaker has just signed on for Heatseekers, an original action project set up at Paramount with Michael Bay producing. Bekmambetov and Bay are also joined by F. Scott Frazier, who’s just been tapped to write a script based on George Mahaffey’s spec script....

Warner Bros. Signs First-Look Deal With David Goyer By Russ Fischer/Oct. 29, 2013 7:00 am EST Briefly: How eager is Warner Bros. to keep David Goyer happy enough to stick around to do more work on the studio’s superhero stuff? The studio has just signed Goyer to a three-year first look deal. The deal kicks off with the development of “an untitled Hitchockian thriller with a grounded sci-fi element” that Doug Jung is now writing, and which Goyer will produce and potentially direct....

Watch Part Of The ‘Kill Your Darlings’ Trailer, With Daniel Radcliffe As Allen Ginsberg By Russ Fischer/Aug. 5, 2013 11:30 am EST There’s a 30-second clip going around today that is being billed as the teaser trailer for Kill Your Darlings, in which Daniel Radcliffe adopts an American accent to play beat poet Allen Ginsberg. In truth, this seems to be a truncated upload of the full trailer; the end of this clip is clearly not meant to be the real end of the trailer....

Watch Tons Of New Scenes In 10 Minutes Of ‘Kick-Ass 2’ B-Roll By Angie Han/Aug. 1, 2013 9:00 am EST If there was one upside to the first Kick-Ass 2 trailer being a bit underwhelming, it’s that the marketing has had nowhere to go but up. The film’s looked better and better with each successive trailer, and the one that hit at Comic-Con was the most badass (or kick-ass, if you want to go there) yet....

‘22 Jump Street’ Poster: The Men With The Golden Guns By Russ Fischer/Jan. 29, 2014 1:00 pm EST As directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller start to do the press rounds for their new effort, The LEGO Movie, the marketing push is just starting to roll on their next one, 22 Jump Street. As we’ve seen in trailers, Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum return as earnest but slightly bumbling cops, with Ice Cube, Nick Offerman, Amber Stevens, Jillian Bell, and Craig Roberts helping out and/or getting in their way....

‘24: Live Another Day’ Trailer: They Don’t Know Jack By Angie Han/April 11, 2014 12:00 pm EST Certain things about the show have changed. For one, the twelve-episode limit means we don’t get one episode per hour over a 24-hour period anymore. For another, Chloe’s gotten a serious makeover. But in most respects, 24: Live Another Day looks like the 24 we remember. In a good way. The limited series picks up four years after the Season 8 finale left off....

‘Archer & Armstrong’ Film In Development From Valiant By Russ Fischer/July 15, 2014 1:00 pm EST A highlight of the early ’90s comics scene is moving towards the big screen, and surprisingly it isn’t a Marvel or DC title. There was a time when former Marvel and DC employees created a few new comics companies, such as Image and Valiant. It’s a Valiant title that is getting a film now, as an Archer & Armstrong movie is being developed by the current incarnation of Valiant Entertainment....

‘Dead Snow 2’ Teaser: Zombies Return To Sundance By Russ Fischer/Dec. 30, 2013 7:00 am EST The first Dead Snow had its US premiere at Sundance in 2009, and the sequel will follow suit next month in Park City. Dead Snow 2 (or Dead Snow: Red vs Dead) follows Martin, the survivor of the first film, and doesn’t waste any time pitting the poor guy against reanimated Nazis once again. Check out the first trailer below....

“I Do Not Apologize For Any Transformers Movies” Says Michael Bay By Germain Lussier/Dec. 5, 2013 1:15 pm EST Michael Bay wants to clear a few things up. Earlier this week, we ran a story about Bay saying his upcoming film Transformers: Age of Extinction would be “much more cinematic” and not as “goofy” as the last one. This wasn’t the first time one of Bay’s quotes seemed to criticize his previous work....

‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’ Trailer: Just What Did John Hawkes Do To Elizabeth Olsen’s Mind? By Russ Fischer/May 4, 2011 11:37 am EST Now the trailer is here, and goddamn, does it look good. Watch it now. I really don’t have to say anything here, I think. The entire cast looks great, and you can see why Elizabeth Olsen was the breakout star at Sundance. And John Hawkes: holy shit. Take this together with his work in Winter’s Bone, and the guy stands out as one of the most unexpectedly magnetic actors working today....

‘Prometheus’ Has Landed: New IMAX Teaser, Actor Q&A And Viral Ad For Your Own Fassbender Android By Russ Fischer/March 17, 2012 2:00 pm EST But there is a bounty of other materials: a Q&A with actors Charlize Theron and Michael Fassbender, a new commercial that jumps off from the film’s viral campaign, and a one-minute IMAX teaser that is just stunning, due in part to the new look at the classic Space Jockey from Alien....

By Russ Fischer/Nov. 20, 2013 7:30 am EST Sadly, this isn’t meant to be an ongoing thing; the guest appearance is currently only scheduled to be a one-off, in spring 2014. The episode is shooting this week.

‘The Nut Job’ Teaser: Will Arnett And Liam Neeson Go Nuts For Nuts By Angie Han/Sept. 27, 2013 12:30 pm EST Liam Neeson is no stranger to crime pics, but his latest falls very, very far outside the Taken wheelhouse. The Nut Job centers around an intrepid city squirrel (voiced by Will Arnett) who decides to stock up for the winter by robbing a nut store. Neeson voices the villain, a raccoon....

‘V/H/S: Viral’ International Trailer Is A Barrage Of Horror By Russ Fischer/May 13, 2014 2:47 pm EST The second film in the V/H/S series really upped the ante with energy and pure visceral insanity, and now you can get your first taste of the third movie. V/H/S: VIRAL features segments from directors Nacho Vigalondo (Timecrimes, Extraterrestrial), Marcel Sarmiento (ABCs of Death segment “D is for Dogfight”), Gregg Bishop (The Birds of Anger), Justin Benson (Wrecked) and Todd Lincoln (The Apparition)....

Arnold Schwarzenegger Will Be In ‘Terminator 5’ By Angie Han/Jan. 22, 2013 11:00 am EST Arnold Schwarzenegger took a few years off from acting so he could properly govern the state of California, but now that the hiatus is over he seems to have picked up where he left off. Like, exactly where he left off. His upcoming slate includes new sequels to Twins and Conan the Barbarian, and now he’s also confirmed that he’ll be appearing in the next installment of the Terminator franchise....

Carey Mulligan Is Favorite To Lead Hillary Clinton Biopic ‘Rodham’ By Angie Han/June 5, 2013 5:07 pm EST Carey Mulligan is unmistakably British, but her recent roles have brought her more and more frequently to this side of the Atlantic. Her most recent role saw her playing one of American literature’s most iconic dream girls, and her next release puts her in the middle of the ’60s folk scene in New York City....

Exclusive: Jason Reitman’s Online Trailer For ‘Labor Day’ [Updated With Theatrical] By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 31, 2013 9:05 am EST In Labor Day, Kate Winslet delivers an award-worthy performance as a depressed single mother, who along with her young teenage son Henry (Gattlin Griffith) have their lives changed forever when they offer a wounded man a ride. The man (played by Josh Brolin) turns out to be an escaped convict, who takes the family hostage during Labor Day weekend....