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‘Batman Vs. Superman’ To Shoot At Los Angeles Football Game This Weekend By Germain Lussier/Oct. 15, 2013 10:00 am EST A few weeks back, a European casting call said Zack Snyder would begin filming Batman vs. Superman overseas this weekend. We contacted Warner Bros. to confirm or deny this, but never heard back. Either way, filming on the highly anticipated film is definitely happening this weekend. But it’s happening in the U....

‘Breaking Bad’ Baddie Joins ‘The Maze Runner: Scorch Trials’ By Angie Han/Oct. 3, 2014 9:00 am EST Whoever is casting Fox’s Maze Runner franchise, has clearly been watching all the same TV shows we have. The latest new face to join the sequel The Scorch Trials is Giancarlo Esposito, who is currently best known for his villainous turn on AMC’s Breaking Bad. Previously, the sequel also welcomed Aiden Gillen (Game of Thrones), Rosa Salazar (Parenthood), and Jacob Lofland (Justified)....

‘Die Hard 6’ Gets A Possible Writer, Location And Working Title [Debunked] By Germain Lussier/April 30, 2013 8:44 am EST We now have some news on the next installment of the Die Hard franchise. Its working title is Die Hardest and the current idea takes place primarily in Tokyo. The first script is being written by British writer Ben Trebilcook, who admitted Bruce Willis and other members of the team have yet to sign off, so all of this might go away....

‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ Trailer: The Joes And Channing Tatum Are Back, For Real This Time By Russ Fischer/Dec. 12, 2012 9:48 am EST This past weekend, Paramount brought footage from the delayed G.I. Joe: Retaliation to Harry Knowles’ annual 24-hour movie marathon in Austin, TX. I wasn’t in attendance, but the consensus on the Joe footage, which featured that mountainside ninja battle, was easy to read: everyone I talked to said the sequence had some of the best post-converted 3D they’d seen....

‘It’s A Wonderful Life:’ Every Time A Studio Blocks A Sequel An Angel Gets Its Wings By Russ Fischer/Nov. 20, 2013 4:30 pm EST Briefly: The internet got really upset earlier this week when a couple of independent producers announced that they would be moving forward with It’s a Wonderful Life: The Rest of the Story, the sequel no one but the writer and producers want, with hopes to release the film in 2015....

‘Mommy’ U.S. Trailer: Xavier Dolan’s Cannes Hit Enters The Oscar Race By Angie Han/Sept. 24, 2014 1:30 pm EST It may seem premature in September to declare that a film has entered the Oscar race, but in the case of Mommy it’s confirmed fact. Last week, Canada officially selected the family drama as its entry for the Best Foreign-Language Film Academy Award. It’ll be director Xavier Dolan’s second time angling for the prize; his feature directing debut I Killed My Mother was chosen to represent the country for the 82nd Oscars....

‘The Simpsons’ Lego Trailer By Russ Fischer/May 1, 2014 9:57 am EST The Lego Movie hit big, and The Simpsons just had the show’s lowest-rated episode ever. (Though low ratings for The Simpsons are still better than good ratings for many other shows.) So what better time (for the Simpsons, at least) to bring them together? This weekend’s episode, Brick Like Me, finds the familiar family rendered in minifig form, and living in their own world of blocks....

Anton Yelchin Cast As Star Trek’s Chekov By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 8, 2007 10:46 am EST 18-year-old Russian-born newcomer Anton Yelchin (Charlie Bartlett, Fierce People) is in negotiations to play Pavel Chekov in the JJ Abrams Star Trek reboot/prequel. I recently saw Yelchin in Charlie Bartlett, and was not impressed. Also fans are confused because the character of Chekov didn’t appear until the second season of Star Trek. I’m not an expert on old school Star Trek (I’m more of a Generations guy myself), so here is The Trek Movie Report to explain what this means:...

Briefcase Filled With Kaiju Organs Sent To /Film HQ [Viral Marketing] By Peter Sciretta/July 2, 2013 12:00 pm EST …Kaiju organs incased in glass along with a flyer for Hannibal Chau’s Kaiju Remedies business. For those of you who don’t know, Hannibal is a character played by Ron Perlman in Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming film Pacific Rim. His is the leader of a scavenger group who has the sole contract from the government to remove Kaiju organs....

Check Out These Exclusive Concept Images From ‘Epic’ By Germain Lussier/April 30, 2013 1:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Art of Epic book by Titan shows off a lot of the film’s designs, and they’ve given us four exclusive pieces of concept art. Check them out below. Here are the images: You can pick up the Art of Epic book, with foreword by director Chris Wedge, here....

By Germain Lussier/April 18, 2014 7:00 am EST We love superheroes, you love superheroes, most everyone loves superheroes. Superhero movies have become so incredibly popular, sometimes it’s easy to forget their roots on the ink-covered pages of comic books. If it wasn’t for men like Stan Lee or and Bill Finger, we’d never have movies like The Dark Knight or The Avengers. To pay respect to those original iterations of comic book characters, the Mondo Gallery in Austin TX has begun to reveal images from their next show, Mike Mitchell x Marvel x Mondo....

Disney Developing A “History Of Magic” Movie By Russ Fischer/March 27, 2014 4:30 pm EST

Do These Marvel Trademarks Hint At Future Films? By Angie Han/June 6, 2014 9:00 am EST The MCU may be mapped out through 2028, but Kevin Feige isn’t always forthcoming about specific details on those plans. However, a recent raft of trademark applications from Marvel may offer a few clues. Some of the trademarks, like Guardians of the Galaxy and Age of Ultron, have obvious connections to films we already know about....

First Look: Sony Animation’s Computer Animated ‘Popeye’ Test Footage By Angie Han/Sept. 18, 2014 2:30 pm EST Genndy Tartakovsky has been working on bringing the world’s most famous spinach enthusiast to the big screen for a few years now, and today he finally revealed a little peek in the form of some Popeye animation test footage. As he stresses, “it’s not a clip, it’s not a trailer, it’s nothing from the actual movie, the voices are all temp....

Geek Deals: Smallville Series $115, Skyfall Blu $12, Django Unchained Blu $13 By Peter Sciretta/June 11, 2013 11:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Skyfall (Blu-ray/ DVD + Digital Copy) for only $12, 70% off the $40 msrp.Django Unchained (Two-Disc Combo Pack: Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy + UltraViolet) for only $13, 67% off the $40 msrp.

Guillermo Del Toro Offers Update On ‘Dark Universe,’ His DC Comics Monster Team-Up Film By Germain Lussier/Feb. 27, 2013 4:00 pm EST Though Guillermo Del Toro always seems like he has a dozen projects on his plate, very few of them are actively being shot; they’re all in various stages of development. From time to time, he dabbles on one or another until new life is breathed into it. He’s currently focused on finishing Pacific Rim for a July release, prepping Crimson Peak to be his follow-up and, in an exciting turn of events, pitching his DC Comics monsters team up picture to the studio....

Kevin Feige Comments On Vin Diesel In ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’, ‘Ant-Man’ Casting Rumors By Angie Han/Oct. 18, 2013 3:00 pm EST While promoting Thor 2 in London, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige took a few minutes to chat about some other Marvel movies coming down the pipeline — namely, Guardians of the Galaxy and Ant-Man. Although Vin Diesel’s recent antics had fans assuming he was a lock for Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy, Feige clarifies exactly where the actor stands right now....

Latest ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Franchise Reboot Will Get A New Prequel By Germain Lussier/Aug. 14, 2014 8:41 am EST The horror started in 1974 with Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. A few sequels later, that franchise faded, and in 2003 Platinum Dunes picked it up. They made two films, but the screams faded once more. In 2013 the franchise was resurrected one more time with Texas Chainsaw 3D. The film was a financial and critical disappointment, but producer Carl Mazzocone has the rights to make up to six films and he’s going to try another....

Michael Bay To Produce Time Travel Found Footage Film ‘Almanac’ For Paramount By Germain Lussier/Oct. 5, 2012 7:00 am EST As if Michael Bay didn’t have enough to do, prepping one film and finishing another, he and his Platinum Dunes partners just sold a top secret found footage film to Paramount. It’s called Almanac and was written on spec by Andrew Stark and Jason Pagan, with Dean Israelite attached to direct....

New ‘Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Poster Stands On A Mountain By Germain Lussier/May 14, 2013 10:17 am EST Earlier this week, The Hunger Games franchise joined the photo based social network Instagram and following the account is already paying dividends. The account revealed the next poster for the highly anticipated sequel, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. On the poster Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), the newly crowned co-victor of the Hunger Games, is standing on a bluff looking down on the world....