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Batman Trivia: Josh Brolin Confirms Talks; Jennifer Garner And Hugh Jackman On “Batfleck” By Angie Han/Sept. 9, 2013 1:30 pm EST Fans were not terribly thrilled with Zack Snyder’s choice for Batman in his Man of Steel sequel, to put it mildly. But Ben Affleck has plenty of supporters among the celebrity set — including Josh Brolin, who was up for the role before Affleck landed it. “I’m happy for Ben,” he said....

BBC Offers Diversionary Photo Of Peter Capaldi On ‘Doctor Who’ Set By Russ Fischer/Jan. 7, 2014 12:34 pm EST It’s been a big year for Doctor Who fans, as the turnover from Matt Smith to Peter Capaldi was finessed by an anniversary special that dove into some previously unseen bits of the character’s history, complete with the return of a fan-favorite actor and the debut of a new part of the Doctor’s history....

Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton And Gael Garcia Bernal To Star In The Limits Of Control By Hunter Stephenson/Feb. 13, 2008 4:22 pm EST While watching There Will Be Blood, I found that I was drawing thematic, musical and enigmatic comparisons to Jim Jarmusch’s American study Dead Man. It would make for an interesting essay. Jarmusch’s films are always unpredictable meditations and the director’s next movie, The Limits of Control, due in 2009, doesn’t look to break the mold....

By Germain Lussier/Jan. 21, 2014 3:25 pm EST Here’s the full press release on Calvary: “Brendan Gleeson gives a tour de force performance in a film that John Michael McDonagh has written and directed with perfection, taking us into a world with distinctive characters where the stakes are high,” said Gilula and Utley. CALVARY’s Father James (Brendan Gleeson) is a good priest who is faced with sinister and troubling circumstances brought about by a mysterious member of his parish....

James Cameron’s Avatar To Overcome Uncanny Valley? By Peter Sciretta/May 21, 2008 3:01 am EST James Cameron revealed at the Microsoft Advance ‘08 event that Avatar will be the first film to feature photo-realistic characters which actually look real. “Avatar will make people truly experience something. One more layer of the suspension of disbelief will be removed. All the syn-thespians are photo-realistic. Now that we’ve achieved it, we discovered CG characters in 3D look more real than in 2D....

Jesse Plemons Joins ‘Black Mass’; What Does This Mean For ‘Star Wars’? By Angie Han/April 2, 2014 3:00 pm EST It’s really cause for celebration any time Jesse Plemons books a new role, but his latest gig may be something of a mixed blessing. Plemons has entered talks, along with Juno Temple, for Scott Cooper’s Black Mass, a biopic of gangster Whitey Bugler starring Johnny Depp. That’s the good news. The bad news is that this might mean Plemons is no longer involved with Star Wars Episode VII, since the timing looks off....

Kyle Chandler Is Holding Up The ‘Friday Night Lights’ Sequel, Says Connie Britton By Angie Han/Oct. 10, 2013 3:30 pm EST It wasn’t long after Friday Night Lights concluded its fifth and final season in 2011 that word spread of a possible movie sequel. But despite the active interest of series creator Peter Berg, producer Brian Grazer, and stars including Connie Britton and Adrianne Palicki, actual progress has been mysteriously slow....

Lionsgate Exploring Offers To Create ‘Hunger Games’ Theme Park Attraction By Russ Fischer/Nov. 8, 2013 12:30 pm EST Briefly: This probably won’t be exactly the theme park you’re looking for — we presume there will be no killing — but everyone wants to be a victor, and theme park companies know it. Lionsgate announced today that it is considering a new theme park attraction based on The Hunger Games. In the same conference call that brought us the news of Ender’s Game possibly migrating to television, Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer said that the company has had offers in “two territories about potential theme park opportunities” based on The Hunger Games....

Michael Bay Says 60% Of ‘Transformers: Age Of Extinction’ Fills IMAX Screen By Germain Lussier/June 23, 2014 12:45 pm EST Here’s Bay’s Transformers 4 IMAX 3D statement from his official site: The problem is there are so few IMAX screens in the country that actually can provide this “immersive experience.” Many IMAX theaters in and around the world don’t have the screen size to truly display what Bay had in mind....

Mondo Does Steven Spielberg: New Posters For ‘E.T. The Extra Terrestrial’ And ‘Jaws’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 16, 2013 12:16 pm EST Over the summer, /Film was lucky enough to premiere a gorgeous Mondo poster for E.T. The Extra Terrestrial. It was their first poster for the magical film and only the fourth film of Steven Spielberg’s to get the Mondo treatment, after Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Jurassic Park and a very old Jaws poster....

MPAA Gave The ‘Evil Dead’ Remake A NC-17; Will Be Re-Cut For R Rating By Germain Lussier/Jan. 28, 2013 3:33 pm EST Vomiting blood, severed limbs, slicing tongues, everything we’ve seen from Fede Alvarez’s remake of Evil Dead has been gory enough to make some people queasy. After watching the red band trailer, many questioned how a film with that apparent level of intense violence could get an R-rating. Turns out, they were right to ask....

Page 2: BTTF, GoT, He-Man, Firefly, MacGruber, Jurassic Park, Gremlins, Jaws, Harry Potter By Peter Sciretta/April 1, 2014 11:00 am EST Header Photo: Flux Capacitor Car Charger (ThinkGeek’s april fools day product we hope they make real) ‘Mad Men’ Staff Recalls Getting the Job and Favorite Moments on Set 11 Movies We Wish Were April Fools’ Day Jokes Joey Spiotto “Mother of Dragons” print inspired by Game of Thrones 24 Things We Learned From The ‘Face/Off’ Commentary...

Page 2: Firefly, Transformers, Alien, Star Trek, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Disneyland, Pacific Rim By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 19, 2013 12:30 pm EST Header Photo: “Firefly” May Be Gone, But Serenity Is Still In The Clouds Breaking Bad-ology Final: 11 Lessons Taught by Walter White and FriendsRon Howard’s 5 Favorite Movie Rivalries Starscream And Soundwave Transformers Hoodies John Singleton: Can a White Director Make a Great Black Movie?How Far Was Rocky’s Famous Run in Rocky II?...

Page 2: Star Wars, Totoro, ET, Doctor Who, Hobbit, Star Trek, Dumb And Dumber, Pulp Fiction, Frozen, 24 By Peter Sciretta/May 5, 2014 12:00 pm EST Header Photo: Death Star Gown Adam Driver Is A Perfect Fit For Star WarsThe cure for the common spectacle MY LITTLE PONY, COMIC BOOKS, DOCTOR WHO & MORE COME TO LIFE IN 3D PAPERCRAFT 21 Things We Learned from William Friedkin’s ‘To Live and Die in L....

Reese Witherspoon To Star In Nick Hornby’s Adaptation Of ‘Wild’ By Germain Lussier/July 17, 2013 3:00 pm EST Here’s the press release for Wild, which sounds sort of like 127 Hours meets Act 2 of Forrest Gump. Who do you think should direct? “We have long been huge fans of this visceral, inspirational and moving personal story with such a strong female perspective,” says Utley and Gilula. “It has been a dream of the studio to work with Reese Witherspoon and we are thrilled to be partnered with her, Bruna Papandrea, Bill Pohlad and Nick Hornby....

Rumor: Chris Columbus Signs On For ‘Gremlins’ Reboot And ‘Goonies’ Sequel [UPDATED] By Angie Han/July 9, 2014 8:27 pm EST UPDATE: We’ve heard from our good sources that the new Gremlins movie won’t be a remake, but a sequel-style reboot set 30 years after the original. Original post follows.Chris Columbus may be going back to his roots. A new report indicates that he’s set to produce both the Gremlins remake and the Goonies sequel, having written the screenplays for the originals....

TMNT Sequel: 70% Chance By Peter Sciretta/June 28, 2007 9:59 am EST TMNT made over $92 million worldwide and untold amounts on dvd, yet cost only $34 million to make. So why wouldn’t the studio want to make a sequel? Mirage Studios’ Steve Murphy says the idea is becoming a little more likely: As of two weeks ago Imagi Entertainment (the TMNT movie animation studio) informed Mirage Studios that there was a 50-50 chance of a CGI film sequel....

Trivia: John McCain Was In Wedding Crashers!? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 2, 2008 11:13 pm EST Did you know that the republican presidential candidate actually had an uncredited cameo role in the R-rated comedy Wedding Crashers. I’m guessing that like myself, many of you probably never even noticed. Watch the clip after the jump. Does this give John McCain more street cred? Probably not… Some might also remember that McCain had a cameo appearance in a 2006 episode of 24....

Warner Bros. Might Pull The Plug On David Yates’ ‘Tarzan’ By Germain Lussier/April 10, 2013 1:36 pm EST Briefly: Seems like another high-profile, big-budget studio movie is in danger of getting the axe. Deadline is reporting David Yates’ Tarzan, which had Alexander Skarsgård attached and Jessica Chastain circling, is about to close its production offices. Insiders tell the trade the proposed budget is currently too high for the studio and while changes might be made, filming likely wouldn’t happen for some time....

Watch ‘Gravity’-Related Short ‘Aningaaq’ From Jonas Cuarón By Russ Fischer/Nov. 20, 2013 10:30 am EST In Gravity, only a few moments that are not focused entirely on the experience of Sandra Bullock’s character Dr. Ryan Stone. One takes place when Stone attempts to contact help via radio, only to contact someone completely unable to assist her. The conversation, while divided by a language barrier, is deeply moving, as Stone and the man hundreds of miles away achieve a strange connection....