‘Red Army’ Trailer: Playing Hockey Behind The Iron Curtain By Angie Han/Sept. 18, 2014 12:00 pm EST With the official start of the 2014-2015 NHL season just around the corner, there’s no better time to revisit a powerhouse force from the sport’s past. Red Army chronicles the tale of the former Soviet Union’s national hockey team through the tumultuous ’70s and ’80s, honing in on moments both tragic and hilarious....
AMC Ordering ‘Preacher’ Pilot By Russ Fischer/Nov. 16, 2013 4:19 pm EST Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s comic series Preacher was crazy. Not just kinda violent, kinda weird, but full-on crazy. For example, it’s got a character whose failed Kurt Cobain-emulating suicide attempt, leads to a grotesquely mangled face and the nickname “Arseface,” none of which precludes him becoming a pop superstar. It features one antagonist whose sexual proclivities turn towards the nigh-unprintable extreme, and whose body is steadily chipped away over the course of the story....
By Germain Lussier/June 6, 2013 4:40 pm EST Briefly: Making a hot tub travel through time is never easy, so it’s good to have a repairman on hand just in case. Thankfully, in Steve Pink’s upcoming Hot Tub Time Machine 2, the original hot tub repairman will be returning. Chevy Chase has signed to reprise his mysterious role in the 2010 cult comedy. There’s no word on how big his role will be this time around, but we do know the film (which also returns Craig Robinson, Clark Duke and Rob Corddry) takes the friends a decade into future where they meet the son of John Cusack’s character (who isn’t returning) played by Adam Scott....
Did ‘RoboCop’ Get A New Suit? By Russ Fischer/Nov. 14, 2012 4:06 pm EST There was no small amount of derision fired towards the RoboCop remake directed by Jose Padilha for the suit design sported by the main character, played by Joel Kinnaman. The assumption was that he was going to wear that suit throughout most of the film — after all, in Paul Verhoeven’s original movie, the character didn’t get new armor every ten minutes, so we’ve assumed a similar approach this time....
Gallery: Scott C’s Great Showdowns For The 85th Annual Academy Awards By Germain Lussier/Feb. 21, 2013 4:30 pm EST 2013 seems to be the year of Oscar-themed pop culture art. Gallery 1988 did an amazing event, Mondo is preparing their own extravaganza and Scott Campbell has been adding to his Great Showdowns. All this week leading up to the 85th Annual Academy Awards, Campbell has been immortalizing some of this year’s Best Picture nominees as Showdowns....
Jason Momoa Offered Lead Role In Marvel’s ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 15, 2013 12:04 pm EST The leap to the big screen has been rough for Jason Momoa, who until a few years ago was best known for roles on Stargate: Atlantis and the late-model Baywatch. The Conan remake didn’t do him any great favors, but at least he landed in Game of Thrones. Numbers tell me that not many of you saw Momoa menace Stallone in Bullet to the Head last month, but here’s the thing: the movie isn’t good, but Momoa lights it up every time he’s on screen....
Jason Sudeikis Nabs Lead In ‘Fletch Won’ By Angie Han/March 11, 2014 4:30 am EST Fletch Won had already been in the works for a decade when it landed at Warner Bros. in 2011 and, at first, it seemed like this iteration might be a non-starter as well. The project went through several screenwriters, none of which quite managed to crack it (Kevin Smith being the most famous). In the meantime, we heard almost nothing else about it....
Jessica Alba Talks Fantastic Four 3, Dark Angel, Apocalypse By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 23, 2008 8:39 pm EST Jessica Alba is the Britney Spears of actresses. As Dennis Hopper says as he ashes, “It’s a fact.” Rumor is, Alba was invented a la Vanessa Angel on Weird Science for us movie blogs on slow days. Want to make a good and original Internet buck? Make a 2008 calendar with Jessica Alba fully clothed 12 times, or better yet, 14....
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Producing ‘The Sandman,’ May Star And Direct By Russ Fischer/Dec. 16, 2013 3:42 pm EST Briefly: Joseph Gordon-Levitt has been confirmed as a producer and possible director and star for the Warner Bros. film adaptation of The Sandman. (He emphasized his current producer-only role on Twitter.) The comic series created by Neil Gaiman has been the subject of several possible film and TV adaptations in the past, but will now be part of WB’s new push to adapt DC properties....
LOL: How ‘Man Of Steel’ Should Have Ended By Germain Lussier/July 19, 2013 11:00 am EST The colossal battle at the end of Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel spawned an equally big massive debate earlier this summer. Would a character as perfect as Superman have allowed so much destruction when there was surely a way to avoid it? Most people say “No.” Others believe the film justifies it, but the guys from How It Should Have Ended have a different take entirely....
Michael Bay’s ‘Pain & Gain’ Offers Look At Dwayne Johnson In New Set Photo, Adds Another Comedian In Ken Jeong By Angie Han/April 6, 2012 10:30 am EST Earlier this week, we got our first look at a beefed-up Mark Wahlberg on the set of Pain & Gain, Michael Bay’s relatively low-budget ($20 million) true crime black comedy, but his co-star Dwayne Johnson was nowhere to be seen. Now we also have a glimpse of Johnson in character, and Wahlberg may be wishing we didn’t....
NBC Plans ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Miniseries By Angie Han/Dec. 10, 2013 12:45 pm EST Having brought Hannibal Lecter and Dracula to television with some success, NBC’s now got its sights on another classic horror property. The Peacock is turning Rosemary’s Baby into a four-hour miniseries, to be directed by Agnieszka Holland (HBO’s The Wire, Europa Europa). Details on the new version, including how it’ll differ from Roman Polanski’s iconic 1968 film, after the jump....
New Images, Non-Superhero Edition: ‘The Sacrament’, ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’, ‘To The Wonder’ By Angie Han/Jan. 28, 2013 12:21 pm EST Superheroes aren’t the only ones showing off their goods today. A batch of new photos have dropped for a trio of highly anticipated releases that don’t involve flowing capes or secret powers (at least, that we know of): Ti West’s The Sacrament, Joel and Ethan Coen’s Inside Llewyn Davis, and Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder....
Page 2: ET, WALL-E, RoboCop, Foot Fist Way, Ren & Stimpy, Star Wars, Aliens, HTTYD, Godzilla By Peter Sciretta/June 4, 2014 1:00 pm EST Header Photo: Luke Flowers’ Wall-E/E.T. mash-up poster. The Making of Ghostbusters: How Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, and “The Murricane” Built “The Perfect Comedy” Best To Worst: Tom Cruise’s Action Movies Ranked Two New Posters by Graham Erwin Dragons in Game of Thrones Are Like Nuclear Weapons in the Real World...
Page 2: Game Of Thrones, Star Wars, Transformers, He-Man, Evil Dead, George Lucas, Jon Hamm, Wreck-It Ralph By Peter Sciretta/April 2, 2013 1:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Header Photo: WTF: Dog Cosplaying As A My Little Pony 7 Questions in Movies That We Want Answered MostThe 10 Best Last Act Shoot Outs in Modern Movie HistoryGame of Thrones Characters Reimagined in Mad Men, Seinfeld and Arrested Development5 Things That ‘Finding Dory’ Means To Disney And Pixar...
Peyton Reed Directing ‘The Fifth Beatle’, About The Man Behind The Iconic Band By Angie Han/Dec. 5, 2013 4:00 pm EST The name Brian Epstein may not immediately ring a bell, but if you’ve ever hummed along to “Hey Jude” or nodded your head to “Yellow Submarine,” you’re definitely familiar with his work. Epstein is the visionary manager who discovered the Beatles when they were just a local band in Liverpool, and guided the Fab Four to unprecedented fame....
Ridley Scott Directing Matt Damon In ‘The Martian’ By Russ Fischer/May 13, 2014 4:49 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ridley Scott is going back to space, and not only with Prometheus 2. The producer/director is now set to direct The Martian, which is described as “an outer space adventure project” that is “in the vein of Cast Away and Apollo 13.” While those films starred Tom Hanks, this film will have Matt Damon in the lead role — and, in fact, the title role....
Simon Pegg Joins Monty Python Members In ‘Absolutely Anything’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 11, 2013 4:30 pm EST Briefly: Before the on-stage Monty Python reunion became a real thing, the film Absolutely Anything seemed like the best hope for Python fans to see the remaining members of the comedy troupe working together once more. The film features four of the five surviving Pythons, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, and Terry Jones, all voicing aliens who give powers to a downtrodden schoolteacher....
Sylvester Stallone Offered Role In Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island? By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 10, 2007 8:29 pm EST Has Martin Scorsese gone mad? The legendary director has apparently offered Sylvester Stallone the part of Chuck Aule in the big screen adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s Shutter Island!? Stallone hasn’t signed on the dotted line as of yet (but why wouldn’t he? It’s Scorsese?), but if he does come on board, he’ll be starring alongside Leonardo DiCaprio....
The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 63 - The Return By David Chen/Feb. 24, 2014 12:00 pm EST The Return: The conclusion to the Travel Trilogy. Ann and Stephen discover the secret to happiness from a sheep on the coast of Scotland. We’re making a Tobolowsky Files movie! Back us at stephentobolowsky.info The Tobolowsky Files is a podcast from the people who brought you the /Filmcast, featuring a series of stories about life, love, and the entertainment industry, as told by legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky....
