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Wal-Mart Selling Advance Tickets To See ‘Man Of Steel’ By Germain Lussier/April 24, 2013 9:50 am EST Wal-Mart has it all: food, clothes, toys, sporting equipment, electronics… and soon they’ll add advance movie tickets. Warner Bros. is conducting a little experiment next month, as Wal-Mart will be the first place fans can buy advance tickets to see Zack Snyder’s Superman film Man of Steel. On May 18, tickets will be available at select Wal-Mart stores for special advance screenings of the film taking place on June 13, a day before its scheduled June 14 opening....

Watch Stop-Motion ‘Usagi Yojimbo’ Short Film By Russ Fischer/Aug. 13, 2014 12:00 pm EST Stan Sakai’s katana-wielding rabbit Usagi Yojimbo is an indie comics staple, and a character that goes back decades as an associate of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Perhaps because Sakai and TMNT creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird were all responsible for anthropomorphized comic characters, their respective creations soon ran into one another in an actual comics story....

‘Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 3D’ Red-Band Trailer: More Sex, More Violence, More Jokes By Angie Han/Oct. 29, 2012 11:36 am EST The very title of Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters suggests a very self-consciously silly good time, as does the involvement of director Tommy Wirkola (Dead Snow). So one of the disappointing aspects of the first trailer was how seriously it seemed to take the concept. Though star Jeremy Renner got to toss off a few witticisms, for the most part it seemed invested in showing us how dark the world of witch-hunting could be....

‘Here Comes The Devil’ Trailer: And That’s Why You Don’t Go Off Into Random Caves By Angie Han/Oct. 17, 2013 5:00 pm EST Is there a better time than Halloween season to unveil a trailer for a horror film? The studios apparently don’t think so, as we’ve seen several hit this week alone. Devil’s Due released its first promo yesterday, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones revealed a spot earlier today, and now comes Here Comes the Devil to try and make its own creepy mark....

‘House Of Cards’ Season Two Trailer: Let The Butchery Begin By Russ Fischer/Dec. 13, 2013 5:30 pm EST After editing my talk with Jacob Gentry, which featured conversation about the virtues of Kate Mara, I’m ready for the second season of House of Cards right now. The show features Mara as a wily, ambitious journalist that gets too close to a power hungry Congessman (Kevin Spacey), and the first season, overseen by David Fincher for Netflix, was a powerhouse of performances and tight, intricate plotting....

‘In The Land Of Blood And Honey’ Trailer: Angelina Jolie Makes Her Directorial Debut By Angie Han/Oct. 21, 2011 1:00 pm EST Actors are forever jumping behind the camera to try their hands at directing, with extremely mixed results. Sometimes it’s Ben Affleck making a career comeback as the acclaimed helmer of Gone Baby Gone and The Town; other times it’s Dermot Mulroney attaining that elusive 0% on Rotten Tomatoes with Love Wedding Marriage....

‘The Pyramid’ Trailer: Basically ‘Alien’ Meets ‘The Mummy’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 26, 2014 1:15 pm EST There are a few good moments in that trailer, but at this point it’s difficult to tell what’s really going on inside that structure. Clearly there’s a creature, and the poor bastards who wandered in there are going to regret their failure to heed that warning. Speaking of, I can only imagine that warning being broadcast Alien-style in the spoken hieroglyphic language of The Simpsons: “Giant Eye, Pyramid, Bird, Giant Eye, Dead Fish, Cat Head, Cat Head, Cat Head, “guy doing this....

‘The Simpsons’ Take The Hollywood Bowl With Live Musical Performance By Germain Lussier/July 21, 2014 5:00 am EST When you’ve done 500 plus episodes over multiple decades, the backlog of content is staggering. In the case of The Simpsons, that doesn’t only mean hilarious jokes, animation cells and Emmy awards. It means music too. While most people associate the show’s music only with Danny Elfman’s iconic theme, every week has lots of other music and that music is finally getting spotlighted....

Andrew Garfield Suggests Gay Spider-Man, Wants Michael B. Jordan For MJ By Angie Han/July 10, 2013 1:30 pm EST For a geeky dude, Andrew Garfield’s Peter Parker does pretty well with the ladies. He got himself into a relationship with the amazing Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man, and over the next couple of installments he’ll also cross paths with Mary Jane Watson and Felicia Hardy. But Garfield thinks it’s high time Peter broadened his dating horizons....

Become Part Of ‘The Marvel Experience’ With A New Traveling Attraction By Germain Lussier/Aug. 22, 2013 2:30 pm EST Marvel is creating its very own circus, and touring it across the United States. Dubbed The Marvel Experience, the project is a blend of theme park and museum elements housed under a 50,000 square feet dome (about the size of two football fields) that’ll travel to roughly 20 cities in 2014. Fans will be able to ride a 4D motion ride, watch 3D movies, interact with holograms, read motion comic books and more, all in one place....

Comparison: See More Of ‘Skyfall’ In IMAX By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 8, 2012 2:18 pm EST The latest installment of the James Bond series hits theaters this week, and this is one of the movies for which IMAX offers a special enhanced experience. Skyfall was not shot with IMAX film cameras like The Dark Knight and Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol were. In fact, it wan’t even shot on film – Roger Deakins shot most of the movie with the Arri Alexa M digital camera....

David Fincher Won’t Direct Aaron Sorkin-Scripted Steve Jobs Movie By Russ Fischer/April 14, 2014 2:02 pm EST When David Fincher was first announced as the likely director for the Aaron Sorkin-scripted Steve Jobs movie, there was some dissent as to how firm or even likely the deal was. Now the deal is dead, because Fincher wants too much control, or too much money. Or perhaps both. THR reports that Sony is seeking a new director for the Jobs film, citing anonymous sources which report Fincher’s “aggressive demands for compensation and control....

David O. Russell And Jennifer Lawrence’s ‘Joy’ Gets 2015 Release Date By Angie Han/June 6, 2014 9:23 am EST It’s unclear whether Lawrence is actually locked in for the lead right now, but the mutual interest is definitely there. Russell had his Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle star pegged as his top pick as of a few months ago. And she’s apparently already told him that she wants to do it....

Denzel Washington Offered ‘Fast & Furious 7,’ Turned It Down By Russ Fischer/Aug. 1, 2013 3:13 pm EST Eventually Universal is going to run out of manly actors to cast in the Fast & Furious movies. That won’t happen soon, but the end point will come faster if big names turn down roles. New guy Luke Evans held down the fort as the bad guy in the most recent film, and [REDACTED, for the few people who haven’t seen the film or been spoiled] will show up as the baddie in the next....

Geek Deal: Up To 67% Off The ‘Transformers Trilogy’ On Blu-Ray And DVD By Peter Sciretta/May 26, 2014 8:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Guardians Of The Galaxy Concept Art Shows Unused Gamora And Nebula Character Designs By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 26, 2014 6:00 am EST Earlier this month, we showed you some Guardians of the Galaxy concept art which revealed Star-Lord’s comic book origins, as well as very different looking concept designs for Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Gamora, Drax and Star-Lord. Now concept artist Andy Park shares his early designs for Zoe Saldana’s Gamora and Karen Gillan’s Nebula from James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy, which look very different than what we saw in the final film....

Gus Van Sant Shoots ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ Test Scene With Alex Pettyfer By Angie Han/April 23, 2013 5:30 pm EST It was around this time last year that Universal forked over $3 million or more to pick up the movie rights to Fifty Shades of Grey, author E.L. James’ Twilight fanfiction-turned-erotic bestseller. Despite the rumors that have been flying around since the beginning, though, the project still doesn’t have a director or stars attached....

Iconic Film Company Orion Pictures Returns After 15 Years By Germain Lussier/Sept. 12, 2014 12:45 pm EST In the Eighties and Nineties, the Orion Pictures logo was like an old friend. It was in front of some of your favorite movies and was kind of a stamp of approval that you were about to see something cool. Blockbusters like The Terminator, RoboCop and Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure were Orion. Oscar-winners like The Silence of the Lambs, Amadeus, Platoon and Dances With Wolves were Orion....

Jennifer Lawrence And Gary Ross Re-Team For ‘East Of Eden’ And ‘Burial Rights’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 25, 2013 5:24 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. First up, the Oscar-winning actress and Oscar-nominated director are set to reteam on East of Eden, based on the John Steinbeck novel. (Which was previously adapted into a film starring James Dean.) Universal will distribute and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment will produce....

Mark Millar Explains Matthew Vaughn’s ‘X-Men’ Departure: They Needed To Get Moving On ‘The Secret Service’ By Angie Han/Nov. 7, 2012 11:53 am EST Matthew Vaughn’s abrupt departure from X-Men: Days of Future Past raised some questions, namely why he decided not to move forward. One theory that’s emerged in recent days is that he’s up for the Star Wars VII directing gig, but if a recent comment from Mark Millar holds up, that may just turn out to be so much wishful thinking....