POTD: ‘The Avengers’ Dressed As ‘Star Wars’ Characters By Germain Lussier/Oct. 7, 2013 10:30 am EST This might be the coolest image ever. A Reddit user took his completed Hot Toys collectibles of Marvel’s The Avengers and dressed them up as Star Wars characters. A very, very expensive game of dress up. Now this is a Disney movie I’d pay a lot of money to see. Click above to enlarge the image....
Quarter Quell Arena From ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Revealed By Angie Han/Jan. 31, 2013 10:30 am EST In the run-up to the first Hunger Games movie, Gary Ross and Lionsgate were careful not to reveal too much about the Games themselves. While they released an endless stream of trailers, clips, and images, all were taken from scenes before Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) entered the arena. Based on the early marketing for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, director Francis Lawrence seems to be taking a similar approach....
Ron Howard In Talks To Direct Neil Gaiman’s ‘The Graveyard Book’ For Disney By Russ Fischer/Jan. 22, 2013 1:10 pm EST Neil Gaiman’s best-selling YA novel The Graveyard Book, a ghoulish play on The Jungle Book, has been in development heck for a little while. It was announced as a stop-motion Disney project directed by Henry Selick (Coraline) in early 2012, but that version was put on hold when Selick and Disney parted ways late last year....
Sequel Alert: The Lost Boys 2 By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 15, 2007 8:50 am EST Warner Home Video has decided to make a direct to DVD sequel of the hit vampire film The Lost Boys. The Lost Boys 2 is scheduled to begin production in 2007, but they don’t even have a script. Yes, you read that correctly. They are courting a few different directors, and as you may assume, they are iffy on the No Script “Thing”....
Star Wars Bits: J.J. Abrams Talks ‘Star Wars’ Nostalgia; Plus Harrison Ford, Watto, Hockey And Slot Machines By Germain Lussier/Nov. 4, 2013 4:30 pm EST Two probable principals in Star Wars Episode VII speak about the franchise, plus there’s talk of hockey, gambling, museums and all sorts of odds and ends in this edition of Star Wars Bits. Below, read about the following: Star Wars Episode VII director J.J. Abrams spoke about what made the original film so special....
Superhero Bits: The Flash, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Spawn, Thor: The Dark World, Ant-Man, Tom Hiddleston By Germain Lussier/Oct. 11, 2013 5:07 pm EST Want to read a bit of The Flash script? What color hair will Quicksilver have in X-Men: Days of Future Past? How does Lee Pace describe Ronan in Guardians of the Galaxy? Which two movies does Todd McFarlane compare his Spawn reboot too? If Owen Wilson played Loki, what would it sound like?...
Tim Story Looks Back On His ‘Fantastic Four’ By Russ Fischer/June 19, 2014 12:00 pm EST What a difference a decade makes. Ten years ago, when the wave of Hollywood superhero films was just beginning, Tim Story made The Fantastic Four. That film hit after movies like X-Men and Spider-Man had turned studio eyes firmly towards comic book properties, but it went into development and production before Christopher Nolan started to push the films in a more serious direction with Batman Begins....
Trivia: Viggo Mortensen Turned Down ‘The Hobbit’ Appearance By Angie Han/May 29, 2013 1:00 pm EST J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit unfolds decades before Frodo ever got his hands on the One Ring, but all the same, the three-part movie adaptation from Peter Jackson managed to rope in a bunch of familiar faces from the Lord of the Rings cinematic trilogy. Some, like Ian McKellan’s Gandalf, were part of the story as originally conceived by Tolkien; others, like Cate Blanchett’s Galadriel, were made to fit into the plot; and still others, like Elijah Wood’s Frodo, were included as part of a framing device....
TV Bits: ‘Glee’ Season 3 Promo, Showtime Developing Comic Adaptation ‘The Damned’, ABC Picks Up Scripts From ‘Friends With Benefits’ And ‘Changing Lanes’ Writers By Angie Han/Aug. 25, 2011 7:00 am EST These “bits” pieces always tend to be a mixed bag, but this particular bag seems particularly varied — and stuffed. Whether you’re into showtunes, comic books, social networking, or the law, we’ve got a little something for everyone in this edition of TV Bits....
WTF: Ridiculously Insane Indian Robot Action Movie ‘Enthiran’ [Must Watch] By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 26, 2011 8:00 am EST Want to see something insanely ridiculous? Check out this clip from the 2010 Indian science fiction film Enthiran. The clip can only be described as Terminator 2 meets The Matrix but with 100 times more ridiculous action. Trust me, watch it now. Co-written and directed by S. Shankar, the movie is reported to be the most expensive film ever made in India....
‘American Horror Story: Coven’ Intro Features Voodoo Dolls And Weird Stick Figures By Angie Han/Sept. 26, 2013 1:00 pm EST Dexter boasts a sky-high body count, Homeland features one terrorist plot after another, Game of Thrones showcases disembowelments and amputations galore, and Breaking Bad centers on a man who turns into more of a monster with every passing week. But as a source of good old-fashioned creepy-crawlies, none of those shows can beat FX’s American Horror Story....
‘Enlisted’ Could Be Resurrected At Yahoo By Angie Han/July 14, 2014 3:30 pm EST What Enlisted has working its favor now is a devoted, if small fan base. In fact, Deadline points out that Enlisted devotees had already been campaigning for Yahoo to save their show. It’s also the kind of show that gained a lot of viewers on DVR — a potential drawback for broadcast networks like Fox, but not for streaming services like Yahoo....
‘Girls’ Season 3 Trailer: Dancing On Graves By Angie Han/Nov. 22, 2013 12:30 pm EST For a comedy, Girls’ second season was pretty damn grim. Not meth empire / zombie apocalypse grim, perhaps, but dark nonetheless. Jessa (Jemima Kirke) skipped town, Marnie (Allison Williams) got fired, Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) struggled with her first real relationship, and Hannah (Lena Dunham) had a full-on nervous breakdown. But it looks like their fortunes are changing for the better in Season 3....
By Angie Han/June 26, 2014 1:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Today we have the first trailer for Mall, directed by Linkin Park member Joseph Hahn and featuring music by Linkin Park. The indie drama follows five people who come together after a shooting at a shopping mall. Cameron Monaghan (Shameless), James Frecheville (Animal Kingdom), Gina Gershon, Vincent D’Onofrio, and Peter Stormare star. Watch the Mall trailer after the jump....
‘Reasonable Doubt’ Trailer By Russ Fischer/Dec. 6, 2013 7:00 am EST In next year’s Need for Speed, Dominic Cooper is easy to peg as the bad guy. But in Reasonable Doubt, he plays a guy involved in a weirder car-based crime. He seems to be involved in a pretty straight-forward hit-and-run death, which is bad. But it puts him in contact with a mysterious dude played by Samuel L. Jackson, and that turns out to be really bad....
‘Ricky And The Flash:’ Jonathan Demme, Diablo Cody And Meryl Streep Team Up By Germain Lussier/March 25, 2014 2:30 pm EST The Wrap broke the news of the potential Jonathan Demme, Diablo Cody, and Meryl Streep project, describing its plot as follows: Variety’s report added in the details the character is a rock star and she returns home when her child has a divorce. That juxtaposition of Hollywood fame and real-life problems is right in Cody’s wheelhouse, and Streep can obviously do nearly anything....
‘The Grey’ And ‘End Of Watch’ Get Oscar Hopeful Re-Releases By Russ Fischer/Dec. 3, 2012 9:53 am EST With the arrival of December, awards season is in full swing, and usually that just means limited releases of some big new films, to establish them as Oscar contenders. And so a film like Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty will open in New York and LA on December 21, but won’t go wide until January 11....
Character Actor PSA Video: They Are Not Just “That Guy From That Thing” By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 13, 2014 12:30 pm EST Entertainment Weekly has released a faux public service announcement with character actors explaining why you should care about “that guy from that thing” more than “that guy on the billboard.” Character actors are supporting actors who are usually skilled at playing interesting or unusual characters, but not usually the lead roles in a film....
Cool Stuff: ‘Crazy 4 Cult’ “Say Hi To The Bad Guy” Art Exhibit By Germain Lussier/Oct. 14, 2013 4:00 pm EST The roots of most of the pop culture art companies and galleries out there today can be traced back to Crazy 4 Cult at Gallery 1988. The annual Los Angeles art show has been going on for the better part of a decade and is credited with sparking the imaginations of artists, fans and fellow curators alike to blend art and fandom....
Cool Stuff: Mondo Releases Two ‘Silence Of The Lambs’ Posters Themed To New Wines By Germain Lussier/May 29, 2013 9:45 am EST We all know how Hannibal Lecter likes to eat humans: with fava beans and a nice Chianti. But has anyone ever released an official Silence of the Lambs Chianti? One company has now, and Mondo is making posters to celebrate the occasion. The Alamo Drafthouse, in fact, has created two wines themed around the multiple Oscar-winning Jonathan Demme film, The Silence of the Lambs....
