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John Cusack To Star In Adaptation Of Stephen King’s ‘Cell’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 31, 2012 11:15 am EST Now Cusack will go back to King’s imagination, as he has been set to star in an adaptation of the author’s novel Cell, “about a father’s odyssey to find his wife and son in the wake of a catastrophic pulse transmitted via mobile phones.” When the pulse hit, anyone using their phone was tranformed into a murderous, mindless monster, and Cusack will have to navigate that landscape....

Keep An Eye On This New ‘Iron Man 3’ Promo Website By Russ Fischer/Feb. 14, 2013 12:45 pm EST Briefly: A new “Stark Industries” website, no doubt meant to promote Iron Man 3, makes a big promise: Become Iron Man. The recently-launched site doesn’t have much to offer right now beyond a registration landing page, but presumably there will soon be some content to help fulfill the notion that someone other than Tony Stark might become Iron Man....

Legendary Plans First Quarter 2014 Shoot For ‘Warcraft’ By Russ Fischer/May 31, 2013 11:54 am EST Briefly: Late in January of this year, Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code) was announced as director of the long-in-development film based on Blizzard’s game world seen in titles like World of Warcraft. Unsurprisingly, news on further developments has been slow in coming as Jones and the films producers craft a plan for the film. At the time Jones was announced, a late 2013 shoot was theorized, with hopes for a 2015 release....

Listen To The Isolated Music Track From The ‘Man Of Steel’ Trailer By Russ Fischer/May 6, 2013 6:07 pm EST While the score for Bryan Singer’s Superman Returns leaned heavily on the Williams score, Hans Zimmer said that his Man of Steel music would go in a different direction. We’ve heard teasers of the score in trailers and TV spots for the movie, and now we’ve got the full version of the track from the most recent trailer....

Marvel President Kevin Feige Talks ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron,’ Teases Loki’s Return By Germain Lussier/July 24, 2013 12:00 pm EST So just how long has Marvel President Kevin Feige known that Avengers: Age of Ultron would be the title of his 2015 tentpole? In a new, post-Hall H interview with Empire Magazine, the man with the plan answered that question. He also cleared up any misconceptions about the use of the title....

New Live-Action Disney Channel Movie Will Feature Kids Of Disney Villains By Germain Lussier/Dec. 12, 2013 3:30 pm EST When you’re the offspring of popular Disney villains like Cruella De Vil, Maleficent, the Evil Queen or Jafar, do you follow in your parent’s footsteps or learn from their mistakes? That’s the question at the center of Descendants, a new live-action Disney Channel film. It’ll be directed by Kenny Ortega, who helmed the High School Musical trilogy for the company....

By Germain Lussier/Aug. 27, 2013 12:45 pm EST In today’s Hollywood, unless a poster is sold online, odds are it stinks. The marketing for most films has become so generic that any kind of artistic expression of what a film is in its advertising has all but gone away. Every once in a while, however, a poster pops up to challenge that belief. That’s the case with We Gotta Get Out Of This Place, directed Simon and Zeke Hawkins....

Robert Downey Jr. Teases ‘Iron Man 4’; See Him Reprise The Role In This Cool CG Short Film By Germain Lussier/Oct. 1, 2014 11:30 am EST Officially, Robert Downey Jr. is only contacted to play Iron Man one more time. He’s already completed next year’s Avengers: Age of Ultron and then he’ll shoot The Avengers 3, whenever that ends up happening. However, the proposition of an Iron Man 4 is something the actor has been very coy about....

See A ‘Transformers: Age Of Extinction’ Clip And Extended TV Spot By Russ Fischer/June 11, 2014 5:00 am EST Michael Bay’s fourth Transformers movie opens in just a couple weeks, and Paramount has yet to really show the film publicly, or even in critic screenings. Instead, the studio is dropping a steady stream of TV spots featuring new footage, and even a clip or two. Below, you can watch a Transformers: Age of Extinction clip in which Mark Wahlberg does some heavy acting opposite a threatening Kelsey Grammer....

Sequel Bits: ‘Jurassic World’, ‘How To Train Your Dragon 2’, ‘Super Troopers 2’ By Angie Han/April 22, 2014 2:30 pm EST Great to visit @UniversalPics set of the new @JurassicPark movie in #Honolulu today. Some serious equipment in use!! pic.twitter.com/CotmvtwxYX — Benjamin Murphy CC (@benjmurf) April 18, 2014 Well, maybe the stunning vista, if you can ignore all the cars. Meanwhile, even as shooting continues in the Aloha State, the Jurassic World team is getting prepped for their next location, New Orleans....

By Germain Lussier/Jan. 3, 2014 9:29 am EST The Star Wars spinoff written by Lawrence Kasdan is, in fact, a Boba Fett movie. So says Hollywood director and animator Jon Schnepp. Read about that, and the following, in this edition of Star Wars Bits. Get a good look at the Star Wars Rebels villain The Inquisitor via his toy. Watch Star Wars highlights from the Tournament of Roses parade. Read about the upcoming Random House book Maul Lockdown....

Star Wars Bits: Open Casting Calls Begin, Plus: Neil Gaiman, George Lucas, 20th Century Fox By Angie Han/Nov. 11, 2013 2:00 pm EST Around 30 tech industry hotshots, including Yahoo! president Marissa Mayer, YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley, and Twitter co-creator Jack Dorsey have signed a petition urging the Presidio Trust to let Lucas open his cultural center. The planned museum is “a beacon that says to the world that San Francisco is, and will remain, this country’s capital of innovation,” argues the letter....

Superhero Bits: Batman Vs. Superman, Zac Efron, X-Men Days Of Future Past, Agents Of SHIELD, Avengers 2 By Germain Lussier/May 14, 2014 3:45 pm EST Could Zac Efron be the next Marvel superhero? Want to see Magneto’s true powers in X-Men Days of Future Past? How does Hugh Jackman see Wolverine continuing? Is the Fantastic Four cast on set? How many things are wrong with X-Men Origins: Wolverine? Where can you read and see a bunch of discussion about the Batsuit in Batman vs....

Superhero Bits: Iron Man 3, Amazing Spider-Man 2, Batman, Fantastic Four, Man Of Steel, Daredevil By Germain Lussier/Feb. 28, 2013 3:43 pm EST Comic Book Movie posted a controversial, satirical editorial about Shailene Woodley’s looks and the idea of her playing Mary Jane Watson in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. That article was one of a couple that prompted tons of debate, including this retort by CinemaBlend’s Katey Rich. CBM commented at this link....

Superhero Bits: X-Men: Days Of Future Past, Thor: The Dark World, Ben Affleck, X-Men, Agents Of SHIELD By Germain Lussier/Oct. 22, 2013 3:30 pm EST Collider spoke to Tom Hiddleston, who joked about a plot for a Loki solo movie. Speaking to Access Hollywood, Chris Hemsworth said he’s contracted for one more Thor and two more Avengers movies. Join director @BryanSinger on 10/28 for a LIVE Twitter Chat! Tweet your questions for him w/ #XMen & #AskSinger!...

Three ‘The Knick’ Teasers See Clive Owen Bloodied By Russ Fischer/March 4, 2014 12:15 pm EST In a new set of three The Knick teasers, we see more flashes of Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming Cinemax show. All are pretty short, just like the first, but they feature that same Colin Stetson baritone sax honk, and super-ominous shots of star Clive Owen, who plays a turn of the century surgeon in New York’s Knickerbocker Hospital....

Watch A Behind-The-Scenes Video From ‘Escape From Tomorrow’ By Angie Han/Oct. 15, 2013 7:00 am EST Escape From Tomorrow looks plenty interesting in its own right, but its origin story seems every bit as intriguing as the movie itself. Randy Moore’s film, which depicts a nightmarish trip to Disney World, was shot right inside Disney’s parks without knowledge or permission from Disney itself. The daring move had Sundance attendees predicting that the film would never see the light of day, but the Mouse House, surprisingly, decided not to take any legal action....

Watch Tom Hiddleston Sing As Hank Williams By Angie Han/Sept. 8, 2014 9:15 am EST To put it mildly, Tom Hiddleston didn’t seem like the most obvious choice to play Hank Williams in the Marc Abraham-directed biopic I Saw the Light. Hiddleston is a classically trained 30something British actor; Williams was an all-American country music legend who was just 29 when he passed away. But now that he has the role, the question is whether Hiddleston’s got the chops — and naturally, Hiddleston seems very eager to put any doubts to rest....

We Have To Go Back: ‘Lost’ Producer Carlton Cuse Says Show’s Return Is “Inevitable” By Angie Han/Oct. 2, 2014 6:00 am EST Ten years after Lost’s debut and four years after its finale, Carlton Cuse is convinced we have to go back. The executive producer has said that the show’s return to television is “inevitable.” Hit the jump to find out why Cuse thinks the island isn’t done with us yet....

‘Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues’ Opens Earlier; Plus New Mobile Game By Germain Lussier/Nov. 26, 2013 6:51 pm EST Briefly: Good news, San Diego. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues has just moved up on your calendar, from December 20 to December 18. That means you can make a good choice on a Wednesday, instead of Friday. After the jump, also spend some time with Ron Burgundy and his new mobile game, Scotchy Scotch Toss, and find out when you can see him host SportsCenter....