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‘Dorothy And The Witches Of Oz’ Trailer - Another New ‘Wizard Of Oz’-Inspired Movie You Didn’t Even Know Existed By Angie Han/Feb. 17, 2012 4:30 pm EST I think it’s fair to say that we at /Film have been pretty thorough in our coverage of Sam Raimi’s Wizard of Oz prequel Oz: The Great and Powerful, reporting on every last Bruce Campbell cameo and black-and-white prologue. But in our excitement over that film, we’ve apparently overlooked another, unrelated project that also takes inspiration from L....

‘Grand Piano’ Trailer: John Cusack Teaches Elijah Wood The Meaning Of Stage Fright By Germain Lussier/Dec. 17, 2013 10:20 am EST People joke about being able to perform with a gun to their head, but that’s literally the crux of Grand Piano. Directed by Eugenio Mira (Agnosia), the film stars Elijah Wood as a famous concert pianist who returns from a hiatus only to have his life threatened while on stage....

‘Insidious: Chapter 2’ - What Did You Think? By Germain Lussier/Sept. 13, 2013 5:00 pm EST When James Wan’s Insidious hit theaters in 2011, there were no expectations. The $1.5 million movie ended up grossing almost $100 million worldwide and created a legion of fans. That happened because Wan and screenwriter Leigh Whannell (co-creators of the Saw series) conceived a relatable, terrifying world where a family, rather than a house, was haunted....

‘Mama’ Director Andy Muschietti In Talks For Post-Aposcalyptic Thriller ‘Bird Box’ By Angie Han/Feb. 27, 2013 12:52 pm EST Whether Universal can convince Andy Muschietti to come back for a Mama sequel remains to be seen, but the studio is sticking with the horror director one way or another. Muschietti has entered talks to helm Universal’s post-apocalyptic thriller Bird Box, based on an upcoming book by musician Josh Malerman. The project also brings back Muschietti’s sister and Mama co-writer / producer Barbara Muschietti, who’ll produce along with Scott Stuber and Chris Morgan....

‘Night Moves’ Trailer: Jesse Eisenberg And Dakota Fanning Blow Up A Dam By Angie Han/March 27, 2014 2:00 pm EST Following the release of an international promo last week, a second Night Moves trailer has been released, this time for the U.S. market. The Kelly Reichardt-directed thriller stars Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning, and Peter Sarsgaard as a trio of radical environmentalists who join forces to blow up a dam. Though all three profess to live by the ideals that led them to this extremist act in the first place, it’s not long before paranoia, doubt, and distrust set in....

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Moved To August 2014 By Germain Lussier/Aug. 15, 2013 11:02 am EST Briefly: The Michael Bay-produced, Jonathan Liebesman-directed reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be coming out of the sewer a few weeks later than planned. Originally set for release June 6, 2014, it’ll now be released August 8, 2014. That’s one week after Guardians of the Galaxy and one week before The Expendables 3....

‘The Knick’ Teaser: Clive Owen And Steven Soderbergh Are Ready To Operate By Russ Fischer/Feb. 21, 2014 12:45 pm EST Steven Soderbergh may have retired from making feature films, but he’s not done with telling stories. His next project is The Knick, a limited series premiering on Cinemax this summer. Clive Owen stars as a doctor working out of New York’s Knickerbocker Hospital around the turn of the century, when most of the conveniences and safety practices of modern medicine we not yet even theories....

‘Transformers 4’ Bits: Mark Wahlberg Talks, Victoria Summer Joins, And More By Angie Han/Aug. 15, 2013 3:30 pm EST As this year’s blockbuster season winds down, let’s look ahead to next year’s. Specifically, let’s talk about next summer’s Transformers 4. After the jump: Mark Wahlberg says Transformers 4 has the biggest budget of the series… … and has advice for rising stars Jack Reynor and Nicola Peltz Brit actress Victoria Summer joins the Transformers 4 cast See footage from the Autobot car display in Detroit “I think budget-wise it’s the biggest of all of them,” he said, denying that it’d be any “smaller scale” than the previous films....

Batman Prequel Show ‘Gotham’ Given Series Order; Trailer Premieres Tonight By Russ Fischer/May 5, 2014 2:53 pm EST The Batman prequel show Gotham has just been given a series order by Fox, making it the first of the network’s 2014-2015 schedule to be given the full green light. This takes place a week ahead of Fox’s upfront meetings, and doesn’t come as any big surprise — there was little chance that the show focusing on the early days of James Gordon in Gotham City would fail to find a spot in Fox’s schedule....

Bond 24: Chiwetel Ejiofor Frontrunner To Be The Villain By Germain Lussier/April 4, 2014 3:10 pm EST Coming off a Best Actor nomination in Best Picture winner 12 Years a Slave, Chiwetel Ejiofor might be cast in one of the biggest franchises in the world. No, not that one. Ejiofor is the current front runner to be the latest villain in the James Bond series. Bond 24 will hit theaters November 6, 2015 and starts filming this Fall....

Christian Bale Says Russell Crowe Is In The Dark Knight By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 23, 2007 2:51 pm EST Christian Bale told IFMagazine that 3:10 To Yuma co-star Russell Crowe is in The Dark Knight. “Russell’s going to actually be in the new BATMAN movie, which is a big surprise and I want to reveal it to everybody right now,” said Bale, who wouldn’t disclose any more info. I don’t think that Crowe would appear in a nonspeaking cameo....

David James Kelly Writing ‘Wolverine’ Sequel Script By Russ Fischer/March 21, 2014 5:52 pm EST We have no intel on what story the new film will tell. It will likely be based to some degree on an existing comic book storyline. It could also be connected in some way to X-Men: Days of Future Past and/or X-Men: Apocalypse. But at this point we’ll probably have to wait a while for more details....

First ‘Godzilla’ Trailer Lands Tomorrow; New Viral Videos Hit The Web By Angie Han/Dec. 9, 2013 2:00 pm EST It seems like we’ve been hearing about Warner Bros. and Legendary’s plans for a Godzilla reboot for ever and ever, but this week we’ll finally get to see what’s come of all that talk. The first official trailer will be released tomorrow, Tuesday, December 10, in advance of the creature feature’s summer 2014 bow....

Is Hollywood Considering A Sequel To ‘Casablanca?’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 5, 2012 1:00 pm EST In today’s Hollywood, when a film opens big on Friday morning, the sequel goes into development Friday afternoon. Screenwriters are sometimes preemptively hired to write follow-ups to in production films on the off chance it’s a big hit. Most people credit that mindset with the rise of the blockbuster in the 1970s but blockbusters didn’t start there....

Judd Apatow And Ben Stiller Tried To Make A Rolling Stones Concert Comedy By Germain Lussier/Dec. 13, 2012 1:03 pm EST The Rolling Stones have never shied away from the camera. With films like Gimme Shelter and Shine a Light, they’ve frequently let their on-stage performance be documented for all to see. But they’re also smart enough to know concert documentaries have a limited commercial appeal. So back in the early nineties, they came up with the idea of making a concert movie with a scripted story between the songs....

Listen To Another M83 Track From ‘Oblivion,’ See A New Featurette By Russ Fischer/March 26, 2013 1:57 pm EST The first track released from the Oblivion score, crafted by Anthony Gonzalez of M83 and Joseph Trapanese, was a big layered cake of swelling synth sounds powered by a slow but rising drum beat. The new track is the title tune, which will likely play over the end credits. Like that first track, it features Norwegian singer Susanne Sundfør, and is a more upbeat track right off the bat....

LOL: ESPN ‘30 For 30’ Takes A Look Back At ‘Space Jam’ By Angie Han/Nov. 13, 2013 11:00 am EST ESPN’s 30 for 30 has chronicled many of the biggest events in sports history, but that just makes it weirder that they’ve so far neglected to examine one of the most iconic moments of the ’90s: the epic game between the Monstars and the Tune Squad, as famously depicted in the 1996 film Space Jam....

Netflix Orders ‘Marco Polo’ Series, Renews ‘Lilyhammer’ By Angie Han/Jan. 14, 2014 9:07 pm EST It’s hard to believe that just two years ago, the very idea of Netflix offering original programming was a novelty. But the gamble paid off from the get-go. While Lilyhammer never quite reached the buzzy heights of later series House of Cards or Orange Is the New Black, it fared well enough to get a second season, and now it’s getting a third....

New Comments Position Zack Snyder As Potential ‘Justice League’ Director By Russ Fischer/April 24, 2013 2:35 pm EST There’s a lot we don’t know about Warner Bros. planned Justice League superhero team-up film. We don’t know for certain what characters will be involved, who will star, or what the story will be. We do know that Will Beall (the Gangster Squad screenwriter) wrote a draft at one point, and the general party line is that the studio has abandoned it in favor of a different take....

Now There’s A Competing “Female Expendables” Project: ‘ExpendaBelles,’ From ‘Legally Blonde’ Writers By Russ Fischer/Oct. 12, 2012 1:15 pm EST Briefly: “There’s two of them!” The relative success of The Expendables has led to more than one producer thinking it would be a good idea to make a similar film with a cast of all-star female ass-kickers. One movie along those lines is already in development from the company 1984 Private Defense Contractors, with Gina Carano (Haywire) and Katee Sackhoff attached to appear....