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New ‘Interstellar’ Images With Matthew McConaughey, Casey Affleck, And More By Angie Han/Sept. 24, 2014 6:30 am EST There are only about three months left in 2014 at this point, but those three months look to be absolutely jam-packed with exciting new movies. One we’re particularly looking forward to is Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar, which shoots Matthew McConaughey into outer space in a last, desperate attempt to save humanity. As Nolan himself points out, that makes it “almost a mirror image of Inception....

Page 2: Indiana Jones, J.D. Salinger, Lord Of The Rings, Point Break, Evil Dead, Star Wars, The Artist, Ice Age, Three Stooges, Big Bang Theory, Steve Jobs, Iron Giant By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 24, 2012 8:00 am EST A new Game Of Thrones Season 2 Trailer Coming Soon To HBO Go Check out Mondo’s Polish-inspired poster for Belgian Oscar-nominee Bullhead Can Social Media Predict Who’s Going to Win Best Actor? Video Essay: “How to Pull the Perfect Movie Heist"Unreality lists Five Underseen Movies in 2011 Worth WatchingRead J....

Second ‘Halo’ Series In Development For Xbox Live By Russ Fischer/April 2, 2014 6:02 pm EST Xbox Entertainment Studios, which is overseeing the creation of original shows for the Xbox Live platform, already has one Halo series in development. Now there’s a second Halo series coming, this one from 343 Entertainment and Scott Free TV, with Ridley Scott and Scott Free TV president David Zucker as exec producers. Variety reports that this series is distinctly separate from the one that boasts exec producer Steven Spielberg, and that the new series will be “more modestly budgeted” than the Spielberg one....

Superhero Bits: Man Of Steel, Iron Man 3, Arrow, The Avengers, Justice League, X-Men, Wonder Woman By Germain Lussier/Dec. 6, 2012 11:10 am EST Want to hear a visual effects supervisor talk Man of Steel? How about Shane Black and Don Cheadle talking Iron Man 3? Why are The Avengers getting crappy Christmas gifts? What’s going to happen on the finale of Arrow? Which villains could also put up a fight against the Justice League?...

Superhero Bits: Man Of Steel, Iron Man 3, Batman/Superman, Avengers 2, Big Hero 6, Amazing Spider-Man 2 By Germain Lussier/Feb. 25, 2013 2:00 pm EST How is Dane DeHaan preparing for The Amazing Spider-Man 2? When will Batman and Superman team up again in comics? What did Joss Whedon say about the tone of The Avengers 2? What does a list of Man of Steel props reveal about the film? Want to see a bunch of cool Batman Returns and Batman Forever concept art?...

Watch The First 8 Minutes Of J.J. Abrams And J.H. Wyman Show ‘Almost Human’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 29, 2013 8:30 am EST You’ve seen the ads and trailers for the soon-to-premiere show Almost Human, in which Karl Urban plays a grumbly detective who is partnered with a very lifelike synthetic officer played by Michael Ealy. The two don’t have an easy go of it at first, but you can bet that the series will evolve to a point where the two unlikely allies enjoy a good buddy-buddy repartee....

‘22 Jump Street’ Video Review: How This Comedy Sequel Transcends The Genre By David Chen/June 12, 2014 9:27 pm EST /Film’s Germain Lussier called 22 Jump Street (out in theaters this weekend) one of the funniest and best films of the summer. I saw 22 Jump Street this week and found it to be immensely enjoyable. Its knowing references to its bizarre sequel status were amusing, and I loved the gags in the last half of the film, when it felt like directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord felt free to let loose and really play with the film’s reality....

‘Don Jon’ Trailer: Joseph Gordon-Levitt And Scarlett Johansson Just Want A Normal Relationship By Russ Fischer/Aug. 14, 2013 2:45 pm EST Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s debut as a feature writer/director is Don Jon, in which he also stars as a Jersey guy who has a little problem with internet porn. In fact, the problem is pretty significant, as it completely infects his attempts to have something like a normal relationship with a woman who isn’t caught within his laptop screen....

‘Nurse 3D’ Trailer: “My Schedule’s Been Murder” By Germain Lussier/Dec. 5, 2013 3:59 pm EST A trailer for Nurse 3D is now online and features turns from Katrina Bowden, Corbin Bleu, Judd Nelson and even Kathleen Turner. It follows an obsessive nurse who starts killing people while skimpily dressed, and it opens February 7, 2014. Head to Apple to see the trailer in HD. Here’s an embed. And here’s the official description:...

Aaron Eckhart Cast In The Dark Knight By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 16, 2007 6:15 am EST Thank You For Smoking star Aaron Eckhart is in final negotiations to play Harvey Dent in The Dark Knight, Chris Nolan’s sequel to Batman Begins. Ryan Phillippe was previously rumored to be in talks to play young Harvey Dent, Gotham’s District Attorney who later becomes the villainous Two-Face. Tommy Lee Jones played the character in 1995’s horrendous Batman Forever....

Asa Butterfield Could Bring Down Clive Owen In Comedy ‘King Of The Kastle’ By Angie Han/Nov. 15, 2013 9:15 am EST Over the course of his career, Clive Owen has faced off against an amnesiac spy, a Saxon army, all manner of gangsters, and the end of mankind itself. But in one of his next movies, he’ll be brought down by nothing more threatening than a devious teenage boy. To be fair to Owen, though, this particular teenage boy has proved a formidable figure in his own right....

Check Out An Exclusive ‘Spring Breakers’ Poster, And Design Your Own Too By Germain Lussier/Feb. 27, 2013 1:30 pm EST Four young women rob a store in an attempt to enjoy the best spring break ever. Then they team up with a despicable drug dealer, and things get really weird. Those are the broad strokes of Harmony Korine’s highly anticipated Spring Breakers, which opens limited March 15 and wide March 22....

David Goyer Developing Lower-Budget ‘Suicide Squad’, ‘Team 7’, And More For DC By Angie Han/Dec. 3, 2013 7:30 am EST So far, Warner Bros.’ DC Universe has focused mostly on big, iconic figures like Superman and Batman. But the DC Comics stable stretches far beyond the Justice League, and now the studio is looking to bring some lesser known properties to the silver screen. According to a new report, David Goyer is working on lower-budget adaptations of more obscure titles like Suicide Squad, Booster Gold, Deathstroke, and Team 7....

Geek Deal: ‘Battle Royale’ On Blu-Ray For $7.99 By Peter Sciretta/May 30, 2013 10:40 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Jerry Bruckheimer Still Working On ‘Top Gun 2’, Hopes For ‘Lone Ranger 2’ By Angie Han/June 10, 2013 3:30 pm EST But before that, he’ll be ushering this summer’s The Lone Ranger into theaters. And while he’s got high hopes that the Gore Verbinski-directed Western will eventually yield a sequel as well, it’ll first have to prove its worth to moviegoers against some tough summer competition. “It’s always up to the audience,” he said....

John Oliver Leaving ‘The Daily Show’ For HBO Comedy Series By Russ Fischer/Nov. 14, 2013 3:00 pm EST When John Oliver spent the summer filling in for Jon Stewart as the host of The Daily Show, it wasn’t the enaction of a ploy to take over the seat of the show that gave Oliver his biggest break. But it did turn out to be an audition for Oliver to anchor a new show....

Joss Whedon Says ‘Avengers 2’ Starts Filming February 2014; Promises ‘Awful’ Things For Characters By Germain Lussier/April 17, 2013 8:17 am EST The Avengers will assemble once again early next year. Director Joss Whedon was at the MTV Movie Awards (accepting Movie Of The Year) and discussed his highly-anticipated follow-up to one of the most successful films of all-time. He said filming is likely to start on The Avengers 2 in February 2014, that he had the idea for the sequel’s story before the first film was complete and what happens to the characters next is going to be “awful....

LOL: Brian Cox Reveals The Craft Of Movie Novelizations By Russ Fischer/July 30, 2014 1:30 pm EST Does anyone read movie novelizations any longer? Before the Internet, before DVD and all the myriad other ways we consume movie stories, film novelizations were the quickest way to take a film home. Many featured extended characterizations and new scenes and concepts, some drawn from the original screenplays, some invented by the authors. At 10 years old, I loved the Poltergeist novelization as it featured scenes with Carole Anne wandering around in the realm of the Beast....

Ming-Na Joins Joss Whedon For The TV Show ‘Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D.’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 24, 2012 3:45 pm EST Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D. has its second recruit. Ming-Na, best known for her role on ER and for playing Chun-Li in the live-action Street Fighter movie, has just joined the upcoming Marvel TV show, the pilot for which is being co-written and directed by Joss Whedon. Clark Gregg, who is reprising his role as Agent Coulson from Iron Man, Thor and The Avengers, was previously cast....

Paramount Makes Exception To All-Digital Policy For Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’ By Angie Han/Jan. 28, 2014 3:15 pm EST Paramount made waves earlier this month when they announced that they would no longer release movies on film, becoming the first major studio to go all-digital. Except, it turns out, they’re not quite going all-digital. The company still plans to make rare exceptions for select pictures, including Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar. More details after the jump....