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Page 2: May The 4th Be With You ‘Star Wars’ Edition, Also: Steven Spielberg, Harry Potter, Hobbit, Game Of Thrones, Studio Ghibli, The Social Network, Ferris Bueller, Star Trek, Fifth Element By Peter Sciretta/May 4, 2012 8:00 am EST Header Photo: Vintage photo of Steven Spielberg in his office during the release E.T. Sex, Drugs and Disney Sequels Today’s t-shirt of RIPT Apparel is a Star Wars/Donkey Kong-inspired design “Wookie Kong”...

Page 2: Star Wars, Simpsons, Neverending Story, Oz, Doctor Who, Harry Potter, Kill Bill, Jurassic Park, Wreck It Ralph, Community, Back To The Future By Peter Sciretta/March 6, 2013 12:30 pm EST Header Photo: Schwarzenegger Stars In pirated Star Wars? Why ‘Oz the Great and Powerful’ Is A Major Step Back For Witches and WomenThe 15 Most Anticipated Films of SXSW 2013Hand-Drawn Floor Plans of Popular TV Show Apartments and HousesPixarian Profile: Teddy NewtonHow TV networks are battling the ever-growing wave of content piracy...

Russell Crowe To Make Directorial Debut With ‘The Water Diviner’ By Angie Han/June 18, 2013 5:00 pm EST Russell Crowe is on a hot streak of high-profile roles right now, between last year’s Les Misérables, this month’s Man of Steel, and next year’s Winter’s Tale and Noah. So the fact that he’s booked yet another splashy turn isn’t much of a surprise, but this gig’s a little different. For the first time in his career, Crowe will lead the charge both in front of and behind the camera....

Tom Cruise And Joseph Kosinski Hoping Brad Pitt Will ‘Go Like Hell’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 18, 2013 5:44 pm EST Cruise is set to play Ford associate and former racing champ Carrol Shelby, for his Oblivion director Joseph Kosinski. Now THR says that they’re courting Pitt to sign on, too. Pitt was actually attached to a different adaptation of the book years ago. Who will he play? He doesn’t look much like the mid-’60s version of Henry Ford II, Lee Iacocca, or Enzo Ferrari, but he could be made up to look enough like Ford to squeeze by....

By Angie Han/Aug. 18, 2011 11:00 am EST I caught the first half of the two-hour premiere at Comic-Con, and while there’s room for improvement on the story side, I wrote that “[i]f nothing else, the show looks absolutely gorgeous.” After checking out this clip, I think you’ll agree. Watch the video after the jump. Also after the jump, read about new projects from Daniel Tosh, Sean Hayes and Locke & Key writer Josh Friedman....

VOTD: Animated ‘Bat Man Of Shanghai’ Transports Batman, Bane, And Catwoman To The 1930s By Russ Fischer/Aug. 28, 2012 7:51 am EST Now we’ve got Bat Man of Shanghai (kind of a play on the title of Orson Welles’ The Lady From Shanghai, I suppose) in which an encounter between Batman, Bane, and Catwoman is set in ’30s Shanghai. Why? Because it looks neat. None of this really makes much sense, but the visualization of Bats as a semi-mystical warrior who can actually explode into a cloud of bats is pretty alright....

Watch A Six-Minute Clip Of Joe Wright’s ‘Anna Karenina’ By Angie Han/July 23, 2012 1:00 pm EST If last month’s first trailer for Anna Karenina gave us an intriguing taste of the sumptuous theatricality of Joe Wright’s adaptation, this new six-minute clip offers a big, juicy bite. As Wright explains in the introductory voiceover, nearly the entire film was filmed on over a hundred sets, nearly all constructed inside a single dilapidated theater....

‘Batman Vs. Superman’ “Not As Tied” To Comic Book Mythology By Germain Lussier/March 3, 2014 6:04 pm EST Batman vs. Superman starts filming in about a month and director Zack Snyder couldn’t be happier. In a new interview, the director talks about geeking out when he’s in the same room as the new suits, and discusses the backlash over his casting decisions such as Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor and Ben Affleck as Batman....

‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Full Scene: Cap And Widow Storm A Cargo Ship By Germain Lussier/March 6, 2014 10:27 am EST Captain America: The Winter Soldier is still about a month away, but you can watch a full scene from it right now. Marvel has released a 4 minute clip from the beginning of the movie which shows Captain America (Chris Evans) and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) storming a hijacked cargo ship....

‘Ender’s Game’ Poster: And The Award For Most Contradictory Tagline Goes To… By Angie Han/Aug. 2, 2013 1:15 pm EST A cinematic adaptation of Ender’s Game has been in development for so long, plenty of fans figured they’d never actually get to see the sci-fi classic come to life. But not only has it come together for real this time, the premiere date is now just around the corner. Close enough that we have today what’s being called the final poster for the movie....

‘Godzilla’ Update: Frank Darabont To Rewrite, Two Producers Gone, Production Starts In March [ADDED: Short List Featuring Joseph Gordon-Levitt And Henry Cavill, Filming Locations] By Germain Lussier/Jan. 7, 2013 9:52 am EST Like a monster through a city, major shifts are happening in the world of Godzilla. The film, which premiered concept footage at Comic-Con in July and will be directed by Gareth Edwards (Monsters), is already set with a May 16, 2014 release date....

‘Gravity’ - What Did You Think? By Russ Fischer/Oct. 4, 2013 6:08 pm EST For years we’ve heard that Alfonso Cuarón, director of Children of Men, wanted to make a space-set film like no other. Gravity has been the subject of rumor almost from the start, about how it would feature a very long unbroken “shot” as its opening sequence, about how a mixture of practical photography and CG would be combined to create an immersive and realistic vision of being stranded in space....

‘Magic In The Moonlight’ Trailer: Emma Stone Is Woody Allen’s Latest Muse By Angie Han/May 21, 2014 12:00 pm EST 2014 is turning out to be a big year for Emma Stone. She’s already had one big hit in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and has projects with Cameron Crowe and Alejandro González Iñárritu opening later this year. In between, she stars in Magic in the Moonlight, the latest from the prolific Woody Allen....

‘Noah’ Features ILM’s Most Complicated Effect Shot Ever, Says Darren Aronofsky By Angie Han/Oct. 9, 2013 2:30 pm EST That Noah, a historical epic about a man on a boat with dozens, perhaps hundreds, of different kinds of animals, would require lots of effects work is no surprise. Particularly when the director behind it is Darren Aronofsky, whose striking visual sense has made him a favorite among cinephiles. But even so, you may be surprised to hear just how much work went into creating this thing....

‘The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman’ Review: A Pointless Yet Fun Romantic Adventure [Sundance 2013] By Germain Lussier/Jan. 23, 2013 5:00 pm EST In terms of message, there isn’t really much to The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman. It’s a film about love and the trials and tribulations we endure for it. Which, in a way, is pretty much the theme of half the movies ever made. What makes the film so entertaining is that it’s kind of insane....

‘The Purge’ Trailer: Hiding From The Monsters We’ve Created By Russ Fischer/April 3, 2013 1:00 pm EST The Purge seems like an idea born out of a late night stoner discussion. “Dude, what if, like, there was one day every year where there were no laws? People could go crazy, and society would self-regulate, and normals would just have to hide.“Jason Blum, who worked with Ethan Hawke on Sinister, also produced The Purge, which casts Hawke as a rich guy who takes refuge inside his fortress of a home during one day of the year where all laws and emergency services are suspended....

‘The Town That Dreaded Sundown’ Trailer: Darkness Returns To Texarkana By Russ Fischer/Sept. 10, 2014 12:00 pm EST A masked man stalks a town with evil intent, and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. The Town That Dreaded Sundown was originally an odd 1976 thriller based on a true story about a rash of killings that plagued Texarkana in the ’40s. The original inspired one of the looks for Jason Voorhees in the Friday the 13th series, and stands as a unique thriller thanks to its odd blend of horror, comedy, and almost-verite style....

Alejandro González Iñárritu Ditching Tragedy For Comedy With ‘Birdman’ By Angie Han/Dec. 7, 2012 5:15 pm EST It’s no exaggeration to say Alejandro González Iñárritu has built his career on human misery. Amores Perros, 21 Grams, Babel, and Biutiful were thoughtful, inspiring, even beautiful in their own ways, but one thing they weren’t was cheerful. But apparently there’s only so much gloom and doom even he can take. The renowned Mexican filmmaker is switching gears completely with his next picture, which will be an honest-to-God comedy called Birdman....

Bryan Cranston, Mads Mikkelsen, And Rebel Wilson Join ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ By Angie Han/April 10, 2013 10:00 am EST In addition, Jennifer Yuh Nelson, who directed Kung Fu Panda 2, is back at at the helm, and Guillermo del Toro will once again serve as executive producer. Hit the jump to keep reading. Mikkelsen hasn’t done much in the way of voice work, but both Cranston and Wilson have some recent animated franchise experience....

By Germain Lussier/Oct. 23, 2012 11:34 pm EST Tuesday was the 20th anniversary of Reservoir Dogs, the directorial debut of one Quentin Tarantino. The film wasn’t exactly a huge commercial success but what it did was kickstart the career of one of the most talented and revered men in cinema today. To celebrate, the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles, CA held a special 20th anniversary, 35 mm screening of the film and, surprise surprise, the gang from Mondo showed up after the credits rolled with a little surprise....