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On Set Interview: Chris Evans Talks ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 30, 2014 9:00 am EST In July of 2013, I took a short trip to Marvel Studios in Manhattan Beach to visit the set of Captain America: The Winter Soldier. While I’m not allowed to write about what I learned and saw on the sound stages, Disney has given me the go-ahead to share a transcript of our on-set interview with Captain America himself Chris Evans....

Reflections On Where The Wild Things Are – The Trials, Wonders, And Joys Of Childhood By David Chen/Oct. 16, 2009 10:46 am EST Note: The following will contain minor spoilers for the movie Where The Wild Things Are and will assume that you know the plot of the book it’s based on. Let’s get this out of the way: Where The Wild Things Are is not a film for everyone. While Warner Bros....

Sequel Bits: ‘Harry Potter’, ‘The Raid 2’, ‘Fast & Furious 7’, ‘300: Rise Of An Empire’ By Angie Han/Nov. 25, 2013 2:30 pm EST Whether you want to read Keanu Reeves’ regrets about the (non-existent) Constantine sequel, Robert Englund’s hopes for a (theoretical) Elm Street prequel, or Alfonso Cuaron’s thoughts on the Harry Potter spinoff, there’s a little something for everyone here. Also after the jump: Gareth Evans breaks down the trailer for The Raid 2: Berandal Michael Bay hints at a big theme from Transformers 4 Steven Spielberg gets a bit political while in Hawaii for Jurassic World See more pics of Vin Diesel on the set of Fast & Furious 7 The 300: Rise of an Empire site offers new pics and footage Instead, Reeves is prepping to step back into another of his old roles, time-traveler Ted Logan....

Sequel Bits: ‘Hellboy 3’, ‘Jurassic World’, ‘Sinister 2’, ‘Goon 2’, ‘Terminator: Genisys’ By Angie Han/June 21, 2015 9:00 am EST And now, some random sequel-related tidbits to usher you into the weekend. After the jump: Sorry, Princess Diaries 3 is not currently in the works Vin Diesel says The Last Witch Hunter 2 is happening Ron Perlman doesn’t want crowdfunding for Hellboy 3 Preorder this Jurassic World limited edition gift set Revisit Jimmy Fallon’s Jurassic World cameo Red Robin serves up a Terminator: Genisys burger Jay Baruchel shares a photo from the Goon sequel set Sinister 2 wishes everyone a happy Father’s Day Earlier this week a rumor went around that Disney was working on a Princess Diaries 3....

Sequel Bits: ‘Ninja Turtles’, ‘Starship Troopers’, ‘Horrible Bosses 2’, ‘Purge 2’ By Angie Han/Jan. 3, 2014 1:00 pm EST Here’s one way 2014 won’t be much different from 2013: The flood of sequels, reboots, and remakes isn’t slowing down anytime soon. After the jump: Short Term 12 star Keith Stanfield will be part of The Purge 2 That Starship Troopers remake will be closer to the source material Jon M. Chu talks G....

Sequel Bits: ‘Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Sea Of Monsters;’ ‘Crank 3;’ ‘Insidious 2’ And More ‘Twilight’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 20, 2012 4:56 pm EST The sequels never stop, and the first one we want to talk about today is Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters, the sequel to the 2010 film Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. We know that Thor Freudenthal will direct the movie based on the second book in Rick Riordan’s YA series, with a script by Ed Wood writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski....

Sequel Bits: Fake ‘The Big Lebowski 2,’ Plus ‘The Expendables,’ ‘Think Like A Man,’ ‘Bourne,’ ‘The Hangover Part III,’ And More By Russ Fischer/June 29, 2012 6:00 am EST Something about this pre-holiday week has set sequel news on fire, and there are news bites about sequels of just about every possible variation. In this edition of sequel bits: Oops, CBS reported a Big Lebowski sequel that does not, and will not exist The Expendables 2 gets a tie-in video game Think Like a Man gets a follow-up movie The Bourne Legacy producer hopes the next installment might bring together Matt Damon and Jeremy Renner Todd Phillips says the third Hangover is really the last Peter Berg doesn’t rule out the possibility of Hancock 2 just yet....

Star Wars Bits: Card Trader Explained, Force Friday Details, Original Trilogy Audiobooks, Rogue One Set Pics By Angie Han/Aug. 27, 2015 1:00 pm EST Sure, you’ve already watched the new Force Awakens footage and cooed over that adorable BB-8 magazine cover. But there’s still more where that came from. After the jump: A Star Wars: Card Trader explainer for those who haven’t jumped on the bandwagon More details on the Skellig Michael shoot for Star Wars: The Force Awakens Is that a lander we see in these new Star Wars: Rogue One set photo?...

Superhero Bits: Justice League Digital Download Release, Trigon On Titans & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 2, 2018 5:00 pm EST Would you believe there was almost a Guardians of the Galaxy comic where the characters were magical high school girls? When will Justice League be available to watch on digital download? Will Trigon be appearing on the Titans live-action series? How did someone steal $300,000 from Stan Lee? Which superhero star had their name mispronounced all over the place in 2017?...

Superhero Bits: The Patriot On Agents Of SHIELD, Most Pirated 2016 Comic Book Movies & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 30, 2016 4:30 pm EST Was Stan Lee a playwright for the Army during World War II? Which comic book movies were the most pirated of 2016? Why did Matthew McConaughey choose Dark Tower over Guardians of the Galaxy 2? Will the new Agents of SHIELD director become The Patriot or what?...

The Best & Worst Sketches From Tom Hanks’ ‘Saturday Night Live’ By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 23, 2016 10:00 am EST Last night Tom Hanks hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time in 10 years, and the energy he brought to the show certainly elevated the writing and cast from their misstep of an episode last weekend with Emily Blunt. Honestly, I thought there was only one truly bad sketch the entire night, and it wasn’t even downright awful....

This Week In Trailers: Blue Jay, Tonio, Maurizio Cattelan: Be Right Back, Funniest, This Beautiful Fantastic, Tracey Ullman’s Show By Christopher Stipp/Sept. 24, 2016 9:00 am EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

This Week In Trailers: The Wolfpack, 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets, Eden, (Dis)Honesty - The Truth About Lies, Select(ED), Soaked In Bleach By Christopher Stipp/May 18, 2015 5:00 am EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

This Week In Trailers: Under The Tree, Pin Cushion, Pressing On: The Letterpress Film, Shoplifters, Lemonade By Christopher Stipp/June 2, 2018 9:00 am EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Watch Twenty Minutes Of ‘The Other Side Of The Wind,’ The Final Unreleased Movie From Orson Welles By Russ Fischer/Dec. 5, 2012 10:11 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Any fan of cinema must be, I think, necessarily interested in Orson Welles. And for anyone interested in Welles, there are two holy grails. One is the footage cut from his original version of The Magnificent Ambersons....

Why ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Failed At The Box Office, According To Director Denis Villeneuve By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 23, 2017 12:00 pm EST Blade Runner 2049 was a truly audacious blockbuster movie, tackling themes of humanity, free will, and fate — all wrapped in a haunting dystopian noir mystery that both aped and improved upon the iconic visuals of Ridley Scott’s 1982 Blade Runner. But much like the original Blade Runner, the sequel underwhelmed at the box office, opening to a tepid $32 million domestically and going on to rake in $252 million worldwide, barely breaking even on its towering $155 million budget....

Zack Snyder Suggests Metropolis Casualties In ‘Man Of Steel’ Enhance A Sense Of Myth By Russ Fischer/Aug. 29, 2013 2:00 pm EST If you had questions about the portrayal of Superman as a hero in Man of Steel, you’re going to be interested in the latest comments from director Zack Snyder. The film concludes with a battle in Metropolis, during which Superman and General Zod pummel the hell out of one another, and in so doing destroy massive sections of the city....

‘A Quiet Place’ Writers On Building Tension, How This Could Have Been A ‘Cloverfield’ Film, And More [Interview] By Ben Pearson/April 6, 2018 7:00 am EST Harrowing, suspenseful, and emotional, Paramount’s A Quiet Place is a terrific piece of horror storytelling that pulls you in from its opening frames and doesn’t loosen its grip for the entire runtime. You probably know the premise by now: a family tries to stay alive in a world overrun by creatures who hunt using sound, which means one stray noise or careless mistake could spell the family’s untimely demise....

By Jack Giroux/April 13, 2018 1:00 pm EST 27 years after Tony Gilroy wrote Beirut, it’s finally reaching theaters. Long before his time on the Bourne franchise, directing Michael Clayton and Duplicity, and his work on Rogue One: A Story Wars Story, Gilroy penned a story about Mason Skiles (Jon Hamm), a troubled, grieving, and alcoholic negotiator who returns to Beruit 10 years after a personal tragedy to negotiate the freedom of a CIA agent and former friend....

‘Escape From New York’ Remake Sets Its Sights On Robert Rodriguez By Jacob Hall/March 24, 2017 4:21 pm EST Remaking Escape From New York is a bad idea and everyone involved in doing so should be ashamed of themselves. With that out of the way, let’s get to the news. It seems that Robert Rodriguez is the latest director to find himself at the helm of a new version of John Carpenter’s dystopian action masterpiece....