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Sequel Bits: Ghostbusters 3, Beverly Hills Cop 4, Sharknado 3, Friday The 13th, Independence Day 2, Jurassic World By Germain Lussier/Jan. 16, 2015 1:30 pm EST There are some big updates on some really big sequel in this edition of Sequel Bits. Below, read about the following. Paul Feig says his Ghostbusters reboot will take place in New York and include winks to the original. Don’t fret, Ian Ziering and Tara Reid are returning for Sharknado 3....

Star Wars Bits: LEGO Sets, Mark Hamill, Comic-Con, Jon Favreau, Shakespeare And More By Ethan Anderton/June 24, 2015 5:00 pm EST These Star Wars Bits are now the ultimate power in the universe. I suggest you use them. Here’s what you can expect from this round of Star Wars updates: Simon Kinberg talks Darth Vader on Star Wars Rebels See the Star Wars LEGO Dagobah Comic-Con exclusive set Mark Wahlberg probably won’t see Star Wars: The Force Awakens JAKKS Pacific Boba Fett parade-inspired action figure Second teaser for Episode VII sets a Guinness World Record Mark Hamill growing his Jedi beard again Original Star Wars screens theatrically in China for the first time William Shakespeare’s Revenge of the Sith cover art revealed New The Force Awakens promo image with Finn, Chewie and more Ken Leung may have small role in The Force Awakens Jon Favreau likely not directing any Star Wars movies LEGO BB-8 is as adorable as you think Header image: Cover art for Star Wars: Tragedy of Sith’s Revenge (see in full on second page)Star Wars Rebels executive producer Simon Kinberg sat down for a chat with Entertainment Weekly and talked about what it was like bringing Darth Vader to the animated series....

Superhero Bits: Arrow Loses Another Cast Member, Josh Holloway Was Almost Gambit & More By Ethan Anderton/May 2, 2018 5:00 pm EST Which Arrow cast member won’t be returning for the seventh season? Would you believe someone saw Avengers: Infinity War five times in a row? Why is Venom’s tongue so long? Did you know Lost star Josh Holloway came close to getting the role of Gambit? Is Agents of SHIELD going to make any reference to Avengers: Infinity War?...

Zack Snyder Talks ‘Batman Vs. Superman’ Costumes, Marvel Rivalry, /Film, And Adding Batman By Germain Lussier/April 17, 2014 10:00 am EST Directing a massive superhero film has lots of privileges. Money? Sure. Fame? Of course. But also the ability to geek out and see things before anyone else in the world. In a new interview, Zack Snyder – the director of Man of Steel and 2016’s Batman vs. Superman – admits he doesn’t know when fans will get to see the new Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman costumes....

Zootopia Writers Talk About Early Unused Concepts And More [Interview] By Peter Sciretta/March 7, 2016 8:00 am EST If you haven’t already, please read my interview with Zootopia directors Byron Howard and Rich Moore where they talk about how the latest Disney Animation Studios film evolved from an idea about a James Bond spoof with talking animals. Today I bring you the other interview that I conducted at Disney’s Animal Kingdom with Zootopia producer Clark Spencer, co-writer and co-director Jared Bush and co-writer Phil Johnston....

‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ Wide Release Pushed Back, Will It Be Updated With New Info? By Ethan Anderton/June 1, 2017 1:30 pm EST Al Gore’s documentary sequel An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year to plenty of acclaim, despite the depressing subject material focusing on the continued threat that global warming poses to our planet, especially coastal cities and countries. Now we have word that the film will arrive a little bit later than expected....

‘I’ll Have What She’s Having’ Is A Wonderful Love Letter To Nora Ephron, But A Short Postscript To Rom-Coms By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 26, 2017 9:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When I first saw When Harry Met Sally the summer after middle school, I thought it was revolutionary. No romantic comedy I’d seen before was so frank, so funny, so real. Admittedly, my rom-com education had been lacking up until then, primarily filled by early Kate Hudson and Jennifer Lopez schmaltz....

‘Overlord’ And Gareth Evans’ ‘Apostle’ To Premiere At Fantastic Fest 2018 By Jacob Hall/July 31, 2018 9:00 am EST In the decade or so that I’ve been attending Fantastic Fest, I’ve watched this Austin-based genre film festival grow from a scrappy operation dedicated to showcasing weirdness from around the world to a major destination for Hollywood premieres. And this year’s edition finds two heavy-hitters making their debut: director Julius Avery’s Bad Robot-produced World War II horror movie Overlord, and Apostle, the latest film from The Raid and The Raid 2 director Gareth Evans....

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Will Be In Hall H At San Diego Comic-Con By Germain Lussier/June 10, 2015 12:39 pm EST The Force is strong with San Diego Comic-Con. Lucasfilm has just announced that Star Wars: The Force Awakens will have a panel in Hall H on Friday July 10, the first time the property has been in that room in some years. J.J. Abrams, Kathleen Kennedy, Lawrence Kasdan and “special guests” will be on hand to likely debut a new trailer and more....

‘The Big Picture’ Is A Must-Read Book About Filmmaking In The 21st Century By Chris Evangelista/March 7, 2018 11:00 am EST How did the movie industry get to this point? Why have mid-budget, adult-driven films all but vanished from the multiplexes while superhero movies and franchises reign supreme? Ben Fritz answers these questions, and more, in his addictive new book The Big Picture: The Fight for the Future of Movies.Our The Big Picture review delves into Ben Fritz’s highly entertaining book about Hollywood in the 21st century, and highlights segments about Disney, Marvel Studios, Netflix, Sony and more....

‘Trumbo’ Leads 2016 SAG Awards Nominations By Angie Han/Dec. 9, 2015 8:30 am EST 2015’s been a weird year for the movie awards race in some ways. Many of the films assumed to be shoo-ins early on have fallen short of their potential, freeing up the field for smaller, quirkier choices. But the race should come into clearer focus over the coming days, as the major awards start announcing their nominations one by one....

‘V/H/S’ And ‘[REC] 3: Genesis’ Highlight SXSW 2012 Midnight Line Up By Germain Lussier/Feb. 8, 2012 12:01 pm EST Be it Sundance, Toronto or South by Southwest, some of the most exciting films to play in any film festival these days are part of the midnight line up. That’s where festivals feel comfortable playing the over the top genre stuff and, last year, SXSW’s midnight schedule included films like Attack the Block, Insidious and Kill List....

‘War For The Planet Of The Apes’: Six Things We Learned From The NYCC Panel By Angie Han/Oct. 7, 2016 3:00 pm EST Yesterday director Matt Reeves, producer Dylan Clark, and star Andy Serkis hit New York Comic-Con with the first footage from War for the Planet of the Apes. We’ve already recapped what we saw here, but in between those segments the trio also took some time to talk about what we can expect from the movie....

Alan Tudyk’s ‘Con Man’ Panel Recap: Nathan Fillion Runs A Tight Ship [Comic-Con 2016] By Angie Han/July 24, 2016 11:00 am EST The layers of meta are thick with Con Man. Alan Tudyk created and stars in the series about an actor famous for starring in a brilliant-but-cancelled sci-fi classic, with Nathan Fillion playing his good friend and former co-star. The show follows said actor as he tours geeky conventions — you know, not unlike the one Tudyk and Fillion stopped by this year to tease season 2 of Con Man....

Are D-Box Movie Theater Motion Seats A Gimmick Or A Cinematic Revolution? By Peter Sciretta/July 20, 2009 9:44 pm EST It’s a slow news night, so I thought I’d post this report from /Film reader Joshua R about seeing Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in D-Box seats. For those who don’t know, a few movie theaters have begun installing these motion seats in select theaters. D-Box programs the seats to move in sync with the action during the film presentation....

Box Office: Beowulf $10.4M Friday, Estimated $30M Opening Weekend By Steve Mason/Nov. 17, 2007 3:54 am EST The motion-capture epic from Robert Zemeckis generated an estimated $10.4M on its opening day, and it will likely top out a tick over $30M for the weekend. Two thirds of the budget was provided by political activist Steve Bing’s Shangri-La Entertainment, so it’s a low-risk proposition for Dreamworks/Paramount and Warner Bros, which owns international distribution rights....

Box Office Tracking: Cloverfield Targets $40M 4-Day By Steve Mason/Jan. 18, 2008 1:11 am EST The star-studded premiere of Cloverfield (Paramount) was last night (Wednesday, January 16) at the studio lot on Melrose. Young Hollywood was out in full force, including everyone from Lindsay Lohan, Patrick Stump and bandmates from Fall Out Boy and, of course, the cast of MTV’s The Hills (with LC, Audrina and Whitney not giving the time of day to Heidi and Spencer)....

Cardboard Cinema: ‘Scott Pilgrim,’ ‘Rambo,’ & ‘Wet Hot American Summer’ Board Games On The Way By Jacob Hall/May 12, 2017 12:30 pm EST (Welcome to Cardboard Cinema, a feature that explores the intersection between movies and tabletop gaming. This column is sponsored by Dragon’s Lair Comics & Fantasy in Austin, Texas.) In this edition of Cardboard Cinema, we’ll be taking a look at a slew of upcoming board games that will surely have something to offer movie fans: a new miniatures war game inspired by Game of Thrones, a cooperative action game based on the Rambo movies, a card game set in the world of Scott Pilgrim, a board game that might as well be a Jurassic Park game, and a pen and paper RPG based on the comedy classic Wet Hot American Summer....

Cool Stuff: ‘The Real Ghostbusters’ Are Getting A New Line Of Detailed Action Figures By Ethan Anderton/June 12, 2018 6:00 am EST The Real Ghostbusters is one of the best animated TV series adaptations of a motion picture. After airing for five seasons from 1986 to 1991, it’s still one of the most revered and beloved Saturday morning cartoons. And now the animated versions of everyone’s favorite paranormal exterminators are finally getting a new line of action figures....

Crank 3-D And A Moving Bullet-Time Camera Rig By Peter Sciretta/March 15, 2008 11:30 pm EST Mark Neveldine has confirmed that Crank 3 will be shot in 3-D. “We were actually thinking of trying to do RED 3-D for GAME for a while,” Brian Taylor revealed to Collider. “We think it’s the way things are going. The problem for us is that the rigs are still a little too cumbersome. They’re a bit too big....