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Photos And Video From The Spike Jonze-Produced Short Film Higglety Pigglety Pop! Or There Must Be More To Life By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 16, 2010 4:26 pm EST Spike Jonze has produced a new live-action/animated adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life. The film, a collaboration between the National Film Board of Canada and Warner Home Video, will be included on the Blu-Ray release of Where The Wild Things Are, which hits stores on March 2nd....

Star Trek XI Gets Christmas 2008 Release By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 27, 2007 1:38 pm EST Yes, more Star Trek XI news. Paramount sent out a press release that now OFFICIALLY officially announces the project. But there are a few meaty tidbits to be discovered. Let’s take a look. JJ Abrams will be directing and co-producing with Lost Co-Creator Damon Lindelof. They will be using a script penned by Alex Kurtzman (M:I:III, The Island) and Roberto Orci (Transformers, M:I:III) which ’embraces & respects Trek canon’ and is not the reported “complete reboot”....

Superhero Bits: The Dark Knight Rises, Batman: Arkham City, The Avengers, Adam West, Robin, R.I.P.D., The Wolverine By Germain Lussier/Sept. 20, 2011 12:00 pm EST Want to see a massive, kick ass infographic breaking down the use of color in comic books? What did Joseph Gordon-Levitt say to the question “Are You Robin” in The Dark Knight Rises? When does Hugh Jackman say The Wolverine will start shooting? Which character did we not see in yesterday’s spoiler-filled Dark Knight Rises video?...

The 12 Biggest Oscar Snubs And Surprises Of 2015, From ‘Selma’ To ‘Inherent Vice’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 16, 2015 9:31 am EST We expect the annual announcement of Academy Awards nominations to come with a healthy set of surprises, and usually a few snubs for films that arguably deserve to be in the final round of contention for one of the biggest arts awards in the world. This year’s set of snubs was more pronounced than most, with a set of nominations that ignores the diversity of great filmmakers and films that hit theaters in 2014....

This Week In Trailers: 13 Eerie, Sunset Strip, Turn Me On, Dammit!, Electric Daisy Carnival Experience, Junkie, The Other Side Of Sleep By Christopher Stipp/March 9, 2012 12:30 pm 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: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Trivia: Renny Harlin Begged Not To Make Legendary Flop ‘Cutthroat Island’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 14, 2011 10:00 am EST Hollywood loves stories of failure almost more than it loves success. The tales of flops such as Heaven’s Gate, Ishtar and The Bonfire of the Vanities have spawned endless conversations, magazine articles and no few books. But the story of a flop is often distilled down into over-simplified factoids and circumstances. In the broad public view, all most people tend to know is that a movie was over-ambitious or poorly conceived, and that it tanked, possibly taking companies and careers with it....

Why The ‘Ghostbusters’ Reboot Should Exist In The Same Universe As The Original By Ethan Anderton/March 4, 2016 12:00 pm EST The first trailer for Paul Feig’s reboot of Ghostbusters just debuted on March 4th. While we know that this is new take on the paranormal exterminators doesn’t have any narrative ties to the universe in which the original 1984 comedy and its 1989 sequel took place, the opening to this trailer made that very unclear....

Will Smith In Talks To Play Genie In ‘Aladdin’, Shaquille O’Neal Is Furious By Ethan Anderton/April 19, 2017 12:03 pm EST Not too long ago, Will Smith was in talks for a role in Disney’s live-action remake of Dumbo as the studio continues to rehash all of their animated classics for new audiences. A deal was never finalized and now it sounds like we know why. Smith is now in talks with Disney to take on the important role of Genie in the House of Mouse’s remake of their 1992 contemporary animated classic Aladdin....

‘Life Itself’ Is A Beautiful Tribute To Movies, Criticism, And Of Course Roger Ebert [Movie Review] By Germain Lussier/July 2, 2014 4:30 pm EST Editor’s Note: The following review was originally published on January 20th 2014 after a screening at the Sundance Film Festival. The review is being republished as the movie is hitting theaters. A movie about the life of a film critic might sound a tad indulgent, but there’s never been another film critic with the influence and character of Roger Ebert....

‘Raiders Of The Lost Ark’: What Is Marion Ravenwood Holding When Indiana Jones Shows Up? By Ben Pearson/June 14, 2018 5:30 am EST Steven Spielberg’s Raiders of the Lost Ark is unquestionably one of the best adventure movies ever made, and every inch of the film has been examined and analyzed by film lovers since it came out in 1981. But I just discovered something new about the movie that I’d never heard before....

‘The Raid 2’ Is An Ultra-Violent Endurance Test [Sundance 2014 Review] By Russ Fischer/March 28, 2014 5:00 pm EST Editor’s Note: The following review was originally published on January 22nd 2014 after the film’s premiere at Sundance. The review is being republished as the film is being released in New York and Los Angeles this weekend, and expanding in the coming weeks. In the case of an action movie like The Raid, I can’t fault anyone who wants to set plot aside and simply enjoy the action....

86th Academy Award Nominations: ‘American Hustle’, ‘Gravity’, And ‘12 Years A Slave’ Are The Ones To Beat By Angie Han/Jan. 16, 2014 8:01 am EST Chris Hemsworth and AMPAS president Cheryl Boone Isaacs woke up early this morning to announce the nominees for the 86th Academy Awards. American Hustle and Gravity led with ten nominations each, while 12 Years a Slave picked up nine. The Wolf of Wall Street fared better than many had predicted, snagging nominations in the Best Picture and Best Director categories....

AMC Orders New Seasons Of ‘Better Call Saul’ & More, Plus New Shows From Jason Segel & Park Chan-Wook [TCA 2018] By Fred Topel/July 29, 2018 11:00 am EST From the Television Critics Association panel presentation by AMC, the network announced the renewal of three shows, including Better Call Saul season 5. But they also have a couple new shows in the works from Forgetting Sarah Marshall star Jason Segel and master filmmaker Park Chan-wook, and they announced the premiere date for the documentary series Eli Roth’s History of Horror....

Author Max Brooks Talks About ‘World War Z’ Set Visit, More Set Photos Released By Angie Han/Aug. 29, 2011 10:30 am EST After years of being stuck in development hell, the big-screen adaptation of Max Brooks’ beloved novel World War Z is finally getting off the ground. As of this summer, the film has finally entered production with Marc Forster directing a cast led by Brad Pitt. Brooks recently took a trip to the set in Glasgow (standing in for Philadelphia), and had a few things to share about his experience there....

Cardboard Cinema: ‘Star Wars: Legion’ Miniatures Game Coming In 2018 By Jacob Hall/Aug. 18, 2017 11:30 am 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.)Fantasy Flight Games and the Star Wars license are a match made in heaven. The company behind some of the biggest, glossiest, and most thematic tabletop games in the world paired with the most popular science fiction universe in pop culture?...

Comic-Con 2013 Thursday Schedule Features Alfonso Cuaron, Marc Webb, Edgar Wright, ‘The X-Files’ And ‘Sherlock’ By Germain Lussier/July 5, 2013 8:28 am EST And so it begins. The schedule for Wednesday night and Thursday at San Diego Comic Con 2013 has been revealed kicking off four days of scheduling madness. There are several early highlights on what’s traditionally the second slowest day of the Con, but one standout is a Hall H conversation between Alfonso Cuaron, Marc Webb and Edgar Wright....

Donald Glover Brilliantly Mocks ‘Deadpool’ Cancellation With Script Pages Taking Shots At Marvel By Ethan Anderton/March 28, 2018 8:37 am EST Over the weekend, we learned the surprising and disappointing news that both FX and Donald Glover had parted ways with the Deadpool animated series they were working on with Marvel Television. This happened despite the fact that the show had been given a straight-to-series order for 10 episodes that would have seen Donald Glover writing and executive producing the series along with his brother, Stephen Glover....

Germain’s Review Of ‘The Dark Knight Rises:’ The Conclusion Of A Now Classic Film Trilogy By Germain Lussier/July 19, 2012 9:00 am EST Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises literally brought tears to my eyes. It’s a fitting, emotional and exciting conclusion to what must now be considered one of the best cinematic trilogies in history, firmly planting its flag alongside other classic trilogies like Star Wars, Indiana Jones, The Godfather, Back to the Future and the Lord of the Rings....

International Tron Legacy Poster Reveals Kevin Flynn By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 3, 2010 3:00 pm EST Walt Disney Pictures has released a new international movie poster for Tron Legacy featuring an older Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) with a light desc. Hit the jump to see the poster in full. Click over to KinoGallery (found via FirstShowing) to see the image in high resolution. Official One Pager: TRON: LEGACY (In Disney Digital 3D™ and IMAX® 3D) WALT DISNEY PICTURES Website: Disney....

Interview: ‘The Defenders’ Showrunners Doug Petrie & Marco Ramirez On Getting The Team Together By Fred Topel/Aug. 22, 2016 8:00 am EST We first spoke with Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez by phone when they wrote and produced the second season of Daredevil. They are big fans of /Film, especially Ramirez, so when I met them in person at a Marvel Television cocktail party for the Television Critics Association, it was fun to geek out together in person....