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Guardians Of The Galaxy - Mission: BREAKOUT!: Everything You Need To Know By Peter Sciretta/April 26, 2017 10:30 am EST Disneyland is getting ready to open their first Marvel attraction next month. As you know, Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT! is a retrofit of Twilight Zone’s Tower of Terror in Disney California Adventure park. Yesterday, Walt Disney Imagineering gave a hardhat tour of the ride to a bunch of journalists....

How Involved Was George Lucas In ‘Star Wars 7’ And Will He Be Involved In ‘Indiana Jones 5’? [Editor’s Blog] By Peter Sciretta/May 5, 2015 12:23 pm EST Earlier today it was confirmed that Disney is working on a fifth installment of the Indiana Jones franchise. I wondered on Twitter if creator George Lucas would be creatively involved in the next adventure, or if it would be the same kind of arrangement as the Star Wars saga....

How The ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Cast Found Out About The Film’s Tragic Ending By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 25, 2018 11:00 am EST Your parents may have told you not to get into suspicious vans, but what if it was carrying all the secrets of the Marvel Cinematic Universe? That was the situation that the Avengers: Infinity War cast found themselves in on the day they were shooting the Avengers Infinity War ending....

Is ‘Star Wars: Aftermath’ A Good Pit Stop On The Journey To ‘The Force Awakens’? By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 4, 2015 2:00 pm EST It’s officially Force Friday, and in addition to all the new toys and various goodies you can get related to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, today also brings the first official books that are part of The Journey to The Force Awakens, filling in the gap of time between Return of the Jedi and the new sequel....

Is This Why Colin Trevorrow Was Fired From ‘Star Wars Episode 9’? By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 11, 2018 12:00 pm EST The behind-the-scenes troubles at Lucasfilm have become almost a regular fixture of the entertainment news cycle. Ever since Star Wars: The Force Awakens went through extensive reshoots, it seems like Lucasfilm could not release a movie without some reports of sweeping events behind closed doors. Those reports kicked into high gear last year with the one-two punch of Phil Lord and Chris Miller getting fired from Solo: A Star Wars Story and Colin Trevorrow parting ways with Lucasfilm during the development of Star Wars Episode 9....

Kevin Smith Refuses To Do Press For ‘Red State’, Theatrical Distribution Hopes, Doesn’t Want To Release Full Length Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 29, 2010 9:00 am EST When Kevin Smith premiered a teaser trailer for his independently-financed horror film Red State last week, I was surprised to see it conclude with the promise of a “March” release. Smith later explained that he hopes to release the film in March, even though he has yet to find a distributor (Kevin told us in November that he planned to auction off the movie to the highest bidder following the premiere screening at the Sundance Film Festival), in the room)....

Oscar 2015 Predictions: What Hope Will Win, And What Probably Will By Russ Fischer/Feb. 21, 2015 11:30 am EST The year in movies for 2014 comes to (more or less) and official close this Sunday, when the 87th annual Academy Awards are given out in Hollywood. We’ve seen films rise and fall in the assumed lists of winners, with Birdman and Boyhood seeming to vie most heatedly in speculation for the top trophy....

Peter Jackson Explains Why He’s Shooting ‘The Hobbit’ At 48 Frames Per Second By Peter Sciretta/April 11, 2011 6:07 pm EST With production in full gear, The Hobbit director Peter Jackson has begun to find time to update the official facebook account. Today he published a couple production photos and an article explaining why he decided to shoot the two-part Lord of the Rings prequel in 48 frames per second, and even took the time to address the critics of this move:...

By Angie Han/Nov. 18, 2016 8:00 am EST Note: With Manchester by the Sea opening in theaters this weekend, we’re re-running our review from the Sundance Film Festival. This year’s Sundance slate is positively jam-packed with tales of family tragedy, from Other People to The Hollars to The Fundamentals of Caring to Hunt for the Wilderpeople. But grief has rarely been explored as deeply and as beautifully, at Sundance or elsewhere, as in Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea....

Superhero Bits: ‘Teen Titans GO! Figure,’ ‘Ant-Man And The Wasp’ Flashbacks Cut & More By Ethan Anderton/July 10, 2018 6:00 pm EST When does the Valiant Comics adaptation Bloodshot start shooting? Want to hear a song created for the New Mutants soundtrack? Ready to play a new Teen Titans GO! video game? Why did Ant-Man and the Wasp flashback scenes end up being cut? How did Marvel respond to the user purge on a Thanos-themed subreddit?...

Superhero Bits: Agents Of SHIELD Heads To Space, The Joker Takes Over LEGO Wayne Manor & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 26, 2017 5:00 pm EST Is Agents of SHIELD going to space for the show’s fifth season? How does Margot Robbie see Harley Quinn’s relationship with The Joker ending? Could the first trailer for Avengers: Infinity War arrive with the series premiere of Inhumans? When is a Teen Titans Go! movie coming to theaters?...

Superhero Bits: X-Men Days Of Future Past, Man Of Steel, Amazing Spider-Man 2, Thor The Dark World, Comic-Con By Germain Lussier/Feb. 15, 2013 9:30 am EST When does Henry Cavill think we’ll know real info about Justice League? Is Felicity Jones actually in The Amazing Spider-Man 2? Does Bryan Singer consider X-Men: Days of Future Past a sequel? How would Stan Lee fix the ending of Batman Begins? Want to see a bunch of girls kiss Spider-Man upside down?...

The New Yorker Profiles The Wachowskis With New Personal And Professional Details Including ‘Cloud Atlas,’ ‘The Matrix’ And ‘Cobalt Neural 9’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 4, 2012 7:00 am EST One of my all-time favorite Comic-Con memories was walking the floor, glimpsing over to a small booth in the 4000s and seeing Larry and Andy Wachowski. The writers and directors of Bound and The Matrix were just sitting there. No line, no nothing....

This Week In Trailers: See Girl Run, The Space Invaders, The Outer Edges, An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty By Christopher Stipp/April 12, 2013 4:00 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: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

This Week In Trailers: Thunder Soul, One Hundred Mornings, The Scenesters, The Bloodfest Club, Subjectvive Expressions, Año Bisiesto (Leap Year) By Christopher Stipp/May 13, 2011 1:00 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?...

Three Writers And No Director; What Does That Say About The New ‘Star Wars’ Movies? By Germain Lussier/Nov. 21, 2012 11:00 am EST Note: Until it’s announced on StarWars.com, the news of Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg writing Star Wars Episodes VIII and IX can’t be considered official, but when two Hollywood trades report on it, that’s pretty close, so this article is assuming that it’s true. For decades, film has been considered a directors medium....

Trivia: Quentin Tarantino Was Offered ‘Man From U.N.C.L.E.’, Received Career Advice From Steven Spielberg And Tony Scott After ‘Grindhouse’ By Angie Han/Nov. 16, 2012 4:40 pm EST Here’s another one to file away in the Blu-ray collection of your wildest fantasies: Quentin Tarantino’s Green Lantern. Crazy as it sounds, the filmmaker confirmed in a recent interview that he was approached for the gig, all the way back in the movie’s early stages....

Watch: Thor’s Roommate Daryl Survived The Tragic End Of ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 13, 2018 11:30 am EST There were plenty of people who didn’t survive the mighty snap of Thanos at the end of Avengers: Infinity War, but as time has gone on, we’ve learned about some of the people who didn’t turn to dust when the mad titan snapped his fingers and wiped out half of life in the entire universe....

With Your Favorite Disney Movies, Nostalgia Beats The Classics (A Not-Quite-Scientific Study) By Josh Spiegel/Aug. 16, 2017 12:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It all started with a tweet. Last week, after seeing a couple of other such tweets catch fire amidst the madness of real-world news, I posed a question to the denizens of Twitter. “What are your five favorite Disney animated films?...

‘A Cure For Wellness’ Clip: Dane DeHaan And Jason Isaacs Face Off By Jacob Hall/Jan. 25, 2017 1:00 pm EST A Cure For Wellness may be a horror movie, but I’m choosing to look at it as a tale of redemption. Redemption for director Gore Verbinski, a truly unique filmmaker who has found himself lost in the blockbuster desert for a little too long. Redemption for star Dane DeHaan, a generally very good actor who fell on his face in front of millions of people when he played Harry Osborn in The Amazing Spider-Man 2....