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General Zod Confirmed As Villain In Zack Snyder’s Superman By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 4, 2010 3:33 pm EST Earlier today news hit that Zack Snyder is in final talks to direct the Christopher Nolan-produced David Goyer-scripted Superman movie for Warner Bros. And while everyone has an opinion on Snyder as a director on this project, I’m still wondering what is the pitch. Four years ago Goyer was quoted as saying that he doesn’t think he’d “ever be good to write Superman because it is the opposite… [the interviewer says “he’s angst free”] Yeah....

George R.R. Martin Says The Next ‘A Song Of Ice And Fire’ Book May Be Out This Year By Jacob Hall/Jan. 11, 2017 2:30 pm EST It’s been a year since George R.R. Martin offered an update on the sixth novel in his A Song of Ice and Fire series, the source material for HBO’s Game of Thrones. Since then, the television adaptation has sprinted past the events of the books, taking fans into unexplored territory far beyond the events of A Dance With Dragons, which was published back in 2011....

James Gunn Fired As Director Of ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy 3’ [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 20, 2018 2:14 pm EST Update #2: Gunn has issued another apology in the wake of his firing. You can read it in full below.Update: Gunn will no longer appear in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con tonight, as originally planned. Read more below.James Gunn will no longer be directing Guardians of the Galaxy 3. After helming the first two wildly successful Guardians of the Galaxy movies, Marvel has fired Gunn in the wake of the filmmaker’s old, polarizing tweets that have resurfaced on the internet....

Marvel’s Latest Rumor: ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ In Development By Russ Fischer/Aug. 4, 2011 1:20 pm EST The weird and cosmic corners of the Marvel Comics Universe are slowly being explored on film, thanks to Thor, and are rumored as the playgrounds for future films such as Doctor Strange. Now one of the weirder teams in Marvel history, the Guardians of the Galaxy, which in one incarnation sports an intelligent raccoon as a member, might be getting a film of its own....

On Sponsored Posts And /Film’s Editorial Policies - Update: Away We Go By David Chen/June 24, 2009 5:58 pm EST Update From Peter Sciretta: Hey guys, What a day… All of this went down right before I boarded a plane, and I just got to my hotel and would like to offer an additional update. I would like to say first off that I deeply regret that our actions may have cast any sort of disparaging light on Focus Features, Away We Go or the filmmakers in anyway....

Real Navy SEALS Had “Free Reign” On Set Of ‘Lone Survivor’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 15, 2013 1:00 pm EST Normally, the director has 100% final say on a film set. He’s the man. However, that was not the case on the set of Lone Survivor. Director Peter Berg and producer/star Mark Wahlberg were so committed to realism on the set, they hired several Navy SEALs as advisors and told them they could stop filming or call B....

Rumor: Michael B. Jordan To Play Boba Fett In Delayed Spin-Off By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 10, 2015 11:00 am EST Due the box-office fallout and reported behind-the-scenes trouble on the reboot of Fantastic Four, director Josh Trank ended up being removed from the next installment of the Star Wars Story spin-off series of films. The film was rumored to focus on Boba Fett, but it has now been pushed back in favor of Phil Lord & Chris Miller’s spin-off following Han Solo instead....

Shane Black Reveals The Main Character In ‘The Predator’ And Sorry, It’s Not Arnold Schwarzenegger By Jacob Hall/June 10, 2016 10:00 am EST There are many reasons why the original Predator is an all-timer, but chief among them is its cast of human characters. For most of its first act, the alien hunter remains hidden and we watch as Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Dutch and his team of soldiers are firmly established as unstoppable, untouchable, and entirely believable killing machines....

Shout! Factory Acquires Roger Corman’s Library Of 270 B-Movies By Chris Evangelista/March 15, 2018 4:30 pm EST Shout! Factory has snapped up the rights to 270 films from B-movie master Roger Corman. This deal will enable Shout! Factory to not only redistribute the films on Blu-ray, but also reboot certain titles into new films. Time for the million dollar Slumber Party Massacre reboot! More on the Shout! Factory Roger Corman Library deal below....

Star Trek London Press Conference: Part Two By Brendon Connelly/April 22, 2009 6:00 am EST On the afternoon of the UK Star Trek premiere, Paramount laid on a press conference in the Mirror room of Claridges to pit JJ Abrams and lead cast against (as conference referee Mark Dolan had it) “the members of Her Majesty’s Press.” We have already started coverage of the event (read part one here), but here is the next juicy installment....

Superhero Bits: Guardians Of The Galaxy 2 Box Office, Wonder Woman Weight Loss Bars & More By Ethan Anderton/May 8, 2017 5:00 pm EST How much did Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 make in its first US weekend at the box office? Is Agents of SHIELD coming back for another season? How was the creator of Rocket Raccoon saved by the character himself from having to live in a nursing home for the rest of his life?...

Tenth Anniversary Fantastic Fest Programming Includes ‘The Babadook’ And ‘Tusk’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 5, 2014 8:45 am EST 2014 marks the tenth year of Fantastic Fest, and also the re-opening of the South Lamar location of the Alamo Drafthouse. The team has announced the first programming for Fantastic Fest X (or #FFX) with much more to come. The first round includes one of our Sundance faves, The Babadook (above), along with the US premiere of Kevin Smith’s Tusk, and the debut of V/H/S/ Viral....

The 10 Best Lucasfilm Movies (Excluding Star Wars And Indiana Jones) By Germain Lussier/Jan. 26, 2015 8:00 am EST When you think Lucasfilm, you probably think of two things: Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Both creations of filmmaker George Lucas, those two franchises put Lucasfilm on the map and made the company what is today: an entity that cost Disney $4 billion. But Lucasfilm isn’t only Star Wars and Indiana Jones....

The Best TV Shows & Movies Coming To Netflix In September 2018 By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 22, 2018 11:30 am EST Rejoice! Summer is almost over! Time for cooler weather, and, as usual, new titles on Netflix. September brings even more Netflix originals, but there’s plenty of other titles as well. Next month you can catch Black Panther, The Witch, Unforgiven, BoJack Horseman Season 5, and more. Check out the best new TV shows and movies coming to Netflix in September 2018....

This Week In Trailers: The Problem With Apu, I Am Not A Witch, Bad Lucky Goat, A River Below, Sylvio By Christopher Stipp/Oct. 14, 2017 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: Yellow Submarine, Apartment 143, Breathing (Atmen), Entrance, Bonsai, Olympia By Christopher Stipp/May 5, 2012 10:00 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: 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?...

TV Bits: ‘Louie’ References Woody Allen In New Teaser, Plus: ‘Damages’, ‘Episodes’, ‘Dexter’, ‘Holliston’ By Angie Han/April 18, 2012 5:00 pm EST Fans of FX’s Louie will no doubt be thrilled to check out this unrevealing but artsy teaser for the show’s third season, but it’s Showtime that steals most of the spotlight in today’s TV Bits. The premium cable network has a new poster for Episodes, a new teaser for Homeland, and possibly even a new love interest for Dexter....

Warner Bros. Shifts Release Dates For ‘Scooby-Doo’ Reboot, ‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’, And More By Ben Pearson/May 4, 2017 4:30 pm EST Winds of change must be blowing in Burbank, because Warner Bros. has shifted a ton of release dates for films on the studio’s upcoming slate. The Scooby-Doo reboot and WB’s own clash of the titans, Godzilla vs. Kong, are just a couple of the films caught in the crossfire. Break out your red pens and prepare to update your calendars....

‘A Wrinkle In Time’ Review: Ava DuVernay Delivers A Unique And Admirable Mess By Josh Spiegel/March 7, 2018 9:01 am EST Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time represents a long-overdue milestone being passed. The fact that the film’s director, Ava DuVernay of Selma and 13th, is the first woman of color to helm a Hollywood film with a budget over $100 million is remarkable; that it took the industry until 2018 to allow this barrier to be broken is unforgivable....

‘Carol’ And ‘Bridge Of Spies’ Lead The 2016 BAFTA Nominations By Jacob Hall/Jan. 8, 2016 7:30 am EST For those who follow and obsess over the Hollywood awards season, the British Academy Film Awards are often a breath of fresh air. Or a surprising curveball. A bucket of water to face. Seeing how the film tastes across the Atlantic diverge and converge with American opinions is often fascinating. Plus, the BAFTAs set aside a few categories to focus exclusively on British films and filmmakers, which always allows for some very interesting, very surprising films to step into the spotlight....