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Sam Mendes In Talks To Direct ‘Bond 24’ [Updated] By Russ Fischer/May 28, 2013 2:45 pm EST Skyfall was a smash, and naturally EON Productions, MGM and Sony want to get a new James Bond film rolling with all due speed. All the companies involved want to get their money’s worth out of Daniel Craig while they’ve got him. The Bond machine doesn’t move quickly, however, and it’s no easy task to choose the path for the new installment of a franchise that is 50 years old and almost two dozen films along....

Sequel Bits: ‘Zoolander 2’, ‘Magic Mike XXL’, ‘Starship Troopers’, ‘Heroes Reborn’, ‘Allegiant’ By Angie Han/April 30, 2015 7:00 am EST Today’s Sequel Bits has a bit of everything: Tons of casting news, some cute set photos, and a bunch of red-hot posters. After the jump: Lifetime’s The Omen sequel Damien moves to A&E An Absolutely Fabulous movie will shoot this year Heroes Reborn picks up The 100 and True Blood alums Jeff Daniels boards the train for the Divergent sequels Common and Deon Cole line up for Barbershop 3 Starship Troopers could be headed to the small screen See the photos from the set of Inferno in Venice Ogle a series of Magic Mike XXL character posters Justin Bieber will make a cameo in Zoolander 2 Lifetime’s The Omen series sequel Damien is moving to A&E, and it’s picked up four more episodes along the way....

This Is Not Your Father’s Star Trek - Reflections On The Series And On JJ Abrams’ New Film By David Chen/May 7, 2009 3:53 pm EST [While this review is spoiler-free, please assume the comments section is not] For me, the release of a new Star Trek film is an emotional event. As a longtime fan of the show, I still remember my theatergoing experience in 2002, when I saw Stuart Baird’s Star Trek: Nemesis during its initial release....

This Week In Trailers: Sensation, They Grow Up, City State, The Taqwacores By Christopher Stipp/Oct. 15, 2010 5:00 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?...

This Week In Trailers: X, Two Gates Of Sleep, Louder Than A Bomb, Snowtown, Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry, William And Kate: The Movie By Christopher Stipp/April 15, 2011 3:00 pm EST What is inherent in this trailer from the outset is a sense of place and emotional filth. It’s dingy and dirty and even though we’ve seen countless movies about hookers this one catches the eyes. The interstitials are fairly basic and are a little groan worthy with its attempts to be all dramatic with what it’s trying to set up but it’s the moments we’ve given that give this trailer a thrust....

TV Bits: ‘Breaking Bad’, ‘30 Rock’, ‘Girl Meets World’, ‘Girls’, ‘Enlightened’, ‘Shameless’, ‘Californication’, ‘The Walking Dead’ By Angie Han/Jan. 29, 2013 5:00 pm EST The end is nigh for 30 Rock, but fear not — the TGS gang will live on as a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor of some sort. Also after the jump: Girl Meets World casts the offspring of Cory and Topanga There might be a Malcom in the Middle reunion on Breaking Bad, kinda Girls and Enlightened episodes work around the Super Bowl with online debuts Shameless, House of Lies, Californication, Ripper Street and Banshee get renewed Glen Mazzara says to “ask AMC” why he was kicked off The Walking Dead Now, after an exhaustive casting search, producers have finally found a fit in Rowan Banchard....

Who Would Mark Hamill Want To Play Young Luke Skywalker In A ‘Star Wars’ Spin-Off? By Ethan Anderton/March 12, 2018 3:00 pm EST Currently, the future of Star Wars lies in expanding the franchise with two new series of movies. The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson is working on a new trilogy outside of the traditional Skywalker saga and Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are working on another series of movies outside of both those arenas....

You Can Watch ‘Close Encounters Of The Third Kind’ At The Devil’s Tower In Wyoming By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 21, 2017 6:00 am EST Fresh off what was dubbed an unforgettable event in honor of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the Alamo Drafthouse has yet another incredible screening experience planned, this time for a sci-fi classic that’s turning 40 this year. Close Encounters of the Third Kind is celebrating its 40th anniversary, and while we already know Steven Spielberg’s film is returning to theaters in September for the milestone anniversary, we had no idea Alamo Drafthouse was going to do something like this again to celebrate their own 20th anniversary....

You May Be Able To Buy ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Tickets And Watch A New Trailer On October 19th By Jacob Hall/Oct. 14, 2015 8:07 am EST Update: Additional details have arrived, confirming that tickets will go on sale on Monday. The details are after the jump. Fans have been eagerly anticipating the next Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer since the moment they finished watching the previous trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens....

Zombieland On Set Interview: Writers/Producers Paul Wenick And Rhett Reese By Peter Sciretta/July 8, 2009 8:58 am EST While on the set of Zombieland, I had a chance to sit down and chat with writers/producers Paul Wenick and Rhett Reese in a round-table style interview. They talk about the television origins of the project, zombies in an amusement park, a meeting with John Carpenter, Horror comedies, Zombie rules, for the love of Twinkies, possible sequel or television series, the music of the film, writing the Venom spin-off movie for Marvel, Earth vs....

/Answers: Our Favorite City-Leveling Action Scenes By /Film Staff/March 23, 2018 1:00 pm EST Every week in /Answers, we answer a new pop culture-related question. In this edition, we ask “What is your favorite movie scene where a city gets completely destroyed?” Ethan Anderton: Mars Attacks! Rather than going for realistic city destruction from a large scale disaster movie or even a more serious alien invasion action adventure, I went with the comedic decimation from 1996’s Mars Attacks!...

‘Captain America: Civil War’ Interview: Chadwick Boseman’s Black Panther Has The Worst Costume By Ethan Anderton/March 8, 2016 1:00 pm EST The newest superhero in Captain America: Civil War is Black Panther, played by 42 and Get On Up star Chadwick Boseman. The comic book character is getting his own movie later on Marvel’s future slate, but his introduction happens in this sequel as a sort of middle ground between Captain America and Iron Man, even though he ultimately sides with the latter in this conflict....

‘Captain America: Civil War’ Is Not About Superhero Registration By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 7, 2015 8:00 am EST One of the biggest story arcs to hit Marvel Comics was Civil War, an event that had an impact on the entire Marvel universe from 2006-2007. And that’s why Marvel Studios making Captain America: Civil War is such a big deal to fans of the cinematic universe. However, it seems that some haven’t figured out, or maybe just haven’t heard, that the movie will not be taking the primary catalyst for the conflict that arises between Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) and Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr....

‘Creed II’ Trailer: Michael B. Jordan Steps Back Into The Ring By Chris Evangelista/June 20, 2018 5:46 am EST Adonis Creed and Rocky Balboa are back in Creed II, the sequel to Ryan Coogler’s fantastic 2015 Rocky spin-off Creed. Also back: Rocky IV’s Ivan Drago (Dolph Lundgren) – the man who killed Adonis’ father Apollo Creed in the ring many years ago. Watch the Creed II trailer below. Creed II Trailer...

‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ Footage Description: Wolverine Travels Back In Time By Germain Lussier/July 20, 2013 9:15 pm EST Earlier this year, director Bryan Singer made headlines when he revealed the 2014 sequel to X-Men First Class, X-Men: Days of Future Past, would not only bring back the First Class cast, but most of the cast from the original trilogy too. That created all kinds of questions, even though many fans are familiar with the time travel storyline of the title....

Ben Affleck Talks About Playing Batman In ‘Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 14, 2014 9:00 am EST UPDATE: Ben Affleck is currently shooting Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. We’ve seen photos of him on set, he appeared at Comic-Con to promote it, but not much has changed in regards to his feelings. In September 2013, the actor praised the script’s unique take on the character, the work of director Zack Snyder, and discussed how he got cast – with Warner Bros....

Confirmed: New ‘Force Awakens’ Trailer On Monday, Official Poster On Sunday By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 16, 2015 6:30 am EST Just a couple days ago, a new rumor surfaced saying that tickets for Star Wars: The Force Awakens would go on sale next Monday, October 19th, and the beginning of tickets sales may also be marked with a new trailer for the sci-fi saga sequel. Details were murky as to exactly how and when this was all going down, but some more solid information on the new Force Awakens trailer release has surfaced along with tickets sales buzz and word on the official poster....

Countdown To ‘The Force Awakens’: Remembering ‘Return Of The Jedi’ By Jacob Hall/Dec. 18, 2015 7:00 am EST Star Wars: The Force Awakens is almost upon us and you know what that means… it’s time to revisit the rest of the Star Wars saga for the thousandth time (give or take a few viewings). To get through the final days leading up the biggest movie geek event of the past decade, we’re dedicating each day this week to one of the other six Star Wars movies....

Exclusive: Meet The New Toy Story 3 Character - Twitch By Peter Sciretta/March 2, 2010 8:00 am EST As you may have noticed over the past weeks, Disney has been teasing the release of Pixar’s Toy Story 3 by releasing more information, photos and video of each of the new characters, week by week. This week we have been given an exclusive look at one of the new toys from the daycare center – Twitch, who was seen briefly in the new trailer....

Exclusive Interview: ‘Simpsons’ Showrunner Al Jean On Harry Shearer’s Characters And 16 X 9 Cropping By Fred Topel/Sept. 28, 2015 10:00 am EST Al Jean may be the only other person alive who’s seen as many Simpsons episodes as I have. As showrunner for most of the series’ 27 plus year run, he only missed two years while he ran the short lived series The Critic, but still kept up with The Simpsons....