Sony Is Ready To “Compete Against Steve Jobs” In The Battle For The New TV Set Revolution By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 11, 2011 10:30 am EST As it has been widely known and rumored for a while now, Apple has been working to revolutionize the television set. Steve Jobs’ final project was trying to create a product that would change the tv world, the same way the iphone changed the world of mobile smart phones....
Star Wars Rebels Season 4: Fewer Episodes, More Serialized Story, Ahsoka, Rogue One Connections & More By Peter Sciretta/April 24, 2017 2:00 pm EST In today’s edition of Star Wars Rebels Bits, voice actor Ashley Eckstein teases Ahsoka Tano’s possible return to Star Wars Rebels and talks about her hopes for the future of the characters, Rosario Dawson continues to campaign to play Ahsoka in a live-action movie, the final season of the DisneyXD animated series will have a reduced episode count but a more serialized story, how the final season may tie into Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, showrunner Dave Filoni talks about his aspirations to direct a live-action Star Wars standalone movie, and promises that the final season will have a more serialized continuous story arc than anything he’s done so far....
Superhero Bits: Man Of Steel, Misfits, The Avengers, X-Men First Class, Catwoman By Germain Lussier/Jan. 10, 2012 11:30 am EST Which poster won the Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance fan contest? What actor from The West Wing was just cast in Man of Steel? Why was Paul Bettany’s work on The Avengers “the best job I’ve ever had?” What could bring screenwriter Jane Goldman back for an X-Men: First Class sequel?...
Superhero Bits: The Avengers, Man Of Steel, Green Lantern, Captain America, Batman By Germain Lussier/Aug. 16, 2011 12:00 pm EST [No photo] Want your first look at the actress filling that chair in Man of Steel? How about a few views of crowds running wild during production of The Avengers? Why is Steve Rogers out of his Captain America costume? Does Batman actually like girls? What does the new animated Green Lantern look like and in what country was the live-action version #1 at the box office this weekend?...
Superhero Bits: The Dark Knight Rises, Kick-Ass 2, The Wolverine, Captain America 2, The Avengers 2, X-Men By Germain Lussier/Sept. 19, 2012 11:00 am EST When might The Dark Knight Rises be released on Blu-ray and digital download? How specifically does the script to Kick-Ass 2 differ from the comic book? Want to hear Anthony Mackie and Anna Kendrick talking Captain America: The Winter Soldier? Has a Marvel executive commented on Thanos appearing in The Avengers 2?...
This Week In Trailers: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits, The Vinyl Frontier, Munger Road, Glitch In The Grid By Christopher Stipp/Sept. 30, 2011 9:06 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?...
TNT Finds New ‘Snowpiercer’ Director In ‘Doctor Who’s James Hawes By Ben Pearson/July 10, 2018 1:30 pm EST TNT’s adaptation of Snowpiercer is barreling toward the small screen, and now it’s found a new director to keep it on the rails. Just a few days after original director Scott Derrickson turned down his option to direct extensive reshoots for the show’s pilot episode, the network has hired a new Snowpiercer director: James Hawes, a British filmmaker known for directing episodes of Doctor Who, Penny Dreadful, and more....
‘28 Weeks Later’ Helmer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo To Reboot ‘The Crow’ By Peter Sciretta/April 7, 2011 5:23 pm EST Previous rumors (from February 2011) have been confirmed: 28 Weeks Later helmer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is now set to direct The Crow reboot. Fresnadillo was once announced as the director of the Gore Verbinski-produced big screen adaptation of the popular video game series Bioshock, and just got finished directing Clive Owen in the horror/thriller Intruders....
‘Escape From New York’ Remake Rumored To Be A Prequel, New Story Details Revealed By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 2, 2016 10:30 am EST We’re coming up on 10 years of development on the Escape from New York remake that originated at New Line Cinema but now finds itself at 20th Century Fox. Over the years, we’ve seen various talents attached such as writers like Gary Whitta (Book of Eli) and Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down) involved, directors such as Brett Ratner and Breck Eisner once attached, and names like Gerard Butler and Tom Hardy thrown around to play the lead....
‘Firefly’ Friends Alan Tudyk And Nathan Fillion Reunite For Web Series ‘Con Man’ By Germain Lussier/March 11, 2015 12:15 pm EST When Alan Tudyk and Nathan Fillion go to a convention, they’re basically Kanye West and Kim Kardashian. Which is to say, they’re extremely famous and well-known, especially in that setting. They’re now using their experience with cons to transform the odd world of conventions into a web series. It’s called Con Man and will be written, directed and star Tudyk with Fillion co-starring as well as producing....
‘Pirates Of The Caribbean 5’: Prologue With ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy 2’? International Trailer Spoils Big Surprise By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 19, 2017 8:05 am EST The cross-pollination of the Disney empire will be in full effect, with a five-minute preview of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales possibly getting attached to screenings of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 when it opens in May. And while we’re here, let’s also watch the new international trailer, which reveals a huge surprise from the movie....
‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Will Address Rey’s Parentage, Though Maybe Not Definitively By Ethan Anderton/April 16, 2017 1:00 pm EST Perhaps the biggest mystery leftover from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, with the exception of Luke Skywalker’s recent past, is the question regarding the identity of Rey’s parents. Fans have debated and theorized as to whether she’s the daughter of Luke Skywalker, the estranged daughter of Han Solo and Leia Organa, a descendant of Obi-Wan Kenobi, the granddaughter of Emperor Palpatine or some random girl who just so happens to be Force sensitive....
‘Suicide Squad’ Spoiler Review: An Autopsy Of One Very Strange Misfire By Jacob Hall/Aug. 8, 2016 11:30 am EST Based on its massive box office over the weekend, chances are strong that you’ve seen David Ayer’s Suicide Squad. And based on how everyone is screaming about it, chances are just as strong that you have an opinion about it. I’m not sure what to make of Suicide Squad, a movie that feels compromised from frame one, constantly confused about what it wants to be....
‘The Good Dinosaur’ May Ruin Pixar’s Profitable Box Office Performance Record By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 8, 2015 8:30 am EST It looks like The Good Dinosaur is about to do something unprecedented for Pixar Animation, but it’s not something to be happy about. Analysts believe the Thanksgiving release from the revered animation studio is shaping up to be their first box office failure, as the film just doesn’t seem to be garnering the interest from audiences that Pixar films normally do....
13 Filmmakers We Want To Finish Directing Lucasfilm’s Han Solo Movie By /Film Staff/June 21, 2017 11:30 am EST Yesterday brought the shocking news that directing duo Phil Lord & Chris Miller had been let go from the Star Wars spin-off focusing on a young Han Solo played by Alden Ehrenreich. At first, only creative differences were cited, but since then we’ve heard more specific details about why the acclaimed and respecting directing team were removed from the project with three weeks of principal photography left on the schedule....
15 Movies To Be Thankful For This Year By Angie Han/Nov. 25, 2015 8:00 am EST Come Thursday, many of us, like many of you, will find ourselves around a dinner table with our distant relatives, reflecting on what we’re grateful for in our lives. But before we get to that, we thought we’d take a moment to think about the films we’re thankful for this year. This isn’t a list of our favorite films of the year, or the best films of the year (though some of them are that, too)....
Alt-Right Group Takes Credit For ‘The Last Jedi’ Rotten Tomatoes Backlash [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 21, 2017 9:30 am EST Update: Via Variety, Rotten Tomatoes says that bots were not responsible for skewing the Last Jedi score: For ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi,’ we have seen an uptick in people posting written user reviews, as fans are very passionate about this movie and the franchise. […] The authenticity of our critic and user scores is very important to Rotten Tomatoes and as a course of regular business, we have a team of security, network, social and database experts who closely monitor our platforms....
Biopics: Lindsay Lohan As Elizabeth Taylor; Taylor Swift Could Be Joni Mitchell; Malin Akerman Doubts Her Linda Lovelace Film Will Happen By Russ Fischer/April 23, 2012 3:30 pm EST In the past few weeks, biopics have been the source of the weirdest casting news. Ashton Kutcher is playing Steve Jobs, and Jane Fonda is playing Nancy Reagan. Now a casting choice that seemed like a PR stunt when first mentioned — Lindsay Lohan playing Elizabeth Taylor in a Lifetime movie — has come to pass, while Taylor Swift is said to be lining up to play folk and feminist icon Joni Mitchell....
Blake Lively To Play Carrie Bradshaw In ‘Sex And The City’ Prequel ‘The Carrie Diaries’? By Adam Quigley/Feb. 8, 2011 7:30 am EST Sex and the City 2 was a disappointment at the box office, failing to live up to the shockingly high gross of its predecessor. Rather than let the series die, HBO Films is reportedly looking into taking the tried-and-true route that so many franchises have opted for before: Making a prequel....
David O. Russell To Write/Direct Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 8, 2010 5:26 pm EST Sony has confirmed that David O. Russell (Three Kings, I Heart Huckabees, The Fighter) is signed on to write and direct a film based on the PlayStation 3 game Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune. Back in June 2009, Sony hired screenwriter Kyle Ward to pen an adaptation, but Ward’s deal fell apart at the last minute because Sony were unwilling to wait around, possibly as long as a year, as Ward was contractually obligated to pen Hitman 2....
