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‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Trailer: The Webslinger Expands Into Animation By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 9, 2017 10:42 am EST Right now fans are enjoying the most recent iteration of Spider-Man played by Tom Holland being part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But Sony Pictures is still doing everything they can to milk the rights to all of the characters from the webslinger’s comic book universe in every other form. There’s a Venom spin-off in production right now, Silver and Black focusing on Silver Sable and Black Cat (which may launch a female Spider-Man universe), and even a Morbius the Living Vampire movie....

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Bits: More Khan Talk, IMAX Footage, ‘Star Trek 4’ By Angie Han/Dec. 14, 2012 5:31 pm EST It’s been a big week for Star Trek Into Darkness news, and it’s still not over. We’ve rounded up a few more updates after the jump: Benedict Cumberbatch continues to insist he’s not Khan … but Zachary Quinto may have let that detail slip Alex Kurtzman talks villains, Damon Lindelof discusses 3D Over 40 minutes of Star Trek Into Darkness will be in IMAX The stars discuss whether they’ll be back for Star Trek 4 and beyond Actor Benedict Cumberbatch has been steadfastly denying the Khan rumors, but in recent interviews has gone one step further by explaining more about this John Harrison fellow:...

‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ Sequel Is Pursuing ‘Don’t Breathe’ Director Fede Alvarez By Jacob Hall/Nov. 3, 2016 7:30 am EST It’s been five years since The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo failed to kickstart a franchise, doing solid business at the international box office while leaving audiences divided. David Fincher’s take on Stieg Larsson’s bestselling novel was icy, cruel, and deliberately anticlimactic, a deconstructive thriller programmed to dodge expectation and decimate the satisfaction that usually accompanies mystery stories....

After ‘Batman V Superman’ Under Performs, Warner Bros. May Release Less Risky Movies Overall By Ethan Anderton/April 6, 2016 2:30 pm EST Even though Warner Bros. Pictures recently said they weren’t concerned with the box office drop that Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice saw in its second weekend, dropping 81% Friday-to-Friday and 68% in the overall weekend, a new report seems to indicate otherwise. Despite the fact that the DC Comics film crossed $700 million worldwide as of yesterday, the movie is not doing as well as the studio hoped, and then there’s a chance that the film may not even cross $1 billion....

Cool Stuff: Ian Glaubinger’s ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Hoth Poster; See Early Sketches By Germain Lussier/Sept. 24, 2014 5:00 am EST Figuratively and literally, the Hoth location in The Empire Strikes Back is cool. It’s only in the film for a few minutes, but the ice battle on Hoth has created some of our most enduring images from the entire Star Wars saga. In fact, it’s so important, rumor has it J....

Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts On Why Most Video Game Movies Suck By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 23, 2017 8:00 am EST Yesterday, Kong: Skull Island director Jordan Vogt-Roberts gave us an extensive Metal Gear Solid movie update. Today, I want to share another part of that conversation: I asked Jordan why most video game movies suck. It’s a question that this video game fanatic and film director has thought long and hard about, and he has some thoughts on the matter....

Gary Whitta Talks ‘Starlight’, ‘Rogue Trooper’ And ‘The Last Starfighter’ By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 27, 2015 9:00 am EST Today is the last installment of our extensive interview with screenwriter Gary Whitta (Book of Eli, After Earth). Promoting the pre-order of his first novel, Abomination, Whitta talked to us not only about his career thus far, but the future and unproduced projects that haven’t happened. Today in the fifth and final installment which primarily focuses on some of the screenwriter/producer’s future projects, including a big screen adaptation of Kick-Ass/Wanted creator Mark Millar’s Starlight, an adaptation of the 2000AD comic Rogue Trooper that Gary is trying to bring to the big screen (we even get an EXCLUSIVE look at some concept art that has been created for the movie), and we check in with the progress on trying to secure rights to The Last Starfighter remake....

How A 1937 Shirley Temple Movie Influenced The ‘Star Wars’ Universe By Bryan Young/May 9, 2018 7:00 am EST (Welcome to The Movies That Made Star Wars, a series where we explore the films that inspired George Lucas’ iconic universe. In this edition: the family classic Heidi.) 1937 saw the release of Heidi, a classic film starring Shirley Temple and directed by the legendary silent film maker Allan Dwan. Temple, a box-office powerhouse, stars as a young orphan girl sent to live with her gruff, malcontent grandfather....

International Tron Legacy Poster: Beau Garrett As Jem By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 26, 2010 1:00 am EST A Hungarian movie poster for Disney’s Tron: Legacy has appeared online on kinopoisk.ru, focusing on Beau Garrett’s character Jem, one of four programs known as Sirens. The Sirens operate the Grid Game armory, equipping combatants with the armor needed to compete in the games. Jem is the lead Siren. Beau told JustJared at Comic-Con that she “felt sexy but also claustrophobic” in the suit....

J.J. Abrams Won’t Let Fan Outcry Impact His Vision For ‘Star Wars: Episode 9’ By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 17, 2018 1:00 pm EST Following the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, there was plenty of fan outcry from those who did not like the direction that Rian Johnson took with this latest trilogy of films in the sci-fi saga. Some of the complaints stemmed from sexist, bigoted fans who were upset at how prominent certain female characters were featured, but other criticism came in the form of certain story points, character arcs and creative decisions....

Lawrence and Jonathan Kasdan On Writing Han Solo’s Origin And Figuring Out The Kessel Run [Interview] By Peter Sciretta/May 25, 2018 9:00 am EST A couple weeks ago, I sat down with screenwriters Lawrence Kasdan and Jonathan Kasdan to talk about Solo: A Star Wars Story. I learned how this movie started as a germ of an idea from George Lucas and we talked about how some of the deeper cut references and easter eggs were developed, their approach to these characters, and how they came to design the infamous Kessel Run....

Mankind & Monsters: Ranking The Films Of Guillermo Del Toro By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 29, 2015 8:00 am EST Director Guillermo del Toro is a master of blending fantasy with reality. He takes the world of the supernatural and makes it feel all too genuine, sometimes forcing us to question what we call reality. But sometimes, del Toro also uses monsters and myths to show the resilience of mankind in the face of threats greater than ourselves....

Marvel’s Not Enough - Disney Also Acquires Stake In Stan Lee’s POW By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 3, 2010 4:12 pm EST Batman and Super Mario aren’t the only icons to have their own POW! Apparently an acronym for Purveyors of Wonder, Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment are an output for “new characters and franchises” created by The Man in recent years. At the same time as locking up their acquisition of Marvel this past Thursday, the Disney board also agreed to take on 10% of POW!...

Netflix’s ‘A Series Of Unfortunate Events’ Is “Shockingly Dark,” Says Neil Patrick Harris By Jack Giroux/Dec. 13, 2016 6:30 am EST Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events gets dark. While director Brad Silberling’s film stayed mostly faithful to the tone of the 13-part series, you can feel his 2004 adaptation sometimes holding back, and earlier cuts of the movie were apparently much darker. Author Daniel Handler’s books have a sense of humor, but the jokes aren’t always as broad as what we saw in the movie or what we saw in the previews for Netflix’s new series....

Sequel Bits: ‘Captain America’, ‘Red 2’, ‘Star Trek’, ‘Atlas Shrugged’, ‘Despicable Me 2’, ‘Kick-Ass 2’ By Angie Han/March 28, 2013 9:00 am EST That third Atlas Shrugged you didn’t ask for is on the way. Also after the jump: Who wants to be an extra in Captain America? Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks up Red 2 and Jack Ryan Here’s what Al Pacino will look like in Despicable Me 2 Check out another new Star Trek Into Darkness image Kick-Ass 2 reveals some kick-ass character posters G....

Sequel Bits: ‘Puppet Master’, ‘Men In Black’, ‘It Chapter 2’, ‘Doom’, And More By Chris Evangelista/May 10, 2018 4:00 am EST In this edition of sequel bits: Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich coming this August Chris Hemsworth offers an update on that Men In Black reboot Andy Muscheitti says It: Chapter 2 will be even scarier than the first Hey, they’re making a new Doom movie, I guess! Jason Statham teases a Meg franchise Chris Pratt interviews his Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom co-stars A Hotel Transylvania 3 sneak peak is here, if you want that sort of thing Oh good, here comes Peter Rabbit 2 The new Mamma Mia!...

Sequel Bits: ‘The Muppets 2’, ‘The Raid 2’, ‘Transformers 4’, ‘Anchorman 2’, ‘Unbreakable’, ‘The Godfather’, ‘Trick ‘R Treat’, ‘A Good Day To Die Hard’ By Angie Han/Dec. 28, 2012 6:00 am EST After the jump: Christoph Waltz might appear in The Muppets 2 after all Has Transformers 4 replaced Brenton Thwaites with Jack Reynor? Berandal (a.k.a. The Raid 2) announces new cast members Walton Goggins promises to be funny in G....

Star Wars Bits: David Prowse (Kinda) Talks ‘Force Awakens’, Mark Hamill’s Facial Hair, Star Wars Bar By Angie Han/Oct. 29, 2015 3:00 pm EST I was raised to do one thing… and that’s serve up Star Wars Bits. After the jump: David Prowse has zero interest in Star Wars: The Force Awakens What does “I will finish what you started” really mean? The Force Awakens trailer gets meme-d, of course Ooh and ahh over a stunning Star Wars Newsweek cover Was the destruction of Alderaan justified?...

Streaming Bits: Netflix Says Theater Owners Might Kill Movies, Plus ‘Dexter,’ ‘House Of Cards,’ HBO For Cord-Cutters By Russ Fischer/Oct. 28, 2013 4:30 pm EST Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos raised some eyebrows this weekend when he claimed that movie theater owners are the ones threatening to kill the movie business. Their refusal to innovate with day and date releases for big movies in theaters and on digital is stifling the industry....

The Last Temptation Of Skywalker: The “Blasphemy” Of ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Illuminates A Martin Scorsese Masterpiece By Bryan Young/July 18, 2018 7:00 am EST (Welcome to The Movies That Made Star Wars, a series where we explore the films that inspired or help us better understand George Lucas’s iconic universe. In this edition: The Last Temptation of Christ.) Roger Ebert famously called movies machines of empathy. He said that you can watch a film and walk in the shoes of another person and see what their plight was like and feel it for yourself....