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Where Can You See ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Prologue With ‘Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol’ On December 16? By Germain Lussier/Dec. 2, 2011 10:30 am EST /Film readers were the first to know a 6-minute prologue to The Dark Knight Rises would be appearing exclusively in front of IMAX prints of Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol. It was then revealed the prologue wouldn’t be at all IMAX locations showing Brad Bird’s film, just the 70mm ones, which cuts the number down drastically....

What We Don’t Know: by Germain Lussier How far into the future will Episode VII be and what might it be about? This is the question of questions, isn’t it? Just because this film will take place after Return of the Jedi doesn’t necessarily mean it’ll feature the same characters. Star Wars games and novels have written extensively about the period after the ending of Jedi, dealing with the offspring of Han and Leia, Luke’s rebuilding of the Jedis, finding a love interest, and any number of other subjects....

‘Dean’: Demetri Martin’s Directing Career Gets Off To A Promising Start [Tribeca Review] By Angie Han/April 18, 2016 6:00 am EST Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a successful young(ish) creative type hits the film festival circuit with a semi-autobiographical dramedy about a somewhat less successful young(ish) creative type who struggles to pull his life together, grow up, and move on. That’s the very familiar premise of comedian Demetri Martin’s directorial debut Dean, which premiered this week at the Tribeca Film Festival....

‘Gerald’s Game’ Director Mike Flanagan On THAT Scene And Other Spoilers And Easter Eggs [Interview] By Fred Topel/Oct. 2, 2017 11:30 am EST Gerald’s Game premiered on Netflix over the weekend, so now we can talk about spoilers. If you have not yet watched the latest Stephen King adaptation, you might want to come back to this interview later, because director and co-writer Mike Flanagan discussed all the details and Easter eggs with /Film....

‘Preacher’ Review: A New Big Bad Is Introduced As The Cast Wrestles Their Demons By Alex Riviello/Aug. 1, 2017 10:30 am EST (Each week, we’re going to discussion Preacher’s season 2 by examining the differences between the original comics and AMC’s television adaptation.) Herr Starr! Everyone’s favorite sexually deviant German villain finally made his proper debut in this episode of Preacher after we were given just a small glimpse of his gloriously scarred face earlier this season....

‘Teen Spirit’ Review: Max Minghella’s Directorial Debut Lacks Pop [TIFF] By Marshall Shaffer/Sept. 15, 2018 12:00 pm EST If A Star is Born was the folk song of the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, a familiar tune brilliantly rendered by cover artist Bradley Cooper, then Teen Spirit was its pop song. The film is derivative, calibrated to appeal to a lowest-common-denominator audience … and yet admittedly catchy, even if it’s immediately recognizable as an interchangeable work....

‘Veronica Mars’ Theater Locations Announced; Tickets On Sale Next Month By Angie Han/Jan. 28, 2014 12:00 pm EST Veronica Mars fans have had March 14 circled on their calendars since last month, when Rob Thomas finally confirmed the film sequel’s release date. Now we can also start planning where we’re going to see it. AMC Theatres has just unveiled a complete list of all the locations that will be showing the film, with tickets going on sale starting next month....

Michael Bay Knows His Audience When the director is making a movie for an audience, he wants to know which specific audience, which surprised one writer on The Rock: I had a fight about the [inserted second act] car chase with one of the writers. I felt it was a way for me to help, after all this complicated setup, to help suck the younger audience back into it. I know that sounds weird, trying to make movies for demographics and whatnot, but that’s basically what it was....

2009 Academy Awards Odds: Slumdog, Rourke, Winslet, Cruz Are Favorites By Steve Mason/Feb. 15, 2009 6:59 pm EST On Sunday, the Academy Awards will be handed out at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, and there are some clear favorites. Slumdog Millionaire, the feel-good Danny Boyle Mumbai opus made for just $14M, is a heavy favorite to win Best Picture. It’s hard to imagine Slumdog missing out on Hollywood’s biggest prize, having won the Golden Globe, the BAFTA Award and just about everything in between....

Anton Yelchin And Fred Armisen Join The Smurfs By Peter Sciretta/April 5, 2010 11:13 am EST Sony Pictures Animation/Columbia Pictures has released a press release announcing the beginning of production of the big screen CGI/live action hybrid 3D adaptation of The Smurfs. The release features a couple bits of new info: Anton Yelchin (Star Trek, Terminator Salvation) has joined the voice cast to play Clumsy Smurf Fred Armisen (SNL) will voice Brainy Smurf We also get the first official plot synopsis:...

CBS Trailers: ‘MacGyver’, ‘Training Day’, Joel McHale’s ‘The Great Indoors’, Jason Katims’ ‘Pure Genius’ & More By Angie Han/May 18, 2016 5:00 pm EST Now that Supergirl’s flown over to The CW and Rush Hour’s been cancelled, what reason will you have to keep tuning into CBS this fall? The network has unleashed trailers for a slew of new shows they’re hoping will catch your eye, including a different kind of superhero show (MacGyver), another film-to-TV remake (Training Day), a new Jason Katims drama (Pure Genius), a new Joel McHale comedy (The Great Indoors), and two separate, unrelated comedies about working-class men forced to spend time at home (Kevin James’ Kevin Can Wait and Matt LeBlanc’s Man With a Plan)....

Countdown To ‘The Force Awakens’: Remembering ‘Star Wars: A New Hope’ By Jacob Hall/Dec. 16, 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....

Disney Issues Press Release Confirming J.J. Abrams For ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 25, 2013 9:10 pm EST Disney just issued the final press releasing confirming that J.J. Abrams will, indeed, be directing Star Wars Episode VII. It includes quotes from Abrams, George Lucas, Kathleen Kennedy and confirms that Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg are consulting on the film. Read it below, along with quotes from Star Wars veterans Dennis Muren, Ben Burtt and Matthew Wood....

HDTGM: A Conversation With Richard LaGravenese, Director of ‘Beautiful Creatures’ By Blake Harris/June 14, 2018 8:30 am EST Writer/Director Richard LaGravenese—best known for films like The Fisher King, The Horse Whisperer and Freedom Writers — chats with Blake about breaking into the business, encountering fan backlashes and why it “wasn’t a good decision” to adapt and direct the Twilight-like tween tale Beautiful Creatures. In February 2016, filmmaker Richard LaGravenese received the WGA’s Ian McClellan Hunter Award for Career Achievement....

Interview: ‘11.22.63’ Showrunner Bridget Carpenter On J.J. Abrams’ Advice And Stephen King Easter Eggs By Fred Topel/Feb. 15, 2016 7:30 am EST Just in time for President’s Day, Hulu brings us a time travel series about trying to prevent the Kennedy assassination. Based on the Stephen King book, 11.22.63 stars James Franco as Jake, a modern man who discovers a portal to 1960 in the back of his local diner. With a three-year head start in the past, Jake goes back and tries to stop Lee Harvey Oswald from killing John F....

Is Rotten Tomatoes Responsible For A Terrible Summer Box Office? By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 11, 2017 8:00 am EST Hollywood just had one of its worst summer seasons at the box office in 20 years. And rather than blame sequel fatigue, cinematic universe fatigue, or rapidly increasing ticket prices, executives are pointing their finger at one culprit: Rotten Tomatoes. The movie review aggregation website has been the bane of the industry — and some film critics — for years, getting accused of reducing nuanced film reviews to a good-or-bad scale....

James Gunn Interview: How Making Guardians Of The Galaxy Is Like A Nirvana Song By Peter Sciretta/July 8, 2014 10:00 am EST Question: How did you manage to convince Marvel to do an expensive PG porn?JAMES GUNN: They’re fucking crazy. It’s true, it’s true. It’s not PG porn.Starting with the sizzle that we saw this morning–GUNN: Where did you see the sizzle, from Comic-Con?We saw that and the behind the scenes....

Joel McHale Says ‘Community’ Is Done Because The Cast Is Too Expensive Now By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 4, 2015 10:00 am EST Back in June, we reported that the former NBC comedy series Community could end up getting another season at Yahoo after it was saved from cancellation and turned into a web series. However, it appears that possibility just went out the window. Series star Joel McHale recently said in an interview that the profile of the cast members has grown significantly since the series premiered six years ago, and Yahoo simply can’t afford to pay the cast what they should be earning anymore....

Mike Myers To Play Legendary Improv Comedy Coach Del Close In New Movie By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 9, 2017 3:30 pm EST When it comes to inspiration and influence, you’d be hard pressed to find someone mentioned by today’s famous comedy talents more than Del Close. You may not know the man by name, but he’s been responsible for mentoring some of the biggest names in comedy today, pushing them to see comedy as more than just a way to make people laugh....

More Information About Alamo Drafthouse’s 2010 Rolling Roadshow By Peter Sciretta/July 14, 2010 4:00 pm EST Last week, the schedule for the Alamo Drafthouse’s 2010 Rolling Road Show leaked online. The Drafthouse has now sent out an official press release with more information about the screenings and locations. Hit the jump to read more about this year’s screening tour. ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE AND THE LEVI’S® BRAND ANNOUNCE “WE ARE ALL WORKERS”- THE 2010 ROLLING ROADSHOW TOURNine Nationwide Events Provide Moviegoers the Most Unique Cinema Experience in the World SAN FRANCISCO, CA & AUSTIN, TX, July 14, 2010 – The Alamo Drafthouse and the Levi’s® brand present the 2010 Rolling Roadshow, a nationwide tour of free outdoor 35mm screening experiences pairing everyone’s favorite films with the famous locations where they were shot or set....