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Set Visit Interview: A Nightmare On Elm Street Star Jackie Earle Haley By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 22, 2010 11:00 am EST Back in June, I has a chance to visit the set of Platinum Dunes remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street with a group of online journalists. This week we will be publishing the interviews we conducted on the set of the movie. After the jump you can read the short interview with actor Jackie Earle Haley, who plays Freddy Krueger in the film....

Superhero Bits: The Amazing Spider-Man, The Dark Knight Rises, The Avengers, Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance, X-Men First Class 2 By Germain Lussier/Nov. 18, 2011 2:30 pm EST Want to read an in-depth interview with Joss Whedon about preparing The Avengers? How about vote on the reveal of a character from The Dark Knight Rises? Which major company now controls the merchandising rights to The Amazing Spider-Man? Want to poke and prod around Deadpool’s head?...

Superhero Bits: Thor: The Dark World, Iron Man 3, Amazing Spider-Man, Dark Knight Rises, Watchmen, Man Of Steel By Germain Lussier/Jan. 31, 2013 2:00 pm EST What does James Franco think of The Amazing Spider-Man? Is Shailene Woodley excited to appear in the sequel? Want to see the trailer for Superman Unbound? Has Kevin Feige teased Tony Stark’s Avengers connection in Iron Man 3? Where can you buy original art from Watchmen?...

The 15 Best ‘American Horror Story’ Characters By Lindsey Romain/Sept. 19, 2017 10:00 am EST American Horror Story: Cult is currently underway, and the season is a remarkable return to form for the anthology series, which is semi-infamous for its great but occasionally hollow concepts. Still, even when the show flounders in plot, it’s an always-great showcase for actors looking to sink their teeth into meaty roles. Cult sees the return of AHS veterans like Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters, who are turning in career-best performances as the trauma and phobia-afflicted Ally Mayfair-Richards and the maniacal Kai Anderson....

The Biggest ‘Back To The Future’ Screening Ever By Peter Sciretta/July 1, 2015 9:30 am EST Last night at the Hollywood Bowl, the record was broken for the largest Back to the Future screening. An estimated crowd of over 16,000 people watched the film on the big screen, accompanied by live orchestration. As you know, I’m a huge Back to the Future fan, so of course I was in attendance for the monumental event....

This Week In Trailers: Me And Orson Welles, I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, Pirate Radio, District 13: Ultimatum, Blind Date By Christopher Stipp/Sept. 20, 2009 8:07 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?...

‘Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Season 2 Trailer Hints At Dark Times Ahead By Angie Han/Sept. 3, 2014 12:30 pm EST This summer’s Guardians of the Galaxy was perhaps Marvel’s funniest, most colorful, most playful offering ever. But the studio’s next release looks deadly serious. ABC has just revealed the new Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2 trailer, which hints at dark times ahead for our heroes. The organization was shaken to its core last season by the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Season 2 has the team continuing to deal with the fallout....

Bryan Singer Talks ‘Man Of Steel’ And The ‘Superman Returns’ Sequel That Never Was By Angie Han/Feb. 3, 2014 12:15 pm EST Last year, Zack Snyder unveiled Man of Steel, his Superman reboot with Henry Cavill in the lead role. But had cinematic history gone a bit differently, it could very well have been Bryan Singer premiering his Man of Steel with Henry Cavill in the lead role a few years earlier....

Exclusive: Kevin Smith’s ‘Hit Somebody’ Will Film In Fall 2015, Smith Has Funding For 3 More Projects By Germain Lussier/Dec. 23, 2014 10:00 am EST Say what you will about Kevin Smith’s Tusk, but ultimately it was the spark that gave new life to the filmmaker. Just like he did in the ’90s, Smith made Tusk kind of on a whim. He and his producer Scott Mosier came up with the idea, Smith wrote it and a few months later it was being shot....

How ‘God Particle’ Became The Third ‘Cloverfield’ Movie By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 17, 2017 11:00 am EST No one expected a Cloverfield cinematic universe when the found footage movie was released in 2008. But last year, Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot pulled a fast one on audiences, dropping the trailer for 10 Cloverfield Lane mere months before the movie hit theaters. A sort of spiritual sequel to Cloverfield, 10 Cloverfield Lane was only thinly connected to the events of the first film, as it was transformed from a psychological thriller originally titled Valencia....

How ‘Twin Peaks’ Prepared Laura Dern For ‘Star Wars’ By Marshall Shaffer/Dec. 15, 2017 2:00 pm EST After a grueling day of over 12 hours of press for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Laura Dern nursed a cup of coffee and settled in for an extended chat with a very different crowd: the Film Society of Lincoln Center. The event took place at 8:00 P.M. on Thursday, December 14, meaning everyone in attendance had deliberately foregone taking in the first showing of the new Star Wars movie....

Motion Picture Academy Expels Harvey Weinstein, TV Academy Likely Next By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 16, 2017 10:30 am EST The fall-out around disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein continues. The Oscar-winning producer, who was fired from his position at the Weinstein Company following scathing reports of his history of sexual misconduct, was ousted from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences amid troubles with Weinstein’s legal team and the growing number of women accusing him of sexual assault and harassment....

Nicolas Cage On ‘Looking Glass,’ The Musical Experience Of Acting, And More [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Feb. 23, 2018 12:00 pm EST While a seedy motel run by Nicolas Cage sounds like a dream location for a honeymoon trip or a late night pitstop, that’s not the case in director Tim Hunter’s thriller, Looking Glass. The actor gives a reserved, more internalized performance in the film as Ray, who takes over running a rundown motel with his wife (Robin Tunney)....

Our Favorite Action Scenes By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 10, 2017 4:45 pm EST In honor of John Wick: Chapter 2, which hits theaters this week, we are taking a look at our favorite action scenes from movies and television history. But this isn’t just about us, it’s also about you. What did we get right? What did we get wrong? What is your favorite action scene? Leave your picks in the comments below!...

Paul Rudd Joins ‘Captain America: Civil War’ As Full Cast & Synopsis Are Revealed By Ethan Anderton/May 7, 2015 9:56 am EST Hot on the heels of this morning’s news that Emily VanCamp will be back as Agent 13 in Captain America: Civil War, Marvel Studios has announced the beginning of principal photography on the sequel. And with that comes the full cast list for the film shooting in Atlanta, Georgia before moving to Germany, Puerto Rico and Iceland....

Rian Johnson Answers A Burning ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Ending Question By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 11, 2018 3:30 pm EST In the wake of the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, there have been heated debates about the direction the Star Wars saga was taken by director Rian Johnson. Arguments range from the character arc of Luke Skywalker to the expansion (or rather evolution) of Force abilities, and the role of Supreme Leader Snoke....

Sequel Bits: ‘Sherlock Holmes 3’, ‘Goosebumps 2’, ‘Star Trek 4’, And More By Ben Pearson/March 11, 2018 9:00 am EST In this edition of Sequel Bits: Robert Downey Jr. still wants a third Sherlock Holmes movie to happen Author R.L. Stine reveals the official title of Goosebumps 2 Karl Urban has some thoughts about when Star Trek 4 is going to begin filming Karen Gillan’s hopes for Jumanji 3 All that and more!...

Sequel Bits: ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Villain Speculation And Other Talk, Plus ‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes,’ And ‘The X-Files 3’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 6, 2012 6:00 pm EST Clearly some of the biggest movie talk today involves theories on just what the Star Trek Into Darkness teaser trailer means. More specifically, what character does Benedict Cumberbatch play? Is he a version of the famous baddie Khan? A take on the classic TV enemy Gary Mitchell?...

Sicko Is The Second Highest Documentary Opening Of All Time By Peter Sciretta/July 1, 2007 1:45 pm EST The numbers are in and Michael Moore’s Sicko has made an estimated $4.5 million in it’s first weekend on just 441 screens. This is well above expectations. The Weinstein Co has plans to expand the release in the coming weeks, beginning with the addition of 200 more screens on Tuesday. And with 93% of moviegoers saying they would strongly recommend the film (according the studio’s exit polls), this film could have legs....

Star Wars Bits: Billy Dee Williams Believes He’ll Be In A Movie; Plus J.J. Abrams, Stormtroopers, Rebels, Matthew Vaughn And Celebration By Germain Lussier/Feb. 10, 2015 1:30 pm EST You’re in luck today because there’s a whole bunch of great information in this edition of Star Wars Bits. Below, read about the following. Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels and Kenny Baker are first actors confirmed for Star Wars Celebration. Matthew Vaughn would love to direct a Star Wars movie....