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A Movie Theater Playground Is Happening Because Everything Is Awful By Jacob Hall/March 7, 2017 12:30 pm EST Have you ever sat in a theater and glanced left, and then right, and then cradled your chin in thoughtful contemplation and wondered if the moviegoing experience would be improved by playground equipment? Well, wonder no longer! Thanks to one theater chain, full-blown play areas for children are now a thing in a handful of auditoriums around the world, including a few in Southern California....

Costume Designer: Seeing Kylo Ren’s Mask Destroyed Was “Like Going From Obama To Trump” By Jacob Hall/Dec. 19, 2017 11:30 am EST A lot has been written about how Star Wars: The Last Jedi is a major shift from the previous films in the series. But long before the fans felt that whiplash, someone else did – the crew. We sat down with costume designer Michael Kaplan and he explained how going from J....

Dreamworks Issues Casting Call For Real Steel By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 4, 2010 4:00 pm EST Disney’s Touchtone Pictures and DreamWorks’ have issued a public casting call, searching for the lead role for Shawn Levy’s futuristic robot boxing movie Real Steel. The film, set to hit theaters on November 18th 2011, tells the story of a father and his estranged 11-year-old son who enter the world of robotic boxing. You see, in the future, human boxing has been outlawed, replaced with sports combat between human-trained 2000-pound heavy steel robots....

Film News, Deals, Rumors, And Other Things We Missed Or Sneezed At By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 30, 2008 8:11 pm EST The G.I. Joe casting news marches on, blankly. The main villain in the film, the silver-headed Destro, will be played by theater actor David Murray [iesb.net], previously seen in Batman Begins as…“Jumpy Thug.” A face you will recognize, actor Dennis Quaid’s, is now set for General Hawk, the unkempt elder leader of the Joes....

Gus Fring Is Busy In This ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 4 Teaser By Chris Evangelista/June 26, 2018 9:30 am EST Better Call Saul, the Breaking Bad spin-off that’s somehow become better than Breaking Bad, returns for its fourth season this summer. In anticipation of the approaching season, a new Better Call Saul season 4 teaser has arrived to let you know that drug lord Gus Fring is very, very busy....

Harry Potter’s Interactive Wands Let Muggles Perform Magic In Diagon Alley By Peter Sciretta/June 23, 2014 10:00 am EST So far I’ve written about the two new rides in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter’s Diagon Alley expansion: Harry Potter and the Escape From Gringotts and the Hogwarts Express. But one of the coolest additions to Universal Orlando’s The Wizarding World of Harry Potter isn’t a ride, store, food, drink or show — it is an experience....

Iron Man 2 To Be Released In IMAX By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 14, 2010 12:09 pm EST Marvel Entertainment has announced that Iron Man 2 will be released in IMAX theaters. Sadly, no footage was shot using IMAX cameras, so the entire film will be presented using the digitally remastered blow-up process (which I’ve never been a fan of). You can read the full press release after the jump. MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT AND PARAMOUNT PICTURES’ IRON MAN 2 TO BE RELEASED TO SELECT IMAX® THEATRES ON MAY 7, 2010 Follow-up to the 2008 Blockbuster to get IMAX Treatment Los Angeles, CA – January 14, 2010, – IMAX Corporation (NASDAQ: IMAX; TSX: IMX), Marvel Entertainment and Paramount Pictures today announced that the highly-anticipated action-adventure Iron Man 2, directed by Jon Favreau and starring Robert Downey, Jr....

Is Matt Reeves Rebooting ‘The Batman’ Without Ben Affleck? By Chris Evangelista/June 12, 2018 7:30 am EST Matt Reeves has been working on bringing The Batman to screen for over a year now, and yet we’re still not quite sure what’s going on with the film. Now, a new report indicates that Reeves will be completely rebooting the latest Bat-flick as a standalone movie, and that Ben Affleck’s days of playing the Caped Crusader are over....

Jamie Foxx Will Star In The ‘Spawn’ Reboot For Director Todd McFarlane By Chris Evangelista/May 29, 2018 12:24 pm EST That long-gestating Spawn reboot is finally happening, and it’s found its lead: Jamie Foxx. Foxx will star as Al Simmons, a CIA black ops member who dies and ends up in Hell, only to be sent back to earth as a demonic warrior. Spawn comic creator Todd McFarlane is helming the film....

The Age of Innocence On the surface, Martin Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence seems like an outlier. A gorgeous costume drama free of most of Scorsese’s on-screen depictions of violence and vice, Innocence catches you off guard. But Scorsese one claimed Age of Innocence to be “the most violent” film he ever made. In an interview with Roger Ebert, Scorsese said: “What has always stuck in my head is the brutality under the manners....

Sequel Bits: ‘Star Trek 3,’ ‘Anchorman 2,’ ‘Conjuring 2,’ ‘Rounders 2,’ ‘22 Jump Street,’ ‘Finding Dory’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 6, 2013 3:30 pm EST Only one day has passed but there’s already another rumored front runner for the Star Trek 3 directing gig: Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Rupert Wyatt. Read about that, and lots more, in this edition of Sequel Bits: A rumored plot has been revealed for a sequel to The Conjuring....

Star Wars Bits: Captain Phasma’s Backstory, ‘Han Solo’ Status Update, And Billie Lourd Remembers Carrie Fisher, And More By Lucas Siegel/Aug. 4, 2017 6:30 am EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Gwendoline Christie got much deeper with Captain Phasma. Everything’s fine here with the Han Solo movie, how are you? Billie Lourd talks working with, and life after, Carrie Fisher. And much more… Gwendoline Christie must’ve gotten some coaching from the Lucasfilm team, because at TCAs she’s been uncharacteristically open about her role as Captain Phasma in Star Wars: The Last Jedi....

Star Wars Bits: Constable Zuvio, Verizon’s BB-8 Commercial, The Meaning Behind Episode 7’s Secret Production Name And More By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 16, 2015 1:00 pm EST In today’s edition of Star Wars Bits, we’ll talk about the following: First look at Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Constable Zuvio. Watch Verizon’s new commercial featuring Chewbacca and BB-8. John Williams has finished recording the Force Awakens score. Learn why the secret film production name for Episode VII was “Avco”....

Star Wars Bits: Episode VII Films In Ireland, Harrison Ford Walking Again Plus Rebels And EU By Germain Lussier/Aug. 1, 2014 6:00 am EST Star Wars Episode VII, specifically the filming of it, is the focus of this edition of Star Wars Bits. Below, read about the following. Harrison Ford is off his crutch and shoot resume Star Wars Episode VII filming soon. Mark Hamill and Daisy Ridley have been filming Star Wars Episode VII on Skellig Michael in Ireland… …and we have exclusive images of how the locals are capitalizing on the shoot....

Steven Moffat Continues His Obsession With Doomed Time Travel Romance, Will Adapt ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’ For HBO By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 1, 2018 3:15 pm EST Steven Moffat can’t get away from making shows about time travelers, just like Rachel McAdams can’t get away from playing their wives. But McAdams likely won’t be starring in HBO’s series adaptation of The Time Traveler’s Wife, which Moffat is on board to develop. It’s familiar terrain for the former showrunner and writer of the U....

The Best Movies We Saw At The 2017 Tribeca Film Festival By Jamie Righetti/May 4, 2017 9:30 am EST Another Tribeca Film Festival has come and gone, bringing a new slew of films you should look out for. This year’s festival was particularly jam-packed, with some incredible special events, including a 25th anniversary screening of Reservoir Dogs (using Quentin Tarantino’s personal 35mm copy) and cast panel, talks with industry legends such as Tom Hanks, Kathryn Bigelow and Dustin Hoffman, VR showcases, the premiere of The Handmaid’s Tale, and the literal godfather of all events, an all-day screening of The Godfather and The Godfather II with the cast and director Francis Ford Coppola assembled for a 45th anniversary retrospective panel and reunion to close out the festival....

The Menu For Disney World’s New ‘Indiana Jones’ Bar Is Filled With Fun References By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 21, 2015 1:40 pm EST The Indiana Jones themed “Jock Lindsey’s Hangar Bar” is set to tomorrow (September 22nd 2015) at Walt Disney World’s revamped Downtown Disney, now called Disney Springs. This brand new lounge will feature small plates and unique cocktails with an “expansive bar with aviation decor and have seating for 150 guests....

Theme Park Bits: More ‘Avatar’ Land Details, Universal’s Crazy New Waterpark System, And ‘Rivers Of Light’ Finally Arrives By Jacob Hall/Feb. 12, 2017 8:00 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Pandora: The World of Avatar rides teased at new website. Universal’s Volcano Bay reveals more about their “Taputapu” line-skipping system. Beauty and the Beast is heading to Disney parks and Disney cruises. The Tower of Terror ride is starting to look more and more like Guardians of the Galaxy… The long-awaited Rivers of Light show is opening this month at Animal Kingdom....

TV Bits: ‘Dexter’, ‘Boardwalk Empire’, ‘The Big C’, ‘Battle Royale’, ‘Dr. Horrible’, ‘American Horror Story’ By Angie Han/July 31, 2012 10:00 am EST Death is in the air in this edition of TV Bits, which involves a full-time gangster, a serial killer, an aspiring supervillain, a cancer patient, a clutch of murderous teens, and probably a ghost or two. After the jump: Dexter gets a new TV spot titled “The Beginning” Check out a trailer for Boardwalk Empire Season 3 Showtime’s The Big C will end after Season 4 The CW president talks Selection and Battle Royale Dr....

TV Bits: Read The ‘House Of Leaves’ TV Show Pilot; Ron Howard Will Helm ‘68 Whiskey’; Ava DuVernay’s ‘Central Park Five’ Adds Cast And More By Chris Evangelista/July 11, 2018 4:00 am EST In this edition of TV Bits: You can now read Mark Z. Danielewski’s pilot script for a House of Leaves TV show. Ava DuVernay’s Central Park Five adds new cast members. Adam Devine joins Danny McBride’s new HBO show....