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UPDATED: Four Of The ‘47 Ronin’ Have Been Cast; Actors Include Hiroyuki Sanada And Tadanobu Asano By Germain Lussier/March 1, 2011 1:17 pm EST [UPDATE: This original story has been updated with an official press release, plot description, character names and high resolution cast photo. Check it all out after the jump.] With Keanu Reeves set to star in Carl Erik Rinsch’s 47 Ronin, by my math, still leaves about 46 Ronin to be cast....

Was It Worth It To Avoid Every Single ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Trailer? By David Chen/Dec. 12, 2017 10:00 am EST (This article does not mention any details of Star Wars: The Last Jedi that haven’t already been revealed in trailers and marketing materials.) During a recent visit to see Blade Runner 2049 at the Seattle Cinerama, I was seated comfortably and waiting for the show to start. Moments later, the Lucasfilm logo appeared on screen, a trailer started to play, and I saw Rey’s face against the backdrop of Luke Skywalker’s mysterious planet, Ach-To....

When Will The Han Solo Movie Hit Theaters? By Angie Han/Jan. 2, 2017 1:27 pm EST With occasional exceptions for an Avatar or a Lord of the Rings, December has not traditionally been a boom time for blockbusters. More often, summer is when the big-budget spectacles come out in full force. But you may have noticed that the past two winters have been absolutely dominated by Star Wars — and we have every reason to believe Episode VIII will repeat the trick in 2017....

You Probably Shouldn’t Watch This Trailer For ‘The Autopsy Of Jane Doe’ By Jacob Hall/Dec. 2, 2016 10:00 am EST André Øvredal’s The Autopsy of Jane Doe was one of my favorite movies at Fantastic Fest 2016 and one of the best horror films I’ve seen in a year that has been very kind to the genre. It will be released on VOD platforms on December 20, 2016 and in select theaters on December 21, 2016....

/Answers: Our Favorite Stoners In The Movies By /Film Staff/April 20, 2018 12:00 pm EST Every week in /Answers, we answer a new pop culture-related question. In this edition, tying in with the date on the calendar, we’re asking “Who is your favorite movie stoner?” Ben Pearson: Kumar in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle There’s something about Kumar’s single-minded devotion to overcoming all odds and digging into some tasty burgers that really rings true in 2004’s Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle....

‘Hotel Artemis’ Review: A Messy But Undeniably Enjoyable Debut For Drew Pearce By Karen Han/June 8, 2018 9:00 am EST Every character in Hotel Artemis is operating on a different wavelength and, to quote an old Bethesda answer, it seems to be both a feature and a bug. Part of it has to do with the movie’s premise. The hotel is a hospital for criminals, and in exchange for keeping up with their membership fees and surrendering their weapons before coming in, they get patched up and left alone for the duration of their stay....

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 2 Bringing In Spock Represents A Huge Opportunity For The Series By Monique Jones/Sept. 21, 2018 10:00 am EST Star Trek: Discovery won’t be back in orbit on CBS All-Access until 2019, but the second season has already made news by casting Spock. Ethan Peck is going to portray the character in his earlier years and will, of course, help his sister Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green), their father Sarek (James Frain) and the Discovery crew figure out what’s going on with the U....

‘The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring’ Live In Concert Tours West Coast By Germain Lussier/June 3, 2011 12:00 pm EST It’s beginning to look a lot like Middle Earth, everywhere you go. Off in New Zealand, Peter Jackson and crew are back at it filming two films based on The Hobbit. On June 28, the Lord of the Rings Extended Editions are finally coming to Blu-ray and, in anticipation of that, each of those films are coming back to a theater near you for one night only....

‘The Meg’, ‘Rampage’ And The Problem With 2018’s Giant Monster Movies By Josh Spiegel/Aug. 13, 2018 8:00 am EST A couple of times this year at the movies, I’ve found myself thinking about one of the great lines from one of the great movies about the movies. “Wallace Beery! Wrestling picture! Whaddya need, a road map?” So goes the snappy one-liner from Michael Lerner’s cynical studio executive in the Joel and Ethan Coen masterpiece Barton Fink, and so it echoed in my head as I sat, disappointed, through two different-but-not-exactly genre films....

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Intro Video: Taika Waititi’s Parents Wish He Was J.J. Abrams By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 6, 2018 5:30 am EST Last year’s blockbuster Thor: Ragnarok will be available on Blu-ray and DVD next month, and it will include a slew of bonus features, including deleted scenes, featurettes that go behind the scenes of the making of the movie, a brand new short film featuring Thor’s former roommate Darryl shacking up with The Grandmaster, and much more....

‘UnReal’ Will Bring Its Messy, Magnificent Four-Season Run To An End On Hulu By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 23, 2018 4:30 pm EST When UnReal premiered on Lifetime in 2015, it felt revolutionary. Here was a pitch-black drama about the lurid behind-the-scenes conflicts of a Bachelor-style reality show, featuring two of the most fascinating and fearsome antiheroines on TV (played with withering contempt by Shiri Appleby and Constance Zimmer). Immediately, UnReal became a critical darling and a boon to Lifetime’s bid to be taken seriously in the oversaturated prestige TV market....

‘Zootopia’ Is Now The Second Biggest Original Movie Of All Time; Directors Talk Sequel Possibilities By Peter Sciretta/June 6, 2016 12:30 pm EST We often talk about how Walt Disney Animation Studios surprises us. No one expected Frozen to be the monster hit and cultural phenomenon that it became, and I don’t think anyone thought Zootopia would become one of the highest grossing films of 2016. But what might surprise you is that Zootopia is now the second biggest original movie ever released....

10 Of The Best Movie Mothers For Mother’s Day By Dalin Rowell/May 14, 2018 7:00 am EST Mothers are incredible creatures, that’s a given. From your own to those of a fictional existence, all of the moms of the world each play a critical role in the story of our lives, or in the tales of our favorite pieces of media. They inspire the hero, teach them the fundamental building blocks of life, and energize them to continue on their own personal journeys – all the while being their own special brand of magical, smart individuals (or being terrifying villains of the horror sort, but that’s for another list....

Barry Levinson To Direct Brother Jack By Peter Sciretta/July 8, 2010 5:00 pm EST Columbia Pictures has announced that Barry Levinson (The Natural, Good Morning Vietnam, Rain Man, Disclosure, Wag the Dog, Bandits, Man of the Year, What Just Happened) will direct Brother Jack, a movie that tells the life story of human rights activist Jack Healey. The coming of age story of an idealist who leaves the priesthood for a life on the streets and successfully wages a one man war to elevate the issue of human rights....

Building a Better Monster The visual effects for “Cloverfield” were produced under the direction of visual effects supervisors Kevin Blank, Eric Leven of Tippett Studio and Michael Ellis of London-based Double Negative. Tippett created all the shots that include the monsters, while Double Negative was responsible for all of the other destruction and sequences which did not include the monster. The concept for the monster (affectionately known simply as “Clover” in-house) is simple, says Abrams....

Cool Stuff: Hot Toys Iron Man Mark 33 Silver Centurion Sixth Scale Figure By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 22, 2014 5:30 am EST Sideshow Collectibles sent me a sample of Hot Toys Iron Man Mark 33 Silver Centurion Sixth Scale Figure. Lets unbox this figure and take a look at whats inside the box. After the jump you will find photos of the Hot Toys Iron Man Mark 33 Silver Centurion Sixth Scale Figure, alongside my thoughts on the product....

Electronic Arts Developing ‘Madden Curse’ Movie By Germain Lussier/Dec. 20, 2010 4:30 pm EST Each and every year, the Madden NFL series is one of the top selling video games. The highly realistic football simulator has been been a console staple for the better part of two decades and is the closest a gamer can get to actually being on the gridiron, both as a player or a coach. Over the decades though, while gamers took control of their favorite NFL teams virtually, the actual players on the cover of the game were getting injured in reality....

Exclusive: Simon Kinberg On His ‘Star Wars’ Movie And The Future Of The ‘X-Men’ Universe [TCA 2016] By Fred Topel/Aug. 5, 2016 8:00 am EST Simon Kinberg was on a Television Critics Association panel this morning for the new ABC series Designated Survivor, in which Kiefer Sutherland plays a cabinet member named President after a terrorist attack at the State of the Union address. After the panel, I caught up with Kinberg to ask about his mysterious Star Wars movie and X-Men universe projects....

Extended Film Discussion With Hue Rhodes, Director Of St. John Of Las Vegas By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 31, 2010 9:00 am EST Now playing in NY and LA is St. John of Las Vegas, the debut feature of writer-director Hue Rhodes. The picture gives Steve Buscemi a too-rare leading role as John Alighieri, a man with a gambling problem who is sent to investigate an insurance claim on the outskirts of the Nevada casino capital....

Fantastic Fest Adds Full ‘Nymphomaniac’ Director’s Cut, ‘Everly,’ ‘It Follows,’ And ‘Automata’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 10, 2014 11:15 am EST The tenth annual Fantastic Fest kicks off in Austin TX in just over a week, and the final wave of programming has just been unveiled. There’s a lot here, and in addition to the films the fest has announced appearances from James Gunn, Edgar Wright, Nicolas Winding Refn, and Ti West....