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‘Olaf’s Frozen Adventure’ Producer Talks Delivering Memorable Music After “Let It Go” [Interview] By Ben Pearson/Nov. 15, 2017 10:00 am EST Don’t call Olaf’s Frozen Adventure a short film. “Technically, it’s a featurette,” according to producer Roy Conli. Whatever you’d like to call it, the 21-minute animated story is set to play in theaters before Pixar’s upcoming Coco. The “featurette,” which is directed by Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers-Skelton, centers on Olaf, the childish and joyous snowman from Frozen, as he learns about the holiday traditions of the citizens of Arendelle in an attempt to give Elsa and Anna a tradition of their own after the years they spent apart....

‘Supergirl’ Producer On Tyler Hoechlin’s Superman, Cat Grant’s Return, And Lynda Carter [Comic-Con 2016] By Fred Topel/July 27, 2016 7:30 am EST Supergirl moves to The CW this fall but it was business as usual for the show at Comic-Con. The cast and producers gave a panel along with the other DC Comics shows Arrow, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow, and we spoke with producer Sarah Schechter in a roundtable interview....

‘The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies’ Trailer Description; Plus Watch The Full Panel [Comic Con 2014] By Germain Lussier/July 26, 2014 12:15 pm EST Peter Jackson took the stage at Hall H at Comic-Con for potentially the last time as a maker of Middle-Earth to present the first footage from The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Co-stars Andy Serkis, Lee Pace, Evangeline Lilly, Benedict Cumberbatch, Orlando Bloom, Cate Blanchet, Elijah Wood and others joined the writer/director to promote the third and final Hobbit film, scheduled for release December 17....

‘Transformers 5’ Bringing Josh Duhamel Back, Tyrese Gibson Campaigns To Return By Ethan Anderton/May 17, 2016 11:30 am EST Just yesterday brought the announcement from Paramount Pictures that Transformers 5 would officially be titled Transformers: The Last Knight. Now the sequel is starting to add some cast members to join Mark Wahlberg returning as Cade Yaeger along with franchise newcomers Isabela Moner and Jerrod Carmichael, and their first addition is an old ally....

2010 Sundance Film Festival Short Films Announced By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 7, 2009 1:48 pm EST The Sundance Institute have announced the short films selected to screen at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Movieline was the first to break the story, but the press release is now public. Some of the notable films include Spike Jonze’s robot love short film I’m Here which stars Andrew Garfield, Herbert White, a short film he directed earlier this year by James Franco, who is already at the fest with his feature-length film Howl, Rory Kennedy’s The Fence, as well as short films from Nicholas Jasenovec, Ira Sachs, and Patrik Eklund....

Aaron Taylor-Johnson And Joss Whedon Comment On Quicksilver’s Future In The MCU By Angie Han/May 6, 2015 6:17 am EST Avengers: Age of Ultron brought several new characters into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But as of now, it isn’t entirely clear where all of those characters are headed next. In a pair of new interviews, actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson and director Joss Whedon discuss possible future plans for one of those newbies, speed demon Quicksilver....

After “Asian August,” What’s Next For Asian-Americans In Hollywood? By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 29, 2018 11:00 am EST In 1993, The Joy Luck Club hit theaters, presenting a nuanced, never-before-seen look at the lives of Chinese-American women and their immigrant mothers. It was supposed to be a watershed moment for Asian-Americans in Hollywood, one that would harken a slew of Asian-led projects and finally defeat that pesky use of yellowface that had dogged Asians in Western movies for decades....

Bill & Ted/Babysitter’s Dead Helmer To Direct WWE Movie The Chaperone By Peter Sciretta/June 7, 2010 4:35 pm EST WWE Studios announced today that Kevin Corrigan (American Gangster), Ariel Winter (“Modern Family”) and Annabeth Gish (“The West Wing”) have joined WWE® Superstar Paul “Triple H” Levesque (who had a small role in Blade: Trinity) in the cast of the studios’ upcoming comedy, The Chaperone. Triple H plays ex-con Ray Bradstone, a former getaway driver determined to turn his life around and establish a relationship with his estranged daughter Sally....

Box Office: Abrams’ Star Trek Goes Where No Trek Has Gone Before: $33M In 29 Hours By Steve Mason/May 8, 2009 10:56 pm EST Rebooting Bond with Daniel Craig was Bold. Christopher Nolan’s Reinvention of Batman was genius. But some thought it was overly-ambitious, even audacious, to attempt to restart the Star Trek franchise. It has begun to pay off already for Paramount Pictures, and there will dividends for years to come....

Brothers Movie Trailer #2 By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 5, 2009 1:46 pm EST Lionsgate has released a new trailer for the family drama Brothers, which is directed by six-time Oscar nominee Jim Sheridan (In America, In The Name of the Father), from a screenplay by David Benioff (The Kite Runner, 25th Hour), and stars Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Sam Shepard, Clifton Collins, Jr., Carey Mulligan, and Ethan Suplee.The film tells the story of a black-sheep younger brother who cares for the wife and children of a decorated Marine who goes missing overseas, “with consequences that will shake the foundation of the entire family....

Director Edgar Wright Pays Tribute To Wes Craven By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 31, 2015 11:00 am EST Horror director Wes Craven, the man responsible for A Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream, among many other films, passed away over the weekend, succumbing to a battle with brain cancer. It’s a loss felt by many horror fans and cinephiles, who are taking stock of Craven’s significant influence on the movie landscape. In case you need any more evidence that Wes Craven was a filmmaker who inspired many directors working today, Edgar Wright has chimed in on his own personal blog with a fond remembrance of Craven and what his work meant to the director of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World’s End and Scott Pilgrim vs....

Dragon Con Is The Anti-San Diego Comic-Con And A Mardi Gras For Nerds By Vanessa Armstrong/Sept. 4, 2018 10:15 am EST Atlanta’s Dragon Con, a five-day event that took place this Labor Day weekend, is the antithesis of San Diego’s Comic-Con (SDCC). Where SDCC is industry-led and full of exclusive events, Dragon Con is fan-led and has at least two or three themed parties a night, which are open to all attendees....

Early Buzz: ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ May Be Marvel’s Best Yet By Angie Han/March 11, 2014 7:39 am EST Marvel has had a pretty good track record over the past several years. The eight Cinematic Universe films so far have received good to great reviews from fans and critics alike; even relative duds like Iron Man 2 were merely disappointing instead of flat-out terrible. But if the first responses to Captain America: The Winter Soldier are to be believed, Marvel may have just hit another new high....

Early Buzz: Casey Affleck’s Joaquin Phoenix Documentary ‘I’m Still Here’ [Venice Reviews] By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 7, 2010 11:30 am EST I’m Still Here, Casey Affleck’s controversial ‘documentary’ about his brother-in-law Joaquin Phoenix has finally premiered at the Venice Film Festival. The early reviews are in, and I’ve compiled some excerpts for you after the jump.Variety: “Result is an utterly fascinating experiment that apparently blends real and faked material to examine notions of celebrity, mental stability and friendship....

James Cameron Admits ‘Avatar 4’ And ‘5’ Aren’t Guaranteed, Kate Winslet’s Character Revealed By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 27, 2017 11:30 am EST Remember Avatar? You probably do, because the film was a Titanic-sized hit for director James Cameron, taking in a worldwide box-office gross of over $2.7 billion, thus making it the highest-grossing film of all time. Yet despite this blockbuster status, Avatar seems curiously removed from the public consciousness. That’ll change soon, as Cameron is set to unleash four Avatar sequels upon the world....

Kevin Feige On How ‘Doctor Strange’ Will Change The Marvel Universe [On Set Interview] By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 27, 2016 9:05 am EST In February 2016, I traveled to London to get a glimpse at another dimension and visit the set of Marvel’s Doctor Strange. While on set we got a chance to have a long chat with Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige, who as always, provided us with a lot of hints at what to expect from the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

Netflix’s Between Trailer: A Mysterious Plague Is Killing Everyone 21 Or Older By Peter Sciretta/May 13, 2015 3:00 pm EST A quarantine is now in effect: Netflix has released the trailer for their next original series Between from 24 producer Jon Cassar, starring Jennette McCurdy (iCarly). The series has an interesting premise: it takes place in “a town under siege from a mysterious disease that has wiped out everybody except those 21 years old and under....

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Possible Problems Arise For Stephen King’s ‘The Dark Tower’ [UPDATED] By Germain Lussier/May 6, 2011 9:55 am EST UPDATE: Bad news. Deadline is now reporting that pre-production staff on The Dark Tower has been put on hiatus as the budget issues are worked out. Read more after the jump. Just when things seemed too good to be true for fans of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, that just might be the case....

San Diego Comic-Con Releases 4 Page PDF To Explain 2012 Badge Sales By Germain Lussier/Feb. 24, 2012 5:00 pm EST The year was 2011 and, if you remember correctly, San Diego Comic-Con had some serious issues with their badge sales. Because a large portion of badges sold out at the event the year before, demand for 2011 badges was at an all time high. This resulted in several server crashes and reschedules of sales....