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Death Race: Battle Photo Revealed, Test Screening Reviews By Peter Sciretta/May 28, 2008 12:38 am EST The new issue of Empire Magazine offers our first look at one of the explosive vehicular battle sequences from Paul W.S. Anderson’s Death Race. Click on the photo above to enlarge. Before this photo hit, the Vegas odds of Death Race being any good were lower than Stephen Sommers’ G.I. Joe, and that’s saying a lot (and before anyone asks, there aren’t any actual Vegas odds…)....

Director Carl Erik Rinsch Describes ‘47 Ronin’ As “Kurosawa On Meth” [On-Set Interview] By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 4, 2013 10:00 am EST In June 2011, I traveled to London to visit the set of director Carl Erik Rinsch’s big screen adaptation of 47 Ronin. (You can watch my video blog about the experience here.) While on set, Rinsch gave us a passionate plea to explain why the 47 Ronin story was an important one to bring to the big screen, and why and how he was trying to make it look and feel like nothing you had ever seen before....

Dwayne Johnson Officially Confirmed As Shane Black’s ‘Doc Savage’ By Ethan Anderton/May 30, 2016 11:00 am EST Nearly two weeks ago, Dwayne Johnson teased a new project that would having him teaming up with Iron Man 3 and The Nice Guys director Shane Black in 2017. The project was not specifically named, but since Black is beginning production on his new Predator movie later this year, we assumed that Johnson would be leading the long-gestating big screen adaptation of the pulp hero Doc Savage....

Exclusive: ‘Jurassic World’ Director Colin Trevorrow Talks Plot Details And Recent Leaks By Peter Sciretta/May 28, 2014 3:50 pm EST Exclusive Photo: Director Colin Treverrow on the set of Jurassic WorldJurassic World plot details leaked onto the Internet last week (by way of a scooper for JoBlo), sending Jurassic Park fans into a tizzy. Some of the details that leaked turned out to be spoilers that the filmmakers would have preferred not be released before the film....

Exclusive: Frank Grillo Says Casting Delayed ‘The Raid’ Remake, Comments On ‘Civil War’ By Fred Topel/Aug. 10, 2015 5:30 am EST On Sunday, August 9, Grillo was giving interviews for the Television Critics Association on behalf of his DirecTV original series Kingdom, in which he plays the owner of a MMA gym and trainer to a fighter. During a one on one, I had a chance to ask him if he’s just in Captain America: Civil War to fight, or if he gets to do some drama too....

Frank Miller Writing Comic Series ‘The Dark Knight: The Master Race’ By Peter Sciretta/April 24, 2015 2:06 pm EST DC Comics has announced that Frank Miller will write a third Batman series to complete what will now be a trilogy begun with The Dark Knight Returns. The Dark Knight: The Master Race is planned as an “epic conclusion of the celebrated THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS saga.” Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns is one of the most influential comic book mini-series of all time....

Hela Was Originally The Villain For ‘Thor: The Dark World’: Kevin Feige Talks ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 1, 2017 7:00 am EST A few weeks back, I had my annual sit-down with Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige to talk about the latest Marvel movie, Thor: Ragnarok. We will be running the more spoiler-filled bits from the interview next week, but today, I present to you the non-spoiler section. In the interview, Feige reveals that Hela was initially planned to be the villain of the second Thor film, Thor: The Dark World, and talks about how Ragnarok evolved into what we see on the big screen....

Horror Icon Barbara Crampton Joins ‘Channel Zero’ Season 4 By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 13, 2018 3:00 pm EST Horror icon Barbara Crampton (don’t call her a scream queen) has joined the cast of Channel Zero season 4. The new season, subtitled The Dream Door, focuses on a married couple who find a mysterious door in their basement. Needless to say, creepy stuff happens. We say this every time we write up a Channel Zero related story, but here we go again: Channel Zero is the best horror show on TV, and if you’re not watching it, you need to rectify that immediately....

The Waldo Moment In the Black Mirror Season 2 episode “The Waldo Moment” directed by Bryn Higgins, you can see Jessica Brown Findlay’s character Abi Khan on a billboard next to a Waldo advertisement. This is a reference to “Fifteen Million Merits,” the second episode of the first season of Black Mirror which features Abi entering to be a contestant on an X-Factor style game show called Hot Shots, which offers a chance for people to get out of the slave-like world around them....

Inside The Characters Of ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ In The Cast’s Own Words By Russ Fischer/Jan. 21, 2016 10:30 am EST X-Men: Apocalypse has a huge cast of characters, some of whom are returning to roles from previous films, and quite a few of whom are inheriting younger versions of characters that appeared in the first three films. There are even a few new additions, such as Psylocke. While on the set of X-Men: Apocalypse last year we talked to many of the cast members about what is new and different for their roles in this film....

Is It Okay To Twitter During A Movie? Human Giant Comedians Challenge The System By Peter Sciretta/April 17, 2009 2:00 am EST Is it okay to Twitter during a movie? Is it okay to twitter during a movie if the other 40 people sitting around you are also tweeting? Last night, Paul Scheer, Rob Huebel and Scott Aukerman gathered at the Burbank AMC Theater with 30 random Twitter users recruited off the internet to live tweet the midnight screening of Crank 2: High Voltage....

Jason Alexander Explains Why George Costanza’s Fiancée Susan Was Killed On ‘Seinfeld’ By Ethan Anderton/June 9, 2015 4:00 am EST Even though the series finale of Seinfeld was considered disappointing by some, you can’t deny the series is one of the best comedies that television has seen in the past 25 years. One of the more bold moments from the show’s run was the death of Susan Biddle Ross, the on-and-off girlfriend and eventual fiancée of Jason Alexander’s character George Costanza....

“Well, ma’am, if I see him, I’ll sure give him the message.” (Blood Simple) Blood Simple is an astonishing first film, a lean, vicious slice of noir that finds new ways to turn the screws on its small cast of characters in every single scene. The climax would be farcical if it wasn’t so brutal and terrifying, following Frances McDormand’s Abby and M. Emmet Walsh’s Visser as the latter tries to kill the former… only she thinks Visser is her brute of a husband, who Visser murdered much earlier in the movie....

Sequel Bits: ‘22 Jump Street’, ‘Transformers 4’, ‘World War Z’, ‘Machete Kills’, ‘Monsters University’ By Angie Han/June 5, 2013 4:26 pm EST The still above from 21 Jump Street is an accurate representation of my reaction to the reveal that the sequel will be called 22 Jump Street. Also after the jump: Check out pics from Transformers 4’s Texas set How much of Transformers 4 is set in China? Freida Pinto and James Franco won’t return (duh) for more Apes Marc Forster is “open” to a World War Z sequel Sofia Vergara gets another Machete Kills poster See a trailer for Despicable Me 2’s “Minion Rush” game Watch tons of B-roll and interviews from Monsters University I mean, does this suggest that 22 Jump Street takes place across the street from 21 Jump Street?...

Sequel Bits: ‘Bond 24’, ‘The Raid 2’, ‘Veronica Mars’, ‘Immortals 2’ By Angie Han/March 10, 2014 5:00 pm EST High school movie reunions are recurring theme in today’s Sequel Bits. Zac Efron and Lindsay Lohan tease High School Musical and Mean Girls reunions, respectively, while Kristen Bell discusses a potential Veronica Mars sequel. Also after the jump: Ralph Fiennes hints at M’s future in Bond 24 Fifty Shades producer isn’t thinking sequel just yet Producer gives a status update on Immortals 2 Agent 47 adds Thomas Kretschmann as the villain The Raid 2 reveals a striking new poster...

Spider-Man Will Join The Marvel Cinematic Universe By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 9, 2015 8:38 pm EST Sony Pictures and Disney have officially announced that Marvel Studios will produce the next Spider-Man movie. Feel that? Marvel fans around the world are jumping up and down with excitement as they will finally get to see Peter Parker join the Marvel Cinematic Universe and possibly share the screen with Robert Downey Jr’s Iron Man and Chris Evans’ Captain America....

Star Wars Bits: The #KyloRenChallenge, The Music Of ‘The Last Jedi,’ And BBQ Porg Inaction Figures By Allyson Gronowitz/Jan. 3, 2018 1:00 pm EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: An analysis of the soundtrack from Star Wars: The Last Jedi An old cast photo from The Phantom Menace John Mayer sparks the #KyloRenChallenge Shocking update: Star Wars is making lots of money And much more! You know guys….. people like things you don’t…....

Steven Soderbergh Has Already Shot Another Movie – Using An iPhone By Jack Giroux/July 23, 2017 10:00 am EST Next month, after a four-year absence from filmmaking, it’s time to praise the heavens because Steven Soderbergh has another movie coming to theaters, Logan Lucky. It looks like we might not have to wait long for his follow-up to the new heist movie, either. Soderbergh has already shot another movie, titled Unsane, on an iPhone....

Superhero Bits: Captain America Gets New Costume For ‘The Avengers,’ ‘X-Men: First Class’ Is A ‘Reinvention,’ ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ DP Talks By Angie Han/May 2, 2011 7:00 am EST Welcome back from the weekend, everyone. We’ve got some quick superhero bits and pieces to kick off your week. Captain America: The First Avenger star Chris Evans revealed in an interview that his character would be getting a new costume for the upcoming The Avengers film, due out 2012....

Superhero Bits: Ghost Rider Spin-Off, Deadpool The Duck, Wonder Woman Animated Movie & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 10, 2016 5:00 pm EST Did you hear Deadpool and Howard the Duck are merging into one for a new comic? Could extended cut releases of DC movies have an impact on future films in the expanded universe? Will Ghost Rider get his own spin-off from Agents of SHIELD? Which blockbuster film director has an open invitation to direct an episode of Arrow?...