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Christopher Nolan’s ‘Memento’ Returns To Theaters February 17 By Germain Lussier/Feb. 10, 2011 11:30 am EST In one short decade, Christopher Nolan has gone from interesting new talent to one of our most revered filmmakers. Though he had made Following at the time, it really all started in 2001 with Memento, Nolan’s backwards mystery about a man with short-term memory loss trying to figure out who killed his wife. Almost everything about the film – from its structure, to its dialogue and tattoos – became iconic and ended up being the spark that set Nolan’s career on fire....

Wiseacres Wizarding Equipment Slug & Jiggers Apothecary is a very cool looking store, with giant moving armillaries hanging from the ceiling. While the store has a small selection of vintage looking magnified glasses, compass sun dials, moving armillaries, and binoculars to fit the store’s theme, most of the merchandise here is centered around Platform 9/3 and the Hogwarts Express, which doesn’t seem to make much sense. And whats more disappointing, the vintage-looking armillaries and sand timers are way too expensive for a theme park, especially considering it appears they aren’t items produced specifically for Harry Potter....

Jason Reitman’s ‘Breaking Bad’ Live Read Featured Sharp Writing And Deleted Scenes From The Pilot Episode By Germain Lussier/July 24, 2013 2:00 pm EST “If you’re a writer tonight, you might want to hide your knives,” said Jason Reitman at Tuesday night’s special summer live read. “This script is so good you’ll never want to write again. You f***er, Vince.” The script Reitman was referring to, the script that could get the writer/director to come back and do a live read in July when he’s not scheduled to come back until October, was the pilot of AMC’s Breaking Bad....

Kevin Feige Confirms Meeting With Ava DuVernay For ‘Black Panther’ But What About ‘Captain Marvel’? Marvel Studios By Ethan Anderton/June 24, 2015 11:30 am EST Even though Marvel Studios may not be bringing a panel to Hall H for the San Diego Comic-Con in a couple of weeks, that doesn’t mean they won’t have some big news to reveal this summer. In addition to Ant-Man expanding the Marvel cinematic universe (don’t forget that Paul Rudd has a role in Captain America: Civil War, too), Marvel’s head honcho Kevin Feige has confirmed they’re planning to have directors locked down for Black Panther and Captain Marvel very soon, and he even confirmed one of the names in the running for one of those jobs....

Legendary Pictures Producing New Godzilla Film By Russ Fischer/March 29, 2010 10:58 am EST Godzilla never stays dead for long. Granted, the 1998 Columbia TriStar version directed by Roland Emmerich seemed to kill off any ambition to make further Godzilla movies in the States, simply by virtue of being truly awful. But now Legendary Pictures, the company behind 300 and The Dark Knight, is bringing an American Godzilla back to screens, thanks to a licensing deal with Toho Company....

Michelle Rodriguez Threatens To Leave ‘Fast And Furious’ If Female Characters Don’t Get Better Parts By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 28, 2017 12:30 pm EST The Fast and Furious movies have been paragons for diversity in action blockbusters, boasting a multiracial cast of Hispanic, black, and Asian characters long before superhero franchises caught on. It was in part thanks to the films’ street-racing roots in the Latino community, and in part due to star Vin Diesel’s insistence on working with only diverse casts....

Rogue One Bits: An Interesting Planet Name, Notes On Tone, And A Fun Interview With Ben Mendelsohn By Jacob Hall/July 11, 2016 1:30 pm EST In this edition of Rogue One Bits: The name of a very important planet has been revealed. Some new toys may offer a hint about some Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ships. A note on the film’s tone from an unlikely source. Ben Mendelsohn sits down for a very entertaining interview....

Seth MacFarlane Wants To Reboot ‘Star Trek’ TV Series, Talks ‘Flintstones’ And ‘Family Guy’ By Angie Han/Oct. 14, 2011 7:00 am EST Love him or hate him, there’s no denying things are looking up for Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. His series continues to be a hit in its tenth season, his feature film Ted is set to hit next year, he’s updating the ’80s PBS series Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey, and earlier this year, he finally won the rights to reboot The Flintstones for film and television....

Star Trek: Discovery: 11 Things We Learned About The New Trek Series [TCA 2016] By Fred Topel/Aug. 11, 2016 8:00 am EST CBS concluded its day of Television Critics Association panels with a session on their streaming service, CBS All Access, and their first original series for that service, Star Trek: Discovery. Bryan Fuller answered questions and we already posted his remarks that the lead character was female, and he intended to feature an openly gay character....

Star Wars Bits: ‘Return Of The Jedi’ 30th Anniversary Screenings And Making Of Book, Angry Birds Update And More By Germain Lussier/March 22, 2013 5:00 pm EST How beautiful is that fan-made Star Wars Episode VII poster? It’s by artist Adam Schickling and it’s so cool, we decided to round up a few pieces of Star Wars news just so we could showcase it. After the jump read about the following...

Star Wars Bits: Doctor Aphra Is Getting Her Own Comic, Timothy Zahn Talks Thrawn, And Ewan McGregor Still Wants To Play Obi-Wan Again By Jacob Hall/Oct. 14, 2016 12:00 pm EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Doctor Aphra, introduced in the pages of Darth Vader, is getting her own comic book series. An interview with the actress who played young Rey in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Phil Lord and Chris Miller describe Alden Ehrenreich’s Han Solo audition process....

Star Wars Bits: Meet Ezra The Con Artist From ‘Star Wars Rebels,’ Plus ILM, Auditions And Legos By Germain Lussier/Feb. 14, 2014 12:30 pm EST The effects of Star Wars Episode VII are being felt everywhere: Industrial Light and Magic, the Internet, the acting community. Read all about that — and a lot about Star Wars Rebels — in this edition of Star Wars Bits. Meet Ezra, a 14-year-old con artist from Star Wars Rebels....

Superhero Bits: New Spider-Man Suit On The Way, ‘Runaways’ Season 2 Already Shooting & More By Ethan Anderton/June 20, 2018 6:00 pm EST How did the Ant-Man and the Wasp costume designers create a “new"color for The Wasp’s suit? Why isn’t Jeremy Jordan returning as a series regular on Supergirl next season? Why was Cherry Blue the working title for Ant-Man and the Wasp? Will The Batman and the Todd Phillips directed Joker movie be set in the same universe?...

The Wachowskis Gay Iraq Romance Begins Casting, Has A Title: CN9 By Peter Sciretta/July 13, 2010 2:30 pm EST For seven months now, we’ve been hearing about the secret next-film for The Wachowski Brothers, a Hard-R rated ‘cinema verite-style gay romance iraq war film set in the near future. We’ve been getting tidbits every couple months, but all we know is the film tells the story of a homosexual relationship between a US soldier and an Iraqi and that it is set in the near future, but then moves back in time to tell the bulk of the story, part of which includes the current Iraq War....

This Week In Trailers: Dior And I, Dreamcatcher, Robot Overlords, Fight For Space, SOMM: Into The Bottle, The Wes Anderson Collection: The Grand Budapest Hotel By Christopher Stipp/Feb. 7, 2015 9:00 am 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: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

TIFF Movie Review: Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 12, 2010 8:00 pm EST Clint Eastwood’s new film Hereafter is one of the most talked about films going into this year’s festival. When the schedule for the festival was announced, it featured one sole performance, and no press screenings. Industry bloggers threw a fuss and Warner Bros responded that they planned to have a press screening sometime on the first Saturday of the festival....

‘10 Cloverfield Lane’ Viral Marketing Begins: Tagrauto E-Mail And Swamp Pop Soda? By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 1, 2016 9:00 am EST When Matt Reeves’ Cloverfield was released in 2008, it came with a viral marking buildup that engulfed those interested in the films. It was one of the first big ARGs (Augmented Reality Games). And it looks like Dan Trachtenberg’s 10 Cloverfield Lane will have an ARG/viral marketing campaign, and it appears that the story will continue....

‘Ant-Man And The Wasp’ Trailer Breakdown: Pym Technologies Is Getting A Little Reckless By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 30, 2018 12:30 pm EST This morning brought the first trailer for Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp. Even though there’s plenty of footage in the trailer, which runs just over a minute and a half, we only get a few story details, and none of them include any information on just what kind of villain our new superhero team will be contending with this time....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Star Kurt Russell On Joining The MCU And Watching The First Movie [Interview] By Peter Sciretta/March 24, 2017 10:00 am EST This Kurt Russell interview is worth your time. Well, of course it’s worth your time. This is Kurt Russell we’re talking about! However, on-set interviews are usually not great. They usually happen under the worst possible circumstances, on a soundstage between set-ups when a tired actor has an 8 minute break....

‘Insidious 3’ Officially In The Works With Leigh Whannell Writing By Germain Lussier/Sept. 16, 2013 10:48 am EST File this under “obvious” but a third Insidious film is now officially in development. The second film, Insidious: Chapter 2, grossed eight times its budget over this past weekend and ends with a cliffhanger setting up a new direction for the franchise. A sequel was inevitable. Now Blumhouse, FilmDistrict and Sony are wasting no time in letting fans know the series will continue....