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The Muppets Tackle Bollywood In One Last(?) Parody Trailer By Angie Han/Nov. 10, 2011 12:00 pm EST We thought we’d seen the last of The Muppets parody trailers with that one parody trailer that parodied the Muppets’ own parody trailers (so meta!), but our fuzzy friends are apparently having some trouble breaking their addiction. So Kermit and company are back for one more round, with Bollywood as the latest target of their gentle ribbing....

The Rise Of Self-Awareness In Cinema: Is Film Doomed To Become A Mockery Of Itself? By Adam Quigley/Sept. 2, 2010 12:00 pm EST I’m not referring to the recent surfeit of remakes, sequels and adaptations, or the rebirth and subsequent profusion of superhero movies, or even the resurgence of 3D. No, I’m talking about the evolution of a burgeoning subgenre in cinema: meta films, aka movies about movies. Whether you’ve seen it or not, these self-reflective satires, parodies and homages have become a recurring staple of the aughts, and slowly but surely, the landscape of modern cinema is changing because of them....

Tom Cruise In Talks For ‘All You Need Is Kill,’ Which May Have A New Title By Russ Fischer/Oct. 10, 2011 7:00 am EST Doug Liman is working to pull together a film based on the script All You Need is Kill, which tells the story of a young soldier in a future war who steps out into battle and is promptly killed, only to wake up hours earlier, alive once more....

VOTD: ‘The Aurors,’ A Fictional ‘Harry Potter’ TV Show By Germain Lussier/April 4, 2011 12:00 pm EST Sometimes the best April Fool’s jokes are great ideas masquerading as jokes. For example, ThinkGeek’s Star Wars Tauntaun sleeping bag from a few years back, originally just a joke, eventually became a reality because it was so clever. We can only dare to dream that this awesome April Fools joke has the same fate....

Watch The Full ‘Fight For Your Right Revisited’ Starring Seth Rogen, Danny McBride And Elijah Wood By Russ Fischer/April 21, 2011 11:00 am EST We were pretty curious and more than slightly excited when it was announced that Elijah Wood, Seth Rogen and Danny McBride would play the Beastie Boys in a short film called Fight For Your Right Revisited. The film picks up as the Beasties sneak out of the party they crashed in the 1986 ‘(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)’ video, and then carries on along a ridiculous path of destruction and minor mayhem that, somehow, ends with two incarnations of the Beasties in a dance-off that turns into a very literal pissing match....

‘Bond 23’ Officially Titled ‘Skyfall’, Character And Plot Details Revealed By Angie Han/Nov. 3, 2011 8:37 am EST After months — years, really — of rumors about the next James Bond film, it’s nice to finally have some actual facts to sink our teeth into. As shooting on the film began today, director Sam Mendes, his producers, and several of his stars held a press conference giving away some tidibts about the film we’ve been referring to as Bond 23....

‘Harry Potter’ Producer To Next Tackle ‘The Night Circus’ By Germain Lussier/July 14, 2011 12:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night....

‘Lost’ Producer’s ‘Psycho’ Inspired Show ‘Bates Motel’ Heads To A&E By Germain Lussier/July 2, 2012 2:30 pm EST The show, which will be executive produced by Lost EP Carlton Cuse, along with Friday Night Lights alum Kerry Ehrin, deconstructs the “formative” years of Norman Bates’ childhood. It takes place well before Marion Crane arrived at the motel for her fateful shower, and is described as as “a cross between Twin Peaks and Smallville....

‘Sleeping Beauty’ Trailer: Emily Browning Stars In Another Anti-Fairy Tale By Russ Fischer/April 14, 2011 4:00 pm EST One of the films officially announced as part of the competition slate for this year’s Cannes Film Festival is Sleeping Beauty, which tells the story of a prostitute in a very strange brothel. There is now a gorgeous, if oppressive and strange, trailer for the film that, thanks in part to the central presence of Emily Browning, makes it look a bit like Sucker Punch filtered through an extreme art-house sensibility....

‘Super 8’ Trailer Reveals Yet Another Viral Website And More Images By Germain Lussier/March 14, 2011 3:00 pm EST Now that we’ve had a few days to digest the first trailer for J.J. Abrams’ Super 8, it’s time to break it down like the J.J. Abrams project it is. Meaning, it’s time to find the hidden messages. Abrams is well-known for embedding clues and viral marketing bits into his work and Super 8 is no different....

‘The Bourne Legacy’ Review: Light On Action But Still Lots To Like By Germain Lussier/Aug. 8, 2012 5:30 pm EST Even with a two hour-plus run time, The Bourne Legacy feels short. Tony Gilroy, who wrote the first Bourne three films, directed this extension of the franchise which gives an intricate, chemical context to everything you loved about the first three. However, in its run time, the percentage of actual action is pretty small....

‘Woody Allen: A Documentary’ Trailer By Angie Han/Nov. 17, 2011 10:30 am EST Thanks to a career that spans all the way back to the ’50s and includes nearly four dozen directorial efforts — more than a few of which are well-loved classics — Woody Allen is one of those all-American icons everyone’s familiar with. But since he’s almost as private as he is prolific, he’s also a figure that retains a surprising amount of mystery....

17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Award Nominations Announced By Russ Fischer/Dec. 16, 2010 6:16 am EST While the Golden Globes are inexplicably popular and many critics’ circle awards are a good indicator of what consensus is building for awards season, the various screen guild awards are the best indicator of where Oscar is likely to go each year. One of the biggest guilds is the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), which this morning announced its nominations for achievements in 2010....

Adam McKay Talks Mark Wahlberg/Will Ferrell Football Comedy By Germain Lussier/May 26, 2011 2:30 pm EST When news broke that Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell would soon be beating each other’s heads in on a football field, comedy fans hopefully took notice. The original story was that The Other Guys co-stars would star in a Warner Bros. movie called Turkey Bowl about rival families who play a very heated game of neighborhood tackle football....

Barry Sonnenfeld Directing DC Comics Adaptation ‘Metal Men’ For Warner Bros.? By Russ Fischer/June 21, 2012 7:30 am EST You might remember that not long ago Men in Black director Barry Sonnenfeld was said to be secretly developing a film based on a big comic book property. Now the cat might be out of the bag, and if reports are correct, Sonnenfeld is working on a movie based on DC’s team The Metal Men....

Brett Ratner Acquires Comic ‘The Unknowns’ By Peter Sciretta/July 27, 2010 12:30 pm EST Brett Ratner’s Rat Entertainment has acquired the feature film adaptation rights to the Femme Fatales Comics series The Unknowns. According to Variety, Ratner will produce, but no director or screenwriter has yet been hired for the project. The comic was created by Mark A. Altman (DOA: Dead Or Alive), Steve Kriozere and model/actress Monica Olsen (of whom the comic’s main character’s appearance is based on — see above in costume)....

Casting Bits: Jason Bateman And Melissa McCarthy In ‘ID Theft’, Natalie Portman In ‘Adaline’, Nick Offerman And Megan Mullally In ‘Gay Dude’ By Angie Han/Aug. 16, 2011 11:00 am EST Breakout star Melissa McCarthy has signed up for ID Theft, which will team her with the ubiquitous but charming Jason Bateman. As suggested by the title, the comedy follows a man who becomes the target of identity theft. Bateman will play the victim, and McCarthy the thief....

Casting Bits: Sienna Guillory Confirmed For ‘Resident Evil: Retribution;’ Olivia Wilde In ‘Better Living Through Chemistry;’ James Hong In ‘RIPD’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 30, 2011 10:00 am EST This is kind of a catch-all casting break, as it goes all over the map. I’d love to tie the four stories that follow to a theme beyond ’these people are all in new movies,’ but if that theme exists, I’m afraid it escapes me now....

Comic-Con Teaser Trailer: The Avengers By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 4, 2010 1:02 pm EST A short teaser trailer for Marvel/Joss Whedon’s superhero team-up movie The Avengers was screened at Comic-Con. It is now available online for the whole world to view. It doesn’t show much, or really anything other than the Avengers logo, but it’s still enough to get you excited. Watch it now embedded after the jump. The teaser trailer was created by Imaginary Forces directors Ahmet Ahmet and Peter Frankfurt, the same company responsible for both the DC Comics movies and Marvel movie logos which play before each film....

Cool Stuff: Tyler Stout’s ‘The Avengers’ Poster By Peter Sciretta/May 3, 2012 11:30 am EST Over the past couple weeks, we’ve posted all of the character-focused one-sheets in Mondo’s Avengers poster print collection. That is, all of the posters leading up to the grand finale, a one-sheet by master poster artist Tyler Stout. Today Mondo unveiled the last and final poster, which will be sure to be the envy of all comic book fanatics....