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New Official Info On Lars Von Trier’s “Light And Poetic” And Hardcore ‘Nymphomaniac’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 8, 2012 5:30 pm EST The idea of presenting an ‘official synopsis’ for any given upcoming film is typically pretty dull, as these plot summaries often do little more than recap what we already know about a story. Things are a bit different, however, for a movie like Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac. The director has joked about the film since his appearance last year at Cannes, but the project is no gag....

By Germain Lussier/Jan. 7, 2011 8:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ask a film fan who did concept art for Star Wars and they’ll immediately say “Ralph McQuarrie.” McQuarrie’s images have become a thing of legend, even spawning their own niche of Star Wars merchandise. Ask the same question about another major Lucasfilm franchise however – Indiana Jones – and it will probably be met with silence....

Superhero Bits: Dredd, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Dark Knight Rises, The Avengers By Germain Lussier/Dec. 16, 2011 12:30 pm EST Want to watch Scarlett Johansson talking about The Avengers? How about Hans Zimmer talking about The Dark Knight Rises score? Care to listen to The Amazing Spider-Man score? How is Christian Bale acting as Batman now that he’s hung up the cowl? How is Dredd looking? What happens when you blend Venom and Iron Man or put Adam West in The Dark Knight?...

Taylor Lautner And Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Could Be Your David And Goliath By Angie Han/Aug. 31, 2011 7:30 am EST Whenever I picture the story of David and Goliath (which is not often), the characters look in my mind’s eye like old-timey illustrations out of a children’s Bible or a classic painting. Although I love a good round of fantasy casting as much as the next movie geek, it’s just never occurred to me to consider which modern-day actors might fit the parts....

This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: Shutter Island, From Paris With Love, Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 7), And More By Adam Quigley/June 8, 2010 10:27 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In the hands of the right person, a so-so script can become a near-masterpiece. No film provides better evidence of this than Shutter Island. It has all the trappings of a familiar B-movie thriller, but Scorsese’s forceful, assured direction enhances the material immeasurably, providing it a cinematic quality that few other filmmakers have been able to achieve....

Tony Gilroy Returns To Write Bourne 4 By Peter Sciretta/June 9, 2010 2:35 pm EST Rumor had it that the next film in the series would not even be loosely based on one of the novels, but would instead be an entirely new adventure (with a possible South American destination). From what I understand, the sequels to the original Robert Ludlum novels left much to be desired (not that they stuck close to the storyline of the books anyways)....

Transformers 3 Plot Revealed By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 18, 2010 12:59 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Here is the plot description for Transformers: The Dark Of The Moon: No big surprises. Transformers: The Dark Of The Moon is set to hit theaters on July 1st 2011. “The Autobots Bumblebee, Ratchet, Ironhide and Sideswipe led by Optimus Prime, are back in action, taking on the evil Decepticons, who are determined to avenge their defeat in 2009’s Transformers Revenge of the Fallen....

Very Busy Dan Harmon Also Developing A Multi-Camera Sitcom For CBS By Angie Han/Aug. 1, 2012 6:00 am EST Two and a half months after being unceremoniously canned from his own show, Community creator / ex-showrunner Dan Harmon isn’t just bouncing back, he’s thriving. Even before he got the pink slip he had an animated series titled Rick & Morty brewing at Adult Swim, and since then he’s also kept busy working on a stop-motion movie Anomalisa with Charlie Kaufman and a multi-camera comedy for Fox....

Watch The ‘Total Recall’ Trailer With Shot-By-Shot Commentary From Director Len Wiseman By Peter Sciretta/April 4, 2012 2:00 pm EST The trailer for Len Wiseman’s Total Recall remake seems to have impressed more than disappointed — I guess thats the positive side of having an audience with very low expectations. It’s also a trailer packed with edits of all kinds of fun sci-fi futuristic imagery. Wiseman took a moment to call MTV and add some extra insight on the first trailer, providing shot-for-shot audio commentary....

‘Carnage’ And ‘Kill List’ Reviews: Similar Titles, Wildly Different Films By Germain Lussier/Nov. 7, 2011 6:00 pm EST The titles Carnage and Kill List sound like they could be the same movie. Kill List: Carnage. Carnage: The Kill List. I’d see that movie. In reality though, they’re two movies which, besides their ominous titles, couldn’t be more different. One is a comedy, the other a thriller. One is American, the other British....

‘Horrible Bosses’ Screenwriters Sign On For ‘Horrible Bosses 2?; Cast And Director Likely To Return As Well By Angie Han/Jan. 4, 2012 4:00 pm EST The best-laid plans of Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, and Jason Sudeikis went horribly awry the last time they tried to get revenge on their superiors, but the trio could be gearing up to try again. Horrible Bosses 2 is now officially in the works as screenwriters John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein sign on to pen the sequel....

‘Hotel Transylvania’ Trailer: Look Who’s Coming To Dinner By Russ Fischer/June 21, 2012 2:00 pm EST Thanks to recent films like Jack and Jill and That’s My Boy!, Adam Sandler has taken prominence as the biggest critical comedic punching bag. So when some people see that he’s voicing Dracula in Hotel Transylvania, I’m sure there will be some automatic dismissals of the film. But while Hotel Transylvania reunites Sandler and his That’s My Boy!...

‘Lost’ And ‘Tron Legacy’ Writers Sell ‘Once Upon A Time’ Pilot To ABC By Russ Fischer/Oct. 29, 2010 11:13 am EST Briefly: Lost producers and Tron Legacy writers Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis have sold a new show to ABC. Once Upon a Time will almost certainly beg early comparisons to Lost, as it is based on a large ensemble cast (with actors yet to be determined) and has sci-fi / fantasy elements....

‘Red Tails’ Gets An Unofficial Release Window By Germain Lussier/June 2, 2011 4:30 pm EST Fans have been waiting to find out when we’d get to see Lucasfilm’s first non-Star Wars or Indiana Jones film in two decades and today we might have our answer. Anthony Hemingway, the director of The Tuskegee Airmen film Red Tails, produced by George Lucas, just tweeted that the film will be released in January 2012....

‘Spongebob Squarepants’ Writer Leading Writing Team For ‘The Governator’ By Russ Fischer/April 18, 2011 4:00 pm EST Briefly: As the giant ‘WTF?’ of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s animated series The Governator continues to crawl towards release, we’re getting a few new details. We know that the icon is returning to entertainment with the show, which follows a politician-turned-superhero, that the show was created with the input of Stan Lee, and that it will eventually lead to a 3D feature film....

‘The Dictator’ Red-Band Trailer - Sacha Baron Cohen Has A Gift To Give You By Angie Han/May 7, 2012 3:30 pm EST If even Martin Scorsese can’t convince people to watch Sacha Baron Cohen’s The Dictator, I don’t know what can. But Paramount, of course, continues to try their hardest. Their latest effort is a red-band trailer that offers several fresh jokes, including bits on childbirth and 9/11. It also finally, helpfully, offers an explanation of exactly how Admiral General Aladeen (Cohen) goes from being the all-powerful ruler of the Republic of Wadiya to being a grubby-looking cashier at a grocery store....

‘The Prototype’ Teaser: ‘Act Of Valor’ Company Does Sci-Fi By Russ Fischer/June 21, 2012 3:00 pm EST It’s legit at this point to wonder what things can be done better in video games than they can be in films. It is quite obvious, for example, that the story of an Italian plumber trying to rescue his love from a demon turtle is probably better off in gaming. What about tales of government projects that result in humans that are altered, through technology or mutation, into some super-soldier that is then hunted by other soldiers?...

‘Winters Bone’ Director Writing And Directing Adaptation Of Russell Banks Novel ‘Rule Of The Bone’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 19, 2011 11:00 am EST Winter’s Bone was a critic’s fave in 2010 that has enjoyed a good audience reaction as it wound its way through arthouses, VOD and Netflix. That film might have been a great, attention-getting piece of work, but director Debra Granik had a quiet 2011. She was writing a treatment for a Pippi Longstocking movie and making a documentary about US war veterans in the South, based on a guy who played a bit part in Winter’s Bone....

BBC And The Jim Henson Co. Team On New ‘Muppets Show’ Style Program, ‘No Strings Attached’ By Russ Fischer/June 19, 2012 3:30 pm EST Thanks no doubt to the success of The Muppets, the Jim Henson Co. is going back to television with a new puppet-based show. No Strings Attached will be a lot like the old Muppet Show — picture a puppet-populated world, with guest celebrities showing up each week to take part in sketches and games....

Catherine Hardwicke To Direct Swedish Boxing Biopic Starring Noomi Rapace By Angie Han/June 30, 2011 10:00 am EST Good news, Thirteen-fans-who-are-also-Twilight-haters (what can I say, you are a very specific group): Catherine Hardwicke will be stepping away from supernatural teen romance and back toward her indie roots for a biopic of Swedish boxer Bo “Bosse” Hogberg. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo star Noomi Rapace and her ex-husband Ola Rapace have been attached to the project since last fall....