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One More Long ‘The Master’ Trailer Has Much Footage Cut From Final Film By Russ Fischer/Sept. 27, 2012 3:48 pm EST After seeing Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master, I was happy to realize that much of the footage seen in clips released before the film hit theaters was not in the final film. And while The Master has been in theaters for almost two weeks, The Weinstein Company, along with Anderson, has released a new long trailer that combines some of that previously released clip footage with other shots that didn’t make the movie....

Paramount Trying To Kickstart ‘Top Gun 2’ With A Small Role For Tom Cruise By Russ Fischer/Oct. 14, 2010 5:00 am EST Tony Scott has a mile-high stack of projects on his plate and seems about as interested in talking Top Gun as Fred Phelps is in reasonable discourse, but that might not stop Paramount from trying to light a fire under him to make Top Gun 2. Word now is that, after years of rumors that would (hopefully) put Tom Cruise back in the cockpit, Paramount is pitching Jerry Bruckheimer, Tony Scott and Tom Cruise on the sequel....

Play With Chucky As ‘Child’s Play’ Video Game In Development By Germain Lussier/Oct. 11, 2011 4:30 pm EST Everyone’s favorite sadistic Good Guy doll Chucky might not be coming back to the big screen but he could be coming back to the small screen. Rumors of a new Child’s Play movie have been circling for years. However with little to no movement of late, it’s probably best not to hold your breath....

Richard Curtis Adapting Adventure Tale ‘Trash’ For Director Stephen Daldry By Russ Fischer/April 5, 2011 11:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. But in this particular case, they’re teaming to adapt Trash, an adventure novel by Andy Mulligan that was originally aimed at kids that features three third-world trash-picking kids who find something that changes their lives in dramatic ways. Working Title bought the rights to the book, and is aiming to pull this one together pretty fast — the company wants to shoot next year....

By Peter Sciretta/July 7, 2010 6:00 am EST The Sundance Film Festival slate isn’t usually announced until November. It’s not even mid-July, and we already have official confirmation of one film which will premiere at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. You might be wondering how that’s possible, and which film I’m talking about… What if I told you that it is a new film from producer Ridley Scott? What if I told you it’s being directed by the helmer of State of Play, Touching the Void, The Last King of Scotland?...

Roland Emmerich Talks Up ‘Independence Day’ Sequels, Teases Will Smith As President By Russ Fischer/Oct. 1, 2010 1:16 pm EST For years there have been rumors of a pair of Independence Day sequels that would bring aliens back to Earth, only to find that we’d learned a lot from the previous invasion and re-engineered enough alien tech to put up a formidable fight. Roland Emmerich hasn’t done much to expand upon the rumors in the past, besides agreeing that he’d like to make the films, but now he’s finally talking in a bit more detail....

Saw Directors Find New Horror Movies: Darren Bousman To Helm Ninety, David Hackl To Direct Butcher Bride By David Chen/April 22, 2010 6:59 am EST Successful horror franchises have often been used as launching pads for new and upcoming directors and it looks like the Saw series is no different. We’ve recently learned details about the next projects for Saw helmers Darren Bousman and David Hackl. Hit the jump for what we know so far....

Sequel Bits: Jurassic Park 4, Bourne 5, The Expendables 2, Zoolander 2 By Germain Lussier/July 23, 2012 11:00 am EST Some sequels are happening, others might not, and there’s even one you can potentially be a part of in this edition of Sequel Bits. After the jump read about the following. Producer Frank Marshall thinks Jurassic Park IV will be in theaters by 2014. A fifth Bourne film would definitely follow Jeremy Renner’s character....

Spike Lee Reprising ‘Do The Right Thing’ Role In ‘Red Hook Summer’? By Russ Fischer/July 11, 2011 10:30 am EST The last time we heard from Spike Lee he was bemoaning his inability to get a film financed. After Miracle at St. Anna flopped three years ago, he couldn’t even get moneymen interested in a sequel to his most successful film, Inside Man, despite having stars like Clive Owen ready to go....

Steve Carell Buys A ‘Magic Kingdom’ By Angie Han/March 9, 2012 2:30 pm EST It’s starting to feel like every time we turn around, Steve Carell has attached himself to yet another project. Having wrapped Seeking a Friend for the End of the World and Great Hope Springs, Carell’s now in the midst of filming The Incredible Burt Wonderstone and lending his voice to Despicable Me 2, with Charlie Kaufman’s Frank or Francis lined up next....

Terrence Malick’s ‘The Tree Of Life’ Confirmed For Cannes By Russ Fischer/March 23, 2011 4:00 pm EST The film is a multi-generational drama starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain that, to some extent, looks at our place in the world and the universe at large. There have been a great many hints about the film suggesting that it covers a timeframe much more broad than a couple of mere human lifetimes — think aeons....

Tom Hiddleston Talks ‘The Avengers:’ ‘It’s Going To Be Me Versus Seven Of Them’ By Germain Lussier/May 2, 2011 3:00 pm EST Despite rumors to the contrary, Tom Hiddleston will, in fact, reprise his role as the God of Mischief Loki in Joss Whedon’s The Avengers, which is currently in production. Though the character debuts in this weekend’s Marvel release Thor, several months ago it was reported he would survive to, once again, torment his brother along with Iron Man, Hulk and Captain America in the 2012 release....

Universal Won’t Make Ron Howard’s ‘The Dark Tower’ By Russ Fischer/July 18, 2011 4:57 pm EST The writing has been on the wall for a little while now, but here’s the final word: Universal doesn’t want to risk coin on three movies and two connecting TV arcs based on Stephen King’s The Dark Tower. Imagine Entertainment wants a commitment for more than one film, which is all Universal was willing to sign off on....

Video Interview: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim & Will Forte Talk ‘Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie’ [Sundance 2012] By Germain Lussier/Jan. 23, 2012 9:00 am EST Amongst bloggers, Sundance interviews can be a controversial topic. On one hand, you’re given unprecedented access to the stars and filmmakers behind what are potentially some of the biggest films of the year. Doing so, however, means seeing fewer movies, because huge chunks of time must be devoted to traveling to and from interview locations, which are often remote and incredibly loud....

Will Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus’ Feature A Giant Animatronic Character? By Russ Fischer/Feb. 21, 2011 3:15 pm EST But rumors cropped up that the classic Alien xenomorph would be in the film along with a live version of the space jockey seen in the first act of Alien. The history of the latter character is part of what sent Ridley Scott on the Alien prequel path in the first place. And Michael Fassbender has said that Prometheus is “absolutely” connected to Alien....

Young ‘Jeopardy!’ Winner Thomas Horn Cast In ‘Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 15, 2010 9:48 am EST If you’re a Jeopardy! fiend, the name Thomas Horn is likely familiar; to everyone else some explanation is in order as to how the 12-year old earned his fame, and how that has led to him landing a plum role in Stephen Daldry’s adaptation of the Jonathan Safran Foer novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close....

‘Skateland’ Trailer – 1980s-Set Coming Of Age Movie Starring Ashley Greene By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 20, 2011 4:00 pm EST MTV has released the official movie trailer for Anthony Burns’s feature film directorial debut with Skateland, which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival . Skateland is a coming-of-age story which takes place in the early 1980s in small-town East Texas. Dramatic events force a 19-year-old skating rink manager named Ritchie (played by Deadgirl’s Shiloh Fernandez) to look at his life in a very new way....

‘The Possession’ Trailer: New Horror Full Of Great Old Curses By Russ Fischer/May 16, 2012 5:00 pm EST A whole lot of the supernatural horror/thrillers that have shown up in the past few years haven’t been terribly inspired; the intersection between budget, ideas and real scares rarely seems to be at the right point. But The Possession looks like it might be a bit different. Based on an LA Times article called ‘Jinx in a Box’ and originally titled Dibbuk Box, the film features Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyra Sedgwick, Madison Davenport and Natasha Calis in a story about a young girl who awakens an old evil....

‘The Worst Movie Ever’ Grosses 11 Dollars On Its Opening Weekend By Germain Lussier/Aug. 25, 2011 12:00 pm EST No, I didn’t forget the word “million” in the above headline or Photoshop that poster myself. A movie calling itself The Worst Movie Ever actually grossed 11 dollars total on its opening weekend according to Box Office Mojo. It played twice, at midnight, at the Laemmle Sunset 5 in Los Angeles, CA and apparently only one person paid to see it....

Antonio Banderas And Pedro Almodovar Reunite For ‘The Skin I Live In’ By Russ Fischer/May 5, 2010 11:09 pm EST Antonio Banderas and director Pedro Almodovar have made several movies together, but none since Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down in 1990. Now the pair are finally set to reunite in a film called La Piel que Habito (The Skin I Live In), which Almodovar calls “a terror film without screams or scares....