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Paramount And Hasbro Introduce ‘Godfather’ Monopoly Game By Angie Han/June 14, 2012 2:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. While an R-rated gangster flick and a game you played as a kid may not sound like a match made in heaven, it makes an odd sort of sense. After all, Monopoly is all about gaining as much wealth and power as possible while ruthlessly tearing down your rivals — and who’s better at that than the Corleones?...

Red Band Movie Trailer: Machete By Peter Sciretta/July 24, 2010 8:30 am EST Rodriguez wrote the script and co-directed the movie with his longtime editor Ethan Maniquis. The action/exploitation film follows Danny Trejo as a badass Mexican out to mess with The Man. “An ex-Federale with a gift for wielding a blade, who hides out as a day laborer, who is double-crossed by a corrupt state senator.” Robert De Niro, Steven Seagal, Don Johnson, Jessica Alba, Cheech Marin, Michelle Rodriguez, Lindsay Lohan, and Jeff Fahey co-star....

Robert Rodriguez Wants Michelle Williams And Mel Gibson For ‘Machete Kills’ By Angie Han/April 13, 2012 8:00 am EST Yesterday’s big news was that Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller’s long-promised Sin City sequel was on its way, but that’s actually just one of two sequels Rodriguez has in the works. The filmmaker is also prepping for Machete Kills, the sequel to his 2010 thriller Machete, and is in the process of looking for fresh blood to join returning star Danny Trejo....

Rumor Mill: ‘Pacific Rim’ Again Said To Be Tied To ‘Godzilla’ By Russ Fischer/March 18, 2011 2:00 pm EST Pacific Rim is being battered by more rumors. Last year the Travis Beacham script, in which nations of Earth band together to defeat massive attacking creatures, was picked up by Legendary Pictures. Rumors soon emerged that it was being refitted as Legendary’s new Godzilla film, and that Guillermo del Toro had been offered the picture....

Teaser Trailer: The House That Drips Blood On Alex, Starring The Room’s Tommy Wiseau By Adam Quigley/July 10, 2010 4:34 pm EST If you frequent /Film regularly, you’ve probably already been exposed to the brilliance/insanity/grammatical terror of The Room, Tommy Wiseau’s failed attempt at a provocative, seductive drama-thriller. The film, which is as hilarious as it is downright baffling, has been declared by many to be the worst film ever made, and has gone on to receive a massive cult following....

Telluride Interview: Aron Ralston, The Man That Inspired Danny Boyle’s ‘127 Hours’ By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 7, 2010 8:30 am EST You might not immediately recognize Aron Ralston’s name but you’ve heard about his story. It was all over the news, turned into a New York Times bestselling book, and adapted for te big screen by filmmaker Danny Boyle. 127 HOURS is the new film from Danny Boyle, the Academy Award winning director of last year’s Best Picture, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE....

This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: Buried, Animal Kingdom, Takers, Jack Goes Boating, And More By Adam Quigley/Jan. 19, 2011 10:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Available on Blu-ray? Yes.Notable Extras: Includes both DVD and Blu-ray versions of the film, as well as a “Unearthing Buried: The Making of Buried” featurette. ANIMAL KINGDOM It’s unfair to blame a film for succumbing to hype, but sometimes the reaction is unavoidable....

VOTD: ‘[the Films Of] Wes Anderson’ By Angie Han/May 2, 2011 5:00 am EST We’ve reached the end of one month and the start of another, which can only mean… well, actually, it means many things, but one of the things it means is that it’s time for another “[the films of]” video by Kees van Dijkhuizen, whom we’ve featured here multiple times in the past. “[the films of]” series is a yearlong, 12-part project by van Dijkhuizen in which he showcases a different director’s style each month by creating a montage of that director’s work....

‘Easy A’ Director Will Gluck Reuniting With Emma Stone For New Comedy By Russ Fischer/Nov. 12, 2010 3:30 pm EST Easy A is shaping up to be one of my favorite pieces of entertainment from this past summer, and possibly for the year. It’s not the best film I’ve seen by a stretch, but it is one of the most entertaining in a pure sense. Of a lot of my faves from 2010 it is high on the list of things I’d throw in the DVD player to kill a couple hours....

‘End Of Watch’ Trailer - Jake Gyllenhaal And Michael Peña Patrol The Mean Streets Of South Central By Angie Han/May 3, 2012 2:30 pm EST As the writer behind Training Day and the helmer of Street Kings and Harsh Times, David Ayer’s clearly got a deep and abiding interest in the LAPD. So it’s no surprise that his latest directorial effort, End of Watch, centers around that same theme. Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña star as a pair of young officers assigned to some of Los Angeles’ roughest neighborhoods....

‘Men In Black 3’ Trailer: More Aliens, More Brolin By Russ Fischer/March 5, 2012 8:00 am EST Men in Black 3 had a complicated production schedule, as the story, concocted by Will Smith, hadn’t been fully scripted when the shoot started, leading to an extended break to finish writing the movie before starting up again. Director Barry Sonnenfeld recently talked about that, saying, “We knew starting the movie that we didn’t have a finished second or third act....

‘Terminator 5’ Rumor: Entire Original Cast Included In New Story By Germain Lussier/May 2, 2011 10:30 am EST When news broke that a pitch was circling Hollywood for a fifth Terminator movie teaming up director Justin Lin (Fast Five) and star Arnold Schwarzenegger, it inspired a full range of emotions. The good ones centered on Lin’s ability to stage awesome, practical action and the possibility of a twisting, turning, awesome time traveling film that could wipe our memories of Terminator: Rise of the Machines and Terminator Salvation....

‘The Amazing Spider-Man:’ Two New Images Show Off Costume Details By Russ Fischer/Aug. 18, 2011 12:49 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. We’ve seen plenty of images of Marc Webb’s new version of Spider-Man in the past couple months, but two new shots can’t hurt. And these are shots posed to echo classic images of Spidey, and lit to show off a wealth of detail in the new costume that has been created for The Amazing Spider-Man....

‘Transformers: Dark Of The Moon’ Moved To June By Peter Sciretta/May 19, 2011 11:22 pm EST Deadline has learned that Paramount Pictures is moving up the release date of Michael Bay’s Transformers: Dark Of The Moon from Friday July 1st 2011 to Wednesday June 29th 2011. This new move gives the threequel more room from Horrible Bosses and Zookeeper, which open on July 8th and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 which opens on July 15th....

‘Wonder Woman’ Gets A Rewrite, And Possibly Lynda Carter? By Russ Fischer/April 20, 2011 6:15 pm EST In just a few short months David E. Kelley’s new Wonder Woman show for NBC has turned fans from optimistic onlookers to prognosticators of doom. Casting Adrianne Palicki seemed like a good move, and may well have been, but the first draft of the costume was terrible, and revisions only partially rectified things. But the costume isn’t the only thing getting revisions....

Alamo Drafthouse Announces 2010 Rolling Roadshow By Peter Sciretta/July 8, 2010 2:00 pm EST The Rolling Roadshow is just one of the many reasons the Alamo Drafthouse is the greatest movie theater on the planet. For those who don’t know, the Drafthouse travels around the United States to present one-time-only screenings of classic films using a portable movie theater which they set-up in famous locations from the films. This year’s line-up includes Jackie Brown, Dirty Harry, There Will Be Blood, Convoy, The Blues Brothers, Robocop, Rocky I-III, On The Waterfront, and The Godfather Part II....

André Benjamin’s Jimi Hendrix Biopic To Shoot This Month? By Angie Han/May 8, 2012 10:00 am EST The site reports that the film will follow Hendrix around his breakthrough period from 1966-1967, chronicling his discovery in New York by Linda Keith (then the girlfriend of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards); his meeting with manager Chas Chandler and subsequent arrival in London in 1966; and the recording of The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s revered debut album Are You Experienced....

Darren Aronofsky To Direct George Clooney In ‘Human Nature’? By Russ Fischer/May 9, 2011 3:53 pm EST Briefly: We’re going to keep this short, because not a lot of info is available, but Darren Aronofsky and George Clooney may be teaming to make a film based on the sci-fi script Human Nature. The Jeff Welch script has been around for quite a few years — fifteen or so. It has been at Warner Bros....

District 3 Tributes Cast For ‘The Hunger Games’; John C. Reilly Has NOT Been Offered Haymitch Role By Adam Quigley/April 27, 2011 9:00 am EST Tired of casting for Gary Ross adaptation of The Hunger Games clogging your RSS feeds? Sorry folks, we still have a ways to go. The most recent additions to the line-up are Ian Nelson and Kalia Prescott, two newcomers who will be helping fill out the cast for the 24 children selected to fight to the death....

J.J. Abrams Bits: Interactive Trailer For ‘Super 8,’ Writers Hired For ‘Robots With Swords’ Film By Russ Fischer/April 19, 2011 10:45 am EST Here are a couple J.J. Abrams-related items. First up is that the PC version of the game Portal 2 contains a not-so-hidden ‘interactive trailer’ for the summer film Super 8. Essentially, it puts you on the train that is seen in the first trailer for the film. You can’t do much actual interaction, but by walking around before and after the crash seen in the trailer, looking at the details of the objects in the train cars, you can glean a little bit of background detail about the story for Super 8....