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Superhero Bits: Thor: The Dark World, Ninja Turtles, Dredd 3D, Amazing Spider-Man, Batman, S.H.I.E.L.D. By Germain Lussier/Aug. 30, 2012 12:30 pm EST How fast does this custom RC Batwing go? What did Michael Bay have to say about the leaked Ninja Turtles script? How much more Heimdall will we get in Thor: The Dark World? Where can you get your very own pair of Batman pajamas and how would the credits of The Amazing Spider-Man look like if it was made in the 1960s?...

Teaser Trailer: ‘Hop,’ With Russell Brand As The Easter Bunny By Russ Fischer/Nov. 23, 2010 2:53 pm EST Despite the headline proclaiming that Russell Brand voices the Easter Bunny in Hop — and, indeed, he does — there’s nothing to that effect in this teaser. All you’ll see of the film is some drumming bunny animation. And what of the story with James Marsden playing a guy who takes in the Easter Bunny after he accidentally injures the not quite mythical beast?...

The Walking Dead: Second Season Seemingly Confirmed, Black And White Version On DVD? By Russ Fischer/July 28, 2010 9:01 am EST One of the bigger hits at Comic Con this year was AMC’s six-episode TV series The Walking Dead, which premiered footage from the Frank Darabont-directed pilot to very enthusiastic viewers. (Read Devindra’s coverage here.) Given how high interest seems to be prior to the show’s debut, there have already been questions about a second season and plans for the project’s release on DVD....

Tim Burton’s ‘Dark Shadows’ Character Portraits By Germain Lussier/March 2, 2012 7:00 am EST Tim Burton has two films scheduled for release in 2012 and, earlier today, we got the trailer for the second one: Frankenweenie. That still leaves us without a good look at the Burton that comes out first, May 11th’s vampire adaptation Dark Shadows. The new issue of Vanity Fair helps curb that with some striking and evocative character portraits of stars Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green and Michelle Pfeiffer....

Tony And Ridley Scott Developing Their Own 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea Movie For Fox By Russ Fischer/May 17, 2010 7:55 am EST THR reports that the man currently being targeted to direct is Timur Bekmambetov, but that deal isn’t set. He’s This script is by Travis Beacham (Clash of the Titans) and the story is that Beacham approached Scott Free with his take on the story, and the company then took the project to Fox....

VOTD: Spike Jonze Directs Beastie Boys Action Figures In Video For ‘Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win’ By Russ Fischer/July 19, 2011 1:30 pm EST Spike Jonze and the Beastie Boys go way back, to 1994, ‘Sabotage,’ and the first volleys of a revival of the ’70s movie aesthetic. Their latest melding of the minds is a stop-motion animated video for the recent Beasties track ‘Don’t Play No Games That I Can’t Win,’ in which the band, guest Santigold and a host of other characters are all brought to life via old-school action figures....

Watch Marvel’s Second One-Shot Short Film, ‘A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Thor’s Hammer’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 17, 2011 9:00 am EST Marvel has kicked off a practice of expanding the cinematic Marvel Universe, ever so slightly, with two shorts featuring Clark Gregg as S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Coulson. The first, The Consultant, appeared on the blu-ray disc for Thor, and the second, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Thor’s Hammer, hits soon on the Captain America: The First Avenger blu-ray and DVD on October 25....

We Might See A New ‘Hulk’ From Marvel In 2015 By Russ Fischer/April 30, 2012 11:00 am EST As a comic book character, The Hulk is a pretty interesting creation. Most Marvel heroes have a well-established place in the company’s overarching storyline; despite deviations and alterations here and there, the general persona of guys like Captain America and Spider-Man are well-defined. The Hulk is one who has been mutated (pun intended) many times over the years to be hero, villain, anti-hero, unwitting antagonist, and more....

Why Do So Many Movie Trailers Debut On Apple.com? By Peter Sciretta/March 7, 2011 5:00 pm EST You may have wondered why do so many movie trailers premiere on Apple.com. Chad Little, a former Apple.com employee has posted a public response to this question. The answer? Blame it on Jar Jar Binks and Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace…. Little wrote on Quora.com: It started as a showcase for QuickTime, at the time of first launch we only had a handful of trailers and one or two studios....

‘Bourne’ Producer Frank Marshall Developing Spy Franchise Based On Jeffrey Archer Novels By Angie Han/Sept. 14, 2011 5:00 am EST Considering the massive success of the Bourne series of films, it’s not at all surprising that producer Frank Marshall’s got his eye on another potential spy franchise. News comes today that Marshall is developing an action thriller based on A Matter of Honor, the bestselling novel by millionaire Brit novelist Jeffrey Archer....

‘Contagion’ Character Posters Promote Fear And Alienation By Russ Fischer/Aug. 9, 2011 3:15 pm EST “Dont talk to anyone. Don’t touch anyone.” If you watched the trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s viral thriller Contagion and didn’t walk away with a feeling that we’re all doomed to die alone in abject horror, then these six character posters might be enough to hammer that idea home. These images feature the six core cast members (Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Laurence Fishburne and Gwyneth Paltrow) in various stages of agitation, tension or distress....

‘Dracula: Year Zero’ Crawls Back Out Of The Grave At Universal By Russ Fischer/Feb. 10, 2012 4:32 pm EST In an age of competing projects, we should expect to see this sort of thing happen a lot more often. Earlier today we talked about the fact that Warner Bros. might be looking to Russell Crowe to star in Harker, Jaume Collet-Serra’s revamped take on Dracula. So what does Universal do? The studio, which really has a certain claim to Dracula given the 1931 version (or the two ‘31 versions if you take the Spanish-language one into account) has taken the old project Dracula: Year Zero out of mothballs....

‘Moneyball’ UK Trailer – Brad Pitt And Jonah Hill Change Baseball By Germain Lussier/Sept. 1, 2011 10:00 am EST When I read Michael Lewis’ book Moneyball back in 2003, the idea that a movie could be made never crossed my mind. The reality of the situation – A’s general manager Billy Beane changing the game of baseball – was being played out in reality. Players like Nick Swisher and Kevin Youkilis, whom the book was about, were playing for real and that was proof enough for me....

By Russ Fischer/June 25, 2012 10:30 am EST The low-fi indie Monsters gave director Gareth Edwards a big-screen career virtually overnight, and in addition to working on the new incarnation of Godzilla for Legendary Pictures he has been developing another follow-up project in relative quiet. Late last summer we got a few details on the movie, which was then untitled. We learned that the film is about “a young human child (probably around 5 years old) and a robot who travel across the galaxy in search of mankind’s origin in a world void of humanity and filled with robots....

‘Salt’ Sequel Still On The Table; Kurt Wimmer Now Writing By Russ Fischer/June 6, 2011 4:30 pm EST Briefly: You know you want a Salt sequel. Wait, you don’t? Shh, don’t tell Sony. The studio has Kurt Wimmer writing the sequel right now, and the idea is that if the script passes muster, Angelina Jolie will sign on to reprise her role as Russian spy and CIA agent on the run Evelyn Salt who (spoiler!...

By Angie Han/Sept. 17, 2012 9:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. We’re writing to let you know that the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One-Avengers Assembled Collection will not be released by Marvel as originally expected. Instead, Marvel is planning to offer a similar collection in new packaging. The new collection will include the original titles offered with the first version of the item, and is expected to be available in the spring of 2013....

Arnold Schwarzenegger To Star In ‘Ten’ From ‘Training Day’ Writer David Ayer By Russ Fischer/May 7, 2012 2:00 pm EST Last week we saw a trailer for End of Watch, the film Training Day writer David Ayer wrote and directed with Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Pena, Anna Kendrick and America Ferrera starring. Now we’ve got word that Ayer’s next film will be Ten, a ‘cops and drugs’ thriller written by Skip Woods (The A-Team, A Good Day to Die Hard)....

Casting Bits: Brendan Gleeson In ‘Safe House;’ Ed Harris & Diane Keaton In ‘The Look Of Love;’ Cory Monteith In Caper Comedy By Russ Fischer/Feb. 9, 2011 8:00 am EST Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington will soon shoot Safe House, in which a CIA trainee (Reynolds) has to transport a criminal (Washington) who is under fire from other enemies. Daniel Espinosa (Snabba Cash) is directing from a script by David Guggenheim....

Cool Stuff: “It Also Travels In Time” Dr. Who-Inspired T-Shirt By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 21, 2010 9:00 am EST Today’s t-shirt on Ript Apparel is a Dr. Who-inspired design by D4N13L titled “It Also Travels In Time”. As with all of Ript’s designs, this t-shirt will only be available today (Sunday, November 21st 2010) and today only. So act fast! See the full design after the jump. Cool Stuff: “It Also Travels In Time” Dr....

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson In Talks For ‘Journey 3’ By Russ Fischer/March 8, 2012 3:30 pm EST Since making the movie from the ring to the big screen, Dwayne ’the Rock’ Johnson has tried to balance teen to adult-skewing action movies with more family-friendly fare. His latest family outing was Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, in which he essentially took the place of Brendan Fraser, who had starred in the 2008 Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D....