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‘The Artist’ And ‘Take Shelter’ Lead Independent Spirit Award Nominations; ‘50/50,’ ‘The Descendants,’ ‘Drive’ And ‘Beginners’ Also Up For Best Feature By Germain Lussier/Nov. 29, 2011 11:30 am EST The Oscars for movies made for under $20 million, the Independent Spirit Awards, announced their 2012 nominees Tuesday morning. Leading the pack with the most nominations were Jeff Nichols’ Michael Shannon-centric Take Shelter and Michel Hazanavicius’ black and white silent film The Artist....

‘The Avengers:’ Three New Images, Including A Look At Cobie Smulders By Russ Fischer/Oct. 6, 2011 6:00 pm EST It’s been a big day for image debuts as we saw a whole bunch of photos from Tarsem’s still-untitled Snow White film. Not to be outdone, Marvel has released three more images from The Avengers. Two show new looks at characters with which we’re pretty familiar. One, however, gives us a look at Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother) as S....

‘World War Z’ To Shoot In June; ‘R.I.P.D’ To Shoot In September, Adds Jeff Bridges By Germain Lussier/May 26, 2011 6:00 am EST Total Recall isn’t the only big time genre movie that’s locking down its cast and getting read to call “Action.” Reports are coming in that World War Z, the long gestating zombie apocalypse movie, based on the Max Brooks best-seller, directed by Marc Forster and starring Brad Pitt, will start shooting in June....

All-Star Cast Joins Adam Shankman’s ‘This Is Where I Leave You’ By Germain Lussier/May 29, 2012 4:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Deadline broke the news of this film, which is set up at Warner Bros. Here’s the plot description of Tropper’s book for a bit more detail. Simultaneously mourning the death of his father and the demise of his marriage, Judd joins the rest of the Foxmans as they reluctantly submit to their patriarch’s dying request: to spend the seven days following the funeral together....

Angelina Jolie Also Circling Ridley Scott’s ‘The Counselor’ By Angie Han/April 10, 2012 2:00 pm EST Over the past month or so, Natalie Portman has entered talks to play his wife, both Javier Bardem and Jeremy Renner have been up for the villain role, and Brad Pitt has been rumored to be considering a supporting role. Now the latest A-lister said to be circling is Angelina Jolie, who’s reportedly met with Scott to discuss a particular role....

Anthony And Joe Russo In Talks To Direct ‘Captain America 2’ By Russ Fischer/June 6, 2012 10:30 am EST Well, this is interesting, and possibly a good idea. Anthony and Joe Russo, the brothers who worked on Community and also wrote and directed the caper comedy Welcome to Collinwood, are in talks to direct the Captain America sequel for Marvel Studios. THR and Variety have the news, and that’s really all there is at this point....

Billy Bob Thornton In Talks For ‘Bad Santa 2’ By Russ Fischer/March 18, 2011 2:30 pm EST Last year, The Weinstein Company announced that it would partner with Miramax to make some sequels to titles in the Miramax library. One that was mentioned, and which has come up previous to that announcement, was Bad Santa 2. Billy Bob Thornton is often asked about the possibility of a sequel, and has said he’d be willing to do one....

Blake Masters Rewriting ‘Colossus: The Forbin Project’ Remake By Russ Fischer/July 19, 2011 9:00 am EST Coincidence or not: on the same day that we learn Universal has passed on the Dark Tower adaptation that Ron Howard, Akiva Goldsman and Brian Grazer were trying to make at Imagine Entertainment, we get word that another old Imagine project at Universal has new life through a new screenwriter. Years ago the company got the rights to remake the 1968 (released in ‘70) tech thriller Colossus: The Forbin Project — a sort of ‘computer develops sentience’ thriller that paved the way for War Games and other films — but for a very long time it has seemed basically dormant....

Blu-Ray Geek Deals: Terminator 2 Judgment Day: Skynet Edition For $5.49 And Contact For $9.49 By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 4, 2011 1:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. I’m not sure how long these prices will be valid, so act fast.

Casting Bits: Giovanni Ribisi In ‘Gangster Squad;’ Rinko Kikuchi In ‘Pacific Rim;’ J.B. Smoove In ‘The Dictator’ By Russ Fischer/July 7, 2011 6:00 am EST The latest addition to Gangster Squad, which Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, 30 Minutes or Less) is about to direct for Warner Bros., is Giovanni Ribisi. He’ll play “Conway Keeler, a cop in the group who is a master of electronics and wires.” That ‘group’ also includes copes played by Ryan Gosling and Josh Brolin, as well as Anthony Mackie and Michael Pena....

Chloë Moretz And Haley Bennett In Contention To Be The New ‘Carrie’ [Updated] By Russ Fischer/March 27, 2012 9:15 am EST Kimberly Peirce (Boys Don’t Cry) is putting together a new film based on Stephen King’s debut novel Carrie. Brian De Palma’s movie starring Sissy Spacek and John Travolta remains one of De Palma’s most entertaining films, packed as it is with over-the-top characterization and De Palma’s trademark love of split-screen imagery....

By Germain Lussier/Dec. 6, 2010 3:30 pm EST One of the first pieces of online film journalism to truly legitimize the profession was Drew McWeeny’s September 2002 evisceration of a J.J. Abrams script for a film eventually referred to as Superman: Flyby. McWeeny, then working for Ain’t It Cool News under the name “Moriarty,” ripped apart Abrams’ script so completely, and in such a public forum, that he is widely credited for killing the film....

Cool Stuff: Exclusive First Look At Robert Brandenburg’s Crazy 4 Cult 5 Art By Peter Sciretta/June 30, 2011 2:13 pm EST Gallery 1988 Los Angeles will be holding their fifth annual Crazy 4 Cult art show on July 8th 2011, and we have an exclusive first look at art created by Robert Brandenburg for the show. Brandenburg has a very interesting style, taking pieces of existing art or advertising, and giving is a unique pop culture twist....

First ‘Breaking Dawn’ Teaser Poster Promises The Series’ Glorious End By Russ Fischer/May 24, 2011 8:18 pm EST You can’t put lipstick on a pig, as they say, so there’s no way to dress this up: rather than updating the poster article from earlier today to include this teaser one-sheet for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, I’m giving the image its own space. No characters are revealed in this poster — it’s just a pretty ol’ sunset with a logo overlaid....

First Look: Colin Farrell, Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots And Christopher Mintz-Plasse In ‘Fright Night’ By Russ Fischer/April 7, 2011 12:30 pm EST We’ve seen one image from the Craig Gillespie-directed 3D remake of the ’80s horror classic Fright Night, but the three images below are the first real look we’ve had at the upcoming film. The movie tells the story of a suburban kid (Anton Yelchin) who, amid dealing with a new girlfriend (Imogen Poots) and estrangement from his old best friend (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) discovers that his neighborhood is now home to a vampire (Colin Farrell)....

Gael Garcia Bernal And Diego Luna Join The Will Ferrell Comedy ‘Casa De Mi Padre’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 10, 2010 5:30 am EST Funny or Die Presents director Matt Piedmont will soon be directing Will Ferrell in the Spanish-language comedy Casa de mi padre. That’s odd enough, and now Ferrell has two great co-stars: Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna, who are making quite the career of working in films together....

Geek Deals: Patton, The Longest Day, And The Sand Pebbles On Blu-Ray For Only $9.99 Each. By Peter Sciretta/June 22, 2011 7:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Harald Zwart Tapped To Direct ‘Bakugan’ By Germain Lussier/Dec. 21, 2010 2:00 pm EST In Hollywood, it’s never about what you’ve done, it’s about what you’ve done lately. Before this summer, Harald Zwart directed One Night at McCool’s, Agent Cody Banks and The Pink Panther 2. Not exactly box office or critical bonanzas. Still, he found himself in China directing the remake of The Karate Kid for Sony. From a $40 million budget, that film made almost $400 million worldwide and now Universal is entrusting Zwart with one of their precious possible franchises....

Hollywood Video Still Charging Some Customers Late Fees By Germain Lussier/Feb. 15, 2011 6:00 pm EST We hope you returned any Hollywood Video movies you may have rented before the film rental chain went bankrupt. If you didn’t, you might owe them several months of phantom late fees. Thousands of customers have reportedly been contacted by credit agencies alerting them to compounded late fees owed to the company that doesn’t exist anymore....

J.J. Abrams Thinks Movies Are Too Expensive By Germain Lussier/Aug. 16, 2012 6:00 am EST Director J.J. Abrams is currently working on what’ll most likely end up being his most expensive film yet, the sequel to 2009’s Star Trek. Before that, he made two movies, Star Trek and Mission: Impossible III, that both cost $150 million. Expensive for sure but a drop in the bucket compared to the films people like Christopher Nolan or Michael Bay are making....