John Lithgow Joins Planet Of The Apes Prequel By Peter Sciretta/June 22, 2010 7:13 pm EST Lithgow is a two-time Oscar nominated actor for his supporting performances in Terms of Endearment and The World According to Garp. He has also been nominated for nine Emmys, four of which he won. His role as the villain on last season’s Dexter was one of the most talked about performances in the last year of television....
Jon Stewart Announces Intent To Produce A Film About Jailed Iranian Journalist Maziar Bahari By Russ Fischer/June 7, 2011 10:26 am EST Last night on The Daily Show Jon Stewart hosted Mr. Bahari for an extended interview, and though he revealed no real details, he did confirm that the two are working on a film based on the book. At the end of the televised interview segment (embedded below) Jon Stewart said,...
Lily Collins Is ‘Snow White’ For Tarsem Singh; Will Star Opposite Julia Roberts And Armie Hammer By Germain Lussier/April 2, 2011 7:36 am EST They cast the queen, they cast the prince and now they’ve cast their lead. Lily Collins, daughter of rock star Phil Collins, best-known for her role in The Blind Side, has been cast as the title character in Snow White, the Relativity Media re-imagining of the classic tale directed by Tarsem Singh (The Cell, Immortals)....
More “Best Of 2010? Videos: ‘2010: The Winners Are’, ‘2010: At The Movies’, And Matt Zoller Seitz’s ‘Never Let Them Go: 2010 And The Movies’ By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 24, 2010 12:02 pm EST There are a bunch of “Best of 2010” video montages virally spreading around the web that we have not featured on the site. The videos include: ‘2010: The Winners Are’, ‘2010: At The Movies’, ‘2010: Scenes From a Year In Film’, Matt Zoller Seitz’s ‘Never Let Them Go: 2010 And The Movies’....
Movie Poster: Terrence Malick’s ‘The Tree Of Life’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 3, 2010 2:09 pm EST But along with the poster we have an extended synopsis — the same one that was found occasionally on the web quite a while back, but this time “from the desk of Terrence Malick” — which you can find along with a large version of the poster after the break. I don’t even really want to post the poster image, because I have a feeling it isn’t a good early look at the movie....
Movie Trailer: John Rabe By Peter Sciretta/April 21, 2010 8:45 pm EST Strand Releasing has released the official US trailer for Florian Gallenberger’s historical drama John Rabe. The film tells the true-story of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the 1937 Nanjing massacre. German actor Ulrich Tukur (The White Ribbon) stars as John Rabe, alongside Daniel Brühl (Inglourious Basterds), Steve Buscemi, Anne Consigny, Jingchu Zhang, and Teruyuki Kagawa....
Natalie Portman Now Negotiating For Lead In Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Gravity’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 29, 2010 8:23 am EST One step forward. After Angelina Jolie passed twice on the role, Alfonso Cuarón decided to offer the lead role in his space-set thriller Gravity to Natalie Portman. Now the actress is reportedly in active negotiations to take the role of a woman who is trying to negotiate her way back to safety after she’s stranded in space during a routine repair mission....
NBC Dumps ‘Wonder Woman’ By Russ Fischer/May 12, 2011 7:08 pm EST The script was derided; the costume was scorned; and test audiences frowned at the rough-cut pilot. Now NBC has taken the same line as seemingly everyone else who has had a gander at David E. Kelley’s new television Wonder Woman. The network passed on the pilot, and so the show won’t go to series. This will no doubt draw some knowingly rueful chuckles from execs at other networks, all of which passed on the chance to even produce the pilot....
Oh, Look, Actual Arrested Development Movie News: Script Is Half Done By Russ Fischer/Aug. 2, 2010 2:30 pm EST At the Television Critics Awards, AD creator and principal shepherd Mitch Hurwitz said, Hurwitz declined a request to offer up a logline or title, which is probably for the best. Knowing the script is partially written and that the creator still has a passion for the story is enough to set off a wave of speculation about the film....
Page 2: Indiana Jones, Walt Disney, Star Wars, E.T., Avatar, Ghostbusters, Comic-Con, Fight Club, X-Files, Jon Favreau, The Lion King, Cast Away By Peter Sciretta/July 25, 2011 2:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Header photo: R2-D2’s secret revealed at Comic-Con. Oscar nominated filmmaker and screenwriter Michael Cacoyannis (Zorba the Greek) died Monday of complications from a heart attack and chronic respiratory problems at age 89....
Producer Frank Marshall Sees ‘Indy 4’ As The Character’s “Last Hurrah” By Russ Fischer/July 26, 2012 12:30 pm EST Based on reactions to the topic every time it comes up, I think a great many Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford fans would like to pretend that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull didn’t exist. And yet there is still the occasional expression of hope when the mooted fifth Indy film is discussed....
Read This Trailer Description For ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ By Germain Lussier/July 12, 2011 1:45 pm EST Yesterday’s reveal of the first poster for The Dark Knight Rises more or less confirmed last week’s rumor that a trailer would be attached to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 this weekend. It’s still a few days from appearing online, most likely, but several sites have had projectionist spies who got the trailer shipped to them send in a description....
Ridley Scott Briefly Addresses The ‘Alien’ And ‘Prometheus’ Relationship By Russ Fischer/Nov. 7, 2011 8:00 am EST Last week the Wall Street Journal talked to Ridley Scott, and got the brief info that the director’s upcoming Blade Runner project is likely to be a sequel, but still hasn’t hired a screenwriter. Now the paper’s entertainment blog has some brief info on Prometheus, Scott’s current film, which is also a prequel of sorts to his 1979 film Alien....
Russell Crowe To Appear In RZA’s ‘The Man With The Iron Fist’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 14, 2010 9:46 am EST Nope, didn’t see this one coming. At all. We knew that RZA and Eli Roth have somehow convinced Universal to throw down a few million (read: $20m) to produce The Man With the Iron Fist, written by RZA and Roth and directed by the Wu Tang Clan beatmaster. And now, after several years of development, the film seems to have a world-class fightin’ actor set for a role of some sort, as RZA says he’s landed Russell Crowe to be part of the cast....
Russian Trailer For ‘X-Men: First Class’ Reveals New Footage By Angie Han/March 15, 2011 8:45 am EST I don’t know about you, but when I saw the first trailer for Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class, I went from being cautiously optimistic to unabashedly optimistic. It looked like everything I’d want from an X-Men film: action, character-driven drama, an excellent cast and plenty of meaningful nods at storylines familiar to any Marvel fan....
Screenwriter Max Landis Talks About ‘Frankenstein’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 16, 2011 5:30 pm EST Landis recently spoke to Shock Till You Drop about the film and not only revealed a few precious details, told a great story of how he became interested in the mythology in the first place. You’re sure to learn something about Frankenstein, both this movie and the legend, after the jump. Thanks to Shock Till You Drop for the interview....
Superhero Bits: Justice League, Iron Man 3, The Avengers, Dark Knight Returns, Thor: The Dark World By Germain Lussier/Sept. 25, 2012 12:00 pm EST Is Warner Bros. exploring Frank Miller as the Justice League director? Where are Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World shooting in the coming days? How can you get your hands on Coulson’s Captain America cards from The Avengers? What do Stephen King or Tim Burton have to do with superheroes?...
The ‘Jurassic Park’ Trilogy Officially Coming To Blu-Ray By Germain Lussier/June 7, 2011 4:30 pm EST Six months ago, we ran an article saying that Jurassic Park would be coming to Blu-ray in 2011 and now Universal Pictures has confirmed that to be true. While no release date is set, Steven Spielberg’s classic 1993 film (and its two inferior sequels) will come to the high definition format sometime before the holiday season....
VOTD: Max Landis’ Short Film ‘The Death And Return Of Superman’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 4, 2012 12:00 am EST It’s a big weekend for Max Landis. Sure, the son of legendary director John Landis has a few screenplays in various stages of production but this weekend marks his first to finally make it to the big screen, Chronicle (read a review here). He’s also picked this weekend to release his much ballyhooed short film The Death and Return of Superman....
Watch ‘Cost Of Living,’ A Great Workplace Sci-Fi Short Featuring Bret Harrison And Brandon Routh By Russ Fischer/Feb. 13, 2012 9:19 pm EST Remember, if you will, the days of Fantastic Fest 2011. One of the most buzzed about films at the Austin, TX festival wasn’t a feature from an established director. It was Cost of Living, a short written and directed by first-time filmmaker BenDavid Grabinski. The short stars Bret Harrison (Reaper, Breaking In) and Brandon Routh (Superman Returns, Scott Pilgrim vs....
