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‘Real Steel’ High Resolution Photos By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 10, 2010 6:00 am EST DreamWorks has released a batch of new High Resolution production photos from Shawn Levy’s futuristic robot boxing movie Real Steel. Hit the jump to see the new images. And if you missed the first teaser trailer released this week, click here. Official Info:Real Steel DREAMWORKS STUDIOS Genre: Action-Drama Rating: TBD U.S. Release date: October 7, 2011 Cast: Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Dakota Goyo, Kevin Durand, Anthony Mackie Director: Shawn Levy Producers: Don Murphy, Susan Montford, Shawn Levy Executive Producers: Bob Zemeckis, Jack Rapke, Steve Starkey, Mary McLaglen, Josh McLaglen Screenplay by: John Gatins Based on the short Story “Steel” by: Richard Mathis A gritty, white-knuckle, action ride set in the near-future where the sport of boxing has gone high-tech, “Real Steel” stars Hugh Jackman as Charlie Kenton, a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring....

‘Taken’ Director Pierre Morel Circling Ouija Board Movie By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 19, 2010 7:30 pm EST In the months following the huge box office take of Transformers, it seemed like Hollywood was going action figure and board game crazy. It has been over two years since Michael Bay’s production company Platinum Dunes announced they would be teaming up with Hasbro to bring the board game, Ouija Board, to the big screen for Universal....

‘X-Men: First Class’ Sequel Shoots In January, To Work Around Jennifer Lawrence And ‘The Hunger Games’ Sequel By Russ Fischer/April 5, 2012 10:39 pm EST The solution will likely be this: Lawrence will shoot Catching Fire, the Hunger Games sequel, later this year, and then shoot the next X-Men film in January. On the Hunger Games side, there still isn’t a deal to put Gary Ross back in the director’s chair, but any negotiating conflicts on that front are expected to be resolved soon....

Casey Affleck Joins ‘Paradise Lost’ As Gabriel; Camilla Belle May Play Eve By Russ Fischer/Sept. 23, 2011 11:01 am EST The latest addition to Alex Proyas’ adaptation of Milton’s canonical poem Paradise Lost is Casey Affleck, who is in talks to play the God’s messenger, the angel Gabriel, in the film. Along with him comes Camilla Belle (10,000 B.C.), who is reportedly the top choice to play Eve. Deadline reports that Belle is the choice for both Legendary Entertainment and Alex Proyas, but that the deal isn’t set yet....

Casting Bits: Channing Tatum In ‘Blood Brothers;’ Chelsea Handler In ‘Fun Size;’ Ashley Hinshaw In ‘Cherry’ By Russ Fischer/June 21, 2011 1:00 pm EST Today’s second casting break — possibly the latest in a series, given the density of news on that front lately — has three pretty divergent stories. After the break, you’ll find info on the following trio: Channing Tatum is attached to a thriller pitch called Blood Brothers....

Check Out This Featurette For The Horror Anthology ‘V/H/S,’ Now On Demand By Germain Lussier/Aug. 30, 2012 1:45 pm EST Horror movies are a dime a dozen. Good ones are much more valuable, and a good one just hit VOD today. It’s called V/H/S, and is an anthology film featuring creepy, gory segments from filmmakers Adam Wingard (You’re Next), Glenn McQuaid (I Sell The Dead), Radio Silence, David Bruckner (The Signal), Joe Swanberg (Hannah Takes the Stairs)and Ti West (The Innkeepers)....

Christopher Nolan: David Goyer Figured Out How To “Address Superman In A Modern Context” By Peter Sciretta/June 3, 2010 10:25 am EST In the latest issue of Empire Magazine, Christopher Nolan comments on the upcoming Superman reboot that David Goyer is writing and he is producing: “..What it is, while David Goyer and myself were putting together the story for another Batman film a few years ago, you know thrashing out where we might move on from the Dark Knight, we got stuck....

Christopher Nolan Won’t Make A Howard Hughes Film, But He Still Wants To Direct A Bond Movie By Russ Fischer/June 4, 2012 5:30 pm EST A few directors have wanted to make films about Howard Hughes, even after Martin Scorsese made The Aviator. One man is Warren Beatty, whose latest film is about the bizarre and powerful aviation mogul. Another has been Christopher Nolan, and while Nolan has focused his energies in other ways in the past few years, fans have hoped he might get around to the Hughes film he once spoke of making....

Cool Stuff: Carlos Ramos’ Kubrick-Inspired Art Show By Peter Sciretta/July 6, 2010 3:00 pm EST Burbank-born artist Carlos Ramos (storyboard artist and writer on Dexter’s Labratory, ChalkZone, My Life as a Teenage Robot, The X’s, and Ni Hao Kai-lan) is presenting a solo exhibition of his Stanley Kubrick-inspired artwork at the Copro Gallery from July 10th until August 3rd. 11 years after the death of Stanley Kubrick, Ramos pays homage to the man who wrote and directed such films as A Clockwork Orange, Dr....

Cool Stuff: Space Monolith Action Figure By Germain Lussier/Dec. 24, 2010 7:00 am EST Christmas is right around the corner and though it might be a little too late, this would make the perfect stocking stuffer for any Stanley Kubrick fan in your house. Sporting an incredible zero points of articulation, here’s the 2001: A Space Odyssey action figure you’ve been waiting for: The Monolith! Read a full description and see the packaging after the jump....

Cool Stuff: Star Wars Death Star Cookie Jar By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 14, 2011 12:00 pm EST LucasFilm has finally released their long-promised Death Star cookie jar. Available exclusively from StarWars.com for $49.99, the cookie jar measures approximately 12 x 12-inches, and is made of sculpted ceramic. Here is the official product description: The exclusive Death Star cookie jar is built to hold an Imperial army of your favorite cookies, and can even double as a festive ice cooler or candy bowl at your next Star Wars soiree....

Despite Labor Resolution, WB Could Move ‘The Hobbit’ To The UK ‘Harry Potter’ Stages By Russ Fischer/Oct. 21, 2010 12:51 pm EST So, you thought that after SAG and AFTRA called off the labor union boycott of The Hobbit that things would be all smooth sailing for the production? Nope. Despite an end to the union dispute that started with a pairing of a small New Zealand actors’ organization and an Australian outfit and grew to encompass some of the largest motion picture unions, The Hobbit may still leave New Zealand....

Disney Dates New, Untitled Original Pixar Project; Is This Pete Docter’s New Film? By Russ Fischer/June 20, 2011 10:16 am EST Here’s a mystery for you to ponder today: what is Pixar’s next original project after Brave? Today Disney penciled in a release date — November 27, 2013 — for an original, non-sequel Pixar film. There is no announced title, and no creative team publicly linked to the project. So what is it?...

First Look: Emma Watson In ‘My Week With Marilyn’ By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 10, 2010 12:00 pm EST We’ve already seen what Michelle Williams looks like as Marilyn Monroe, but we have yet to see Emma Watson… until now. Check out the first photo of Watson in the film after the jump, along with a clip from our roundtable interview with Watson in November, where she talks about her part in My Week with Marilyn....

Hellraiser Remake Still Stalled; New Direct To DVD Film Keeps Franchise ‘Alive’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 31, 2010 10:30 am EST Dimension can’t decide what it wants out of a Hellraiser remake. Over the past few years the company has attached at least three filmmakers or teams — Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo (Inside); Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton (Feast and the Saw series); and Pascal Laugier (Martyrs) to write and/or direct new takes on the original....

Ian McShane Will Play The Lead Dwarf In ‘Snow White And The Huntsman’ By Russ Fischer/June 20, 2011 8:52 pm EST One of the things that sets Universal’s Snow White and the Huntsman slightly apart from some of the other new takes on Snow White is the way it incorporates the dwarfs. In this version there are eight dwarfs, each of which is named after a Roman ruler. Now the first of those characters has been cast: Caesar, the oldest of the eight, and an enemy to the Queen and old friend to Eric, the Huntsman (Chris Hemsworth)....

LOL: Who Needs A Remake When You’ve Got ‘Conan The Barbarian: The Musical’? By Russ Fischer/June 29, 2010 10:00 am EST The big studio moviemaking cliche is that for any fairly obvious idea there’s always some serious competition. So there are multiple versions of The Three Musketeers in development, a bunch of Wizard of Oz-related projects jockeying for position, and plenty more. And I bet you didn’t know that the remake / new version of Conan had competition from an unlikely source....

Michael Fassbender In Talks For Danny Boyle’s ‘Trance,’ More Plot Details Revealed By Russ Fischer/May 7, 2011 1:33 pm EST This week we got the unexpected news that Danny Boyle will direct a film before he goes to work on the 2012 London Olympics. He won’t actually finish the movie until after the Olympics are done, but he’ll at least have the footage in the can (or on the hard drive, as it were) and ready to cut when the games are done....

Movie Trailer: JJ Abrams-Produced Comedy Morning Glory By Peter Sciretta/May 25, 2010 4:16 pm EST Paramount Pictures has released the movie trailer for the JJ Abrams/Bad Robot-produced comedy Morning Glory. The movie tells the story of a “hotshot television producer is set the challenge of reviving a struggling morning show program, despite the constant feuding of its high-profile anchors.” Starring Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, Patrick Wilson, and Jeff Goldblum....

New International ‘X-Men: First Class’ Trailer Offers Slightly More Footage Of Banshee And Azazel By Angie Han/April 20, 2011 9:31 am EST Yet another new international trailer for Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class has dropped, and while it looks a lot like all the other trailers we’ve seen, I can’t argue that it doesn’t look good. There’s also a tiny bit of new footage within. Watch it after the jump....