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Man Sues Detroit AMC Theater Over High Concession Prices By Germain Lussier/March 7, 2012 6:00 am EST Going to the movies can be extremely expensive and one Detroit resident is doing something about it. Twenty-something Joshua Thompson was so upset over paying $8 for a soda and candy at his local AMC that he filed a class action lawsuit against the theater in hopes that prices would be dropped. Does this man think he’s being forced to buy food at the theater?...

Movie Trailer #2: Takers By Russ Fischer/June 9, 2010 9:17 am EST Before this trailer, the most memorable thing about Takers was the photoshop abortion that passed for the film’s first one-sheet. After this new trailer, that poster remains the most memorable thing about Takers, which still looks like an abandoned MTV Movie Awards tribute to Heat. What is there to say here? T.I. and Chris Brown look like they’re play-acting a mid-album skit about bank robbery, and Hayden Christensen and Idris Elba appear to be going along with the joke....

Movie Trailer: The Action Of ‘The Karate Kid’ By Russ Fischer/June 8, 2010 3:07 pm EST We’ve seen two trailers so far for the remake of The Karate Kid, both of which focused pretty heavily on the film’s story. In the runup to the release of the film this week there’s a third trailer, and this one is almost exclusively action, including a street chase scene that is vaguely reminiscent of Ong Bak, though the full thing probably doesn’t have that movie’s over-the-top stunts....

New ‘American Reunion’ Red Band Trailer And Viral Video By Germain Lussier/March 27, 2012 2:30 pm EST Fans of the American Pie series already have April 6 circled on their calendar, because that’s when when American Reunion hits theaters, and audiences get to see what happened to characters like Jim, Finch, Stifler and Oz as they moved forward with their lives. It’s the fourth theatrical film in the Pie series and brings back literally every single pivotal character from the original two films for a belated ten-year high school reunion....

Paul W.S. Anderson Will Channel Roland Emmerich As He Directs Disaster Film ‘Pompeii’ By Russ Fischer/May 3, 2011 7:30 am EST From Roman Polanski to the other Paul Anderson? This may be only the second-biggest tragedy to strike the ancient city of Pompeii, but it is certainly the most recent. Four years ago, Roman Polanski planned to mount a massive historical epic based in Pompeii that would have culminated with the eruption of Vesuvius and the destruction of the city....

POTD: Snow Jabba By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 22, 2010 10:00 am EST A snowman version of Jabba the Hutt was spotted last week in Spokane, WA by FETTS. via: DannyTRS POTD: Snow Jabba By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 22, 2010 10:00 am EST A snowman version of Jabba the Hutt was spotted last week in Spokane, WA by FETTS. via: DannyTRS via: DannyTRS

Potentially Huge ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Spoiler Suggests Much About The Plot By Russ Fischer/June 15, 2011 2:27 pm EST Details on Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises are very thin. We know the basics — Catwoman (Anne Hathaway) and Bane (Tom Hardy) are in the film, and there is some sort of flashback structure that involves a young version of Ra’s al Ghul, the villain of Batman Begins. But beyond those details we know very little about the plot of the film other than a vague promise made by Christopher Nolan to deliver an appropriate end to his Batman trilogy....

Project Updates: Sin City 2; Red State And Hit Somebody; And The Incredible Crash Test Dummies By Russ Fischer/July 6, 2010 8:37 pm EST The specter of Sin City 2 will hang over Robert Rodriguez until…well, until he finally makes the damn movie. I can conceive of a distant future in which Rodriguez has become a filmmaker akin to Ingmar Bergman (just for the sake of argument) but is still hit with questions about Sin City 2....

Release Date News: ‘Apollo 18,’ ‘Piranha 3DD,’ ‘Our Idiot Brother’ And ‘I Don’t Know How She Does It’ By Germain Lussier/March 25, 2011 3:00 pm EST Fans who were anxiously anticipating the Timur Bekmambetov-produced found footage horror film Apollo 18, scheduled for release April 22 (which itself was already a shift) are in for about eight months of disappointment. The Weinstein Company has bumped the film to January 6, 2012. They also bumped Piranha 3DD from September 16 to November 23, while adding dates for Our Idiot Brother (which was called My Idiot Brother when we loved it at Sundance) and I Don’t Know How She Does It....

Release Dates: ‘The Hunger Games’ Sequel Scheduled; ‘Parker’ And New Henry Selick Film Also Dated By Russ Fischer/Aug. 8, 2011 12:44 pm EST This year might be the point where studio reliance on tentpole films finally got out of hand. We’ve seen Sony schedule a date for the sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man — that’s a sequel to a film that isn’t even close to finished, and which, consequently, no one has seen....

Scorsese Camp Responds To ‘Silence’ Lawsuit, Calling It A “Meritless” “Media Stunt” By Russ Fischer/Aug. 24, 2012 4:10 pm EST The story of the lawsuit filed by Cecchi Gori Pictures against Martin Scorsese and his production company is getting interesting and entertaining. Yesterday the details of the lawsuit emerged, as the company alleges that Scorsese & Co. have not followed through on (a) an agreement to make the film Silence, and (b) payments owed when Scorsese made Hugo instead of Silence....

The World’s Biggest And Most Obsessive ‘Harry Potter’ Fan By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 16, 2010 10:00 am EST Harry J. Potter claims to be the biggest fan of the Harry Potter book and film series. Not only is his name Harry Potter, but he has he filled three rooms of his house with merchandise, prop replicas, art and more. He owns three months worth of varied Harry Potter clothing and even has a JK Rowling autographed tattoo (one of four Potter tats with plans for more)....

Tom Tykwer And The Wachowskis Will Direct ‘Cloud Atlas’ Together, Says Natalie Portman By Russ Fischer/Jan. 5, 2011 12:30 pm EST Last time we heard about the adaptation of David Mitchell’s novel Cloud Atlas, the Wachowskis were reportedly set to shoot the film in summer of this year. That was slightly confusing, as Tom Tykwer was hired to write many months ago, and was seemingly set to direct as well, with the Wachowskis producing....

Voltron Feature Film Is Dead; Robots Will Rely On TV Reboot By Russ Fischer/June 7, 2010 11:13 pm EST That’s no longer the case which, given the quality of the Transformers films, might not be a bad thing at all. In April of this year, Makowski was gone, the Marks screenplay was gone, and World Event Productions and Atlas were developing a new version. Now a Variety article says, without much detail, that all feature film versions are dead....

VOTD: ‘Dazed And Confused’ Recapped In Two Minutes Of Rap By Russ Fischer/Feb. 3, 2011 5:00 am EST I’ll see your RoboCop rap and the Predator rap recaps and raise you the same approach applied to Richard Linklater’s great film Dazed and Confused. Because where the RoboCop recap took ten minutes, this one is done in a delirious two. If you’re going to speed-rap a recap of Dazed and Confused, you’re damn right it should be backed with samples from War’s ‘Low Rider....

Watch A 2-Hour Discussion Between Steven Spielberg, JJ Abrams And James Cameron By Peter Sciretta/July 6, 2011 2:33 pm EST A few weeks ago, the Director’s Guild of America in Los Angeles held “A Tribute to Steve Spielberg” which features JJ Abrams and James Cameron discussing Spielberg’s influence on their careers and filmmaking. Also on stage sits Spielberg himself, adding his own perspective on the stories from throughout his career. My friend Adam who was lucky enough to be in attendance for this event, informs me that the almost 2-hour-long presentation is now online for everyone to watch....

‘Fast Five’ - What Did You Think? By David Chen/April 29, 2011 8:01 pm EST I was pretty skeptical when I heard that director Justin Lin would be making another Fast/Furious film. While Tokyo Drift was solid, Fast and Furious was lifeless and dull (though that didn’t stop the latter film from making a boatload of cash upon its release). For Universal, a studio that’s had a pretty rough past few years, the Fast/Furious franchise is the closest thing it can get to a sure thing....

‘Ghostbusters’ To Get Theatrical Rerelease By Angie Han/Sept. 14, 2011 9:30 am EST As we look forward to the most anticipated movies of the fall season, one very exciting release has unexpectedly popped up. The official Ghostbusters Facebook page has just announced that the sci-fi comedy classic is set to return to theaters this October for a rerelease. Read on after the jump. Alright, Ghostbusters fans. It’s time to get your cats and dogs together and prepare for mass hysteria: This October, for the first time in over 25 years, the original and unforgettable Ghostbusters makes its triumphant return to theaters!...

‘Saw’ Creator/Director James Wan Gets An Eight-Picture Producing Deal With Icon By Russ Fischer/Feb. 11, 2011 7:30 am EST Now he’s got an eight-film deal with Icon, under which he will produce two films per year. He told Variety, he idea is to produce small, scary, low-budget pics that I enjoy making…I don’t see myself coming up with any romantic-dramedy ideas right now." Most of these will be producing jobs for Mr....

‘The Beaver’ Bumped To May 6 By Germain Lussier/Feb. 8, 2011 12:00 am EST Summit Entertainment must have gotten some pretty good buzz from early screenings of their controversial Jodie Foster/Mel Gibson film The Beaver because, according to Box Office Mojo, they bumped it back from its original March 23 release date. It’ll now open limited on the much more desirable summer date of May 6 before expanding on May 20....