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‘Star Trek 2’ Will Feature “Original And Unique” Approach To Villain, Bruce Greenwood To Return As Pike By Angie Han/Dec. 21, 2011 10:30 am EST With all the Star Trek 2 rumors floating around it’s almost easy to forget we don’t actually know a whole lot about the story at this point. That hasn’t changed, and likely won’t in the near future, but producer Bryan Burk and co-writer/producer Roberto Orci have revealed a couple tidbits of information sure to get fans speculating wildly....

‘The Ledge’ – Religion, Romance And A Suicidal Ultimatum [Sundance Review] By Germain Lussier/Jan. 22, 2011 1:00 pm EST Upon first reading about The Ledge, it felt like one of those classic Sundance Film Festival movies that could breakout and be a hit. It has a well-known cast, an experienced writer/director and a story that’s easily digestible. The story is about how and why a man on the ledge of a building is ready to kill himself, the cast includes Charlie Hunnam, Liv Tyler, Patrick Wilson and Terrence Howard and the writer/director is Matthew Chapman, who wrote Runaway Jury, Color of Night and Consenting Adults....

‘Thor’ Trailer Description And Impressions By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 9, 2010 1:00 pm EST It appears that Marvel has shipped the official movie trailer for Thor, and descriptions have started appearing online. I’m not a fan of reading trailer descriptions, as I’d rather just see the video for myself (and I have the patience to wait for it). That said, I have no problem reading impressions /Film reader Ed C sent us the following....

‘Transformers: Dark Of The Moon’ Opens In 3D And IMAX June 28 At 9pm By Germain Lussier/June 17, 2011 6:18 pm EST Subtract another three hours off your Transformers: Dark of the Moon countdown clock. Paramount just announced that they’ll open the film, exclusively on 3D and IMAX 3D screens, on Tuesday June 28 at 9 p.m. It’ll open in all dimensions 3 hours later, at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday June 29....

70 High Resolution Images From Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch By Peter Sciretta/July 27, 2010 5:00 am EST Yesterday, Warner Bros released the first movie trailer for Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch. If you have yet to see it, click here now. The trailer is basically throws graphically intense stylized images at a rapid pace, and you’re likely to miss something. Some of the cuts last only a few frames, a split second....

Best Comments Of The Week: ‘Spider-Man 2’, ‘Die Hard 5’, ‘Green Lantern 2’ And Superman, Catwoman, ‘The Darkest Hour’ Alien First Looks By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 7, 2011 6:53 pm EST As you know, this week we launched a new registered user-only commenting section. I thought since the weekends are always slow here on /Film, why not take a look at the most liked comments of last week. Maybe we’ll continue to post this round-up every weekend and you might even see your comment on the /Film front page....

Casting Bits: Jake Abel In ‘The Host’, Luke Grimes In ‘Taken 2’, Sean Astin, Taryn Manning And Kevin Pollak In ‘Napa’ By Angie Han/Nov. 9, 2011 7:00 am EST With Saoirse Ronan already locked in for Andrew Niccol’s The Host, the search is on for two handsome young lads to play the male leads. Jake Abel has just been selected for the part of Ian, beating out several competitors including Dane DeHaan (The Place Beyond the Pines), Thomas McDonnell (Prom), and Augustus Prew (Charlie St....

Cool Stuff: WETA’s District 9 Exosuit Statue By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 3, 2010 7:00 am EST At Comic-Con, WETA Workshop unvieled the newest District 9 collectable, a statue of the Exosuit from the film. Modeled with fanatical attention to detail by Weta Senior Modelmaker David Tremont and art directed by Greg Broadmore, this piece has been created by the very same artists and craftsmen who worked on the movie. Produced in a strictly limited edition of only 600 world wide and being such an incredibly detailed model, the Exosuit is likely to be very popular and we recommend pre-ordering to avoid disappointment....

Could Disney Soon Develop A Feature-Length Mickey Mouse Film? By Russ Fischer/March 24, 2011 5:00 pm EST Despite the character’s locked-in-stone status as an animation icon, Mickey Mouse has forever been a star of shorts, television and comics. While there have been some direct to video films starring Mickey, he’s never starred in his own theatrical feature. Now it looks like one could happen. Not quickly or soon, because that’s not the pace of animation....

Could Rupert Wyatt And Michael Fassbender Team With Warners For ‘Londongrad’? By Russ Fischer/Nov. 7, 2011 10:00 am EST Deadline announces the possible deal, but doesn’t have many more details. There was a point where Mike Newell was going to make the movie (it had the title The Terminal Spy at one point) and the David Scarpa script that Wyatt would work from has been set up at Warner Bros. for almost two years....

Explore The Nations Of The Last Airbender By Peter Sciretta/June 18, 2010 3:30 pm EST Based on the successful Nickelodeon animated TV series, M Night Shyamalan’s live-action feature film The Last Airbender tells the story of four nations tied by destiny – Air, Water, Earth, Fire. In the movie, the Fire Nation launches a brutal war against the others. “A century has passed with no hope in sight to change the path of this destruction....

First Concept Art For ‘Mr. Peabody And Sherman’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 25, 2011 4:00 pm EST Briefly: When we had the first announcement of the Rocky and Bullwinkle spin-off film Mr. Peabody and Sherman, which will feature Robert Downey, Jr. voicing the time-traveling dog Mr. Peabody, we mentioned that concept art of the canine would soon be coming down the line. Here it is and…yeah, that’s Mr. Peabody, all right. Same basic look, albeit with more detailed, expressive eyes....

First Look: Keanu Reeves On The Set Of ‘47 Ronin’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 25, 2011 4:23 pm EST Pretty minor stuff here, but here’s the first look at Keanu Reeves in costume for the Carl Erik Rinsch film 47 Ronin. The movie is a remake, in name at least, of a Japanese film from 1947, but what we’ve heard about the film so far suggests that Rinch is going for something a bit more his own than just a straight remake....

Geek Deal: Shrek: The Whole Story Blu-Ray Box Set For $45 By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 14, 2010 10:41 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

Get Yourself Frozen In Carbonite At Disney ‘Star Wars’ Weekends By Germain Lussier/May 8, 2012 8:30 am EST If you could have one prop from any movie, what would it be? For me, the answer is simple: Han Solo in Carbonite from The Empire Strikes Back. Since I was a child, I’ve purchased almost every toy and trinket related to that iconic image, up to and including the recently released Sideshow Collectible Premium Format Figure (above)....

Hans Zimmer Takes On “Thankless Task” Of Scoring Zack Snyder’s ‘Man Of Steel’ By Angie Han/June 18, 2012 6:00 pm EST Back in 2010, around the time of the Inception DVD release, a rumor spread that legendary composer Hans Zimmer had signed on to score Man of Steel, the Zack Snyder-directed, Christopher Nolan-produced Superman reboot for Warner Bros. At the time, Zimmer denied the talk, unequivocally declaring that he was not involved with the project and had never even met Snyder....

Jon Favreau Offers ‘Magic Kingdom’ Update: He’s Working With Pixar On The Script By Angie Han/July 25, 2012 12:00 pm EST One of the unfortunate side effects of Jon Favreau’s recent decision to direct a big-screen adaptation of Jersey Boys was the delay of Magic Kingdom, the theme park fantasy he’s been attached to for the past couple of years. But according to Favreau, that longer wait is actually a blessing....

Mark Wahlberg Says He Is Still Set To Play Nathan Drake In ‘Uncharted’ By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 7, 2011 1:30 pm EST Last week, Uncharted 3 game director Justin Richmond attempted to debunk reports that director David O. Russell would be introducing a “family dynamic” (which would possible include the casting of Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci as the father and uncle of Drake) in his big screen adaptation of the popular video game Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune....

Matt Reeves Is On Twitter By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 22, 2010 11:00 am EST Filmmaker Matt Reeves is now on Twitter, you can follow him @mattreevesLA. And as always, you can follow us on Twitter at @slashfilm. After graduating from the University of Southern California, Reeves co-wrote a script that eventually became Under Siege 2: Dark Territory and made his feature directorial debut with The Pallbearer. The film screened at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section but went on to make only $5....

Movie Trailer: Yogi Bear By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 27, 2010 7:25 pm EST Warner Bros has released a new movie trailer for the hybrid live-action/computer animated feature adaptation Yogi Bear on IGN.The first teaser trailer went online in July — if you missed it, click here (or maybe don’t). Hit the jump to watch the new trailer now. The film stars Rachel (Anna Faris), as a nature documentary filmmaker who is trying to film Yogi and Boo-Boo for her next project....