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Brett Ratner To Produce Edgy Snow White Adaptation: “This Is Not Your Grandfather’s Snow White!” Ugh… By Peter Sciretta/June 3, 2010 10:00 pm EST A couple months back, it was revealed that Walt Disney Pictures is developing a revisionist retelling of the Sleeping Beauty story titled Maleficent that focuses on the Mistress of all Evil — written by Alice in Wonderland screenwriter Linda Woolverton for Tim Burton with the possibility of Angelina Jolie to star....

Duncan Jones Making His Homage To ‘Blade Runner’ Next, Not ‘Mute’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 17, 2011 1:43 pm EST One of the most promising young filmmakers out there today, Duncan Jones, hasn’t even released his second film yet but he’s already starting to think about the follow-up. After his phenomenal debut film Moon, Jones is about ready to let us all enter the Source Code on April 15 with Jake Gyllenhaal, Vera Farmiga and Michelle Monaghan....

Eminem’s Boxing Drama ‘Southpaw’ Makes A Comeback At MGM By Germain Lussier/Oct. 20, 2011 1:30 pm EST After getting brutally knocked out by DreamWorks, Southpaw is making a comeback. The boxing drama, directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Eminem, was dropped by DreamWorks in August and has since been aggressively pitched to other studios. MGM has finally agreed to produce the movie with Sony set to distribute and production will likely begin next year....

First Look: Tom Hardy In ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 23, 2010 9:48 am EST Got to love Tom Hardy. Not only one of the better actors out there, he’s also one of the better-looking new actors around. But he’s not afraid to play with image, whether it’s fighting cops naked while covered in black paint for Bronson, or sporting some questionable hair and loads of not so impressive tattoos for his role in Tomas Alfredson’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy....

Here We Go Again: Simon Pegg Says ‘Star Trek 2’ Villain Is Not Khan By Germain Lussier/May 29, 2012 12:30 pm EST And the debate rages on. After a very reputable Star Trek source said they’d confirmed Benedict Cumberbatch was indeed playing Khan in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek 2, one of the film’s stars, Simon Pegg, has now come out and flat out stated that is not the case. Who should we believe?...

Infographic: The Simpsons Voice Actors By Peter Sciretta/July 12, 2010 8:00 am EST Most of the voice actors on The Simpsons voice multiple characters in the Simpsons universe. Ever wonder which ac tor voices each character? There’s a fun infographic for that. Hit the jump to see the full image. Found on Reddit. Infographic: The Simpsons Voice Actors By Peter Sciretta/July 12, 2010 8:00 am EST Most of the voice actors on The Simpsons voice multiple characters in the Simpsons universe....

Jake Gyllenhaal To Play A Man And His Shadowy Double In ‘An Enemy’ By Russ Fischer/March 20, 2012 9:30 am EST Looks like that film Prisoners we talked about the other day, starring Hugh Jackman with Denis Villeneuve directing, is going to have to keep waiting to be made. Villeneuve has signed to make an indie called An Enemy, based on the novel The Double by Jose Saramago. The film follows a history teacher who discovers that he has a double out in the world, and tries to find the other man....

Netflix Loses 800 Hours Of New A&E And History Channel Content By Germain Lussier/Sept. 24, 2012 10:00 am EST Hope you finished catching up on Pawn Stars on Netflix Streaming last week because if you went back this weekend, it was gone. 800 hours of content from A&E and History was removed from Netflix Friday as the companies could not come to a new agreement over terms of service. According to reports, this not only marks one of the biggest deletions in Netflix history, it might mark the beginning of a shift in company priorities from non-fiction to fiction programming....

New Posters: Alexander Payne’s ‘The Descendants’, ‘Real Steel,’ And ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part Two’ By Germain Lussier/May 23, 2011 3:30 pm EST Daniel Radcliffe, George Clooney and a robot arm are all ready for their close up. Three new posters for anticipated 2011 releases popped up online today, all utilizing a large, singular image. There’s the arm rising up from a knockout for Shawn Levy’s robot boxing film Real Steel, starring Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly and Anthony Mackie opening October 7, a gruff and tough Harry Potter, ready to finish his feud with Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow Part Two, directed by David Yates, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and pretty much everyone else who has been in a previous Potter movie....

Nicolas Cage Signs On For Neveldine/Taylor-Directed Ghost Rider Sequel By Peter Sciretta/July 16, 2010 7:00 am EST Last month it was reported that Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, the mad men behind the two Crank films, were negotiating to make a Ghost Rider sequel, tentatively titled Ghost Rider: The Spirit of Vengeance. At the time we weren’t sure that Nicolas Cage would return, and it wasn’t a definite that Neveldine/Taylor were chips in....

Nicolas Winding Refn Casts Luke Evans And Kristin Scott-Thomas In Thai Western ‘Only God Forgives’ By Russ Fischer/May 2, 2011 10:00 am EST This is great Monday morning film news: Nicolas Winding Refn is really moving forward with plans to shoot a small film between Drive and the Logan’s Run remake. That ‘small film’ is Only God Forgives, which he had planned to make before Drive came up, and in which he has now cast Luke Evans and Kristin Scott-Thomas....

Paramount Picks Up A Stalker Roommate Comedy With Anna Faris By Russ Fischer/April 15, 2011 7:30 pm EST Briefly: Anna Faris will now star in an untitled comedy in which her new roommate “turns out to be a stalker from hell.” Her agent and manager actually came up with the story idea based on an experience Anna Faris had in real life, and then Deanna Kizis (who will write the script) and producer Palak Patel developed the idea....

Spider-Man Screen Tests Under Review At Sony By Russ Fischer/June 27, 2010 4:02 pm EST This is a pretty small update to the story about the casting of Sony’s upcoming Spider-Man, to be directed in 3D by Marc Webb. We’ve had one major leaked actor shortlist, which was later augmented with a couple more names. And despite rumors that Sony liked any given actor over the others, the casting process is ongoing....

Star Wars Blu-Rays Announced For September 2011, Available Now For Preorder By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 6, 2011 11:51 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. You can preorder now at the links above. Full press release after the jump. Official trailer: THE FORCE IS STRONG WITH THIS ONE THE MOST ANTICIPATED BLU-RAY RELEASE IN THE GALAXY IS NOW AVAILABLE FOR WORLDWIDE PRE-ORDER STARTING TODAY LAS VEGAS (Jan....

Steven Spielberg Again Mentioned As Possible Director For ‘Robopocalypse’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 20, 2010 5:39 pm EST I’m not sure how seriously to take this notion right now, but there’s yet another report that Drew Goddard’s script based upon the forthcoming Daniel H. Wilson novel Robopocalypse could be a Steven Spielberg film after the director finishes War Horse. This isn’t the first we’ve heard about Robopocalypse. DreamWorks bought the rights to the novel almost a year ago, in November 2009, and when Goddard (Cloverfield and The Cabin in the Woods) was hired to write, there was speculation that Spielberg would end up shooting that script....

Superhero Bits: Blade, Bane, Spider-Man, The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises By Germain Lussier/Dec. 21, 2011 11:00 am EST What are some of the funniest takes on Bane’s voice in The Dark Knight Rises? Has someone finally made a parody video on the subject? Want to find out when the animated Blade TV series is set to premiere? What’s the deal with Marvel’s new Massive Multi-player Online game? Is there a clue that Pepper Potts might appear in The Avengers?...

The Extra ‘Scene’ Shot For ‘The Avengers’ Finally Revealed By Germain Lussier/May 2, 2012 8:30 am EST You might know the story: the day after the world premiere of The Avengers, Robert Downey Jr. let the cat out of the bag that everyone would be filming one additional scene. Director Joss Whedon and producer Kevin Feige initially denied it and later retracted that statement. Since the film was already complete, including a post-credits scene, speculation ran rampant as to what could possibly be added to the film....

The Mystique Of Mondo And How It’s Changing The Face Of Movie Posters By Germain Lussier/March 30, 2012 4:00 pm EST Then there’s Mondo. An offshoot of the Alamo Drafthouse, and best known for selling highly collectible, limited-edition movie posters, the company recently relocated to a brand new gallery gallery space in Austin, Texas. There Mitch Putnam, Justin Ishmael and Rob Jones (above) will continue curate and sell more posters. The company has gained an almost elitist reputation because supply and demand dictates the company is regularly is forced to alienate thousands of fans who are rabid for their work but unable to purchase it....

The Wolf Pack Will Head To Tijuana For ‘The Hangover: Part III’ By Angie Han/June 8, 2012 1:30 pm EST The wolf pack has already done Las Vegas and Bangkok, and it appears that they’ll be heading to yet another world-famous party town for the third and final stop on their debauched tour. A couple of different outlets are reporting that The Hangover Part III will be set in Tijuana, Mexico, though an insider says much of the film will be shot in Los Angeles and Las Vegas before the cast and crew head south of the border....

Universal In Talks To Make ‘Kick-Ass 2;’ Jeff Wadlow To Write And Direct By Germain Lussier/May 8, 2012 2:45 pm EST Earlier this week, Kick-Ass co-creator John Romita Jr. said he believed Kick Ass 2 would start filming this summer aimed at a spring 2013 release. It’s the kind of thing we’ve been hearing for years, ever since the release of Matthew Vaughn’s fantastic 2010 adaptation of the comic by Romita Jr....