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First Look: Roman Coppola’s ‘A Glimpse Inside The Mind Of Charles Swan III,’ With Bill Murray And Charlie Sheen By Russ Fischer/Aug. 30, 2012 9:41 am EST Roman Coppola’s last film — and his first film — was CQ, released in 2001. While he has been a creator on several big movies since thanks to work with his father (Tetro, Youth Without Youth) and Wes Anderson (The Darjeeling Limited, Moonrise Kingdom) I’ve been hoping to see more development from him as a director....

Geek Deals: Saving Private Ryan Blu-Ray For Only $12.99, Taxi Driver On Blu-Ray For $11.49 By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 2, 2011 7:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Also: They are selling Taxi Driver on Blu-Ray for only $11.49, also 57% off the $30 list price.

International Movie Trailer: Let Me In By David Chen/July 1, 2010 5:35 am EST Ever since Matt Reeves’ Let Me In (a remake of Let the Right One In) was first announced, I’ve been simultaneously excited and fearful about the anticipated results. My hope was that an American remake could help bring attention to Tomas Alfredson’s Swedish original. But that film was so understated and sublime, I didn’t know if Reeves would trample all over it....

James Franco Options The Memoir ‘Holy Land’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 12, 2010 5:12 pm EST The book is as much a memoir of a time and place as of Mr. Waldie himself. Holy Land describes the development of one of the California tract home suburbs that came to define a certain type of American living, and which created a pattern of suburban life that still defines parts of the country today....

Jeremy Irons Joins Adaptation Of Supernatural Young Adult Novel ‘Beautiful Creatures’ By Russ Fischer/March 14, 2012 9:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Now they’ll be joined by Jeremy Irons, who will play the “mysterious and reclusive uncle” of Englert’s enigmatic new girl in town. Hit the jump for the rundown of the film’s story of secrets and sacrifice. Here’s the basic description of the book, which was written by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl:...

JJ Abrams One Step Closer To Taking ‘Star Trek 2’ Reins; Production Start Planned For January 2012 By Russ Fischer/July 27, 2011 1:00 pm EST Briefly: Looks like JJ Abrams is almost officially on board Star Trek 2. Really. Under a headline proclaiming JJ Abrams Directing ‘Star Trek 2,’ Deadline reports that in the wake of a post-Super 8 vacation the director is now working with Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof on the script for the sequel....

Kevin Smith: Working With Bruce Willis On ‘Cop Out’ Was “Soul Crushing” By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 18, 2011 3:30 pm EST There have been quite a few stories in the gossip sites that all was not well on the set of Kevin Smith’s Cop Out, with reports claiming that the filmmaker and star Bruce Willis were not getting along. At the time of release, Willis denied reports and Smith admitted but downplayed problems with humorous stories....

Lars Von Trier’s ‘Nymphomaniac,’ Charting A Woman’s Sexual Life, Will Span Two Movies By Russ Fischer/April 27, 2012 1:30 pm EST That’s a lot of time to get across in one film, but now Trier has some space to breathe. Nymphomaniac’s producer has revealed that the project will be split into two films, with one covering “her childhood and adolescence. The second part will deal with her adulthood.” ScreenDaily quotes producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen saying Nymphomaniac will be split in two:...

LOL: Boba Fett’s Invoice By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 28, 2010 1:00 pm EST Have you ever wondered just how much the bounty hunters of the Star Wars Universe made for their handy work? Brock Davis decided to try to recreate Boba Fett’s invoice to Jabba The Hutt for his work for the live capture and delivery of Han Solo. Hit the jump to see the full image. via: Rampaged Reality LOL: Boba Fett’s Invoice...

More Release Dates: ‘The Lone Ranger’ Moves Back A Month, ‘Thor 2’ Up A Week By Germain Lussier/May 31, 2012 5:00 pm EST Briefly: Not wanting to be left out of the fun, Disney has changed the release dates of two major 2013 releases. First, Gore Verbinski’s The Lone Ranger has moved back from its May 31 release to July 3, 2013, a date previously occupied by Steven Spielberg’s Robopocalypse....

Movie Trailer: ‘The Next Three Days’, From Director Paul Haggis By Russ Fischer/Aug. 13, 2010 6:09 pm EST Paul Haggis has worked quite a lot since his Best Picture winning film Crash divided critics and audiences into rather strict love/hate camps. He directed the rather good In the Valley of Elah, and worked on scripts for two Bond films, two Clint Eastwood films and other projects. But the spectre of Crash is still what defines his career....

MoviePass Brings Netflix-Style All-You-Can-Watch Model To Movie Theaters By Angie Han/June 28, 2011 3:00 pm EST Netflix’s all-you-can-watch model works so fantastically for so many cinephiles, it was only a matter of time before someone attempted to do the same with films still in theaters. Enter MoviePass, a new service which will allow subscribers to watch an unlimited number of theatrical releases for just $50 a month. Not too shabby, if you’re the kind of person who goes to the movies at least once a week....

New Battle Footage In ‘John Carter’ TV Spots By Germain Lussier/Dec. 16, 2011 5:30 pm EST I think we can all agree that, whether or not you belive Andrew Stanton’s 3D mega-budget fantasy John Carter is going to deliver, the second trailer was a vast improvement over the teaser. Finally we got a glimpse at the massive scope we can expect from the Oscar-winning director on March 9. Piggybacking off that, and a few new posters, two new TV spots have come on line that include some new battle/actions scenes....

New Photo: Steve Carell And Jemaine Clement In Dinner For Schmucks By Russ Fischer/July 6, 2010 12:39 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Nope, that’s not a still from an unlikely adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s novel A Wild Sheep Chase, though I might actually love to see Steve Carell play the nameless protagonist of that story and Jemaine Clement the very odd Sheep Man he encounters at a remote homestead....

Predators - What Did You Think? By David Chen/July 9, 2010 9:15 pm EST Nimrod Antal’s Predators is out in theaters everywhere today, and despite a whole host of story/pacing problems, I had a really great time when I saw it at a press screening this past week. Adrien Brody was suitably badass and Alice Braga proves she can hold her own in a testosterone-filled action film. Most impressive to me was Antal’s work; the film’s set pieces have a great sense of geography and evoke a tension that we don’t see enough of in popular action directors (the deficiencies of Michael Bay come to mind)....

Richard Gere Joining ‘Arbitrage,’ Replacing Al Pacino By Russ Fischer/Feb. 7, 2011 5:00 pm EST When we first heard about Arbitrage, to be directed by Nicholas Jarecki (producer of Tyson, co-writer of The Informers and brother of Andrew ‘Capturing the Friedmans’ and Eugene ‘Why We Fight’ Jarecki) there was quite a cast lined up: Al Pacino, Susan Sarandon and Eva Green. But last month we heard that Al Pacino is no longer attached....

Tron Legacy Director Joseph Kosinski Goes Into The Oblivion By Peter Sciretta/July 30, 2009 3:03 am EST Commercial director Joseph Kosinski (TRON Legacy) is developing a new feature film project for Radical Pictures titled Oblivion. You might recognize the title because it is the same title of a “illustrated novel” announced back in February, written by Kosinski with art by newcomer Tae Young Choi. For those of you who don’t yet know Kosinski’s work, check out some of his commercials, and the VFX concept footage that he directed to convince Disney to greenlight Tron 2 — all of which is very impressive....

Warner Bros. Plans To Hypnotize Audiences With ‘Mandrake The Magician’ By Russ Fischer/March 13, 2012 1:00 pm EST What a strange comic hero was Mandrake the Magician. Created by Lee Falk, who would go on to create The Phantom (slam evil!), Mandrake was written as a magician whose prime skill was the ability to hypnotize people really, really fast. Using this technique he could induce hallucinations, and for some reason he went into crime fighting rather than politics....

Will ‘Ant-Man’ Shoot Immediately Following ‘Thor: The Dark World?’ By Germain Lussier/July 30, 2012 1:30 pm EST While Marvel’s recently Comic-Con panel answered many, many questions about Phase 2 of their Cinematic Universe, one huge question remained: How will Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man fit in? After showing the test footage, Wright and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige just let the film sit there leaving all of us to wonder if the film would play a part in Phase 2, presumably ending with The Avengers 2, or maybe kick off Phase 3 after Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Solider and Guardians of the Galaxy....

‘Alps’ Teaser Trailer: ‘Dogtooth’ Director’s Darker, Funnier Follow-Up By Russ Fischer/Aug. 30, 2011 11:30 am EST Dogtooth director Yorgos Lanthimos returns this year with Alps. He has promised this film will be darker, stranger and funnier than Dogtooth, his polarizing portrait of a very messed-up family that became an unexpected Best Foreign Film Oscar contender. We’ve seen a few images from Alps, which is about three people who aid the grieving process of strangers by standing in for their deceased loved ones....