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‘A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas’ Theatrical Trailer By Germain Lussier/Aug. 10, 2011 5:02 pm EST While it’s not beginning to look a lot like Christmas just yet, the trailer for A Very Harold and Kumar 3D Christmas is a great start. The film hits theaters November 4 and once again stars John Cho and Kal Penn as everyone’s favorite hamburger munching potheads. This time around, they’ll get into it with Santa Claus, Jesus and – of course – Neil Patrick Harris, all in 3D....

‘Boondock Saints’ Television Series In The Works By Angie Han/June 14, 2011 9:30 am EST Despite an initially awful reception both critically (19% on Rotten Tomatoes) and commercially ($30,471 domestic total gross), Troy Duffy’s The Boondock Saints has become a huge cult hit over the past several years — enough to spawn a sequel in 2009, a comic book in 2010, and a documentary about Duffy in 2003. Now the Irish vigilantes may be getting a television series as well....

‘Sleepless Night’ U.S. Trailer By Germain Lussier/March 27, 2012 9:00 am EST Outside a select few titles, Hollywood really hasn’t been doing too well releasing bad-ass, critically-acclaimed action films. For those, smart moviegoers are looking overseas to films like The Raid: Redemption and the film you’re about to watch the trailer for, Sleepless Night. Directed by Frédéric Jardin, the festival favorite (read our reviews from Toronto and Fantastic Fest) is about a compromised police officer who undergoes a hellacious night in a French nightclub trying to rescue his kidnapped son....

‘Stand Up Guys’ Trailer: Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, And Alan Arkin Go On One Last Bender By Angie Han/Sept. 13, 2012 12:04 pm EST Under most circumstances, a movie about Christopher Walken, Al Pacino, and Alan Arkin indulging in an all-night bender complete with hard drugs, pretty girls, and grand theft auto would sound like a hoot. But along comes Hector Salamanca Mark Margolis to make it sad. Fisher Stevens’ Stand Up Guys starts with Val’s (Pacino) release from prison after nearly three decades....

‘The Amazing Spider-Man:’ High-Res Pics, Marc Webb Talks Web-Shooters And Costume Design By Russ Fischer/Aug. 1, 2011 10:49 am EST We’ve seen quite a few pics from The Amazing Spider-Man in the past week and a half thanks to the teaser trailer debut and Comic Con. Now Sony/Columbia has released high-res versions of some of the shots we featured in the recent past. A gallery of those is after the break, along with some bonus quotes from director Marc Webb about a couple of the design decisions that went into the film....

‘The Avengers 2’ Will Feature New Team; ‘Doctor Strange’ And ‘Hulk’ TV Updates By Germain Lussier/Oct. 17, 2011 1:30 pm EST Marvel’s Phase Two is coming together. That was the message presented at New York Comic-Con this past weekend as Marvel President Kevin Feige was on hand to promote next summer’s The Avengers. Of course, he was also bombarded with questions about what’s happening after that. Among the revelations were that the first post-Avengers movie, Iron Man 3, is the beginning of a new phase that will ultimately lead to The Avengers 2 and that film will likely feature a new team....

‘The Expendables’ Could Become A TV Series; ‘Red’ And ‘Step Up’ Also Possible Developments By Russ Fischer/May 31, 2012 11:30 am EST Briefly: When Lionsgate bought Summit, we heard that there could be a continuation or re-do of the Twilight series at some point in the future, and one of the possibilities seemed like it could be based on TV. Now we can add a few more possible film-to-TV developments to Lionsgate’s list....

‘The Wolverine’ Director Shortlist Includes Jose Padilha, Doug Liman, Mark Romanek & More By Russ Fischer/May 25, 2011 3:34 pm EST Let’s do the quick rundown. Jose Padilha would be ironic, given that he’s now got the RoboCop film that Darren Aronofsky was once going to make. He’s also been attached to a new movie, Tri-Border, which we’ll cover in a minute. So he might be out. Doug Liman could handle the movie, as could Antoine Fuqua, but neither impresses me as the right man....

Alex Pettyfer And Matthew Goode Tapped For Pierre Morel-Produced ‘Overdrive’ By Russ Fischer/May 13, 2011 12:00 pm EST Briefly: Taken director Pierre Morel is following Luc Besson in to the action thriller producing game, and he’s got his first effort set up, with everyone’s new favorite actor on board. Overdrive is about a couple of handsome car thieves, and will star Alex Pettyfer and Matthew Goode. Antonio Negret, who directed Transit for producer Joel Silver, will direct....

Alice Eve, Diane Kruger And Rosamund Pike Are Contenders For ‘Superman’ Role…But It’s Not Lois Lane By Russ Fischer/Feb. 3, 2011 8:21 pm EST Warner Bros. is narrowing the search for a female lead to star opposite Henry Cavill in Zack Snyder’s upcoming Superman, and three names have emerged, all of which moot previous shortlist stories. Alice Eve, Diane Kruger and Rosamund Pike are said to be the top choices. But there’s a new wrinkle: the role the studio is looking to cast is not Lois Lane....

Casting Bits: Gillian Jacobs In ‘Burt Wonderstone’, Oscar Isaac In ‘Inertia’ By Angie Han/Feb. 16, 2012 11:00 am EST NBC’s Community may be on hiatus, but don’t think for a second that its cast has been slacking off. Not only is production still in full swing, several of the show’s stars have been working on outside projects as well. Gillian Jacobs, for one, has just wrapped Revenge for Jolly! and has a part in this summer’s Seeking a Friend for the End of the World....

Comic-Con Panel And Concept Art: Legendary Pictures’ ‘The Seventh Son’ And ‘Paradise Lost’ By Angie Han/July 23, 2011 9:00 am EST For their appearance at Comic-Con this year, Legendary Pictures hosted a panel showcasing four of their upcoming films. Two of those were the fantasy projects The Seventh Son, Sergey Bodrov’s YA adaptation featuring Jeff Bridges and Ben Barnes, and Alex Proyas’ Paradise Lost, which stars Bradley Cooper as Lucifer. (Click here to read Russ’ coverage of Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim, also part of the Legendary panel....

Craig Brewer Adapting Live-Action ‘Tarzan’ Aimed At Trilogy By Germain Lussier/June 2, 2011 12:30 pm EST After three movies set in the South – Hustle and Flow, Black Snake Moan and the upcoming Footloose – Craig Brewer is going somewhere even hotter for his next film. He’s going into the jungle. At least that’s the hope as he’s just signed a deal with Warner Bros. to write and direct a new take on the classic Edgar Rice Burroughs story Tarzan....

Directorial Possibilities: Robert Rodriguez In Talks For Deadpool; Timur Bekmambetov For Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter By Russ Fischer/Aug. 2, 2010 6:23 am EST Additionally, there’s continuing word that Timur Bekmambetov’s next directorial project will be the adaptation of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter that he recently signed on to produce. We don’t know much more than this; last we heard there was a draft of the script in the works by Zombieland writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernic....

Geek Deal: The Wire: The Complete Series For $75 By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 23, 2010 12:31 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Blu-Ray Deals: for only $59.99, 60% off the $150 msrp. Insane HBO Blu-Ray Deals:

Infographic: Netflix Google Searches Way Up, DVD Searches Down By Germain Lussier/April 22, 2011 10:35 am EST As much as we’re all fans of the theatrical experience, Hollywood is always fighting off its rivals. Recently, there’s been a lot of talk about premium video on demand, a service that allows viewers to see movies in their homes only two months after they’re released in theaters, but that’s simply the latest contender for the throne....

International Trailer: Woody Allen’s ‘You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger’ By Russ Fischer/July 8, 2010 10:20 am EST This September, Woody Allen’s latest film, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, will be released by Sony Pictures Classics. The comedy already played the Cannes Film Fest, where it didn’t quite electrify critics. (Peter didn’t love it.) We don’t yet have a domestic trailer from SPC, but for now there’s a Spanish trailer that suggests the reasons for the Cannes critical ‘meh....

Jackie Earle Haley And Bella Heathcote In Talks For ‘Dark Shadows’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 2, 2011 3:45 pm EST Tim Burton is planning to follow up his 3D Alice in Wonderland with a long-planned big-screen version of the cult ’60s vampire soap opera Dark Shadows. The film is being produced by Dark Shadows superfan Johnny Depp, who has long hoped to play lead character Barnabas Collins. Now he gets his chance....

James Franco, Dev Patel, Lili Taylor And Heather Graham Set For Porn Drama ‘Cherry’ By Russ Fischer/May 19, 2011 5:00 pm EST If you’d been feeling recently like there is a void in your life it might simply be that James Franco hasn’t announced a new project in a month. (Mid-April saw the announcement of The Stare, also potentially starring Winona Ryder.) So things should feel much better now that we can talk about Cherry, an indie drama set at least partially in the world of porn that now has James Franco set to appear alongside Heather Graham, Dev Patel and Lili Taylor....

Kim Ji-Woon To Follow Schwarzenegger Film ‘The Last Stand’ With A Return To South Korea By Russ Fischer/Jan. 3, 2012 2:00 pm EST Briefly: South Korean director Kim Ji-Woon is becoming a major talent — his last films The Good, the Bad, the Weird and I Saw the Devil got him loads of international attention. So much attention that he ended up directing The Last Stand, a border tale of an old disgraced cop facing down a fleeing drug runner that will act as Arnold Schwarzenegger’s return to starring roles....