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Matt Damon To Direct ‘Father Daughter Time’ For WB? By Russ Fischer/May 6, 2011 2:33 pm EST What is the name of the script that has execs upending hidden cash coffers to finance entries in a bidding war? One with the unwieldy title Father Daughter Time: A Tale of Armed Robbery and Eskimo Kisses, if current reports are correct. Starting yesterday we heard that Matthew Alrdich’s script, about “a man who goes on the lam with his daughter on a 3-state crime spree,” was earning bids from five interested parties....

MTV’s ‘Teen Wolf’ Trailer - Now With More Shirtlessness By Angie Han/March 30, 2011 11:00 am EST This supernatural teen drama trend just isn’t going away, is it? Some days it seems like every other new film or series in the works is about blandly attractive young people struggling to deal with scary/sexy monsters while keeping up with their algebra homework. One such show is MTV’s upcoming series Teen Wolf, a supposed remake of the 1980s comedy starring Michael J....

New ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Actress Shortlist Features Knightley, Hathaway, Biel And Others By Germain Lussier/Jan. 11, 2011 6:09 pm EST It seems like only minutes ago when we were talking about Eva Green and Naomi Watts being cast in The Dark Knight Rises. Oh, wait, it was. Hot on the heels of Collider’s initial report, The Hollywood Reporter has come to the plate with their own short list of actresses vying for the two female leads in Christopher Nolan’s third Batman film and neither Green or Watts are on the list....

New Images From Prometheus, The Hobbit, The Avengers, Brave, Men In Black 3, Snow White And The Huntsman, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter By Germain Lussier/Jan. 6, 2012 7:00 am EST We obviously all love moving images. If we didn’t, we wouldn’t be reading (or writing for) a movie website. However, if you’re like me and are extremely excited for the plethora of potentially awesome movies opening in 2012, right about now you are going to love the still image....

Page 2: Breaking Bad, Jay Leno, Game Of Thrones, Brazil, Pixar, Seinfeld, Star Wars, Alfred Hitchcock, Indiana Jones, Back To The Future, Total Recall By Peter Sciretta/July 24, 2012 8:00 am EST What is Page 2? Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 46 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more....

Paramount Realizes Exclusive DVD Availability Windows Don’t Help Sales; Will No Longer Delay DVDs For Redbox By Russ Fischer/June 17, 2010 10:10 pm EST But Paramount has done some research and come to different conclusions from WB and other studios. In a rare example of a studio doing something that makes sense, Paramount is eliminating any exclusive windows and allowing Redbox to stock the studio’s DVDs from day one. In other words: Paramount is doing business the way it should be done....

Russell Crowe Attached To Play The Equalizer, Based On The ’80s TV Show By Russ Fischer/June 15, 2010 4:24 pm EST Depending on how closely you’ve paid attention to TV to film developments in the past few years your reaction to that headline is either going to be “um…what?” or “so, it finally happened.” Regardless, I guess that whole thrust towards developing original ideas hasn’t kicked in yet (obviously) because out of nowhere comes word that Russell Crowe is attached to play the Edward Woodward role in a big-screen revival of the ’80s TV show The Equalizer....

Sequel Bits: ‘Black Dynamite 2’ Shoots Later This Year, According To Michael Jai White, Plus: ‘Smurfs 2’, ‘Underworld 5’, ‘Before Sunset’ Follow-Up By Angie Han/April 26, 2012 11:00 am EST Could the big-screen sequel to 2009’s Black Dynamite finally be getting underway? Michael Jai White thinks so. Also after the jump: Christina Ricci will play an evil Smurfette Richard Linklater thinks the Before Sunset sequel will happen Is Underworld: Battle the title of Underworld 5?...

Superhero Bits: Jerry Robinson, Man Of Steel, Iron Man 3, Green Lantern 2, Fantastic Four, The Wolverine By Germain Lussier/Dec. 8, 2011 1:00 pm EST Get More: Movie Trailers, Movies Blog Be on the lookout for accurate Dark Knight Rises prologue descriptions soon as it’s reportedly playing for press today and Monday. Superhero Hype, via Comic Book Movie, posted this image of a coloring book from The Avengers. Another animated video for Gotham City Imposters has popped online via Superhero Hype....

Thresh And Rue Cast In ‘The Hunger Games’ By Germain Lussier/April 18, 2011 12:53 pm EST Director Gary Ross has just cast two important supporting roles in his adaptation of the Suzanne Collins book The Hunger Games. He’d already announced that Oscar-nominee Jennifer Lawrence would play Katniss Everdeen, the main character, and that her main men – Peeta and Gale – would be portrayed by Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth respectively....

By Angie Han/Oct. 4, 2011 5:30 pm EST On a happier note, NBC has given a full-season order to Up All Night, a sweet, low-key sitcom featuring comedy vets Christina Applegate and Will Arnett as a couple who’ve just had a baby. While the series hasn’t exactly been a ratings phenomenon, it’s been drawing solid numbers in its Wednesday night slot. Thursday night’s Whitney — the one with all those really annoying ads — also received a full-season order....

VOTD: The Video Game Version Of ‘There Will Be Blood’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 2, 2010 6:00 am EST Over the weekend I caught a friend howling with laughter while watching something that looked like a video game — turned out it was the fake 16-bit video game based on There Will Be Blood. ‘Super There Will Be Blood’ has elements reminiscent of Montezuma’s Revenge, Super Mario Brothers, the platform movie tie ins like the Super Star Wars games, and probably a few other influences that those well-versed in classic games will recognize....

‘Battle: Los Angeles’ TV Trailer: “Nothing Can Prepare You For What’s Next” By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 11, 2011 9:00 am EST Columbia Pictures have released a new one-minute tv spot/mini-trailer for Jonathan Liebesman’s Battle: Los Angeles. Watch it now embedded after the jump. I’ve talked with a couple people who saw early screenings in New York City and Los Angeles, and the buzz is completely positive. I’m very excited to see this movie....

By Russ Fischer/Oct. 28, 2011 4:30 pm EST Universal and the SyFy Channel have partnered on a feature film venture called Syfy Films, and the company has just picked up rights to the long-running superhero anthology Wild Cards. Superhero developments are a dime a dozen these days, but this one might have a better chance than most, because it bears the name of A Song of Ice and Fire author George R....

‘Moonrise Kingdom’ Review: Wes Anderson Discovers Innocence With Style And Sweetness By Germain Lussier/May 25, 2012 2:00 pm EST But with Moonrise Kingdom, Anderson uses his signature visual cues and oddball sense of humor to tell a story that completely lacks cynicism and is almost palpably sweet. It’s a step forward for the filmmaker. However, by entering this new territory, the balance between message and humor, so expertly handled in his previous films, shifts ever so slightly....

‘Parental Guidance’ Trailer: Billy Crystal And Bette Midler’s Comedic Commentary On 21st Century Parenting By Germain Lussier/Sept. 7, 2012 2:15 pm EST On the surface, Parental Guidance seems pretty simple. Billy Crystal and Bette Midler star as grandparents who butt heads with their daughter (Marisa Tomei) on how to bring up her kids. The Christmas Day release is directed by Andy Fickman, who has made hit movies (The Game Plan, Race to Witch Mountain) but never good movies (consider She’s the Man, and You Again)....

‘Skyfall’ International Trailer: Be Very Afraid Of Javier Bardem By Russ Fischer/Sept. 19, 2012 9:00 am EST Time for a new look at the twenty-third James Bond film, Skyfall, and this one comes complete with a big warning about what a badass the new villain Silva is. As the blond bad guy, Javier Bardem should be a great deal of fun, and while this new trailer doesn’t really give us much of a look at Bardem in action beyond what we’ve already seen, it does offer up a stern and frightened warning from Berenice Marlohe about how worried Bond should be when it comes to dealing with the guy....

‘The Raid’ Title Change Sets Up Trilogy; Sequel Will Be Released As ‘The Raid: Retaliation’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 23, 2012 3:00 pm EST Earlier today we showed you the first Sony Pictures Classics trailer for Gareth Evans’ award-winning action film The Raid. But there was a slight twist: in the US, the first film will go out under the title The Raid: Redemption. We know that Evans plans to shoot a sequel to The Raid later this year, and that he has envisioned a trilogy of films set in the same world....

‘Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil’ Director Reveals Sequel Idea ‘Tucker & Dale Go To Yale’ By Angie Han/Oct. 7, 2011 4:00 pm EST Tucker & Dale vs. Evil has been making the festival rounds since last January’s Sundance Film Festival, but it wasn’t until last week that the film finally got a rather limited U.S. theatrical release. Starring Alan Tudyk and Tyler Labine, Eli Craig’s comedy turns the hillbilly horror subgenre on its head by telling the story from the rednecks’ perspective....

‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Teaser Poster: Disney’s Video Game-Influenced Animated Movie By Germain Lussier/April 16, 2012 11:00 am EST The second I heard the premise of Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph, it immediately rose to the top of my anticipated list. Ralph is a large 8-bit video game bad guy, voiced by John C. Reilly, who is tired of being bested by his in game nemesis and good guy, Fix-It Felix (30 Rock’s Jack McBrayer)....