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Trouble In Asgard: Did ‘Thor 2’ Director Patty Jenkins Quit, Or Was She Fired? By Russ Fischer/Dec. 14, 2011 3:30 pm EST We were surprised when Monster director Patty Jenkins vacated the directorial chair for Marvel Studios’ Thor 2. Her hire was unexpected in the first place, as women are rarely given the chance to direct studio event pictures, and Marvel Studios hasn’t directly hired a woman to direct one of its superhero features....

VOTD: “Get Out Of There!” Movie Montage By Peter Sciretta/May 10, 2010 12:00 am EST In how many movies do you see the character tell another character to “Get Out of There!”? It happens a lot, so much so that our friends at Pajiba have been able to create a video compilation that lasts over four minutes. Watch it now after the jump.. and, ummm… “Get outta there!” VOTD: “Get Out Of There!...

/Film LA: Ghostbusters In 70mm, Dusk-To-Dawn Horrorthon, Long Beach Comic-Con, 100 Most Outrageous Kills, Trick R Treat, Monster Squad, Roger Corman And Danny DeVito By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 28, 2010 9:00 am EST Hit the jump to find out more! Friday, October 29th – Sunday, October 31st 2010: The second annual Long Beach Comic-Con is being held at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, CA. Highlights of this year’s con include appearances by Bruce Boxleitner (Tron, Tron Legacy), Tim Bradstreet (Punisher), Max Brooks (World War Z), Thomas Jane (Punisher), Stan Lee, Louis Leterrier (Hulk, Clash of the Titans), Jeph Loeb (Marvel Entertainment Executive Vice President, Head of Television), Mike Mignola (creator of Hellboy), Steve Niles (30 Days of Night) and programing such as two Dark Country 3D Screenings, one with live commentary, and a Halooween costume ball and party....

‘Hobo With A Shotgun’ Director Jason Eisener Making ‘Blatant Violence High,’ AKA ‘BVH’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 26, 2011 4:00 pm EST Briefly: Looks like Hobo With a Shotgun director Jason Eisener is already deep into production on his follow-up. We’d heard talk of him making a film called BVH, without knowing too much about what the picture actually is. Now we know that ‘BVH’ stands for Blatant Violence High, as cinematographer and occasional director Karim Hussain says that he’s working on the film with Eisener....

‘Justice’ Trailer: Nicolas Cage Thriller ‘The Hungry Rabbit Jumps’ Has A New Title By Russ Fischer/Sept. 22, 2011 11:49 am EST It’s been over a year since we saw anything from the Roger Donaldson thriller The Hungry Rabbit Jumps, which shot in late 2009 with Nicolas Cage, January Jones and Guy Pearce. Turns out, the film now has a different title — the much less quirky Justice — and after a long delay is finally going to see release....

‘Man Of Steel’ Adds Jadin Gould As Young Lana Lang By Russ Fischer/Jan. 24, 2012 5:00 am EST Briefly: Here’s some pretty late-breaking casting news for Zack Snyder’s new Superman film, Man of Steel. While we know that Lois Lane will be the primary female lead in the film, played by Amy Adams, now we know for certain that ground is being laid to include another romantic interest for Superman alter-ego Clark Kent (Henry Cavill)....

‘Oldboy’ Director Park Chan-Wook May Make Violent Western ‘The Brigands Of Rattleborge’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 29, 2012 12:19 pm EST Briefly: South Korean director Park Chan-wook, perhaps most famous for his ‘revenge’ trilogy of films, the centerpiece of which was Oldboy, has completed his English-language debut and is lining up his next film. The film he just finished is Stoker, starring Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Dermot Mulroney, and Matthew Goode, and which sounds like a riff on Shadow of a Doubt, as Wasikowska’s character, reeling from the death of her father, meets “her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, and comes to live with her and her unstable mother....

‘Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ Trailer By Peter Sciretta/March 21, 2011 12:43 am EST Walt Disney Pictures have released a new movie trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. This full length trailer certainly adresses some of the criticisms of the first trailer, expanding the scope of the story a bit. We also get mermaids and a peek at Keith Richards, who is reprising his role as Jack Sparrow’s father....

‘Scary Movie 5’ Hires Writers, Hopes To Bring Back Previous Cast Members By Germain Lussier/Aug. 23, 2011 4:30 pm EST We bitch and complain that Hollywood keeps making unneeded remakes and sequels but, I think we can all agree, Scary Movie 5 is a home run. Those last three films were just so clever and funny and didn’t at all begin a trend of some of the worst movies in recently memory like Epic Movie and Superhero Movie....

‘Silent Hill Revelation 3D’ Trailer By Russ Fischer/July 27, 2012 3:30 pm EST Footage from Silent Hill Revelation 3D premiered recently at Comic Con, but the film was in a difficult position, as the footage debuted in between presentations of other, much bigger films. Now the trailer for this Silent Hill sequel has gone online, and it suggests that this sequel is a lot more effects-heavy than the Christoph Waltz-directed original from 2006....

‘The Flowers Of War’ Trailer: Zhang Yimou’s Reality-Based WWII Epic With Christian Bale By Russ Fischer/Oct. 20, 2011 10:52 am EST Before going to work on The Dark Knight Rises, Christian Bale shot a role in Zhang Yimou’s new film The Flowers of War, a WWII-set film based on the horrifying story of the Nanking Massacre, also called the Rape of Nanking. The film is China’s most expensive ever produced, and will be the country’s submission for the best foreign language film Oscar....

‘Tron Legacy’ Tracking Below Box Office Expectations? By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 30, 2010 9:40 pm EST How much is Tron: Legacy going to make at the box office? Walt Disney Pictures clearly believes they not only have a hit, but a franchise. They’re already developing a sequel, an animated television series and theme park rides based on the property. But THR is reporting that “preliminary surveys conducted by Hollywood tracking firms” suggest that the film could “earn as little as $35 million during its first three days....

‘X2’ And ‘Superman Returns’ Writer Dan Harris To Pen ‘Hovercar’ For Disney By Angie Han/Jan. 12, 2012 11:00 am EST It’s a time-honored tradition at the start of any year for everyone to declare that this will be the year they finally get around to all of those things they’ve always meant to get around to at some point. Not all of these vows end in success, of course — in fact, it’s right around this point in January that it becomes apparent that some resolutions just aren’t meant to be — but Disney, so far, seems to be off to a great start....

‘Zombieland’ Writers Rhett Reese And Paul Wernick To Direct ‘Doc And Howie’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 20, 2010 11:00 am EST Let this be a lesson to any aspiring writers out there. Write fun, interesting flicks and you are going to get a ton of work. Take Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick for example. They’re the guys who wrote Zombieland, a modestly budgeted film that was a hit with both fans and critics....

Adam Sandler To Produce Feature Based On Internet Short ‘Bad Toys II’ By Germain Lussier/July 25, 2012 3:30 pm EST The dream of any young filmmaker who puts a short film online is that it’ll get noticed by Hollywood, leading to being whisked away to a life of big budgets, movie stars and sunshine. That dream exists because, on occasion, it happens. Adam Sandler’s company Happy Madison, along with Columbia Pictures, has just acquired the rights to make a feature length version of the Internet short, Bad Toys II....

Casting Bits: Sharon Stone In ‘Lovelace;’ Jacki Weaver And Alan Arkin In ‘Wild Oats;’ Ezra Miller Not In ‘Akira’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 17, 2011 4:30 pm EST Sharon Stone was a big deal in the ’90s thanks to Basic Instinct in 1992, but she’s got a lower profile lately. She’s been working very steadily, but it doesn’t feel that way. I can’t remember the last time I saw a memorable Stone performance....

Celebrate ‘Raiders Of The Lost Ark’s 30th Anniversary With Tom Selleck’s Indy Screen Test By Russ Fischer/June 10, 2011 3:00 pm EST This weekend marks the 30th anniversary of Raiders of the Lost Ark, which first hit theaters on June 12, 1981. There are lots of obvious ways to celebrate that anniversary (I’m sure Paramount would suggest going to see Super 8) but here’s a less obvious one. Check out the screen test for a version of Indiana Jones that never came to be....

Christopher Nolan Might Film ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ At Occupy Wall Street By Germain Lussier/Oct. 18, 2011 9:30 am EST In the LA Times article, they report the production will be filming for two weeks in New York starting on October 29, according to a casting call issued by producers. That same casting call says the characters will be in “a city besieged by crime and corruption,” which goes right in line with what protesters have been speaking out against in Lower Manhattan for Occupy Wall Street....

Cool Stuff: ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Top Gun Mug Replica By Germain Lussier/Sept. 19, 2011 4:00 pm EST After a long day of flying around in a Viper attempting to preserve the precious few human beings left in the galaxy, a pilot needs a drink. And the best of the best drink out of this. Quantum Mechanix Inc. has created a 1:1 prop replica “Top Gun” stein from Battlestar Galactica, perfect for pretending you just wasted some frakkin’ toasters and need to kick back....

Cool Stuff: Tyler Stout’s ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy Posters By Germain Lussier/Dec. 29, 2010 9:30 am EST Mondo’s Star Wars poster series has come to an end with a finale fitting of George Lucas’s epic trilogy. Tyler Stout, the man whose work put movie prints and Mondo on the map, has done a series of six posters immortalizing the original trilogy in a way that only Stout can: big, bold and boisterous....