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Kevin Costner In Talks For ‘Jack Ryan’ And ‘Without Remorse’; Tom Hardy Wanted To Play John Clark In Latter By Angie Han/Aug. 21, 2012 9:00 am EST Kevin Costner’s talks with Paramount for the Jack Ryan reboot haven’t just progressed, they’ve expanded. Earlier this month, we got word that the studio was courting Costner for a “co-lead” as the mentor to Ryan (Chris Pine) in the Tom Clancy reboot. Now it appears Costner’s involvement won’t stop there....

Kurtzman/Orci Developing ‘Locke & Key’ Television Series With Josh Friedman By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 23, 2010 10:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Here is the official synopsis from the publisher: At the 2009 Eisner Awards, Locke & Key was nominated for Best Limited Series and Joe Hill was nominated for Best Writer. You can watch a trailer for the comic book that was created by IDW Piublishing:...

Liam Hemsworth Joins ‘The Expendables 2’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 19, 2011 2:30 pm EST Briefly: The focus as we’ve covered The Expendables 2 has been the list of actors returning from the first movie, and the other ’80s and ’90s action stars that might join in the sequel. All told, the list is pretty huge already: Sylvester Stallone will be joined by Jason Statham, Mickey Rourke, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris, Bruce Willis, and Arnold Schwarzenegger....

Movie Trailer: ‘Mars Needs Moms’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 23, 2010 12:06 pm EST We’ve seen a poster and one image from Mars Needs Moms, the Robert Zemeckis-produced Disney film that adapts Berkeley Breathed’s book of the same name. Both suggested that quite a few liberties had been taken with the material, and now there’s a trailer to show just how far Disney has taken it. First thing I thought was: iD is doing great cutscenes for their latest game....

New Photos: ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn’ By Russ Fischer/April 28, 2011 12:00 pm EST Let’s take a rare dip into the Twilight pool. The first half of the two-part series climax, Breaking Dawn, is set to be released on November 18, and Summit is starting the promo machine. A set of new photos has been released for the film, along with a big cover story in Entertainment Weekly that doesn’t tell us too much, but promises some punch to the weird, bloody end of the story....

New Photos Of The Lizard From ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ By Russ Fischer/May 3, 2012 5:00 am EST Later today the new trailer for Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man will go online, just before it hits theaters in front of The Avengers. We’ll have that up as soon as it becomes available, along with some other info from a press event held yesterday to promote the film. In the meantime, Apple provided a few new shots from the movie last night, and two of them feature villain the Lizard, played by Rhys Ifans, a whole lot of CGI, and what looks like a couple of really nifty gloves....

Superhero Bits: Thor The Dark World, Kick-Ass 2, Iron Man 3, The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises By Germain Lussier/Aug. 13, 2012 10:00 am EST Who are the most popular Marvel characters on social media? Which Star Trek actress has been cast in Thor: The Dark World? Want to read details on a new Iron Man 3 action scene? How was the cosplay at Wizard World in Chicago? How does Marvel keep ahead of DC in the movie realm?...

Twelve New Images From ‘The Avengers’ Assemble By Germain Lussier/March 20, 2012 4:00 pm EST The Avengers is so close you can almost taste it. Directed by Joss Whedon, the Disney/Marvel superhero team up is now less than a month away from its premiere and tickets are already on sale for midnight shows May 3-4. It’s hard to believe that after literally years of build up and anticipating five movies before it: Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger, the big pay off is finally upon us....

VOTD: Patrick Boivin’s Black Widow Gone Wild By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 21, 2011 5:00 am EST We’ve featured a bunch of Patrick Boivin’s videos in past editions of Video of the Day, including AT-AT Day Afternoon, a Batman vs. Hellboy movie trailer mash-up, Iron Man vs. Bruce Lee, Bumblebee’s stop-motion animated dance and Boba Fett’s stop-motion Mandalorian Dance. The French Canadian director has just released his newest creation, a stop-motion animated action figure short titled “Black Widow Gone Wild....

What Was The Most Pirated Movie Of 2010? By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 21, 2010 5:00 pm EST TorrentFreak has compiled a list of the most pirated movies of 2010. So which film takes the top honor? It should come as no surprise — James Cameron’s Avatar, the highest grossing film of all time, which was released in late December 2009. The movie was downloaded an estimated 16,580,000 times, which would have translated into at least $250 million in 3D ticket sales....

‘30 Minutes Or Less’ Red Band Trailer By Germain Lussier/April 21, 2011 1:52 pm EST The summer movie season is, more or less, upon us. And while we’ve seen trailers of almost all the big releases scheduled for release from now through August, one of the most glaring omissions was Ruben Fleischer’s 30 Minutes Or Less starring Danny McBride, Jesse Eisenberg and Aziz Ansari. You may now cross it off the list....

/Film Is Going To The 2011 San Diego Comic Con By Peter Sciretta/July 19, 2011 12:30 pm EST The /Film crew is gearing up for the 2011 San Diego Comic Con, which officially begins Thursday morning (but has a show floor preview night on Wednesday). Traveling to San Diego will be Russ Fischer, Devindra Hardawar, Germain Lussier, Angie Han, Christopher Stipp and myself (Peter Sciretta). Coverage: We’ll be covering all the interesting movie and tv events at the convention, so stay tuned to /Film for extensive coverage....

‘How To Train Your Dragon’ Live-Action Show Trailer And Footage By Germain Lussier/April 23, 2012 9:00 am EST The How To Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular just finished its first round of performances in Australia and New Zealand and is now poised to swoop onto U.S. shores this summer. It’s a massive, live-action production telling the story of the first film with 80 cast members and 24 life-size, animatronic dragons....

‘New Year’s Eve’ Trailer – Attractive Famous People Ring In 2012 By Angie Han/July 27, 2011 3:00 pm EST The first trailer has dropped for New Year’s Eve, Garry Marshall’s not-quite-sequel to his 2010 hit Valentine’s Day. If you’ve ever seen Valentine’s Day, you probably know what to expect: big-name celebrities, a bunch of disparate storylines, and people crowing about how goddamn magical the holiday in question is. This time around, many mini-plotlines converge in New York City on the titular holiday, and the cast consists of Ashton Kutcher, Jessica Biel, Hector Elizondo, Robert De Niro, Halle Berry, Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, Til Schweiger, Lea Michele, Zac Efron, Abigail Breslin, Sofia Vergara, Alyssa Milano, Hilary Swank, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michelle Pfeiffer, Abigail Breslin, Ice Cube, Seth Meyers, John Stamos, Jon Bon Jovi, John Lithgow, Ludacris, and Ryan Seacrest....

‘Super 8’ – What Did You Think? By David Chen/June 10, 2011 8:00 pm EST You’ve seen the awesome trailer. You’ve read Germain’s review. You’ve maybe even caught the film yourself at a special screening presented by /Film. This weekend, J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 finally hits theaters for all to see. Does Abrams successfully channel that nostalgia for Amblin films from the 1980s?Does Abrams continue to prove himself as an able director for the big screen?...

‘The Cinema Hold Up’ – Mexican Teens Rob A Movie Theater With Fake Guns [Sundance Review] By Germain Lussier/Jan. 27, 2011 12:00 am EST Four rebellious Mexican teens, fed up with the economic situation of their families, decide to rob the holiest of holy institutions: the multiplex. With The Cinema Hold Up, co-writer and director Iria Gomez Concheiro has come up with a conceit so rich with possibilities, it almost sells itself....

‘The Expendables 2’ Locks Arnold Schwarzenegger And Bruce Willis For Big Roles By Russ Fischer/Sept. 6, 2011 3:45 pm EST Briefly: There has been a crazy amount of speculation about the cast of The Expendables 2, which will shoot soon. Given that the original film isn’t exactly beloved, that speculation goes to prove that the concept of putting aging action stars together into a ‘one last mission’-type picture is enough to ignite significant public interest....

‘There Will Be Blood’ Composer Jonny Greenwood To Score ‘We Need To Talk About Kevin’ By Adam Quigley/Feb. 15, 2011 8:30 am EST The name Lynne Ramsay may not ring any bells right now, but the talent she’s been surrounding herself with for her next project indicates that this could change very soon. Ramsay wrote and is currently in the midst of directing We Need To Talk About Kevin, based on the novel by Lionel Shriver about a troubled husband and wife dealing with the fact that their son perpetrated a murderous school shooting....

By Germain Lussier/Nov. 16, 2010 6:19 pm EST While others sites where people upload their work to get evaluated might not have really hit it off, none of those sites were giving away millions of dollars, had a deal to get a foot in the door at Warner Brothers, or offered users the unique ability to edit content uploaded by other users without their consent, which is sure to set many people off....

Angelina Jolie Attached To Star In Ridley Scott’s ‘Gertrude Bell’ By Angie Han/Nov. 17, 2011 2:30 pm EST Angelina Jolie’s last live-action acting job was the disappointing The Tourist, but the actress-filmmaker is now poised to star in a new project that sounds much more intriguing. Titled Gertrude Bell, the biopic centers around the woman who’s been described as “the female Lawrence of Arabia” for her role in helping to establish the modern states of Jordan and Iraq in the early 20th century....