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Victoria’s Secret Confirms Rosie Huntington-Whiteley In Transformers 3 By Peter Sciretta/May 31, 2010 10:47 pm EST

Watch James Cameron Talk About The 3D Conversion Of ‘Titanic’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 22, 2011 5:19 pm EST Watch the featurette below. Setting aside Cameron’s softly-voiced hyperbole about Titanic, I can’t watch footage from the film and not be a bit gobsmacked by the wealth of detail he built into the movie. Years ago I worked with a guy who was a set dresser on the film, and he’d talk about the process of setting up the massive dining room setups and then watching them washed into oblivion by tons of water, take after take....

‘Atlas Shrugged Part II’ Trailer And Poster: New Cast, New Director, Same Hilariously Awful Dialogue By Angie Han/Sept. 6, 2012 11:19 am EST There’s no denying that Ayn Rand and her Objectivist philosophy of “rational self-interest” have gone a long way toward shaping our culture and politics, for better or for worse. But as we learned with Atlas Shrugged Part I, even fame and influence have their limits. The movie landed on the market with a dull thud, leaving Part II in jeopardy....

‘Chasing Mavericks’ Trailer: Gerard Butler Surfs, Mentors, Inspires By Angie Han/July 26, 2012 12:00 pm EST Earlier today, we saw Jonny Weston pushing his girlfried into porn in the About Cherry trailer, but in the first trailer for Chasing Mavericks it’s Weston who’s the wide-eyed ingenue. Weston stars as real-life surfer Jay Moriarity, whose passion for the sport drives him to try and conquer the legendarily dangerous waves at Mavericks in Northern California....

‘Cloud Atlas’ Budget Reduced; Wachowskis And Tom Tykwer Will Head Parallel Filmmaking Units By Russ Fischer/Aug. 22, 2011 4:00 pm EST Questions about Cloud Atlas, the very ambitious adaptation of David Mitchell’s novel that was written and will be directed by Tom Tykwer and Andy and Lana Wachowski, are slowly being answered. We know the cast (Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Susan Sarandon, Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent and possibly Bae Doona) and we know that many, if not all of those actors will play multiple roles in the six interconnected stories that make up the novel’s unconventional narrative....

‘Don’t Go In The Woods’ Trailer: Vincent D’Onofrio Directs The Horror Of Sensitive Rock By Russ Fischer/Nov. 17, 2011 1:30 pm EST Well, this looks quite shaky and is actually something of a serious disappointment coming from long-time acting fave Vincent D’Onofrio. The trailer for his directorial effort Don’t Go in the Woods sketches out a story in a which a sensitive rock band retreats to a remote setting to write material for a new record, only to encounter some sort of horror....

‘Lucky’ Trailer – Colin Hanks Wins Lottery, Kills People By Angie Han/June 10, 2011 9:00 am EST Looks like Colin Hanks and Dexter may have a few things to talk about when the actor joins the hit series this season. A new trailer has been released for Gil Cates, Jr.’s indie comedy Lucky, which stars Hanks as a seemingly ordinary guy who’s secretly a serial killer. When he wins the lottery, he finds all of his dreams coming true — he even snags the girl of his dreams....

Carlo Rambaldi, Who Created ‘E.T.’ And ‘Alien’ Effects, Has Died At 86 By Russ Fischer/Aug. 10, 2012 1:30 pm EST Steven Spielberg’s E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial is coming out on Blu-ray soon, and when it arrives I recommend that everyone watch it with an eye for the incredible brass balls it took for Spielberg to shoot the title alien like he would a human actor. The reason he was able to do that is due in great part to the work of Italian effects maestro Carlo Rambaldi, who died today at the age of 86....

Chloe Moretz Says ‘Carrie’ Remake “Messes With Your Mind;” Portia Doubleday And Judy Greer Added To Cast By Russ Fischer/June 14, 2012 1:30 pm EST With a few exceptions, the idea of remaking a classic horror film has proven to be one that faces many pitfalls. And when the original in question is Brian De Palma’s version of the Stephen King story Carrie, a film crafted with impressive style and quite a lot of moxie, there might be more pitfalls than usual....

Did Kevin Smith’s ‘Red State’ Get Accepted To Sundance? By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 1, 2010 6:19 pm EST Earlier today the 2011 Sundance Film Festival competition line-up was announced, and quite a few people observed that the list of announced films did not include Kevin Smith’s Red State. So does that mean that Smith’s indie horror film didn’t make it into the festival which launched his first film Clerks? Is that even possible?...

By Peter Sciretta/May 3, 2010 2:15 pm EST Well it appears Vaughn has returned to the table, and according to Flemming, the “studio is working with his WME reps to close the deal.” I love Vaughn, and was a big fan of Kick-Ass, but I really would have loved to see what commercial directors turned first time feature directors Carl Erick Rinsch or Rupert Sanders could have done with the comic book property....

By Germain Lussier/Feb. 10, 2012 2:30 pm EST We all know that after The Dark Knight Rises on July 20, Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale will officially hang up the cowl. We also know Warner Bros. is going to continue making Batman movies without them. So what happens after Nolan’s trilogy ends? Who will be chosen to continue the legacy? The Los Angeles Times Hero Complex had some fun with that idea, commissioning graphic artist Sean Hartter to design 15 different visions of a new Batman by some of the finest filmmakers in the world....

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J.K. Rowling Approved Death Scene Change In ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 18, 2011 9:30 am EST Though it’s nearing one billion dollars in worldwide gross, there were certainly a ton of valid complaints about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part One. People said it was too slow, the characters spent too much time in the woods, it was half a movie, etc. That should all be remedied on July 15 as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two is released in 3D....

Joe Johnston On How Captain America Will Tie In To The Other Marvel Films By Russ Fischer/Sept. 2, 2010 3:17 am EST We know you have a lot of questions about Marvel’s upcoming Captain America: The First Avenger. Top of the list probably isn’t ‘how does this film tie into the other Marvel films?’ and yet that’s the question that is being answered for now. Director Joe Johnston is talking about the tie-in moments, and the answer might actually be refreshing....

Juno Temple Confirmed For ‘The Dark Knight Rises,’ Likely As Catwoman’s Sidekick By Russ Fischer/March 24, 2011 4:00 pm EST Briefly: Last Friday, when Joseph Gordon-Levitt was confirmed for Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, there was also word that actress Juno Temple was being eyed for a role. Now she is confirmed for the film, and will reportedly play “a street-smart Gotham girl.” That could mean a lot of things — she could literally be a very tertiary character who just has a small role....

Mark Wahlberg Attached To ‘Broken City,’ With Allen Hughes Set To Direct By Russ Fischer/Nov. 29, 2010 11:24 pm EST Next year might be looking up for Mark Wahlberg. After a couple of years characterized by films like The Happening, Max Payne and The Lovely Bones, he made some audiences happy with The Other Guys, and will go into 2011 with David O. Russell’s The Fighter under his belt. And while there’s been fan outcry about his starring role in Uncharted, also directed by David O....

Michael Fassbender Speaks About Shooting ‘Prometheus’ By Germain Lussier/April 11, 2011 11:00 am EST “Breathtaking.” That’s how Michael Fassbender describes what it feels like to walk onto the set of Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, which is currently three weeks into shooting. The Inglourious Basterds and X-Men: First Class star is set to appear along side Noomi Rapace, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba and many others in the Damon Lindelof-scripted film that’s tangentially connected to the Alien universe Scott helped created in 1979....

Movie Trailer: The Last Exorcism By Peter Sciretta/May 25, 2010 4:06 pm EST Lionsgate has released the first movie trailer for the Eli Roth-produced horror film The Last Exorcism. I haven’t read much about the project until now, so I was surprised to find out that the film appears to use the documentary style framing device employed by films like The Blair Witch Project. Watch the trailer now, embedded after the jump....

New Photos: Emma Roberts, Aasif Mandvi And Jeremy Davies In It’s Kind Of A Funny Story By Russ Fischer/July 12, 2010 12:34 pm EST Some first look images are interesting because they finally reveal how an actor might look in a long-awaited role. Others are great simply because they remind us that a worthy film is in motion. These new images showing Emma Roberts, Aasif Mandvi and Jeremy Davies in It’s Kind of a Funny Story are in the latter camp....