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‘Thor: The Dark World’ Adds Supporting Actors From ‘Batman Begins’ And ‘Game Of Thrones’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 24, 2012 1:15 pm EST Thor: The Dark World will be the second film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Two when it hits theaters on November 8, 2013. Director Alan Taylor has been shooting for several weeks now with a cast including newcomers Christopher Eccleston as the main villain Malekith, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje in a dual role and many others along with returning cast members Chris Hemsworth, Idris Elba, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Anthony Hopkins and the rest....

‘Win Win’ – A Funnier, Warmer, More Crowd-Pleasing ‘Blind Side’ (With High School Wrestling) [Sundance Review And Video Blog] By Germain Lussier/March 18, 2011 11:00 am EST A movie like Win Win is why you come to the Sundance Film Festival. Directed by Tom McCarthy, it stars Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Bobby Cannavale and Jeffrey Tambor in the hilarious, heartwarming story of a happy, but financially troubled family, who find themselves taking care of a 16-year-old boy ....

Breaking Dawn Director Bill Condon Writes An Open Letter To Twilight Fans By Russ Fischer/May 1, 2010 4:01 pm EST So we’ve got Oscar-winner Bill Condon directing Breaking Dawn, the final stretch of The Twilight Saga, which may be one film or may yet be split into two. Today Condon published a note to Twilight fans via Facebook, more or less as a way of saying ‘hello.’ The first thing I noticed about this note was a generally innocuous comment describing the affect of all the Twilight material he’s been accumulating and ingesting: " a corner of my office is starting to look like Hot Topic....

Brian Geraghty, Josh Peck And Margarita Levieva Cast In ATM By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 2, 2010 8:00 am EST Brian Geraghty (The Hurt Locker), Josh Peck (The Wackness) and Margarita Levieva (Adventureland) have signed on to star in David Brooks’ ATM. THR is reporting that production is gearing up for a late-September start in Winnipeg, Manitoba. You might remember this project as it is the next screenplay from Black List scribe Chris Sparling who made a name for himself with the one-man, one-location script Buried, which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival to huge buzz (read my review) resulted in a bidding war which ended with Lionsgate spending millions to distribute the film....

Cameron Crowe Calls ‘Say Anything 2’ A Pipe Dream By Germain Lussier/Sept. 1, 2011 1:00 pm EST Sometimes even the best of us get stuck with our foot in our mouth. That seems to be what happened with Cameron Crowe earlier this month when he told an audience he would consider making a sequel to Say Anything and that he’d spoken to John Cusack about it. He has thought about where kickboxer Lloyd Dobler and valedictorian Diane Court might go after the end of the film and he has spoken to Cusack about it, but it was years ago and at this point, Crowe doesn’t want to ruin that personal film with an unnecessary sequel....

Cool Stuff: Mark Englert’s Mondo Debut Is ‘Back To The Future’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 12, 2012 11:14 am EST When Mondo revealed they’d be doing Back to the Future posters, it was enough to get even the casual fan excited. But that was in March. They’ve finally revealed the second poster in the series and it’s by Mark Englert, a name that’s familiar to Alien or Breaking Bad fans but a newcomer to the Mondo roster....

Cool Stuff: Scott Pilgrim Action Figures By Russ Fischer/Nov. 4, 2010 6:00 am EST Generally I’m bulletproof when it comes to little plastic versions of things I love. But even my cold heart is tempted by these Scott Pilgrim figures, which are a fine little recreation of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s art style. They’re a bit pricey at $30 for the pair, and don’t release until April of 2011. But there’s a pre-order up now at Mezco Toys, and I’d be surprised if these aren’t gone way before the actual objects hit the street next year....

Disney’s Sale Of Miramax May Not Be As Final As Previously Thought By Russ Fischer/Sept. 2, 2010 6:36 am EST What’s the saying? It ain’t over ’till it’s over? Sounds like Disney’s sale of Miramax to Ron Tutor and a group of investors is far from over. The sale was announced before all the money was firmly in place, and now two of Tutor’s partners have reportedly backed out of the deal....

Exclusive: The Poster For Rian Johnson’s ‘Looper’ By Peter Sciretta/April 6, 2012 7:00 am EST If you aren’t yet excited for Rian Johnson’s next film Looper, what are you doing reading /Film? by the end of next week I promise you will be. Sony’s marketing campaign begins, as they’ll be launching teaser vignette pieces with Joseph Gordon Levitt and filmmaker Rian Johnson on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. But of couse, thats all just foreplay leading to the official teaser trailer debut on Thursday, April 12th....

FBI Warning In Front Of DVDs Updated; Second, Unskippable, Anti-Piracy Screen Added By Germain Lussier/May 11, 2012 5:00 pm EST Who doesn’t love the FBI Warning in front of your movies? There’s nothing quite like renting or buying a movie legally, sitting down with your family, and then having an intimidating warning pop on screen to scare you from any kind of unlicensed reproduction. And if that wasn’t bad enough, starting this week, DVDs will be getting an updated FBI Warning as well as a second Anti-Piracy warning before all movies....

First ‘Ender’s Game’ Production Blog Waxes Enthusiastic About Actor Asa Butterfield By Russ Fischer/March 21, 2012 1:30 pm EST It’s wild that, after years and years of being stuck in development hell, the Orson Scott Card novel Ender’s Game is finally headed to the screen thanks to the efforts of writer/director Gavin Hood (Tsotsi, Wolverine). The film follows the development of Ender Wiggin, a young kid who is recruited to an elite battle school where kids are trained in preparation for a third conflict with an alien race called the Formics that nearly destroyed humanity in previous encounters....

First Official Look: Robert Downey, Jr., Noomi Rapace And Jude Law In ‘Sherlock Holmes II’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 23, 2010 3:30 pm EST This is somewhere between a new image and a first look at Sherlock Holmes II. We’ve seen set photos of Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law in the Guy Ritchie-directed sequel to last year’s action revival of Sherlock Holmes. But this is the first official still photo, and also the first image of Noomi Rapace (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) in her first American studio role....

Geek Deal: Léon: The Professional Theatrical And Extended Edition Blu-Ray For $11.99 By Peter Sciretta/June 12, 2010 1:34 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

IFC Releases Trailer For Rerelease Of Christopher Nolan’s Following By Peter Sciretta/July 19, 2010 1:00 pm EST In my e-mail box this morning I found a movie trailer for the rerelease of Christopher Nolan’s first feature film Following. The trailer does a good job of fusing an independently made black and white movie with faster paced editing and a soundtrack reminiscent of The Dark Knight and Nolan’s current box office success, Inception....

James Cameron Gives ‘Fantastic Voyage’ Update: Shawn Levy Still In, Script Development Two-Thirds Complete By Germain Lussier/Oct. 29, 2011 1:07 pm EST While James Cameron is hard at work perfecting Titanic 3D and writing Avatar 2 and 3, he’s also producing a number of other projects including a 3D reboot of Fantastic Voyage. The film has been in development for some years with several A-List directors attached, the latest being Shawn Levy (Real Steel)....

Jose Padilha’s ‘RoboCop’ Won’t Be A Carbon Copy Of Paul Verhoeven’s Original By Russ Fischer/Sept. 21, 2011 3:00 pm EST The idea of Darren Aronofsky directing a new version of RoboCop was pretty great, but I have to admit that hiring Elite Squad director Jose Padilha to make the film in Aronofsky’s stead could be the best idea MGM has had in recent months. It is almost certainly the most creative idea the company has floated....

LOL: Guide To Making People Feel Old Using Movie Release Dates By Peter Sciretta/April 27, 2011 1:00 pm EST XKCD have published a funny infographic titled “The 2011 Guide To Making People Feel Old Using Movie Release Dates”. For instance, The Little Mermaid? That movie came out closer to the moon landing than the present day. Hit the jump to check it out. LOL: Guide To Making People Feel Old Using Movie Release Dates...

Matthew Vaughn Deciding Between Two Mark Millar Adaptations, Neither Of Which Is ‘Kick-Ass 2’ By Angie Han/Oct. 21, 2011 10:00 am EST The odds of Matthew Vaughn doing a Kick-Ass sequel may be vanishingly low, but the chances of him working with comics writer Mark Millar again are apparently hovering somewhere around 100%. The director had a big hit this summer with X-Men: First Class and is now considering his next move....

Movie Trailer: ‘The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 5, 2010 6:00 am EST Imagine Christopher Nolan released Batman films this quickly. 2010 will see not one, not two, but all three Swedish film adaptations of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy hit the big screen as a trailer has just been released for the third and film of the series, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest starring Michael Nyqvist and Noomi Rapace....

New Images From Rian Johnson’s ‘Looper’ By Russ Fischer/May 1, 2012 9:00 am EST Rian Johnson’s Looper, the time-travel thriller in which Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis play younger and older versions of the same hitman, is still my most anticipated film of 2012. And so I haven’t even watched the teaser trailer that debuted a couple weeks back, nor even the little preview clips released to announce the teaser. I’d like to go in as cold as possible; after reading some of the early screening reviews last year I figure I know enough already....