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By Adam Quigley/Jan. 28, 2011 9:28 am EST We’ve entered a new frontier, so desperate for preexisting properties on which to base films that any semblance of an actual narrative has become strictly optional. The latest up-and-coming trend: self-help books. After the box office success of He’s Just Not That Into You, studios have been actively scrounging up other self-improvement books to make into movies, one of the more recent examples being How to Talk to Girls (which Date Night director Shawn Levy is in the process of developing)....

Shia LaBeouf On Indiana Jones 4: “I Dropped The Ball On The Legacy” By David Chen/May 16, 2010 12:03 pm EST When authority figures unequivocally apologize for wrongs they have inflicted upon people, it can help accelerate the healing process. Maybe the same can be true for celebrities and their apologies too. While at the Cannes film festival promoting Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Shia LaBeouf let loose about his thoughts on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull....

The Ones Who Knock S5E03 - Hazard Pay By David Chen/July 30, 2012 7:31 pm EST The Ones Who Knock is a podcast featuring recaps and reviews of each week’s episode of AMC’s Breaking Bad. This week, Joanna Robinson from Pajiba and Dave Chen discuss the third episode of season 5, “Hazard Pay.” Check out Alan Sepinwall and Matt Zoller Seitz’s recaps. E-mail us and let us know what you thought of the episode, as well as of the podcast, at acastofkings@gmail....

VOTD: ‘Robots Of Brixton’ By Angie Han/July 5, 2011 5:00 am EST Much has been made of the upcoming robot revolution — in which the machines will take over and humans will be forced to serve as slaves or worse for our robot overlords, naturally — but filmmaker Kibwe Tavares imagines quite a different future for the machines in “Robots of Brixton.” In his short, robots have become second-class citizens, performing the menial labor that humans disdain and residing in a nasty, run-down part of London....

VOTD: Lost Round-Up By Peter Sciretta/May 21, 2010 12:00 am EST With the series finale of Lost set to air this Sunday (I’m still trying to figure out how I’ll be able to watch it live while in Paris), a bunch of cool Lost-rated videos have hit the web. So here is a short round-up. Lost star Michael Emerson demonstrates how to say everyday phrases ominously like Ben Linus: Sarah Silverman interviews Lost showrunners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse Sizzle Alert: LOST with Sarah Silverman!...

Warner Bros. Targets Oscar With Release Dates For ‘J. Edgar,’ ‘Gravity’ And ‘Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 3, 2011 6:12 pm EST Warner Bros. is going for some Oscar gold this year, and not only with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, which the studio is hoping might turn into a Return of the King-style contender. The studio also has a couple of possible prestige pictures in Clint Eastwood’s J....

What Is An Oscar Worth At The Box Office? By Adam Quigley/March 3, 2011 1:00 pm EST It’s widely accepted that, with the right marketing push, an Oscar nomination can propel a moderately-budgeted film at the box office in a way that little else can — save for more money. But exactly how much of the success of past Oscar-nominated films has been due to their nominations? And how much more do the films that win an Oscar make over the rest of the nominees?...

Zoe Saldana To Play Angelic Action In ‘Dominion’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 26, 2011 5:30 pm EST Briefly: Not a lot of details on this one just yet, but it looks like Alex Proyas isn’t the only one getting into the ‘action movie with angels’ game. Zoe Saldana has closed a deal to produce and star in a film called Dominion. It’s a Paramount picture, based on a pitch by Dean McCreary and Chester Hastings....

‘Carnage’ Trailer - Roman Polanski’s Latest With Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, John C. Reilly By Germain Lussier/Oct. 10, 2011 3:45 pm EST Take four of the best actors working today, throw them into a room and let the cameras roll. That seems to be the claustrophobic vibe director Roman Polanski is going for in his film adaptation of the Yasmina Reza play Carnage. The film stars Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz and John C....

‘Fright Night’ Trailer And Poster By Russ Fischer/May 13, 2011 11:07 am EST Remaking Fright Night, Todd Holland’s still-entertaining 1985 teen vampire horror/comedy, seemed like a dire prospect. But then Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl) came on to direct a script by Marti Noxon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) with Colin Farrell starring as the vampire who moves in next door to Charley Brewster, a high school student played by Anton Yelchin....

‘Price Check’ Trailer: Ugly Betty’s Boss Gets A Raise From Parker Posey By Angie Han/Sept. 26, 2012 11:42 am EST Parker Posey is one of those actresses you can count on to turn in an arresting performance even in the clumsiest of movies. So if nothing else, Michael Walker’s Sundance comedy Price Check has that going for it. The film centers around family man Pete Cozy (Ugly Betty’s Eric Mabius) struggling with rising debt and an uninspiring career in grocery store pricing and marketing....

‘Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes’ High Resolution Concept Art By Peter Sciretta/April 14, 2011 4:37 pm EST Official Plot Synopsis: The film is a prequel/reboot of the Planet of the Apes franchise which takes place in present day with a science fact-like take on how animal testing leads to the end of the human race, and yes, the rise of the apes. James Franco plays “a young, driven scientist who becomes a crucial figure in the war between humans and apes....

‘Skyfall’ Banner And Posters Revealed; Check Out New Behind-The-Scenes Photos By Angie Han/Aug. 9, 2012 1:30 pm EST James Bond’s ability to fill out a tux is the stuff of legend, as is the beauty of his many female associates. All of which should make it very easy indeed for the Skyfall marketing team at Sony to put out one sharp-looking ad campaign. A new banner and series of posters feature stars Daniel Craig, Bérénice Marlohe, Naomie Harris, and Javier Bardem, all dressed up and doing their best Blue Steels in front of a stark black and white 007 logo....

‘Spy Kids: All The Time In The World’ Trailer By Russ Fischer/May 31, 2011 4:00 am EST Depending on what you want out of Robert Rodriguez, this first trailer for Spy Kids: All the Time in the World may either instill dismay (“he made this instead of a ‘real’ movie?”) or happiness (“if he wants to make this, then let someone else do Deadpool”). This looks like a Canadian promo for the film — check the Alliance logo where the Weinstein-related one should be — but I imagine it is very similar to the US trailer we’re likely to see....

2011 SXSW Film Panels Announced By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 15, 2011 8:00 am EST SXSW FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2011 CONFERENCE LINEUP TODD PHILLIPS & PAUL REUBENS AMONG KEY PANELISTS Schedule of Screening and Panel Dates & Times Now Live Austin, Texas – February 15, 2011 – The South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Conference and Festival is thrilled to announce over 100 Film Conference sessions for the 2011 event, which will take place Friday, March 11 – Saturday, March 19, 2011 in Austin, Texas....

Arnold Schwarzenegger Now Seriously Considering Acting Offers By Russ Fischer/Feb. 11, 2011 6:30 am EST A month ago, an Austrian outlet ran an interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger in which the now-former Governor talked about looking at a few different scripts. There were some doubts about the reliability of that interview, but now an additional comment directly from the actor confirms that he is on his way back to the screen....

Bradley Cooper And Jennifer Lawrence Team For ‘Serena’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 31, 2012 9:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Vulture exclusively broke the news of this team-up, which is being produced by Mark Cuban’s 2929 Entertainment. Cooper and Lawrence will first co-star in David O’Russell’s upcoming release, The Silver Linings Playbook. It sounds kind of like There Will Be Blood mixed with The War of the Roses....

Casting Bits: Casey Affleck In Whitey Bulger Biopic, Dylan McDermott In ‘Dog Fight’, Gabriel Byrne, Rufus Sewell, And Toby Stephens In ‘All Things To All Men’ By Angie Han/Oct. 27, 2011 9:00 am EST It was announced earlier this week that Ben Affleck and longtime pal Matt Damon would reunite for a biopic about Whitey Bulger, with Casey Affleck set to co-star. We now have a more information about the younger Affleck’s part....

Casting Bits: Michael K. Williams May Still Appear In ‘Django Unchained’, Charlize Theron In Talks For ‘Cities Of Refuge’, Leven Rambin Lands ‘Mavericks’, Paula Patton Joins ‘Disconnect’ By Angie Han/Sept. 23, 2011 1:00 pm EST Michael K. Williams may have missed out on the lead role of Django Unchained, but it seems there may still be room for him to appear in a different capacity. In an interview with Shadow & Act (via The Playlist), the The Wire actor confirmed that he had just barely lost the lead role to Jamie Foxx, but that director Quentin Tarantino (or “QT, as I call him”) liked Williams enough to consider creating a new role just for him....

Casting Notes: Brandon Routh In The Walking Dead, Jon Tenney In Green Lantern, Unknowns In Todd Phillips/Joel Silver’s Mystery Comedy Project X By Russ Fischer/April 12, 2010 6:32 am EST AMC seems pretty high on Frank Darabont’s The Walking Dead, a series adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s comics. Andrew Lincoln stars as Rick Grimes, with Jon Bernthal as his partner before the story’s zombie apocalypse takes place. Now there’s word that Brandon Routh is ‘a lock’ for a role in the series....