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LOL: Inception Theater Marquee By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 24, 2010 10:00 am EST via: Buzzfeed LOL: Inception Theater Marquee By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 24, 2010 10:00 am EST via: Buzzfeed

Mark Hamill And Jennifer Aniston To Direct Movies By Brendon Connelly/April 20, 2010 1:05 pm EST Mark Hamill and Jennifer Aniston: What they really want to do is direct? It would seem so. Jen has apparently let slip that she’s developing a film to direct. Why now? Here’s her thinking: After you get enough movies under your belt you sit back and go, ‘What’s next?’ It’s getting to a time where creatively I want to turn in a different direction....

Martin Scorsese And William Monahan To Remake ‘The Gambler;’ Leonardo DiCaprio Attached By Germain Lussier/Aug. 26, 2011 8:37 pm EST As audiences wait to see what Martin Scorsese has done by moving outside his comfort zone and working with 3D in a family movie, the legendary director is already looking ahead to get back in his comfort zone with a gritty New York drama. He’s currently developing a remake of the 1974 film The Gambler with screenwriter William Monahan....

Marvel Introduces Half-Black, Half-Hispanic Spider-Man: Miles Morales By Germain Lussier/Aug. 2, 2011 3:30 pm EST We didn’t get Donald Glover but we are getting Miles Morales. This past June, the original Spider-Man, Peter Parker, died in Marvel’s alternative “Ultimates” universe, making national headlines. On Wednesday, Ultimate Fallout #4 will reveal Parker’s webslinging replacement to be Miles Morales, a half-black, half-hispanic teenager. Cue even bigger headlines. Plus, according to writer Brian Michael Bendis, Morales’s look as the new Spider-Man was indirectly influenced by Donald Glover’s campaign for the lead role in The Amazing Spider-Man when the reboot was being cast....

By Germain Lussier/March 16, 2011 12:18 pm EST [Note from Russ: granted, Passion Play got absolutely dismal reviews at TIFF, but it sounded as if Megan Fox’s work was the very least of the film’s problems.] As for Apatow’s next film, it will take place several years after Knocked Up and focus on Pete and Debbie, the “normal” family in that film portrayed by Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann. Apatow hasn’t revealed much about the movie, but a few weeks ago, he did say this:...

New ‘Hellraiser’ Won’t Directly Remake Clive Barker’s Original By Russ Fischer/Feb. 24, 2011 8:00 am EST I’ve followed the development of a new big-screen Hellraiser — not the straight to DVD quickies that have defined the series for a few years — because while Clive Barker’s 1987 film is a great piece of work, there is enough weight to Hellraiser that it could easily be spun into another film. Dimension has hired more than one creative team, many of whom have jumped ship....

New Concept Art And Info For Summit’s Drive Angry 3D, Starring Nicolas Cage By Russ Fischer/July 19, 2010 1:52 pm EST When I first started to hear about Drive Angry 3D, which Patrick Lussier (My Bloody Valentine 3D) is directing with Nicolas Cage, I expected something that might look rather like Faster, the Dwayne Johnson film that just got a teaser today. But I should have known better — a bunch of set visit reports have just gone online, and Lussier, Cage and others involved in the film are making Drive Angry sound like a much more intense, violent film....

Original ‘Brave’ Director Brenda Chapman Leaves Pixar For LucasFilm; Consulting On Mystery Project By Germain Lussier/Aug. 7, 2012 2:00 pm EST The incredibly interesting career of Brenda Chapman has just taken a brand new turn. Chapman, probably best known for being removed from the Pixar film eventually called Brave, has been working in animation for decades, contributing to the stories of The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast and much more....

Rumor: Joseph Gordon-Levitt To Play Alberto Falcone In ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 10, 2011 7:00 am EST As with most Dark Knight Rises stories, it’s necessary to repeat this up front: what follows is a rumor. Something fun to discuss and speculate about on the off chance it’s true. This rumor is particularly fishy because it comes from an “anonymous source” which could mean anything from “Christopher Nolan’s assistant” to “Batman fan living in Poughkeepsie, New York....

Rumor Debunked: Harrison Ford Doesn’t Want To Kill Off Indiana Jones By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 20, 2010 9:00 am EST Update: Ford’s representatives have denied reports t0 The Huffington Post – this rumor is false. Original story follows below: ShowbizSpy is reporting that Indiana Jones star Harrison Ford wants his character to be killed off in the fifth installment of the action-adventure franchise. According to the report from the gossip website, Ford told George Lucas and Steven Spielberg that he wants Indy to die in the next film, officially passing the hat to his son (played by Shia LaBeouf in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull)....

Slight New Info Revealed For Pixar’s Día De Los Muertos Film By Russ Fischer/May 24, 2012 10:00 am EST Last month at CinemaCon Pixar revealed that Lee Unkrich (Toy Story 3) and producer Darla K. Anderson are working on “a wholly original Pixar Animation Studios film that delves into the vibrant holiday of Día de los Muertos.” There hasn’t been any additional info on the project until now. And while we still don’t have many details, a new article gives us a little more info on the Pixar project we can expect to see sometime after 2015....

Todd Phillips Producing New John Belushi Biopic By Russ Fischer/Aug. 11, 2010 8:18 pm EST John Belushi has already been brought back to life on the big screen thanks to the film adaptation of Bob Woodward’s controversial Belushi biography Wired, but apparently one Belushi biopic isn’t enough. Steven Conrad (writer of The Pursuit of Happyness) and Todd Phillips (The Hangover, Old School) are teaming to develop a new biopic about the late comedian....

VOTD: How To Build An Optimus Prime Costume For $5 Out Of Used Cardboard Boxes By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 18, 2010 11:00 am EST With Halloween coming up at the end of the month, many people are trying to find a costume Alex The Movie Geek put together an Optimus Prime costume in 5 days for $5 out of used cardboard boxes. Alex put together a 9-minute video showing how he constructed the costume....

What’s The Working Title Of The Live Action ‘Star Wars’ TV Show? By Germain Lussier/Jan. 9, 2012 4:00 pm EST As we know from multiple stories we’ve ran over the last year, the long-rumored, much-anticipated, live-action Star Wars TV Series is not happening anytime soon. George Lucas himself has sai until technology significantly lowers production costs, there’s just no fiscally responsible way for the show to be produced. That doesn’t stop fans from asking about it though....

Woody Allen’s ‘Midnight In Paris’ Will Open The 64th Cannes Film Festival By Russ Fischer/Feb. 2, 2011 11:25 am EST Briefly: Here’s the first news of the official lineup for what could well be a very impressive Cannes Film Festival. Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris will open the 64th incarnation of the festival on May 11. It’s an easy choice — the director is a French favorite, and the film is packed with actors that will look great on the opening night red carpet, including a handful of French stars....

‘Here Comes The Boom’ Trailer - Kevin James Does MMA By Germain Lussier/June 27, 2012 7:00 am EST If you watched the movie Warrior and thought, “This movie needs more Kevin James,” then today is your lucky day. Sony has just released the first trailer for Here Comes The Boom, a comedy directed by Frank Coraci (The Waterboy) about a high school teacher (James) who becomes a mixed martial arts fighter with the hopes to make enough money to save his school....

‘Kill List’ Trailer By Russ Fischer/Dec. 15, 2011 7:00 am EST I only know a few things about Kill List, the latest film from Ben Wheatley (Down Terrace). I know that some friends who have seen the movie have raved about its ability to manipulate genre conventions and audience expectations. Even those who have seen it and not loved it, such as Germain, had things to say that intrigued me. (Germain’s Fantastic Fest review mentioned the film posing “really screwed up and fascinating questions....

‘Prometheus’ Viral Continues, Peter Weyland Gets Ready For TED Talk And What Is 10-11-12? By Germain Lussier/June 11, 2012 10:00 am EST Usually when a film opens, its viral campaign is over. Not the case with Prometheus. Ridley Scott’s latest film is one that encourages a lot of conversation (obviously) and, if you stay to the end of the credits, the conversation continues online. There a website called What Is 10-11-12?...

‘Transformers: Dark Of The Moon’ – What Did You Think? By David Chen/July 1, 2011 9:00 pm EST It’s been a couple of years since Michael Bay unleashed his last filmic atrocity upon us in the form of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. An overlong, numbing, and mildly racist abomination, Revenge of the Fallen nonetheless went on to make one quadrillion dollars at the worldwide box office during its theatrical release....

‘Win Win’ Director Tom McCarthy To Write ‘Million Dollar Arm’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 8, 2011 6:00 pm EST Anyone who loves entertainment dreams of having an IMDB page as varied and strong as Tom McCarthy’s. Not only is he a successful actor who has enjoyed roles on respected shows like The Wire and Boston Public, he’s appeared in blockbuster films like Meet the Parents and 2012, he’s a talented writer (with three films and a story credit on Up) and an awesome director (his upcoming third film, Win Win, was one of our favorites of the Sundance Film Festival)....