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Watch Five Seconds Of The Blue Beetle Test Footage By Peter Sciretta/June 18, 2010 4:00 pm EST Earlier this week, comic book writer Geoff Johns (Green Lantern, The Flash) uploaded some screengrabs from test footage for a live-action Blue Beetle television series. Apparently DC/Warner Bros is searching for a television show to replace Smallville, and this is one of the possibilities. Johns said that he will show the full test at Comic-Con, but you can watch five second if it right now....

Why Do Blu-Ray Digital Copies Require A Disc? Some Computer Owners Can’t Access ‘The Avengers’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 28, 2012 9:15 am EST Unfortunately, The Avengers don’t have the same foresight and now they’re the poster child for a bigger issue. Upon excitedly opening my 4-disc Avengers Blu-ray, I hopped online to input my digital code, hoping to quickly download the film to my laptop and iPhone. It said I needed to insert the disc....

‘Green Lantern’ Trailer #2 By Germain Lussier/May 4, 2011 9:21 am EST After months of waiting and speculation, Warner Bros. and DC have released a second trailer for Green Lantern, the June 17th release directed by Martin Campbell and starring Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard and Mark Strong. You can expect to see it in front of many prints of Thor this weekend. And no, it’s not just a rehash of the Wondercon footage....

‘Paranormal Activity 3’ Set For October 21, 2011 By Russ Fischer/Nov. 17, 2010 3:30 pm EST Briefly: The turnout for Paranormal Activity 2 was good enough that a third film is already in the planning stages. Oren Peli, who directed the original film in the series and produced the second, has told Dread Central that Paramount is setting October 21, 2011 as the release date for Paranormal Activity 3. We don’t know anything about the story or the creative team, other than the presumed involvement of Mr....

‘X-Men: First Class’ And ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ Trailer Updates By Germain Lussier/Jan. 9, 2011 7:00 pm EST Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellan voice over the opening lines about destiny and which side will you stand for as scenes of each in their previous X-Men movie roles flash until the entire screen flashes from white to black. A very young Xavier and Erik meet for the first time, followed by a different angle of the scene from the opening of X-Men in the concentration camp....

Bob Gale On ‘Back To The Future’ Musical: “Don’t Believe Everything You Read” By Angie Han/Feb. 3, 2012 4:30 pm EST Well, we did warn you that the project was still in the very early stages — but it now seems like that Back to the Future stage show may be even farther away than we’d thought. Yesterday, news broke that director Robert Zemeckis, his co-writer/producer Bob Gale, and the film’s composer Alan Silvestri were in early talks to bring Marty McFly, Doc Brown, and their iconic DeLorean to Broadway, and Zemeckis’ rep even confirmed that the three were “in preliminary creative discussions....

Casting Notes: Ice Cube In Rampart; Bryce Dallas Howard In The Help, Paul Reubens Joins The Smurfs By Russ Fischer/April 28, 2010 9:27 am EST I was thrilled a couple weeks ago to see that Oren Moverman will rewrite and direct Rampart, based on a story and script by James Ellroy. The film covers the scandal that engulfed the Rampart Division of the LAPD in the ’90s and now, perhaps appropriately, Ice Cube is in the cast....

By Germain Lussier/Dec. 15, 2010 2:18 pm EST TRON: Legacy is out at midnight Thursday and if there’s one thing the film is lacking, it’s merchandise. Seriously though, while there are a ton of different TRON toys and tech out there right now, the one thing we haven’t seen yet are bad ass, limited edition posters. Mondo is happy to oblige. They’ve just unveiled a pair of glow in the dark posters by one of our favorite artists, Eric Tan, which will go on sale on Mondo’s site Thursday December 16 at a random time....

Daniel Stamm Hired To Direct Remake Of ‘Martyrs’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 15, 2010 11:42 pm EST For those who’ve seen the original French horror film Martyrs, directed by Pascal Laugier, the notion of an American remake probably seemed a bit absurd. The divisive, very hardcore film doesn’t seem like the sort of film that a studio would slap a logo on, even if you were talking about the studio that turned out a film like Hostel....

Elizabeth Taylor Has Died By Angie Han/March 23, 2011 7:14 am EST Elizabeth Taylor died earlier today of congestive heart failure at the age of 79. Taylor had been hospitalized for her condition since February. Taylor was as well-known for her offscreen life as her onscreen career. She embodied Hollywood glamour, with her often stormy personal life, her taste for jewels, and her stunningly high salaries. Cleopatra made her the first actress to break the seven-figure mark in 1963, and also marked the beginning of perhaps her most famous romance, to co-star Richard Burton....

First Look: David Tennant As Peter Vincent In Fright Night By Russ Fischer/Sept. 1, 2010 4:00 pm EST Briefly: Here’s your first look at David Tennant (Doctor Who) in makeup and costume for his role as the new Peter Vincent in the remake of Fright Night. The character was originated by Roddy McDowell, at which point Vincent was a washed-up former actor turned TV horror host. Tennant’s version, as you can see, is a little different....

First Look: Luc Besson-Produced Animated Movie ‘A Monster In Paris’ By Angie Han/March 7, 2011 6:00 am EST We have the first image from A Monster in Paris, the Luc Besson-produced, Eric “Bibo” Bergeron-directed animated film due out in France later this year. Although posters and concept art for the movie have made the rounds before, this seems to be the first picture from the movie itself. The plot revolves around a monster terrorizing early 20th century Paris, and the locals who band together to stop him....

Four Night ‘Harry Potter’ Marathon Leading Up To ‘Deathly Hallows Part 2’ By Germain Lussier/June 21, 2011 5:30 pm EST Tickets for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 have been on sale for a few days but true fans were waiting for this moment. AMC has announced that not only will they host back to back screenings of Part 1 and Part 2 on opening night, select theaters will host a four night event of all eight films culminating at midnight July 15 with the highly anticipated epic conclusion....

Henry Cavill Cast In ‘The Cold Light Of Day,’ From The Director Of JCVD By Russ Fischer/July 30, 2010 8:59 am EST A lot of people might not recognize the name Mabrouk El Mechri, but I bet a lot of you recognize the name of his last film: JCVD. He’s finally about to follow up that film with a kidnapping thriller called The Cold Light of Day, which was announced earlier this year....

Joel Edgerton Joins Baz Luhrmann’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ By Germain Lussier/May 17, 2011 6:45 pm EST The process has been incredibly long and arduous, but Baz Luhrmann is slowly putting together an impressive cast for his 3D vision of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece The Great Gatsby. The latest person to join the fray is Joel Edgerton, who’ll play Tom Buchanan, a role that was originally supposed to go to Ben Affleck before he stepped out to direct Argo....

Jonah Hex Trailer: What’s It Like To Go Through Life With A Face Like That? By Russ Fischer/April 29, 2010 9:53 am EST Some of you have been waiting to see what Warner Bros. film version of Jonah Hex really looks like. Now’s your chance, as the trailer has finally hit, with all the scarred Josh Brolin you can handle. The poster above minimized John Malkovich and Michael Fassbender, but they’re both on hand here, as the evil guys who kill Hex’s family and scar his face....

Legendary Pictures Developing Modern Dragon-Killing Script ‘Slayer’ By Russ Fischer/March 21, 2012 10:30 am EST Briefly: Given the way that ’80s movies have become frequent fodder for remakes, I’m surprised that we haven’t heard about a remake of that ’not exactly a classic’ 1981 movie Dragonslayer. It’s relatively good material for a redo: a tale of a magician’s apprentice who has to kill off a dragon with the amazing name of Vermithrax Pejorative....

Michel Gondry’s ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Episode Is Better Than Michel Gondry’s ‘The Green Hornet’ By David Chen/Jan. 16, 2011 7:04 am EST I didn’t get too excited when I heard that Michel Gondry would be directing an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! After all, how much of a personal stamp could Gondry, who’s known for the visual whimsy of films such as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep, add to a late night talk show?...

New Images: Tron Legacy By Russ Fischer/July 8, 2010 12:24 pm EST You’re going to see a lot of new stuff from Tron Legacy in the next few weeks, thanks to Comic Con. The movie will have a massive presence there to begin the real push for the film’s December opening. And some fans will like this: part of Empire’s report on the film is that David Fincher has seen director Joseph Kosinski’s rough cut, and gave notes on it....

Peter Berg’s ‘Battleship’ Reshoots Built Into Production Schedule By Germain Lussier/Jan. 12, 2011 9:00 pm EST Mere days after James Cameron used Peter Berg’s board game-inspired action movie Battleship as a prime example of the degradation of cinema, one of the film’s stars has leaked some news that sounds worse than it is. Brooklyn Deckar, the model turned actress, who plays a love interest in the film, has been quoted as saying Berg shot “a bunch of alternative endings” and that they’re going back to do reshoots....