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Superhero Bits: Joe Simon, The Dark Knight Rises, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Avengers, Iron Man 3 By Germain Lussier/Dec. 15, 2011 1:00 pm EST Want to see a bunch of new Avengers banners? How about read some new clues to the plot of The Dark Knight Rises taken from a t-shirt? What potential spoiler is hidden in the new photos from The Amazing Spider-Man? When will we first get a look at toys from The Dark Knight Rises?...

Surprise! ‘Eastbound & Down’ Gets A Fourth Season By Russ Fischer/July 3, 2012 5:00 am EST Once upon a time, there were plans for three seasons of the show Eastbound & Down, and three seasons only. That plan came to fruition and the show finished with a third season finale earlier this April. But Eastbound isn’t done, as HBO has ordered eight more episodes of the show. So there will be a few more hours of Kenny Powers and his fashion-forward hair for your enjoyment....

Tara Reid Plays Every Role In ‘The Big Lebowski 2’ By Russ Fischer/March 29, 2011 7:30 am EST A couple months back we all had a good laugh when Tara Reid talked about how The Big Lebowski 2 is in development. Even the Coen Brothers got a giggle out of it. Bet you thought you could just move on, secure in the knowledge that the movie would never, ever happen. But now there is a trailer for the film, and it could finally be the work that demonstrates what a powerhouse thespian Tara Reid really is....

The Beauty Of Pixar By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 29, 2010 7:00 am EST After spending 11 days revisiting Pixar Animation Studios’ eleven feature films, video editor Leandro Copperfield hand-selected 500 scenes and edited together a 7-minute tribute titled “The Beauty of Pixar”. You might remember that we featured Leandro’s Filmmaker Deathmatch series of video montages (Kubrick vs. Scorsese, Tarantino vs. The Coen Brothers) earlier this year on the site. Watch “The Beauty of Pixar” embedded after the jump....

Tony Jaa Takes Sabbatical From Acting, Becomes A Bhuddist Monk By Russ Fischer/May 31, 2010 12:55 pm EST Tony Jaa has had quite a career in a few short years. He became an action star with Ong Bak, tried to become a director with Ong Bak 2, which led to a rather famous meltdown and mini-exile. And now, in the wake of the less than stellar Thai opening of Ong Bak 3, Jaa has walked away from acting altogether, at least for the time being....

VOTD: ‘Office Space’ The Musical By Germain Lussier/Nov. 11, 2010 6:00 am EST Once you think about it, the idea of Mike Judge’s comedy Office Space reimagined as a musical really isn’t that off base. The film is filled with awesome musical interludes that could easily transformed into big production numbers. There’s Michael Bolton rapping in his car, the “Damn, It Feels Good To Be a Gangster” montage, the celebratory dance party back at Peter’s and of course “Take This Job and Shove It....

WB And Chrisopher Nolan Offer Fans The Chance To Create Their Own ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ TV Spot By Russ Fischer/June 18, 2012 8:00 am EST Fan promos (such as the poster above) have proliferated for all of Christopher Nolan’s Batman movies, and with the imminent release of his third and final film featuring the character, we’ve seen more fan-created videos and posters than ever. People love to tinker with Nolan’s footage, and his portrayal of characters in the DC Universe....

Wes Anderson And Laika Use Stop-Motion Robots To Sell Sony Stuff By Russ Fischer/March 22, 2012 10:30 am EST We just showed you a teaser for a series of Sony Xperia ads directed by Wes Anderson and animated by Laika (Coraline, ParaNorman). Now we’ve got the first one, and it’s a bit like the original Aardman Animation Creature Comforts spots. Kids were interviewed (or given a script to read) and then Laika used stop-motion to animate their oh-so-charming explanations of how Sony’s phones work....

‘Devil’s Knot’ Director Atom Egoyan Sees West Memphis Three Case As “A Piece Of American Mythology” By Russ Fischer/June 26, 2012 5:00 pm EST Even after the three men were freed last year, Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, and Jason Baldwin, aka the West Memphis Three, remain figures of intense interest. There are four major documentaries about the murder case that saw the three young men sentenced to death (Echols) and life in prison (Misskelley and Baldwin) for the murders of three boys....

‘Easy A’ Helmer Will Gluck To Direct ‘Secretaries Day’ From ‘Iron Man 3’ Writer Drew Pearce By Angie Han/Dec. 16, 2011 5:00 am EST Thanks to the dual successes of last year’s Easy A and this year’s Friends with Benefits, director Will Gluck is on a hot streak right now. He’s been attached to helm the reality-based moon rock heist movie (really) Sex on the Moon since the spring, has plans to produce a remake of Ed Zwick’s About Last Night…, and could be reuniting with Easy A star Emma Stone for another Screen Gems pic....

/Film Interview Part 2: Matthew Vaughn Talks Major ‘X-Men: First Class’ Spoiler By Germain Lussier/June 6, 2011 7:00 am EST Previously, while talking to Matthew Vaughn, we cut our interview off just as we were about to talk about a juicy spoiler that pops up in his new film, X-Men First Class, now in theaters. Well, assuming that you’ve seen the movie, you now know what we mean and you probably want the story behind it....

/Film LA: Photos And Videos From ElecTRONica - Disneyland California’s Tron Legacy Experience By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 8, 2010 5:00 pm EST Tonight Disney will launch their Tron: Legacy Disneyland California Adventure theme park area, the nighttime dance party/experience called ElecTRONica. We’ve shown you concept images of the planned experience in the past, but what does it really look like? Last night Disneyland held a pre-night test of the experience, and thankfully fans brought their cameras....

‘Kick-Ass’ Writer Jane Goldman To Pen Tim Burton’s ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children’ By Germain Lussier/Dec. 2, 2011 6:00 pm EST Jane Goldman rules. With her great accent, awesome red hair, and big, beautiful…talent, she’s becoming one of the most exciting screenwriters in Hollywood. She’s co-written Stardust, Kick-Ass, The Debt and X-Men: First Class with Matthew Vaughn, she’s got The Woman in Black starring Daniel Radcliffe coming soon and now Deadline reports she’s in talks to adapt the book Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children, possibly for director Tim Burton....

‘Retreat’ Trailer: Cillian Murphy, Thandie Newton And Jamie Bell In A Bloody Battle Of Wills By Russ Fischer/May 5, 2011 6:00 pm EST I’ve always been a fan of the closed-room thriller — muster up some courage, and stick a couple/few actors in a room and watch what happens. That’s essentially the structure of Retreat, which first-timer Carl Tibbetts directed from his own script. The film stars Cillian Murphy and Thandie Newton as a couple who are taking a little time away from the world on a remote island....

‘The Adventures Of Tintin’ Trailer Reveals Steven Spielberg’s Mocaped ‘Indiana Jones’-Style Action By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 5, 2011 2:08 am EST Paramount Pictures has released a new international movie trailer for the Peter Jackson-produced Steven Spielberg-directed performance capture animated adaptation of The Adventures of Tintin. If you were skeptical after the initial teaser trailer, this full length preview might just win you over. Its great to actually see more action this time around....

2011 Summer Movie Attendance Was The Lowest Since 1997 By Russ Fischer/Sept. 7, 2011 8:00 am EST The good news? Revenue is up from last year. The bad news: revenue is up by less than one percent. More troubling: after taking into account that a good portion of the overall revenue came from inflated 3D prices, analysts reveal that attendance was actually down this year. about 543 million tickets were sold this summer, which is the lowest number since 1997’s famous summer of 540 million tickets....

Alcon Says Rumors Of Harrison Ford Being In Talks For ‘Blade Runner’ Follow-Up Are “Absolutely Patently False” By Angie Han/Feb. 7, 2012 5:00 am EST I guess some film news is just too good to be true. Over the weekend, news broke that star Harrison Ford had entered early talks to appear in Ridley Scott’s upcoming Blade Runner sequel, sparking widespread excitement even among fans who’d previously been wary of revisiting the sci-fi classic....

Alicia Witt Joins Free Enterprise 2 By Peter Sciretta/July 6, 2010 10:00 am EST A sequel to Free Enterprise is finally happening, and over the past couple week’s we’ve been hearing rumblings on the casting front. If you haven’t yet watched Robert Meyer Burnett’s 1998 indie film, it can be easily described as Swingers for sci-fi geeks. It was about two aspiring LA filmmakers/Trek geeks who meet their screen idol, William Shatner (played by himself), who turns out to be nothing like the person they had imagined....

Before ‘Thor 2,’ Chris Hemsworth Might ‘Rush’ With Ron Howard By Germain Lussier/July 11, 2011 7:05 pm EST The Avengers is currently in production, then it’s Snow White and the Huntsman and with Thor 2 on the horizon after that, Chris Hemsworth is going to race to fit in another film. Deadline is reporting that Hemsworth will play British Formula One driver James Hunt in Rush, the story of a rivalry between Hunt and another driver named Niki Lauda in the mid 1970s....

Casting Notes: Sarah Silverman In Take This Waltz; Greg Kinnear And Katie Holmes In The Kennedys; Richard Gere And Topher Grace In The Double By Russ Fischer/April 29, 2010 11:22 am EST Sarah Polley is putting together a film she’ll direct as a follow-up to the sad and terrific Away From Her, and she’s just landed Sarah Silverman to appear alongside Seth Rogen and Michelle Williams. Take This Waltz is about “a young woman (Williams) whose struggles with infidelity leads her to the realization that she may be addicted to the honeymoon period of her relationships....