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Marvel And ABC Developing Live-Action ‘Incredible Hulk’ Series By Adam Quigley/Oct. 14, 2010 7:29 pm EST Upon hearing the news of the recasting of Mark Ruffalo in the role of Bruce Banner/The Hulk for Marvel’s Avengers movie, I recall thinking about how strange it is that there are going to be three different incarnations of the character within ten years of each other. Little did I know at the time that there are actually going to be four....

Movie Trailer: Inside Job By Russ Fischer/Aug. 24, 2010 10:30 am EST Want to be angry today? Then watch this trailer for Inside Job, the Charles Ferguson doc about the 2008 financial meltdown. The film wowed ’em at Cannes, and watching this trailer it’s easy to guess why: there’s nothing like getting yourself worked up into a lather of righteous indignation over the scumbag behavior of America’s financial elites. What I took out of the coverage of Inside Job from Cannes was that this could be the movie I always wanted from Michael Moore....

NBC Orders Thirteen Episodes Of ‘Hannibal’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 15, 2012 7:15 am EST We still don’t know who will play the TV incarnation of Hannibal Lecter, but we do know that he won’t even have to deal with the traditional pilot stage that is part of a new television show’s road to airtime. NBC has given a thirteen-episode direct to series order to Hannibal, the show pitched by Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies) based on the character created by Thomas Harris and made famous thanks to Anthony Hopkins’ Oscar-winning performance in The Silence of the Lambs....

New Trailer For ‘Drew: The Man Behind The Poster’ By Germain Lussier/July 17, 2012 4:00 pm EST Two years have passed since we first posted a clip for Drew: The Man Behind The Poster, a documentary about legendary poster artist Drew Struzan. Director Erik P. Sharkey has finally completed the film and had a full panel at San Diego Comic-Con this past weekend to discuss it. During the panel, Struzan answered lots of questions about his process, posters, influences and other topics....

Page 2: Star Wars, Breaking Bad, Casablanca, Star Trek, Total Recall, Alien, Joss Whedon, Human Centipede, By Peter Sciretta/July 23, 2012 8:00 am EST Hulu rolls out a simplified player UI for the web, takes a few cues from mobile Bid on a personal commissioned piece of art by Dave Perillo, and help the family of a slain police officer SDCC 2012: Extremely Rare Photo Of Sand People Travelling Side-By-Side...

Paramount Is No Longer Developing A Remake Of ‘Dune’ By Russ Fischer/March 22, 2011 2:46 pm EST In the pantheon of Big Difficult Adaptations, Frank Herbert’s novel Dune has stood tall for years. Efforts to make a film in the ’70s stalled, and a film version nearly defeated David Lynch in the early ’80s. (Some, including David Lynch, might say that it did defeat him.) The mini-series adaptation in 2000 can be considered good only by those who judge quality by how many details from the source are crammed onto the screen, and efforts to make a film version since then have resulted in many script drafts, but no actual film....

Paul Walker Could Star In Luc Besson’s ‘District 13’ Remake ‘Brick Mansions’ By Angie Han/Oct. 27, 2011 5:00 am EST So, that Americanized version of Pierre Morel’s French thriller District 13 we reported on back in 2009 is still happening, and it may have just found one of its stars. Paul Walker has entered negotiations to join the cast of the remake, which will be titled Brick Mansions and relocated to a city in the States (probably Chicago)....

Robert De Niro And Michelle Pfeiffer Joining ‘New Year’s Eve’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 8, 2010 9:00 pm EST Within the next six weeks, someone you like a lot is virtually guaranteed to be cast in New Year’s Eve, the ensemble romantic comedy that is a sorta-spin-off from Valentine’s Day. I apologize in advance. For me, it has already happened, as Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer are negotiating for roles in the film....

See Mark Ruffalo’s Face As The Hulk In ‘The Avengers’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 24, 2012 6:00 am EST Normally, I’d save something like this for Superhero Bits but I have a feeling you are going to want to discuss this on its own. We finally have our first, in film, full frontal image of The Hulk in Joss Whedon’s The Avengers and you can clearly see Mark Ruffalo under all those performance capture computer graphics....

Video Clip: Warner Bros New 3D Looney Toons Theatrical Short Film “Coyote Falls” By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 2, 2010 5:00 pm EST Earlier this year, Warner Bros announced plans to bring back Looney Tunes in a new series of theatrical animated short films. Three new 3D short films feature Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote (and three more are in development). The first short, “Coyote Falls,” premiered in front of Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore this past weekend....

VOTD: Groundhog Day Video Remix “Bing” By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 8, 2010 12:00 pm EST HomeStarRunnerTron has created a video remix of Harold Ramis’s classic 1993 comedy Groundhog Day. “Bing” took 8-and-a-half months to complete, and features Stephen Tobolowsky (of /Film’s own Tobolowsky Files podcast) as Ned Reyerson front and center. If it seems like something that might have been created by Pogo, that’s because it’s a tribute to Pogo. Here is a note from the artist:...

VOTD: Why Batman Is Secretly Terrible For Gotham By Germain Lussier/July 8, 2011 4:00 am EST The great thing about superhero comics and movies is they pretty much put the kibosh on reality. Men can’t be given powers if they’re bitten by a spider, aliens don’t come to Earth and save us all, and billionaires would never spend a good portion of their money risking their lives to save the common folk....

Watch A Clip From The ‘Fright Night’ Remake By Russ Fischer/May 31, 2011 7:00 am EST It’s bound to be a slow week as everyone gets back to work from the Memorial Day weekend, so lets start things off with a clip. This is the first semi-extended look at Colin Farrell playing the vampire in Craig Gillespie’s remake of Fright Night. The character was played in the original by Chris Sarandon — played to great effect, too — and so Colin Farrell has big shoes to fill as far as fans are concerned....

/Film LA: Japanese Gore Night, HALO: REACH The Show With Nathan Fillion And Alan Tudyk, Pet Sematary, The Usual Suspects, Sam Rockwell, Winnebago Man And ElecTRONica By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 7, 2010 12:16 pm EST Beginning October 8th, Disney will hold a nighttime dance party/experience called ElecTRONica every Friday, Saturday and Sunday this Fall at Hollywood Pictures Backlot in Disney California Adventure park. You might recall that we posted about this on the front page in early September....

‘Piranha 3DD’ Trailer: “Whatever It Is, I Don’t Like It” By Russ Fischer/Feb. 29, 2012 10:00 am EST Contrary to the quote I’ve chosen to headline this article, I kinda do like this. Something tells me I shouldn’t, and some of what is shown off in the trailer for John Gulager’s Piranha 3DD is unremittingly awful. The very concept is pretty embarrassing. But the 2010 Piranha 3D was a movie that made me laugh like crazy....

Bruce Campbell: No Ash In ‘Evil Dead’ Remake By Russ Fischer/Sept. 15, 2011 2:30 pm EST There are two iconic faces of The Evil Dead. One is Sam Raimi, whose comic, kinetic filmmaking was a framework in which grotesque horror could exist side by side with Three Stooges-style slapstick. (And so: ‘splatstick.’) The other iconic face is Bruce Campbell, whose Ash Williams character is the beating heart of The Evil Dead and, to generations of fans, the voice of a certain approach to horror....

Bruce Campbell Has A Role In Sam Raimi’s ‘Oz: The Great And Powerful’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 4, 2011 4:00 pm EST Briefly: This isn’t exactly a surprise. Sam Raimi’s most notorious film accomplice, Bruce Campbell, has announced that he has a role in Oz: The Great and Powerful. What’s he playing? We don’t know. All we’ve got is a tweet from the actor announcing, “I. Am. In. Oz. Sam Raimi refuses to tell me what character I will portray....

Centurion Red Band Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/June 14, 2010 1:30 pm EST Official Plot Synopsis: CENTURION AD 117. The Roman Empire stretches from Egypt to Spain, and East as far as the Black Sea. But in northern Britain, the relentless onslaught of conquest has ground to a halt in face of the guerrilla tactics of an elusive enemy: the savage and terrifying tribes known as the Picts. Quintus, sole survivor of a Pictish raid on a Roman frontier fort, marches north with General Virilus’ legendary Ninth Legion, under orders to wipe the Picts from the face of the earth and destroy their leader Gorlacon....

Christopher Nolan’s Cinematographer Wally Pfister To Direct First Feature By Russ Fischer/March 7, 2012 6:30 am EST Briefly: Wally Pfister, the cinematographer who has worked with Christopher Nolan on all his films since Memento (winning an Oscar for Inception and ASC Awards for Inception, The Dark Knight and Batman Begins), is about to direct his first feature. Pfister is being backed by Alcon Entertainment on a film that new screenwriter Jack Paglen wrote....

Comic-Con 2011 Booth Tour: Legendary Pictures By Angie Han/July 21, 2011 2:00 pm EST One of the most exciting parts of any Comic-Con is simply wandering the floor and checking out what cool things each studio, artist, publisher, etc. has brought to show off — whether it’s merchandise, games, swag, or what have you. This year, Legendary Pictures put on a mini-exhibition of props from some of their most beloved films, including Watchmen, Inception, 300, Superman Returns and, uh, The Hangover Part II....