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International Movie Trailer #2: The Last Airbender By Peter Sciretta/June 1, 2010 4:00 am EST We thought we had seen the very last movie trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender, but over the weekend a new international (Japanese) trailer was unleashed. Watch the trailer right now after the jump and please leave your thoughts in the comments below. Official Plot Synopsis: Based on the hugely successful Nickelodeon animated TV series, the live-action feature film is set in a world where human civilization is divided into four nations: Water, Earth, Air and Fire....

John Goodman Joins Denzel Washington In Robert Zemeckis Film ‘Flight’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 28, 2011 9:14 am EST Whether you’re a regular Community watcher or not, you might find that the third season, which just began last week, is worth a look just for the occasional presence of John Goodman. The actor plays the smug vice-dean of Greendale Community College’s Air-Conditioning Repair Annex, which brings loads of money into the school, and consequently gives him loads of power....

Johnny Depp Planning ‘The Night Stalker’ Adaptation And Unnamed Paul Revere Project For Disney By Angie Han/July 12, 2011 6:00 am EST Johnny Depp’s fruitful relationship with Disney continues with two new projects, which Depp will be producing with Christi Dembrowski through their company Infinitum Nihil. The first is a feature adaptation of The Night Stalker, a made-for-TV vampire flick from the 1970s, while the other will tell the story of American hero Paul Revere during his famous midnight ride....

Kyle Chandler And Elle Fanning Reportedly Cast In J.J. Abrams’ ‘Super 8’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 17, 2010 4:41 pm EST We’ll go with ‘reportedly’ here because the production of J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg’s film Super 8 remains quite secret. But Vulture’s source says the first two name actors cast in the film are Elle Fanning and Kyle ‘Friday Night Lights’ Chandler. (Guess he’s glad he didn’t take that job on the show Terra Nova?...

By Germain Lussier/April 14, 2011 2:59 pm EST Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Levinson has just found a distributor for his first horror film, a found footage tale of what happens when a deadly disease moves from the sea onto the land, called The Bay. Lionsgate has acquired the rights to the film, which was produced by the team behind Paranormal Activity and Insidious: Jason Blum, Steven Schneider and Oren Peli. Read the official press release and more after the break....

LOL: Star Wars Parody ‘Troopers: Forcefield’ Starring Aubrey Plaza By Peter Sciretta/March 2, 2011 5:00 am EST CollegeHumor has launched a new sci-fi comedy series called Troopers, which is sort of a Star Wars-inspired parody. “In intergalactic war, there are heroes, villains, and then these guys.” The first installment is titled “Forcefield” and features Aubrey Plaza (Scott Pilgrim, Funny People, Mystery Team) as a princess who is imprisoned in a forcefield on an intergalactic spaceship....

Mark Strong Joins ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 17, 2010 1:31 pm EST Just about every development on Tomas Alfredson’s film Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy seems to be a good one. The cast is a knockout (Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jared Harris and Ciaran Hinds) and now there’s another good name on board, as Mark Strong has signed to appear. We don’t know his role, but at one point Ralph Fiennes was said to have a part, and he’s fallen away from recent reports....

Movie Trailer: ‘Red Eagle’, Thailand’s Own Dark, Gritty Superhero By Russ Fischer/Oct. 16, 2010 9:00 am EST Every country needs its own dark, gritty superhero. Thailand may already have a few (I’ll confess ignorance there) but now there’s one more: The Red Eagle, who stars in a movie that looks a bit like The Dark Knight, The Green Hornet and a few other things thrown together. Watch the trailer after the break....

New ‘Les Misérables’ Stills Show Amanda Seyfried As Cosette, Samantha Barks As Éponine By Angie Han/May 29, 2012 3:00 pm EST The release date for Tom Hooper’s Les Misérables is still seven months out, but Oscar buzz has been surrounding this project from the get-go. No surprise there — it is, after all, a splashy cinematic adaptation of a beloved Broadway musical and classic Victor Hugo novel, with the Oscar-winning director of The King’s Speech at the helm and A-listers like Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, and Anne Hathaway among its stars....

POTD: Concept Art For David Cronenberg’s Unproduced Version Of ‘Total Recall’ By Russ Fischer/May 3, 2012 7:30 am EST I’ve written a bit in the past about the effort by David Cronenberg and Dino De Laurentiis to produce Total Recall, a movie based on Philip K. Dick’s story We Can Remember it for You Wholesale. The short recap is that prior to making The Fly, Cronenberg cranked out a dozen drafts of a Total Recall script and realized at the end of that process that he and Dino were never going to be on the same page....

Remake Bits: ‘RoboCop’ Script Details, Another ‘Amityville Horror,’ Double Negative Does ‘Total Recall’ Hover Cars By Germain Lussier/Aug. 13, 2012 6:00 am EST Read his comments after the jump and also find out details about a potential return (yes, again) to The Amityville Horror franchise as well as a short, sweet video about one of the best action scenes in Len Wiseman’s Total Recall. Let’s start with RoboCop. McWeeny, who got his start on Ain’t It Cool News and currently works for HitFix, somehow got his hands on the script for the upcoming film written by Joshua Zetumer with revisions by Nick Schenk....

Roland Emmerich’s Alien Invasion Movie ‘The Zone’ Has Been Shut Down By Russ Fischer/Nov. 9, 2010 5:02 pm EST Barely two weeks ago we told you that Roland Emmerich, having just finished his Shakespeare conspiracy film Anonymous, would be making a Cloverfield-style alien invasion film called The Zone. Now he is not. The production was scheduled to begin shooting next week, but has reportedly been shut down. THR has the news and, more important, a statement from Mr....

Rumor: Viggo Mortensen Might Appear As Dr. Strange In ‘Thor: The Dark World’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 10, 2012 10:19 am EST As more and more news leaks about Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, our curious natures take over. Sure Iron Man, Thor and Captain America are all getting new movies, but which characters and Easter Eggs will be included that look ahead to The Avengers 2 and Phase Three?...

The Sound Design Of Tron: Legacy By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 7, 2010 7:00 am EST Our friends at the Soundworks Collection take a look at the sound design and music of Tron Legacy. Explore the world of TRON: LEGACY, a high-tech adventure set in a digital world that’s unlike anything ever seen or heard. In this exclusive sound for film profile we talk with Sound Re-Recording Mixer Gary Rizzo, Supervising Sound Editor Gwen Yates Whittle, and Sound Designer Steve Boeddeker....

Viral: “Human Preservation Project” Sends Mysterious Box To /Film HQ By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 13, 2011 12:00 pm EST Today /Film HQ received a big box in the mail addressed from the “Human Preservation Project”. Inside I found a large amp hooked up to some kind of mysterious radio device. I’m not sure what movie, television show, or web series this might be for, but it is by far the most elaborate piece of viral marketing I’ve ever received....

VOTD: Christopher Nolan Talks ‘Star Wars’ In ‘These Amazing Shadows’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 13, 2011 3:00 pm EST As film fans, we sometimes put directors on such a pedestal it’s easy to forget they’re just like us. They’re huge lovers of film who devour all forms of cinema. The main difference is, when they aren’t watching movies, they’re being handed millions of dollar to make them. But if you went to the hypothetical coolest-bar-ever and saw someone like Martin Scorsese or Steven Spielberg sitting there, you could buy them a beer and just chat about movies for hours....

‘Paul’ - Movie Review Plus Exclusive Video Interviews With Simon Pegg, Nick Frost And Greg Mottola By Germain Lussier/March 18, 2011 3:00 pm EST Surprising heartfelt and consistently funny, Paul is a worthy addition to several film genres. It’s a solid science fiction movie, with its own unique alien back story, a fun road trip film, filled with gorgeous locales and quirky characters, and a hilarious pop culture love letter, as it’s filled with references to all kinds of movies that paved the way for its existence....

‘Ruby Sparks’ Trailer: From The Team Behind ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ By Germain Lussier/April 19, 2012 1:30 pm EST Head to Apple for the high definition version of the trailer or just watch the embed below: Here’s the official plot description: Yes, Ruby Sparks seems like a lighter, more romantic version of Stranger than Fiction. But what intrigues me most is Dano an Kazan working together on a film she wrote. The pair both choose their projects very carefully, do fantastic work and their real-life chemistry looks like it manifests itself in a real-life way on screen....

‘The Making Of Harry Potter’ Studio Tour To Open Next Spring By Angie Han/March 4, 2011 10:00 am EST With only one Harry Potter film to go — this July’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 — I’m already anticipating some serious Harry Potter withdrawal. What can I say? J.K. Rowling’s first novel dropped in the U.S. roughly half my lifetime ago, and it’s weird to imagine a world where I’m not breathlessly awaiting the next installment of either the book or film series....

‘The Smurfs’ Trailer #2: Mushrooms, Action And The Blue Man Group By Russ Fischer/May 25, 2011 12:00 pm EST Oh, look, a new Smurfs trailer. The good news is that this trailer is not as painfully horrible as the first one. The bad news is that it is still a trailer for The Smurfs. But if you want to see mushroom houses, Gargamel (Hank Azaria) on the hunt and a moment where Neil Patrick Harris breaks down over the little blue creatures’ overuse of the word ‘smurf,’ then hit the jump....