‘Thor’ Movie Poster By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 9, 2010 6:09 pm EST Marvel Studios has released the first official movie poster for the big screen adaptation of Thor. The first official trailer will be released online tomorrow, and the new one sheet will be released in theaters this weekend. But you don’t have to visit your local multiplex to see the full poster for yourself – just hit the jump! The Official Plot Synopsis:...
Alex Gonzalez Joins ‘X-Men: First Class’ As Riptide By Russ Fischer/Sept. 20, 2010 11:16 am EST There’s yet another addition to the ever-expanding cast of Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class, which is currently shooting in the UK. Alex Gonzalez has signed on as Riptide, a character who debuted during the mid-’80s as a henchman to the villain Mr Sinister in the comics. There was a point where Kevin Bacon was rumored to be playing Mr....
Anchor Bay Picks Up Tekken For A Wide Theatrical 2011 Release By Adam Quigley/Sept. 14, 2010 7:31 am EST We’ve seen a poster and a trailer for Tekken, but does anybody want to see Tekken itself? Anchor Bay Films seems to think so, and that’s why they’re granting the film a wide theatrical release in 2011. Screwy business decision, or calculated risk? Check the box office breakdown after the break....
Armie Hammer And Charlize Theron In Talks For Clint Eastwood’s ‘J. Edgar,’ Formerly Called ‘Hoover’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 8, 2010 12:45 pm EST Clint Eastwood’s biopic about original FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, written by Dustin Lance Black and set to star Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role, is preparing to add a new actor for a significant role. Armie Hammer from The Social Network is in talks to play Clyde Tolson, Hoover’s second in command and rumored lover....
Barry Levinson Is The New ‘Gotti: Three Generations’ Director By Russ Fischer/May 2, 2011 3:30 pm EST Barry Levinson is moving from the horrors of man’s manipulations with nature to man’s own horrible nature. Last year he put together the low-key ‘found footage’ eco-horror thriller The Bay, which will be released this year by Lionsgate. And now he has been tapped as the director for Gotti: Three Generations, which recently saw the departure of planned director Nick Cassavetes....
Chris Evans In Talks For Bong Joon-Ho And Park Chan-Wook’s ‘Snow Piercer’ By Angie Han/Jan. 13, 2012 6:31 pm EST Throughout his career, Chris Evans has jumped back and forth between big-budget pics and indie films and tackled a wide range of roles in the process. And though he’s now a fast-rising star thanks to last year’s Captain America and this summer’s The Avengers, it seems he’s still interested in mixing things up, as he looks to join an especially promising project that falls on the indie end of the spectrum....
Darren Aronofsky Shopping Around George Washington Biopic ‘The General’ By Germain Lussier/April 17, 2012 6:58 pm EST Abraham Lincoln is the subject of two films currently in production, but what about our nation’s first President? American legend George Washington is getting into the movie business in a big way as Darren Aronofsky is shopping around an Unforgiven-style biopic of the president called The General. The plan is that he’ll produce and direct....
David O. Russell Confirmed To Direct Biopic Of Rhode Island Mayor Buddy Cianci By Angie Han/April 17, 2012 12:30 pm EST As David O. Russell puts the finishing touches on The Silver Linings Playbook, he’s weighing a few different options for his next move. As of last month, it looked like a real possibility that he could be headed to American Bullshit, about a real-life sting of Congress by the FBI in the 1980s, but now it seems the Oscar-nominated director is set for a different political tale....
Despicable Me Sequel In Development By Peter Sciretta/July 13, 2010 1:30 pm EST Illumination Entertainment’s first feature Despicable Me earned 56.3 million domestically in its first weekend of release, nearly double what analysts had predicted. It seems like everyone got lured to the theater to catch a glimpse of those cute little yellow minions. Of course, a sequel is already in development. Mike Fleming reports that a sequel already in the works: “Despicable Me 2 talks are already underway among the studio, Chris Meledandri, and writers Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio....
First Look: Footage From Abandoned CGI ‘Thundercats’ Movie By Germain Lussier/Feb. 14, 2011 10:30 am EST Five years ago, Warner Brothers was thinking of taking the cult 1980s cartoon series Thundercats and developing it for the big screen. They had a director, a script and everything. But now it’s 2011 and while there’s a brand new Thundercats television series coming soon, the movie never saw the light of day. There’s evidence a lot of work was done on the project though....
Jaume Collet-Serra Tapped To Remake ‘The Red Circle’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 18, 2011 10:31 am EST If you haven’t seen the key films by Jean-Pierre Melville, now is a great time to change that. Movies like Bob le Flambeur, Le Samourai, Army of Shadows and Le Cercle Rouge (The Red Circle) have inspired many notable filmmakers and are, simply, magnificent cinematic experiences. Remarkably, most of his major films have escaped being remade, though John Woo (a major Melville fan) has talked about remaking both Le Samourai and Le Cercle Rouge....
Jessica Biel Ready To Sign For Indie ‘Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 21, 2011 5:00 am EST Seems like a big sector of movie news this week is about Rooney Mara, even when it isn’t. The actress, starring now in David Fincher’s version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (and killing it, I might add) was in a 2009 film called Tanner Hall that didn’t get much distribution or attention....
Jim Broadbent, Imogen Poots Join Irvine Welsh Adaptation ‘Filth’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 19, 2012 2:30 pm EST When last we checked in with the film adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s novel Filth, which is being directed by Jon S. Baird, the days were still long and warm. That August update revealed that the film about an evil Edinburgh cop would feature James McAvoy, Jamie Bell and Alan Cumming in the key roles....
Joseph Gordon-Levitt May Join Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Django Unchained’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 21, 2011 10:39 am EST The latest actor to flirt with Quentin Tarantino and his new anti-slavery ‘Southern,’ Django Unchained, is Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The actor reportedly wants to do the film, and is ready to take a role pending the resolution of some scheduling issues. One of those scheduling issues would have been press commitments for Premium Rush, but that movie was just pushed back to August, so that’s one hurdle gone....
LOL: FoxTrot Inception By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 2, 2010 1:00 pm EST Bill Amend’s Foxtrot comic strip over the weekend was Inception-inspired, and features references to a bunch of awesome geek film properties. Check it out now on Foxtrot.com. Thanks to Alex Billington for the heads up on this one. LOL: FoxTrot Inception By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 2, 2010 1:00 pm EST Bill Amend’s Foxtrot comic strip over the weekend was Inception-inspired, and features references to a bunch of awesome geek film properties....
LOL: Lack Of Reality In ‘The Avengers’ Caused US Military To Scale Back Cooperation With Marvel By Russ Fischer/May 7, 2012 5:00 pm EST The US military loves the movies. There’s nothing better for them than a good action movie that makes military service look awesome, and so various branches of our armed forces often cooperate with producers and studios to put military gear into films. But the collaboration can come to a quick end if the notoriously sensitive military senses that portrayal of the armed forces will be out of its control....
Maybe Joseph Gordon-Levitt Isn’t Alberto Falcone In ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ After All By Germain Lussier/March 21, 2011 1:46 pm EST Over the weekend, Variety reported that the long speculated role Joseph Gordon-Levitt would be playing in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises was Alberto Falcone, son of Gotham mob boss Carmine Falcone (Tom Wilkinson). Variety, a usually well-resourced and accurate publication simply cited “insiders.” Now, Entertainment Weekly has cited “a source close to the situation” saying Gordon-Levitt won’t be playing Alberto Falcone....
Mini-Reviews Of The Exciting Heist Thriller ‘Headhunters’ And Blind Jiu-Jitsu Mystery ‘Aardvark’ [Fantastic Fest 2011] By Germain Lussier/Sept. 27, 2011 1:00 pm EST Two guys who use their heads for very different things are the stars of Headhunters and Aardvark, another pair of films playing at Fantastic Fest 2011. Headhunters is about a job recruiter who also steals art on the side. He is forced to use all his wit and skill to compete against his latest mark, played by the man best known as Jaime Lannister in Game of Thrones, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau....
Oren Moverman’s ‘Rampart’ Adds Steve Buscemi, Sigourney Weaver And Robin Wright By Russ Fischer/Sept. 14, 2010 5:00 am EST Oren Moverman’s Rampart is one of the films I’m most excited about that hasn’t been shot yet. Why? Because Moverman wrote and directed a fantastic picture in The Messenger, and then you team him up with James Ellroy and Ellroy’s long-standing interest in the Los Angeles Police Department. Mix in Moverman’s leads from The Messenger, Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster, and then the rest of the cast, and this might be a winner....
Page 2: Alien, Morgan Freeman, Muppets, Waterworld, Psycho, Game Of Thrones, Star Wars, Futurama, Back To The Future, James Bond By Peter Sciretta/April 9, 2012 8:00 am EST Check out the poster for Rob Reiner’s ‘The Magic of Belle Isle’ Starring Morgan Freeman Ashton Kutcher prepares to play Steve Jobs: “He is already meeting with folks that knew Steve Jobs. He’s working with professionals to get inside the voice. He’s letting his hair grow out....
