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Miramax To Stream Classic Catalog Titles On Hulu Plus By Germain Lussier/June 1, 2011 2:00 pm EST Miramax is pimping out its impressive list of catalog titles all over the Internet. Recently, they signed a deal with Netflix to stream films many of their best classic films and now they’ve signed a similar agreement with Hulu Plus. Twenty-seven Miramax films are now available on the premium subscription service with hundreds more becoming available in the coming weeks....

Netflix In Early Talks To Revive ‘Jericho’ By Angie Han/May 1, 2012 12:30 pm EST CBS’ Jericho is one of those cult series that must have been at least as well known for its passionate fanbase than for, y’know, the show itself. After just one season of disappointing ratings, the network decided to cancel the post-apocalyptic drama in May 2007 — only to be bombarded with bags of peanuts as part of an unusual fan campaign to revive the show....

New Image: Paul WS Anderson’s ‘The Three Musketeers’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 24, 2010 10:03 am EST Paul W.S. Anderson won the race to get a new Three Musketeers movie into production. The film doesn’t open until October 14, 2011, so a full trailer is probably a ways off. But here’s a new image from the film — the first official one, to complement the on-set snaps we previously saw — which features Matthew Macfadyen, Logan Lerman, Ray Stevenson and Luke Evans....

New Photos: Avatar: Special Edition By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 13, 2010 3:00 pm EST The photos appear in Entertainment Weekly’s Fall Preview (on sale now), as found via Sam Worthington Fansite:

New Pixar Cars Toon “Monster Truck Mater” Premieres July 30th By Peter Sciretta/July 14, 2010 12:00 pm EST A new Pixar short in the Cars Toon series will premiere on the Disney Channel on July 30th at 9:30pm. The latest of Mater’s tall tales is titled Monster Truck Mater. More information after the jump. Directed by John Lasseter and co-director Rob Gibbs (a Pixar storyartist on Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc, Up and co-director of the Cars Toon short Tokyo Mater) featuring music by Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh (who is best known for his original music in Wes Anderson’s films, Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs)....

POTD: Banksy Returns To Hollywood By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 16, 2011 1:00 pm EST In preparation for the Academy Awards, Exit Through the Giftshop star/director and infamous street artist Banksy has returned to Hollywood and has been leaving his mark around the town. After the jump you can find a few of Banksy’s recent Los Angeles street art. Click on the photos below: thanks to Banksy.co.uk POTD: Banksy Returns To Hollywood...

VOTD: ‘[the Films Of] Pixar Animation Studios’ By Angie Han/Aug. 2, 2011 5:00 am EST For the past seven months, Kees van Dijkhuizen’s been releasing tribute videos for his yearlong “[the films of]” project, each showcasing the work of a different director via a montage, and we at /Film have been with him since the beginning. For his newest installment, however, van Dijkhuizen chose to go a slightly different route: Rather than select one auteur to focus on, he’s chosen an entire company....

VOTD: See Jesse Heiman, ‘The World’s Greatest Extra’ By Russ Fischer/March 17, 2011 9:00 am EST There are people who make a career of being an extra. Maybe not a career that spans decades, but close enough. Jesse Heiman’s career is something different. Not quite a typical extra and not quite a character actor, this guy is all over the place. I guarantee you’ve seen him in half a dozen things at least, and once you start looking you’ll probably see him frequently....

Why Those ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Rumors Could Be Wrong: Hugo Strange Confirmed For ‘Batman: Arkham City’ By Germain Lussier/Dec. 14, 2010 2:30 pm EST For the past few weeks, we’ve all been convinced rumors of Dr. Hugo Strange being the heavy in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises were true. It fit in with rumors that the Prey storyline was the main inspiration and seemed to click perfectly with the ending of The Dark Knight....

WonderCon 2011 Cosplay Video Compilation By Peter Sciretta/April 5, 2011 2:00 pm EST San Francisco’s WonderCon is known to many as the little brother convention to San Diego’s massive Comic-Con. I remember a few years ago being surprised at just how few people dressed up for the Bay-area con. But in recent years, WonderCon has been growing in size and more and more attendees have begun dressing up as their favorite comic book, sci-fi, horror, video game and anime characters....

‘Ed Wood’ Screenwriters Hired To Pen Ridley Scott’s ‘Monopoly’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 6, 2011 3:00 pm EST Oh, good: the Monopoly movie is still happening. We knew that was the idea, even though Universal turned up its nose at the idea of the board game-based movie along with Ouija, Clue and a couple other projects. That studio disinterest notwithstanding, Ridley Scott and Hasbro are moving ahead with the film, and have hired Ed Wood writers Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski to write the script....

‘Knights Of Badassdom’ Comic-Con Panel And Trailer: LARP, Heavy Metal, And Actors From All Your Favorite TV Shows By Angie Han/July 24, 2011 1:00 pm EST Director Joe Lynch and his star-studded cast took over Comic-Con’s Hall H Saturday afternoon for a panel on their upcoming horror-comedy film, Knights of Badassdom. The Con-friendly story revolves around a group of LARPers who accidentally summon a real succubus from Hell. The cast list, too, sounds practically tailor-made for Comic-Con: True Blood’s Ryan Kwanten, Community’s Danny Pudi, Game of Thrones’ Peter Dinklage, Firefly’s Summer Glau, Mad Men’s Michael Gladis, and 24’s Jimmi Simpson, plus Margarita Levieva (Adventureland) and Steve Zahn (who was not present at the panel)....

‘Superman’ Casting Search Begins By Russ Fischer/Nov. 18, 2010 1:45 pm EST We’d have thought the casting search for Zack Snyder’s Superman had already begun, but now it is evidently on. So, actors aged 28-32 who aren’t quite discovered yet, or who maybe have a budding TV career, this is the time to source some blue tights. In other words: sorry, fans of Jon Hamm, but this is a role for another actor....

‘The Darkest Hour’ Moved From August To December By Germain Lussier/April 2, 2011 1:00 pm EST Another domino has fallen in an amusing cause and effect release date shift that began when Martin Scorsese’s Hugo Cabret moved from December to Thanksgiving. That forced Rise of the Apes, which had already moved from the summer, to move back to the summer. That then caused The Smurfs to move up into July and now Summit has pushed The Darkest Hour, their 3D alien invasion film starring Emile Hirsch and Olivia Thirlby from its original August 5 release date (originally shared with The Smurfs and Rise of the Apes) to December 23....

‘The Secret World Of Arrietty’ US Trailer: Disney Begins To Show Off Studio Ghibli’s 2010 Release By Russ Fischer/Oct. 25, 2011 11:00 am EST We’ve seen a few trailers for Studio Ghibli’s 2010 film, known in some territories as The Borrower Arrietty, and in the US as The Secret World of Arrietty. But we haven’t seen much from the film that features English-language dialogue. Not that it really matters with a Studio Ghibli film, as the animation is pretty enough to carry us through a trailer in Japanese....

‘Thor’ Trailer By Russ Fischer/Dec. 10, 2010 4:13 pm EST In late July we saw a leaked version of the Comic Con trailer for Thor. The very unofficial release spread like wildfire, but Marvel Studios managed to scrub it away from many corners of the web. Now the official trailer release is out, and you can see it after the break. Head to Yahoo to see the HD version of the trailer....

‘Tron: Uprising’ Animates Everything You Love About ‘Tron’ And More; Watch The First Episode Now By Germain Lussier/May 14, 2012 10:00 am EST Tron: Uprising, a new animated show on Disney XD, takes place between the two films and tells a new story with familiar characters. It also happens to be everything the Tron movies always wanted to be but never were. At least, that seems to be the case from its pilot episode/prequel, Beck’s Beginning, which fans can see on May 18 on Disney Channel and May 21 on Disney XD before the show premiere June 7....

‘Winter’s Bone,’ ‘King’s Speech’, ‘Toy Story 3?, And ‘Never Let Me Go’ Ineligible For WGA Awards By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 29, 2010 6:00 am EST Don’t expect to see Winter’s Bone, King’s Speech, Toy Story 3, Never Let Me Go, and How to Train Your Dragon nominated for the WGA Awards. The Writers Guild of America have revealed the list of eligible films, and none of the previously mentioned highly acclaimed movies/screenplays are on the ballot....

Alamo Drafthouses Coming To New York And Los Angeles In 2011/2012 By Germain Lussier/Sept. 10, 2010 5:24 pm EST For the past decade, film screenings at the Alamo Drafthouses in Austin, Texas have gained legendary status in geek culture. Stars show up to premiere films there, incredible posters are designed for many of the screenings, cult classics are paired around specific foods or themed events, not to mention it’s the birthplace of the Rolling Roadshow and the host venue for South by Southwest, Fantastic Fest, Harry Knowles’ Butt-Numb-A-Thon and was recently named “Best Overall Theatrical Experience” by Fandango....

Comic-Con: Tron Legacy Footage Description/Video Blog By Adam Quigley/July 22, 2010 2:56 pm EST Tron Legacy has been exciting geeks at Comic-Con for the past couple years, first with its surprise conceptual footage two years ago, and again with its visually revamped trailer the year after. With only one Comic-Con left to show off the film, fans were greeted by a full 8 minutes of footage from the movie, all of it in 3D....