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‘Gods Behaving Badly’ To Feature Christopher Walken, Sharon Stone, John Turturro And Others By Germain Lussier/July 6, 2011 5:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Joining Walken and Turturro as a group of Greek Gods living together in a New York City brownstone are Sharon Stone, Oliver Platt, Edie Falco, Phylicia Rashad, Rosie Perez, Nelsan Ellis, Gideon Glick and Henry Zebrowski. They then cross paths with a mortal couple played by Alicia Silverstone and Ebon Moss-Bachrach....

‘Iron Man’ Co-Writers Hired For ‘Tomb Raider’ Reboot; Will Tell Origin Story By Germain Lussier/May 5, 2011 10:28 am EST The next puzzle has been solved on the long road to a 2013 Tomb Raider reboot. Graham King’s GK Films got the big one out of the way in March when they announced they’d acquired the rights to the franchise from Square Enix, which had previously been at Paramount. Next up, writers needed to be hired, and that’s just fallen into place....

‘Iron Man 3’ Will Be A Tom Clancy-Style Thriller, Says Director/Screenwriter Shane Black By Angie Han/March 7, 2011 8:24 am EST We’ve known since last month that Kiss Kiss Bang Bang writer/director Shane Black would be directing Iron Man 3. The question that remained was whether he would also be writing the script. As it turns out, the answer is yes. At the Omaha Film Festival this weekend, Black appeared at a panel and briefly discussed Iron Man 3, including a few details about the script....

‘Snow White And The Huntsman’ Planned As First Of A Trilogy By Russ Fischer/July 1, 2011 4:07 pm EST Snow White and the Huntman isn’t just Universal’s entry in the madcap race to produce a film that updates or otherwise reinterprets the classic story of Snow White. The movie, which stars Kristin Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron and a whole host of wonderful actors as the dwarfs, is intended to kick off a series of movies....

‘Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective’ Review By Germain Lussier/Sept. 5, 2011 3:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It’s your basic, talking-head documentary, not unlike what you’d expect to find as an extra on any Blu-ray worth its retail price. But, unlike a studio produced piece, Still Screaming contains some real honesty about what the franchise did right and what it did wrong while providing a slew of new information....

You’re watching Super 8 - Clip No. 4. See the Web’s top videos on AOL Video Official Plot Synopsis: In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries to uncover the truth – something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined....

‘Taken 2’ Shooting In October, ‘The Wolverine’ May Push Back To Spring Start By Russ Fischer/Aug. 25, 2011 10:30 am EST After the break, we’ve got the possibly bigger news: The Wolverine is now likely to push back to a Spring 2012 start date, to accommodate both Japanese weather and Hugh Jackman’s schedule making Les Miserables.

‘Wanted’ Screenwriters Hired For Sequel, Offer Vague Plot Direction; Mark Millar Teases More Movie Developments By Russ Fischer/Sept. 27, 2011 1:30 pm EST The idea of a sequel to the 2008 film Wanted, based on Mark Millar’s comic series, has been floating around since before the first film even opened. Back in ‘08 Wanted screenwriters Derek Haas and Michael Brandt (who shared screen credit with Chris Morgan) were supposedly hired to script the sequel, but the fact of the theoretical film has never been very certain....

‘You’re Next’ Video Blog [Fantastic Fest 2011] By Germain Lussier/Sept. 25, 2011 10:00 am EST After an much buzzed about world premiere in Toronto, Adam Wingard’s action horror film You’re Next had its U.S. Premiere early Sunday morning at Fantastic Fest 2011. In its most basic terms, You’re Next is about a family reunion gone horribly wrong when a gang of animal-masked men invade a home and Lionsgate just purchased the rights for domestic distribution....

Arclight Hollywood To Screen The Empire Strikes Back With Live Harrison Ford Q&A By Peter Sciretta/April 16, 2010 9:32 am EST To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Lucasfilm is planning a yearlong charity campaign that kicks off on May 19th 2010 with a one-night-only digital screening of Empire at the ArcLight Hollywood. And better yet, there will be an on-stage Q&A with Harrison Ford, an actor who notoriously doesn’t usually do Star Wars events and conventions....

Ben Stiller Says ‘Zoolander 2’ Script Is Finished, Waiting On Studio Reaction By Germain Lussier/Jan. 14, 2011 11:52 am EST Ben Stiller and Paramount have been teasing us with the possibility of a Zoolander sequel for years. The 2001 film has become one of those pop culture standards, with its references and quotes ingrained into many fans, and for the past several years Stiller has been trying to get the sequel together....

Casting Bits: Michael Peña To Play Cesar Chavez For Diego Luna; Jennifer Beals In ‘Lord Of Vinyl;’ Thomas Mann In ‘Beautiful Creatures’ By Russ Fischer/March 7, 2012 2:30 pm EST Michael Peña has called labor organizer Cesar Chavez his dream role, and now the actor is set to play the part in Chavez, which will be produced and directed by Diego Luna. That’s a great step up from supporting roles in films like Battle: Los Angeles, Tower Heist and The Lincoln Lawyer....

Casting Bits: Nathan Fillion In ‘Percy Jackson’, Halle Berry In ‘The Hive’ (Again), Mickey Rourke And Danny Trejo In ‘Dead In Tombstone’ By Angie Han/March 15, 2012 2:00 pm EST Geek favorite Nathan Fillion has signed on for Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Sea of Monsters, the Thor Freudenthal-directed sequel to Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief. As Greek god Hermes, father of antagonist Luke (Jake Abel), Fillion joins a strong supporting cast that includes Yvette Nicole Brown (Community), Missi Pyle (The Artist), and Mary Birdsong (The Descendants) as the three Fates....

Casting Notes: Tomei And Groban Join Steve Carell Comedy; Clive Owen In The Killer Elite; Lindsay Lohan Out Of The Other Side By Russ Fischer/April 26, 2010 5:50 pm EST The Steve Carell / Ryan Gosling comedy that used to be called Crazy, Stupid Love still doesn’t have a new title, but it continues to add actors. Marisa Tomei and Josh Groban are now in the John Requa and Glenn Ficarra-directed film alongside Emma Stone, Analeigh Tipton and Kevin Bacon....

David Fincher Close To A Financing Deal With Media Rights Capital; ‘The Goon’ And ‘Heavy Metal’ To Follow? By Russ Fischer/Sept. 15, 2010 7:40 pm EST Media Rights Capital is turning into a film funding juggernaut, and one of the moves the company is making is to enable name-brand directors to make new movies under their own auspices. Just earlier today we talked about the M. Night Shyamalan-produced series The Night Chronicles, which MRC has been funding....

Elizabeth Banks And Paul Reubens Board Charlie Kaufman’s ‘Frank Or Francis’ By Angie Han/Jan. 30, 2012 11:00 am EST Starting with Being John Malkovich, Charlie Kaufman’s scripts have generally attracted top-level talent, and a quick glance at the cast list indicates that Frank or Francis will be no exception. Elizabeth Banks and Paul Reubens have just become the latest additions to Kaufman’s Hollywood-skewering musical satire, joining Steve Carell, Jack Black, Nicolas Cage, Catherine Keener, and Kevin Kline....

Ending Of ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ May Be Revealed In New App; Plus New Images By Germain Lussier/Sept. 10, 2012 11:16 am EST Even when Peter Jackson decided he was splitting The Hobbit into two films instead of three, the ending of the first was a major point of discussion. Now with a third film looming as well, that debate has multiplied. Film two is called The Desolation of Smaug, suggesting the narrative of the novel itself could all but reach its conclusion before film number three, There And Back Again....

First Look: Brett Ratner’s ‘Tower Heist,’ With Ben Stiller And Eddie Murphy By Russ Fischer/Jan. 14, 2011 1:47 pm EST Briefly: We just saw a behind the scenes photo from Brett Ratner’s Tower Heist in Page 2 this morning, but here’s a real still, scanned from Entertainment Weekly. You probably don’t need the rundown on the lineup here, but from l-r that’s Ben Stiller, Matthew Broderick, Michael Pena, Casey Affleck and, yep, Eddie Murphy....

First Video: ‘The Place Beyond The Pines,’ Starring Ryan Gosling And Bradley Cooper By Russ Fischer/Sept. 10, 2012 1:00 pm EST We’ve tracked The Place Beyond the Pines for a couple years now. As the new film from Blue Valentine director Derek Cianfrance it comes with a lot of interest pre-loaded, and the fact that Ryan Gosling plays a motorcycle stunt driver turned bank robber doesn’t hurt. Bradley Cooper is the cop who opposes him, and their conflict spills down into another generation, as their sons are drawn in as well....

Gemma Arterton Cast In ‘Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 4, 2011 5:53 pm EST Will 2011 be a year of cinematic fairy tale revamps? There are dueling Snow White films in the works, and now Paramount has taken the next step to move forward with Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. Jeremy Renner was said to be circling the role of the adult Hansel, which is now apparently a locked piece of casting, and now Paramount has cast Gemma Arterton as his sister Gretel....