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First Look: The Adjustment Bureau By Peter Sciretta/April 10, 2010 3:06 pm EST Universal Pictures has released the first two photos from George Nolfi’s The Adjustment Bureau. The movie is a sci-fi romance based on the Philip K Dick short story The Adjustment Team. The movie follows an affair between a politician and a ballerina, which is “affected by mysterious forces keeping the lovers apart.” The film stars Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Anthony Mackie, John Slattery, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Michael Kelly and Terence Stamp....

James Cameron Says His ‘Avatar’ Sequels Are Not A Trilogy By Germain Lussier/June 21, 2011 6:00 pm EST In a brand new interview Cameron said that he’s still writing both films but that they’re not exactly a trilogy, more of a “overall character arc.” Read the exact quote and more updates on the films after the jump. They then asked if he was feeling any pressure after the incredible success of the first film:...

Jean Claude Van Damme Suffers Heart Attack On Set Of ‘Weapon’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 19, 2010 6:00 pm EST The Muscles from Brussels himself, Jean Claude Van Damme, suffered a minor heart attack on the New Orleans set of his latest film Weapon according to fan site who was on the scene. Twitchfilm then reported that the action star was admitted to the hospital before being released and returning to Belgium with his wife....

Kevin Smith Might Release ‘Hit Somebody’ Script Before Film; Teases Early ‘Red State’ Release By Germain Lussier/June 1, 2011 2:30 pm EST Kevin Smith is back to his old tricks again. Smith recently admitted that he loves to drop hints of news in various different places to see who picks up on them and he’s done it again, two times. First up, Smith tweeted that we could have a chance to see his independent thriller Red State on Labor Day, weeks before it’s regularly scheduled October 19 release date....

LOL: Darth Vader Goes To Disneyland Commercial By Angie Han/June 7, 2011 11:00 am EST As part of the promotions for the recently revamped Star Tours, Disney has unveiled an amusing new spot featuring the great and fearsome Darth Vader and a couple of his Stormtroopers taking a tour of Disneyland. In it, the Dark Lord arrives at the park with the intention of checking out the new Star Tours. When he sees that it’s not open yet, he takes his Stormtroopers around the rest of the park....

LOL: How Could The Gulf Oil Spill Possibly Get Any Worse? Ask Michael Bay! By Peter Sciretta/June 2, 2010 11:34 am EST How could the gulf oil spill possibly get any worse? Scientists went to filmmaker Michael Bay for the worst case scenario briefing, in the latest web comic from XKCD. Check it out after the jump. Read more web comics on XKCD. LOL: How Could The Gulf Oil Spill Possibly Get Any Worse?...

LOL: Sports Stars Take Over Famous Films In ESPN The Magazine’s Movie Spectacular By Germain Lussier/Nov. 18, 2010 10:00 am EST ESPN The Magazine is getting its geek on. Recently, they showed several NBA stars as famous comic book characters and their latest issue, the Movie Spectacular dated November 29, continues the trend. It’s filled with articles about about lesser known movie stars such as Chelcie Ross (who was in Hoosiers, Rudy and Major League), an insider tale of trying to pitch a book in Hollywood and even an essay on how nerds have taken over sports movies....

Mondo Teases Upcoming 2012 Releases: Jurassic Park, Pixar, Back To The Future, Comic Con By Germain Lussier/March 9, 2012 4:02 pm EST Saturday marks the next step in the evolution of Mondo: the opening of their very own gallery. And while we can’t yet reveal what’s in store for that (check back Sunday for the reveal and more later in the week), Mondo’s three headed team of Justin Ishmael, Rob Jones and Mitch Putnam were (kind of) willing to give updates on what they have planned for 2012 outside the gallery....

More Parents Naming Their Children After Twilight Characters? By David Chen/May 10, 2010 2:49 pm EST It’s not easy going through life with an unremarkable name like “Dave Chen.” I know three Dave Chens personally, one of whom works in the same office as me, making e-mail mix-ups a frequent occurrence. But despite reservations about my own name, I can take comfort in the fact that I wasn’t named after a Twilight character....

New ‘End Of Watch’ Trailer: Brothers Up Against The Wall By Russ Fischer/Aug. 22, 2012 9:00 am EST Training Day writer and Street Kings writer/director David Ayer seems to have put together a solid street-level LA cop movie in End of Watch, which features Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña as close-knit LAPD partners who come up against a vicious drug cartel after a routine traffic stop. A new trailer for the film plays up some of the important character background of the two cops, crucially grounding them as recognizably real people, before things go all to hell....

Page 2: Back To The Future, Hitchcock, Harry Potter, Frankenstein, Big, Gangs Of New York, The Artist, Breaking Bad, There Will Be Blood, Brave, The Fifth Element, John Waters, Star Wars, Community By Peter Sciretta/May 18, 2012 8:00 am EST Header Photo: Today’s t-shirt of RIPT Apparel is a Back to the Future/Peanuts-inspired design “Doc Brown” A&E Cancels Breakout Kings After Two Seasons Hitchcock t-shirt concepts by Last Exit to NowhereAnthony Mackie In Step With ‘Runner Runner’Watch the Teaser Trailer for Red Phoenix Pictures’ Harry Potter web series, Auror’s Tale, which follows the adventures of a rookie with the New York City Department of Magical Law Enforcement....

Robin Hood - What Did You Think? By David Chen/May 16, 2010 5:00 pm EST Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood is out in theaters everywhere today, but regardless of whether or not the film is any good, it will probably get steamrolled at the box office this weekend by Iron Man 2 and next weekend by the last Shrek film, adding to a string of financial disappointments for Universal (a list which includes Wolfman and Green Zone)....

Sam Raimi Offered Director’s Chair For Oz, The Great And Powerful By Russ Fischer/June 11, 2010 4:02 pm EST In late April, we started to hear about a new tentpole brewing over at Disney. Oz, the Great and Powerful is a prequel of sorts to The Wizard of Oz, with Robert Downey, Jr. attached to star in the title role. At the time this first came up, the two directors in the running seemed to be Sam Mendes and Adam Shankman, but now an offer has actually gone out to someone much better suited to the film: Sam Raimi....

The Farrelly Brothers’ ‘The Three Stooges’ Moves To Fox, Begins Production In March 2011 By Russ Fischer/Dec. 2, 2010 1:38 pm EST Looks like the movie revamp of The Three Stooges isn’t as dead as former cast member Jim Carrey thought. After a decade of flitting from one studio to another, the film was lodged at MGM. With that company’s bankruptcy clearing up, a path has led the project to Fox, which will put it into production on March 14, 2011....

Weekend Bits: Brian K. Vaughan Working On Screenplay To Direct, Glen Keane Might Leave Disney Animation, ‘G.I. Joe 2’ Release Date Announced By Germain Lussier/March 6, 2011 10:00 am EST With four wide releases opening this post-Oscar weekend, Hollywood news is predictably pretty slow. So we decided to throw together three smaller stories into one article just so you can get your weekend fix all in one place. First up, Brian K....

‘Cars 2’ Trailer #4 By Russ Fischer/May 12, 2011 9:42 am EST Just on the off chance that you’d overlooked the fact that a sequel to Cars is being released this summer, Disney and Pixar have released another full-length trailer (after a unleashing a legion of clips and TV spots) for Cars 2. The Disney/Pixar channel on YouTube calls this trailer #4, and who am I to argue? There is some new footage here, and the trailer is cut well, but at this point either you’re on board for Cars 2 or you’re not....

‘Just Go With It’ Most Popular Redbox Rental Of 2011, ‘Fast Five’ Tops Most Pirated List By Angie Han/Jan. 2, 2012 6:00 pm EST According to a report just released by Redbox, the Adam Sandler vehicle Just Go With It was the most rented title at its bright red kiosks in 2011, ahead of several other comedies including No Strings Attached, Rango, and The Dilemma. Meanwhile, Fast Five leads the list of the most pirated movies of the year, followed by The Hangover Part II, Thor, and Source Code....

‘Rush Hour 4’ In Development, Says Producer By Russ Fischer/July 30, 2012 10:00 am EST If you didn’t much like the third Rush Hour film, you weren’t the only one. One producer who worked on the three films, Arthur Sarkissian, thought the last installment went a little too over the top, and wants to bring things back down to earth for a fourth film. And, yes, he does want to make another movie, to continue the series that began in 1998....

‘The Hurt Locker’ Writer/Producer Mark Boal Attached To Julian Assange Film; Paul Greengrass Mentioned For Another By Russ Fischer/Feb. 3, 2011 8:00 am EST If you think there are too many Snow White films in development, just refresh your memory on the list of films planned around the life of Julian Assange and his organization WikiLeaks. There’s a documentary to be directed by Alex Gibney, an HBO/BBC co-production based on Raffi Khatchadourian’s June 7, 2010 New Yorker article called No Secrets: Julian Assange’s Mission for Total Transparency, and a possible film based on Andrew Fowler’s forthcoming biography of Mr....

‘Wet Hot American Summer’ Mini-Reunion Alert: Amy Poehler And Paul Rudd Board David Wain’s ‘They Came Together’ By Angie Han/May 10, 2012 9:00 am EST Until that Wet Hot American Summer sequel gets going — if indeed it ever does get going — we can comfort ourselves with the mini-reunion that will be They Came Together. The romcom parody, which is set up at Lionsgate’s microbudget division, re-teams WHAS director David Wain and writer Michael Showalter with stars Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler....