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Roland Emmerich Reveals ‘Independence Day 2’ Was Almost About Peace, Wants To Make ‘Independence Day 3’ By Angie Han/June 14, 2016 3:00 pm EST As guest editor of Empire’s website, Emmerich took a few minutes to answer some reader questions about his career in general, and the Independence Day movies in particular. Among other things, Emmerich addressed the 20-year gap between the original Independence Day and the upcoming sequel: It was actually several years ago that Emmerich began trying to make an Independence Day sequel happen....

By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 5, 2015 11:47 am EST Update From Editor Peter Sciretta: Sony has officially announced they will be releasing Stephen King’s Dark Tower directed by Nikolaj Arcel on January 13th 2017. The film is scheduled to go head to head with Fox’s animated film Boss Baby and Lionsgate’s Power Rangers movie.The original story by Angie Han from June 2nd 2015 follows: After many years of difficult development, The Dark Tower is about to take a big step forward....

Watch An ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ Trailer, As If It Was A 1995 VHS By Germain Lussier/April 8, 2015 5:00 am EST Unless you lived it, it’s hard to explain what was so special about a VHS tape. For most of a generation, the VHS tape was your window into another world. Not only did it contain the movies we loved, it was a fragile, clunky piece of equipment. They had to be handled with some kind of care, there were tricks to some of its mechanics and they all eventually broke....

What Are The Biggest Movie Sets In Cinema’s History? By Ethan Anderton/May 20, 2015 6:00 am EST Nowadays, with the advent of realistic visual effects, most big movie sets are actually just digital extensions of much smaller practical sets and locations. However, in the earliest days of cinema, some of the biggest epics actually had to physically create massive sets. And if you’ve ever wondered just how big some of the most massive sets in cinema’s history have been, we have an infographic that takes a look at some of the biggest movie sets that we’ve ever seen on the big screen....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Casts ‘Oldboy’ Actress; Matthew McConaughey Passes On Villain Role By Angie Han/Oct. 28, 2015 3:30 pm EST Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 has had its core cast locked in for some time now, because they’re all the same people from the first film: Chris Pratt as Star-Lord, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drax, Bradley Cooper as Rocket, and Vin Diesel as Groot....

‘House Of Cards’ Season 4 Teaser & Premiere Date: Frank Underwood Is Only Getting Started By Angie Han/Dec. 16, 2015 11:00 am EST American voters have a whole lot of potential presidential candidates to choose from right now – too many, really, even if the field has narrowed a bit in the past several weeks. The last thing we need is yet another scheming politician vying for our attention and trying to claw his way to power....

‘Spectre’ Easter Eggs: Did You Catch All Of These James Bond References? By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 13, 2015 9:00 am EST Last weekend, Spectre took the top spot at the box office despite the film being considerably less acclaimed than its predecessor Skyfall. There are a myriad of complaints ranging from the length of the film to the unevenness of the story, but one of the more divisive elements is the use of some of the more old-school James Bond tropes....

‘That’s What I’m Talking About’ Picks Up Where ‘Boyhood’ Left Off, Says Richard Linklater By Angie Han/Dec. 29, 2014 3:00 pm EST Richard Linklater has long touted his next film, That’s What I’m Talking About, as a “spiritual sequel” to 1993’s Dazed and Confused. But now he reveals it’s also a “continuation” of sorts to another of his hits, the recent Boyhood. “It begins right where Boyhood ends,” the director explained....

‘The Incredibles 2’ Will Be Brad Bird’s Next Film By Angie Han/May 11, 2015 8:00 am EST With Tomorrowland out of the way, Brad Bird is ready to redirect his attention to an old new project. The filmmaker confirms The Incredibles 2 will be his next movie, after years of fans pestering him to make a sequel to the superhero feature. Get the Brad Bird Incredibles 2 status update after the jump....

‘Trolls’ Trailer: Justin Timberlake And Anna Kendrick Try To Revive A ’90s Fad By Angie Han/June 29, 2016 7:30 am EST Troll dolls last peaked about twenty years ago, but now that the ’90s revival is in full swing, DreamWorks is making a valiant effort to bring back those tiny bright-haired creatures. Coming up from the studio this fall is Trolls, an animated adventure featuring the mellifluous voices of Justin Timberlake (who released his first new single since 2013 for it), Anna Kendrick, Zooey Deschanel, Russell Brand, James Corden, and Gwen Stefani....

‘Wild Card’ Trailer: Jason Statham Remakes The Other ‘Heat’ By Angie Han/Dec. 12, 2014 2:00 pm EST Whatever you think of Jason Statham’s movies, you can’t deny that Jason Statham works hard. He typically has at least a couple movies per year, and next year he has three. The first is Wild Card, a remake of the 1986 Burt Reynolds-starrer Heat. (Not to be confused with the 1995 Michael Mann movie Heat or 2013’s The Heat....

Another New ‘Jurassic World’ Poster Hits; New Trailer Out Monday [Updated] By Angie Han/April 17, 2015 9:24 am EST History repeats itself this summer with Jurassic World. Both in the sense that we’re getting a new Jurassic Park sequel 22 years after the original opened, and in the sense that once again the story centers around a bunch of humans arrogant enough to believe that opening a park full of big, vicious predators is a great idea....

Barkhad Abdi Joins ‘Blade Runner 2’ By Jack Giroux/June 28, 2016 4:00 pm EST Next month, director Denis Villeneuve begins production on Blade Runner 2. The sequel, which stars Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling, has already attracted an exciting cast. The newest member of the Blade Runner 2 ensemble is Academy Award-nominated actor Barkhad Abdi, the co-star of Captain Phillips and this year’s Eye in the Sky. Below, learn more about the Barkhard Abdi Blade Runner 2 casting announcement....

Best Foreign Film Oscar Shortlist Highlights ‘Ida,’ ‘Force Majeure,’ Snubs ‘Mommy’ And ‘Winter Sleep’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 19, 2014 10:10 am EST The shortlist for potential Best Foreign Film Oscar nominees is out. As usual, the list is going to generate as much talk about what didn’t make the cut as it does about what ended up on the list. Many of the year’s most significant films were left off: Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Winter Sleep, which was this year’s Palme d’Or winner at Cannes, didn’t make the cut....

Cool Stuff: Stan & Vince’s ‘The Terminator’ Poster Is The Nightmare That Won’t End By Ethan Anderton/March 7, 2016 6:00 am EST It’s a shame that Terminator Genisys was such a massive disappointment, because it would have been nice to see The Terminator franchise go in a cool new direction instead of treading familiar territory in a hokey way that played out like a greatest hits album of the entire franchise....

Everything Is A Remix Video Essay: ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ By Peter Sciretta/May 19, 2016 12:00 pm EST In 2010, Kirby Ferguson created a video essay called Everything is a Remix, about how it’s not just Quentin Tarantino, but every single artist (authors, musicians or filmmakers) who borrows something old to make something new. The video essay spawned a series of essays, which was later combined into an almost 40 minute long documentary (which you can watch here)....

George Lucas Doesn’t Know ‘The Force Awakens’ Story; Plans Two New Films He’ll Never Release By Russ Fischer/Jan. 16, 2015 5:30 pm EST George Lucas got out in front of press this week to promote his new film Strange Magic, which is based on a Lucas story and can potentially be seen as the last of the Lucas-involved Lucasfilm projects. Before selling Lucasfilm to Disney, George Lucas had planned to oversee the seventh Star Wars movie, and the early starting point for Star Wars: The Force Awakens was a set of outlines he had written prior to the sale of his company....

Jesse Eisenberg Wasn’t Originally Supposed To Play Lex Luthor In ‘Batman V Superman’ By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 11, 2016 10:00 am EST Some fans were apprehensive when Warner Bros. Pictures announced that Jesse Eisenberg was playing Superman’s arch nemesis Lex Luthor in this year’s blockbsuter comic book battle Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. However, as we’ve surmised from some viral marketing materials, this isn’t the Lex Luthor that fans are used to....

Michael Chiklis Joins ‘Gotham’ In Series Regular Role By Angie Han/July 22, 2015 10:00 am EST The Gotham City Police Department is adding a veteran of The Shield to its ranks. Michael Chiklis has joined Fox’s Gotham in a series regular role as Nathaniel Barnes, the tough new captain of the GCPD. Get all the details on the Michael Chiklis Gotham casting after the jump. TV Line broke the news. Barnes is a new character created just for the show....

Netflix Is Making A ‘Stretch Armstrong’ Series – You Know, For Kids By Jacob Hall/Jan. 28, 2016 11:00 am EST I have a single Stretch Armstrong memory. Many years ago, I was given a Stretch Armstrong toy that, according to the commercials, could stretch and bend in all kinds of ways before returning to his regular shape. I played with it for about 45 minutes and then it broke and splattered a strange, horrible goo all over the floor....