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VOTD: The “Isolation Of Rey” In Force Awakens By Peter Sciretta/April 5, 2016 2:00 pm EST Kasper Møller Jensen has edited together a short video exploring the visual elements and framings used by JJ Abrams to show the isolation and loneliness of Daisy Ridley’s character Rey in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. I present the beautifuly-edited video Isolation Of Rey: Did director JJ Abrams and cinematographer Daniel Mindel plan Daisy Ridley’s framing to emphasize the isolation and loneliness of the character?...

Watch: Johnny Depp Is Donald Trump In Funny Or Die’s “Lost” Masterpiece ‘The Art Of The Deal’ By Angie Han/Feb. 10, 2016 9:30 am EST As we’ve seen in Pirates of the Caribbean, Alice in Wonderland, Dark Shadows, Tusk, Black Mass, and really too many other movies to count, Johnny Depp loves nothing more than to bury himself in makeup, wigs, and prosthetics and emerge as a total weirdo. But his latest role may be his most monstrous transformation yet....

Which Shows Will Be On Nickelodeon’s 90s Programming Block The Splat? By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 25, 2015 2:30 pm EST Over a week ago, we learned that Nickelodeon was planning on bringing a 90s programming block called The Splat to the kids network, bringing back some of their most iconic shows from 15-25 years ago. Details were scarce at the time, but hot on the heels of the Good Burger reunion on The Tonight Show, more complete information has been revealed....

Why Sienna Miller Was Cut From ‘Black Mass’ By Jack Giroux/Oct. 13, 2015 12:30 pm EST With gangsters, wigs, makeup, thick Boston accents, and a period setting, Black Mass was an opportunity for some actors to really act. Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, and Peter Sarsgaard, to name a few, gave very large performances. Sometimes they were grounded and human, sometimes they weren’t. Whatever the case, writer/director Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart) put together an excellent cast, but one of the many fine actors initially involved didn’t make the final cut....

Zac Efron Will Hit The Beach With Dwayne Johnson In ‘Baywatch’ By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 10, 2015 2:00 pm EST It’s been 26 years since David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson first hit the beach in the television series Baywatch, and that means it’s the perfect time for Hollywood to recycle it in the form of a big screen adaptation. Dwayne Johnson is set to star in a raunchy, comedic take on the ’90s series with Horrible Bosses director Seth Gordon at the helm....

‘Antibirth’ Trailer: Natasha Lyonne Has The Weirdest Pregnancy Ever By Angie Han/Aug. 4, 2016 3:00 pm EST One of the stranger films I caught at Sundance this year was Antibirth, a trippy thriller that marks Danny Perez’s debut feature. Natasha Lyonne stars as Lou, a strung-out, hard-partying veteran who discovers she’s pregnant…despite the fact that she hasn’t had sex in months. And it just gets weirder from there, as Lou sets out to learn what’s really growing inside her....

‘Fear The Walking Dead’ Trailer And Panel: “When Civilization Ends, It Ends Fast” By Russ Fischer/July 10, 2015 2:28 pm EST The panel featured exec producer and pilot director Greg Nicotero, exec producer Gale Anne Hurd, showrunner Dave Erickson, and producer David Alpert, and cast members Kim Dickens, Cliff Curtis, Frank Dillane, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Lorenzo James Henrie, Ruben Blades, and Mercedes Mason. Erickson said that from the beginning The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman wanted a show that was distinct and different from the original show....

‘Ghostbusters’ Animated Movie In Development At Sony Pictures Animation By Angie Han/Oct. 1, 2015 5:30 pm EST Sony’s revived Ghostbusters franchise is expanding into another dimension. The studio is working on an Ghostbusters animated movie, which will arrive after Paul Feig’s live-action reboot due out next summer. Get more details on the Ghostbusters animated movie after the jump. The studio confirmed development of an Ghostbusters animated movie to TheWrap. Original Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman is on board to produce, while Kristine Belson and Michael Lachance will oversee the project for Sony Pictures Animation....

‘Godzilla Vs King Kong’ Exists Because The Head Of Legendary Pictures Wanted To See Them Fight By Jacob Hall/Dec. 9, 2015 12:00 pm EST Legendary Pictures has big plans for their “gigantic monsters with recognizable names throwing each other into buildings” slate. Kong: Skull Island had a trailer at Comic-Con before it even had a director (Jordan Vogt-Roberts is currently shooting the film). A sequel to 2014’s Godzilla was announced right as the first movie hit theaters, and we later learned that it will feature a plethora of beasties for the King of the Monsters fight....

‘Jane Got A Gun’ First Look: Natalie Portman And Joel Edgerton Armor Up By Angie Han/Jan. 5, 2015 6:00 am EST Jane Got a Gun made headlines last spring for its rocky development process, including original director Lynne Ramsay’s last-minute departure and the casting shakeups that followed. But now that the shoot has finally wrapped, we’re finally getting our first look at the project that caused all this trouble.Gavin O’Connor wound up directing the Western actioner, which stars Natalie Portman, Noah Emmerich, Ewan McGregor, and Joel Edgerton....

‘Sing Street’ TV Spot & Music Video: You’re Going To Adore This Movie By Ethan Anderton/April 8, 2016 3:00 pm EST With spring here and summer on the way, we’re starting to see some of the movies that hit the 2016 Sundance Film Festival make their way to theaters. If the suspense and blood in Jeremy Saulnier’s thriller Green Room isn’t your kind of thing, then you’ll probably want to take in something a little more lighthearted and fun....

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Characters Revealed In Action Figures And Concept Art By Germain Lussier/Dec. 22, 2014 7:50 am EST Toys are a necessary part of blockbuster filmmaking, but they’re also the bane of its existence. On seemingly every single major Hollywood film, it’s the toys that reveal our first look at something major. For Jurassic World it was the D-Rex; for Transformers 4 it was Grimlock; the list goes on and on....

‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ Goes To TV By Russ Fischer/May 29, 2015 3:30 pm EST The Ripley character created by Patricia Highsmith has been the center of many films. The best-known now is probably The Talented Mr. Ripley, directed by Anthony Minghella with Matt Damon (above) in the lead role. And Rene Clement’s Purple Noon is a standout that should be better known. There are actually five films all told, with five different actors in the lead....

‘The X-Files’ Revival Trailer: Mulder Pulls Scully Back Into Action By Angie Han/Sept. 28, 2015 7:48 pm EST The X-Files revival trailer aired in two parts on FOX — the first half during this week’s episode of Gotham, and the second half during Minority Report. See the X-Files revival trailer below in two parts. We’ll update with higher-quality embeds as they become available. The X-Files returns January 24, 2016 on FOX....

2015 Cannes Director’s Fortnight Lineup Features ‘Green Room,’ ‘Yakuza Apocalypse,’ ‘Dope’ By Russ Fischer/April 21, 2015 9:30 am EST The Cannes Directors’ Fortnight is essentially a parallel festival that runs alongside the primary Cannes Film Festival, and the 2015 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight lineup has just been announced in full. It includes Green Room, from Blue Ruin director Jeremy Saulnier — aka one of our most anticipated films of the year. It also includes Sundance fave Dope as the closer, and Takashi Miike’s Yakuza Apocalypse....

Apple CEO Tim Cook Hates “Opportunistic” Steve Jobs Movies By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 16, 2015 3:30 pm EST If it feels like there’s been a good amount of movies about Steve Jobs since the technology innovator passed away in 2011, that’s because there have been. iSteve from Funny or Die was first out of the gate in 2013, aiming more for satire and comedy than an accurate portrayal of the Apple co-founder, and then Jobs followed shortly thereafter with Ashton Kutcher in the lead, and it didn’t really do the man justice....

Brian Cox Turned Down ‘Game Of Thrones’ And He Regrets It Now By Jacob Hall/July 6, 2016 12:00 pm EST If you are a slightly older actor from the United Kingdom capable of growing a fine beard and wearing a convincing scowl, there is a strong chance you have appeared on HBO’s Game of Thrones at some point. And if you haven’t appeared on Game of Thrones, it may be your fault for turning it down in the early days, before it was a gigantic hit that would put you in front of an audience of millions and millions of rabid fans who obsess over every episode....

Channing Tatum Dresses As A Creepy Old Guy And Surprises Magic Mike Fans By Germain Lussier/June 4, 2015 5:30 am EST Channing Tatum just seems like an awesome dude. I’ve interviewed him a few times, on the sets of 22 Jump Street and White House Down, and he genuinely is the person you’d expect him to be. Funny, kind, passionate, and totally humble about just how famous he’s become. A great example of this is a new viral video he’s part of by Omaze....

Cool Stuff: Custom Transforming Optimus Prime LEGO Set By Ethan Anderton/July 15, 2015 4:00 am EST While Hasbro’s Transformers are some of the most popular toys on the planet, and have been since the 1980s, the Autobots and Decepticons have yet to roll out in LEGO form. But one LEGO fan has changed that. LEGO Master Builder and Flickr user Savelsberg has created a LEGO version of the iconic Autobot leader Optimus Prime, who usually turns into a semi-truck....

Danny Boyle’s ‘Steve Jobs’ Starts Shooting In San Francisco By Angie Han/Jan. 27, 2015 4:30 pm EST The Steve Jobs biopic has been through some ups and downs over the years. High-profile directors and stars came and went, original studio Sony dropped out altogether, and Universal had to come to the rescue. But now, at long last, it’s reached the starting line. The film, now simply titled Steve Jobs, has officially begun shooting in San Francisco....