‘Green Eggs And Ham’ Netflix Series Coming From ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Writer By Angie Han/May 1, 2015 4:00 am EST Hollywood has been digging through your childhood toybox again, and they’ve come up with one more property to adapt. Netflix announced this week that it is making a TV series out of Green Eggs and Ham, the Dr. Seuss classic about a guy who badgers another guy into trying some strange food....
‘Iron Man 3’ Co-Writer Drew Pearce Will Make His Directorial Debut With ‘Hotel Artemis’ By Jack Giroux/June 21, 2016 5:00 am EST In 2013, it was reported Iron Man 3 co-writer Drew Pearce would make his feature directorial debut with The Long Run, an original action comedy. We’ve yet to hear more about that project since its announcement, but Pearce is now working on another film, titled Hotel Artemis, which he intends on directing....
‘Westworld’ Resumes Production, Adds ‘Banshee’ Star Lili Simmons To The Cast By Jacob Hall/April 7, 2016 3:00 pm EST As a fan of lengthy articles about troubled film and television productions, I’m looking forward to the future exposé that goes into great detail about exactly what’s going on behind the scenes of Westworld. HBO’s ambitious science fiction series, based on the 1973 film of the same name, was a complex and arduous production before the press got wind of consent forms that required extras to agree to “genital-to-genital touching” and pose “on all fours while others who are fully nude ride on [their] back....
‘Why Him?’ Trailer: Bryan Cranston Hates James Franco By Angie Han/June 30, 2016 6:30 am EST Fresh off of producing one movie about a parent’s worst nightmare, James Franco is starring in another. Why Him? stars Bryan Cranston as a straight-laced suburban dad who goes to visit his daughter (Zoey Deutch) at Stanford, and his horrified to discover she’s dating a internet billionaire with tons of ill-advised tattoos and no filter whatsoever....
Are You Sitting Down? ‘Samurai Jack’ Is Back In 2016 By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 2, 2015 10:00 am EST Back in September, we learned that Genndy Tartakovsky wouldn’t be part of Hotel Transylvania 3 if Sony Pictures Animation decided to continue the franchise he began (and they already have it set for release on September 22, 2018, along with an animated series in the works too). Now we have a good reason as to why the director isn’t sticking with the franchise....
CBS’ ‘Supergirl’ Casts ‘True Blood’ Alum Mehcad Brooks As Jimmy Olsen By Angie Han/Jan. 29, 2015 5:30 am EST Jimmy Olsen is a character most often associated with Superman, but he’ll be logging time with Superman’s less famous cousin for CBS. Supergirl has just cast True Blood alum Mechad Brooks as Jimmy. Brooks joins Melissa Benoist, who was cast last week as Supergirl. More on the Supergirl Jimmy Olsen casting after the jump....
Dwayne Johnson Talks Black Adam And Possible Showdown With Batman And Superman By Germain Lussier/Feb. 12, 2015 9:30 am EST Dwayne Johnson won’t be playing Black Adam for several years. The movie, Shazam, isn’t scheduled to come out until April 5, 2019 which conservatively means it won’t start filming until early 2018. Maybe three years from now. And in the meantime, the action superstar will be in many other movies. Nevertheless, he’s thinking a lot about playing the super villain or, as he calls him the “anti-hero....
Eli Roth Takes Keanu Reeves To Hell And Back In ‘Knock Knock’ [Sundance 2015] By Germain Lussier/Jan. 25, 2015 11:00 am EST When Eli Roth directs a movie, there’s a certain expectation from the film. Gore, disturbing imagery and sheer terror are associated with the director of Cabin Fever and Hostel. Roth knows that as well as anyone. With his latest film Knock Knock, he uses those expectations to his advantage to toy with the audience....
Exclusive ‘Body’ Clip: Christmas Eve Takes A Nasty Turn By Angie Han/Dec. 22, 2015 11:00 am EST The holidays are all about joy and togetherness and goodwill toward man and all of that, but sometimes you need a break from all that sweetness. Sometimes, you need a nasty little thriller like Body to cut through all that holiday cheer. Directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen, Body follows three college students (Helen Rogers, Alexandra Turshen, and Lauren Molina) who sneak into an empty mansion to party on Christmas Eve....
Hear Chris Farley As ‘Shrek’ In A Story Reel From 1997 By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 6, 2015 8:45 am EST Before he passed away, Saturday Night Live veteran and Tommy Boy star Chris Farley was slated to be the voice of the ogre Shrek in the DreamWorks Animation film of the same name. In fact, he had completed about 95% of the dialogue for the movie and was still working on it one week before he died in December of 1997....
Infographic: All Superhero TV Shows Are Basically The Same By Germain Lussier/April 22, 2015 1:45 pm EST As big as the superhero renaissance is at the movie theater, TV is at the very least matching it. In fact, it’s probably beating it. At least ten superhero shows are either currently on the air, coming soon, or recently finished including Gotham, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Arrow, The Flash, Daredevil, Supergirl, and Constantine. And that doesn’t even count the upcoming Flash/Arrow spin-off, a potential Agents of S....
Nicolas Winding Refn Wants To Make A ‘Batgirl’ Movie By Angie Han/June 27, 2016 7:30 am EST The Neon Demon is Nicolas Winding Refn’s first movie with a female lead, but that’s not for lack of trying. You may recall that way back, Refn wanted to direct a Wonder Woman movie. That didn’t happen, obviously — the Wonder Woman movie due out from Warner Bros. and DC next year is directed by Patty Jenkins — but now he’s got his eye on a different superheroine....
Peyton Reed Would “Love” To Do ‘Ant-Man 2’ By Angie Han/June 30, 2015 12:30 pm EST Marvel’s not really in the business of making standalone movies. So even though there are no explicit plans for an Ant-Man 2 at the moment, it’s not a stretch to imagine there could be, as long as the first film doesn’t bomb completely. And if that does happen, director Peyton Reed would like Marvel to know he’s interested in returning....
This Week In Trailers: The Visit, The Hunting Ground, Mad As Hell, Partisan, The Beaver Trilogy - Part IV By Christopher Stipp/Jan. 25, 2015 9:00 am EST What should happen if and when alien life makes contact with human beings? The Hunting Ground Trailer Rape. The way in which the word rape has seeped into our collective consciousness as an invective to hurl at the most egregious of human violations is, at the very least, some kind of indication that we are moving forward as a culture....
Video: How Did They Make ‘Birdman’ Look Like One Shot? By Germain Lussier/Nov. 5, 2014 12:30 pm EST Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman would be a good movie if it looked traditional. It’s a great movie because the filmmaker tried something very ambitious. From the first image of the film, the whole thing is constructed to look likes it’s a long, continuous long take. An uninterrupted, two hour look at the story of Riggan (Michael Keaton) a once famous superhero actor who stages a play hoping to regain his self-respect, the respect of his family and the public....
Wes Anderson Wants To Make A Horror Movie By Jack Giroux/Oct. 27, 2015 2:00 pm EST We all know what a Wes Anderson movie is. The co-writer/director behind Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, and The Royal Tenenbaums has a distinct voice and style. Anderson is sometimes criticized for never leaving his wheelhouse, but, according to the director, he might venture far outside of his comfort zone with a horror movie....
What Did Jeremy Renner Shoot As Hawkeye This Week? By Angie Han/Jan. 7, 2015 7:00 am EST Just like the rest of us, Jeremy Renner spent this week getting back into the workaday groove after a hectic holiday season. But his job sounds a bit more exciting than your average office gig, and it requires a bit more secrecy too. The actor was apparently back in character as Hawkeye this week, which is kind of surprising since Avengers: Age of Ultron wrapped months ago....
‘Amityville: The Awakening’ Pushed Back, Again, To 2017 By Angie Han/March 9, 2016 5:00 am EST Forget ghosts — the real threat to the latest residents of 112 Ocean Avenue is the whims of film distributors. The Weinstein Company and Dimension Films have pushed back Amityville: The Awakening yet again, this time all the way to 2017. Remember, this is a film that was originally slated to come out in early 2015....
‘Ash Vs Evil Dead’ Supporting Cast Announced By Russ Fischer/Feb. 12, 2015 9:00 am EST Ash will fight evil once again, and he’ll have new friends to help him. The original Evil Dead crew is reuniting to create a ten-episode TV show called Ash vs. Evil Dead, in which the square-jawed, sad-sack hero played by Bruce Campbell will once again square off against the risen dead, and probably his own shortcomings....
/Film Interview: George Lucas Talks ‘Strange Magic’ And Passing The ‘Star Wars’ Torch, Plus Elijah Kelley, Evan Rachel Wood And Alan Cumming By Angie Han/Jan. 23, 2015 11:00 am EST The first Lucasfilm movie announced by Disney after the acquisition was Star Wars: The Force Awakens. But the first Lucasfilm feature released by Disney is this weekend’s Strange Magic. First conceived by George Lucas over a decade ago, the animated musical delves into a fantasy world populated by lovelorn elves, feisty fairies, and embittered goblins....
