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By Ethan Anderton/July 10, 2015 5:00 am EST Following the Best Picture winning true drama Argo, the film’s star and director Ben Affleck lined up an adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s Prohibition-set crime drama Live by Night, and originally planned to shoot in the fall of 2013. However, his new gig as Batman for Warner Bros. Pictures (not to mention directing a solo Batman film for 2018) kept him from getting the project off the ground immediately and the project was pushed back to 2016....

Cool Stuff: Star Wars Hot Toys Princess Leia Figure By Peter Sciretta/July 22, 2015 3:00 pm EST Earlier this week Hot Toys announced an 18-foot-long 1/6th scale Millennium Falcon, which will make its debut at Ani-Com and Games Hong Kong (ACGHK) in just a couple more days. Before that show, Hot Toys has officially announced the addition of a 1/6th scale Princess Leia figure to their Star Wars line. The highly-detailed collectible figure is of course based on actress Carrie Fisher’s iconic likeness from Star Wars: A New Hope....

Jason Patric Will Star In ‘Wayward Pines’ Season 2 By Jack Giroux/Feb. 4, 2016 2:30 pm EST Apparently season one took so long to make the options to bring certain actors back have expired. Shyamalan and all involved structured Wayward Pines as a 10-episode arc, though, with a beginning, middle, and ending, not as a program with the door left wide-open for a second chapter. Here’s what Shyamalan had to say about a potential season two:...

Jesse Eisenberg Back As Lex Luthor For ‘Justice League’ By Ethan Anderton/May 31, 2016 9:30 am EST Shortly after the release of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, there was some doubt from Jesse Eisenberg regarding his return as Lex Luthor for Justice League. The DC Comics superhero ensemble was on the verge of starting production, but the actor wasn’t sure if he was needed just yet. But that seems to have changed in the past couple months....

New ‘Men In Black’ Trilogy In The Works Without Will Smith By Angie Han/Sept. 24, 2015 2:00 pm EST Sony clearly wants to bring back the Men in Black franchise, but star Will Smith doesn’t seem terribly interested. So the studio is taking a page out of Fox’s Independence Day playbook and moving on without him. Producers Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald have confirmed “very active” plans for a “reinvented” Men in Black trilogy, likely without Smith....

New Toho Studios ‘Godzilla’ Now In Production In Japan By Russ Fischer/Sept. 17, 2015 11:00 am EST Toho Studios in Japan owns Godzilla, and licensed the character to Legendary and Warner Bros. for the 2014 film directed by Gareth Edwards. Toho ended its own giant lizard series in 2004 with the film Godzilla: Final Wars, but don’t think that doesn’t mean that the studio is beyond feeling competitive about the character....

No New ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Footage Or Trailer Planned For D23 Expo By Russ Fischer/Aug. 11, 2015 1:45 pm EST Disney’s own convention, D23, begins late this week in Anaheim, CA, and we know there will be some Star Wars presence at the show, but what about new material from The Force Awakens at D23? In fact, don’t expect a new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer, or even any new footage from the latest Star Wars episode, to come out of the Expo....

Page 2: BTTF, Star Wars, Star Trek, Hobbit, IMAX, Iron Giant, 2001, Interstellar, Dragons, Maleficent, Ghostbusters By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 11, 2014 2:00 pm EST ‘Interstellar’ and the Relativity of Cinematic Time What “What [Movie X] Gets Wrong About [Thing Y]” Reviews Get Wrong About Art Read More: What “What ‘Interstellar’ Gets Wrong” Pieces Get Wrong Back to the Future Delorean dashboard phone-caseHow Steven Moffat and Christopher Nolan Suffer from the Same Troubling but Non-Fatal FlawHow Parenthood Is At The Heart Of ‘Interstellar’ & Other Christopher Nolan Films...

Shakira Joins ‘Zootopia’ Cast, Brings New Song To The Talking Animal Movie [D23 Expo 2015] By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 14, 2015 4:00 pm EST The idea came to life as a cop buddy comedy (think 48 Hours, but with talking animals) that unites a rabbit and a fox. Part of that idea will be brought to life by Shakira, who voices Gazelle, “Zootopia’s biggest pop star.” She’ll also provide the new song ‘Try Everything’ for the film....

Superhero Bits: Suicide Squad, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Gotham, Deadpool, The Flash, S.H.I.E.L.D. By Angie Han/Aug. 27, 2015 4:00 pm EST How long is Viola Davis sticking around the DC Cinematic Universe? Why did Marvel give Guardians of the Galaxy’s James Gunn a Joker mask? Can Gotham’s David Mazouz do a Batman voice? Who’s a better dancer, Deadpool or Spider-Man? Did Cara Delevingne get her own Suicide Squad tat? Is this our first look at The Flash’s new Doctor Light?...

The Best Movies Leaving Netflix in July 2015 Big Fish (July 1): Tim Burton spins a poignant and fantastical fathers-and-sons tale.Cast Away (July 1): Honestly, I’m surprised how often Wilson the volleyball still gets referenced.Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (July 1): Remember when a Johnny Depp movie used to be cause for celebration?Four Weddings and a Funeral (July 1): A much-loved work from romcom master Richard Curtis.Louis C.K.: Hilarious (July 1): Louis C....

Things Are Cold In New ‘Spectre’ Set Photo By Germain Lussier/Jan. 6, 2015 6:00 am EST After a holiday break, Sam Mendes is back at work on the 24th James Bond film, Spectre. The film returns Daniel Craig, Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes, Rory Kinneear, and Ben Whishaw while adding Christoph Waltz, Andrew Scott, Dave Bautista, Monica Bellucci and Lea Seydoux to the cast. It opens November 6, so there’s a lot of work to do in the next few months....

VOTD: 40 Years Of ILM Special Effects In 60 Seconds By Germain Lussier/May 27, 2015 2:45 pm EST 2015 marks the 40th anniversary of Industrial Light and Magic, the most revered special effects company in the world. It was famously created by George Lucas in 1975 to help make his movie, Star Wars, and has since gone on to basically create almost every single big special effects movie or moment you can remember or imagine....

‘A Walk In The Woods’ Trailer: Robert Redford And Nick Nolte Find Gentle Comedy In Nature By Russ Fischer/May 27, 2015 8:30 am EST It’s not quite “Grumpy Old Men on the Appalachian Trail,” but A Walk in the Woods mines the memoir by Bill Bryson for the story of two old guys, played by Robert Redford and Nick Nolte, as reconnected friends of old who take to the two-thousand mile trail....

‘Ant-Man’ Trailer: Paul Rudd Is Marvel’s Latest, Smallest Movie Superhero By Germain Lussier/Jan. 6, 2015 6:59 pm EST Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe concludes on July 17 as the world’s tiniest superhero finally hits the big screen. Ant-Man, directed by Peyton Reed, is finally coming after years of development, and the first trailer for the film is here. Paul Rudd plays Scott Lang, a thief who teams up with genius Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) to attempt to hide Pym’s incredible technology which can shrink him to the size of an ant....

‘Back To The Future’ Pepsi Perfect Bottles Coming On October 21st By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 5, 2015 8:00 am EST As you’ve surely noticed, there’s a lot of big stuff celebrating Back to the Future this month. It’s the original film’s 30th anniversary, and this month will also mark the exact day and year and Marty and Doc travel to the future in Back to the Future Part II. We even put together a whole guide with all the anniversary celebrations happening this month and beyond....

‘Fifty Shades Of Black’ Red Band Trailer: Marlon Wayans Opens His Playroom By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 23, 2015 7:30 am EST Just when you thought you were safe from the parody movies of Marlon Wayans, the first trailer for Fifty Shades of Black arrived last month. The comedy is a parody of the popular Fifty Shades of Grey, with Wayans taking the title role of Mr. Black, who begins a provocative sexual relationship with an innocent reporter (Kali Hawk)....

‘Finding Dory’ Trailer: The Forgetful Fish Tries To Remember Her Past By Angie Han/March 2, 2016 7:00 am EST Dory’s not so hot at remembering names, or faces, or much of anything, really, but the Pacific regal blue tang made an unforgettable impression in the first Finding Nemo. Her warmth, generosity, and sunny (if oblivious) optimism made her the breakout character of that movie, even more so than Marlin or Nemo himself....

‘Frozen’ And ‘Tarzan’ Co-Director Addresses That ‘Frozen’ / ‘Tarzan’ Theory By Angie Han/Aug. 14, 2015 7:30 am EST Disney’s animated films aren’t really a “shared universe” the way Disney’s Marvel films are, but that hasn’t stopped fans from making connections between them all the same. One popular theory posits Tarzan is actually the younger brother of Elsa and Anna from Frozen, born after the King and Queen of Arendelle embark on their ill-fated trip....

‘Gotham’ Finds A Mr. Freeze In ‘House Of Cards’ Star Nathan Darrow By Angie Han/Oct. 28, 2015 10:30 am EST Feeling a chill in the air? That’s no ordinary fall breeze — or at least, that’s not just an ordinary fall breeze. It’s the impending arrival of Mr. Freeze on Fox’s Gotham. Nathan Darrow of House of Cards has just been set to play the stone-cold baddie, and you can find out exactly when he’ll appear after the jump....