Guillermo Del Toro Wants Maisie Williams In ‘Pacific Rim 2’ By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 3, 2015 11:08 am EST The future of Pacific Rim 2 was uncertain for a little bit, but Universal Pictures is supposedly still dedicated to making the sequel at some point, even though they took it off their 2017 release calendar. And it sounds like Guillermo del Toro is still eyeing certain stars for the sequel, and he just revealed one of the hopefuls....
James Gunn Freaking Loves ‘Ant-Man’: “My Favorite Marvel Film Since ‘Iron Man’” By Angie Han/July 1, 2015 6:30 am EST Though it won’t come out for another couple of weeks, Ant-Man has gotten some very solid reactions already. Now we have another one to add to the praise pile, from a guy who certainly knows his way around the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Director James Gunn, who caught Ant-Man at its Los Angeles premiere this week, gushed that it may just be his third-favorite Marvel movie of all time, after Iron Man and his own Guardians of the Galaxy....
Josh Hutcherson May Have Revealed Plans For More ‘Hunger Games’ Movies [UPDATED] By Angie Han/July 10, 2015 12:30 pm EST The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 brings Katniss’ story to a finish. But that doesn’t necessarily spell the end for the franchise as a whole. In a recent interview, star Josh Hutcherson let slip a remark that suggests more Hunger Games movies could be in our future. Read his comments after the jump....
Marvel’s ‘Damage Control’ Gets Script Order From ABC By Russ Fischer/Oct. 2, 2015 2:00 pm EST ABC is ordering another Marvel TV series. Ben Karlin, who worked as a producer on The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and Modern Family, is exec producer on a new comedy called Damage Control, inspired by a set of short Marvel Comics series originally published in 1989. The show, which has a script order from ABC, is about the people who clean up after superhero activity in the Marvel universe....
Matt Smith And John Lithgow Join Netflix Series ‘The Crown’ By Russ Fischer/June 18, 2015 2:00 pm EST One of the upcoming original series from Netflix is The Crown, which will follow the story of England’s Queen Elizabeth II, “and the prime ministers who shaped post-war Britain.” If that sounds like a series with big ambitions, it is. The Crown is called a “decades-spanning” series, with the young Claire Foy chosen to play Elizabeth II in the series scripted by Peter Morgan....
New ‘Baywatch’ Images Feature The Rock Not Hassling The Hoff By Jacob Hall/March 24, 2016 12:30 pm EST Once upon a time, Baywatch was one of the most popular television shows in the world, which made series star David Hasselhoff one of the most watched actors in the world. Pamela Anderson’s C.J. Parker may have grabbed all of the headlines, but it was Hasselhoff’s Mitch Buchannon who served as the show’s constant center, appearing in every season of the original show before making the jump to the ill-fated Baywatch: Hawaii....
Official ‘Jurassic World’ Viral Site Launches With Lots Of New Images By Germain Lussier/Nov. 17, 2014 12:39 pm EST A ton of new Jurassic World news just dropped thanks to a viral site. The site is technically for a company called Masrani Global, which, in the film, is the construction company which helped to build and create Jurassic World. The site has a ton of images, some of which feature actors Irrfan Khan and B....
POTD: ‘Rugrats’ Storyboard Artist Draws The Definitive Grown Up Versions Of The Babies By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 23, 2015 5:00 am EST One of the most revered cartoons for children of the ’90s is Rugrats. The Nickelodeon animated series followed the antics of a group of babies who could talk to each other when their parents weren’t around, and they constantly got into mischief and adventures. The show has quite the fair share of adult fans who have taken to introducing the series to their own kids now....
Rumor: Director Susanne Bier May Tame That Sexist, Misogynist Dinosaur James Bond By Jacob Hall/June 1, 2016 1:00 pm EST There’s a terrific scene in GoldenEye where we are introduced to Judi Dench’s M, James Bond’s first female superior and the first sign that the series has officially moved on from its boys’ club Cold War origins. After Agent 007 wantonly disrespects his new boss, she coldly gives him a dressing down decades in the making: “I think you’re a sexist, misogynist dinosaur....
Sequel Bits: Independence Day 2, Zoolander 2, Fast And Furious, Super Troopers 2, Freddy Krueger By Germain Lussier/April 10, 2015 1:00 pm EST Director Roland Emmerich announced two more actors for Independence Day 2: Joey King and Brent Spiner. King is a solid addition but the real interesting bit here is Spiner. He died in the first film, playing the crazy doctor inside Area 51. It should be interesting to see how that plays out....
Sony Is Making A Movie About Those “Escape Rooms” You’ve Heard So Much About By Jacob Hall/Feb. 19, 2016 12:00 pm EST If you haven’t actually plunked down the money and tried out an “escape room” attraction, chances are strong that you’ve heard of one. The set-up is simple: you and a group of friends pay to be locked in a room full of clues. You must unravel the clues and find a way out of the room while a timer counts down....
Steve Wiebe And Billy Mitchell Will Never Be ‘The King Of Kong’ Again By Peter Sciretta/May 10, 2016 11:30 am EST I can’t believe it’s been nearly a decade since The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters was released. Seth Gordon’s now-classic documentary chronicled the world of arcade gaming championships, with the main storyline focusing on the feud between a Redmond, Washington high school teacher named Steve Wiebe who attempted to break Billy Mitchell’s record score in Donkey Kong....
The Ones Who Knock S01E07 - Bingo By David Chen/March 21, 2015 4:13 pm EST David and his brother Michael discuss Better Call Saul’s seventh episode, “Bingo.” E-mail us and let us know what you thought of the episode, as well as of the podcast, at theoneswhoknock@gmail.com. You can find every episode of the show at bettercallsaul.audio. If you like the show, feel free to leave us a review on iTunes!...
VOTD: Mike Myers’ Dr. Evil Returns To Talk ‘The Interview’ By Germain Lussier/Dec. 22, 2014 6:00 am EST 2002 was the last time Mike Myers graced audiences with a new Austin Powers movie. Which means not only haven’t we seen the shagadellic super spy in over a decade, we haven’t seen his sworn enemy Dr. Evil, either. Most would agree that it was Evil who really became the break out character of the series....
‘Alita: Battle Angel’ Eyes ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ And ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ Stars By Jacob Hall/April 27, 2016 10:00 am EST James Cameron has been talking about a film adaptation of the manga Battle Angel Alita for a long, long time, with the science fiction action film at one point competing with Avatar to be his next project. Alas, Avatar got made first and Mr. Cameron decided to spend the rest of his life exploring every last nook and cranny on Pandora, which freed up the project for another filmmaker....
‘American Sniper’ Headed For IMAX Release By Angie Han/Jan. 9, 2015 10:00 am EST Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper has been racking up box office dollars and picking up awards nominations, and now it’s getting the IMAX treatment. The company has announced an American Sniper IMAX run to kick off later this month.Bradley Cooper leads the drama as U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, called the most lethal sniper in American military history....
‘Demolition’ Is A Great Acting Exercise, But Not Much More [Video Review] By David Chen/April 8, 2016 12:00 pm EST I was a big fan of Jean-Marc Vallée’s last film Wild, which featured Reese Witherspoon playing the real-life author Cheryl Strayed and taking on a physically impossible task as a means of working out issues in her personal life. When I heard Vallée would be directing a similar film with Jake Gyllenhaal, I was excited at what new aspects of the human spirit the movie might illuminate....
‘Homeland’ Season 5 Trailer: “You Can Take The Girl Out Of The CIA…” By Angie Han/Aug. 27, 2015 2:30 pm EST The first full-length trailer for Homeland Season 5 begins with Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) in a good place. She’s got a cushy private job in Berlin, she’s dating a handsome new fellow, and she finally seems to have taken to motherhood. Most importantly, she’s left behind the CIA, the source of her greatest triumphs and tribulations over the years....
‘Kumiko The Treasure Hunter’ Trailer: Blurring Fact, Fiction And Fantasy By Russ Fischer/Feb. 5, 2015 1:00 pm EST The line between fact and fiction is blurred in Kumiko the Treasure Hunter, which is based on the story of a young Japanese woman found dead in the US in 2001. Supposedly she had traveled to the States in search of treasure, using the film Fargo as a map. The film dives into the dreams of a character inspired by that story, following her surprising trip to the US....
‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ 360-Degree Video Explores Jakku By Russ Fischer/Sept. 23, 2015 10:20 am EST Lucasfilm and Disney have released a new way to explore one of the new environments in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, via a new 360-degree video standard available on Facebook. A one-minute video puts viewers in the driver’s seat of Rey’s speeder bike, as the craft zips along the desert, and you can even hear BB-8 at the end of the ride....
