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Barry Sonnenfeld To Direct Netflix’s ‘A Series Of Unfortunate Events’ By Angie Han/Sept. 5, 2015 10:00 am EST Hardcore fans of the series may recall that Sonnenfeld was originally on board to helm the 2004 movie, but was later replaced by Brad Silberling. More about the Lemony Snicket director after the jump. Variety broke the news about Sonnenfeld’s hiring as the Lemony Snicket director. Sonnenfeld and Hudis will executive produce with Daniel Handler, author of the Lemony Snicket books....

Cool Stuff: Original Stormtrooper Blaster Gets The Full-Size LEGO Treatment By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 30, 2015 6:30 am EST With Star Wars Battlefront on the shelves as another way of fueling the hype train on track to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, fans have been doing their fair share of blasting both Rebels and Imperials in the video game world. But one fan wanted to do some blasting with the weight of LEGO in his hands....

First Footage From ‘Terminator Genisys’ Teases Big Things For The Franchise By Germain Lussier/Dec. 3, 2014 9:30 am EST Thursday brings the first trailer for Alan Taylor’s Terminator Genisys, a film many are hoping launches a whole new era in the Terminator franchise. Arnold Schwarzenegger is back as the iconic T-800 but all the rest of the characters – Sarah Connor, John Connor, Kyle Reese etc. – have been recast in a movie that, rumor has it, takes place in a parallel time line to the original film series....

Genndy Tartakovsky Exits Sony’s ‘Popeye’ By Angie Han/March 13, 2015 11:00 am EST Six months ago we got a first look at Genndy Tartakovsky’s Popeye, in the form of a promising test reel. Sadly, it now seems that may be the only look we’ll ever get at it. The filmmaker reveals that he’s no longer working on the animated feature, and for that matter, studio Sony might not be anymore either....

Jon Favreau’s ‘Jungle Book’: See Behind-The-Scenes Snaps Of Bill Murray, Christopher Walken And More By Angie Han/Dec. 18, 2014 9:00 am EST The first piece of concept art from Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book revealed what the project might look like once it is done. A new batch of behind-the-scenes images show what it looks like now, while it’s still in progress. Favreau himself shared these casual snaps, showing actors like Bill Murray, Christopher Walken, and Scarlett Johansson at work....

Jordan Peele’s Horror Movie Is Called ‘Get Out’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 21, 2015 3:30 pm EST Key and Peele is over, and we’ve known that the shift away from that show is in part thanks to Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele’s interest in jumping to films. The two have a couple projects in the works, one of which is a horror film with Peele directing. Now more details about that movie have been revealed, and the Jordan Peele horror movie is a collaboration with Blumhouse called Get Out....

LOL: James Bond Rents A Car From Stephen Colbert By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 5, 2015 12:30 pm EST There are plenty of things that the James Bond franchise is known for, from gadgets to girls. And one of those iconic elements is the legion of fancy cars equipped with all sorts of goodies for 007 to use against his enemies. The only problem is that every single time Bond gets a new car, he ends up absolutely destroying it....

LOL: The Marvel Cinematic Universe Gets Reimagined As An Ensemble Romcom By Angie Han/Nov. 30, 2015 10:00 am EST Iron Man’s got his high-tech suit, Captain America’s got his super-soldier serum, Hulk’s got his gamma ray-induced rage powers, and Hawkeye’s got his Katniss Everdeen-level archery skills. But the Avengers’ true secret weapon might be bromance. Any blockbuster can offer city-destroying CG mayhem, and these days most of them do. What makes the MCU the MCU is all the stuff that happens in between — the quips, the bickering, the friendship, the flirting....

Michael Bay Confirms He’ll Direct ‘Transformers 5’, But Then He’s Done With The Franchise, For Real This Time By Angie Han/Jan. 4, 2016 5:00 pm EST After directing Transformers numbers one through four, Michael Bay has confirmed he will return yet again to direct Transformers 5. The news doesn’t come as a surprise, as Bay entered talks to direct last fall after months of speculation (and let’s be real, totally reasonable assumptions)....

Page 2: Star Wars, Predator, Harry Potter, A Clockwork Orange, Strange Magic, Harvey Weinstein, Sherlock By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 19, 2015 1:00 pm EST Header Photo: Eric Tan’s Star Wars art The 20 Most Egregious Snubs in Oscar HistoryThe 10 Worst Oscar Acting Snubs of the Last 10 YearsThis Boba Fett Tattoo Is So Badass, It Tore Through This Guy’s SkinPaul Thomas Anderson Reveals Secrets of Stoner Odyssey ‘Inherent Vice'5 Movies That Reused The Soundtracks of Other Movies...

Ruben Fleischer Directing Miles Teller In ‘The Life And Times Of The Stopwatch Gang’ By Russ Fischer/March 10, 2015 5:30 pm EST Universal Pictures is picking up the movie rights to the story of a three-man team of bank robbers whose exploits in the 1980s were notorious for meticulous planning and swift execution, with nary a shot fired in roughly 100 robberies. Now the story will be turned into a film with Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, Gangster Squad) directing and Miles Teller in a lead role....

See Adam Savage Become Hellboy For The Silicon Valley Comic-Con By Ethan Anderton/April 1, 2016 1:00 pm EST There’s plenty of impressive cosplay out there, but the reason people pay attention to former Mythbusters co-host Adam Savage is because he makes a fun game out of it. Every year for San Diego Comic-Con, Mr. Savage dresses up in some kind of detailed, professionally made costume and challenges fans to find him....

Straight Outta Dickens: Ice Cube To Retell ‘A Christmas Carol’ In ‘Humbug’ By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 17, 2015 2:01 pm EST There have been countless adaptations of the Charles Dickens holiday classic A Christmas Carol, the story of how a bitter old man named Ebenezer Scrooge is taken on a magical journey through time by the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Yet to Come turning him into a gentler, more kind man who sets out to change his miser ways....

Terry Gilliam Apologizes For Being Dead, Shares Trailer For Memoir ‘Gilliamesque’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 9, 2015 3:00 pm EST Terry Gilliam isn’t dead, despite a brief and alarming report to the contrary that stunned Twitter and the movie industry for a few minutes Tuesday afternoon. We’re thrilled that Gilliam is still around, and that he is taking this odd spotlight moment to apologize for his own death. In perfectly Gilliamesque fashion, the writer/director also shared the trailer for his forthcoming memoir, a “pre-posthumous” book he is calling, of course, Gilliamesque....

The Leftovers Season 2 Trailer 2: “Uh Oh” By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 9, 2015 1:00 pm EST HBO has released the second trailer for season two of The Leftovers, the premium cable drama series created by Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta, based on Perrotta’s novel of the same name. We previously posted a very brief Leftovers teaser trailer and the first full length trailer. The new trailer focuses on Jarden Texas, a town which had no departures, but also gives us a better look at the characters and story which will be featured in this upcoming second season....

VOTD: See ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ As An ’80s B-Movie Trailer By Germain Lussier/Nov. 7, 2014 6:00 am EST Back when Captain America: The Winter Soldier was only known as “Captain America 2,” everyone involved kept saying one thing. The film was going to influenced by political thrillers of the Seventies. The end result definitely bore that influence, as Cap uncovered the mystery of what was happening behind the scenes at S....

VOTD: Watch The Visual Parallels Of Marty’s “Dreams” In The ‘Back To The Future’ Trilogy By Ethan Anderton/June 28, 2016 5:30 am EST From run-ins with Biff, to the use of phrases like “Great Scott” and “Whoa, this is heavy,” it’s no secret that there are plenty of gags that are reused throughout the entire Back to the Future trilogy. A new video puts all three of the films side-by-side and syncs up the sequences that see Marty McFly waking up after being knocked out in each of the movies....

‘Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice’ Trailer: Doomsday Arrives By Angie Han/Dec. 2, 2015 9:01 pm EST Not to be outdone by Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War, 2016’s other big superhero vs. superhero movie has also hit Jimmy Kimmel Live to unveil new footage. Warner Bros. offered a little taste of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice earlier this week with an intriguing, if puzzling, tease, and now the full-length trailer is here in all its grim, gritty glory....

‘Deadpool’ Won’t Get A Director’s Cut By Angie Han/Feb. 15, 2016 2:00 pm EST There’s only one Deadpool, and there’s only one Deadpool. Well, not in the sense that there’s only ever going to be one Deadpool movie — a sequel is already in the works — but in the sense that there’s only one version of Deadpool. If you saw it in the theaters, that was it. According to Deadpool director Tim Miller, there will be no Deadpool director’s cut — although some exciting deleted scenes aren’t out of the question....

‘Deep Web’ Teaser Trailer: Alex Winter Documents The Takedown Of Silk Road By Russ Fischer/Jan. 23, 2015 2:00 pm EST Here’s a lively first teaser for Deep Web, a new documentary from Bill and Ted co-star Alex Winter, who recently directed the doc Downloaded. The new film Deep Web looks into the FBI takedown of Silk Road, the online marketplace most famous for dealing drugs online, and investigates the charges against Ross Ulbricht, who authorities claim was “the Dread Pirate Roberts,” responsible for running Silk Road....