‘Bastille Day’ Trailer: Idris Elba Gets Some Action By Angie Han/Feb. 16, 2016 6:30 am EST Yes, it’s got “Day” in the title, but no, it’s not another one of Garry Marshall’s middling ensemble romcoms. Bastille Day stars Idris Elba as a CIA agent looking into a bombing attack in Paris. He teams up with an American pickpocket (Richard Madden from Game of Thrones), who’s unwittingly gotten mixed up in the whole affair....
‘Collide’ Trailer: Anthony Hopkins Destroys Worlds By Jack Giroux/Oct. 15, 2015 3:30 pm EST X-Men: Apocalypse is Nicholas Hoult’s most high-profile release in the near future, but he has a slew of other projects coming up as well. The Mad Max: Fury Road co-star is in Drake Doremus’ (Like Crazy) sci-fi drama Equals, Owen Harris’ (Black Mirror) Kill Your Friends, and a movie that few of us knew about, Collide. See the first Collide trailer after the jump....
‘End Of The Tour’ Director James Ponsoldt And Disney Will Explore The ‘Wild City’ By Jack Giroux/Aug. 6, 2016 10:00 am EST Director James Ponsoldt has been making some high-quality dramas over the past few years. Smashed (seen above), The Spectacular Now, and The End of the Tour are strong films with great performances. Right now, Ponsoldt is busy with his adaptation of Dave Eggers’ The Circle, and after he’s finished that picture, he may tackle his first major studio film, Wild City....
By Jack Giroux/May 25, 2016 7:00 am EST Get Shorty is the newest addition to the long list of films turning into television programs. Director Barry Sonnenfeld’s excellent 1995 film is an adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s novel, but the show will draw from both the movie and Leonard’s original work. EPIX has teamed up with MGM for Get Shorty, which will begin shooting later this year. Below, learn more about the Get Shorty TV series....
‘Knock Knock’ Star Ana De Armas Joins ‘Blade Runner 2’ By Jack Giroux/April 21, 2016 4:58 pm EST Earlier this week, Blade Runner 2 had its release date moved up from January 12th, 2018 to October 6th 2017, but that’s not the only good news today for anyone looking forward to director Denis Villeneuve’s (Sicario) sequel. Ana de Armas, a very promising actress you might recognize from Knock Knock, has just joined the Blade Runner 2 cast....
‘The Dark Tower’ Photo: Ron Howard Poses With Idris Elba As Roland The Gunslinger By Angie Han/July 6, 2016 3:30 pm EST “The man in black fled across the city, and the iPhone cameras followed.” That should be the new opening line for The Dark Tower, Nikolaj Arcel’s new movie based on Stephen King’s bestselling fantasy series. Since production moved to New York, the internet has been flooded with photos of stars Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey, taken by paparazzi and random passersby....
‘Toy Story That Time Forgot’ Promo Welcomes You To Battleopolis By Angie Han/Nov. 18, 2014 11:00 am EST Toy Story 4 is still a few years away, but in the meantime we’ll get to reunite with our favorite toys in Toy Story That Time Forgot. The half-hour TV special sees Woody, Buzz, and the rest of their friends encountering a line of reptile-warrior action figures. The only problem is, they don’t know they’re action figures....
A ‘Man Of Steel’ Sequel Is In Development [Updated] By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 16, 2016 10:30 am EST Update: Henry Cavill’s manager Dany Garcia has confirmed that another Superman standalone movie is a top priority right now: “Henry has a big appetite,” she told Newsweek about Cavill’s Hollywood ambitions. “We’ve been in a five-month period of time where he’s re-strategizing, acquiring property , he’s filming [‘Justice League’] now, he’s in development for the Superman standalone… he’s beginning to expand that world....
Breaking Bad’s Los Pollos Hermanos Could Become A Real Restaurant By Peter Sciretta/May 1, 2015 3:30 pm EST I’ve been in Albuquerque New Mexico for a couple set visits, and while I’ve driven by some Breaking Bad locations, I’ve still never been to Twisters, the fast food restaurant that was the filming location for the show’s fictional fried-chicken fast-food chain Los Pollos Hermanos. I’ve seen tons of photos from fans visiting the location and have always wanted to take a detour there but its yet to happen....
David Lynch Rejoins ‘Twin Peaks’ Revival, Series Expands Beyond Initial Order By Russ Fischer/May 15, 2015 5:21 pm EST All week I’ve been thinking about Twin Peaks. As many TV networks and companies revealed their upcoming projects during upfront presentations in New York, I wondered if Twin Peaks was going to quietly disappear. Since Showtime doesn’t take part in upfronts, it seemed like news wasn’t likely to hit soon, but now we know that Twin Peaks isn’t going anywhere....
Disney’s Next Short Film ‘Inner Workings’ To Debut At Annecy; Will Play With ‘Moana’ By Angie Han/April 27, 2016 5:00 am EST Disney’s next feature film, Moana, is still in progress and won’t be seen in full for another several months. But Disney’s next short film is ready for its world premiere. Titled Inner Workings, it’ll debut at the Annecy Film Festival in June along with a never-before-seen preview of Moana....
Dwayne Johnson Will Climb A ‘Skyscraper’ For Director Rawson Marshall Thurber By Jacob Hall/May 27, 2016 9:00 am EST On the surface, a report about Dwayne Johnson signing on to star in another big action movie is about as unsurprising as movie news can get. Of course The Rock has joined another new movie because that’s what The Rock does – he fills every square inch of his available schedule with another movie he wants to shoot....
Here Are All The Posters And Paintings From Mondo’s ‘Batman 75’ Show [UPDATED] By Germain Lussier/Oct. 27, 2014 11:15 am EST The doors just opened at the Mondo Gallery in Austin, Texas for the 75 Years of Batman Gallery Show. A full show, officially licensed, celebrating all things revolving around the Caped Crusader. We’ve previously shown you a few beautiful posters from the show, but now that the doors are open we can reveal the rest....
How To Make Your Own Rolling BB-8 From ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ By Angie Han/April 20, 2015 6:25 am EST Some pretty big names attended Star Wars Celebration this weekend — including Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and J.J. Abrams — but the real belle of the ball (no pun intended) was BB-8. The droid’s surprise appearance at the Star Wars: The Force Awakens panel was all the more surprising because up until this point, many fans had assumed he was a CG creation....
Independent Spirit Awards Go To ‘Birdman,’ ‘Boyhood,’ And ‘Nightcrawler’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 21, 2015 4:36 pm EST Winners are indicated by bold text in the list of nominees for each category. Best Feature Best Director Best Screenplay Best First Feature Best First Screenplay John Cassavetes Award Given to the best feature made for under $500,000. Award given to the writer, director and producer. Executive producers are not awarded. Best Female Lead...
John Krasinski Is The New Jack Ryan By Jack Giroux/April 29, 2016 5:30 pm EST Learn more about the Jack Ryan TV series below. The Jack Ryan television series is the latest project from Paramount TV. They most recently worked on Fox’s Minority Report, which was quickly canceled, and have plans for TV adaptations of Fatal Attraction, Shooter, Galaxy Quest, and Narc. Set in present day, the Jack Ryan television series isn’t an adaptation of a specific novel of Clancy’s, unlike the previous film adaptations, but the show will be heavily inspired by the late author’s work....
Jon Favreau Doesn’t Rule Out Returning To Marvel Studios As A Director By Ethan Anderton/April 30, 2016 1:00 pm EST It was Jon Favreau’s direction of Iron Man that really got audiences interested in a more obscure superhero and started to drum up even more interest in the forthcoming roster of Marvel superheroes. Favreau would go on to direct the less than stellar Iron Man 2, and he also executive produced Iron Man 3 (in which he also appeared as Happy Hogan) and both of The Avengers movies....
Josh Brolin And Miles Teller Will Star In Joseph Kosinski’s ‘No Exit’ By Jack Giroux/March 3, 2016 7:00 am EST With Tron 3 no longer in the works at Disney, Joseph Kosinski is moving on. As we reported a few short weeks ago, the Oblivion director is developing a movie actually set in the real world this time around. Kosinski will next helm No Exit, a true-life story starring Miles Teller and Josh Brolin....
Marvel’s ‘Fantastic Four’ Comic Ending; Michael B. Jordan Talks Movie Costumes By Germain Lussier/Oct. 6, 2014 9:30 am EST Read about Fantastic Four being canceled, as well as some new quotes from star Michael B. Jordan about some of the costumes in the Josh Trank film, below. Starting with the comic book news, Bleeding Cool found a listing printed by the Hachette Book Group, the distributor of Marvel collections, touting an upcoming collection called Fantastic Four Vol....
Nate Parker’s ‘The Birth Of A Nation’ Enters Next Year’s Awards Race With A Fall 2016 Release Date By Angie Han/Feb. 24, 2016 2:00 pm EST TheWrap reports The Birth of a Nation will open nationwide on October 7, 2016. Other films set for that weekend Tate Taylor’s literary adaptation The Girl on the Train, starring Emily Blunt and Rebecca Ferguson; and Gavin O’Connor’s thriller The Accountant, starring Ben Affleck. (The X-Men spinoff Gambit is also currently dated for October 7, but given its behind-the-scenes struggles we expect it’ll be delayed before we get there....
