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Sony Attempting To Secure Rights For An Animated ‘Super Mario Bros.’ Movie By Germain Lussier/Dec. 12, 2014 12:30 pm EST The last time a US company made a movie based on Super Mario Bros., things did not go so well. The terrible production, awful film and disappointing results pretty much soured Nintendo on making live-action movies of their characters, period. Still, the popular video game company did continue to make some animated films, mostly based on Pokemon....

Superhero Bits: Green Lantern, Luke Cage, Wolverine, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Stan Lee, Supergirl By Germain Lussier/March 3, 2015 4:30 pm EST Will the Luke Cage show be a little more violent than the other Netflix shows? What’s going on with DC’s Green Lantern? What’s the name of the latest Batman mobile game? Does Hugh Jackman think Wolverine will cross over with The Avengers? How can you have Stan Lee teach you about superheroes?...

The Lonely Island Movie Has A New Title And Poster By Jack Giroux/March 1, 2016 5:30 am EST The Lonely Island movie was originally titled Top Secret Untitled Lonely Island Movie, but unfortunately, that title for this summer’s comedy is no more. Produced by Judd Adapatow (Trainwreck) and directed by Lonely Island members Jorma Taccone (MacGruber) and Akiva Schaffer (Hot Rod), the film has gained a new title and poster....

Watch Four ‘Finding Dory’ Clips, Plus Some Behind The Scenes Recording & Animation Footage By Ethan Anderton/June 13, 2016 11:30 am EST This week brings Pixar Animation’s anticipated sequel Finding Dory, the follow-up to the animation studio’s 2003 hit undersea adventure Finding Nemo. The early buzz on the film is that while it treads the same water that the first film covered, it’s still an outstanding sequel and will get the water works flowing from your eyes....

‘Aloha’ Trailer: Cameron Crowe’s Latest Features Bradley Cooper And Emma Stone By Germain Lussier/Feb. 11, 2015 4:36 pm EST Cameron Crowe’s latest film, Aloha, now has a trailer. It’s been a film somewhat shrouded in mystery. The project didn’t have a title for a long time, then was delayed, but now many questions about the film have been answered.Aloha opens May 29. It stars Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams, Emma Stone, Danny McBride, John Krasinski, Alec Baldwin and Bill Murray....

‘Big Game’ UK Trailer: A Young Hunter Helps Out The POTUS By Russ Fischer/Feb. 12, 2015 10:00 am EST Here’s a second trailer, this time out of the UK, for the thriller Big Game, in which Samuel L. Jackson plays the President of the United States, who is lost in the wilderness when Air Force One is attacked. Fortunately, a young hunter is also out in the woods, and the two work together to keep the POTUS alive....

‘Deadpool 2’ Officially Confirmed; Tim Miller Returning To Direct By Angie Han/April 14, 2016 3:00 pm EST No surprise, then, that 20th Century Fox are eager to stay on the good side of the Merc with a Mouth. At CinemaCon today, the studio officially confirmed what we already basically knew: that a Deadpool 2 is on the way. The first Deadpool took years of negotiation and on-again, off-again development to get off the ground....

‘Eddie The Eagle’ International Trailer: Taron Egerton Is The Ultimate Underdog By Angie Han/Dec. 15, 2015 8:30 am EST Taron Egerton had a big 2015, bursting onto the scene with Kingsman: The Secret Service and following up with appearances in Testament of Youth and Legend. Next year he’ll hope to continue his winning streak by going on the ultimate losing streak, playing British ski jumper Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards in a biopic....

‘Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them’ Stars Hint At Appearances From Characters You Already Know By Jacob Hall/April 19, 2016 12:00 pm EST The latest trailer for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them didn’t feature many specific plot details and it didn’t properly introduce the majority of the cast. What it did do was start to build the connections between J.K. Rowling’s latest foray into her beloved Wizarding World and the Harry Potter movies, using familiar imagery, music, and names to let the more casual folks in the audience know that this movie exists in the same universe as Severus Snape and Hermione Granger....

‘Flaked’ Trailer: Netflix Really Loves Will Arnett By Angie Han/Feb. 11, 2016 11:30 am EST Despite a long string of recurring roles and short-lived sitcoms, Will Arnett is still best known to TV viewers as Gob Bluth, the oblivious blowhard from Arrested Development. And that persona has served him well. It made him the perfect choice to play the self-absorbed Batman in The Lego Movie, and the douchey Vernon Fenwick in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 6 Poster: Guess Who’s Back? By Angie Han/Nov. 23, 2015 9:00 am EST HBO has dropped the first Game of Thrones Season 6 poster, and it confirms two things we’ve long suspected. One is that the show will return in April, as it usually does. No big surprise there. The other is that a certain someone will be back, in some way, shape, or form. Feast your eyes on the Game of Thrones Season 6 poster after the jump....

‘It Follows’ US Trailer: A Good Look At One Of 2014’s Best Scares By Russ Fischer/Dec. 26, 2014 4:00 pm EST I really liked the horror film It Follows at Fantastic Fest. The movie is a John Carpenter-influenced vision of the lingering effects of sex and trauma (and of the shift from adolescence to adulthood that sex brings) that is powerfully cinematic, and built on an ever-intensifying sense of dread rather than jump scares....

‘Jurassic World’ Sets Record For Fastest Race To $1 Billion By Angie Han/June 23, 2015 5:00 am EST Jurassic World truly is the Indominus rex of the box office. After snatching the U.S. opening box office crown away from The Avengers last weekend, Jurassic World has just beat fellow Universal sequel Furious 7 to become the fastest film to ever hit the $1 billion mark. More details about the Jurassic World billion dollar box office take after the jump....

‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Cast Adds A Lobby Boy And A Soap Opera Star By Ethan Anderton/April 16, 2016 9:00 am EST Just this past week, Michael Keaton was said to be in early talks to potentially play the villain of the forthcoming Spider-Man: Homecoming. The film will be yet another reboot of the comic book franchise, but this time the new version of the webslinger is one who will be part of the Marvel cinematic universe....

‘The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies’ Battle Is 45 Minutes Long; See Battle Plans By Russ Fischer/Oct. 24, 2014 4:30 pm EST Peter Jackson doesn’t shy away from the idea of making epic-length stories, and of creating conflicts within them that match the overall scope of his Middle-Earth films. The Lord of the Rings films are known for absolutely massive battles, but the final Hobbit film, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is the only one which actually features the word “battle” in its title....

‘The Purge: Election Year’ Trailer: Politics Is The Deadliest Game Of Them All By Jacob Hall/Feb. 10, 2016 9:00 am EST Writer/director James DeMonaco’s The Purge movies have never been shy about melding politics and horror. The series’ creepy, Twilight Zone-esque elevator pitch – a near-future America legalizes all crime for one night every year – has been a vehicle to examine how corrupt systems favor the wealthy and powerful while literally leaving the poor and the helpless out on the streets....

‘Three Days Of The Condor’ TV Series Will Try To Predict Future World Events By Peter Sciretta/June 26, 2015 12:00 pm EST In March it was reported that Skydance Productions would be making a Three Days Of The Condor TV series, based on Sydney Pollack’s 1975 film. The original movie starred Robert Redford as a low-level CIA analyst who must find answers while dodging pursuers after his entire office cohort is murdered while he’s out at lunch....

‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ Reveals Decepticon Barricade Back In Black (And White) By Ethan Anderton/June 11, 2016 1:00 pm EST After revealing the sleek new look for Bumblebee’s vehicle form in Transformers: The Last Knight, director Michael Bay has added the return of a fan favorite Decepticon to the roster of robots. The Decepticon Barricade has been confirmed to return for the fifth film in the franchise, and following the suit of Bumblbee’s new vehicle form as a customized 2016 Camaro, the villain’s new vehicle form is an updated Ford Mustang Saleen....

‘War Dogs’ Trailer: Miles Teller And Jonah Hill Run Some Guns For Todd Phillips By Angie Han/March 24, 2016 1:34 pm EST Miles Teller’s had a bit of bad luck lately. Fantastic Four was an epic flop, The Divergent Series: Allegiant inspired thinkpieces about the death of YA, and the long-delayed Get a Job looks poised to sink without a trace this weekend. Fortunately, his next new film looks like it could get him back on the right track....

Aaron Sorkin Will Make His Directorial Debut With ‘Molly’s Game’ By Angie Han/Jan. 8, 2016 4:00 pm EST Aaron Sorkin is the rare screenwriter whose work is as instantly recognizable as any auteur director’s. Steve Jobs was described as an Aaron Sorkin movie just as often, if not more, as it was a Danny Boyle movie. The distinct rat-a-tat patter of his dialogue has also been heard in films by the likes of David Fincher (The Social Network) and Mike Nichols (Charlie Wilson’s War)....