‘Assassin’s Creed’ Trailer: Can Michael Fassbender Save The Video Game Movie? By Jacob Hall/May 11, 2016 9:07 pm EST It’s about time somebody made a genuinely good movie based on a video game, so why not Michael Fassbender and director Justin Kurzel? And if there’s going to be a good movie based on a video game, why not the Assassin’s Creed series, which has had its fair share of fantastic entries?...
‘Bridge Of Spies’ Reduces A Murky Gray World To Black And White [NYFF Review] By Angie Han/Oct. 5, 2015 11:00 am EST The film doesn’t really explore that ambivalence, though. Bridge of Spies is more interested in telling a tale of crystal-clear heroism, which would be fine if it weren’t so disinterested in digging into the murky atmosphere surrounding it. Instead it feels disappointingly thin, even as it does a great job of demonstrating that James B....
‘Dirty Grandpa’ Red Band Trailer: Zac Efron Does The Macarena, Robert De Niro Is Horny By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 19, 2015 9:30 am EST Old men saying inappropriate things and college girls saying overtly sexual remarks back to them is always hilarious, right? That’s what Lionsgate seems to think with the Dirty Grandpa red-band trailer, which shows off the R-rated side of this road trip comedy. Zac Efron is about to get married, but since his grandmother just passed away, he’s helping out his grandfather (Robert De Niro) by driving him down to Florida....
‘Life, Animated’ Trailer: How Disney Movies Helped One Kid Cope With Autism By Ethan Anderton/June 13, 2016 12:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Almost everyone has memories of growing up watching Disney movies. Whether it was in theaters or on VHS, the animated movies of Walt Disney Pictures have touched billions. But for one young man, they helped him cope with autism and connect to a world that he struggled to understand....
‘Nine Lives’ Trailer: Kevin Spacey Becomes A Cat And This Isn’t A Disney Channel Movie? By Ethan Anderton/April 15, 2016 12:30 pm EST At a time when movie theaters are dominated by comic book movies, sequels, reboots and more stories with established intellectual property, having an original comedy sounds like the perfect remedy. Unfortunately, one of the original comedies coming out this year is Nine Lives, a movie about a neglectful, workaholic father (Kevin Spacey) who will learn how to reconnect with his family after he ends up being trapped in the body of a cat....
‘Paradox’ Trailer: In Which Time Travel Once Again Goes Spectacularly Wrong For Everyone By Jacob Hall/Feb. 12, 2016 4:00 am EST It’s probably a good thing that time travel doesn’t exist in the real world because we’d all be dead by now. Well, dead or vanished into thin air, Back to the Future-style. As cinema has shown us, nothing good has ever come from galavanting across the timeline. If your parents aren’t trying to get in your pants, you’re creating horrifying alternate futures by stepping on butterflies or getting gunned down in airport terminals in front of your younger self....
‘The Simpsons’ Loses Harry Shearer, The Voice Actor Behind Mr. Burns And Ned Flanders By Angie Han/May 14, 2015 7:44 am EST But just because Shearer is exiting, doesn’t necessarily mean his characters are going with him. Find out more about The Simpsons Harry Shearer exit after the jump, including what the show’s post-Shearer plans are, after the jump. Shearer announced his departure from The Simpsons on Twitter. from James L....
‘Underdogs’ US Trailer: Foosball Players Come Alive To Save A Town By Russ Fischer/Jan. 21, 2015 5:00 am EST Director Juan Jose Campanella (The Secret in Their Eyes) made an animated foosball movie a couple years ago, called variously Metegol and Foosball, and The Weinstein Company will release the movie in the US this spring under the title Underdogs. Along with giving the film that new title, the Weinsteins have dubbed the movie with an English-language voice cast that includes Matthew Morrison (Glee), Ariana Grande, Nicolas Hoult (X-Men: Days of Future Past), Bell Thorne (Blended), Katie Holmes (Batman Begins) and John Leguizamo....
Aaron Sorkin Didn’t Go Soft With ‘Steve Jobs’ Ending By Jack Giroux/Nov. 10, 2015 2:30 pm EST Aaron Sorkin is a little bit of a softie. Moneyball, Studio 6o on Sunset Strip, and Steve Jobs aren’t without heartwarming moments. In fact, in the case of Sorkin’s latest, some audiences and critics have taken issue with how soft the film goes in the final minutes. But Sorkin defends the ending. Read his comments on the Steve Jobs ending after the jump....
Adam Sandler Will Write, Produce, And Star In Another Animated Movie By Jack Giroux/May 24, 2016 3:00 pm EST Adam Sandler’s last two animated features, Hotel Transylvania and its sequel, made over $825M combined at the worldwide box-office. They’re his two most financially successful films of the past decade. Sandler’s Happy Maddison Productions, founded in 1999, weren’t involved in the Hotel Transylvania pictures, but the actor and his production company are now working on a new animated feature for STX Entertainment....
Chan-Wook Park To Direct Body-Swapping Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Second Born’ By Angie Han/Nov. 14, 2014 9:00 am EST Following his English-language debut Stoker, Chan-wook Park is prepping another English-language film. The South Korean filmmaker is set to direct and develop Second Born, a twisted sci-fi thriller written by David Jagernauth. Hit the jump for more on the Chan wook Park Second Born project. It sounds right up Park’s alley in that it seems dark, strange, and twisted, but it also marks some new territory for him since he hasn’t done much sci-fi....
Harry Shearer Returning To ‘The Simpsons’ By Angie Han/July 7, 2015 11:30 am EST Back in May, Shearer took to Twitter to announce his exit from The Simpsons. Shearer’s leaving was a huge blow to the show and its fans. He has been with The Simpsons since the very beginning, and voices many of Springfield’s most prominent citizens. However, EW now reports that Simpson has agreed to sign the same contract as the rest of the show’s primary voice cast, which consists of Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, and Hank Azaria....
Hear Three New Alan Menken Songs In Video Clips From The Tangled Musical By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 12, 2015 3:00 pm EST In April, we told you that Disney would be producing a stage production of Tangled for their Disney Cruise ships. Tangled: The Musical premiered onboard the Disney Magic this month, and now we have video footage of the hour-long musical’s three new songs composed by Beauty and the Beast/Aladdin composer Alan Menken....
Henry Cavill Says ‘Batman V Superman’ Isn’t A ‘Man Of Steel’ Sequel By Angie Han/July 7, 2015 7:30 am EST 2013’s Man of Steel did well enough that a Man of Steel 2 seemed like a sure bet. Instead, Warner Bros. zagged by announcing that Superman’s next outing wouldn’t be a Superman sequel, but the superhero team-up Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Which is all well and good, but does that Superman is done flying solo?...
How Indominus Rex Was Created For ‘Jurassic World’ By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 21, 2015 5:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. This week brings Jurassic World, the biggest movie of the year so far, to Blu-Ray and DVD, so fans can get all the new dinosaur madness they can handle from the comfort of their homes. And they can also dive behind the scenes of the making of the massive blockbuster that has reinvigorated the franchise started by Steven Spielberg in 1993....
How Many LEGO Bricks Would It Take To Build The Millennium Falcon And Other Sci-Fi Staples? [Infographic] By Ethan Anderton/March 9, 2016 9:45 am EST If you keep up regularly with /Film, then you know we’re pretty big LEGO fans, especially when it comes to sets that are inspired by our favorite movies and TV shows. Whether it’s official sets like the forthcoming Echo Base playset from The Empire Strikes Back or custom sets like this transforming Optimus Prime set....
Mark Ruffalo Wants Hulk And Bruce Banner To Get A Divorce By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 25, 2015 11:00 am EST Just recently it was confirmed that the next time we’ll see The Incredible Hulk will be in Thor: Ragnarok, the third film in the God of Thunder’s own film franchise from Marvel Studios. It will mark the first time we see Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner and the big guy outside of The Avengers franchise, but we’re not entirely sure what role he’ll have in the sequel’s story....
Martin Scorsese’s ‘Vinyl’ Drops On HBO In February By Angie Han/Oct. 29, 2015 10:30 am EST Martin Scorsese’s latest project is coming to a small screen near you. HBO has announced a 2016 premiere date for Vinyl, the retro sex-drugs-rock-n’-roll drama from Scorsese, Mick Jagger, Boardwalk Empire’s Terence Winter. In addition, the network has also slotted return dates for Girls and Togetherness. Get Vinyl premiere date details and more after the jump....
Michael Mann Plans Enzo Ferrari Biopic As Next Film By Angie Han/April 15, 2015 8:45 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. More on the Michael Mann Ferrari movie after the jump. According to Variety, Mann and Cecchi Gori Media are in the final stages of development on the Ferrari movie. “We are talking to financiers and have some early commitments,” reported CCM chief executive Niels Juul....
Siegfried & Roy Biopic In The Works From Philipp Stölzl; Justin Chadwick To Direct Johnnie Cochran Movie By Jack Giroux/June 28, 2016 7:00 am EST We’ve got news of not one but two exciting upcoming biopics. O.J. Simpson lawyer Johnnie Cochran and magicians Siegfried & Roy are getting their own movies. Although Courtney B. Vance most recently portrayed the late Cochran in FX’s thoroughly entertaining The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story, the Cochran biopic, which will star Anthony Mackie, won’t focus on the O....
