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Superhero Bits: The Joker’s Tattoos, How Daredevil Messed Up A Han Solo Audition & More By Ethan Anderton/June 16, 2016 5:00 pm EST Which new characters are coming to DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Arrow? What does David Ayer have to say about The Joker’s tattoos in Suicide Squad? Which side would Thor take in Civil War according to Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi? How did Daredevil screw up another big audition for star Charlie Cox?...

VOTD: Kevin Smith Directs Stan Lee Directing Kevin Smith In ‘Cameo School’ By Germain Lussier/April 28, 2015 8:50 am EST Let’s be honest. When you think of cameos in movies today, you think of Stan Lee. The Marvel legend obviously didn’t invent the cameo, but he’s made it his own over the past twenty years in everything from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to the Spider-Man films, X-Men films and even Mallrats....

Watch A Video Essay Explain: What Makes A Sequel Good? By Ethan Anderton/July 17, 2015 5:00 am EST Since it’s summer, we’ve seen our fair share of sequels from The Avengers: Age of Ultron to Terminator: Genisys to Magic Mike XXL and the pseudo-reboot Jurassic World. Audiences have varying opinions on these sequels, sometime saying they’re not as good as the predecessor, others saying that they’re missing something. But what?...

‘Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice’ Early Buzz Mixed-To-Positive, Box Office Tracking About Where You’d Expect By Jacob Hall/March 3, 2016 1:30 pm EST I’ve written many words about how the marketing for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has pulled me in every direction. Buy me a drink and I’ll quietly explain to you in excruciating detail why I really dig Man of Steel while entirely understanding why so many others loathe it....

‘Before I Go To Sleep’ Trailer: Nicole Kidman Has A Memory Problem By Russ Fischer/Oct. 7, 2014 3:15 pm EST In the thriller Before I Go to Sleep, a conceit a bit like the one at the heart of Memento is in play. Specifically, Nicole Kidman plays a woman recovering from a severe trauma, who experiences total amnesia upon waking each morning. Anything she learns during the day goes away at night, including the identities of her husband (Colin Firth) and her doctor (Mark Strong) and all the details of the accident that took her memory....

‘Daft Punk Unchained’ Trailer: A Documentary About The Electronic Music Duo By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 27, 2015 6:00 am EST Few musicians are as equally mysterious and revered as Daft Punk, the electronic music duo which consists of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter, both always concealed by sleek suits and helmets at every public performance. And now a feature length film is on the way called Daft Punk Unchained, touted as the first ever documentary about the electro duo responsible for such feats of musical genius as the TRON Legacy soundtrack, the album Human After All, and the more recent radio hit “Get Lucky,” featuring super producer and singer Pharrell Williams....

‘Deadpool’ Is One Year Away And Ryan Reynolds Offers A Tease By Germain Lussier/Feb. 12, 2015 8:30 am EST This Valentine’s Day weekend, you can choose between BDSM and spies. Next year, it’s a wisecracking superhero in a skin tight costume. Deadpool, directed by Tim Miller and based on the ultra popular mutant Marvel character, hits theaters one year from Thursday, February 12, 2016. Ryan Reynolds will play the character, a deadly assassin with superhuman healing abilities and a penchant for breaking the fourth wall....

By Russ Fischer/Feb. 17, 2015 2:30 pm EST Ron Howard’s film Inferno, which is his third adaptation of a Dan Brown novel following The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, has been formally announced by Sony. With that announcement comes the supporting cast lineup, and Felicity Jones (previously reported), Irrfan Khan, Omar Sy, and Sidse Babett Knudsen are all confirmed for roles in the latest Robert Langdon thriller. Tom Hanks will once again play Langdon, and you can see images of them all, and get a bit more info on the Inferno cast, below....

‘Last Days In The Desert’ Trailer: Ewan McGregor Is Jesus And The Devil By Angie Han/March 24, 2016 12:00 pm EST Ewan McGregor’s already had one movie out this year, the little-seen Jane Got a Gun, and he’s got another out next weekend, the Miles Davis biopic Miles Ahead. But if you still can’t get enough of the Scottish actor, you may want to keep an eye out for Rodrigo Garcia’s Last Days in the Desert....

‘Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children’ Trailer: Tim Burton Returns With More Lovable Oddballs By Angie Han/March 15, 2016 6:30 am EST Tim Burton’s Wonderland is in the hands of James Bobin now, but that’s okay because he’s been busy constructing a different fantasy getaway. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children reunites him with Eva Green, the best part of his otherwise disappointing Dark Shadows, while Asa Butterfield (who already looks like a Tim Burton character come to life) plays the young hero in this adaptation of Ransom Riggs’ hit novel....

‘Night Of The Living Dead’ Origin Movie Is Still Happening By Russ Fischer/Jan. 27, 2015 8:30 am EST The latest exploitation of Night of the Living Dead is still alive. This project is called Origins, and actually comes from Cameron Romero, son of Dead creator George Romero. The film, which Cameron Romero will direct, is, as the title implies, a Night of the Living Dead prequel, exploring the origins of the situation seen in that original Romero film....

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2’ Clip Shows The Turtle Truck’s Weapons, Plus See Shredder’s New Look By Ethan Anderton/March 15, 2016 4:00 pm EST This summer, the heroes in a half shell are back in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, and the fan service for the sequel seems to be off the charts. The first trailer introduced us to Rocksteady and Bebop and the Super Bowl spot revealed Krang....

‘The Big Short’ Trailer: Christian Bale, Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, And Steve Carell Bet Against The Banks By Angie Han/Sept. 22, 2015 6:30 am EST Star-studded ensemble prestige dramas might be to the fall season what superhero movies are to the summer one. Following Black Mass and ahead of The Martian comes the first trailer for The Big Short, starring Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Brad Pitt, and Ryan Gosling as four men who bet against the banks ahead of the 2008 financial crisis....

‘Warcraft’ Featurette: Bringing The Fantasy Video Game World To Life By Ethan Anderton/May 24, 2016 12:30 pm EST This summer Universal Pictures and Legendary are taking a pretty big gamble on the video game Warcraft by turning it into a feature film. While the massive, multiplayer online role-playing game is extremely popular, it also has a niche audience. That audience also happens to be very dedicated to the Warcraft mythology, and they might not like seeing how certain characters, settings and more are handles in the movie from director Duncan Jones....

‘Yucatan’ Being Developed From Steve McQueen Treatment Into Robert Downey Jr. Adventure By Russ Fischer/Nov. 21, 2014 6:00 am EST In the late ’60s, when Steve McQueen (the actor, not the current director) was one of the biggest stars in the world, McQueen outlined a treatment for an action/adventure movie. “Outlined” may be too simple a word; in fact, there’s a 1700-page document from McQueen setting up the film. Now that outline is being turned into a script by Terry Rossio (Pirates of the Caribbean) called Yucatan, which is now a potential starring vehicle for Robert Downey, Jr....

2016 Directors Guild Nominations Include George Miller, Adam McKay & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 12, 2016 12:30 pm EST The Golden Globes have come and gone, but we’re still in the full swing of awards season. Last week brought the nominations for the Writers Guild Awards, the BAFTAs across the pond, and the Producers Guild Awards. Now it’s the Directors Guild of America Awards chiming in with their annual nominees, and while fans of Mad Max: Fury Road will be happy, those who enjoyed Carol will not....

Eli Roth Is The Latest Director To Grant Bruce Willis’ ‘Death Wish’ By Jacob Hall/June 20, 2016 1:00 pm EST It’s been a rough road for Paramount’s upcoming remake of Death Wish, which been the subject of a few behind-the-scenes creative clashes. The project was first announced in 2012 with director Joe Carnahan at the helm, but Carnahan departed a year later over those dreaded “creative differences,” which may or may have involved the director wanting Frank Grillo in the lead role and the studio insisting on Bruce Willis....

First Key And Peele Movie Is ‘Keanu,’ About A Stolen Cat By Russ Fischer/Oct. 20, 2014 11:30 am EST Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele have been so successful on television that they have multiple films in development. There’s a thing with Judd Apatow, a possible Police Academy reboot, and a film based on their Key & Peele character Mr. Garvey from the ‘Substitute Teacher’ sketch. Now they’ve got a film set up at New Line which will shoot by next spring....

Here’s The Guy Nicolas Cage Is Playing In The Osama Bin Laden Satire ‘Army Of One’ [Video] By Angie Han/Jan. 21, 2015 3:00 pm EST Earlier today, we reported that Nicolas Cage had signed on for Army of One, about an American construction worker who took it upon himself to hunt down Osama bin Laden. The Larry Charles-directed satire is based on an extensive 2010 profile of Larry Faulkner from GQ, but Faulkner came to the attention of the media months before that piece ever ran....

J.K. Rowling Play ‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ To Be Released In Two Parts By Angie Han/Sept. 25, 2015 9:00 am EST Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows kicked off a whole wave of two-part YA series finales, and now that trend has come all the way back around to the franchise that started it. J.K. Rowling has announced that her upcoming play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will be split into two parts, because the story is just too “epic” to fit into one....