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New Line To Remake New Zealand Thriller ‘Housebound’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 11, 2015 2:00 pm EST But the film didn’t get the distribution it deserved, even with Peter Jackson’s name attached as an endorsement. Now Jackson has helped bring the film to the attention of New Line, which has picked up the Housebound remake rights. THR says that original writer/director Gerard Johnstone will act as producer for the remake, but that another director will actually call the shots on the remake....

POTD: ‘Star Wars: A New Hope’ Retold Entirely In An Impressive, Intricate Infographic By Ethan Anderton/May 24, 2016 6:30 am EST If you’re a hardcore Star Wars fan, there’s probably no way of knowing how many times you’ve seen the original film from 1977. However, we can guarantee that you’ve never seen the movie like this. An illustrator and graphic novelist from Geneva, Switzerland took the time to adapt Star Wars: A New Hope into a single infographic that measures 123 meters long....

Superhero Bits: Avengers Age Of Ultron, Agents Of SHIELD, Daredevil, Iron Man, Guardians Of The Galaxy By Germain Lussier/March 20, 2015 5:00 pm EST Want to see a few new shots in an Avengers: Age of Ultron TV spot? What could be the overall arc of Marvel Studio’s Phase Three? Who is playing the latest Inhuman on Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D? How is Daredevil changing his outfit in the comics? Would Kenneth Branagh come back to direct Thor: Ragnarok?...

Superhero Bits: Captain America: Civil War, Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice, Ant-Man, Lucifer, Supergirl By Angie Han/June 12, 2015 5:00 pm EST Is Captain America: White finally headed to stores? How does Dean Cain feel about playing Supergirl’s dad? Who do Mark Ruffalo and Jon Stewart think would win in a fight, Hulk or Superman? Will Lego have an exclusive Ultron set at Comic-Con? What’s that six-minute Ant-Man IMAX preview all about?...

The ‘Naked Gun’ Remake May Be In A Different Comedy Style From The Original By Russ Fischer/March 12, 2015 1:30 pm EST There’s a new version of The Naked Gun on the way, because of course there is. The remake will star Ed Helms and at this point that’s all we really know about it. We hope it is fairly different from the original films, because otherwise what’s the point? But if David Zucker, director of the original, is being straight in a new interview, the Naked Gun remake may be considerably different....

The Ones Who Knock S2E10 - Klick By David Chen/April 19, 2016 8:36 pm EST In this episode, David, Michael, and Joanna Robinson discuss Better Call Saul’s season 2 finale, “Klick.” E-mail us and let us know what you thought of the episode, as well as of the podcast, at theoneswhoknock@gmail.com. You can find every episode of the show at bettercallsaul.audio. If you like the show, feel free to leave us a review on iTunes!...

VOTD: ‘Cinderella’ VFX Breakdown Shows Off Incredible Landscapes & Digital Creatures By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 25, 2016 6:00 am EST Even though a movie like Disney’s live-action remake of Cinderella will get far more attention for its costume design (which earned the film an Oscar nomination) than its visual effects, that doesn’t mean there wasn’t still some impressive work done on the fairytale remake. The visual effects company MPC has just unveiled a Cinderella visual effects reel, showing off the incredible, detailed landscapes that make up the kingdom at the center of the story as well as the digital animals and their transformation....

WGN Has Ordered A ‘Scalped’ Pilot And This Could Be Your New Favorite Show By Jacob Hall/March 7, 2016 11:30 am EST Comic books rule television right now. And I’m not just talking about The CW, who have found such incredibles success with Arrow, The Flash, and Legends of Tomorrow, or CBS, whose Supergirl has received such a warm response. There are days where it’s easy to forget the The Walking Dead, the most popular show on TV and a genuine phenomenon, began its existence as a comic series....

William Friedkin Developing Don Winslow’s ‘The Winter Of Frankie Machine’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 7, 2015 4:00 pm EST It’s a thrill to see William Friedkin developing new projects. He’s got his hands in a TV show based on his own film To Live and Die in L.A., and now he’s moving forward with a film based on Don Winslow’s novel The Winter of Frankie Machine, about a retired mob killer with a new life as a low-key seaside entrepreneur who is drawn back into mob violence....

‘Ant-Man’ International Trailer Has Loads Of New Footage By Russ Fischer/June 26, 2015 5:38 pm EST Ant-Man reactions are out in the wild after the first screenings took place this week. Most audiences can’t see the film for a couple more weeks, however, so how about a long new Ant-Man international trailer to ease the wait? This one has quite a lot of new footage, including some hero-on-villain battle action, and also a less-heroic moment in which Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) is canned from his job at Baskin-Robbins....

‘Justified’ Season 6 Trailer Teases A Fiery Showdown By Angie Han/Nov. 12, 2014 7:04 am EST Next spring, Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) will finally hang up his hat as FX’s Justified draws to a close after six seasons. But we’re not quite there yet, and he’s got some serious business to attend to first. FX has just released a new Justified Season 6 trailer teasing the impending showdown between Raylan and Boyd Crowder (Walton Goggins), as well as the involvement of Ava Crowder (Joelle Carter) in same....

‘Manson Family Vacation’ Trailer: Everybody Freaks Out When You Bring Up Charles Manson By Russ Fischer/Sept. 22, 2015 11:00 am EST In Manson Family Vacation, Jay Duplass plays a Los Angeles family man whose life is upended when his burnout brother Conrad, played by Linas Phillips, shows up on his doorstep. Conrad doesn’t just want to chill on the couch, however. He’s fascinated with the story of Charles Manson, and wants to do a tour through the LA landmarks that play a part in the horrible story of Manson and the murders committed in his name....

‘Sicario’ Trailer: Emily Blunt Leads Denis Villeneuve’s Brutal Thriller By Angie Han/June 18, 2015 10:15 am EST Who would have guessed, when Emily Blunt first broke through as Meryl Streep’s snobby assistant in The Devil Wears Prada, that she’d go on to have a career as a badass action hero? Yet here we are with Looper and Edge of Tomorrow and now Sicario, the latter of which promises to be her darkest turn yet....

‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Adds A Howling Commando (But Not As A Howling Commando) By Angie Han/June 10, 2016 12:00 pm EST Tom Holland’s Spider-Man will be crossing paths with one of Captain America’s old war buddies… only he won’t be one of Captain America’s old war buddies anymore. Kenneth Choi, who played Howling Commando Jim Morita in Captain America: The First Avenger, has joined Spider-Man: Homecoming in a separate and apparently unrelated role....

‘The Walking Dead’ Season 6 To Use Digital Effects For More Decayed Zombies By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 6, 2015 12:00 pm EST Easily one of the coolest things about The Walking Dead, besides Daryl Dixon, is the extraordinary make-up effects used to make the zombies look that much more horrifying. The AMC series has the best make-up effects you’ll see on television, and it even rivals some work being done on the big screen, despite having a lower TV budget at its disposal....

Ali Larter Confirmed To Return To The ‘Resident Evil’ Series By Russ Fischer/Aug. 3, 2015 4:30 pm EST The Resident Evil series is preparing to shoot its final installment now, under the direction of returning filmmaker Paul W.S. Anderson, with Milla Jovovich once again in the lead role. Now we know that another player from older chapters of the series is returning, as Ali Larter has been confirmed to reprise her role as Claire Redfield in the upcoming sixth film, tentatively titled Resident Evil: The Final Chapter....

Cool Stuff: Matt Taylor’s ‘Back To The Future 2’ Posters From Mondo By Germain Lussier/April 1, 2015 3:00 pm EST Mondo has already done two awesome Back to the Future poster trilogies and now it seems they’re on their way to a trilogy of them. There was Phantom City Creative, Laurent Durieux and now Matt Taylor is adding a Back to the Future Part II poster onto his beautiful poster for part 1....

Experience ‘Feast’ Director Patrick Osborne’s New Animated Short ‘Pearl By Peter Sciretta/May 26, 2016 1:00 pm EST One of my favorite Disney Animated films of all time is Patrick Osborne’s short film Feast, which was released theatrically in front of Big Hero 6 and won an Academy Award. Well Osborne has already released his follow-up, although most people haven’t seen it yet because he created it for Virtual Reality. But thanks to Google 360, you can now watch it online in any browser, although you still can rotate the video around to look in any direction....

First Look: Sandra Bullock’s ‘Minions’ Character Scarlet Overkill By Russ Fischer/Feb. 2, 2015 10:30 am EST The term “America’s Sweetheart” is too reductive to apply to someone like Sandra Bullock, but there’s no question that we see Bullock as a positive figure, even a hero. But she voices a villain in Minions, the film spun off from the Despicable Me franchise. We’ll see a trailer for the film tomorrow. For now, get your first look at Scarlet Overkill, the Sandra Bullock Minions character, along with some info about the role she plays....

Joe Hill’s ‘NOS4A2’ Will Drain The Souls Of Your Children On AMC By Jacob Hall/Dec. 9, 2015 10:30 am EST AMC is really doubling down on the “gruesome horror adaptation” thing. With The Walking Dead still shambling along and the adaptation of the sure-to-be-controversial Preacher waiting in the wings, the network has decided to adapt Joe Hill’s excellent novel NOS4A2 into a series. That is one hell of a horror trifecta right there – nothing says AMC like flesh-eating carnage, blasphemous comic book adaptations, and shows about immortal creeps stealing the souls of innocent children....