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‘Beetlejuice 2’ Update: Tim Burton Says “Nothing Is Concrete Yet” By Jack Giroux/May 10, 2016 2:30 pm EST We’ve been hearing bits and pieces of news regarding Beetlejuice 2 for a few years now. Back in 2012, director Tim Burton was waiting to see how Seth Grahame-Smith (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) and David Katzenberg’s script turned out, saying he’d keep an “open mind” about directing the sequel. The director’s interest in the project has significantly risen over the years, but he still has some understandable reservations about making the film....

‘Ghost In The Shell’ Displays Some Good Taste, Casts Takeshi Kitano In Major Role By Jacob Hall/March 3, 2016 4:00 pm EST Ghost in the Shell stepped in a giant pile of crap the moment it announced that Scarlett Johansson would star in the upcoming American adaptation of the beloved Japanese manga. After all, Hollywood whitewashing is alive and well and still incredibly ugly, so the reaction to the very Caucasian Johansson taking on a character named Motoko Kusanagi in the source material was rightfully (and righteously) brutal....

‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ Extended Trailer: Nearly Five Minutes Of Alien Mayhem By Ethan Anderton/May 23, 2016 8:00 am EST With just over a month until the aliens come back to finish the job in Independence Day: Resurgence, a new extended trailer gives us our longest look at the blockbuster sequel yet. A bunch of new footage combined with what we’ve seen in the previous trailers gives us our best glimpse yet at the story, characters and pure destruction awaiting us this summer....

By Russ Fischer/Dec. 5, 2014 2:00 pm EST Sex, drugs–and classical music–what happens behind the curtains at the symphony can be just as captivating as what happens on stage. Created by Paul Weitz (About A Boy), Roman Coppola (The Darjeeling Limited), Jason Schwartzman (Moonrise Kingdom) and Alex Timbers (Peter and the Starcatcher).

‘Pete’s Dragon’ Trailer: There’s Magic In The Woods If You Know Where To Look By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 1, 2016 9:00 am EST It’s been a great year for Walt Disney Pictures with success in both live-action and animation. Zootopia is one of the most successful movies of the year, Finding Dory was a huge box office hit, and the live-action remake of The Jungle Book may be the best revision of their classic animated movies yet....

‘The Program’ International Trailer: Stephen Frears’ Lance Armstrong Biopic [UPDATED] By Angie Han/June 11, 2015 5:00 am EST In the wake of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal, multiple parties were racing to adapt the story for the big screen. As of now, the winner is Stephen Frears with The Program. The first international trailer has hit today, nearly two years after we got our first look. Ben Foster leads as the disgraced cyclist, and Chris O’Dowd is the journalist who begins to suspect Armstrong of cheating....

‘We Are Still Here’ Trailer: Satisfy The Darkness By Russ Fischer/Feb. 16, 2015 4:00 am EST We Are Still Here looks like a mean, constrained monster movie, as it follows a couple who move into a new home, only to find that they have stumbled into a situation that will claim their lives. The film is set to play in the Midnight lineup at SXSW in Austin, TX in March....

20th Century Fox CinemaCon 2015 Reaction Video Blog 20th Century Fox CinemaCon 2015 Video Blog Reaction By Peter Sciretta/April 24, 2015 11:44 am EST 20th Century Fox CinemaCon 2015 Reaction Video Blog

Anna Paquin’s Rogue Won’t Be In ‘Gambit’ [UPDATED] By Angie Han/Sept. 29, 2015 7:00 am EST @ComicBook Oh dear! That wasn’t a press release!!! I was asked and answered with the information that I currently have. That is all! — Anna Paquin (@AnnaPaquin) September 28, 2015 According to Anna Paquin, no. The Rogue actress has confirmed in no uncertain terms that she will not appear alongside Channing Tatum in the Gambit movie....

Clint Mansell Scoring ‘High-Rise’ By Russ Fischer/April 3, 2015 10:30 am EST Everything we’ve heard about High-Rise, the new film from Ben Wheatley, which adapts the novel by J.G. Ballard, has me dying to see this one. Tom Hiddleston and Luke Evans (above, as seen in the film) lead the cast in a story about class warfare in a high-rise apartment block. From what we’ve heard from people who saw sales footage in Berlin, this one might be totally insane....

Cool Stuff: The Force Awakens In John Keaveney’s “Rey” Print By Peter Sciretta/April 4, 2016 10:30 am EST In conjunction with the Blu Ray release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens on April 5th 2016, Bottleneck Gallery and Acme Archives have once again teamed for a brand new official print,“Rey”, by John Keaveney. See John’s beautiful Rey print featuring the likeness of actress Daisy Ridley after the jump and learn more....

Director Gary Ross Discusses How ‘Ocean’s Eight’ Is A Continuation Of The ‘Ocean’s 11’ Trilogy By Jack Giroux/June 15, 2016 7:30 am EST “We’ll break the cast right now and blow up the Internet,” director Gary Ross joked after we mentioned Ocean’s Eight to him. No, the Free State of Jones writer and director didn’t reveal to us the film’s entire ensemble cast, which has been previously reported or rumored to star Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling, and Elizabeth Banks....

Elisabeth Moss Will Star In Ruben Östlund’s Follow-Up To The Great ‘Force Majeure’ By Jack Giroux/May 19, 2016 7:30 am EST Since AMC’s Mad Men came to a satisfying conclusion, actress Elisabeth Moss has continued to work with very promising and very talented directors. She was most recently seen in Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise, an abrasive and dense piece of filmmaking, and before that she collaborated twice with writer/director Alex Ross Perry (Listen Up Phillip, Queen of the Earth)....

Neill Blomkamp Teases Photos And Concept Art From ‘Alien’ Project That Never Was By Angie Han/Jan. 2, 2015 8:02 am EST Neill Blomkamp has already given us an alien movie, but it seems he could have also given us an Alien movie. The District 9 director posted some very interesting pictures from an Alien project he was working on at one point but has since left. The trove of images include illustrations of an older Ripley and a scarred-up Hicks, concept art of a Weyland-Yutani building, a photo of a xenomorph model, and much more....

New ‘Batman V. Superman’ Photos: Lex Luthor With Hair, Gal Gadot As Diana Prince [Updated With High-Res Pics] By Ethan Anderton/July 7, 2015 9:45 am EST Comic-Con is nearly upon us, and you can bet Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Entertainment are going to bring out the big guns when they show off Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice in San Diego. Before that, the studio has released some new photos from the movie to hold fans over until the good stuff arrives next week....

No Escape Trailer: “How Far Would You Go To Protect The Ones You Love?” By Peter Sciretta/March 5, 2015 11:00 am EST The Weinstein Company have released the trailer for their international thriller No Escape. No, this isn’t the big screen adaptation of Dan Trachtenberg’s Portal: No Escape you’ve been hoping for… The story follows Owen Wilson’s family who move to Southeast Asia to suddenly find themselves in the middle of a violent political uprising, and must escape as rebels attack the city....

Steven Spielberg Cut References To “Most Of His Movies” Out Of ‘Ready Player One’ By Jack Giroux/June 22, 2016 2:30 pm EST Steven Spielberg will soon go to London to film his adaptation of Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One, which is one big, fun love letter to 1980s pop culture. Of course, you can’t discuss ’80s pop culture without mentioning Spielberg, so his name and work is mentioned throughout the book....

Superhero Bits: Mark Ruffalo Prank, Deadpool, Gotham, X-Men: Apocalypse, Spider-Gwen By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 3, 2015 5:00 pm EST Who did The Flash star Grant Gustin dress up as for Halloween. What can you learn from the set of Deadpool? How did Mark Ruffalo’s kids react when he played Jimmy Kimmel’s Halloween prank on them? Does James McAvoy still have his hair in a sneak peek of the X-Men: Apocalypse trailer? All that and more in this edition of Superhero Bits....

Watch A Preview Of The New ‘Star Wars: Rogue One’ Olympics Trailer By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 8, 2016 11:15 am EST Many fans were disappointed when a new trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story didn’t end up debuting on ABC the same weekend of Star Wars Celebration. An early description of an ABC special indicated a new trailer for the spin-off would debut on TV at that time, but it ended up just being a re-airing of the sizzle reel that debuted at the fan convention in London....

Will Christopher Nolan Ever Make Another Superhero Movie? By Germain Lussier/Oct. 31, 2014 10:00 am EST Several dozen superhero movies will be in cinemas over the next six-plus years. One of the main reasons for that crowded release calendar is Christopher Nolan. The director’s realistic, gritty take on Batman spawned a trilogy of films that won Academy Awards and grossed billions. It was proof to audiences and executives alike that superheroes can, and should, be taken seriously....