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‘Gotham’ Season 2 Casts Paul Reubens As Penguin’s Dad By Angie Han/Oct. 11, 2015 4:50 pm EST Paul Reubens is coming (back) to Gotham City. The Pee-wee Herman actor will appear in Season 2 of FOX’s Batman prequel Gotham as Penguin’s father — the same role he played 23 years earlier in Tim Burton’s Batman Returns.Robin Lord Taylor stars in Gotham as Oswald Cobblepot, a.k.a. the Penguin, and Carol Kane has a recurring role as his mother Gertrude....

‘Sicario’ Trailer: Don’t Try To Make Sense Of The Drug War By Russ Fischer/Aug. 13, 2015 2:00 pm EST This fall brings the arrival in theaters of Sicario, the latest film from Enemy and Prisoners director Denis Villeneuve, with a cast highlighted by Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, and Josh Brolin. The three play corners on a triangle of official and sometimes very unofficial players in the war between law agencies and Mexican drug cartels....

By Russ Fischer/Aug. 4, 2015 5:00 am EST Bryan Cranston exec produces (with David Shore) and guest stars, and the terrific Margo Martindale has a major role as the matriarch of con man’s new “family.” You can find the Sneaky Pete trailer below. This trailer works pretty well, too, so I’m curious to know what CBS saw — or rather didn’t see — in the series as a whole. Sure, the scenario is familiar, right down to the turn implied by this trailer, but that doesn’t mean there’s nowhere for the series to go....

‘The Force Awakens’ Cast Joins Jimmy Fallon For An A Capella Rendition Of ‘Star Wars’ Themes By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 16, 2015 8:30 am EST Even people who aren’t Star Wars fans know the iconic fanfare that begins every single movie. The same can be said for the iconic Imperial March used to signify the arrival of the Empire and Darth Vader. And now thanks to The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, his house band The Roots, and the primary cast of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, we have an awesome a capella version of those iconic themes that’s presented like the opening credits of The Brady Bunch, but a hell of a lot cooler....

‘The Girlfriend Experience’ Trailer: You Can Be Whoever You Want To Be By Jack Giroux/Nov. 4, 2015 2:30 pm EST Watch the trailer for The Girlfriend Experience after the jump. Here’s the The Girlfriend Experience trailer: All 13 episodes of The Girlfriend Experience were written and directed by co-creators Lodge Kerrigan (The Killing) and Amy Seimetz (Sun Don’t Shine). Soderbergh has directed every episode of Cinemax’s The Knick, so he probably supported the idea of Kerrigan and Seimetz handling every episode themselves....

‘We Are Still Here’ Trailer: The Darkness Is Everywhere By Russ Fischer/June 5, 2015 2:30 pm EST Riding a wave of good festival showings and positive reviews, the horror film We Are Still Here begins to hit theaters and VOD this weekend. Ted Geoghegan made the film as his directorial debut, and the story follows a couple as they attempt to put a traumatic loss behind them by moving to a nice house out in the New England countryside....

Chiwetel Ejiofor And Chris Pine Woo Margot Robbie On Post-Apocalyptic ‘Z For Zachariah’ [Sundance 2015] By Germain Lussier/Jan. 29, 2015 6:30 am EST When you think post-apocalyptic movies, you probably think about action. You think zombies, or destruction. You probably don’t conjure up water wheels, a turkey dinner, and romance. But that’s what you get with Z for Zachariah. Directed by Craig Zobel (Compliance), the film is almost an anti-post-apocalyptic movie as it’s much more concerned with human relationships than anything else going out around them....

Frank Grillo Will Purge Again In ‘The Purge 3’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 4, 2015 6:30 am EST Writer/director James DeMonaco won’t be the only one returning to purge again when The Purge 3 hits theaters next summer. The creator of the sleeper Blumhouse franchise made the first two films in the series and will make the third, and he’s bringing The Purge: Anarchy actor Frank Grillo with him. For those out of the loop, the Purge films depict a version of America slightly in the future, in which most crime and poverty has been eliminated by violent lawlessness....

Guillermo Del Toro Will Murder You To Adapt Stephen King’s ‘Pet Sematary’ By Jacob Hall/Oct. 16, 2015 1:00 pm EST Guillermo del Toro likes to talk and if you’ve ever seen him in an interview or a Q&A, you understand why everyone always shuts up and listens. He’s smart, he’s hilarious, and he’s a natural raconteur. He has great taste and won’t hesitate to talk about superheroes, monsters, theme park attractions, ghost stories, and 19th century romantic literature....

Jason Reitman To Write And Direct ‘Beekle’ For DreamWorks Animation By Germain Lussier/May 27, 2015 1:45 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The co-presidents of DreamWorks animation, Bonnie Arnold and Mireille Soria, said this about Reitman and the project: That’s the good news. The bad news is adapting an animated film takes at least 3 times as long as a live-action feature. So while Reitman will surely start working on Beekle soon, we’ll be lucky to see it on the big screen before the end of the decade....

Kate Winslet Could Join Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs Biopic By Germain Lussier/Dec. 19, 2014 4:30 pm EST And now, an update on the Aaron Sorkin/Danny Boyle Steve Jobs film that doesn’t come from a leaked e-mail. After Jessica Chastain and Natalie Portman passed on a role, it seems Oscar winner Kate Winslet is the latest actress up for the female lead in the film. She’d star opposite Michael Fassbender as Jobs, Seth Rogen as Steve Wozniak and Jeff Daniels as John Sculley....

Listen: James Gunn Reveals ‘Awesome Mix Volume 0’ From ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 19, 2014 11:30 am EST Awesome Mix Volume 1 did quite well for the Guardians of the Galaxy. Not only did it inspire the team on screen, it inspired tons of sales off screen, becoming the first soundtrack filled only with catalog songs to hit #1 on the Billboard charts. Volume 2 popped on quickly at the end of the film, too....

Matthew Vaughn Negotiating To Direct ‘Flash Gordon’ By Russ Fischer/April 15, 2015 9:40 am EST The original 1934 Flash Gordon comic strip, by Alex Raymond, was created to steal away some of the Buck Rogers audience, and saw Raymond’s hero Flash Gordon stranded on the planet Mongo along with lady friend Dale Arden thanks to the weird machinations of Dr. Hans Zarkov. On Mongo, they meet all manner of pulp/sci-fi characters while always combating the planet’s ruthless ruler, appropriately dubbed Ming the Merciless....

New ‘Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension’ Trailer And TV Spots By Angie Han/Oct. 7, 2015 12:00 pm EST Paranormal Activity certainly wasn’t the first found-footage movie, but it’s a huge part of the reason why the format has become so ubiquitous. These films are cheap to make, since they actually benefit from avoiding cutting-edge technology and big-name actors. And because they’re so cheap that even a modest success will turn a big profit, while even the worst flops are barely a dent in the studio’s finances....

New ‘The Hateful Eight’ Poster Features Kurt Russell And Jennifer Jason Leigh By Russ Fischer/Aug. 10, 2015 11:00 am EST We’ve got months to go before Christmas, and I’m in no hurry to see that time evaporate, but the promise of a new Quentin Tarantino film does make the end of the year seem pretty attractive. Now here’s a new The Hateful Eight poster to tease the tense battle of wills Tarantino has created to send off 2015 in style....

Sam Raimi To Direct ‘Love May Fail’, From ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ Author By Angie Han/Oct. 14, 2014 1:30 pm EST After spending most of the past decade putting out one fantastical big-scale spectacle after another, Sam Raimi is going for something a little more grounded with his next project. He’s now in talks to direct Love May Fail, an adaptation of a novel by Silver Linings Playbook author Matthew Quick. Hit the jump for more on the Sam Raimi Love May Fail movie....

See Benedict Cumberbatch As ‘Doctor Strange’ Via Director Scott Derrickson By Germain Lussier/Dec. 22, 2014 9:00 am EST Director Scott Derrickson gave Marvel fans an early Christmas present late Sunday night when he posted an image that appears to be Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange. It was accompanied by the quote “Strange but not a stranger,” from the Talking Heads song ‘Burning Down the House.’ Is it fan art? Is it official?...

Star Wars Bits: Battlefront, Dave Bautista, Darth Vader Comic, Digital Card Trader App And More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 4, 2015 6:00 am EST Star Wars Bits is now the ultimate power in the universe. I suggest we use it. Here’s what you’ll find in this edition of news from a galaxy far, far away. Dave Bautista wants to be in a Star Wars movie EA reveals new Battlefront game mode Interview: Star Wars Card Trader App producer and art director Preview Marvel comic Darth Vader #8 New Hoth LEGO set on the way?...

Superhero Bits: Agent Carter, Luke Cage, Daredevil, Gotham, Titans, Batman V Superman By Angie Han/Sept. 25, 2015 4:03 pm EST Is there a new poster for Agent Carter Season 2? Want to go behind the scenes of Daredevil? Which actor has been spotted on the set of Luke Cage? Who will Raul Castillo play on Gotham? Is Titans still in development at TNT? Which characters will debut in the next episode of Arrow?...

Superhero Bits: Captain America, Batman V Superman, Powers, The Flash, Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. By Angie Han/Sept. 30, 2015 5:00 pm EST Want a better look at Jay Garrick in The Flash? Which Batman is Chris O’Donnell’s favorite? Is Wonder Woman getting her own Batman v Superman statue? Which heroes are coming to Marvel Future Fight? How did the stunts in Avengers: Age of Ultron come together? Read about all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits....