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Woody Allen’s Next Film Will Star Kristen Stewart, Jesse Eisenberg, And Bruce Willis By Angie Han/March 9, 2015 2:00 pm EST Get what few details we have on the Woody Allen Kristen Stewart project after the jump. Deadline got the scoop. In typical Woody Allen fashion, there are no details about the new project. We don’t know what it’s going to be called, what it’s going to be about, or even what genre it’s going to be....

‘Don’t Think Twice’ Trailer: Mike Birbiglia Goes Deep Into The World Of Improv Comedy By Angie Han/May 20, 2016 9:00 am EST Mike Birbiglia started out as a stand-up comedian before transitioning into filmmaking with 2011’s loosely autobiographical Sleepwalk With Me, based on one of his stand-up acts. It was solid and sweet and lots of fun, but it’s his second film, Don’t Think Twice, that should really mark him as an indie director to watch....

‘Hocus Pocus 2’: Sarah Jessica Parker Dismisses Sequel Rumors, Producer Wants To Make TV Movie By Angie Han/Oct. 30, 2015 3:30 pm EST It’s a tradition as reliable as jack-o’-lanterns and trick-or-treating: Every year around Halloween, nostalgic Gen Xers and Millennials revisit the 1993 comedy Hocus Pocus, and then get to wondering why no one’s made a sequel yet. This year, Bette Midler even joined in on the conversation with a (facetious) explanation....

‘Justice League’ Adds ‘Justice League’ Star Ben Affleck As Executive Producer By Angie Han/May 6, 2016 1:30 pm EST As the newest big-screen iteration of Batman, Ben Affleck already plays a key role in Warner Bros.’ DC Extended Universe. Affleck’s Dark Knight made his debut in this spring’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and will be back onscreen for this summer’s Suicide Squad, and then he’ll get his own solo movie in the not-too-distant future with Affleck himself behind the camera....

‘Miss You Already’ Trailer: Toni Collette And Drew Barrymore Are Old Friends Facing A New Test By Russ Fischer/Sept. 1, 2015 3:00 pm EST Toni Collette and Drew Barrymore star in the comedy Miss You Already, which will premiere soon at TIFF before opening in the US and UK later this fall. A film with Toni Collette in a lead role is something we’re always game to watch, and this one is particularly interesting as it is directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight, Plush)....

‘Monsterpocalypse’ Movie Coming From ‘Evil Dead’ Director Fede Alvarez By Angie Han/April 29, 2016 1:30 pm EST Hollywood is ready to roll the dice on another board game adaptation. A bidding war has broken out over Monsterpocalypse, a robots-versus-monsters game adaptation that has Fede Alvarez on board to direct. If the concept reminds you a bit of Pacific Rim, you’re not the only one who’s noticed — an earlier version of the project stalled after Guillermo del Toro’s jaegers and kaiju stomped all over theaters in 2013....

‘Murder On The Orient Express’ Remake Adds ‘Blade Runner’ Sequel Writer By Germain Lussier/March 11, 2015 11:30 am EST Variety broke the news of Green’s hiring. However, there’s no word how far he’ll go with the original Agatha Christie book. It’s possible the film is a period piece, or maybe a modern retelling. You’d have to think the former, because people simply don’t travel long distances by train anymore. The story, of course, is about a murder on a train and the detective who attempts to solve it among a slew of passengers....

‘Raiders!’ Trailer: Documentary About The Remake Of ‘Raiders Of The Lost Ark’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 25, 2015 11:00 am EST In 1982, a group of kids wanted to make a movie. Not just any movie, however. They wanted to make Raiders of the Lost Ark. That’s exactly what they did. Shot for shot, Chris Strompolos and Eric Zala attempted to recreate Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece. It took seven years. They didn’t quite finish at the time, but eventually fandom took over....

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2’ Will Feature Bebop And Rocksteady By Germain Lussier/Dec. 10, 2014 5:00 am EST The list of things wrong with the recent Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film is pretty long. Way down on the list is that the film’s villains really weren’t that interesting or formidable. Well it seems new director Dave Green and screenwriters Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec are looking to at least solve that in the June 2016 sequel....

‘The Last Witch Hunter’ Trailer: Vin Diesel Battles Witches In Modern-Day New York By Angie Han/April 29, 2015 1:45 pm EST Furious 7 was a record-breaking success, but to paraphrase that old Biblical saying, man cannot live on Fast and Furious movies alone. So Vin Diesel is shaking things up a bit with The Last Witch Hunter, in which he plays — yup — the last witch hunter. Immortal and kind of unhappy about it, Diesel’s Kaulder is locked in a centuries-long battle against a witch queen (Julie Engelbrecht) who wants to unleash a plague on humanity....

Aaron Paul’s Post-‘Breaking Bad’ TV Plans Revealed: He’ll Do Hulu’s ‘The Way’ By Germain Lussier/June 17, 2015 11:00 am EST Aaron Paul may have teased fans that Jesse Pinkman would be returning to the small screen but now his actual post-Breaking Bad TV plan has been revealed. Paul has signed on to produce and star in The Way, a new Hulu series from Jason Katims, the executive producer of Friday Night Lights and Parenthood....

Cannes 2015 Lineup Includes Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Sicario’, Todd Haynes’ ‘Carol’, Justin Kurzel’s ‘Macbeth’ And More By Angie Han/April 16, 2015 7:00 am EST The 2015 Cannes Film Festival slate has been revealed. Competition entries this year include new titles by Todd Haynes, Yorgos Lanthimos, Justin Kurzel, Gus Van Sant, Denis Villeneuve, and Paolo Sorrentino, while out of competition entries include Inside Out, Mad Max: Fury Road, and Woody Allen’s Irrational Man....

First Look: ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’ Starring Henry Cavill And Armie Hammer By Angie Han/Dec. 22, 2014 7:00 am EST After a long development period that saw seemingly every big-name actor and director in Hollywood attached at one point, Warner Bros.’ The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is finally inching closer to release. And we have the picture to prove it. The studio has released the first image from Guy Ritchie’s spy flick, starring Henry Cavill as CIA agent Napoleon Solo and Armie Hammer as KGB agent Illya Kuryakin....

Karl Urban Also Rumored For ‘Suicide Squad’, Plus: Margot Robbie Talks Harley Quinn By Angie Han/Jan. 27, 2015 4:00 pm EST Warner Bros. put a bunch of Suicide Squad rumors to rest last month when they officially announced the cast. Since then, though, a bunch of other Suicide Squad rumors have sprung up. The latest indicates that Karl Urban, Ed Harris, and Jason Clarke are also in the mix for various roles, while Gary Sinise’s character (if indeed he is involved) might not be who you think it is....

Mel Gibson Circling World War II Film Starring Andrew Garfield By Germain Lussier/Nov. 20, 2014 1:30 pm EST With Spider-Man stuck in a bit of a void, Andrew Garfield is filling his time wisely. He’ll soon shoot Silence with Martin Scorsese, and now he might team up with another Oscar-winning director: Mel Gibson. Both Gibson and Garfield are circling a World War II project called Hacksaw Ridge. It’s the true story of Desmond T Doss, a U....

NBC Trying To Remake ‘The IT Crowd’ Again By Angie Han/Oct. 17, 2014 9:30 am EST Before Chris O’Dowd was showing up in Judd Apatow movies and Richard Ayoade was being hailed as a fresh young voice in filmmaking, they were big in British TV as the hapless leads of The IT Crowd. Big enough, in fact, that an American remake of the series was commissioned by NBC in 2007, with Joel McHale playing the O’Dowd role and Ayoade remaining intact....

Netflix Eyes ‘Full House’ Sequel Series By Angie Han/April 2, 2015 2:00 pm EST Netflix was responsible for reviving Arrested Development and The Killing, and it gave us new versions of Richie Rich and Inspector Gadget. Now it could resurrect yet another old show: Full House. The streaming service is reportedly nearing a deal for Fuller House, a continuation of the ABC comedy which ran for 8 seasons from 1987 through 1995....

Netflix Won’t Offer Offline Playback, Strikes Deal With Dish Network By Angie Han/Dec. 18, 2014 8:30 am EST Love Netflix but suffer from unreliable Wi-Fi? You’re probably SOL. Netflix has said offline playback is “never going to happen,” leaving services like iTunes and Google Play to meet your no-stream needs. Meanwhile, Netflix is branching out in other ways. The company recently struck a deal with Dish Network, its first with a major American pay-TV provider....

New ‘Fargo’ Season 2 Details: Noah Hawley On The Expanded Scope And Character Set By Russ Fischer/Jan. 6, 2015 4:30 pm EST The TV version of Fargo created by Noah Hawley was a surprise last year — originally met with not unjustified skepticism, the show quickly proved itself as a thing that could stand on its own. A second season was quickly ordered, and it isn’t just a continuation of what we saw the first time out....

Pixar’s Dia De Los Muertos Movie Is Titled ‘Coco’ [D23 Expo 2015] By Angie Han/Aug. 14, 2015 6:12 pm EST The Untitled Pixar Movie About Dia De Los Muertos, as it’s been called, finally has a real title. Pixar revealed at today’s D23 presentation that the movie is officially named Coco, after one of the major characters in the story. Lee Unkrich is directing and Darla Anderson is producing. The pair last teamed up on Toy Story 3....