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‘Star Wars’ Standalone Directors Gareth Edwards And Josh Trank Coming To Star Wars Celebration By Germain Lussier/March 26, 2015 2:15 pm EST Star Wars Celebration just took at stand. As in, the Star Wars standalone films. The official Star Wars website confirms that Gareth Edwards, director of 2016’s Star Wars Rogue One, and Josh Trank, director of a second Star Wars standalone film, will both be on hand for a panel at the event....

‘The Russian Woodpecker’ Trailer: Chernobyl Conceals Incredible Secrets By Russ Fischer/March 6, 2015 7:00 am EST What if the story behind the 1986 nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl in Ukraine was far more sinister than we ever thought? The documentary The Russian Woodpecker is named after the Duga, a gigantic radio-transmitter wall that produces a pecking sound, and that technology is just one of many objects of fascination for a Ukranian artist who is obsessed with the cause and effect of the Chernobyl disaster....

‘Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru’ Trailer: The First Ever Self-Help Concert Film Is Weirder Than You’d Think By Jacob Hall/June 16, 2016 12:30 pm EST I saw director Joe Berlinger’s Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru at SXSW earlier this year and had a very mixed reaction. While some found the film genuinely inspiring and others ruthlessly mocked it, I fell somewhere in the middle. It’s a fascinating movie and one worthy of being watched and picked apart, even if Berlinger’s portrait of the the famed motivational speaker is essentially a hagiography....

‘Transformers’ Development Team Adds Writers, Origin Movie Rumored By Russ Fischer/May 27, 2015 1:00 pm EST Paramount is pulling together a writer’s cabal to develop new Transformers films and spin-offs for a “Marvel-style connected universe,” and two more people have just been added to the roster. Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari, the pair who did a lot of rewrite work on Ant-Man, have joined the team. More interesting to Transformers fans will be that one idea reportedly being kicked around is a movie that would take place on Cybertron....

A Cast Of Kings S5E02 - The House Of Black And White By David Chen/April 20, 2015 10:10 pm EST In this episode of “A Cast of Kings,” Joanna and David discuss the second episode of Season 5 of Game of Thrones, “The House of Black and White.” Thanks to our sponsor for this episode, Squarespace. Use promo code “castofkings” to get 10% off your first order! And buy tickets to a screening for David’s film this Sunday at IFFBoston....

Andres Muschietti To Direct Harry Houdini Film, ‘The Witch Of Lime Street’ By Jack Giroux/Dec. 16, 2015 12:30 pm EST Mama director Andres Muschietti has been lining up some high-profile projects since his 2013 breakout horror movie. Muschietti not only replaced Cary Fukunaga (Beasts of No Nation) on a Stephen King adaptation, It, but he was also briefly attached to The Mummy reboot and signed on to helm the video game adaptation, Shadows of Colossus....

CBS Broadcast Network Not Creatively Involved In New Star Trek Streaming Series By Fred Topel/Jan. 12, 2016 3:00 pm EST CBS Entertainment’s new president Glen Geller spoke with the Television Critics Association for the first time after taking over for Nina Tassler. /Film asked him about the plans for the new Star Trek series CBS is developing for their streaming service, CBS All Access. Geller said the new Trek series was never developed for the broadcast network....

Disney Plots Charles Darwin Adventure Movie By Russ Fischer/June 24, 2015 11:00 am EST For many, the image of Charles Darwin, naturalist, geologist, and author of On the Origin of Species, is etched in stone as the visage of a heavily bearded old man, thanks to images like the one above. The idea of that guy becoming the central figure of an action/adventure film is pretty laughable. But what about the younger Darwin, who took part in a five-year ocean voyage, making observations which eventually led to his most prominent writing?...

It’s Business Time: A ‘Flight Of The Conchords’ Movie Is In The Works By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 19, 2015 8:00 am EST Hot on the heels of news that a sequel to the vampire mockumentary comedy What We Do in the Shadows is in the works, it seems Jemaine Clement has another big screen project in the works, and it’s one that will make his longtime fans very happy. In a new interview, Clement revealed that he just recently sat down with Bret McKenzie to begin writing a Flight of the Conchords movie, featuring their comedic folk music duo of the same name, which has already had a hit HBO show that lasted two seasons back in 2007 and 2008....

By Angie Han/April 19, 2016 1:00 pm EST J.J. Abrams and Daisy Ridley first joined forces to explore a certain galaxy far, far way, but now they’re looking to extend their relationship beyond the Star Wars universe. The pair are reuniting on Kolma, a fantasy thriller to be produced by Abrams’ Bad Robot. But Abrams isn’t directing this time around. Instead, that job will go to Marielle Heller, who broke out last year with the superb coming-of-age story Diary of a Teenage Girl....

Jet Li & Tony Jaa May Be Joining Vin Diesel For ‘xXx 3’ By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 2, 2016 12:00 pm EST Back in the summer of 2014, Vin Diesel said that he would finally be getting back to the character of Xander Cage from xXx 3 with production heading to the Philippines. But it wasn’t until last fall that the sequel was finally making progress. Disturbia and Eagle Eye helmer D....

Matt Reeves Plans Bank Heist Thriller By Angie Han/Dec. 2, 2014 11:30 am EST According to THR, the new film is based on a pitch by Matt Charman and will be produced by Tobey Maguire. No actors have been announced at this time, and there’s no word yet on whether Maguire will also star. But he’s been more active as a producer lately, working on the apocalypse drama Z for Zachariah and the YA sci-fi The Fifth Wave....

Michael Bay In Talks For ‘Transformers 5’; Animated Cybertron Origin Movie Confirmed By Russ Fischer/Sept. 17, 2015 1:30 pm EST The much-discussed Transformers writers room at Paramount has done its work, and there’s now a plan to move forward. That plan may be just a bit more limited than some expected; there is no giant slate of Transformers movies coming down the line. But there is a solid plan for Transformers 5, which Michael Bay will direct next year....

Page 2: Star Wars, Tomorrowland, Birdman, David Fincher, Tolkien, Beetlejuice, Doctor Who, Maze Runner, Akira, Frozen By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 9, 2014 2:30 pm EST Header Photo: The Young Jedi Master [Geek Art] A Brief History of Scientists Hunting for Time Travelers The Best Dracula Movie Performances Ever, Ranked Brad Bird’s Tomorrowland NYCC exclusive Action Figure 17 Blatant Blunders From Your Favorite Indie Movies The Films of Guillermo Del Toro, Ranked Worst to Best...

Rumor: ‘Man Of Steel 2’ May Be On “Permanent Hold” By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 25, 2015 4:30 pm EST A new rumor recently popped up saying that Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller was in talks to take over the Man of Steel franchise from Zack Snyder. But considering the movie isn’t officially on Warner Bros. Pictures’ schedule for their DC Comics cinematic universe, it didn’t sound like it was an immediate concern for the studio....

By Angie Han/July 11, 2016 3:30 pm EST It was probably only a matter of time before someone succeeded in bringing Warcraft or Assassin’s Creed to the big screen, and it shouldn’t come as any surprise that adaptations of titles like Sonic the Hedgehog, Minecraft, and Tomb Raider are in the works as well. They’re all big names with built-in fanbases that will (fingers crossed) turn up opening weekend to see how things turned out....

Sony Officially Dates ‘Jumanji’ Reboot For Christmas 2016 By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 5, 2015 2:30 pm EST It’s been 20 years since Robin Williams starred in the blockbuster adaptation of Chris Van Allsburg’s 1981 children’s book Jumanji. So that means it’s time for a reboot. We first heard about a new adaptation of Jumanji in the summer of 2012, and then six months later, Zack Helm, the writer of Stranger than Fiction and writer/director of Mr....

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Costumes And Props On Display At D23 Expo 2015 By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 14, 2015 1:00 pm EST The show floor is open at Disney’s D23 Expo 2015 in Anaheim CA. We’ll have to wait until tomorrow for the live-action movies panel, which could provide some new info on various films in the Star Wars series. There’s still a big Star Wars: The Force Awakens presence on the show floor, however, as costumes for new characters are on display for all to see....

Star Wars Bits: The Real Anakin Skywalker, New ‘LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens Footage,’ And The Strangest ‘Star Wars’ Shoes Ever By Jacob Hall/June 3, 2016 11:30 am EST Star Wars News Net recently chatted with Warwick Davis, who played Wicket the Ewok in Return of the Jedi and various other background roles throughout the Star Wars saga (he’s also one of the stage hosts at the upcoming Star Wars Celebration in London)....

The Creation And Evolution Of A Marvel End Credits Sequence By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 7, 2015 7:00 am EST Thanks to Marvel Studios, scenes that happen in the middle of or after the credits have become something more often expected than not when it comes to blockbusters with sequel potential. And along with those scenes, Marvel has made a habit of having stylish end credits sequences roll after the end of each of their movies....