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‘Chris Tucker Live’ Trailer: The ‘Rush Hour’ Star Returns To Stand-Up Comedy By Ethan Anderton/July 6, 2015 12:30 pm EST Netflix has given Tucker the chance to show he’s still got the goods for comedy with Chris Tucker Live, and the first teaser trailer for the stand-up special has just debuted online. It’s certainly an energetic tease of the comedy Tucker has in store for viewers. Watch the Chris Tucker Live trailer after the jump!...

‘Creed’ Synopsis Says Rocky Balboa Has His Own Battle In The New Film By Russ Fischer/Feb. 25, 2015 1:00 pm EST Creed sounds like a great way to structure a new chapter in the very long-running Rocky saga. For this film, Sylvester Stallone returns as Rocky, but he’s not the central figure. Rather, Rocky is working as trainer to Adonis Creed (Michael B Jordan, above), the son of his old rival Apollo Creed....

‘Dope’ Trailer: A Slippery Slope Has Nothing To Do With Skiing By Russ Fischer/April 17, 2015 12:00 pm EST The first teaser trailer for Dope was a blast of images and internet-ready gags, but it didn’t do much to tell anyone about the film itself. This full Dope trailer is much more oriented towards showing off just how jam-packed this movie is — it’s the story of three high-school friends trying to survive their Inglewood neighborhood and get into college....

‘Ghostbusters’ International Trailer: Meet The Conductors Of The Metaphysical Examination By Ethan Anderton/May 20, 2016 7:30 am EST Hot on the heels of yesterday’s new Ghostbusters trailer, an international trailer has debuted online, and it shows a bunch of new footage that we haven’t seen yet. Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones can be seen kicking some major ghost tail, but we also get to see them trying out the proton stream as a method of catching ghosts for the first time....

‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Is Quentin Tarantino’s Favorite Movie Of 2015 By Jack Giroux/Dec. 24, 2015 4:00 pm EST Read about Quentin Tarantino’s favorite movie of 2015 after the jump. A French outlet, Première, spoke with Tarantino on the red carpet for his latest picture. When asked what his favorite movie of the year is, here’s what the director had to say: Fingers crossed Tarantino releases a full top 10 list soon, especially after he’s caught up on some recent releases....

‘Pacific Rim’ Featurette Shows Off The Meticulously Crafted Visual Effects By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 16, 2015 6:30 am EST Fans of Pacific Rim are currently waiting patiently to hear what will happen with the development of Pacific Rim 2 and Universal Pictures. The film was removed from the studio’s 2017 release schedule, but they have said the project has not been abandoned. Director Guillermo del Toro has turned in the script and budget, and all he can do is wait....

‘Spectre’ Star Christoph Waltz Denies Those Blofeld Rumors, Again By Angie Han/April 7, 2015 8:45 am EST Just days after we heard Christoph Waltz was joining Spectre, rumors started swirling that he’d play classic Bond villain Blofeld. Of course, he quickly denied those stories, and now he’s denying them again. According to him, those claims are “absolutely untrue.” But… are they? The same story that originated the Blofeld rumor also stated that Waltz’s character would be named (initially, at least) Franz Oberhauser....

‘The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies’ Honest Trailer Combines Forces By Germain Lussier/March 26, 2015 5:00 am EST Screen Junkies couldn’t simply end their series of Honest Trailers for The Hobbit Trilogy with an Honest Trailer. They’ve teamed up with the How it Should Have Ended animation team for a mega-takedown of Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. Check out The Hobbit Battle of Five Armies Honest Trailer below....

‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2’ Character Posters: Katniss Gets Her Game Face On By Angie Han/July 6, 2015 1:00 pm EST Three years, three films, and $2.3 billion in ticket sales have all been leading to this. The Hunger Games franchise comes to a (hopefully spectacular) end this fall with Mockingjay – Part 2, and lest you forget Lionsgate has just released a new series of posters for the sequel....

‘War For The Planet Of The Apes’ First Look: Matt Reeves Teases Fans Of The 1968 Classic By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 18, 2015 12:00 pm EST Production on War for the Planet of the Apes, the sequel to last year’s Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, has begun. Director Matt Reeves is back behind the camera for the sequel that continues the Planet of the Apes origin story that began back in 2011, and he just revealed a photo from the set of the sequel that serves as a nice tease for fans of the original 1968 movie....

Bella Thorne To Recreate Drew Barrymore Scene In ‘Scream’ TV Series By Angie Han/Dec. 11, 2014 2:00 pm EST It seems Bella Thorne is this generation’s Drew Barrymore, at least when it comes to the Scream franchise. Thorne has confirmed she’ll recreate Barrymore’s big scene from the original Scream in the first episode of the new MTV series. Hit the jump for more on the Drew Barrymore scene remake in the Scream TV series....

Ben-Hur Female Lead Goes To ‘Homeland’ Actress By Angie Han/Dec. 4, 2014 10:00 am EST Timur Bekmambetov’s Ben-Hur remake has a pretty good cast of guys lined up already, including Toby Kebbell, Pedro Pascal, Morgan Freeman, and Jack Huston in the title role. Now it may finally have found its female lead.Homeland actress Nazanin Boniadi has just received an offer to play Esther, the part Gal Gadot was up for before scheduling conflicts forced her out....

First ‘Warcraft’ Footage Gets Right To The Action By Angie Han/Nov. 3, 2015 8:45 am EST We know, we know: these so-called “trailer teases” are just a cheap way for studios to milk all the publicity they can out of a couple minutes of footage. But we also know that there are plenty of Warcraft fans who’ve been dying to see even the tiniest bit of action from Duncan Jones’ new movie....

First Look: Bryan Cranston Is Unrecognizable As LBJ In HBO’s ‘All The Way’ By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 2, 2015 12:00 pm EST Back in the summer of 2014, we learned that Emmy-winning Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston would be taking his Tony-winning performance as President Lyndon B. Johnson to HBO in an adaptation of the stage play All the Way. Production is now underway on the HBO Films production, and we have a first look photo of Bryan Cranston as LBJ, in which the actor is completely unrecognizable....

Guillermo Del Toro Will Have Some ‘Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark’ By Angie Han/Jan. 14, 2016 2:00 pm EST Pacific Rim 2 may be off the table, or it may just be waiting for China to make it happen, but either way Guillermo del Toro will have plenty to keep him busy in the near future. He’s just signed on to develop and possibly direct Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, based on the classic children’s books written by Alvin Schwartz and illustrated very, very creepily by Stephen Gammell....

How Dan Aykroyd’s Original ‘Ghostbusters’ Idea Became The Movie We Love [Video Essay] By Ethan Anderton/July 15, 2016 8:30 am EST Like any good screenplay, the high quality of the final draft of the original Ghostbusters was a result of careful planning, rewriting and simply compelling storytelling. A new video essay takes a look at how the original concept for Ghostbusters changed from the idea Dan Aykroyd had in his head to the movie we ended up seeing in 1984 and have loved ever since....

How The ‘Black Mass’ Makeup Artists Transformed Johnny Depp Into A Monster By Jack Giroux/Jan. 5, 2016 8:00 am EST Johnny Depp looks like a ghost in Scott Cooper’s Black Mass. Depp completely disappears into the role of Whitey Bulger, and while the actor’s physical and behavioral transformation is what makes him believable as one of Boston’s most notorious gangsters, the makeup certainly helps. After the jump, find out how Black Mass makeup artists Gloria Casny and Joel Harlow turned Depp into Whitey Bulger....

Justin Lin May Return For Multi-Part ‘Fast And Furious’ Finale By Angie Han/Nov. 12, 2014 9:00 am EST After four installments in less than 10 years, Justin Lin finally handed over the reins of the Fast and Furious franchise to James Wan for next year’s Furious 7. But he may already be coming back for more. A new report indicates Lin and Universal could re-team for Fast and Furious 8 (or whatever it winds up being called) and an additional installment which will then close out the franchise....

Lego Announces ‘Big Bang Theory’ Set By Angie Han/Nov. 7, 2014 2:00 pm EST Over the years, Lego has released sets built around all sorts of beloved geek properties, including Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and the Marvel and DC universes. But their latest may prove a bit more divisive. Lego has just announced they’ll release a set based on The Big Bang Theory, a CBS sitcom centered around six nerdy scientists and their one non-nerdy, non-scientist friend....

Netflix Sets Dates For ‘Wet Hot American Summer’, The Wachowskis’ ‘Sense8’, ‘OITNB’ Season 3 And More By Angie Han/March 2, 2015 1:00 pm EST Netflix just kicked off a jam-packed spring with House of Cards Season 3, and now they’re preparing for a busy summer. The company has just announced premiere dates for several new original programs, including the comedy prequel Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp, the Wachowskis’ sci-fi drama Sense8, and Season 3 of Orange Is the New Black....