Zach Braff To Direct Black List Black Comedy ‘Bump’ By Angie Han/July 1, 2016 2:30 pm EST As a director, Zach Braff has proven divisive. His first film Garden State opened to a warm reception, and its Shins-heavy soundtrack was an instant hit — but its quirky hipster vibe has not aged well, and these days it’s easier to find movie geeks who’ll claim they’ve hated it all along than ones who’ll proudly declare that they still love it....
‘Gotham’: Colm Feore To Play The Dollmaker By Angie Han/Jan. 27, 2015 9:00 am EST Poor Gotham. The town is drowning in supervillains as it is, and yet they keep coming. One of the next to show up at the city gates will be the Dollmaker, otherwise known as Dr. Francis Dulmacher, and he’ll be played by Colm Feore. More on the Gotham Dollmaker casting after the jump. Deadline got the scoop, and describes Dulmacher / Dollmaker (get it?...
‘Jurassic World’ Trailer: Chris Pratt Rides With The Raptors By Germain Lussier/Nov. 25, 2014 9:01 am EST The park has opened early. Despite a countdown promising the trailer on Thanksgiving, the first Jurassic World trailer is now online. Watch it below, and check out some new photos. Here’s the Jurassic World trailer via Universal: Jurassic World trailer And here are some new photos: I mean – lots and lots to process here....
‘Mother’s Day’ Trailer: Garry Marshall Turns Another Holiday Into A Star-Studded Ensemble Comedy By Angie Han/Feb. 11, 2016 12:00 pm EST Apparently at some point in the past decade, Garry Marshall decided he could not rest until he’d turned every major holiday into a middling ensemble romcom. Having already put out Valentine’s Day and New Year’s Eve, he’s now turned his attention to Mother’s Day. This one stars Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston, Kate Hudson, and Jason Sudeikis as a loosely interconnected group of people with all kinds of mommy issues....
‘Peace Officer’ Trailer: A Timely Documentary About Police Militarization By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 3, 2015 3:00 pm EST All over cable news networks, blogs, newspapers and more, the topic of police force militarization has become a hot button issue sparking a lot of lively debate. Now a new documentary hopes to dive into the subject in order to shed light on just what’s going on among today’s American police ranks. Peace Officer debuted at the SXSW film festival, landing the Audience Award and Grand Jury Award, and it looks like quite the timely and thorough examination of a prominent topic of discussion that requires our full attention....
A Cast Of Kings S5E01 - The Wars To Come By David Chen/April 13, 2015 10:36 pm EST In this episode of “A Cast of Kings,” Joanna and David discuss the season premiere of Game of Thrones, “The Wars to Come.” Thanks to our sponsor for this episode, Hover. Go to hover.com/kingbeyond to get 10% off your first purchase! If you like the show, feel free to leave us a review on iTunes and be sure to follow us on Facebook for updates on the show....
Because What ‘Gotham’ Needs Is More Villains: The Scarecrow Is Coming By Angie Han/Nov. 3, 2014 9:00 am EST Fox’s Gotham has already introduced pre-Batman versions of Penguin, Catwoman, the Riddler, Poison Ivy, Sal Maroni, and Carmine Falcone, with plans to bring on Harvey Dent, Victor Zsasz, and Mr. Freeze in future episodes and clues about the Joker littered throughout. But apparently that’s still not enough. Executive producer Danny Cannon has just confirmed that the Scarecrow will be making an appearance this season as well....
Disney World’s Frozen Ride: First Look And Details Revealed By Angie Han/June 9, 2015 10:30 am EST It was only a matter of time before Disney World unveiled a Frozen ride, and that time will finally come next year. Disney World has unveiled its new plans for Frozen Ever After, the new attraction which will replace Maelstrom in Epcot Center’s Norway pavilion. Find out everything there is to know about the Frozen Ever After ride after the jump....
Dwayne Johnson Wants John Carpenter To Work On ‘Big Trouble In Little China’ Remake By Germain Lussier/June 8, 2015 9:30 am EST News of a beloved film being remade is rarely good news. The closest you can get, however, is something along the lines of Dwayne Johnson starring in a remake of John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China. I’m 100% behind the “Why remake a perfect movie?” argument but if it’s going to happen anyway, Johnson as the star is a major plus....
Geek Deal: 66-75% Off Lord Of The Rings/The Hobbit Collections By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 25, 2014 4:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Check out the offers by clicking here. The prices are only good today while supplies last, so act fast! Today only, save 66% on The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings Ultimate Media Collection, featuring the “Shadow of Mordor” video game on PS4 or Xbox One, the “Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy Extended Editions” on Blu-ray, and the “J....
George R.R. Martin Developing ‘Captain Cosmos’ For HBO By Russ Fischer/April 3, 2015 1:00 pm EST The big news from author George R.R. Martin this week is the reveal of a new chapter from the next novel in his A Song of Ice and Fire series, The Winds of Winter. That arrives just in time to really get us ready for next week’s Game of Thrones season five premiere, and Martin even says he hopes to have that novel on shelves before the show’s sixth season return in 2016....
HBO Renews Martin Scorsese’s ‘Vinyl’ For Season 2 By Angie Han/Feb. 18, 2016 3:00 pm EST HBO is keeping the good times going. The network has renewed its 1970s rock ’n’ roll drama Vinyl for another year, just one episode into its first season. The show’s pedigree is as prestigious as prestige TV gets: it hails from the Boardwalk Empire dream-team duo of Terence Winter and Martin Scorsese, plus Rich Cohen and Mick Jagger....
New ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ Trailer Arrives Just In Time For Earth Day By Angie Han/April 22, 2016 5:36 am EST First, here’s the Independence Day: Resurgence trailer, which is packed with action. The best part of that trailer is Jeff Goldblum, so here’s some more of him below. Goldblum might actually be too charismatic for this movie. Liam Hemsworth is cute and all, but who cares about his drama when we could be spending time with David Levinson instead?...
Nicolas Winding Refn On The “Trash To Art” Evolution Of Posters In His Book ‘The Act Of Seeing’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 23, 2015 5:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Of course Nicolas Winding Refn, a writer and director, and a participant in The American Genre Film Archive, is a wildly knowledgable cinephile. He has an incredible collection of exploitation movie posters that is now being published as the book Nicolas Winding Refn: The Act of Seeing....
Ridley Scott Says ‘Prometheus 2’ Will Feature A New Form Of Alien By Russ Fischer/Nov. 20, 2014 5:30 am EST The word “alien” is a big deal when talking about Prometheus and its potential sequel. Ridley Scott’s film was, after all, a return to the universe he helped create in his defining 1979 film Alien. The signature alien — the xenomorph — from that film even made an appearance in altered but recognizable form at the end of Prometheus....
Robert Downey Jr. Confirmed To Appear In ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ By Ethan Anderton/April 21, 2016 11:29 am EST After teasing the possibility of an appearance in Spider-Man: Homecoming while making a stop at Jimmy Kimmel Live last week, Robert Downey Jr. has been confirmed to reprise his role as Tony Stark in the Marvel Studios collaboration with Sony Pictures. The casting move continues to solidify Spider-Man’s new place in the Marvel cinematic universe following his forthcoming debut, being played by Tom Holland, in Captain America: Civil War next month....
Rumor: Ben Affleck Signing On For Solo Batman Trilogy By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 8, 2015 11:00 am EST As of now, following his role as The Dark Knight in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, we already know that Ben Affleck is going to stick around as Batman for another solo movie that he will also write and direct. However, it sounds like Warner Bros. wants to stay in the Batfleck business for a little longer....
Rumor Patrol: Just How Long Is Ridley Scott’s ‘Exodus: Gods And Kings’? By Angie Han/Oct. 22, 2014 8:30 am EST Ridley Scott has said that one of the things that intrigued him about Exodus: Gods and Kings was how big it was — the grand scale, the giant story, the massive challenges. And earlier this week, a rumor went around that the film would have an enormous running time to match....
The Lonely Island Will Give ‘SNL’ Some Competition With A New Sketch Comedy Series By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 5, 2016 11:00 am EST Party Over Here is a new sketch comedy series from The Lonely Island, the SNL Digital Short creators and rap parody group formed by Saturday Night Live writers/performers Andy Sambeg, Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone. That’s right, the guys who brought you “Jizz in My Pants” and “Dick in a Box” are getting their own sketch show....
Tracy Morgan To Play Redd Foxx In Lee Daniels’ Richard Pryor Biopic By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 13, 2015 8:30 am EST This past August, we learned that the long-gestating Richard Pryor biopic was finally moving forward, with Mike Epps leading the film to be directed by Lee Daniels from a script by Dreamgirls scribe Bill Condon and Fox’s Empire collaborator Danny Strong. And now the production has just gained a new cast member to play another iconic comedian....
