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James Franco Starring In Adaptation Of Stephen King’s ‘11/22/63’ From JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot By Russ Fischer/Feb. 12, 2015 2:00 pm EST I love this image of James Franco, but he’ll probably look a bit more dignified when he travels back in time to stop the killing of John F. Kennedy. The pic above is from the last time the actor was involved in an assassination story, when he was the one potentially doing the killing....

Listen To A Terrified Audience During A Packed ‘Halloween’ Screening In 1978 By Ethan Anderton/July 27, 2015 6:00 am EST It’s been 37 years since John Carpenter’s classic slasher Halloween sent waves through the horror genre and across the nation, scaring the living daylights out of audiences in 1978. But what was it like to experience this film for the first time? What was it like to witness Michael Myers, or The Shape, chasing Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) through Haddonfield, Illinois before he became a horror icon?...

Lynne Ramsay And Joaquin Phoenix Will Get Their Vengeance On With ‘You Were Never Really Here’ By Jacob Hall/May 11, 2016 10:00 am EST We’ve reached the point where Joaquin Phoenix deciding to star in a movie is nothing short of an event. He’s picky these days, but that pickiness tends to work out for just about everyone – he works with some of the best and most interesting filmmakers alive and he consistently turns in phenomenal performances....

Margot Robbie To Lead Tonya Harding Movie ‘I, Tonya’ By Angie Han/March 22, 2016 6:30 am EST Margot Robbie will follow up her villainous turn in Suicide Squad by playing another famous baddie. She’s just attached herself to I, Tonya, a biopic about American ice skater Tonya Harding. Though a gifted athlete, Harding really shot to lasting infamy when she hired someone to incapacitate fellow skater Nancy Kerrigan ahead of the 1994 U....

Marvel Seems To Be Returning To Comic-Con With ‘Doctor Strange’ & ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2.’ By Ethan Anderton/June 12, 2016 9:00 am EST Last year, much to the dismay of comic book movie fans, Marvel Studios decided not to attend San Diego Comic-Con. Instead, Marvel chose to show off what they had coming soon at Disney’s D23 Expo. Thankfully, this year it appears Marvel Studios won’t be sitting out the hype machine that is the biggest pop culture convention in the world....

McDonald’s Is Getting A ‘Social Network’-Like Origin Story Movie By Angie Han/Dec. 11, 2014 10:30 am EST While the project is still in early stages, it’s already looking to cast big. Tom Hanks was previously approached to star, and Michael Keaton is reportedly interested. More details on the McDonalds movie after the jump. THR reports The Founder will tell the story of Ray Kroc, who met original McDonald’s founders Mac and Dick McDonald in 1950s Southern California....

Page 2: Jaws, Star Wars, BTTF, Jim Henson, Walking Dead, Stargate, Indiana Jones, 2001, Popeye By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 7, 2015 3:30 pm EST How Hollywood Is Using Social Data to Better Reach Audiences — Or NotThe Five Most Intriguing TV Seasons of 2015 Dark Lords t-shirt Parenthood Turns 100: We Single Out Each Castmember’s Best EpisodeScreenplay Review – 2005 Version of Toy Story 3 JESUS MCFLY t-shirt ‘An Alternative Guide To The History Of Cinema 1894-2013’ Takes You To The Less Explored Corners Of Film...

Ridley Scott’s ‘Prometheus 2’ May Be Delaying Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Alien 5’ By Angie Han/Aug. 18, 2015 4:30 pm EST Neither Prometheus 2 nor Alien 5 has a release date yet. But if Prometheus 2 shoots in early 2016, we can likely expect it out sometime in 2017. Which means, if this rumor is true and everything goes as planned, that Alien 5 will shoot in 2017 and come out around 2018....

Riz Ahmed In Talks For ‘Star Wars: Rogue One,’ Sam Claflin Also Eyed [Updated] By Russ Fischer/April 23, 2015 10:30 am EST The first Star Wars Anthology film, Rogue One, to be directed by Gareth Edwards, is sounding like an anomaly in the Star Wars lineup. The movie has been positioned explicitly as a war film, and the teaser trailer shown at Star Wars Celebration featured a vibe that is more serious, even adult, than any other Star Wars project to date....

Rob Liefeld Will Hide 24 ‘Deadool’ Sketches Around Comic-Con By Peter Sciretta/July 6, 2015 9:00 am EST Who wouldn’t want a Deadpool sketch by legendary comic book creator and artist Rob Liefeld? Comic Con might be our chance. Rob is celebrating the huge 24th year of Deadpool by hiding 24 Deadpool drawings of all shapes and sizes all over the greater staging area of the 2015 edition of San Diego Comic Con International....

Robert Downey Jr. Took Home The ‘Avengers’ ‘A’ After Asking For It As A Joke By Angie Han/Oct. 20, 2014 8:00 am EST Downey reportedly received the 30-foot-tall “A” from the Stark Tower shot at the end of the 2012 movie, after asking for it as a joke. Guess he’s never heard of the saying “Be careful what you wish for.” Hit the jump for more on the Robert Downey Jr Avengers A....

See Unused ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Concept Art Used For New ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Character By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 4, 2015 10:00 am EST We’ve seen in the past how Star Wars Rebels has used some of Ralph McQuarrie’s original Star Wars concept art for the inspiration of many of the characters, location and props in the Disney XD animated series. Well Rebels isn’t just looking at the past for inspiration, but also the future....

Superhero Bits: Bryan Singer’s Apocalypse Cameo, Adam West’s Secret Batman Project & More By Ethan Anderton/June 3, 2016 5:00 pm EST Did you catch Bryan Singer’s cameo in X-Men: Apocalypse? Who did Stephen Amell pick to win in a fight between Arrow and Casey Jones? What secret Batman project are Adam West and Burt Ward working on? Where can you catch the premiere of Batman: The Killing Joke? All that and more in this edition of Superhero Bits....

The Science Of Interstellar: Watch A Documentary About The Movie’s Sci-Fact By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 26, 2014 5:00 am EST Discovery Channel has released The Science of Interstellar, a 42 minute documentary about the Cosmology and science behind Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic. The documentary is narrated by Interstellar star Matthew McConaughey and takes us behind the sci-fact of the sci-fi. The film’s producer and consultant Kip Thorne (Cal Tech theoretical physicist) guides us through how Nolan adapted science and theory into the story, and explains the real science behind the ideas presented in the film....

TV Bits: ‘The Exorcist,’ ‘Preacher,’ ‘Sharknado 4,’ ‘24: Legacy’ & More By Jacob Hall/March 11, 2016 8:30 am EST A television adaptation of The Exorcist is one of those batty ideas that sounds just crazy enough to work and now it has something else working in its favor: Variety reports that Oscar winner Geena Davis has joined the cast. Here’s how they describe her character: It certainly sounds like Davis will be playing the matriarch of a family under assault by a demonic force, a role that was played by Ellen Burstyn in the original film....

VOTD: How Movies Use Color To Manipulate Our Emotions By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 12, 2015 5:00 am EST We’ve previously pointed out that movie posters have a tendency to use the colors blue and orange, because of how they work together as complimentary colors. However, it’s not just in marketing that movies use certain color schemes in order to catch our attention and influence our minds. A new video essay takes a look at how color can manipulate our emotions in cinema (or really life in general), and even lays out which colors are used to stir up or convey certain emotions and qualities....

You’ll Swear You See A Dragon In The First ‘Pete’s Dragon’ Poster By Jacob Hall/Feb. 19, 2016 10:00 am EST Disney has found tremendous success in these past few years by revisiting and “re-imagining” some their most beloved and iconic films as modern blockbusters, much to the chagrin of some purists. However, Pete’s Dragon is the exact kind of movie that should be remade – the original 1977 film, while it has a few charming moments here and there, is no classic....

‘Camp X-Ray’ Trailer: Kristen Stewart Struggles To Serve In Gitmo By Russ Fischer/Oct. 6, 2014 10:30 am EST Here’s a new trailer for Camp X-Ray, in which Kristen Stewart plays a young woman whose military career puts her in an unexpected position, working as a guard at Guantanamo Bay. Peter Sattler makes his feature debut writing and directing the film, and this Camp X-Ray trailer makes the film out to be a stark and severe vision of working life at that detention center....

‘Ghostbusters’ Screenwriter Discusses Two Of The Reboot’s Biggest Nods To The Original By Jack Giroux/July 15, 2016 6:00 am EST Director Paul Feig was disappointed that the cameos in Ghostbusters were spoiled. Photos taken by the paparazzi and leaks during the shoot told fans who to expect to see in the reboot, but there are possibly still a few surprises left. When we spoke to the film’s co-writer, Katie Dippold (The Heat), we asked her about one of those surprises and a certain cameo....

‘Kubo And The Two Strings’ Final Trailer: Giant Skeletons, Magic And A Sword-Fighting Monkey By Ethan Anderton/April 28, 2016 10:00 am EST There’s a good chance that I will always be stunned by how incredibly gorgeous stop-motion animation looks from Laika. The studio is host to dozens of animators who are masters of their craft, and when you see the new footage from the final Kubo and the Two Strings trailer, you’ll certainly agree....