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‘Allied’ First Look: Brad Pitt And Marion Cotillard Star In Robert Zemeckis’ WWII Drama By Jack Giroux/Aug. 3, 2016 3:30 pm EST Below, check out the full Allied first look. Allied takes place in 1942. Max Vatan (Brad Pitt) and Marianne Beausejour (Marion Cotillard) are undercover allies who begin to fall for each other. Max is a British intelligence officer sent to Casablanca to plan an assassination attempt. He works with Marianne, a French Resistance fighter who goes undercover as his wife....

‘Cut The Rope’ Movie Coming In 2016 By Angie Han/June 8, 2015 8:30 am EST Hungry little Om Nom is jumping from the smartphone screen to the big screen. ZeptoLab and Blockade Entertainment are developing an animated feature based on the Cut the Rope, the popular mobile game about a little green monster who demands candy. Hit the jump for plot details, a teaser poster, and more from the Cut the Rope movie....

‘Gambit’ Shoots This Fall In New Orleans, Casting Call Reveals Character Descriptions By Russ Fischer/July 24, 2015 4:15 pm EST In addition, the site has a whole set of characters that were offered up by a casting call. Trouble is, it’s difficult to discern who these characters are, if in fact most are directly related to Marvel Comics characters. One thing that does come through here is that it seems the film might be incorporating the conflict between criminal guilds (thieves and assassins, in the comics) that is a big part of Gambit’s early history....

‘Genius’ Trailer: Discover What Book Editors Lose Sleep Over By Jack Giroux/March 17, 2016 3:30 pm EST A two-hour movie about a book editor might not be the most enticing subject matter for some filmgoers, but Genius isn’t just about any book editor. Maxwell Perkins (Colin Firth) was the editor that discovered literary Gods, such as F. Scott Fitzegerald (Guy Pearce), Ernest Hemingway (Dominic West), and Thomas Wolfe (Jude Law). Tony Award-winning director Michael Grandage makes his feature directorial debut with Perkins’ story....

‘Luke Cage’ Teaser: Meet Marvel’s Next Leading Superhero, Again By Angie Han/March 18, 2016 12:20 pm EST It’s now been about 12 hours since Daredevil season 2 hit Netflix, which means it’s unlikely most of you have made it to the end at this point. Those who have, however, have found a shiny little present waiting for them at the end of Matt Murdock’s grueling journey: a teaser trailer for Netflix’s next Marvel series, Luke Cage....

‘Southpaw’ Trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal Fights For His Life By Angie Han/March 27, 2015 7:17 am EST Jake Gyllenhaal has had a really excellent run over these past few years, culminating in a career-best performance with Nightcrawler. But it’s not over. He seems poised to continue his winning streak with Southpaw, if the first trailer is any indication. Directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by Kurt Sutter, Southpaw stars Gyllenhaal as a boxer who’s lost everything — up to and including his daughter, who’s been taken away by Child Services....

‘The Sea Of Trees’ Trailer: Matthew McConaughey Finds Himself Lost In Gus Van Sant’s New Drama By Jack Giroux/Aug. 8, 2016 3:00 pm EST Back in June, news broke that A24 is releasing Gus Van Sant’s The Sea of Trees. The drama, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival over a year ago, was initially acquired by Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions. After sitting on the shelf for a while, for whatever reason, A24 stepped in to distribute the film....

Christopher Nolan Has Directed ‘Quay,’ A Short Doc About Animators The Brothers Quay By Russ Fischer/July 27, 2015 10:30 am EST Stephen and Timothy Quay are twin animators who have worked in both short and feature forms for decades, creating striking and unusual images such as the one above, from The Comb. While their style is indebted to other directors such as Jan Svankmajer, whose work is namechecked in an early Quay short, Brothers Quay films are singular efforts....

Cool Stuff: This Life-Size R2-D2 Fridge Will Bring Cold Blue Milk Straight To You By Ethan Anderton/June 4, 2015 8:00 am EST We live in pretty cushy times, where cold drinks and food just sit in a chilled cabinet called a refrigerator, just waiting for us to consume them. But as soon as you need your thirst quenched or hunger satisfied, you have to get up and walk a few feet to the fridge in order to get the goods....

Focus Features Backs Jeff Tremaine’s Motley Crue Biopic ‘The Dirt’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 16, 2015 7:00 am EST A film based on The Dirt — the tell-all story of hair metal/rock band Motley Crue as dictated by the band members — has been in development for years. We’ve heard of a few big talent attachments, but no development effort has ever amounted to much. At this point there’s a script by Rich Wilkes and Tom Kapinos, about which I’ve heard quite a few people say very positive things, and the attachment of Jackass director Jeff Tremaine....

Hear ‘Into The Woods’ Cast Sing In New Featurette By Russ Fischer/Oct. 23, 2014 11:00 am EST Into the Woods, directed by Rob Marshall (Chicago) is a musical based on the stage work from Stephen Sondheim, but you wouldn’t have known that from the film’s first trailer. This featurette, however, gives us not only interviews with the cast and crew, discussing the creation of the film, but also a lot more footage....

Honest And Retro ‘Batman V Superman’ Parody Trailers By Germain Lussier/April 21, 2015 12:00 pm EST Three things are certain in life. Death, taxes, and Internet trailer parodies. The instant a big film trailer hits the web, you know hundreds of people start working on different parodies, memes, and whatever else they can come up with. In the past week, two of the year’s biggest trailers came online: Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice....

Jason Momoa Finally Admits He’s Aquaman; Talks Solo Movie And Research For The Role By Germain Lussier/Oct. 20, 2014 11:00 am EST Everyone knew Jason Momoa was Aquaman. The trades reported it, Zack Snyder talked about the character, and Momoa teased it, but no one would confirm it officially until Warner Bros. made a move. That finally happened last week, when the full DC Comics schedule was revealed. Momoa will play Aquaman in two Justice League movies and in a solo movie due in 2018....

Johnny Depp Could Replace Hugh Jackman In ‘Collateral Beauty’, From ‘Me And Earl’ Director By Angie Han/July 15, 2015 1:00 pm EST Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s Me and Earl and the Dying Girl was a scrappy indie effort populated by character actors and young rising stars. But his next film Collateral Beauty is going for A-list name recognition. Johnny Depp is reportedly being courted to star, as Hugh Jackman unfortunately drops out. More on the possible Johnny Depp Collateral Beauty casting after the jump....

Pan’s Labyrinth Criterion Collection Release Announced By Jack Giroux/June 28, 2016 2:30 pm EST Another film of Guillermo del Toro’s is making its way to the Criterion Collection. Following in the footsteps of del Toro’s feature debut, Cronos, and the film closest to the director’s heart, The Devil’s Backbone, Pan’s Labyrinth will be made available on Criterion later this year. The release is timed to the fairy tale’s 10th anniversary....

Richard Linklater’s ‘Everybody Wants Some’ Will Have Its World Premiere At SXSW 2016 By Angie Han/Nov. 17, 2015 3:30 pm EST Richard Linklater’s Everybody Wants Some already has an April 15, 2016 release date locked in thanks to Paramount. But before the film rolls out nationwide, it’s making a quick stop in Linklater’s beloved Austin, Texas. The 1980s-set film has been selected to open the 2016 SXSW Film Festival, which kicks off March 11, 2016....

Rumor: Simon Kinberg Will Take Over Writing First ‘Star Wars’ Standalone Film By Germain Lussier/Jan. 12, 2015 11:30 am EST Late last week, news quietly broke that Gary Whitta was no longer the writer of Gareth Edwards’ Star Wars standalone movie. The departure seemed amicable, as both Whitta and Edwards released statements to The Hollywood Reporter. But it raised several questions about the film, which is scheduled to go in front of cameras at Pinewood Studios later this year once Spectre finishes production....

Ryan Coogler Is Co-Writing ‘Black Panther,’ Which Might Not Be Another Origin Story By Jack Giroux/April 11, 2016 2:00 pm EST While a lot of the early reactions to Captain America: Civil War praised the new depiction of Spider-Man, that doesn’t mean Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) isn’t every bit as entertaining as the web slinger. Marvel should have no problem getting unfamiliar audiences invested in this character. Below, Marvel studio president Kevin Feige tells us a bit about the upcoming Black Panther standalone film, which is being helmed by Ryan Coogler, and explains why it doesn’t necessarily have to be the Black Panther origin story....

Ryan Coogler Probably Won’t Direct ‘Creed 2’ Thanks To Some Superheroic Commitments By Jacob Hall/Jan. 18, 2016 12:00 pm EST It may have been almost entirely snubbed at the Oscar nominations, but Creed is still a miracle of a movie and one the best entires in the entire Rocky series. And while Michael B. Jordan provides fresh blood and Sylvester Stallone supplies plenty of old soul, the film really works because of director Ryan Coogler....

See All The ‘Fantastic Four’ Powers In New Commercial By Germain Lussier/May 22, 2015 11:00 am EST So far, the trailers for Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four have shown us brief glimpses of the characters’ powers. We haven’t really gotten a chance, however, to visually study each ability. We now have a pretty decent chance to do that in a very odd place. Movietickets.com has released a commercial featuring the Fantastic Four and, for twenty seconds, it’s probably the best look yet we’ve seen from the movie…until it becomes an app commercial....