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‘Inferno’ Teaser Trailer: Tom Hanks Is Humanity’s Final Hope By Angie Han/May 9, 2016 7:30 am EST Tom Hanks can currently be seen onscreen in Tom Tykwer’s A Hologram for the King — not that anyone would know, considering the total lack of marketing or buzz surrounding that movie. But Sony is taking pains to ensure Hanks’ next movie will not be so completely overlooked. The studio has dropped the first action-packed trailer for Inferno, which sees Hanks reprising his role from The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons as symbologist Robert Langdon....

‘Zoolander 2’ Teaser: Stephen Hawking Introduces Ben Stiller’s Comedy Sequel By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 2, 2015 9:18 am EST It’s been 14 years since male model Derek Zoolander saved the Malaysian prime minister from being assassinated by a really, really, ridiculously good looking merman. But now Ben Stiller is back as the dimwitted fashion icon. The teaser trailer for Zoolander 2 hand just debuted online, and while there’s no footage from the movie, it’s clear that Stiller is back in clueless male model mode as he argues with Stephen Hawking’s voiceover about the title of the sequel....

50 Ant-Man Photos: Let’s Over-Analyze The Teaser Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 7, 2015 8:00 am EST Last night, Walt Disney Pictures released the first teaser trailer for Peyton Reed’s Ant-Man. You can watch that trailer here, in case you haven’t seen it already. And for those of you who really want to take in all of the visuals revealed in the first Ant-Man trailer, we have compiled a batch of high resolution images from the film to let you take in all the goodness one shot at a time, complete with an image by image analysis by me....

Alex Proyas And Lionsgate Apologize For ‘Gods Of Egypt’ Whitewashing By Jack Giroux/Nov. 27, 2015 3:00 pm EST Gods of Egypt just can’t catch a break. The buzz surrounding the film is currently toxic, following the garish posters and a trailer that left people scratching their heads. Then, the film was criticized for its prominently white cast. Considering Gods of Egypt is, you know, based in Egypt, it’s a puzzling, if not completely surprising, choice that all the major leads — Gerard Butler, Nikola Coster-Waldau, and Brenton Thwaites – are white....

Cool Stuff: Tom Whalen’s Pulp Menagerie Mondo Gallery Show By Germain Lussier/April 20, 2015 12:42 pm EST Mondo has released an early look at their next gallery exhibit. It’s by /Film favorite Tom Whalen and is called Pulp Menagerie. The screenprint poster show opens May 22 at the Mondo Gallery in Austin Texas and, below, you can see the first few images centering on the subjects of Batman, Godzilla and more....

Cuba Gooding Jr To Play O.J. Simpson In New TV Miniseries By Germain Lussier/Dec. 10, 2014 12:00 pm EST Showrunner Ryan Murphy has made a name for himself by freaking people out. Whether it’s the twists of American Horror Story, the tension of Nip/Tuck or the singing in Glee, he loves to put something provocative on the screen. His latest project is going to do something similar, but in a very different way....

Edgar Wright Rewriting Steampunk ‘Oliver Twist’ Sequel ‘Dodge And Twist’ By Angie Han/Jan. 26, 2015 4:00 pm EST Even as Edgar Wright preps his next two directorial efforts, he’s found time to work on another screenplay. Wright has submitted a rewrite of Dodge and Twist, an action-oriented steampunk sequel to Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist. Think Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes, only with Oliver and the Artful Dodger. More details on the Edgar Wright Dodge and Twist script after the jump....

First Look: Johnny Depp Is Tied In ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’ By Russ Fischer/April 21, 2015 12:30 pm EST Batman v Superman doesn’t hit theaters for almost a year, and we’ve already seen a trailer. Not to be outdone, here’s a Pirates of the Caribbean 5 first look. The film doesn’t open until July 2017 — that’s over two years away — but here’s the first image from the film, of Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales....

Frank Miller Talks About Darren Aronofsky’s Unmade Batman Movie By Jacob Hall/March 4, 2016 4:00 pm EST And he’s impacted few characters quite like how he’s impacted Batman. In fascinating new interview, Miller speaks about his work, his politics, whether or not he watches movies influences by his work, and, most fascinatingly, the work he did with director Darren Aronofsky on an unmade Batman film. You can find the full interview over at The Hollywood Reporter (and it is very worthy your time), but here are some of the highlights....

In ‘The Nightmare’ The ‘Room 237’ Director Recreates Our Deepest Fears [Sundance 2015] By Germain Lussier/Jan. 27, 2015 8:13 pm EST The last thing you probably ever want to see is a literal recreation of your deepest, darkest nightmares. In The Nightmare, director Rodney Ascher (Room 237) has done just that. The film explores the condition commonly referred to as “sleep paralysis.” That’s a condition where someone is in bed, but totally physically immobilized....

Judd Apatow Co-Writing Iraq War Dramedy With ‘Redeployment’ Author Phil Klay [Updated] By Angie Han/May 8, 2015 11:00 am EST After chronicling the love lives of romantically ambivalent men from every conceivable angle, Judd Apatow is branching out this year by chronicling the love life of a romantically ambivalent woman in Trainwreck. Now his latest new project will take him much further afield, all the way to the front lines of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars....

Maybe ‘Shazam’ Is Part Of The DC Movie Universe After All By Russ Fischer/Dec. 26, 2014 2:00 pm EST So is Shazam part of the DC Movie Universe, or not? We originally thought it might be, but the film is from New Line rather than Warner Bros. proper, and comments from New Line head Toby Emmerich have suggested Shazam might be off on its own. But now a new post from DC has led people to thinking that the character Shazam is part of the same universe that also features Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman — which naturally has us wondering if he’ll fit into the big Justice League story after all....

Neil Burger To Direct ‘The Intouchables’ Remake Starring Bryan Cranston & Kevin Hart By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 25, 2016 4:00 pm EST Neil Burger has been hired to direct The Weinstein Company’s remake of The Intouchables, starring Kevin Hart and Bryan Cranston. Burger directed the 2006 Edward Norton film The Illusionist, as well as Limitless starring Bradley Cooper, and the YA adaptation of Divergent. More details on the Intouchables remake, after the jump....

Netflix 4K Ultra HD Content Will Cost You $3 Extra Monthly By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 10, 2014 1:30 pm EST I’m not suite sure I understand the point of 4K televisions unless you’re buying a huge tv. I’ve read studies that claim that if you’re sitting on a couch at proper distance you would not be able to perceive the difference between a 60 inch 2K television and a 60 inch 4k television....

By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 2, 2014 3:30 pm EST Header Photo: Gingerbread Serenity 10 Reasons Why ‘Toy Story That Time Forgot’ Is the Must-Watch Christmas Special of the Season6 Things Even Non-Fans of ‘Star Wars’ Can Appreciate About That New Trailer You Can Already 3D Print Yourself a Copy of That Star Wars Ball Droid Why We Don’t Need More Flight of the ConchordsJurassic World trailer already facing criticism from palaeontologistsStar Wars Laser Weapon IdeasHow to Make an Oscar-Winning Biopic In Five Easy Steps6 Insane Twist Movie Endings You Never Got to See...

Ronda Rousey To Star In Her Own Autobiographical Movie By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 3, 2015 12:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Paramount Pictures has just snagged the rights to Ronda Rousey’s best-selling autobiography My Fight/Your Fight, but what’s interesting about this project as opposed to other biopics is that Rousey will be starring in the film herself. Find out more about the Ronda Rousey movie after the jump!...

There’s A “Really Compelling Idea” For Wayward Pines Season 3 By Fred Topel/Aug. 8, 2016 4:30 pm EST Based on the novels by Black Crouch, Shyamalan produced the show for creator Chad Hodge, with Shyamalan directing the pilot. Walden has heard their pitch for a third season. The second season finale aired July 27. Wayward Pines was a place where main characters could die week to week, and the leads were switched season to season....

UK ‘Chappie’ Trailer Stresses Emotion Over Action, But There’s Lots Of Both By Germain Lussier/Jan. 14, 2015 9:30 am EST Last week, Sony released the new trailer for Neill Blomkamp’s Chappie. For this film, the director of District 9 and Elysium is back with another tale about both the dangers and positive potential of technology. This time, the film stars Sharlto Copley (District 9) as a newly created artificially intelligent robot who has the potential to save, and to scare the world....

VOTD: Breaking Down The Dragon Visual Effects In ‘Game Of Thrones’ Season Five By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 10, 2015 6:00 am EST Just last month, not long after the fifth season of Game of Thrones came to an end, we featured a look at some of the impressive and sometimes invisible visual effects of HBO’s hit fantasy series. And before that, there was a special emphasis places on the visual effects of the exciting episode “Hardhome....

Watch The Star Wars Celebration 2016 Live Stream Right Now By Peter Sciretta/July 16, 2016 4:40 am EST I’m live in London covering Star Wars Celebration Europe 2016 throughout the weekend. There is a bunch of big news expected to break surrounding projects such as Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars Episode 8, the untitled Han Solo standalone film, Star Wars Rebels and much much more (here are our predictions)....