A ‘Lights Out’ Sequel Is Already In The Works By Jacob Hall/July 28, 2016 12:00 pm EST Say what you want about the Saw series (and you can saw many things about the Saw series), but I always appreciated how they kept the horror movie sequel tradition alive. If a horror movie can’t be allowed to exist solely on its own, if it must have a sequel, then it needs to to have five sequels....
Anne Hathaway Joins Nacho Vigalondo’s ‘Colossal’ By Angie Han/May 12, 2015 7:31 am EST Anne Hathaway has done all kinds of movies over the course of her 15-year career, but even so this one sounds like a pretty offbeat choice for her. The Oscar-winning actress has just been set to star in Colossal, the latest movie by Timecrimes and Open Windows director Nacho Vigalondo. In simple terms, the film is being described as Godzilla (okay) meets Lost in Translation (wait, what?...
Ben Wheatley To Remake ‘The Wages Of Fear’ Because He’s The Only Director Allowed To Remake ‘The Wages Of Fear’ By Jacob Hall/Nov. 17, 2015 2:30 pm EST Henri-Georges Clouzot’s The Wages of Fear is one of the best thrillers ever made, a despairing, sentiment-free, white-knuckle road trip into a nightmare. When it comes to powerful portraits of shattered masculinity barely surviving in the shadow of capitalism and existential dread, cinema pretty much peaked in 1953....
Bryan Cranston To Lead Brad Furman’s ‘The Infiltrator’ By Angie Han/Oct. 8, 2014 1:30 pm EST A little over a year after Breaking Bad, Bryan Cranston is heading back to the criminal underworld. The Emmy-winning actor is attached to lead The Infiltrator, about real-life federal agent Robert Mazur’s years undercover. Brad Furman, who directed Cranston in The Lincoln Lawyer, will helm. Hit the jump for more about the Bryan Cranston Infiltrator movie....
CBS’ First ‘Star Trek’ Teaser Promises New Adventures, New Crews, New Worlds By Angie Han/May 18, 2016 2:49 pm EST This year marks the 50th birthday of the first episode of the first Star Trek TV series, which would go on to launch an entire franchise spanning decades and worlds and several different types of media. Next year, the franchise returns to its small-screen roots (albeit on an on-demand subscription service instead of on regular old broadcast television)....
Cool Stuff: ‘Home Alone’ Inspired Poster For ‘Angels With Filthy Souls’ By Germain Lussier/Dec. 8, 2014 5:00 am EST “Keep the change, ya filthy animal.” There’s a moment with art when sometimes a lightbulb goes off in your head. You’re looking at a piece and then, BING, you get it. It’s not obvious but you get it. Personally, those are my favorite kinds of pieces, especially in pop culture art. If someone sees a piece of art and we both get it, odds are we have lots in common....
Back to the Future Matt Taylor Poster Here is more about the Back to the Future Matt Taylor poster from the artist: “BTTF is basically my dream project and as such is utterly terrifying, because it is embedded in the public consciousness and has it’s own library of iconography that even people who haven’t seen the film will know. On top of that, the previous BTTF series at Mondo are amongst the highlights of their output – so a little bit of extra pressure to live up to there....
Daniel Espinosa Boards Boston Marathon Drama ‘Boston Strong’ As Casey Affleck Exits By Angie Han/Nov. 18, 2014 4:00 pm EST And now, the bad news: Casey Affleck has just dropped out of the lead role, after attaching himself last month. Hit the jump for the Boston Strong Daniel Espinosa and Casey Affleck updates. Meanwhile, Affleck’s deal has fallen through according to inside sources. The Massachusetts native had signed on in October to star and produce....
Did Last Night’s ‘Game Of Thrones’ Reveal The Identity Of Jon Snow’s Mother? By Angie Han/May 4, 2015 11:00 am EST But last night’s episode may finally have offered the key to the mystery. While “Sons of the Harpy” doesn’t confirm the mystery woman’s identity outright, it’s full of clues pointing toward the validity of one very popular fan theory. Let’s discuss what the episode suggested about the Jon Snow mother mystery after the jump....
Netflix Picks Up Adam Wingard’s ‘Death Note’ After Warner Bros. Kicks It To The Curb By Jacob Hall/April 7, 2016 11:00 am EST Yesterday, a Hollywood Reporter story revealed that Warner Bros. doesn’t want to take risks on smaller projects in the wake of Batman v Superman’s tumultuous box office and will make fewer movies, focusing on major tentpole releases. We may already be seeing the impact of this new policy: director Adam Wingard’s adaptation of Death Note has been dropped by the studio....
New ‘Furious 7’ Trailer And TV Spot: Race Wars And Family Are Coming April 3 By Germain Lussier/Feb. 20, 2015 9:30 am EST The summer starts early this year when James Wan’s Furious 7 hits theaters on April 3. The seventh film in the Fast and Furious franchise picks up where part 6 (and part 3) left off, taking the franchise into the unknown for the first time in years. Dom (Vin Diesel), Brian (Paul Walker) and the rest of the team will once again join up with Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) and others to battle a new foe, played by Jason Statham....
See Derek Zoolander’s Grown-Up Son In ‘Zoolander 2’ By Germain Lussier/April 13, 2015 2:00 pm EST Every image we see from Zoolander 2 seems to get more and more odd. Derek and Hansel (Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson) looked normal in the first reveal, but then they got a little weirder at the Eiffel Tower, followed by the debut of Kristen Wiig’s totally unrecognizable look. Now, Stiller has revealed that Zoolander’s son, who made a brief appearance at the end of the first film, is featured in the sequel....
See Exclusive Images From ‘The Goonies’ 30th Anniversary Art Show By Germain Lussier/May 21, 2015 1:45 pm EST Growing up, The Goonies was one of those movies I could watch over and over. The sense of adventure that permeated the film satisfied my childhood craving to go out into the world and find something. To become something greater. Lots of other people felt that too, and it’s since become a film revered by many, and one people talk about when they talk about the Eighties....
The New ‘Jumanji’ Movie Is About To Get A Dose Of That ‘Con Air’ Action By Jacob Hall/Oct. 26, 2015 11:00 am EST Two decades ago, the beloved children’s book Jumanji got the Hollywood treatment, with Chris Van Allsburg’s black-and-white, Caldecott Medal-winning illustrations becoming the basis for a massive family adventure film starring Robin Williams at the height of his powers. Today, that movie hits a few nostalgic notes among the ’90s kids, but it’s more fondly remembered for the memes it has inspired than anything else....
VOTD: ‘The Simpsons’ Movie References: A Side-By-Side Supercut Of Some Of The Best By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 15, 2016 5:00 am EST Even if you’re not a fan of The Simpsons anymore, there’s a good chance that at some point you loved the cartoon family from Springfield, Somewhere. And even if you’ve only seen a handful of episodes, you probably know that the show makes countless pop culture references with an affinity for recreating plenty of iconic movies....
‘Black-Ish’ Creator To Script ‘Good Times’ Movie By Angie Han/April 28, 2015 4:00 am EST These are good times for Good Times. The classic ’70s sitcom is getting revived as a feature film, as first announced in 2013, and now it’s taking a big step forward as Kenya Barris (Black-ish) is set to write. Get more details on the Good Times movie after the jump. Deadline reported the news. Like the original Good Times series, which aired on CBS from 1974 to 1979, the Good Times movie will follow a black family living in a Chicago housing project in the 1960s....
‘Doctor Who’ Trailer Features More Of Maisie Williams In Her Guest Role By Russ Fischer/Aug. 12, 2015 12:00 pm EST Here’s the new trailer for Doctor Who season nine, and this footage features a whole collection of wild shots, many of which seem to be from the two-part opening story. Among the many sights in this trailer are a few shots that suggest details of the Maisie Williams Doctor Who guest role, briefly glimpsed at the end of the first trailer, and suggested much more heavily now thanks to shots like the one above....
‘Kong: Skull Island’ Recruits John Goodman; More Plot Details Revealed By Angie Han/Sept. 25, 2015 10:50 am EST There’s a lot we still don’t know about Kong: Skull Island, but the one thing that’s becoming increasingly obvious is that it’ll have a really, really great cast. Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ latest get is John Goodman, who joins Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, John C. Reilly, Toby Kebbell, and Straight Outta Compton breakouts Corey Hawkins and Jason Mitchell....
‘Vice Principals’ Trailer: Danny McBride Is Clearly The Best Role Model For Kids By Ethan Anderton/April 25, 2016 7:30 am EST Last night was a big premiere night for HBO with the return of Game of Thrones, followed by the debuts of the new seasons of both Veep and Silicon Valley. And since millions were watching, the cable network decided to release a new Vice Principals trailer. Danny McBride plays Neal Gamby, who basically feels like a somewhat toned down Kenny Powers in a high school, the vice principal of discipline desperately vying for a new vacant position as the principal at Lincoln High School....
A Cast Of Kings S5E08 - Hardhome By David Chen/June 1, 2015 9:26 pm EST In this episode of “A Cast of Kings,” Joanna and David discuss the eight episode of Season 5 of Game of Thrones, “Hardhome.” Thanks to our sponsor for this episode, Squarespace. Go to Squarespace.com and use promo code “filmcast” to get 10% off your first order! Also, be sure to join/post in Subreddit “F*ck Olly” or “Olly Rules....
