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The Great Great Showdown Hunt Day 3: Wednesday November th 2015 Paris, France: This film follows the story of a girl who finds a box full of old things in her bathroom. She lives above a green grocer and often buys fruits and vegetables from him. He is not the nicest guy in the world, but she really likes his assistant who works beside him. Where is this green grocer?Manchester UK: There once was a club that spawned many wonderful bands in the UK....

Vincenzo Natali To Adapt ‘In The Tall Grass’ From Stephen King And Joe Hill By Russ Fischer/May 7, 2015 4:30 pm EST We’re getting into a new age of Stephen King adaptations. The Stand and It are both being redone for the big screen, from directors Josh Boone and Cary Fukunaga — both very promising projects. And now Vincenzo Natali, who made films like Cube and Splice and is a director on Hannibal, is going to adapt In the Tall Grass, a “road movie” that turns into a nightmare, based on a story King co-authored with his son Joe Hill....

‘Agent Carter’ Canceled At ABC, ‘Marvel’s Most Wanted’ No Longer Desired Either By Ethan Anderton/May 13, 2016 10:30 am EST Just last week, news surfaced that the chances of Agent Carter getting renewed for a third season were not looking good. In addition, the developing new show Marvel’s Most Wanted was no longer considered a lock for a series order. Today ABC brought the official word on both of the Marvel Studios television shows, and sadly, there’s no good news for either one....

‘Divergent Series’ Finale ‘Ascendant’ Loses Director Robert Schwentke By Angie Han/Feb. 9, 2016 11:00 am EST Deadline, who broke the news, clarifies there’s “nothing sinister” going on. Schwentke just wanted to take a break from the franchise after shooting Insurgent and Allegiant, and remains on good terms with Lionsgate. (THR’s sources additionally trot out the “wanted to spend more time with his family” line.) However, his abrupt departure leaves the studio scrambling to find a replacement to meet The Divergent Series: Ascendant’s planned June 9, 2017 release date....

‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Teasers Are Brief Blasts Of Action By Russ Fischer/March 30, 2015 11:30 am EST Warner Bros. opens Mad Max: Fury Road in just six weeks, and the studio is experimenting with reminding us all that the movie looks totally insane, as if there was any chance we’d forget it after that first footage. So here are a few very short Mad Max: Fury Road teasers / TV spots....

‘Rick And Morty’ Renewed For Season Three By Russ Fischer/Aug. 12, 2015 11:00 am EST We’re only three episodes into the second season of Rick and Morty, but Adult Swim has smartly moved to renew one of the best shows on TV. Rick and Morty is created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, with Roiland also voicing both the young Morty and his genius, possibly insane, definitely alcoholic grandfather Rick....

‘The Departed’ TV Series In Development, Taking Cues From FX’s ‘Fargo’ By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 26, 2016 10:30 am EST Director Martin Scorsese finally got the Oscar love he deserved when his work on The Departed allowed him to take home the Academy Award for Best Director, not to mention the film winning Best Picture and screenwriter William Monahan winning Best Adapted Screenplay. And since the film was a remake of the Chinese crime film Infernal Affairs, which was the first in a trilogy of films, some have wondered why we never got a sequel to The Departed....

‘The Lego Batman Movie’ Teaser Trailer By Angie Han/March 24, 2016 6:05 am EST Don’t tell anyone, but my most highly anticipated Batman movie isn’t Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice or even Ben Affleck’s solo Batman movie. It’s The Lego Batman Movie, featuring Will Arnett as the grizzled and raspy voice of the Caped Crusader. I mean, who can who can resist a description like “About a Boy as directed by Michael Mann,” as director Chris McKay recently put it?...

‘Uncle Buck’, ‘Limitless’, And ‘Rush Hour’ Shows Are Coming To A TV Near You By Angie Han/May 8, 2015 3:00 pm EST Your TV schedule might look a lot like your DVD collection next season. ABC has just given a series order to Uncle Buck, adapted from the 1989 John Hughes comedy, while CBS is moving ahead with small-screen versions of Rush Hour and Limitless. More details on the Uncle Buck, Limitless, and Rush Hour TV shows after the jump....

‘Welcome To Death Row’ Wants To Emulate Success Of ‘Straight Outta Compton’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 2, 2015 1:00 pm EST Movies are following the pattern set by the record industry decades ago. No one believed in rappers from Compton until NWA’s ‘Straight Outta Compton’ got national attention, after which the LA scene exploded. Now, with the biopic Straight Outta Compton taking the top box-office spot for three weeks running, agents and producers are scrambling to come up with related stories that can be turned into movies....

‘xXx 3’: Samuel L. Jackson To Return; Vin Diesel Shares Concept Art By Angie Han/Dec. 16, 2015 4:30 pm EST As any Vin Diesel fan knows, the best source for updates on any Vin Diesel project is very often Vin Diesel himself. He’s famously active on social media, where he shares updates, announcements, marketing materials, and other juicy tidbits with his fans. Today, for example, he offered some new insight into xXx 3....

ACE Editing Award Nominations Highlight ‘Whiplash,’ ‘Nightcrawler,’ ‘Boyhood’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 2, 2015 11:00 am EST The Oscar nominations aren’t out yet, but we’re getting to the point where technical guilds will be announcing their nominations for the best achievements of 2014. The latest set to be released comes from the American Cinema Editors, which this morning revealed nominations for their 65th annual ACE Eddie Awards. The ACE Awards recognize achievements in editing in a variety of film (narrative, comedy/musical, and documentary) and TV categories....

Both ‘Fantastic Four’ And ‘Daredevil’ Will Feature The Classic Costumes By Germain Lussier/March 17, 2015 12:39 pm EST In official images from two upcoming Marvel properties, we’re not seeing things that we’re used to seeing with the characters. There’s Netflix’s Daredevil, where we’ve see Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) in a simple, black costume. Then there’s Fox’s Fantastic Four, where the characters have so far been seen in functional, flexible suits. The link between the two is that neither project features the primary costumes we know from the comic books: the red Daredevil suit and the brighter blue Fantastic Four outfits with a big “4” on the chest....

Bumblebee Is Getting His Own ‘Transformers’ Spinoff In 2018 By Angie Han/Feb. 12, 2016 1:30 pm EST Earlier today, we reported that Paramount Pictures had set dates for Transformers 5, 6, and 7 in 2017, 2018, and 2019. Well, it turns out that wasn’t exactly accurate. While it is true we’re getting three more Transformers movies over the next three years, they won’t all be direct sequels. One of them will be a spinoff featuring Bumblebee (that’s the yellow one, for those of you who suffer from a Transformers-specific form of face blindness)....

Cool Stuff: Netflix Introduces Socks That Will Pause Your Show If You Fall Asleep By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 18, 2015 2:30 pm EST After debuting a homemade Netflix and Chill button, the streaming service has delivered another cool gadget that might be something their technologically inclined binge-watchers want to check out. Netflix has just unveiled a design for socks that detects when you fall asleep and pauses whatever movie or TV show you were watching....

Cool Stuff: This Custom LEGO AT-AT Is Six Times Bigger Than The Official Model By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 15, 2016 7:30 am EST Lately, LEGO has been putting together some pretty awesome sets that are just as cool for adult collectors as for kids. In fact, some of them are probably geared towards those older master builders, such as the massive Ghostbusters firehouse and the recently revealed 1966 Batman series Batcave. But when it comes to Star Wars, most of their sets are still geared towards kids, and some builders just want their LEGO Star Wars vehicles bigger and better....

Final ‘Star Trek Beyond’ Trailer: “Let’s Hope This Doesn’t Get Messy” By Jack Giroux/July 18, 2016 3:30 pm EST The early buzz is strong for Star Trek Beyond. Oddly, the film may not screen in certain territories for critics, but considering the first wave of reviews are almost as positive as they were for J.J. Abrams’ 2009 reboot, maybe that’ll change. Inheriting the director’s chair from Abrams is Justin Lin (Fast & Furious 6), and another trailer has been released for Lin’s sequel....

First Look: Rocky Gets Back In The Ring For ‘Creed’ By Angie Han/April 13, 2015 9:02 am EST Rocky’s boxing days may be behind him, but that doesn’t mean he’s left the ring completely. In the first official image from Creed, Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) steps up to train a promising young boxer, Adonis (Michael B. Jordan), who just happens to be the son of his old rival Apollo. Also starring are Phylicia Rashad as Apollo’s widow, Tessa Thompson as Adonis’ love interest, and Anthony Bellew as boxer “Pretty” Ricky Conlan....

Interview: ‘The Magicians’ Showrunner Sera Gamble On The Rules Of Magic By Fred Topel/Feb. 8, 2016 7:30 am EST At the NBC networks party for the Television Critics Association, I met The Magicians showrunner (and former Supernatural showrunner) Sera Gamble. She explained some of the rules for magic and spells we might see on future episodes of The Magicians. Find out what we learned after the jump. Is part of your mission to make magic cool again?...

James Wan Bringing ‘The Boy Who Drew Monsters’ To The Big Screen By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 4, 2015 12:00 pm EST Right now James Wan is busy shooting The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist, opting to return to horror instead of directing Furious 8 for Universal Pictures (which is having some trouble locking down a director, with Vin Diesel promising an announcement soon). But he’ll also be wearing his producing hat for another promising horror project....