‘Home Alone’ Deleted Scene Makes Uncle Frank Even More Of A Jerk By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 27, 2015 9:00 am EST Even though it’s Uncle Frank (Gerry Bamman) who really lashes out at Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin) in Home Alone by calling him a little jerk after he causes a commotion that gets soda spilled on the pizza and airline tickets, pretty much everyone who loves watching this movie knows that Uncle Frank is the real jerk....
‘Hotel Transylvania 2’ Trailer: Vampire Adam Sandler Throws A Kid Off A Tower By Angie Han/March 12, 2015 11:30 am EST Vampires — they’re just like us! The first Hotel Transylvania demonstrated that raising a teenager is just as challenging for bloodsuckers as it is for the rest of us, and now the Hotel Transylvania 2 trailer reveals that vampires have their own version of “sink or swim.” Only instead of tossing someone into the deep end so they’ll learn to swim, it involves throwing a toddler off a tower so he’ll learn to fly....
‘John Wick’ Directors Will Make ‘Bloodshot’ By Russ Fischer/April 21, 2015 11:24 am EST We recently heard that Valiant Entertainment scored millions to turn Valiant comic book series like Bloodshot, Harbinger and Archer & Armstrong into film franchises. Now Valiant has announced a five-picture deal with Sony Pictures, which will bring two series, Bloodshot and Harbinger, to theaters starting in 2017. Eric Heisserer (The Thing, Story of Your Life) is working on scripts for both, and the Bloodshot movie director — sorry, directors — will be David Leitch and Chad Stahelski, who made John Wick....
‘Mrs. Doubtfire 2’ May Not Be Happening But A ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Musical Is In The Works By Germain Lussier/Jan. 26, 2015 6:00 am EST The passing of Robin Williams removed any chance of Mrs. Doubtfire 2 ever happening, but it turns out the character will endure regardless. In a new interview, composer Alan Menken revealed he’s working on a Mrs. Doubtfire musical for the stage. Read more below. Menken was talking to Entertainment Weekly about his other new project, Galavant, when he revealed news of the Mrs....
‘Skull Island’ Gets New Title And 2017 Release Date By Germain Lussier/Dec. 12, 2014 3:46 pm EST The King Kong prequel Skull Island just got a new title and release date. Directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts and starring Tom Hiddleston, the film is now called Kong: Skull Island. Additionally, it has moved from November 4, 2016 to March 10, 2017. It’ll be released in 3D and IMAX 3D. Below, read the brand new plot description for Kong: Skull Island....
‘Star Trek Beyond’ Villain Is A Groundbreaking Twist For The Franchise By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 28, 2015 2:30 pm EST Ever since it was announced that Idris Elba had joined the cast of Star Trek Beyond, details on who he plays has been kept tightly under wraps. We have been told nothing more than that his character would be the antagonist of the new Star Trek sequel. But now Idris is finally talking about his role in the upcoming threequel, albeit in vague terms....
‘Star Wars’ TV Series: ABC Confirms “Conversations” With Lucasfilm [TCA 2016] By Fred Topel/Aug. 4, 2016 11:09 am EST Today was the first ever Television Critics Association executive session for new ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey. She replaces Paul Lee, who has met with TCA twice a year since 2010. ABC is a Disney company, and the network has aired shows from Disney-owned creative brands like Marvel and the Muppets. Asked if she would like to add a Star Wars TV series to her network, Dungey confirmed the network is in active conversations with Lucasfilm....
‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Chatter: Hulk Smash, But Will Hulk Speak? By Jacob Hall/Feb. 1, 2016 11:30 am EST Oh, look – another day, another post featuring director Taika Waititi. What can we say? We like the guy. And we like his movies. And we like Marvel movies, so we like that he’s directing Thor: Ragnarok and we like that he’s saying all of the right things. And that brings us to the latest piece of news to travel from his mouth to your web browser: the Hulk, who normally doesn’t have a lot to say between smashing things, may be a bit more vocal now that he gets to play galactic buddy cop with Thor....
ABC President Talks The Future Of Marvel Television: Agents Of SHIELD, Inhumans, Agent Carter In Hollywood By Fred Topel/Aug. 4, 2015 11:43 am EST ABC Entertainment Group President Paul Lee spoke before the Television Critics Association for an executive panel on Tuesday, August 4. When asked about ABC’s plans for Marvel, given that Netflix has many of Marvel’s television properties, Lee staked his network’s claim to the continuing success of Agents of S....
Skuzzles Robocop Poster by James White The red regular is $50. It’s a 24 x 36 inch, 10 color (including 3 metallics) screenprint in an edition of 165. The purple variant costs $60. It’s It’s a 24 x 36 inch, 10 color (including 3 metallics) screenprint in an edition of 75. For more on White, visit www.signalnoise.com. By Germain Lussier/May 28, 2015 6:00 am EST Paul Verhoven’s Robocop is one of those pop culture properties that is represented by a lot of posters....
Chloë Grace Moretz Dives Into Live-Action ‘Little Mermaid’ Retelling; Richard Curtis To Script By Angie Han/Nov. 7, 2015 5:00 am EST Disney may have found the most success with live-action fairy tales so far, but it’s certainly not the only studio that’s trying. Universal and Working Title are moving forward on a new adaptation of The Little Mermaid that formerly had Sofia Coppola attached. Chloë Grace Moretz has been set to star, while Richard Curtis (Love, Actually) will write the script....
Cool Stuff: Sideshow Collectibles’ R2-Me2 Collection By Germain Lussier/April 23, 2015 1:45 pm EST If you’ve been to a convention, odds are you spent some time drooling at a Sideshow Collectibles booth. Their large convention space consists of glass cases filled with the kind of high-end collectibles and figures most of us only dream of owning. Last weekend’s Star Wars Celebration was no different. Sideshow had a beautiful booth filled with goregeous merchandise....
Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Story Of Your Life’ Gets A New Title And Release Date By Jacob Hall/June 17, 2016 10:30 am EST Although he’s been making movies for over a decade, the past few years have seen Denis Villeneuve explode in the best possible way. The one-two punch of Enemy and Prisoners in 2013 firmly established him as a director with serious staying power. 2015’s Sicario only cemented him as one the most exciting filmmakers suddenly being handed larger budgets and given the chance to work with major actors....
First Look: Hugh Jackman And Levi Miller In Joe Wright’s ‘Pan’ By Angie Han/Nov. 24, 2014 7:37 am EST “This isn’t exactly the Neverland story you know.” That’s director Joe Wright’s description of his Peter Pan origin story Pan, and so far he seems to be telling the truth. Case in point: the villainous pirate in this one is not Captain Hook but Blackbeard, played by Hugh Jackman. The hero is still a little boy named Peter Pan, though, played by Levi Miller....
James Gunn Says Comic-Con Piracy Will Be More Difficult This Year Due To New Technology By Ethan Anderton/July 11, 2016 12:00 pm EST Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn took to Facebook this weekend to tease the arrival of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. The filmmaker has already teased that the panel for the sequel at Comic-Con would give attendees a glimpse at the first footage, but fans asked when everyone else might see a teaser trailer....
LOL: Jon Snow Is The World’s Worst Dinner Party Guest By Angie Han/April 7, 2015 7:22 am EST Game of Thrones’ Jon Snow has plenty of good qualities. He’s clever and strong, loyal and courageous to a fault. And even his less pleasant traits make sense in context. You’d be a wet blanket, too, if all of your loved ones were dead and ice zombies were coming for everyone else....
LOL: See The Real Michael Bolton In ‘Office Space’ By Germain Lussier/March 10, 2015 11:15 am EST If you celebrate the entire Mike Judge catalog like we do, you’re going to want to watch this latest video from the Funny or Die team. They got Michael Bolton – the real Michael Bolton – to reenact scenes from Judge’s comedy Office Space. Of course, in that movie, actor David Herman played a character named “Michael Bolton,” which set the stage for numerous jokes about his name....
Steve McQueen Sets Paul Robeson Biopic As Next Feature By Angie Han/Nov. 19, 2014 12:00 pm EST Hunger and Shame got director Steve McQueen some pretty great buzz, but it wasn’t until 12 Years a Slave that he really broke through outside the indie/arthouse crowd. The slavery drama took home Best Picture at the 86th Oscars and marked McQueen as a big deal. Now he’s using the clout he gained from that film to get his next one moving....
Superhero Bits: Ant-Man, Suicide Squad, Preacher, Deadpool, Fantastic Four, Superman By Germain Lussier/May 29, 2015 4:30 pm EST Artist Matt Ferguson made a fun poster for Ant-Man. Superhero Hype asks, please, don’t reboot The League of Extraordinary Gentleman. Deadpool has wrapped production.Marvel is doing an Ant-Man contest for girls age 14-18 to build something. #Deadpool has been a privilege to make. And we got to make this film because of you....
By Germain Lussier/Jan. 19, 2015 5:00 am EST Tim Burton’s latest film, Big Eyes, is now in theaters. His next film, Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children, is getting ready to shoot, aimed at a March 4, 2016 release. Once he’s done with that, the prolific filmmaker has a ton of options to choose from (as always). According to writer Seth Grahame-Smith, that’s when he’ll make their vision of Beetlejuice 2 into a reality....
