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Director Alan Taylor: Terminator Genisys Is A “Dysfunctional Family Story” [Set Interview] By Peter Sciretta/March 26, 2015 6:00 am EST In July I visited the set of Terminator: Genisys, you can hear what I learned while on set here. While on set, we talked to the cast and crew of the new film. Over the next few days we’ll be running transcripts of these on set interviews. Yesterday we posted our interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger who again plays a T-800 in the new film....

Exclusive ‘Starry Eyes’ Clip: The Final Interview By Russ Fischer/Nov. 7, 2014 3:45 pm EST Starry Eyes is a great independent horror film that follows a young woman who goes further than she ever imagined possible in her quest for fame. Alexandra Essoe turns in a killer performance in the lead role, and we see her character Sarah go through real hell as she abandons all anchors to her past life in the pursuit of her dreams....

First ‘Star Wars Celebration’ Anaheim Poster Teases Upcoming Event By Germain Lussier/Nov. 14, 2014 2:30 pm EST Celebration is basically Comic-Con but only for Star Wars stuff, with plenty of vendors, panels and opportunities for fans to talk to and engage with the people who make Star Wars, Star Wars. This year, everyone assumes there will be some huge revelations and presentations about The Force Awakens. That remains unconfirmed, but Lucasfilm wants to remind fans the event is coming and released a super cool poster to do so....

First Official ‘Fuller House’ Photos Get The Tanner Family Back Together By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 7, 2016 12:00 pm EST In just over a month, children of the ’90s will get another dose of nostalgia with the debut of Fuller House on Netflix. A sequel to the cheesy sitcom Full House, the new series follows the younger generation of the Tanner family in their adult years. D.J. (Candace Cameron Bure) has two kids of her own named JD (Michael Campion) and Max (Elias Harger) while her best friend Kimmy (Andrea Barber) has a daughter named Ramona (Soni Nicole Bringas)....

How Did This Get Made: Masters Of The Universe (An Oral History) By Blake Harris/Oct. 2, 2015 8:01 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Nobody sets out to make a bad movie. But the truth is, it happens all the time. And every time it does, there’s a fun misadventure and cautionary tale lurking somewhere behind the scenes. This is that story for the 1987 live-action He-Man movie Masters of the Universe....

Hulk Hogan Has Talked With Sylvester Stallone About Being An ‘Expendables’ Villain By Germain Lussier/May 26, 2015 9:30 am EST When we watch Rocky III, we see icons Mr. T and Hulk Hogan fighting Sylvester Stallone. Both actors became international superstars after the film, but at the time of release, neither was a known quantity. Hogan himself credits Rocky III with helping launch him to superstardom. He and Stallone have been friends ever since....

Jeff Goldblum May Be Heading Into A Superhero Movie Universe Sometime Soon By Ethan Anderton/April 20, 2016 3:00 pm EST Horowitz followed up by asking if he was more of a Marvel or DC guy, and Goldblum made an odd face and said, “What’s the difference? They’re both comic franchises.” Doesn’t sound like a big fan of comic books, but that doesn’t mean he can’t turn in an outstanding performance in a comic book movie....

LOL: Clint Howard Pitches A ‘Pippi Longstocking’ Reboot Starring Milla Jovovich By Ethan Anderton/July 24, 2015 6:00 am EST There have been plenty of revisionist takes on classic fairytales lately, from Maleficent to Snow White and the Huntsman, and Hollywood is on the lookout for new ideas like this all the time. Enter Clint Howard, character actor extraordinaire and brother of director Ron Howard. He has a pitch for a movie that is the “biggest, newest, most box office crushing-est hero in town....

LOL: Lando Calrissian & More Are Mad About Not Being In ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 18, 2015 6:00 am EST Even though there seems to be quite a positive response to Star Wars: The Force Awakens after the movie played for the first time everywhere last night, not everyone is happy about the new movie. In fact, some of the bit players from the original and prequel trilogy are a bit pissed off about not being included in The Force Awakens, and they were recently caught venting their frustrations about it at a nearby diner....

Michael Sheen Joins ‘Finding Dory’ By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 29, 2016 11:00 am EST The Finding Nemo sequel Finding Dory hits theaters in just a handful of months and we haven’t seen much. Because Pixar Animation Studios operates almost completely off the grid in Emeryville, we often don’t find out about some of the voice cast until the month or so before release. But every once in a while an actor slips up and reveals themselves as part of a new Pixar animated feature....

Patton Oswalt Joins Felicia Day In ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ Reboot By Angie Han/Dec. 1, 2015 2:00 pm EST Mystery Science Theater 3000 is an old show making fun of even older movies. But now that it’s being resurrected, it’s bringing on some fresh blood. Patton Oswalt has just joined the cast as TV’s Frank’s son — or rather, “TV’s Son of TV’s Frank” — the henchman to the new Mad, played by Felicia Day....

Second New Universal Monsters Film Now Has A Release Date By Germain Lussier/Nov. 4, 2014 2:30 pm EST That new shared Universal Monsters universe just got a bit larger. The Alex Kurtzman-directed Mummy reboot will still be released June 24, 2016. Now the studio has dated the second film in the series for the following year. Unfortunately, the studio isn’t yet saying which monster will be at the center of the new picture....

Sony Drops Aaron Sorkin’s Steve Jobs Movie [Updated] By Russ Fischer/Nov. 19, 2014 7:03 pm EST Sony has dropped the Steve Jobs movie that Danny Boyle has been preparing to direct. This is surprising development for Aaron Sorkin’s Steve Jobs script, even given the lengthy and public casting process associated with it. The film was taking some time to come together, but Sorkin’s script is said to be unusual and demanding, and we would not have guessed this would go down like this....

Superhero Bits: Wonder Woman 75th Anniversary, Arrow’s New Vigilante & More By Ethan Anderton/June 15, 2016 5:00 pm EST Which DC Comics vigilante is coming to Arrow next season and who is playing the character? How is Wonder Woman celebrating her 75th anniversary at Comic-Con? Which character could Donald Glover play in Spider-Man: Homecoming? Will we see the invisible jet in the first Wonder Woman movie? All that and more in this edition of Superhero Bits....

The Ones Who Knock S01E03 - ‘Nacho’ By David Chen/Feb. 21, 2015 12:25 pm EST David and his brother Michael discuss Better Call Saul’s third episode, “Nacho.” E-mail us and let us know what you thought of the episode, as well as of the podcast, at theoneswhoknock@gmail.com. You can find every episode of the show at bettercallsaul.audio. If you like the show, feel free to leave us a review on iTunes!...

Video: Aubrey Plaza On Why Her Grumpy Cat Movie Is “The Weirdest Thing” She’s “Ever Seen” By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 13, 2014 10:00 am EST I’ve been way more interested in the Grumpy Cat television movie than I have any right to be. But something about the ridiculousness of the first Internet meme turned movie and the perfect voice casting of Aubrey Plaza has captured my imagination. We posted the Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever trailer last week, and it sadly looked like the quality you’d expect from a Lifetime Network movie — I almost deleted the scheduled recording off my DVR....

iPad Martin Scorsese Apple Commercial The Scorsese voiceover is from a commencement speech the director gave for the NYU Tisch School of the Arts Class of 2014. Which doesn’t make me feel old at all, as I was class of 2002. Here’s the description of the campaign: iPad is the ultimate tool for independent filmmakers. It lets them chase their ambitions and dive deeper into the work they’re so passionate about....

‘11.22.63’ Trailer: The Past Pushes Back Against James Franco By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 9, 2016 10:00 am EST There seems to be nothing that James Franco can’t do, and now we can add time traveler to his long list of achievements. Franco leads the new Hulu series 11.22.63, an adaptation of Stephen King’s novel of the same name about a high school history teacher who is sent back in time to prevent the assassination of John F....

‘Bourne 5’ Casts ‘Rogue One’ Star Riz Ahmed By Angie Han/Nov. 4, 2015 4:30 pm EST Nightcrawler breakout Riz Ahmed was nowhere to be seen in 2015, but he’s going to have a hell of a 2016. The Star Wars: Rogue One actor has just booked a role in Bourne 5, which brings Matt Damon back as everyone’s favorite hair-dyeing amnesiac spy. More details on the Bourne 5 Riz Ahmed casting after the jump....

‘Burnt’ Trailer: What If Bradley Cooper Is The Darth Vader Of Chefs? By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 28, 2015 10:30 am EST Bradley Cooper has already been nominated for an Oscar four times, and The Weinstein Company is probably hoping that he can get another nomination as a struggling chef desperately trying to make a comeback in a big way.Burnt sees Cooper play Adam Jones, a former star chef who landed two coveted Michelin stars, and as one of the characters in the new Burnt trailer says, you have to be like Luke Skywalker in order to get just one of them....