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The ‘Death Wish’ Remake Lands New Directors With Plenty Of Experience In That Revenge Thing By Jacob Hall/March 4, 2016 2:30 pm EST A remake of the 1974 classic Death Wish has been in the works for quite some time now, but development has seen its fair share of speed bumps. The film was originally a passion project for director Joe Carnahan, who wanted Frank Grillo to star, but he dropped out once the studio insisted on casting Bruce Willis....

‘Baskets’ Trailer: Zach Galifianakis Is A Sad Rodeo Clown In FX’s New Comedy Series By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 6, 2016 4:30 pm EST When two comedians like Louis C.K. and Zach Galifianakis team up for a new comedy series, you pay attention. And that’s exactly why you should watch the trailer for FX’s new comedy series Baskets. In the series premiering later this month, Galifianakis plays a clown who flunked out of a prestigious clown school in Paris and ends up working a dead end job as a rodeo clown back home....

‘The Secret Life Of Pets’ Trailer: The Creatures Of New York Get Their Very Own ‘Toy Story’ By Angie Han/Jan. 28, 2016 9:30 am EST Illumination Entertainment’s The Secret Life of Pets promises to reveal just what these creatures get up to when we’re not around, and the answers so far have ranged from obvious (eating human food they aren’t supposed to) to shocking (headbanging to heavy metal). Now the latest trailer starts to shape those cute little secrets into an actual story....

‘Tomorrowland’ Toys Reveal A New Character And Jet Pack By Angie Han/Feb. 17, 2015 4:00 am EST Disney’s marketing team has been pretty secretive about Brad Bird’s Tomorrowland, but details have a way of leaking out anyway. Today it’s thanks to Funko, which unveiled a line of Tomorrowland toys at this weekend’s Toy Fair. The figurines reveal the movie’s major characters, including one we’ve never seen and a couple we barely know....

‘Wolverine 3’: ‘Narcos’ Star Boyd Holbrook In Talks For Villain Role By Angie Han/April 8, 2016 4:36 pm EST Also starring in the film will be Patrick Stewart, who reprises his role from the earlier X-Men films as Charles Xavier a.k.a. Professor X. Liev Schreiber, who played Sabretooth in X-Men Origins: Wolverine has additionally hinted at a possible return, but has not officially been confirmed to appear. James Mangold, who directed 2013’s The Wolverine, returns to direct the character’s third and final solo film....

Colin Trevorrow To Direct ‘Book Of Henry’ Following ‘Jurassic World’ By Angie Han/March 31, 2015 8:00 am EST Jurassic World opens in just a few months, but Colin Trevorrow clearly isn’t the type to rest on his laurels. A few weeks ago he signed on to direct Intelligent Life, and now he’s set another film, titled Book of Henry, to come in between. Get details on the Colin Trevorrow Book of Henry project after the jump....

Comic Book Spoilers: Female Thor’s Secret Identity Revealed By Angie Han/May 12, 2015 10:30 am EST Since last year, a female Thor has been tearing her way through the pages of the Marvel comic book universe. But the heroine’s true identity has remained a secret — until now. She finally reveals herself in Thor #8, released this week. Click through to find out the female Thor identity. Obviously, major comic book spoilers abound after the jump....

Dwayne Johnson May Have Just Confirmed That He Is Shane Black’s ‘Doc Savage’ By Jacob Hall/May 17, 2016 12:00 pm EST There are few combinations of talent as tantalizing as Shane Black and Dwayne Johnson, but the director of Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang and Iron Man 3 made it clear that everyone’s favorite movie star would only be able to star in a big screen adaptation of the pulp adventure series Doc Savage if his increasingly busy schedule allowed him some space....

Gallery: Check Out Awesome Art Based On ‘Chappie’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 16, 2015 12:30 pm EST One of the biggest films of the spring may be the latest sci-fi creator from Neill Blomkamp, Chappie. Starring Sharlto Copley, Hugh Jackman, Dev Patel and Sigourney Weaver, the film tells the story of an artificially intelligent robot which finds a place in human society. Buzz has been pretty solid on the film, which promises to combine action, drama and intelligence in a way that could only come from the mind of the director of District 9....

James Ponsoldt’s ‘The End Of The Tour’ Gets Limited Summer Release By Germain Lussier/March 6, 2015 3:00 pm EST Briefly: One of the best films of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, James Ponsoldt’s The End of the Tour, just got a release date. It’ll begin a limited release July 31 from A24, with an eye on an eventual Oscar run. The film tells the true story of a days-long interview between literary sensation David Foster Wallace (Jason Segel, who has rarely been better) and Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg)....

Meet The Colorful Characters And Presumably Very Well Paid Cast Of DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Trolls’ By Angie Han/Jan. 7, 2016 5:30 am EST The Troll cast “posed” with their characters on social media. Hair we go…I’m officially a #Troll. #TrollsMovie #MeetBranch #HairPuns #ItsJustTheBeginning pic.twitter.com/IOhNvDqok7 — Justin Timberlake (@jtimberlake) January 6, 2016 Hair we go! Meet Poppy! #DreamWorksTrolls #HairGoals #NewYearNewMe pic.twitter.com/3CUNSVYtsK — Anna Kendrick (@AnnaKendrick47) January 6, 2016 Hair we go! Meet DJ Suki!...

Ridley Scott Planning Many More ‘Prometheus’ Sequels By Angie Han/Sept. 23, 2015 8:00 am EST Here’s hoping you liked Prometheus and are excited for Prometheus 2, because if Ridley Scott has his way there could be two more Prometheuses (Promethei?) on the way. Scott has said the Prometheus films will link up with the Alien movies eventually, but not for another several installments. Read the Ridley Scott Prometheus sequels comment after the jump....

Rumor: Bumblebee Spin-Off Is In Paramount’s ‘Transformers’ Plan By Russ Fischer/May 29, 2015 11:00 am EST Every Transformers movie has been a Bumblebee movie to some extent. The yellow robot has been a constant sidekick to the human characters in the franchise, especially in the first three films. But could he lead his own movie? Paramount is assembling a writer’s room to cobble together more Transformers sequels and spin-offs, with the first one meant to be ready by the time Michael Bay finishes his Benghazi movie....

Superhero Bits: Deadpool, Black Panther, Grey Hulk, Green Lantern, Legends Of Tomorrow, Wonder Woman By Angie Han/Sept. 10, 2015 5:00 pm EST How is Deadpool attempting to understand his teenage sidekick? Would Zack Snyder want George Miller to direct a DCEU movie? Why didn’t Grey Hulk appear in Avengers: Age of Ultron? When does Wonder Woman start shooting? Is a Green Lantern ring coming to the Arrow Season 4 premiere? Did you catch the Buffy Easter egg in Avengers: Age of Ultron?...

Superhero Bits: X-Men Apocalypse, Suicide Squad, Daredevil, Avengers Age Of Ultron, Ant-Man, Superman Lives By Germain Lussier/April 20, 2015 5:00 pm EST Want to see an awesome, fake end credits scene for Avengers: Age of Ultron? Did a paparazzi capture Jared Leto on the set of Suicide Squad? What’s the deal with Adam McKay and Marvel movies? Would Anna Paquin come back to play Rogue? How will X-Men Apocalypse change the X-Men Universe?...

The Great Great Showdown Hunt Day 4: Thursday November 5th 2015 Santa Cruz, CA: This is a film about real cool teen vampires and two boys that are new to town. The younger new boy is really into comics, so he visits a comic shop and meets some other boys who consider themselves vampire hunters. What was this comic shop? It may have moved locations, so be careful in your search....

Why Did Joss Whedon Dial Down Ultron’s Powers For ‘Avengers Age Of Ultron?’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 20, 2015 5:00 pm EST In the comic books, Ultron is all but unbeatable. He’s artificially intelligent and, in addition to being super strong, fast and all that good stuff, he can transfer his consciousness and recreate himself. (He’s also changed powers over the years too.) So just when you think he’s dead, bang, he’s back in another form....

‘10 Cloverfield Lane’ Star Mary Elizabeth Winstead Cracks Open The Mystery Box By Jacob Hall/Feb. 1, 2016 11:00 am EST We were as surprised as the rest of you when that 10 Cloverfield Lane trailer arrived out of nowhere a few weeks ago. In an age where studios have their schedules laid out a decade in advance and start pushing trailers and posters 18 months before a movie is set to open, the sudden and dramatic reveal of very interesting genre film with some very interesting talent attached felt like a breath of fresh air....

‘Lo And Behold’ Trailer: Werner Herzog’s Doc Explores Artificial Intelligence And The Future By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 20, 2016 7:00 am EST In just a couple days, /Film will be in the mountains of Park City, Utah prepared to cover the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. We’ve already rounded up a list of 30 films we can’t wait to see, but we’re likely to discover even more great indies once the buzz starts building after various premieres....

‘The Hobbit’ In-Flight Safety Video Claims To Be The Most Epic Ever Made By Russ Fischer/Oct. 22, 2014 3:15 pm EST We’ve all slept through in-flight safety videos dozens (if not hundreds) of times. But most don’t have Elijah Wood, Peter Jackson, and other Hobbit cast members. Few feature the scenery of Middle-Earth, and effects that would make a micro-budget film weep. In fact, only one other video does: the last in-flight safety video from Air New Zealand....