The Ten Most Overpaid Actors Of 2014 By Germain Lussier/Dec. 24, 2014 10:00 am EST Actors have been “overpaid” for a long time. For the past few decades the biggest stars were getting 10, 20, 30 million dollars for a movie that maybe wasn’t even that good. Recently, things have begun to go away from that huge upfront sum. No, stars are taking less money upfront for more options on the back end....
The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 1 - Sex, Death, And Halloween By David Chen/Oct. 28, 2014 10:16 pm EST Episode 1: the 2014 Version. “Sex, Death, and Halloween.” Sometimes a picture says it all. The Tobolowsky Files is a podcast from the people who brought you the /Filmcast, featuring a series of stories about life, love, and the entertainment industry, as told by legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky. You can e-mail Stephen at stephentobolowsky(AT)gmail(DOT)com....
VOTD: ‘Deadpool’ VFX Breakdown Shows A City Created Entirely In Post-Production By Ethan Anderton/March 15, 2016 9:30 am EST Thankfully, a Deadpool visual effects reel has surfaced online with a focus on the visual effects that were employed to create the opening action sequence that takes place on the highway. Actually that action sequence plays out for quite awhile with flashbacks interspersed, so it’s a big chunk of the movie. And it might surprise you to see how much was created in post-production....
Watch A Great Video Essay On ‘Looney Tunes’ Director Chuck Jones By Russ Fischer/July 17, 2015 2:00 pm EST Animation director Chuck Jones is celebrated for his Oscar-winning achievements in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons, where he brought to life Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Marvin The Martian, Wile E. Coyote, the Road Runner, and many more. (To say nothing of his work on other animation, such as The Grinch Who Stole Christmas....
Watch SNL 40 Highlights Including Classic Auditions From Stars Who Did (And Didn’t) Make The Cut By Germain Lussier/Feb. 16, 2015 2:45 pm EST Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably heard about the special Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary special that aired this past Sunday night. It was a three and a half hour trip down memory lane, featuring a true dream-team of comedy’s elite. Among the many highlights came early in the show when a 5-minute video montage was shown of cast members’ first auditions....
‘Agent Carter’ Season 2 Teaser: Peggy Heads West By Angie Han/Nov. 18, 2015 1:30 pm EST After spending much of Agent Carter Season 1 adjusting to life after World War II — and after Steve Rogers — Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) is off to a fresh start in the first teaser for Season 2. The next run of episodes sends her across the country to glamorous Hollywood, where she’ll tangle with new foes and, by the looks of it, a new love....
‘American Horror Story’ Renewed For Season 5; ‘Gotham’ Picked Up For Full Season By Angie Han/Oct. 13, 2014 12:30 pm EST Love villains, weirdos, and freaks of all kinds? You’ll be happy to know there’s a lot more of both FX’s American Horror Story and Fox’s Gotham coming down the road. The former has been renewed for a fifth season, while the latter has been picked up for a full first season....
‘Daredevil’ Casts Élodie Yung As Elektra By Angie Han/July 7, 2015 3:53 pm EST As if Daredevil doesn’t have enough on his plate already for Season 2, what with the Punisher (Jon Bernthal) riding into Hell’s Kitchen, he’ll have Elektra to contend with as well. Élodie Yung (G.I. Joe: Retaliation) has just been cast as the mysterious figure for Season 2 of the Marvel / Netflix series. More on the Daredevil Elektra casting after the jump....
‘Inferno’ Trailer: Yes, The ‘Da Vinci Code’ Franchise Is Still A Thing By Angie Han/Aug. 10, 2016 7:00 am EST Forgetfulness is so in right now. We’ve already done the “amnesiac hero” thing twice this summer, with Jason Bourne and Finding Dory, and the trend will extend into this fall with Inferno. The third film in the Da Vinci Code series brings back Tom Hanks as symbologist Robert Langdon, who wakes up in an Italian hospital with no memory of how he got there....
‘Jack Reacher: Never Go Back’ Trailer: You Don’t Want To Mess With Tom Cruise By Angie Han/June 15, 2016 5:48 am EST Tom Cruise is back in action this fall with Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, the Edward Zwick-directed sequel to Chris McQuarrie’s 2012 film. And our hero hasn’t lost a step. In the first promo from the film, the former military police officer once again finds himself in a sticky situation, and once again kicks, punches, and puzzles his way out of it....
‘The Adderall Diaries’ Trailer: You Don’t Have To Bury The Past By Jack Giroux/March 5, 2016 8:00 am EST Over five years ago actor, writer, and director James Franco optioned the rights to Stephen Elliott’s memoir The Adderall Diaries. In addition to starring in the film, it was presumed Franco would write and produce the feature as well, but The Adderall Diaries is written and directed by Pamela Romanowsky. Watch The Adderall Diaries trailer below....
‘World War Z’ Sequel Sets 2017 Release By Russ Fischer/May 22, 2015 4:00 am EST World War Z 2 (which will probably not be the film’s final title) is now set for June 9, 2017. Steven Knight (Locke, Peaky Blinders) is scripting the World War Z sequel for director Juan Antonio Bayona.The Wrap also points out that Universal has set My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, from returning writer/producer/star Nia Vardalos, for March 25, 2016....
Aaron Sorkin Adapting Underground Poker Memoir ‘Molly’s Game’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 12, 2014 5:00 pm EST Aaron Sorkin recently said he was done writing for television, but his feature film writing career isn’t going anywhere. Danny Boyle is prepping to shoot Sorkin’s script about Steve Jobs, based on the biography by Walter Isaacson. And now Sorkin is set to adapt another true-life story to the screen. This time he’ll tackle Molly Bloom’s memoir Molly’s Game, which describes Bloom’s years running the most elite underground poker game in Los Angeles — and the inevitable FBI takedown of her operation....
Final ‘Burnt’ Trailer Plays Up Its Cast, Throws In A ‘Star Wars’ Reference By Angie Han/Oct. 28, 2015 2:30 pm EST You’ve gotta hand it to Bradley Cooper. In five short years, he’s gone from being “that douchey guy from The Hangover” to a bona fide A-list movie star and perennial Oscar nominee. He hit a bit of a rough patch this summer with the Aloha fiasco, but he’s hoping to bounce back this fall with the John Wells-directed dramedy Burnt....
First Look: BD Wong As Dr. Hugo Strange In ‘Gotham’ By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 8, 2016 1:00 pm EST The Gotham Hugo Strange photo comes thanks to TV Insider, who also provides the following quote from Wong: Wong’s version of the character will be running Arkham Asylum, where he will cross paths with Robin Lord Taylor’s Oswald Cobblepot (a.k.a. The Penguin) when he is admitted to the hospital. The character first appeared in Detective Comics #36 published in February 1940, making him one of Batman’s first recurring villains — he even preceded the Joker and Catwoman by a handful of months....
First Look: David Spade Reprises Joe Dirt For ‘Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser’ By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 18, 2014 10:00 am EST Star David Spade posted the following photo on instagram with the caption “Day 1. Lets get this sh*t started! #imjoedirt #whatscrappenin”: Producer Adam Sandler posted the following photo of the Joe Dirt mullet and the script for Joe Dirt II: Beautiful Loser on his personal Facebook: What do you think of the title Joe Dirt II: Beautiful Loser?...
By Angie Han/Oct. 22, 2014 1:30 pm EST Of all the futuristic 2015 technologies promised in Back to the Future Part II, the one we’re most disappointed hasn’t come to pass is the hoverboard. But there’s still one year until the date Marty McFly is scheduled to land, and Hendo Hover is determined to make hoverboards a reality in time for his arrival. The company, led by Northern California couple Greg and Jill Henderson, are working hard to create a real, working hoverboard — with some help from Kickstarter, hopefully....
Jared Hess’ ‘Masterminds’ Release Date Scheduled For Next Year By Jack Giroux/Dec. 8, 2015 6:00 am EST Jane Got a Gun, which recently revealed a new trailer, was perhaps the most promising Relativity Media project to be affected by the studio’s bankruptcy. Another project of Relativity’s that took a hit? Masterminds, a crime comedy directed by Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite) and executive produced by Jody Hill and Danny McBride (Eastbound and Down)....
Olivia Wilde Will Return For ‘Tron 3’ By Russ Fischer/April 7, 2015 11:45 am EST Talk of Tron 3 shooting this October has intensified over the past few weeks, with Joseph Kosinki said to be set to return to direct and Garrett Hedlund preparing to reprise the role of Sam Flynn, the character he played in Tron Legacy. Now, despite the fact that Disney is being very quiet about the movie, we know that Olivia Wilde will be back as well, to play Quorra....
See Some Exclusive Bloody Photos From ‘Rec 4: Apocalypse’ By Germain Lussier/Dec. 4, 2014 5:00 am EST U.S. audiences are finally going to see the continuation of the terrifying and awesome [Rec] franchise at the start of 2015. [Rec] 4: Apocalypse opened in Europe earlier this year but Magnet is finally releasing the film stateside in theaters and on VOD January 2. This fourth film continues the story of the first two as news reporter Ángela Vidal (Manuela Velascoa), the girl who got dragged into the darkness of the original film, has now been captured, and thrown on a oil tanker that’s gone out to sea....
