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‘Tusk’ Review: Kevin Smith’s Horror Film Is Ambitious But Messy In Every Way By Germain Lussier/Sept. 19, 2014 5:00 pm EST Much like Smith’s up-and-down career path, Tusk has a fascinating trajectory. Everything starts off well with the director slowly but surely building a very specific, intriguing and foreboding tone. Even as the story begins to border on the ridiculous and the gore gets exponentially more intense, we buy it because the film has won us over with its sharp writing, well-timed humor, inventive plot and layered storytelling....

‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Honest Trailer Asks Horrifying Existential Questions By Peter Sciretta/May 18, 2016 2:30 pm EST Screen Junkies has returned with an Honest Trailer for one of the best video game movies of all time, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Wreck It Ralph. This is timely especially with all the talk of a possible sequel being in the works. Hit the jump to watch a four minute trailer lampooning Rich Moore’s beloved computer animated film....

BBC Series ‘Dickensian’ Mashes Up Charles Dickens Characters By Russ Fischer/June 1, 2015 1:30 pm EST A unified Charles Dickens universe is coming to TV. TV and movie adaptations of classic novels were once the easiest way to cheat on reading a book in high school. Wikipedia pretty much changed that, but I like to hope there are still high school kids somewhere who turn to moving images as a shortcut to understanding authors like Charles Dickens....

Disney’s ‘Zootopia’ Concept Art Reveals An Animal Kingdom By Angie Han/March 4, 2015 8:45 am EST Exactly one year from today, we’ll be sitting down for the opening weekend of Zootopia, the next big-screen adventure from Disney Animation. To celebrate that fact, the studio has revealed a new bit of Zootopia concept art showing off the story’s unique setting. As promised, it looks kind of like a natural habitat “if you squint....

By Fred Topel/Aug. 6, 2015 10:00 am EST Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell are confirmed to return, and Prison Break creator Paul Scheuring has pitched the new season. However, Walden and Newman are split on how the new series will address the straight to video movie Prison Break: The Final Break. Execs also addressed the upcoming Urban Cowboy series, saying the pilot shoots in September and that it could transform from an event series to an ongoing show....

Furiosa Might Not Return For ‘Mad Max: The Wasteland’ By Jack Giroux/Oct. 12, 2015 1:30 pm EST To call Charlize Theron’s Imperator Furiosa a scene-stealer in Mad Max: Fury Road wouldn’t be fair to her performance. Although both Max (Tom Hardy) and Furiosa find hope and redemption, Fury Road is really more of Furiosa’s story than the road warrior’s. The character was a huge hit with fans and general audiences, and yet, there may be no Furiosa in the Mad Max sequel....

Jason Priestley To Direct Biopic About ‘Saturday Night Live’ Veteran Phil Hartman By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 3, 2015 7:30 am EST In what sounds like one of the strangest assemblies of talent I’ve heard of in awhile, former Beverly Hills 90210 star Jason Preistley is looking to get behind the camera as director of a biopic about the late comedian and Saturday Night Live veteran Phil Hartman. The project is called Nice Guy Phil, and it even has an actor on board to play the title comic known for his laser accurate impressions....

Neill Blomkamp’s Next Film Is His ‘Alien’ Reimagining By Russ Fischer/Feb. 18, 2015 4:33 pm EST Here’s the original story from February 10 where Blomkamp suggested the movie was all but read to get made. A fact we now know is happening: February 10: This year kicked off with a bang when District 9 and Chappie writer/director Neill Blomkamp posted Alien concept images to Instagram. The pics featured renderings of Sigourney Weaver’s character Ellen Ripley, the Hicks character originally played by Michael Biehn, and images of the engineers’ ship from Alien housed in a giant hangar....

Our First Look At Jeff Nichols’ ‘Midnight Special’ Evokes ‘Starman’ And ‘Close Encounters Of The Third Kind’ By Jack Giroux/Nov. 15, 2015 12:00 pm EST Jeff Nichols’ Midnight Special was originally scheduled to open in theaters this month. The “sci-fi chase film” is written and directed by Nichols, one the most exciting filmmakers working today. His last previous efforts, Take Shelter and Mud, are easily two of the best films of the past five years....

Snoopy Takes Flight In New ‘The Peanuts Movie’ Trailer By Angie Han/Jan. 5, 2015 8:00 am EST Though the new film gives the old property a 21st century makeover — complete with CG and 3D — it retains the same timeless quality of the source material. Or it tries to, anyway. We’ll see how that turns out when the movie actually premieres. Watch the new The Peanuts Movie trailer after the jump....

Superhero Bits: Batman V Superman, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Kingsman, The Wolverine, Guardians By Germain Lussier/Dec. 15, 2014 4:30 pm EST Want to see what that photo looks like in color? What is Superman doing in Batman v Superman? Will Lois Lone and Wonder Woman fight in the movie? Which superhero does Joss Whedon want to write about at some point? Is there any new footage in a video for Kingman: The Secret Service?...

The First ‘Fantastic Four’ Trailer Is Here By Angie Han/Jan. 27, 2015 9:30 am EST Josh Trank directs the Marvel Comics adaptation, starring Miles Teller as Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic, Kate Mara as Sue Storm / Invisible Woman, Michael B. Jordan as Johnny Storm / Human Torch, Jamie Bell as Ben Grimm / The Thing, and Toby Kebbell as Victor Domashev. Watch the Fantastic Four trailer after the jump.UPDATE #1: See some high-res screengrabs from the trailer, see the first poster, and watch a version of the trailer with commentary from the filmmakers....

Waiting For ‘Space Jam 2’? Here’s Marvin The Martian Vs Blake Griffin In A Dunk Contest By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 7, 2015 11:30 am EST Last year brought rumblings of LeBron James being sought for Space Jam 2, but they turned out to just be rumors. This year, however, speculation has grown about the basketball star stepping into the world of Looney Tunes after signing a new deal with Warner Bros. for future film and television projects....

What Does The Neighborhood From ‘Edward Scissorhands’ Look Like 25 Years Later? By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 6, 2015 5:00 am EST One of Tim Burton’s best films is still Edward Scissorhands starring Johnny Depp. This year just happens to mark the 25th anniversary of the peculiar suburban fantasy about a misfit creation named Edward who has scissors for hands who ends up being taken in by family who in many ways is just as strange as the title character....

WTF: 70% Of Moviegoers Don’t Plan On A Specific Movie When Going To The Movie Theater By Germain Lussier/Nov. 19, 2014 6:00 am EST How much do we really know about people who go to the movies? Apparently, not much. Sure there are a small group of people who read movie blogs, go at least once a week and feel an obligation to see as many movies as possible. But that’s a very, very small percentage and though we might think we know everything, a new study by Google proves we do not....

‘Aquaman’ Director James Wan Responds To ‘Batman V Superman’ Backlash By Angie Han/June 2, 2016 2:30 pm EST Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was supposed to get fans pumped about the rest of the DC Extended Universe film slate. Instead, got them worried. Warner Bros. is clearly aware of this, as evidenced by the steps they’ve taken to right the ship. But what about the other directors tasked with fleshing out this world?...

‘Avatar 2’: James Cameron Confirms Christmas 2017 Release, Updates Production Progress By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 22, 2015 1:30 pm EST Speaking to the Montreal Gazette (via Collider) about the Avatar-themed Cirque Du Soleil show Toruk: The First Flight, conversation eventually steered towards the Avatar sequels, and that’s when Cameron confirmed the Christmas 2017 release plan: Considering the fact that Avatar 2 has been rumored for a release in 2014, 2015, 2016 and now announced for 2017, anything can happen with the delay of this movie, but when you hear Cameron say where they’re at production-wise, it sounds like they’ll meet the date this time:...

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Will Be Shot Entirely With IMAX Cameras By Russ Fischer/May 7, 2015 9:48 am EST When your conflict has “infinity” in the title, you’ve got to go big, and that’s what Joe and Anthony Russo will do when they shoot both parts of Avengers: Infinity War starting in 2016. We know the brothers are using a new digital 2D IMAX camera for about 15 minutes of footage in Captain America: Civil War, which officially began production this week in Atlanta....

‘Captain America: Civil War’ Trailer Remix Imagines If The Movie Came Out In 1995 By Ethan Anderton/May 6, 2016 5:00 am EST Today brings Captain America: Civil War to theaters everywhere, but a slew of people already caught early screenings last night to get the ball rolling on what will be a huge weekend at the box office for Marvel Studios. In many ways, it’s a miracle that this movie exists....

‘Fantastic Beasts’ Featurette Shines A Light On Ilvermorny, The American Hogwarts By Ethan Anderton/June 28, 2016 9:00 am EST We’ve still got months until Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them expands the wizarding world of Harry Potter on the big screen. The spin-off that Warner Bros. hopes will be the start of a new franchise follows Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander, an expert on magical creatures who finds himself in New York City....