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‘Into The Forest’ Trailer: Can Ellen Page And Evan Rachel Wood Survive The End Of Humanity? By Ethan Anderton/May 12, 2016 1:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ellen Page has already faced the end of the world as we know it as a mutant in both X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men: Days of Future Past. Now she and Evan Rachel Wood will have to deal with humanity turning on itself in the isolated, quiet apocalyptic thriller Into the Forest....

‘Louder Than Bombs’ Teaser: ‘Oslo, August 31st’ Director Returns With Jesse Eisenberg And Isabelle Huppert By Russ Fischer/Aug. 10, 2015 9:00 am EST Joachim Trier’s follow-up to the terrific Oslo, August 31st is Louder Than Bombs, which premiered at Cannes and will be seen at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film, which sees Trier setting a story in the US rather than in Norway, features an impressive cast, including Jesse Eisenberg, Gabriel Byrne, Isabelle Huppert, Devin Druid, Rachel Brosnahan, David Strathairn, and Amy Ryan, and follows a family which is dealing with the sudden death of its matriarch....

‘Narcos’ Season 2 Is Less Epic, More Dramatic [TCA 2016] By Fred Topel/July 29, 2016 1:00 pm EST Wagner Moura, Narcos’ Pablo Escobar, was at the Netflix presentations for the Television Critics Association to discuss the second season. We got to speak with Moura in a roundtable about the show, which will portray the final year of Escobar’s life in season two. Moura described the differences between the first and second seasons....

‘Skiptrace’ Trailer: Jackie Chan & Johnny Knoxville In A Movie That Feels Like It’s From 2001 By Ethan Anderton/July 19, 2016 9:00 am EST Back in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan became a huge star in the United States. His incredible stunt work caught the attention of Hollywood and action fans alike, and a handful of his movies received a domestic release in theaters, albeit with dubbed dialogue....

‘Star Wars Rebels’ Season 3 Sets Fall Premiere Date By Angie Han/Aug. 8, 2016 2:00 pm EST Months before Rogue One: A Star Wars Story hits theaters, Star Wars Rebels will give us our next chance to disappear into the galaxy far, far away. And now we know exactly when the new season will arrive. Disney has announced a fall release date for Star Wars Rebel season 3 which, among other things, will officially induct Legends favorite Grand Admiral Thrawn into the Star Wars canon....

‘What We Do In The Shadows’ Sequel In The Works By Angie Han/Aug. 17, 2015 9:00 am EST We’ve made no secret of our affection for What We Do in the Shadows, naming the vampire mockumentary one of our favorite films of the year so far. So naturally, we’re thrilled to hear we might be in for another adventure into Wellington’s surprisingly mundane supernatural underbelly. A What We Do in the Shadows sequel is in the works, as confirmed by the first film’s co-star / co-director / co-writer Jemaine Clement....

‘X+Y’ Trailer: Asa Butterfield Is A Math Prodigy By Angie Han/Nov. 25, 2014 10:30 am EST If three’s a trend, fact-based dramas about British geniuses are the next big thing. This month we have The Theory of Everything and The Imitation Game, and next spring brings X+Y, based on the 2007 documentary Beautiful Young Minds. Asa Butterfield stars as a young prodigy who’s terrible with people but great with numbers. His life changes when he’s chosen to represent Great Britain at the International Mathematical Olympiad in China....

Diego Luna Joins ‘Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One’ By Germain Lussier/May 13, 2015 10:05 am EST Director Gareth Edwards is quietly putting together an amazing, diverse cast for his upcoming Star Wars film. We know Felicity Jones is on board, and we’ve heard Riz Ahmed and Ben Mendelsohn might be along for the ride too. Now Variety reports Diego Luna will join the team for Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One, which follows a group of solders who steal the plans for the Death Star....

Eli Roth’s ‘The Green Inferno’ Hits US Theaters In September By Russ Fischer/June 1, 2015 4:30 pm EST September 25 is the new US date for the film. The BH Tilt plan is an initiative that represents a partnership between a number of different companies: Blumhouse, Universal Pictures, and High Top Releasing, which the press release calls “a label dedicated to servicing high quality movies using Focus Features’ distribution capabilities.”...

Entertainment Weekly Reunites The ‘Ghostbusters,’ Including Bill Murray [VIDEO] By Germain Lussier/Nov. 5, 2014 8:00 am EST 2014 marked the 30th anniversary of Ghostbusters and we’ve been celebrating like Gozer in New York City. The original 1984 film was rereleased, and there were traveling art shows, tons of new merchandise and events. For a while, almost every single week it seemed like something Ghostbusters was going on. That culminated last month as director Paul Feig revealed he was going to make a new Ghostbusters movie, something fans have been waiting on for 25 years....

Justice League Sizzle Reel And Concept Art Revealed [Comic Con 2016] By Peter Sciretta/July 23, 2016 12:39 pm EST When Warner Bros announced their Hall H line-up for San Diego Comic Con International 2016, Justice League was mysteriously absent. So its not shocking that Zack Snyder brought his still-in-production film to San Diego — its more like an expected surprise. They revealed a new piece of Justice League concept art, giving you a better look at the Aquaman and Flash costumes....

Michael Mann’s ‘Ali’ Returning To Theaters This Weekend In Honor Of The GOAT By Ethan Anderton/June 9, 2016 12:00 pm EST Last weekend brought the tragic news that legendary boxer Muhammad Ali had passed away at 74 years old. Recognized as the greatest of all time – praise the boxer claimed himself early in his career – Ali was not only an iconic athlete but an activist for civil rights, fighting against racism and prejudice....

Natalie Portman Passes On Aaron Sorkin/Danny Boyle Steve Jobs Movie By Germain Lussier/Dec. 8, 2014 4:15 pm EST UPDATE: Variety reported on December 8 that Portman passed on this role. It is thought that Portman (and Jessica Chastain before her) was actually up for the role of Joanna Hoffman, who was part of the original Apple Macintosh dev team, and for a while the only marketing person working on the Macintosh....

Page 2: Goonies, Alien, Big Trouble In Little China, Firefly, Star Wars, Benedict Cumberbatch, Transformers By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 28, 2015 3:00 pm EST Header Photo: Steven Spielberg, John Matuszak, Bari Dreiband-Burman, Tom Burman and Ellis Burman, Jr. on the set of The Goonies The ‘Gone Girl’ Paradox: Why Being The ‘Cool Girl’ Won’t Make You Happy Making of ‘Lego Movie’: 7 Years, a Trip to Denmark and a Race-the-Clock Against Disney’s Lucasfilm Deal...

Photo Hints That Nike Could Release Self-Tying ‘Back To The Future Part II’ Sneakers In October 2015 By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 10, 2015 10:00 am EST Nike promised the futuristic self-lacing sneakers sometime in 2015, but we’ve heard no official announcements since shoe designer Tinker Hatfield made comments earlier this year hinting that a release would come by the end of the year. So where are they? A new tweet gives us clues to a possible release date....

Robert Downey Jr Changed His Mind, Now Interested In Doing ‘Iron Man 4’ By Peter Sciretta/April 27, 2016 11:30 am EST When Robert Downey Jr. signed his current contract extension with Marvel Studios, it was widely reported that a fourth Iron Man solo film was not included, and that he was committed instead to returning for The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America: Civil War and the two-part Avengers: Infinity War....

Rumor: Live Action Star Wars TV Show Close But Waiting On Movies; Could Star Character From Books By Germain Lussier/March 24, 2015 11:10 am EST There will be a live action Star Wars TV show. That’s not me using The Force either, it’s a fact. When Disney bought Lucasfilm one of the things they were most excited about was the possibility of putting a Star Wars show on ABC, just like they did with Marvel....

Rumor Patrol: No, HBO Is Not Working On A ‘Game Of Thrones’ Movie By Angie Han/Sept. 30, 2015 2:30 pm EST HBO’s made it pretty clear they’d like as much Game of Thrones as possible, and the idea of expanding the franchise with a movie has been floated in the past. So when a tabloid quoted George R.R. Martin confirming a film was in the works, the report tore through the Internet like wildfire through Stannis Baratheon’s fleet....

See The Original Big Hero 6 Designs From 1998 By Angie Han/Nov. 11, 2014 9:01 am EST The release of last weekend’s Big Hero 6 was the first time many people had even heard of the Big Hero 6. In fact, however, the characters have been around in the Marvel comic book universe for over 16 years. Not that you’d necessarily recognize them. As some early sketches of Hiro and Baymax show, they looked way different back in the day....

Sequel Bits: ‘Jurassic World’, ‘Spectre’, ‘Alien’, ‘Terminator Genisys’, ‘Sharknado 3’ By Angie Han/March 9, 2015 5:00 am EST The apocalypse isn’t getting cancelled completely, but it might be delayed. Production on Sharknado 3 has halted as crew members go on strike over a union contract. Sharknado 3 has less than a week of filming left in Los Angeles, and as of now it’s still scheduled to air on Syfy in July....