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Jacques Audiard Directing John C. Reilly In Western ‘The Sisters Brothers’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 28, 2015 12:00 pm EST Here’s the best indie film news of the week: A Prophet and Dheepan director Jacques Audiard is now going to direct the adaptation of a weird, funny, and touching Western novel called The Sisters Brothers. I love this book, which is set during the Gold Rush of 1851, and follows a violent pair of siblings as their contract-killing gig leads them to a man with an unusual plan to find gold....

Jai Courtney In Talks For ‘Suicide Squad’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 12, 2014 5:15 pm EST Jai Courtney has been in a significant TV series (Spartacus), a film franchise (Die Hard), helped anchor another would-be series (Jack Reacher) and will soon be seen in Terminator: Genisys (above). And now he’s in early talks for Suicide Squad, the DC Comics film from Warner Bros. and writer/director David Ayer. So does this guy have the best representation in town, or what?...

Junkie XL To Score ‘Deadpool’ By Angie Han/Oct. 5, 2015 7:00 am EST What do Max Rockatansky, Tris Prior, and Wade Wilson have in common? They all get to rock out to music by Junkie XL. The Dutch musician and composer has announced he’s scoring Deadpool, 20th Century Fox’s upcoming actioner about a certain loudmouth superhero. Learn more about the Deadpool composer after the jump. New Deadpool composer Junkie XL (real name: Tom Holkenborg) shared the news on Twitter....

Meet The New ‘Vacation’ Family Truckster: The 2015 Tartan Prancer, The Honda Of Albania By Ethan Anderton/July 24, 2015 2:30 pm EST There wouldn’t be a road trip in Vacation without a reliable vehicle for grown up Rusty Griswold (Ed Helms) and his family to take across the country from Chicago to Walley World in California. Well, reliable might be too strong of a word for the 2015 Tartan Prancer, the new family truckster in the comedy reboot....

By Ethan Anderton/June 28, 2015 10:00 am EST Since it’s the weekend, you’re likely spending at least some of the time watching your favorite show or a new movie on Netflix. There’s no doubt that the streaming entertainment service has become a major player and influence in how we consume movies and television, and now we have word that it will become more popular than network television in the next year....

New ‘Minions’ Trailer: Discover The Origins Of Everyone’s Favorite Yellow Bad Guys By Germain Lussier/May 14, 2015 10:00 am EST Pretty much everyone knows Minions is going to be a big hit. The wild, yellow characters are incredibly popular with kids and adults alike, so the fact they’ve got their own movie hitting theaters this summer is a slam dunk. At this point, it comes down to one thing: is the movie good?...

Not A Joke: Dolph Lundgren Is Shooting ‘Kindergarten Cop 2’ Right Now By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 13, 2015 8:30 am EST Don’t bother checking your calendar, because it’s not April Fools’ Day. But even knowing that, if someone told me that there was a Kindergarten Cop 2 on the way starring Dolph Lundgren, I simply wouldn’t believe them, because it sounds so ridiculous. But then again, after a couple seconds and reconsideration, I would probably end up believing them, because it sounds so ridiculous....

Original ‘Planet Of The Apes’ Returns To Theaters For Two Nights At The End Of July By Ethan Anderton/July 12, 2016 6:00 am EST Even though this year doesn’t mark a special anniversary for the classic 1968 sci-fi adventure Planet of the Apes, that doesn’t mean you don’t have a good reason to see the movie on the big screen. And the good news is that at the end of the month, Turner Classic Movies and Fathom Events will give you the opportunity to do just that....

Paramount Wants To Remake ‘The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 1, 2015 10:00 am EST Paramount is making moves to remake one of the classic westerns. John Ford’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance starred Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, and Lee Marvin in a story about a naive lawyer (Stewart) new to a small town who gets help from a local rancher (Wayne) when he stands up to a controlling outlaw — the title character Liberty Valance (Marvin)....

Pixar’s ‘The Good Dinosaur’ Gets A Cute “Teaser” By Germain Lussier/Oct. 20, 2014 4:00 pm EST There’s no new Pixar movie in 2014, but we’ll get two from the studio in 2015. June brings Pete Docter’s Inside Out (which you can read lots about here) and then, November 25, 2015, they’ll release The Good Dinosaur. The Good Dinosaur was originally scheduled to hit theaters in Summer 2014, but a change of directors and lack of confidence in the story pushed it back over a year....

Ready Yet? Get Set, It’s ‘All That’: Reunion Special Coming To The Splat On TeenNick By Ethan Anderton/March 25, 2016 10:00 am EST Nickelodeon has really been doubling down on their nostalgia for the ’90s lately. Last year they introduced the programming block called The Splat that brought favorite cartoons such as Rugrats and Hey Arnold! to TeenNick as well as live-action shows like Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Clarissa Explains It All....

Sony Buys Chris Alender’s Mystery Bad Robot Project, Watch His Short Film By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 9, 2014 2:57 pm EST Sony Pictures has acquired an untitled top secret project from JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot and director Chris Alender. Lionsgate and STX Entertainment were bidding for the rights but Sony ended up as the winner. Deadline reports that Sony production president Michael De Luca won the bidding war with “aggressive progress to production language” written in as part of the deal — meaning it will probably happen, and quickly....

Tracy Morgan To Host ‘Saturday Night Live’ In October By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 17, 2015 10:30 am EST After celebrating a milestone 40th season, Saturday Night Live has officially announced a return date for the 41st season on October 3 with chart-topping, Grammy nominated recording artist Miley Cyrus hosting the season premiere. But if Miley Cyrus isn’t your cop of tea, some actual comedians will be taking the stage as hosts in Studio 8H this October, including one Saturday Night Live veteran who will be making a triumphant return to entertainment in general after a terrible accident took him out of commission over a year ago....

Trivia: Original ‘Finding Nemo’ Actor Alexander Gould Has A Voice Cameo In ‘Finding Dory’ By Angie Han/June 17, 2016 7:30 am EST Finding Dory brings back some key members of the Finding Nemo voice cast, including Albert Brooks as Marlin and of course Ellen DeGeneres as Dory. But one who couldn’t reprise his role was Alexander Gould, who voiced Nemo in the original film. The reason is obvious: Gould was a small child when he recorded the original Nemo, but nowadays he’s a grownup with a grownup’s voice, whereas Nemo has only aged a few months since the last time we saw him....

VOTD: Are These The Best Movies Of The Cannes Film Festival This Decade? By Ethan Anderton/May 23, 2016 5:00 am EST The 69th annual Cannes Film Festival just wrapped up overseas with Ken Loach’s film I, Daniel Blake taking home the coveted Palme d’Or, the top prize from the French cinema exhibition. However, there have been plenty of other films from Cannes that didn’t take home the top prize that are worth paying attention to....

Watch The Full First Episode Of ‘Togetherness’ From HBO And The Duplass Brothers By Russ Fischer/Jan. 12, 2015 12:30 pm EST One of the new offerings on HBO is a show called Togetherness, which is written and directed by Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass. The first episode of Togetherness introduce four troubled adults, and watches as they all begin to slide toward 40 and/or oblivion together. Mark Duplass and Melanie Lynskey play a married couple who have been together for a decade; Steve Zissis is his best friend and Amanda Peet is her sister....

‘Batman V Superman’ Ultimate Edition Trailer: The Battle Comes Home With More Footage By Ethan Anderton/June 22, 2016 8:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Whether or not you liked Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice when it hit theaters earlier this year, there’s a good chance that you’re curious to see the 30 minutes of footage that’s being put back into what is being called the Ultimate Edition....

‘La La Land’ First Look: Ryan Gosling And Emma Stone Dance For ‘Whiplash’ Director Damien Chazelle By Angie Han/Dec. 30, 2015 2:30 pm EST One of the many sins committed by 2013’s Gangster Squad (pictured above) was the way it totally squandered the pairing of Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone. The stars had just lit up the screen together in 2011’s Crazy, Stupid, Love., but none of the crackling chemistry they demonstrated in that movie carried over to Ruben Fleischer’s tedious crime drama....

‘Sanjay’s Super Team’ Featurette: Would You Like Some More Feels To Go With Those Feels? By Angie Han/Jan. 8, 2016 4:00 am EST No one is better than Pixar at making grown-ups cry. They’re so good at it, in fact, that they don’t even necessarily need dialogue or a feature-length running time to bring on the sniffles. Sometimes, a few minutes of brightly colored animation is all it takes to get the eyes stinging with tears....

‘Star Wars: Rogue One’ Is The First ‘Star Wars’ Spin-Off Movie By Peter Sciretta/March 12, 2015 10:11 am EST Star Wars news has been announced by Bob Iger on the Disney investor call this morning. The first Star Wars spin-off film, written by Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Chris Weitz (Cinderella, About a Boy, Antz) and directed by Gareth Edwards (Godzilla, Monsters), based on a story by Industrial Light and Magic chief creative officer and effects legend John Knoll, will be titled Star Wars: Rogue One....