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‘To Write Love On Her Arms’ Trailer: Kat Dennings Deals With Addiction By Russ Fischer/Dec. 26, 2014 11:30 am EST Kat Dennings takes a break from TV with the film To Write Love On Her Arms, which is inspired by the true story of a young woman who founded a charity group after her own battle with addiction and depression. Just as the actual charity, also called To Write Love on Her Arms, is based around outreach through non-traditional means such as music festivals and social networking, the film sees Dennings as a young woman who escapes some of her problems through music — though as the trailer indicates, that’s not necessarily a totally safe haven....

‘Youth’ Trailer: Michael Caine Is Troubled By Russ Fischer/April 13, 2015 11:00 am EST There’s a flood of superhero stuff today thanks to Marvel’s weekend dominance with Daredevil, the Avengers press tour, and now Ant-Man. That stuff is all great fun, but if you’re feeling like you need something to balance it all out, here’s the wonderful teaser trailer for Youth, the new film from Paolo Sorrentino (Il Divo, The Great Beauty)....

Channing Tatum Circles Quentin Tarantino’s ‘The Hateful Eight’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 5, 2014 4:00 pm EST Quentin Tarantino started rehearsals for his western The Hateful Eight this week, and it turns out that his cast may have a surprise or two. We’ve assumed that the cast of the contained western potboiler might feature primarily actors who took place in the live-read of the script a few months ago. But now Channing Tatum is looking at a role in the film....

Colin Trevorrow ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’ Comments Tease The Scope Of The Star Wars Universe By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 21, 2015 12:40 pm EST Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow is out doing press for the home video release of the Jurassic Park sequel. Earlier today we wrote about his comments regarding which Jurassic Park quote inspired Jurassic World, and which quote will inspire Jurassic World 2. But Trevorrow also talked about that other little sequel he is attached to direct coming out in 2019: Star Wars Episode IX....

Here’s Why The Hulk Was Cut Out Of ‘Captain America: Civil War’ By Angie Han/Sept. 3, 2015 7:30 am EST For the past few months, we’ve been wondering whether the Hulk would drop in on Captain America: Civil War. There have been some hints that he might be, but Mark Ruffalo’s name hasn’t been included on any cast lists so far. Now Ruffalo has put the speculation to rest once and for all: No, the Hulk is not in Captain America: Civil War....

Indiana Jones Themed Restaurant Opening At Walt Disney World By Germain Lussier/May 14, 2015 9:30 am EST Though Disney didn’t own Lucasfilm until 2012, the companies have always had a great relationship. In particular, they’ve enjoyed huge success in their theme parks. Both Disneyland in California and Walt Disney World in Orlando have Star Wars and Indiana Jones-themed attractions that entertain thousands of people every single day. Now that Disney owns Lucasfilm, there’s going to be more and more of both themed properties in the parks over the next few years....

Jim Carrey Will Star In Eli Roth’s Adaptation Of Steve Niles’ ‘Aleister Arcane’ By Jack Giroux/June 21, 2016 4:30 pm EST This is a big week for Eli Roth. Just yesterday, the Knock Knock and The Green Inferno director became attached to direct Paramount’s remake of Death Wish, a project that’s had quite a few directors, most notably Joe Carnahan (The Grey), split from the Bruce Willis-led film over the years....

Marvel Is Having Inhumans Kill Off X-Men In The Comics By Angie Han/Sept. 16, 2015 1:00 pm EST But replacing the X-Men with Inhumans in the movies and TV shows is one thing; now, that offscreen rivalry appears to be spilling over into the comics. Previews of the upcoming Extraordinary X-Men #1 tease a storyline in which the Inhumans’ expansion is literally killing the X-Men. More about the Inhumans killing X-Men after the jump....

Mini-Review: Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack By David Chen/Nov. 26, 2008 2:37 pm EST Right from the chase scene near the beginning of Slumdog Millionaire, I knew that this was a movie whose soundtrack I was going to have to own. The music actually got better as the film went along, from the love theme all the way to the final triumphant Bollywood dance number. The soundtrack for Slumdog Millionaire was finally released on iTunes yesterday, but the CD won’t be out until December 23rd....

New ‘Steve Jobs’ Photos: See Michael Fassbender As Jobs And Seth Rogen As Woz [UPDATED WITH RELEASE DATE] By Germain Lussier/Feb. 4, 2015 11:35 am EST Those two men walking down the street might look like Michael Fassbender and Seth Rogen, but they’re actually Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, the co-founders of Apple. Director Danny Boyle is currently filming Steve Jobs, an Aaron Sorkin-penned film about the Apple entrepreneur. Production for the film is currently taking place in Northern California....

POTD: Chris Pratt Brings His Raptor Training Skills To A Children’s Hospital By Ethan Anderton/June 21, 2015 2:26 pm EST In addition to having the biggest box office opening of all-time last weekend, Jurassic World also sparked a fun new meme. Audiences have already seen Chris Pratt as raptor trainer Owen Grady, having a special bond with his dinosaur pals, and zookeepers decided to turn one particular moment from Grady’s raptor whispering into a sensational meme....

POTD: Jamie Lee Curtis Cosplayed At The ‘Warcraft’ Premiere As An Orc Shaman By Ethan Anderton/June 7, 2016 9:00 am EST Even though the early buzz on the Warcraft movie hasn’t been that great, that didn’t stop Halloween and Freaky Friday star Jamie Lee Curtis and her son from showing their excitement at the premiere. The mother-son duo showed up in full orc wardrobe, with Curtis dressed up as an orc shaman and her son Tom as an orc warrior....

See The Studio Ghibli Theme Park We Wish Were Real By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 4, 2015 8:00 am EST How much would you love to visit the worlds of Hayao Miyazaki? Who wouldn’t want to stay at the Hotel Adriano from Porco Rosso or the Aburaya Bathhouse from Spirited Away? Japanese artist Takumi has dreamed up a Studio Ghibli Theme Park we can only wish were real — its not gonna happen but imagine if Disney were to buy Ghibli and create such a theme park in Japan....

The Farrelly Brothers Will Be Mentors On New ‘Project Greenlight’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 6, 2014 2:30 pm EST Matt Damon and Ben Affleck might have the action and drama covered when it comes to Project Greenlight, but now they’ve added some help with the comedy. Peter and Bobby Farrelly, the filmmakers behind Dumb and Dumber, There’s Something About Mary and so many more, have been added to the upcoming HBO series, which recently selected its twelve finalists....

Trivia: Matthew Vaughn Would Have Cast A New Wolverine For ‘Days Of Future Past’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 16, 2015 2:00 pm EST After making X-Men: First Class, co-writer and director Matthew Vaughn teased that his sequel to that mutant movie might entail some political intrigue, with Magneto controlling the bullet that killed JFK. We know how that worked out in the film that became X-Men: Days of Future Past. Vaughn eventually moved on to make Kingsman: The Secret Service....

Trivia: Stanley Kubrick Almost Had A Cameo In ‘Tomorrowland’ By Angie Han/May 20, 2015 8:00 am EST Brad Bird’s Tomorrowland is a celebration of dreamers and thinkers of all kinds. A few famous dreamers and thinkers, like Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla, and Jules Verne, even make it into the film in a roundabout way. And originally, there was at least one more that Bird wanted to include. The filmmaker reveals he initially had plans to include a Stanley Kubrick cameo in an early scene set at the 1964 World’s Fair....

By Germain Lussier/May 14, 2015 6:00 am EST Later this month, author Chuck Palahniuk will continue the story of his iconic novel turned film Fight Club in comic book form. The series, Fight Club 2, will follow Tyler Durden ten years after the events of the book but it won’t be the character’s only appearance. Palahniuk is bringing back Durden for a short story in his new collection, Make Something Up: Stories You Can’t Unread....

Zachary Levi Joins NBC’s ‘Heroes’ Follow-Up ‘Heroes Reborn’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 16, 2015 11:00 am EST Almost a year has passed since NBC announced that Tim Kring was bringing back his hit show, Heroes. The event, called Heroes Reborn, will be a 13-episode mini-series that should premiere at some point this year. In that time, only one cast member had been revealed, Jack Coleman, reprising his role as the popular “Horn Rim Glasses” man....

‘Ant-Man’ Clip: Paul Rudd Tries Out The Whole Shrinking Thing By Angie Han/June 30, 2015 6:30 am EST We’re used to Marvel men going big: they armor up, Hulk out, get super soldier-ized. So what happens when one goes really, really small? In a new clip from Ant-Man, Marvel’s newest superhero finds out. Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) takes the Ant-Man suit for a test run in his bathtub, with potentially disastrous results....

‘Deadpool’ Movie News: Negasonic Cast, Logo Revealed, Ryan Reynolds Advocates R-Rating By Germain Lussier/March 30, 2015 3:00 pm EST The reveal of Ryan Reynolds in the full Deadpool outfit last week was just the beginning. He and director Tim Miller are hard at work on the superhero film which is set for release February 12, 2016, and news continues to break about the film. After releasing the above image, an official logo was released, Reynolds talked about the film’s rating and then actress Brianna Hildebrand was cast as the mutant Negasonic Teenage Warhead....