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Find Out What Happened When A Sundance World Premiere Broke Down Minutes Before Its Ending By Angie Han/Jan. 21, 2017 9:00 am EST The Berlin Syndrome screening had already suffered a slight hiccup earlier in the film when a PA announcement mistakenly stated that the venue would be closing in 8 minutes. We in the audience laughed it off and went back to the movie. But things got so much worse as the film neared its big climax....

Gugu Mbatha-Raw On ‘A Wrinkle In Time,’ ‘The Cloverfield Paradox’ Going To Netflix, And More [Interview] By Ben Pearson/March 9, 2018 12:00 pm EST English actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw isn’t a household name yet, but I feel like it’s only a matter of time. She’s already headlined a quiet romantic drama (Beyond the Lights), a sci-fi thriller (The Cloverfield Paradox), and what might be the best episode of the anthology series Black Mirror (season 3’s “San Junipero”)....

HBO Releasing ‘Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher And Debbie Reynolds’ Documentary Earlier By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 30, 2016 3:00 pm EST Following the tragic passing of both Carrie Fisher and her mother Debbie Reynolds, HBO is bumping up the release of the documentary about the show business family. Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds follows the bond between the mother and daughter during their relationship that lasted for 60 years....

J.J. Abrams Re-Teams With ‘Overlord’ Director For A Superhero Movie For Bad Robot By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 3, 2018 3:30 pm EST A J.J. Abrams-produced superhero movie is on its way. The Star Wars: The Force Awakens director will be re-teaming with Julius Avery, the director of the upcoming Overlord, to produce a new superhero project for Bad Robot and Paramount. The movie will be called The Heavy. Abrams is producing The Heavy with Avery set to direct the superhero film, according to The Hollywood Reporter....

James Cameron Confirms ‘Avatar 2’ Won’t Arrive In 2018, Make Your Fake Surprised Face Now By Ethan Anderton/March 10, 2017 9:00 am EST Find out the disappointing news James Cameron had about the Avatar 2 release date below. James Cameron took time out of his busy Avatar schedule to team up with Israeli-Canadian journalist Simcha Jacobovici to figure out if the lost city of Atlantis actually existed in a new documentary called Atlantis Rising, premiering on Discovery this Sunday....

Jason Momoa Shares ‘The Crow’ Concept Art, Apologizes For Dropping Out, Promises To Play The Character One Day By Ben Pearson/June 1, 2018 11:30 am EST The most recent iteration of The Crow remake went down in flames yesterday when director Corin Hardy and star Jason Momoa walked away from the movie a few weeks before shooting was set to begin. Now, Momoa has shared a piece of concept art and a tiny sliver of a look at him wearing the character’s iconic makeup....

LOL: ‘Deadpool’ Praises His Own Movie’s Incredible Marketing Campaign For Five Minutes By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 19, 2016 2:00 pm EST Thankfully, the gamble paid off, and one of the main reasons for that success is the unique marketing onslaught that Deadpool brought everywhere. The Merc with a Mouth’s traditional breaking of the fourth wall allowed for some of the most unique advertising we’ve seen from a blockbuster in recent memory, so much that it’s been nominated for a Clio Award, which recognizes innovation and creative excellence in advertising, design and communication....

More ‘The Predator’ Victims, Er, Cast Members Revealed In New Photo By Jacob Hall/March 9, 2017 9:30 am EST Last month, filming on The Predator commenced and director Shane Black revealed our first look at the cast. It was a impressive line-up of folks – this could be the most talented group of people to ever get picked off one-by-one by a powerful alien who intends to mount their skulls on the wall of its spaceship....

MoviePass CEO Explains Company’s Plans For Acquisitions, Disses Netflix, And More By Ben Pearson/Jan. 23, 2018 1:30 pm EST Last Friday, the monthly theatrical subscription service MoviePass shook things up by announcing that it’s launched MoviePass Ventures, a subsidiary of the main company that will be teaming with other companies to co-acquire the distribution rights for independent films. And at the Sundance Film Festival this past weekend, the company’s CEO gave everyone a peek into his psyche by explaining his approach to acquisition and dissing Netflix, firing back at AMC, and even teasing a new MoviePass update for the company’s app....

Present The earnings report (h/t ScreenRant) mentions the company has hired producer Scott Stuber (Ted, Patriot’s Day) to head up a new initiative for its original films. Along with clearly laying out expectations for him, the report drops an interesting nugget of information about what Netflix’s possible future may hold: We recently hired Scott Stuber to lead our original films initiative. Our goal remains the same: to offer a variety of new movies that will attract and delight members at better economics relative to licensing movies under traditional windowing....

Official ‘Jurassic Park’ LEGO Set Finally Recreates Scenes In Building Block Form By Ethan Anderton/April 16, 2018 6:00 am EST Since the Jurassic Park franchise was reinvigorated with the legacy-quel Jurassic World in 2015, the merchandise for the action adventure film series featuring hungry dinosaurs has been ramped up to its full potential. There are plenty of action figures, t-shirts, stuffed dinosaurs, video games and much more to cash in on the Jurassic Park name....

Stanley Kubrick’s Lost Screenplay ‘Burning Secret’ Found More Than 60 Years After It Was Written By Ben Pearson/July 17, 2018 4:00 pm EST In 1956, Stanley Kubrick, widely hailed as one of the greatest directors of all time, co-wrote a screenplay for a film called Burning Secret, an adaptation of a novella by Stefan Zweig. That script was thought to be lost forever. But now, more than 60 years later, it’s suddenly been located by a Kubrick expert and university professor in the United Kingdom, who says it’s detailed enough to be adapted by modern filmmakers today....

Superhero Bits: ‘Batman And Harley Quinn’ Featurette, Pierce Brosnan Responds To Cable Rumors & More By Ethan Anderton/April 5, 2017 5:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Who is directing the animated Batman and Harley Quinn movie and how did it come to be made? Would Batman & Robin villain Arnold Schwarzenegger be up for playing a Batman villain again? Who are the coolest super animals from comic books?...

The First ‘War For The Planet Of The Apes’ Trailer Is Here By Angie Han/Dec. 9, 2016 6:00 am EST It’s all been leading up to this. Rise of the Planet of the Apes showed us the unusual origins of Caesar (Andy Serkis), while Dawn of the Planet of the Apes chronicled his rise as a leader — and his struggle to keep the peace. Now the conflict between man and ape comes to a head in War for the Planet of the Apes, as Caesar faces off against an army of humans led by the Colonel (Woody Harrelson)....

This Is Some Of The Weirdest ‘Star Wars’ Footage Ever [Video] By Ethan Anderton/May 18, 2017 5:00 am EST Unless you’ve been living under a rock this year so far, you probably already know that this year marks the 40th anniversary of Star Wars. Throughout the year there will be a myriad of events and memorabilia commemorating the milestone anniversary, and one famous Los Angeles has one of the most unique offerings that fans will be able to enjoy this year....

Todd McFarlane Says His ‘Spawn’ Film Will Actually Earn Its Hard R-Rating, Unlike ‘Deadpool’ By Ben Pearson/Oct. 5, 2017 3:00 pm EST New York Comic Con kicked off today, and in advance of new trailers for anticipated blockbusters like Pacific Rim Uprising and Justice League, comic creator and soon-to-be-director Todd McFarlane hyped his upcoming film adaptation of Spawn, the formerly-human antihero who preys on the most evil members of society. He also threw some shade at Deadpool for some reason....

Tom Hanks Will Star In A David S. Pumpkins Animated Special. Any Questions? By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 28, 2017 2:00 pm EST David S. Pumpkins, arguably one of the most popular Saturday Night Live characters in recent memory and unquestionably the most famous character of Tom Hanks’ entire career, was too good to be a one time thing. At least according to NBC, who have given the go-ahead to a David S....

WTF: John Turturro Is Currently Filming A ‘Big Lebowski’ Spinoff?! By Angie Han/Aug. 17, 2016 11:50 am EST For years now, John Turturro has been really, really clear that he’d like to star in a Big Lebowski spinoff centered on his Jesus Quintana character. But for the most part, we’ve written off that chatter as wishful thinking. Actors talk all the time about sequels and spinoffs that never get made, and the Coens have never expressed any serious interest in making a Jesus movie....

‘American Gods’ Opening Titles: The Old And New Come Together Beautifully By Jack Giroux/March 31, 2017 7:30 am EST The old and the new gods will soon butt heads in the upcoming adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods. According to our own Jacob Hall, who saw the pilot at SXSW, their war gets off to a promising, bizarre and evocative start. Exactly one month before the rest of us get to see what co-creators Bryan Fuller and Michael Green have cooked up, Starz has released the hypnotic American Gods opening titles sequence....

‘American Horror Story’ Season Six Teaser: Is This Another One Of FX’s Phony Teasers? By Jack Giroux/Aug. 18, 2016 4:35 pm EST American Horror Story returns for its sixth season this fall on FX. The network and the series’ creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk haven’t revealed yet the upcoming season’s characters, setting, or theme. Of course, you would figure the marketing would give all off that information away, but so far that’s not the case....