Hollywood Hopes Saudi Arabia Will Be The Next Big Film Market By Ben Pearson/March 28, 2018 4:00 pm EST Earlier this year, the Middle Eastern country of Saudi Arabia lifted a ban on movies that had been in place for 35 years. And when Hollywood sees an opening, they go for it: a new report explains how U.S. and international exhibitors are racing to open theaters there in order to capitalize on an untapped marketplace....
Kevin Smith Reveals His Secret Project Is A TV Series Not A Movie By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 13, 2018 9:30 am EST Kevin Smith has come a long way since his days as an indie auteur with his breakout hit Clerks. He’s become a movies, television comics, books and podcast maven; he’s created his own mini cinematic universe called The View Askewniverse; and he’s become a prolific geek guru, penning comic books and directing episodes of The Flash and Supergirl....
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘In The Heights’ Movie Lands At Warner Bros. After HUGE Bidding War By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 18, 2018 3:30 pm EST In the Heights has finally found a home. After a troubled road to the big screen, the adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning musical has landed at Warner Bros. The studio won the rights to the In the Heights movie adaptation after a fierce bidding war following the implosion of the project’s former studio, The Weinstein Company....
Marvel’s ‘Runaways’ Trailer Shows A New Kind Of Superhero Series By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 7, 2017 10:00 am EST Another day, another Marvel adaptation! This time, the Marvel comic Runaways jumps from the page to the screen with a new Hulu series. The first trailer for the show has just arrived, teasing a very different sort of comic book series. Watch the first Runaways trailer below. Inspired by the comic series created by Brian K....
The ‘Pet Sematary’ Remake Cast Now Has Children To Traumatize By Chris Evangelista/June 25, 2018 1:00 pm EST Entertainment Weekly has the scoop on some recent Pet Sematary casting. Ten-year-old Jeté Laurence will play Ellie Creed, “a sweet and sensitive young girl who adores her cat Winston Churchill, or ‘Church’ for short, and wins over the heart of the old-timer who lives next door (played by John Lithgow.)” And three-year-old twins Hugo Lavoie and Lucas Lavoie will play Gage, the toddler of the Creed Family....
The Best Michael Caine Movies You’ve Probably Never Seen By Rob Hunter/Jan. 11, 2018 8:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. (Welcome to The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen, a series that takes a look at slightly more obscure, under-the-radar, or simply under-appreciated movies. In this edition, we take a look at some of the best Michael Caine movies you probably haven’t seen.) Most actors go their whole careers without starring in a film destined to stand the test of time....
The Morning Watch: Notes On A Scene From ‘Grease’, Ralph Macchio Dishes ‘Karate Kid’ Secrets & More By Ethan Anderton/April 25, 2018 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, Grease director Randal Kleiser breaks down perhaps the most famous sequence from the classic musical....
This ‘Blair Witch’ Publicity Stunt Transformed Austin, Texas Into A Very Creepy Place By Jacob Hall/Sept. 16, 2016 9:00 am EST Seventeen years after it first hit theaters, The Blair Witch Project remains a genuinely creepy, intentionally frustrating, and unforgettable film that sets a high bar for found footage horror movie in general. However, the film’s legacy extends beyond movie screens and into the world of movie marketing, where it had a seismic impact....
Why ‘Warcraft’ Will Never Have A Director’s Cut By Jack Giroux/Aug. 31, 2016 7:30 am EST Duncan Jones’ first cut of Warcraft was two hours and forty minutes long. Around the time of the film’s release, the director made it sound like most of what was cut was removed for good reason, but there were some trims made that possibly weakened the film. We’ll see some of these extended/deleted scenes on the Blu-ray next month, but any World of Warcraft fans hoping to one day purchase an extended version of the fantasy film are sadly out of luck....
By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 10, 2017 2:00 pm EST In case you haven’t heard, the classic comic character Archie is coming to The CW in the form of a TV series called Riverdale. It’s a modern, dark approach to the source material that has Archie (KJ Apa), Betty (Lili Reinhart), Veronica (Camila Mendes), Jughead Jones (Cole Sprouse), Josie (Ashleigh Murray) and more dealing with a death in their small town, secrets waiting to be discovered, and something dark and dangerous biding its time....
‘A Cure For Wellness’ Trailer: Gore Verbinski Finally Makes Another Horror Movie By Jacob Hall/Oct. 20, 2016 7:30 am EST With the original Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, director Gore Verbinski proved himself so adept at orchestrating globally popular blockbusters that it often looked like the world of big budget franchise filmmaking had swallowed him whole. While I’ve mostly enjoyed his excursions into the world of big budgets and movie stars (I even have a soft spot for The Lone Ranger!...
‘Beauty And The Beast’ Sneak Peek: Emma Watson And Dan Stevens Share A Moment By Angie Han/Sept. 1, 2016 8:00 am EST This year marks the 25th anniversary of the animated Beauty and the Beast, and Disney’s taking this opportunity to remind you they’ve also got a live-action Beauty and the Beast coming our way next year. The studio has just released a sneak peek at the new film, featuring stars Emma Watson and Dan Stevens and director Bill Condon....
‘Black Panther’ Box Office Numbers Are Even Bigger Than Expected By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 19, 2018 10:40 am EST Over the weekend, the Black Panther box office numbers were already exceeding even the most generous predictions. Disney estimated that their three-day opening weekend was going to be $192 million while the four-day holiday weekend was projected to rake in $218 million. But the Black Panther box office haul has gotten even bigger....
‘Death Race 2050’ Trailer: This Wacky Series Goes Back To The B-Movie Basics By Jacob Hall/Oct. 19, 2016 3:30 pm EST The mere existence of Death Race 2050 is going to confuse a few people and I’d be lying if I said that didn’t delight me just a little bit. This is the direct sequel to producer Roger Corman’s schlocky 1975 film Death Race 2000, ignoring Paul W.S. Anderson’s 2008 remake Death Race and its two direct-to-video sequels, Death Race 2 and Death Race 3: Inferno....
‘Good Omens’ First Look: David Tennant And Michael Sheen Rock Dyed Hair And Colorful Suits By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 18, 2017 8:00 am EST Neil Gaiman, who will be writing and running the miniseries adaptation of his and Terry Pratchett’s 1990 novel Good Omens, released the first look at stars David Tennant and Michael Sheen in costume as the demon Crowley and angel Aziraphale, respectively. Three words: Blonde. Michael. Sheen. Now with principal photography beginning in London for the miniseries, The Good Omens first looks shows the two actors already inhabiting their roles, with Tennant striking a pose beneath his dyed red locks and rocker-style suit and Sheen looking prim, with his bleach-blonde hair perfectly matching the color of his tan suit....
‘In The Fade’ Trailer: Diane Kruger Goes On A Quest For Justice By Ben Pearson/Nov. 5, 2017 12:00 pm EST Where is the line between justice and revenge? How do you move on after loved ones have been murdered? These questions are often reserved for movies starring grizzled tough guys, people like Liam Neeson or Arnold Schwarzenegger. It’s rare that we see a story that tackles those topics with a woman at the center, but that’s exactly what we have with In the Fade, a new thriller that stars Diane Kruger (Inglourious Basterds, National Treasure) as a woman whose family is killed....
‘Kingdom Hearts 3’ Trailer Finally Reveals A 2019 Release Date (And We’ll Never Let It Go) [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 12, 2018 6:27 am EST Update: More footage of the Pirates of the Caribbean world has been released in a trailer from the Playstation showcase at E3. See the trailer below. It’s happening. It’s been 84 years, but we finally have (another) Kingdom Hearts III release date. And we won’t let it go if they change it on us again....
‘Office Christmas Party’ Clips: Headlocks, Holiday Mixers & ‘Gone Girl’ Threats By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 29, 2016 3:30 pm EST With December just around the corner, it’s time for your office to start planning their annual office party, but I can almost guarantee that yours won’t be quite as epic as the festivities that will unfold in Office Christmas Party. The new R-rated holiday comedy is coming to theaters next week, and to help spread the cheer; three new clips have just debuted online....
‘Office Christmas Party’ Trailer: Renting A Baby Is Cheaper Than You Think By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 2, 2016 2:00 pm EST While many are looking ahead a couple weeks to the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in just two weeks, some may be looking forward to getting absolutey crazy with a raunchy, R-rated holiday comedy, and Office Christmas Party will try to come through next week. A new trailer for the comedy from Blades of Glory directors Josh Gordon and Will Speck has just arrived, and while it shows more of the party shenanigans that happen in an office in downtown Chicago, it also shows more of the outside happenings, including Jennifer Aniston assaulting some guy, and Karan Soni (the cab driver from Deadpool) trying to get a hooker from Jillian Bell (22 Jump Street)....
‘Pacific Rim 2’ Casts Levi Meaden As A New Cadet By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 22, 2016 10:00 pm EST Aftermath star Levi Meaden has joined the cast of Steven S. DeKnight’s Pacific Rim 2. He will star alongside John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny and Jing Tian.Variety broke the news of the Levi Meaden Pacific Rim 2 casting, revealing that Meaden will be playing “an irreverent and offbeat cadet” named Ilya. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but we have heard that John Boyega will be playing the son of the Idris Elba’s character Stacker Pentecost from the original Guillermo del Toro film....
