How 1991's The Addams Family nearly got derailed
FeatureSimon Brew9/29/2014 at 8:10AM The Addams Family looked a seamless project to bring to the screen. But the film, starring Raul Julia and Anjelica Huston, was anything but.When we talk about...
View ArticleWhy Tim Burton's Batman 3 Never Happened
NewsDavid Crow9/29/2014 at 8:18AM Despite directing the still beloved Batman and Batman Returns, Tim Burton (and Michael Keaton) did not return for Batman 3. Here's why... Nowadays with a half dozen...
View ArticleLaika CEO Travis Knight talks The Boxtrolls and the Future of Stop-Motion...
InterviewDon Kaye9/29/2014 at 8:24AM The head of the independent animation studio, Laika discusses The Boxtrolls, Paranorman, Coraline, and stop motion animation. Stop-motion animation has been around...
View ArticleDreamWorks Animation linked with $3.4bn takeover
NewsSimon Brew9/29/2014 at 8:25AM Ahead of the release of The Penguins Of Madagascar, DreamWorks Animation may have new owners...Crikey. It's not been the easiest times of late for DreamWorks...
View ArticleNew director for Olympus Has Fallen 2: London Has Fallen
NewsSimon Brew9/29/2014 at 8:33AM After Fredrik Bond quit last week, a new director has been found for London Has Fallen, starring Gerard Butler...Over the weekend, director Antoine Fuqua scored...
View ArticleWhiplash Review
ReviewMatthew Schuchman9/29/2014 at 9:37AM Whiplash has flown under the radar at NYFF, but it might be the year's best movie, and J.K. Simmons is a lock for Best Supporting Actor. While the 52nd annual...
View ArticleDavid Fincher Was Approached for Star Wars: Episode VII
NewsMike Cecchini9/29/2014 at 12:09PM Gone Girl director David Fincher spoke with Disney about directing Star Wars: Episode VII. One thing that Disney has done quite well with the Star Wars franchise,...
View ArticleWatch The New Birdman TV Spot
NewsDavid Crow9/29/2014 at 1:57PM Watch the new TV spot for Birdman, featuring Michael Keaton as an actor famous for playing a superhero decades ago. Imagine an actor most famous for playing an iconic...
View ArticleKevin Smith Finds Financing For Clerks 3
NewsDavid Crow9/29/2014 at 4:57PM Kevin Smith reveals himself that Clerks 3 is now being financed thanks to the positive reactions toward this month's Tusk. Despite news from this past summer that...
View ArticleTommy Wirkola not directing Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 2
NewsSimon Brew9/30/2014 at 9:05AM Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters 2 has a script, but not a director, as Tommy Wirkola drops out of helming the sequel...A surprise hit when it was finally released...
View ArticleJeremy Renner on Captain America 3 & Avengers: Age Of Ultron
NewsSimon Brew9/30/2014 at 9:15AM Jeremy Renner on Hawkeye in Captain America 3, and how he and Hulk get more time in Avengers: Age Of Ultron...Jeremy Renner set the internet gossip machine off the...
View ArticleDisney's live action Beauty And The Beast secures a writer
NewsSimon Brew9/30/2014 at 9:17AM After Maleficent and Cinderella, Beauty And The Beast is getting the live action treatment from Disney...Earlier this year, it was confirmed that one of the live...
View ArticleFirst trailer lands for Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice
TrailerSimon Brew9/30/2014 at 9:21AM Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon and Josh Brolin star in Paul Thomas Anderson's new movie, Inherent Vice. Here's the trailer and poster...Comfortably one of the...
View ArticleCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2 Coming as Netflix Exclusive
NewsMike Cecchini9/30/2014 at 9:32AM Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend is the sequel to Ang Lee's film, and the first Netflix exclusive movie release. Here's one way to make a splash....
View ArticleMen, Women and Children Review
ReviewDon Kaye9/30/2014 at 10:28AM Director Jason Reitman and an all-star cast take texting to task. There’s no escaping how the Internet, mobile phones and cameras, texting, and so on have changed our...
View ArticleSomeone is Actually Making a Tetris Movie
NewsMike Cecchini9/30/2014 at 12:07PM There is a Tetris movie being assembled by the producer of the Mortal Kombat movie. All you hand-wringers concerned about the glut of superhero movies will look...
View ArticleTaken 3 Gets First Trailer
TrailerDavid Crow9/30/2014 at 12:31PM Watch the first trailer for Liam Neeson's return to the world of Bryan Mills in Taken 3. All we have to say to bad guys is: good luck. First they took his daughter...
View ArticleBatman V. Superman: Dawn Of Justice Headed To Chicago
NewsDavid Crow9/30/2014 at 1:08PM Despite shooting primarily around Detroit, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice is about to hang its cape in Chicago.When reading Batman comics as a kid, I always...
View ArticleFox Developing Big: The TV Series
NewsDavid Crow9/30/2014 at 2:28PM Fox is developing a new half-hour sitcom remake of the Tom Hanks and Penny Marshall classic from 1988, Big. Chances are that if you’re a child of the ‘80s, you’ve seen...
View ArticleWatch New Featurette On A Vampire’s Bride In Dracula Untold
NewsDavid Crow9/30/2014 at 3:38PM Check out the latest featurette from Dracula Untold, which turns its focus on Sarah Gadon, who plays the wife of Dracula. Love, historically speaking, can really bite....
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