‘Patriots Day’ Trailer: Mark Wahlberg Leads Peter Berg’s Boston Marathon Bombing Drama If you likedDeepwater Horizonlast weekend, perhaps you’ll want to catchPeter Berg’sothernew movie based on a real-life tragedy and starringMark Wahlbergas a down-to-earth hero when it opens later this year. Patriots Daycenters on the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed several people and injured hundreds more. Walhberg plays police sergeant Tommy Saunders, who’s present at the scene and in the days that follow, gets involved in the manhunt for the perpetrators....

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Breaks Tuesday Box Office Record, New Tarantino Movie Headed Towards $30M Opening The summer box office may be a bit dismal, but things are looking up for Spider-Man.Spider-Man: Far From Home, the latest Spidey adventure, had the best Tuesday opening ever, suggesting that audiences will embrace at leastonesummer blockbuster this year.Far From Homegot a jump on the Independence Day box office, and will likely only increase its haul over the long holiday weekend....

‘Star Wars: The Phantom Menace’ Star Liam Neeson Has Kind Words To Say About ‘Episode I’ And Jar Jar Binks Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menacehas gone from totally reviled to somewhat beloved over the years, andLiam Neeson, who played Qui-Gon Jinn in the film, wants you all to know he’s made peace with the project. In a new interview, Neeson said he enjoys the movie and has nothing but good things to say about Jar Jar Binks and the actor who played him,Ahmed Best....

‘Swiss Army Man’ Trailer: Here’s That Daniel Radcliffe Farting Corpse Movie You’ve Heard So Much About Every year at Sundance, there are a small handful of films that get hyped up sight unseen: yourBoyhoods, yourThe Raid 2s. A few others come out of seemingly nowhere to become the toast of the town, a laBeasts of the Southern WildorBirth of a Nation. Dozens more still fly under the radar the whole time, flitting to the next festival in hopes of building more buzz elsewhere....

‘The Last Of The Mohicans’ TV Series From Cary Joji Fukunaga In The Works Cary Joi Fukunagais keeping busy. Not only is the filmmaker set to helmBond 25, he’s also developing aLast of the MohicansTV series along withWatchmenTV series directorNicole Kassell. The series will adapt James Fenimore Cooper’s historical novel, which has been adapted to the screen several times in the past – most notably the 1992 Michael Mann film starring Daniel Day-Lewis....

‘The Mandalorian’ Documentary Series Reveals Episode Synopses, Promises A Peek Behind The Curtain This week, Disney revealed that it would be pulling back the curtain on its biggest Disney+ hit with a documentary series that would dive into the making ofThe Mandalorian. In an eight-episode series calledDisney Gallery: The Mandalorian,executive producerJon Favreauwould take viewers on a tour of the unique sets and cutting-edge technology used to make the belovedStar Warsseries. But what exactly would those eight episodes cover?...

‘The Toxic Avenger’ Remake Wraps Filming Grab your mops and get ready to head back to Tromaville, nerds, becauseThe Toxic Avengerremakehas wrapped filming. DirectorMacon Blairshared the news viahis Twitter, so now it’s just a matter of time before we get to see the new Toxie. The Other Avenger The Toxic Avengeris a contemporary reimagining of the 1984 low-budget cult classic fromTroma Studios. It centers on Melvin, a down-on-his-luck janitor who is pushed into a vat of toxic waste....

‘Wonder Woman’: Everything We Learned About The Film’s First Act Wonder Womanis coming to theaters this summer, withGal Gadotstarring in the DC Comics superhero’s first solo outing after debuting inBatman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. With the exception of a photo revealing Diana Prince posing with some soldiers in World War I, her life remains shrouded in mystery in that film. But that’s about to change. DirectorPatty Jenkinsis giving us Wonder Woman’s origin story....

‘X-Men Apocalypse’ Will Shoot In Montreal Next Year With the summer of 2015 all but set, eyes have quickly turned to the summer of 2016. Most of the talk has been aboutBatman v SupermanandCaptain America 3, but don’t forget there’s another major superhero film coming mere weeks after those. It’sX-Men Apocalypse, the sequel to the massive hitX-Men Days of Future Past,which was the #4 movie of the summer grossing over $230 million domestic and $745 million worldwide....

Anti-Casting Update: ‘Snuff,’ ‘Beat The Reaper’ And ‘Cosmopolis’ There’s been a lot of jumping the gun lately when it comes to casting announcements, and, surprisingly, most of it has been from directors and producers rather than press. So here’s an attempt to quickly set the story straight on several diverse projects: David Cronenberg’sCosmopolis, the adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s novelSnuff, andBeat the Reaper. First up isCosmopolis.Colin FarrellandMarion Cotillardwere originally attached, but he left to doTotal Recall(replaced withRobert Pattinson) and she left to have a baby....

Cardboard Cinema: ‘The Godfather’ Board Game Looks Cool, But Does It Look Like ‘The Godfather’? We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Back in 2016, we first learned that CMON (formerly Cool Mini Or Not)was making a board gamebased on Francis Ford Coppola’s masterpiece,The Godfather. Now, after over a year of designing and playtesting and tweaking and playtesting and playtesting (as is the board game way), theGodfather board gameis about to hit shelves....

Carl Erik Rinsch No Longer Directing ‘Logan’s Run’ Much like the characters inLogan’s Run, it seems directors of the proposed remake have a limited shelf-life too. Commercial directorCarl Erik Rinschhadbeen attachedto directed a remake of the 1976 feature film but has now left the project, whichhe was developingto shoot in 3D,to concentrate on Universal’s47 Roninwith Keanu Reeves. This once again leaves Warner Brothers and producersJoel SilverandAkiva Goldsmanwithout someone to direct the script byAlex Garland....

Christopher McQuarrie Suggests He’s Directing ‘Mission: Impossible 5’ Back in November,reports saidChristopher McQuarriewould be directingTom CruiseinMission: Impossible 5. This made sense on numerous levels. Brad Bird, who directed the fourth film, had moved toanother project. McQuarrie and Cruise have a great relationship, culminating inJack Reacher, which at the time was yet to be released. Finally, each entry in theM:Iseries to date had a new director at the helm. ThenJack Reachercame out and while the film did pretty well critically, itunderperformedfinancially....