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Paramount Makes Exception To All-Digital Policy For Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’ Paramount made waves earlier this month when they announced that they would no longer release movies on film, becoming the first major studio to go all-digital. Except, it turns out, they’re not quite goingall-digital. The company still plans to make rare exceptions for select pictures, includingChristopher Nolan’sInterstellar. More details after the jump. However, the studio backtracked slightly today. “Although we anticipate the majority of the studio’s future releases to be executed in digital formats across the U....

Paul Thomas Anderson Hopes To Shoot ‘Inherent Vice’ In 2013 After whipping out three features in four years in the late ’90s,Paul Thomas Andersonmellowed his pace during the ’00s. It took three years to get fromMagnoliatoPunch-Drunk Love, five to get from the latter toThere Will Be Blood, and then another five after that to completeThe Master. But he’s wasting no time moving on his next project, theThomas PynchonadaptationInherent Vice. Anderson first signed on to adapt the noir tale in 2010, but then wound up shootingThe Masterfirst....

Quentin Tarantino Dominates Director Roundtable, Says “I Can’t Stand All This Digital Stuff, This Is Not What I Signed Up For” Amongst even the most ferventQuentin Tarantinofans, the subject ofDeath Proofis touchy — is it a good film, or not? I love the movie, seeing it as precisely the sort of grindhouse movie that it hoped to replicate, with a layer of commentary thrown in for good measure. But Tarantino stirred up new conversation about the film today with comments in a long interview about the fact that he hopesDeath Proofends up judged as the least of his films....

Real-Life Weirdness: Marvel Lawyers Insist Mutants Aren’t Human This is a strange one. While fictional characters in the Marvel Universe — the heroes at least — typically argue a position that says mutants and humans are not really different, and should be afforded the same rights, in the real world the company’s position is somewhat contrary. In the non-fictional world, our world, Marvel is taking the position that mutants are not humans at all....

Robert Evans, Legendary Producer And Studio Head Behind ‘The Godfather’ And ‘Chinatown’, Is Dead At 89 Robert Evans, the producer and former Paramount executive who played a major hand in films likeChinatown,The Godfather, and more, has died at 89. Evans' time in Hollywood began with a short-lived acting career, but by the 1960s he had moved into producing. He would eventually rise to become the head of Paramount Pictures, and helped save the flailing studio with a series of films still hailed as classics to this day....

Scott Adkins On ‘Accident Man’ And Bringing His Fighting Style To ‘Doctor Strange’ [Interview] If you likedScott Adkinsas Kaecilius' henchman inDoctor Strangeor as Mitch Rapp’s training rival inAmerican Assassin, you’ll be pleased to know there’s a whole host of movies in which Adkins really shows us his moves. Action fans may know him as Boyka in theUndisputedsequels or from his lead roles in theNinjafilms or from movies likeUniversal Soldier: Day of ReckoningandHard Target 2....

Star Wars Bits: Finn & Rey Rumors, Beastie Boys, Star Wars Rebels Crossover And More Impressive. Most impressive. Star Wars Bits has taught you well. You have controlled your fear. Now, release your anger. Only your hatred can destroy me. This edition of updates from a galaxy far, far away includes: Header image from LINE Webtoon’s Star Wars comic detailed below.J.J. Abramshas said that the last names of characters such as Finn (John Boyega) and Rey (Daisy Ridley) have been kept under wraps for a reason, leading many to believe that one of them may have ties to some of our heroes from the original trilogy....

Stephen King Short Story ‘The Revelations Of Becka Paulson’ Being Turned Into CW Series In the mad-dash to cash-in on the bigStephen Kingadaptation revival, producers are having to go far and wide to find fresh tales of terror that have yet to find their way to the screen (or they’re just shrugging their shoulders and remaking older stuff). The CW wants to get in on this King action, and they’ve gone to a very unlikely source: “The Revelations of ‘Becka Paulson,” an obscure short story that has yet to be collected into any of the King short story collections published so far....

Superhero Bits: Danny DeVito Wrote A Penguin Comic, Zack Snyder Had Plans For Riddler & More (Superhero Bitsis a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.) In this edition of Superhero Bits: Jenna Dwan is staying in the Arrowverse...

Superhero Bits: Harley Quinn’s Unused Suicide Squad Look, Captain America 4 Tidbits & More (Superhero Bitsis a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.) In this edition of Superhero Bits: Chris Pratt promises “Guardians 3” is worth the wait...

The Improvised Scene In Clockwork Orange That Cost $10,000 With his passion for perfection and attention to detail, Stanley Kubrick is often referred to as one of the greatest filmmakers to have graced the cinematic world stage. His foray into different genres saw him wade through noir, crime fiction, as well as science-fiction in films such as “Killer’s Kiss,” “2001: A Space Odyssey,” and “A Clockwork Orange.” Perhaps one of Kubrick’s most controversial movies even today is “A Clockwork Orange,” an adaptation of the dystopian book of the same name....

The Morning Watch: ‘Joker’ Trailer Easter Eggs, Scientists Review Natural Disaster Movies & More The Morning Watchis 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, explore over four dozen Easter eggs, hidden details and comic references you might have missed in the latestJokertrailer....

Tom Hardy Talks Mad Max: Fury Road We’ve had little bits of news aboutGeorge Miller’s fourth film in the Max storyline,Mad Max: Fury Road, but until now nothing terribly significant. The casting of Tom Hardy in the lead role was a great step in the right direction, and now the actor is starting to talk about the film, which shoots later this year. Hardy didn’t offer up too many details (“I’m obviously limited as to what I can say....