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Casting News: Michael Fassbender Considers ‘Entering Hades,’ Anthony Mackie Set To Play Johnnie Cochran The key to navigating Hollywood these days is attach yourself to a superhero movie franchise of some kind to guarantee a hit movie every few years so you can run off and join darker, weirder, more eclectic projects without a care in the world. It also means everyone lining up to interview you about your scrappy little drama because they’re also hoping to squeeze you for details about the next superhero gig....

Charting The Career Of Jamie Lee Curtis From Strode To Strode (Welcome toRole Call, where we examine two performances from an actor – their first defining role and their most recent/last – to get a sense of who they are.)Jamie Lee Curtishas always been fascinating because of her contradiction. As the daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, she could have been the poster child for Hollywood nepotism, but she became an actor of the people....

Comic-Con Paramount Panel: Iron Man, Cloverfield, Indiana Jones 4 And More Note: This article was posted live from Comic Con during the panel. So please excuse us if we dont go into many details on some stories. I’m typing as fast and accurately as we can. :) 6,500 people have packed the big exhibition hall (which looks like a very large warehouse or airport hanger) for the Paramount panel. Before the panel we got the usual lecture about not video taping the video and photo presentations....

Cool Stuff: The ‘X-Men’ Movie Franchise Finally Gets Funko POPs For First Film’s 20th Anniversary Even though there are plenty of worrisome outcomes from the acquisition of 20th Century Fox by The Walt Disney Company, there is some good that comes from the business deal, especially for fans ofX-Men. Not only are fans excited to see the mutants enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe at some point, but now theX-Menfranchise can finally see some proper modern merchandise inspired by the original movies....

Disney Reveals More Details About Planned ‘Avatar’ Theme Park Addition Yesterday, the Walt Disney Co.announcedtheir plan to bring Pandora to the Magic Kingdom, in the form of anAvatar-themed attraction at Walt Disney World. While the decision made sense on a lot of levels — Pandora actually seems like it’d be fun to visit, and an attraction based on the top-grossing film of all time is bound to make tons of money — the initial reveal offered few answers to the obvious questions....

Douglas Slocombe, Legendary Cinematographer Of ‘Indiana Jones’, Dead At 103 Douglas Slocombe, the legendary cinematographer best known for shooting the Indiana Jones trilogy for director Steven Spielberg, has passed away at 103. Although his most well-known films came at the end of his career, Slocombe’s filmography is a masterclass in film craft, showcasing an artist and a technician who knew his way around all genres and made it look easy....

Easter Sunday Trailer: A Comedian Returns Home In The Filipino Version Of Friday Who would have thought that Steven Spielberg would be a champion for Filipino Americans in Hollywood? In his 1991 film “Hook,” the acclaimed filmmaker introduced the world to Rufio, Peter Pan’s successor as the leader of the Lost Boys in Neverland. The character was played byDante Bascoand, for many in the audience, it was the very first time they were seeing a Filipino American performer in a leading role in a Hollywood production....

Edgar Wright Explains How Ultron Would Have Unbalanced ‘Ant-Man’ In the comics, Ant-Man invents Ultron, but thatwill not be the case in the movies. Though Joss Whedon’sAvengers: Age of Ultronwill open seven months beforeEdgar Wright’sAnt-Man, the two characters won’t link up and for good reason. In a new interview, Wright explained the success, or failure, of many superhero movies hinges on keeping the story focused. In this case, it being the firstAnt-Manfilm, his comments suggest it’ll be in the mold of Jon Favreau’s firstIron Manand focus solely on the main character, deriving a villain from his world, not independently....

Every Tim Burton Film Ranked From Worst To Best Few careers in Hollywood seem as stable, yet somehow still wild, as Tim Burton’s. One of the premier genre filmmakers since the ’80s, Burton has created some of the most iconic and enduring movies of the last few decades. He has also, perhaps, relied on his keen sense of style at the expense of his stories, leading to a run of films that are beautiful to look at but emotionally empty....

Film And TV Production Studios In The U.K. And Asia Are Starting To Re-Open International production studios are beginning to re-open after months of shutdowns in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. We’ve seen countries likeNew Zealand, which had a notably tough response to the outbreak, the Czech Republic, and France begin to slowly resume film and TV productions, but studios in theU.K.and Asian countries likeSouth Korea, China,andTaiwanhave begun to follow suit....

First Clip And Buzz For Guillermo Del Toro-Produced Creature Feature Splice I first saw photos fromSplicein February of this year and was immediately ready to see it.CubedirectorVincenzo Natalihas broughtSarah PolleyandAdrien Brodyinto a world of genetic creature development that seems to have a lot of potential. The initial stills (some of which come from the clip below) showed a weird little creature that becomes something much larger and more dangerous. See the clip and read a bit of buzz from the Sitges Fest ‘09 after the break....

Horton Hears A Who & Alvin And The Chipmunks Movie Trailers Hit Springfield We have just received confirmation the first movie trailers for the computer animated big screen adaptation of the Dr. Seuss classicHorton Hears a Whoand the live action/computer animated big screenAlvin and The Chipmunkswill be attached toThe Simpsons Movie, which hits theaters on July 27th 2007. Horton Hears a Whofeatures the voices of Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, Isla Fisher, Dan Fogler, Amy Poehler, Dane Cook, Jaime Pressly and Jonah Hill....

How Did This Get Made: An Interview With The Director Of ‘Money Plane’ Recently, the gang atHow Did This Get Made?covered this summer’s most over-the-top andSnakesonaplane-ish action film:Money Plane.To figure out howMoney Planegot made, I spoke with the film’s director (and co-writer), Andy Lawrence. Which, I must admit, was especially fun as I’ve been a fan of Andy’s work since the mid-90s when he—along with his older brothers Joey Lawrence and Matt Lawrence—starred in the seriesBrotherly Love....