Movie News/Trends

Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase II won’t be officially concluded until Ant-Man opens in theaters, but already people are looking ahead to the beginning of Phase III, with Captain America: Civil War. Most of the conversation thus far has revolved around the superheroes who will be included in Civil War, be it returning players (Captain America, Iron Man) or new additions (Black Panther and, possibl...

In just a few short years, Tom Hardy has shot from the breakout star of Inception to potentially headlining his own franchise in this month’s highly anticipated Mad Max: Fury Road. However, with so many major Hollywood stars circling comic book projects, one might wonder when Hardy will find himself an ongoing role in such a film – especially since his version of Bane in The Dark Knight Rises was ...

In addition to extensive coverage of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the most recent issue of Vanity Fair also includes confirmation of another Lucasfilm franchise revival, Indiana Jones. Studio president Kathleen Kennedy finally confirmed a new Indiana Jones movie will be made by Disney…eventually. “In buying the company, Disney also got rights, for better or worse, to less-storied Lucasfilm ...

Lionsgate has officially confirmed today that it plans to produce a sequel to 2014’s critically-acclaimed revenge thriller John Wick. Keanu Reeves will return as Wick along with directors David Leitch and Chad Stahelski and screenwriter, Derek Kolstad. John Wick 2 will be released through Lionsgate’s Summit Entertainment and will be produced by Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk, who produced the first f...

New Line Cinema and Village Roadshow Pictures have debuted a third trailer for their big screen action-thriller San Andreas, opening in 3D and 2D theaters on Friday, May 29. San Andreas reunites Dwayne Johnson with director Brad Peyton and producer Beau Flynn, following their collaboration on the global hit Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. Check out the new trailer in the player below! After the ...

It looks like the Vanity Fair photo dump has gotten ahead of itself, as French fansite Star Wars Universe has posted a new Annie Leibovitz photo from the June issue featuring “Game of Thrones” star Gwendoline Christie’s character on the set of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, now officially revealed to be the First Order villain known as Captain Phasma. Check out the shiny new chrome trooper below! S...

Lionsgate has revealed the UK trailer for the satiric sci-fi comedy Absolutely Anything, starring Simon Pegg and featuring the final voice role of Robin Williams as Dennis the dog. Check it out below! Directed by Monty Python alum Terry Jones, Absolutely Anything follows a disillusioned school teacher (Pegg) who suddenly finds he has the ability to do anything he wishes, a challenge bestowed upon ...

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s big cover and video reveal, which I would include in this article, Vanity Fair has posted six more Star Wars: The Force Awakens set photos taken by Annie Leibovitz for their June issue, including an official (though mostly assumed) reveal that Adam Driver is playing the dark-cloaked villain Kylo Ren, and that Lupita Nyong’o’s motion capture character is a pirate by ...

UPDATE: I just laid my hands on these fresh new set photos from David Ayer’s  Suicide Squad shoot. While Suicide Squad director David Ayer got the jump on the paparazzi by releasing some official images, tonight’s filming in Toronto involved an action sequence with stars Will Smith (Deadshot), Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn), Joel Kinnaman (Rick Flag), and Jai Courtney (Captain Boomerang)...

As production continues on Warner Bros.’ next DC Comics film, director David Ayer has assembled the super villain team for our first official Suicide Squad cast photo and also revealed an image of Will Smith’s Deadshot in his full costume! Among those featured are Will Smith (The Pursuit of Happyness, Focus) as Deadshot; Joel Kinnaman (RoboCop, Easy Money) as Rick Flagg; Margot Robbie (The Wolf of...

Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Pictures finally got around to releasing Avengers: Age of Ultron in North America following its international debut last week. Reuniting Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson and Cobie Smulders, joined by new Avengers played by Elizabeth Olsen, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Paul Bettany, all to ...

Although it was revealed nearly a year ago that Chronicle director Josh Trank would be helming the second Star Wars Anthology film, word has just broken that Trank will not be visiting a galaxy far, far away. The film he was attached to, however, remains in development at Lucasfilm and a new helmer is expected to be announced soon. “After a year of having the incredible honor of developing with th...