Details Revealed About Primer Director Shane Carruth’s Next Film A Topiary Shane Carruth’sPrimeris one of the movies that completely blew my mind. It was my first time at the Sundance Film Festival, and I was working as a volunteer. I had heard about this film which was made for next to nothing ($7,000) which had something to do with time travel (one of my favorite story devices). I’ll admit, I wasn’t even sure I liked the film the first time I saw it, but I knew I had seen something special....

Disney World’s Lackluster Plans For Harry Potter Before It Went To Universal Studios The Walt Disney Company has been one of the biggest entertainment forces in the world for decades, but they’re not immune to the occasional boneheaded move. Even a giant like Disney can screw up, and arguably one of their most expensive gaffes was letting theHarry Pottertheme park rights slip through its fingers and end up becoming a huge boon for Universal Studios, Disney’s biggest rival....

Elizabeth Olsen May Be The Female Lead In ‘Oldboy’ [Updated] At this point, given how many offers have gone out forSpike Lee’s remake ofOldboy, and how many have come to naught, I’m wary of being convinced too early that a particular actor is going to be part of the film. But here’s a new one:Twitch, which has been at the forefront of breaking news about the remake, says thatElizabeth Olsen, ofMartha Marcy May MarleneandSilent House, has been offered the film’s lead female role....

Exclusive: Kevin Feige Says We Know All The New Marvel Movies; Plus ‘Thor 3’ And Assembling For ‘Age Of Ultron’ Most people are made of cells;Kevin Feigeis made of news. Seemingly every time the Marvel Studios president does an interview, hedrops a ton of interesting newsabout the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe. Speaking to Feige in London this weekend aboutThor: The Dark Worldwas no different. While the majority of that conversation dealt with major spoilers from the film (check back after the November 8 opening for that talk) he did offer up some interesting quotes about Marvel moving ahead....

Fantasia Film Festival Will Be Online-Only This Year; Locarno Film Festival Canceled Film festival season is coming, but it’s going to be very hard for most fests to stick their usual plans this year. With that in mind, theFantasia Film Festival, which is traditionally held in Montreal, Quebec, has made the decision to go fully digital this year. Meanwhile, Switzerland’sLocarno Film Festivalis officially canceled this year, and will instead set up an initiative to support independent cinema....

First Look: Hell Ride, City Of Ember, The Bank Job, Australia, Fighting I hate to do another compilation post, but I have a lot of first look production photos to show you. Dito Montiel’s (A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints)FightingstarsChanning Tatumas Sean Arthur, a young ticket scalper who is introduced to the world of underground street fighting.Terrence Howard, Brian J. White, Luis Guzmanalso star. The first photo below of Tatum in action reminds me of Brad Pitt in Fight Club....

First Teaser For ‘With Bob And David,’ Which Reunites ‘Mr. Show’ Creators In November Mr. Show With Bob and Davidwas a terrific sketch comedy show that flew slightly under the radar when it originally aired from 1995 to 1998, thanks to the fact that it was on HBO well before the “peak TV” era had begun, before everyone knew all about new HBO shows months in advance of their premiere. The show starredDavid CrossandBob Odenkirkin a mixture of live on stage bits and pre-taped sketches,...

Five Movie Commentaries To Listen To In January WhileDamien Chazelle’sLa La Landwears its fondness for old school Hollywood productions proudly on its sleeve, his portrayal of present-day Los Angeles is hardly unflattering. It’s a movie so appealing to the eye it’s almost impossible to see nothing except beauty inLa La Land, but it captures a genuinely lovely part of the city: it’s a placea lotof driven and passionate people move to every day....

Frank Darabont’s ‘L.A. Noir’ Renamed ‘Lost Angels;’ Simon Pegg Plays Small Role Frank Darabontis trying again with a television series in the wake of his departure from The Walking Dead, and he’s broughtJohn Bernthalalong with him. His new effort was calledL.A. Noir, but will now hit televisions asLost Angels. As you might have surmised, the reason for the title change is Rockstar’s video game calledL.A. Noire; the publisher laid down the law about the title....

Friday Box Office: SuperBad #1 Again The raunchy Judd Apatow-produced teen comedy SUPERBAD will, as expected, hold off flock of “lame duck” releases for a second consecutive weekend win. Written by KNOCKED UP star Seth Rogan and directed by Greg Mottola (THE DAYTRIPPERS), SUPERBAD added another $5M on Friday, bringing its 8-day cume to $55.5M. I’m targeting a 15.5M 3-day, which would be an estimated 53% weekend drop. The rest of the top 5 is a photo finish both for the day and the weekend, but I’m giving the Lionsgate action pic WAR the Friday edge with approximately $3....

Here’s When You Can Watch Death On The Nile At Home “Death on the Nile” only just arrived in theaters a month ago but Disney isn’t wasting any time in making the movie available to watch from the comfort of home. Director Kenneth Branagh’s latest Agatha Christie adaptation will be making its way to not one but two major streaming services later this month. This means viewers will not have to pay a premium VOD price to watch Gal Gadot and the rest of the A-list cast navigate a whole lot of murder and intrigue whilst traversing the Nile....

Here’s Where You Can Watch The Harry Potter 20th Anniversary Reunion Online Are you ready to take a trip back to the Wizarding World? Oddly enough, it’d be easy to feel as if we never even left in the first place. Between the end of the “Harry Potter” saga in 2011 and the beginning of the “Fantastic Beasts” prequel series in 2016, we’ve hardly gone without the beloved fantasy franchise in some form or another since, well, 2001....

James McTeigue On Comic Book Rumors: Plastic Man Probably Won’t Ever Happen, Won’t Confirm Or Deny Superman Reboot Later this week we’ll be publishing our full interview with directorJamesMcTeigue(V For Vendetta, Ninja Assassin), but until then I’ve been posting some of the more newsworthy bits to come out of our discussion. Yesterday,McTeiguerevealed his next project, aSe7en-stlyethriller titledThe Raven, and he gave us an update on the development of the sci-fiadaptationAltered Carbon....