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‘Tulip Fever’ Red Band Trailer: Does This Movie Really Need A Red Band Trailer? The Weinstein Company has allowed many of their titles to sit on the shelf and collect dust for years. One of their latest movies to be delayed more than once,Tulip Fever, is finally coming out after a year-long delay. Not only did The Weinstein release another trailer for theDane DeHaanandAlicia Vikander-led film, but it’s a red band trailer....

‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Reveals Kristen Wiig As Barbara Minerva Before She Becomes The Villainous Cheetah Though she will become a fierce supervillain predator that goes by Cheetah,Wonder Woman 1984’s Barbara Minerva resembles more of a mouse. At least she does before she transforms into one of Wonder Woman’s greatest foes. DirectorPatty Jenkinshas provided us with a first look at the character, showing usKristen Wiigin costume as the mousy Barbara Minerva, who, in the comics, is an archaeologist who gets cursed and possessed by an evil entity known as Cheetah....

‘Wonder Woman’ Shooting This Fall, ‘Justice League’ Shooting Next Spring Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justicewon’t even hit theaters for another eight months, but the DC Cinematic Universe has no time to waste. We now have confirmation that shooting thatWonder Womanshoot date is set for this fall, while cameras onJustice Leaguewill roll next spring. More details on theJustice LeagueandWonder Womanshooting schedule after the jump. While we already had a vague idea of the production timelines forWonder WomanandJustice League,Empire’s newBatman v Supermancover story firms up some details....

A Modern Horror Master: The Career Of ‘Gerald’s Game’ Director Mike Flanagan How do you adapt an unadaptableStephen Kingnovel into a movie? The answer, apparently, is to hireMike Flanagan.Flanagan may not be the type of household name horror director the way John Carpenter, Wes Craven and George Romero once and still are, but over the last several years, he’s been quietly rising to prominence as one of the most efficient craftsmen in the horror genre....

Amanda Seyfried Turned Down ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Because She Thought It Would Bomb Amanda Seyfriednever really went away, exactly, but she’s been having herself a nice little “comeback” recently. She’s turned in great work in films likeFirst Reformed,Twin Peaks, and this year’sMank(and, yes, theMama Mia!films). And at one point, she was almost part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, too. Seyfried has previously commented on turning down the role of Gamora in James Gunn’sGuardians of the Galaxy, and in a new interview, she goes into more detail as to why: she was worried the movie was going to bomb....

An Ongoing Timeline Of The HBO Hack, From ‘Game Of Thrones’ To Embarrassing Tweets [Updated] Update August 25:The hackers released a data dump that they claim contains details of the end of theGame of Thronesseason 7 finale. The Mr. Smith group also claimed to have sold all the data stolen from HBO, which they claim amounts to 5 terabytes, to three customers on the dark web.Update August 21: HBO’s hackers threatened to release the finale ofGame of ThronesSeason 7 “as soon as possible....

Ben Affleck Drops ‘Focus,’ Will Next Direct ‘Live By Night’ We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. WithGone Baby Gone, The Townand now the Oscar-nominatedArgo,Ben Affleckthe director has set a high bar for his career behind the camera. That means choosing a next project is crucial and several have crossed Affleck’s desk sinceArgowas released. It seems he’s now put them in order. The actorwas to star alongsideKristen Stewart in the filmFocus, but recently pulled out of that film so he could commitall his time to preparingLive By Nightas his next directorial project....

Benedict Wong On The Passion Behind ‘Nine Days’ And Heartache Over ‘Deadly Class’ [Interview] Unborn souls want to go to Earth. That’s the story of Edson Oda’s ambitious feature directorial debut,NineDays. It’s an epic concept told with intimacy and simplicity. In the film, it’s Will’s (Winston Duke) job to decide which soul has the pleasure or displeasure of experiencing life on Earth. Will’s righthand man is Kyo, played byBenedict Wong....

Concept Art: Canceled Pixar Movie ‘Newt’ And Sam Raimi’s Abandoned Lizard Designs From ‘Spider-Man 2’ Mere days after brandnew concept art emergedfor several of Pixar’s upcoming films, the same has happened for one of its abandonded projects.Newt, which was to be directed by Gary Rydstrom, was about how the last two newt salamanders on Earth hated each other and were forced to fall in love. The companycanceled the project backin 2010 (maybe cause it had the same plot as 2011’sRio?...

Cool Stuff: Great Socks! Get Some Fancy ‘Back To The Future’ Footwear Hopefully many of you will be taking a trip back in time and to the future with celebratory screenings ofBack to the Future. Whether it’s justBack to the Future Part IIor the whole damn trilogy,Back to the Future Dayis the perfect time to relive Robert Zemeckis' classic sci-fi adventure. And now that we’re officially in the future, why not dress in style?...

Cool Stuff: Stay Puft Caffeinated Gourmet Marshmallows I always thought that Stay Puft Marshmallows were one of the greatest movie marketing tie-ins that never was…. until now. ThinkGeek is selling “Stay Puft Caffeinated Gourmet Marshmallows”. This is a licensed and delicious Ghostbusters collectible. Unique, rubbery box can be reused, and each mallow has over 100mg of caffeine. Available for $19.99 onThinkGeek. More information after the jump. Here is the official description: The Destructor Form is delicious!...

Darren Aronofsky Would Have Cast Joaquin Phoenix As Batman; Matthew Vaughn Shares His Optimistic Vision For Superman Darren Aronofsky’sBatmanpitch was one of the famed projects stewing in development hell for years, cast aside by Warner Bros. executives for being too dark a take on a property that generally attracts families. The project, which Aronofsky worked on withBatman: Year OnewriterFrank Millerin 1999, envisioned an R-rated Batman who grew up on the streets, fighting villains in a ski mask and wielding brass knuckles....

Dave’s Review: The Social Network - The Joys Of Friendship, The Tragedy Of Betrayal The Social Networkis a marvel of meticulous construction. At no point during the film’s 2+ hour runtime did I feel as though it was anything less than a masterwork of two creative artists – directorDavid Fincherand screenwriterAaron Sorkin– at the top of their respective games. There has been a lot of discussion about how the film captures the cultural zeitgeist and how it simultaneously taps in to the excitement, the promise, the greed, and the petty angst of millenials....