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Half Of Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ Will Feature De-Aged Actors, May Arrive In October It seems like every few months we learn a little Scorsese’s ambitious inter-generational gangster movie,The Irishman, and a little less about when this film will finally come out. Since rumblings about the film first started happening in 2010, Scorsese fans have waited with bated breath forThe Irishmanrelease date to be announced. When Netflix picked up the drama, the end appeared to be in sight....

Here’s Where Peter Jackson Would Have Split ‘The Hobbit’ Had It Been Two Movies Right around the time of Comic-Con 2012,Peter Jacksonand his team decidedThe Hobbitwas going to be three moviesinstead of two. Originally, the movies were calledThe Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyandThe Hobbit: There And Back Again, but when another movie was added the third movie took the title of the second and the second one was namedThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug....

I Am Legend’s Brooklyn Bridge Scene Was A Multi-Million Dollar Pain To Shoot Never underestimate the power of the movie flashback. In the case of 2007’s"I Am Legend,“a key flashback sequence was one of the most expensive in the entire film. That’s saying something for a movie that takes place in a desolate, post-apocalyptic New York City. Based on the 1954 novel of the same name byRichard Mathesonand the 1971 cinematic reimagining “The Omega Man,” theWill Smithhorror/action movie from director Francis Lawrence was filmed over several months in various locations in Manhattan....

Infamous Horror Movie ‘The Poughkeepsie Tapes’ Is Finally Getting A Home Video Release You may remember seeing a trailer forThe Poughkeepsie Tapesback in 2007, when it was still set to hit theaters in early 2008. And then…nothing. The film was yanked off the schedule and vanished without a trace. And like any horror movie that proves difficult or impossible to see, the film became something of a cult object. Would directorJohn Erick Dowdle’s found footage serial killer movie ever see the light of day?...

Is This The Reason MoviePass Removed Select AMC Theaters? MoviePass may be playing hardball with AMC Theatres. On Thursday,it was reportedthat the buzzy subscription-based movie service was pulling coverage from select AMC locations, including big market theaters like the Empire 25 in New York City, the Universal City Walk, AMC Loews Boston Common and the AMC Century Plaza. It had many questioning whether this spelled the beginning of the end for the rapidly growing but questionably sustainable company....

Jackass Forever Scores $1.7M In Previews, On Track To Defeat Moonfall At Weekend Box Office Between the pandemic very much continuing to bea thingand a winter storm named after the meanest kid in a kindergarten class (Landon, by the way) taking over half the United States, getting people to willingly leave their homes to get to the movie theater is no easy task. Fortunately, if there’s one thing that will almost guarantee to get butts in seats, it’s the promise of seeing middle-aged men put their lives on the line just to commit to a bit....

Joel Coen Will Direct ‘Macbeth’ Starring Denzel Washington And Frances McDormand Joel Coen, one-half of the Coen Brothers, is going solo to bring a new version of William Shakespeare’sMacbethto the big screen. That’s exciting enough on its own, but it gets better.Denzel Washingtonis in talks to play Macbeth, and frequent Coen collaborator (and Joel Coen’s wife)Frances McDormandwill also star as Lady Macbeth. Super indie studio A24 will distribute.Deadlineis reporting Joel Coen will directMacbethwith Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand....

Judy Greer Making Directorial Debut With Dramedy Starring Allison Janney And Common After over 15 years in front of the camera,Judy Greeris ready to step behind it. She’s gearing up to make her directorial debut withA Happening of Monumental Proportions, an indie dramedy to be produced byChris WeitzandPaul Weitz. The film already has two high-profile leads on board,Allison JanneyandCommon. More details on the Judy Greer directorial debut after the jump....

Kevin Feige Responds To Scorsese: “We Killed Half Our Characters At The End Of A Movie” Kevin Feigehas broken his silence onMartin Scorsese’s superhero movie comments. A week afterThe Irishmandirector published a New York Times essay that in a better world would have put a stop to the discourse, Feige is responding to Scorsese’s arguments that Marvel movies aren’t “cinema.” Feige is a consummate strategist, which means he would naturally wait until the discourse over Marvel movies and “cinema” will have all but died down before putting in his two cents....

Kristen Stewart Princess Diana Movie ‘Spencer’ Will Open In November Earlier today, we got ourfirst lookat Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana inThe Crownseason 5. But if you thought that was on the only Princess Diana news for today, think again! We’ve just learned thatSpencer, thePablo Larraín-directed film starringKristen Stewartas the late Princess of Wales, now has an official release date set for November of this year. Neon has confirmed theSpencerrelease date is set for theaters onNovember 5, 2021....

Movies Like Licorice Pizza You Really Need To See Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Licorice Pizza” is one of the best films of 2021. The hilarious coming-of-age romance features breakout performances from its two young stars, 15-year-old Cooper Hoffman and Alana Haim (who grew up working with Anderson). The pair captures the complicated emotions that come with an untraditional relationship. “Licorice Pizza” explores all the exciting highs and devastating lows of young love....

New ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2’ Trailer: The Game Is Coming To An End The fight against President Snow heats up in a new trailer forThe Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2as Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and the rest of District 13 turn their weapons to The Capitol for the concluding chapter of this sci-fi sensation. Watch the new trailer forThe Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2trailer after the jump!...

New Images: ‘X-Men: First Class,’ ‘Cowboys & Aliens,’ ‘Super 8’ Summer is coming quick, and we’re starting to get better looks at quite a few of the big studio films that will compete for your time and money as the temperature rises. Fox has released a tense image fromX-Men: First Class, and the new summer preview issue ofEntertainment Weeklyoffers up new images fromSuper 8andCowboys & Aliens. See ‘em all after the break....