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Exclusive /Film Interview: Mike Newell, Director Of Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time When I look at directorMike Newell’s filmography, I’m impressed by its breadth, depth, and quality. It’s difficult for me to imagine that the same man who madeDonnie Brascoalso madeFour Weddings and a Funeral, and also madeHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Yet despite (or perhaps because of) his eclectic choices, Newell has been able to craft films that always seem able to bring out a certain sense of authenticity in their characters and in the relationships between them....

Fantastic Fest Review: Rampage - Uwe Boll Actually Made A Good Movie?! Even a broken clock is right two times a day. And it was bound to happen eventually….Uwe Bollhas made a good movie. Not a great movie, but a decent film. Not just good in comparison to the rest of his filmography, but a good movie in its own right.Rampageisn’t based on the 1986 Midway arcade video game, although you might assume so since Boll is involved in a lot of video game adaptations....

First Look: The Destroyer, From Marvel’s Upcoming Thor There’s been a lot of consternation about spoilers today, thanks to the news that went around about the very final scene ofIron Man 2. When Peter ran that info for ushe hid it behind quite a few spoiler warnings. Now I’ll do the same for the first image of a character from Marvel’sThor. A snapshot of The Destroyer hit the web today, and while you can see the character as he appears in a couple comic incarnations above, hit the break to see how he’ll appear inThor....

Inventing Anna Review: This Frustrating Mess Is Too Enamored With Its Main Subject Anna Delvey is not a hero. Such a statement should be common sense at this point, but you wouldn’t think so watching “Inventing Anna,” the Shonda Rhimes-created Netflix series that turns the con artist into the ultimate #girlboss. Time and time again this wrongheaded series seems to shout, “Sure, Anna is a nasty, superficial person who steals from people — but she’s got style!...

Jon Watts Is No Longer Directing Fantastic Four For Marvel In a bombshell shake-up for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the “Fantastic Four” movie reboot is now in need of new a director. When the project wasoriginally announcedin December 2020 by Disney and Marvel Studios, it was revealed at the time that Jon Watts, who has directed all three of Tom Holland’s “Spider-Man” films, including last year’s record-breaking “No Way Home,” was set to helm the reboot....

Jonathan Nolan Says ‘Westworld’ HBO Series Will Exploit Our Technological Anxieties Theupcoming HBO seriesWestworldis one we can’t wait to see. The show usesMichael Crichton’s original film as a starting point — it provides the concept of an amusement park for adults that is staffed by automatons, and where things break down and cause some very big problems. (Not unlike that other Crichton story,Jurassic Park.) The show comes fromJonathan NolanandLisa Joy, and starsAnthony Hopkins,James Marsden,Evan Rachel Wood,Ed Harris, andJeffrey Wright....

Justin Bartha Will Reprise His Role In The National Treasure TV Series The “National Treasure” TV series may feature a whole new cast of adventurers, but it’ll also include at least one familiar face: Justin Bartha is set to reprise the character of Riley Poole in the upcoming Disney+ series. Bartha stole scenes in both “National Treasure” films as the sardonic ally to Nicolas Cage’s treasure hunter Ben. Aside from Bartha’s return, which is billed as a guest star spot per a press release, the new version of “National Treasure” looks to mostly be starting fresh....

Official Gamora ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Character Poster, Plus More Fan Posters Not only has Marvel just released the second officialGuardians of the Galaxycharacter poster, we’re gonna show you the second part of the Poster Posse fan art submissions for the film as well. You mayremember the first part, which featured a gorgeous ode toStar Warsand has been featured prominently byGuardiansdirectorJames Gunn. Below, see some more newGuardians of the Galaxyfan posters as well as the official look atZoe Saldanaas Gamora, which follows theRocket and Groot image from Monday....

Poster Roundup: Zombieland; Toy Story 1 & 2; Taxidermia; And A Wild Image For 9 We’ve got a bunch of new posters today for films that are, if not all over the map, at least hitting all corners of geekdom. First up, there’s the premiere of the one-sheet teaser forZombieland, and it’s pretty tasty. It looks kinda like thePicturehouse logoand the cover of The Pixies’Bossanovagot together and had a little poster baby....

Sequel Bits: ‘Transformers: The Last Knight,’ ‘Star Trek Beyond,’ ‘Independence Day: Resurgence,’ ‘Finding Dory’ In today’s edition of Sequel Bits: CUBA! Second American Movie shot in Cuba. Transformers. Amazing place!#transformers A photo posted by Michael Bay (@michaelbay) onMay 25, 2016 at 10:39am PDT Fast 8garnered headlines for being the first American movie to shoot in Cuba following the United States re-establishing relations with its island neighbor. Now,Transformers: The Last Knightis following suit, becoming the second American film to shoot there....

Seth Rogen Wants Duncan Jones To Direct Some ‘Preacher,’ Director Agrees…On Twitter Twitter can be a magical place. A place where connections are made in front of your eyes. Usually in Hollywood, when a producer wants to hire a director, that person has to go through an agent, who then assesses the opportunity, then contacts the manager who discusses it with the director and a decision is made. Or, on Twitter, you just ask and they say yes....

Showtime’s ‘Twin Peaks’ Revival Pushed To 2017 It takes time to brew a damn fine cup of coffee, apparently.David Lynch’sTwin Peakslimited series is now slated to premiere in 2017, rather than 2016 as previously expected.Les Moonves, president and CEO of CBS Corporation (which owns Showtime), confirmed theTwin Peaksdelay this week. More about the Twin Peaks 2017 release after the jump. Varietybroke the news. Moonves revealed during CBS' third-quarter earnings conference call that theTwin Peakslimited series will arrive in 2017....

Steven Spielberg’s ‘Robopocalypse’ Indefinitely Postponed Seems like we won’t be getting that newSteven Spielbergsci-fi film as soon as originally planned.Robopocalypse, based on the best-selling book by Daniel H. Wilson,had already been delayedseveral months from a 2013 release date to 2014 and now DreamWorks has “indefinitely postponed” the film. Read more after the jump. The Hollywood Reporterbroke the disappointing news. Here’s the statement from a representative of the director: Robopocalypsewas schedule to star Chris Hemsworth, Anne Hathaway and Ben Whishaw....