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Casting Bits: Brian Geraghty In ‘Flight;’ Alexia Fast In ‘One Shot;’ Mira Sorvino In ‘The Class Project’ Robert Zemeckisis getting ready to makeFlight, in whichDenzel Washingtonplays a booze- and drug-addled pilot who heroically saves a troubled flight, only to face an investigation into his role in the flight’s troubles.Kelly Reillyplays another addict who comes into his life, andDon CheadleandBruce Greenwoodarein talks for roles. NowBrian Geraghty(The Hurt Locker) is in talks to play the flight’s co-pilot, “who finds religion after the crash....

Computer School, From The Creators Of I Think You Should Leave, Heading For HBO Max Grab your Dan Flashes shirt and dive headfirst into the sprawling cinematic universe of “I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson,” because the dream team behind the weirdest comedy show on Netflix is bringing their uncomfortably funny talents to HBO Max. According toVariety, Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin have brought their latest comedic offering, titled “Computer School,” to the one and only Home Box Office where they are working on a pilot episode....

Cool Stuff: Factory Entertainment’s 1966 ‘Batman’ Batcave Is One Cool SDCC Exclusive Next month, the /Film crew will be making their annual trip toSan Diego Comic-Con. Even though we’ll be waiting in long lines to ensure we can cover the biggest panels at the convention and get all the latest news about upcoming movies and all our favorite TV shows, we also like to wander the show floor to see what kind of cool stuff we can get our hands on....

Danny Boyle’s ‘Frankenstein’ Stage Play To Be Broadcast In Cinemas DirectorDanny Boylewon’t be making a new film for the next year, because he’s got aNational Theatrestage version ofMary Shelley’s Frankensteinto direct in the UK, and then he’s got to work on pageantry for the London Olympics. The first ten weeks ofFrankensteinare already sold out, but due to that success the production has been given a longer life, and tickets for performances into May will be on sale soon....

Darth Vader Is Carved Into The National Cathedral For me, that’s the best part about reading aDan Brownnovel, is learning trivial bits of information on places and history. No one really reads Brown’s books for his “master storytelling”, do they? His latest book,The Lost Symbolcame out while I was at the Toronto International Film Festival, and I haven’t really had a chance to read it, but friend and Rejects editor Cole Abaius is working his way through it and mentioned last night onTwitteran amazing geek fact about the National Cathedral....

Edgar Wright Lists His Favorite Horror Movies Just In Time For Halloween Bust out the candy corn – it’s almost Halloween. Nothing goes better with everyone’s favorite spooky holiday than a plethora of horror movies, and if you’re having trouble deciding just what to watch, filmmakerEdgar Wrighthas you covered. TheShaun of the Deaddirector recently unveiled his personal list of 100 favorite horror movies. It’s a great collection, perfect not just for Halloween, but for whenever the mood to watch a good horror movie strikes you....

Eli Roth’s Trailer Trash On August 22nd 2008 So many people loved Eli Roth’s fake trailerThanksgiving(which was of course attached toGrindhouse, which you didn’t see because, well, who did… but for the record, I saw it 3 times in the theater), that Roth announced that he wanted to doa full movie of fake trailers calledTrailer Trash. And today, Roth has confirmed to our friends atBloody-Disgustingthat MGM will be released the movie in theaters on August 22nd 2008....

Exclusive Interview: Max Borenstein And Kevin Falls On Minority Report The movieMinority Reportleft me with a lot of questions. Or actually, it left me with frustrating answers to their questions. The movie asks: If you may catch someone before they commit a crime, should you still imprison them? It’s supposed to be a moral conundrum, but the way the movie frames it, it’s simple. No, you never have to imprison anyone, because Precrime is 100% effective....

Finances Stall ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’; Meanwhile, Terry Gilliam Will Do More Work With Arcade Fire Just when we thought it was safe to have hope forTerry Gilliam’s resumed efforts to filmThe Man Who Killed Don Quixote, the project is stalled again. The famous first stall was a decade ago, and has been documented so many times that I won’t go into it again. Now Gilliam seems to haveEwan McGregorandRobert Duvalllined up to star in roles once taken by Johnny Depp and Jean Rochefort....

Green Lantern Plot Synopsis Revealed CBMgot their hands on the official plot synopsis of the Martin Campbell-directed big screen adaptation of Green Lantern. Not that there are any surprises, you can read the whole plot synopsis and cast/crew details, after the jump.‘Bringing the enduringly popular superhero to the big screen for the first time, “Green Lantern” stars Ryan Reynolds (“X-Men Origins: Wolverine”) in the title role, under the direction of Martin Campbell (“Casino Royale”)....

How Much Federal Aid Will Movie Theaters Receive From The $2 Trillion Coronavirus Stimulus Bill? The Senate passed a massive $2 trillion stimulus package late Wednesday night that is intended to help American workers and businesses that have taken a hit by thecoronavirus(COVID-19) pandemic. Among those badly affected businesses are movie theaters, which for the first time in the history of Hollywood, have shut down en masse across the country. Theater owners joined the praise for the relief package, which still has to go through the House, saying in a statement that the legislation could help the country’s struggling cineplexes as the pandemic wears on....

Is ‘Isle Of Dogs’ Cultural Appropriation Or Homage? (Welcome toThe Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about anything and everything. In this edition: a writer grapples with her love ofWes Andersonand the question ofIsle of Dogs’cultural appropriation.) “I wish somebody spoke his language.” Those droll words uttered by one ofIsle of Dogs' many English-speaking dogs, Duke (Jeff Goldblum), in response to Atari Kobayashi’s (Koyu Rankin) impassioned Japanese ramblings, get to the heart of what makes Wes Anderson’s stop-motion film so charming — and so troubling....

Is ‘Skull Island’ Based On A Book Or Theme Park Ride? Could We See A Godzilla Vs. King Kong Movie? We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Legendary Picturesattemptedto surprise the crowd at 2014 Comic Con with a teaser trailerannouncinga King Kong-set film projectSkull Island. We were given very little information about the project, but Monday welearnedmore about the writer developing the project and that Legendary has offered the movie toAttack the BlockdirectorJoe Cornish....