Jack O’Connell Out, Alden Ehrenreich In for Male Lead in ‘Beautiful...
In a surprising move, Alcon Entertainment has quietly replaced the male lead in their upcoming big screen adaptation of Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl‘s “The Caster Chronicles” novel, Beautiful...
View ArticleAdam McKay Talks About His Road to ‘Anchorman 2’ and Reveals Who’s Coming Back
When it was finally announced that Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, and company would be coming back and making a sequel to their 2004 modern classic Anchorman, the world rejoiced. But, with as many people...
View Article‘The Dark Knight Rises’: Catwoman Comes Out Guns Blazing, Photoshop Ready
Earlier today a bit of promotional materials from The Dark Knight Rises campaign made their way online thanks to the folks at Coming Soon. They are of one of the film’s yet understated characters,...
View ArticleMark Wahlberg Negotiating to Join the Hallowed Halls of Actors Who Have...
The list of top name actors who have made their bones starring in adaptations of John Grisham thrillers is long and mighty. Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon, Matt Damon, even Sir Matthew...
View ArticleMovie News After Dark: Katniss Goes Carolina, Django Poster Unchained,...
What is Movie News After Dark? It’s a nightly collection of trinkets for the weary-eyed, movie-loving masses. A testament to man’s quest for knowledge, the internet’s infinite wealth of silliness and...
View ArticleEuro-Rejects! Win a Chance to Attend the Exclusive European Premiere of ‘The...
Instead of sitting on your couch making sure all the members of your moldy Cheeto collection are still in the shoe box, wouldn’t you rather be seeing The Avengers in London? Exactly. How do you enter...
View ArticleSharlto Copley Could Be the Villain in Spike Lee’s ‘Oldboy’
Please let this one work out. Variety reports that Sharlto Copley has been offered the villain role in Spike Lee‘s take on Oldboy, a piece of casting so inventive and unexpected that I’ve gone a bit...
View ArticleScoot McNairy Lands Roles in Gus Van Sant’s ‘Promised Land’ and Lynn...
Consider this a bit of friendly advice – get on the Scoot McNairy train now. The actor has been steadily working in Hollywood for over a decade, with roles in film and television projects as varied as...
View ArticleTo Downtown Los Angeles With Love: Los Angeles Film Festival Picks Woody...
Los Angeles’ hometown film festival, the aptly-titled Los Angeles Film Festival, returns to downtown La-la Land this summer and, if the festival’s first programming announcement is any indicator,...
View Article7 Spoiler-Free Reasons to See ‘The Cabin in the Woods’ This Weekend
Drew Goddard’s highly anticipated horror film The Cabin in the Woods goes into wide release this weekend, and everyone should make a point to see it. Forget The Hunger Games; this is the cinematic...
View ArticleHow Clint Mansell Brought ‘Moon’ Down to Earth For Three Nights in LA
Los Angeles’ Largo at the Cornet is a small venue where even the last row in the house is a good seat. There is no preferential treatment here, no seats sectioned off for “special” guests. In previous...
View ArticleBrad Pitt and Angelina Jolie Join the Many Names Considering ‘The Counselor’
When Cormac McCarthy writes a script for Hollywood, it seems that everyone and their brother comes out of the woodwork to try and get a job on the production, right quick. It wasn’t long after it was...
View Article‘Looper’ Trailer Showcases Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Transformation and Rian...
After having to deal with those teasers-for-the-teaser annoyance, we now have the actual teaser trailer for writer/director Rian Johnson‘s Looper, his futuristic sci-fi thriller featuring a Bruce...
View ArticleSocial Media’s Influence Has Gone Too Far: ‘Status Update’ Readied by...
The movie industry has always been incapable of stopping itself from taking whatever is popular in current culture and tacking the phrase “: The Movie!” onto it in a lame attempt at making a quick...
View Article‘Sin City’ Sequel is Finally Official, ‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’ Starts...
It seems like Robert Rodriguez has been promising us a sequel to Sin City since the day after the original came out in 2005. His adaptation of Frank Miller’s gritty, stylish world was unique among...
View ArticleMovie News After Dark: Catwoman Prowls, Why You Love The Wire, The Avengers...
What is Movie News After Dark? It’s a nightly collection of links from around the movie blogosphere that is impressed with the rest of the FSR staff’s ability to cherry pick all the really good news...
View ArticleChristopher Nolan Speaks Out on Essential Need for 35mm and Limits of 3D
This is the fight of the generation. The proliferation of technology, the cost and the spread of “democratic filmmaking” have propelled digital to the forefront, threatening to end 35mm as a platform....
View ArticleReview: ‘Cabin in the Woods’ is A Horror Game-Changer
Genre dissections like The Cabin in the Woods are risky ventures. When filmmakers are clearly intent on both telling a story and offering a self-reflexive statement, there’s a significant chance that...
View ArticleLionsgate’s ‘Catching Fire’ Director Wish List Includes Cuaron, Cronenberg...
The Hunger Games was a massive movie, but Lionsgate is definitely appealing to geek credibility when it comes to their wish list covering who should take over the franchise now that Gary Ross is gone....
View ArticleAvengers Use ‘Avengers’ Premiere to Finish Shooting ‘The Avengers’
Joss Whedon has sought to make The Avengers unique, and the latest way was shooting a scene for the movie after the movie premiered. According to HitFix, the entire team (from Robert Downey Jr. to...
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