De-Aging Technology And Fully CGI Characters “Raises Some Serious Issues,” Andy Serkis Says As technology advances and digitally de-aged actors begin to look less shiny and more human in big blockbuster movies, it’s becoming an exciting or a disheartening time for cinema, depending on who you ask. Are fully CG characters, like the digital recreations of Peter Cushing and Carrie Fisher inRogue One: A Star Wars Story, a touching homage to their legacies or cinematic sacrilege?...

Dito Montiel’s ‘The Clapper’ Offers Ed Helms And Amanda Seyfried 15 Miserable Minutes Of Fame There is something eminently watchable aboutEd Helms, who has spent a significant portion of his career suffering onscreen for our amusement. With his role as a regular correspondent onThe Daily Show, her perfected the act of playing a buffoon lacking any and all self-awareness. InThe Office, he elevated his oblivious blowhard persona to the next level, often facing all sorts of painful repercussions for his actions....

Early Buzz: ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ May Be Marvel’s Best Yet Marvel has had a pretty good track record over the past several years. The eight Cinematic Universe films so far have received good to great reviews from fans and critics alike; even relative duds likeIron Man 2were merely disappointing instead of flat-out terrible. But if the first responses toCaptain America: The Winter Soldierare to be believed, Marvel may have just hit another new high....

Emma Stone In Talks For Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Crimson Peak’ Guillermo del Torois finally back to directing, with his filmPacific Rimdeep in post-prodution and moving quickly towards a summer release. He’s already lined up hisnext directorial project, too: a big haunted house movie calledCrimson Peak. And now he’s got rapid rising starEmma Stone(Easy A,The Amazing Spider-Man,Gangster Squad) in talks to star. Del Toro andMatthew Robinsscripted originally, and the director andLucinda Coxonare doing a new draft now....

Here’s When You Can See The Chris Pratt Amazon Series The Terminal List After years of reshaping his image in pop culture from the lovable dork Andy Dwyer in “Parks and Recreation” to the go-to action hero of “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Jurassic World,” Chris Pratt is finally making his grand return to the small screen in style. Amazon’s “The Terminal List” is set to reunite the actor with director Antoine Fuqua — the pair previously worked together on “The Magnificent Seven....

Hidden Streams: A Crazy Slasher Movie, Underrated Martin Scorsese, And One Of The Best Film Noirs Ever Made (Welcome toHidden Streams, a column focused on the best older movies available to stream on your favorite services, including Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and more.)In this edition of Hidden Streams, you’ll find plenty of golden (and not-so-golden) oldies to check out or revisit, including a Dutch erotic thriller, space vampires, another Herzog gem, and more – and nothing that was releasedafter1985....

Interview: Iron Man 2 Screenwriter Justin Theroux A couple weeks back I got the opportunity to chat withJustin Theroux, the actor-turned-director-turned-screenwriter. He wrote the screenplay forTropic Thunder, and pennedIron Man 2, which is the main topic of discussion. Read the full interview below. Q: Okay, so we should start at the beginning. Justin Theroux:Alright. Q: How do you get involved with this project. I mean, you were onTropic ThunderwithRobert [Downey Jr]and then all of a sudden…...

James Cameron’s Avatar Teaser Trailer The teaser trailer forJames Cameron’s new filmAvatarhas arrived. The clip isn’t yet properly live atApple, the site meant to be hosting it in the US, but you may see it in 1080p withthis link, or at theFrench MSNsite. Here’s the quick recap: Jake Sully (Sam Worthington) arrives (in his wheelchair) on Pandora. He sees the planet’s beauty and, though him, we’re quickly introduced to the ten-foot tall alien Na’vi avatars....

Kevin Feige’s Fight To Change Marvel Studios From The Inside Almost Cost Him His Job After more than a decade of success with the Marvel Cinematic Universe,Kevin Feigeis currently riding high as theChief Creative Officerof Marvel Entertainment, overseeing the company’s film, television, and publishing branches. But according to a new interview with MCU actorMark Ruffalo, Feige nearly lost his job while taking a stand for more inclusion and diversity in the movies he was developing....

Louis Leterrier Says Special Effects In The Incredible Hulk Trailer Unfinished, Describes Film’s Final Battle DirectorLouis Leterrierrecently did a shot-for-shot recap ofThe Incredible Hulkteasertrailer withEmpireand if you missed it, there are some tasty chunks of info therein. For instance, Leterrier recognizes how late in the marketing game it is for the JuneHulkreboot, but still emphasizes that none of the special effects shots in the teaser were finished but were “decent enough” to put out there for the fans and general audiences alike....

Megan Fox And John C. Reilly Added To Sacha Baron Cohen’s ‘The Dictator’ Megan Fox’s name has come up this week through conversations that are a little bit unsavory (personally, I’m done with thebackstageTransformersstuff, inasmuch as it was ever of interest beyond her role being recast) but here’s a better piece of news for the actress. She andJohn C. Reillyhave both been added to the cast ofThe Dictator. That’s the new film in whichSacha Baron Cohenand hisBoratandBrunodirectorLarry Charleschronicle the not really true tale of a Middle Eastern despot who ends up in the US, and a goat herder who happens to be his exact double....

New ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ Bringing Back Sally, The Only Survivor From The Original Film ProducerFede Alvarezrecentlyrevealedthat the upcomingTexas Chainsaw Massacremovie wasn’t a reboot, it was a direct sequel to the original film. And it certainly looks like he wasn’t kidding, because now it’s been confirmed that Sally Hardesty, the final girl from the original film, is back for this new entry. Unfortunately, original Sally actress Marilyn Burns died in 2014, so the role had to be recast – and it was, withMandyactressOlwen Fouérétaking on the role....

New Fido Movie Trailer Revealed “While Shaun of the Dead played with the conventions of the Zombie film genre, Fido plays against them.” Fido was one of the flicks we reallyduggat Sundance this year. So much so that Lionsgate evenquotedus on the theatrical movie poster. Soon enough you’ll finally be able to see the film for yourself. Watch the new trailer below, followed by the official plot synopsis and six production photos....