‘Corpse Bride’ Co-Director Mike Johnson To Helm CG/Stop-Motion Hybrid ‘Oz Wars’ Mike Johnsonhas signed on to direct the CG/Stop-Motion hybrid feature filmOz Wars. The Academy Award and Annie Award-nominee got his start as the Assistant Animation Rigger and Assistant Animator onThe Nightmare Before Christmas. He was an animator onJames and The Giant Peach, directed three episodes of the lat 1990’s Fox clay animated television seriesThe PJs, and was co-director of the 2005 filmCorpse Bride....

‘Cosmopolis’ Clip: What, Exactly, Is Haunting The World? [Updated With Distribution Info] David Cronenbergmakes strange movies. I don’t mean that he makes movies about things that are strange, though he does that, too. What I mean is that his films depict a reality that is very specifically different from our own, no matter how closely his imagined spaces may resemble the real. In fact, when his creations are more superficially real than not, the strangeness and sense of disconnect is intensified....

‘Creed 3’ Will Be Directed By Star Michael B. Jordan, Confirms Tessa Thompson In October of this year, word broke thatCreedfranchise starMichael B. Jordanmight end up directingCreed III. Now, Jordan’sCreedco-starTessa Thompsonhas confirmed just that, revealing in an interview that Jordan is indeed set to direct the eventual sequel. This would mark Jordan’s directorial debut, and would also follow precedent sinceRockystarSylvester Stallonewent on to direct severalRockysequels. In his bookA Life in Movies: Stories From 50 Years in Hollywood,RockyandCreedproducerIrwin Winklerrevealed that star Michael B....

‘Escape From New York’ Remake Sets Its Sights On Robert Rodriguez RemakingEscape From New Yorkis a bad idea and everyone involved in doing so should be ashamed of themselves. With that out of the way, let’s get to the news. It seems thatRobert Rodriguezis the latest director to find himself at the helm of a new version ofJohn Carpenter’s dystopian action masterpiece. He’s one in a long line of filmmakers to take a crack at this, so anything can happen....

‘Free Birds’ Poster And Trailer: Owen Wilson And Woody Harrelson Ruin Thanksgiving For humans, Thanksgiving is a joyous celebration of abundance and togetherness. For turkeys, though, it’s probably something more akin tothe Purge. Around 45 million turkeys are eaten in the U.S. each year on the holiday, by some estimates, accounting for about a fifth of the country’s annual consumption. No wonder, then, that the avian leads ofFree Birdsare so eager to change that....

‘Gears Of War’ Movie Won’t Be Bogged Down By The Video Game, Will Be An “Alternate Reality” Hollywood has been trying to make a movie based on the popularGears of Warvideo game franchise since 2007, shortly after the first game became a huge hit for the Xbox 360. The most recent attempt is in the hands of Universal, who is collaborating with Microsoft on the project. Last we heard anything about the project was the hiring ofF....

‘Ghost In The Shell’ Trailer: Scarlett Johansson Gets Her Own ‘Blade Runner’ Longtime fans of the animeGhost in the Shellhave been waiting for years to see how a live-action adaptation would turn out, and now that wait is over. The firstGhost in the Shelltrailer was unveiled overnight after a major release event was held in Toyko, Japan, and now you may see just how badass of a sci-fi movie this looks....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ - What Did You Think? After a couple years of wondering what Marvel’s biggest foray into space would look like, we can finally see the results inGuardians of the Galaxy. Many people, us included once in a while, wondered about this space-adventure movie being a risk for Marvel. But the company, along with original screenwriterNicole Perlmanand writer/directorJames Gunn, has clearly risen to the challenge. Guardians of the Galaxyis a bona-fide success, and one which stands out from many other summer films by being colorful and fun....

‘Hysterical’ Trailer: The Future Of Comedy Is Female In FX Documentary FX has released a trailer forHysterical, a new documentary feature film that peels back the curtain on women in stand-up comedy. Watch theHystericaltrailer below. Hysterical Trailer Andrea Nevins(The Other F Word) directsHysterical, a documentary that chronicles the accomplishments, as well as the hurdles, of female stand-up comedians. “If there’s anyone left who still actually believes women aren’t funny, then that opinion is going to change,” Nevins, who also executive produces the documentary, toldCollider....

‘Iron Man 3’ Director Shane Black On The Struggles Of Not Writing The F-Word In A PG-13 Movie Shane Blackis best known as a screenwriter of many R-rated action comedies released in the 1980s and 1990s. So when Black came face to face with writing a superhero film for kids, how much of a struggle was it to keepIron Man 3from an R rating? When Black was asked about this at the junket press conference, he responded with the following:...

‘LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Answers A Big Unanswered Question From The Movie There are still a number of mysteries left over fromStar Wars: The Force Awakens. What has Luke Skywalker been doing this whole time in exile? How did Maz Kanata get his lightsaber? Who are Rey’s parents? How much does the First Order spend on fixing stuff Kylo Ren has broken in fits of rage? But now we’re about to get an answer to a different question that many had fans regardingStar Wars: The Force Awakens....

‘Mute’ Director Duncan Jones Wants To Make A Western Netflix enabledDuncan Jonesto finally make his passion project,Mute. Now the director is thinking about the future. In a new interview, the filmmaker expressed interest in helming a Western, but also cautions that getting financing for a Western these days isn’t easy. Maybe Netflix can help him out again? Are you ready for a Duncan Jones Western? I didn’t really care forMute, but I’m still eager to see what Duncan Jones does next....

‘Now You See Me 3’ Conjures Up Two New Writers The success of the firstNow You See Meseemed to take everyone by surprise, but it wasn’t long before Lionsgate reacted by commissioning a secondNow You See Me. And then announcing a third, before the second one even opened. Unfortunately,Now You See Me 2failed to match the buzz of the original, and wound up taking in just $65 million at the domestic box office....