Fox Interested In ‘Firefly’ Reboot, But Only Under One Condition Fox broughtThe X-FilesandPrison Breakback for more episodes, which might have a few folks wondering if that meansFirefly, an admittedly less popular show, could return as well. CreatorJoss Whedon’s sci-fi western only lasted one wonderful season on Fox, but the story continued with the 2005 film,Serenity. Could Malcolm Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) and the remaining crewmembers of the Serenity ever return to star in a second season ofFireflyon Fox?...

G.I. Joe Screenwriter Stuart Beattie Has Written Halo Spec Script Note: This is a not an April Fool’s Day joke. ScreenwriterStuart Beattie, whose script is behind the $170 millionG.I. Joethat’s currently filming, has written a full spec-script for a potentialHalomovie according toLatino Review. Moreover, his script is based onEric Nylund’s first book tie-in, the prequelHalo: The Fall of Reach,and carries the same name. For those not in the know, a “spec script” means a script that’s written without the screenwriter being paid or contracted to do so....

HBO Apparently Paid James Gandolfini A Ton Of Money To Not Join ‘The Office’ After Steve Carell Left We already knew the late, greatJames Gandolfini, best known for his work on HBO’sThe Sopranos, was in the running to join NBC’sThe OfficewhenSteve Carellleft the show. What we didn’t know, however, was that HBO paid Gandolfini $3 million not to take the part. In a recent episode of theTalking Sopranospodcast(viaThe Hollywood Reporter),SopranosactorsMichael ImperioliandSteve Schirripashared how Gandolfini was once in the running to head to Scranton, Pennsylvania and Dunder Mifflin....

If ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Introduces The Multiverse, What Does This Mean For The Future Of The MCU? Superhero comics have always been a playground for the imagination, more so than any other creative medium. If you have a great idea for a dead character, there’s always a way to bring them back. If you have a great idea that shatters the laws of the natural world, well, grab the hammer and get to work....

If Gandalf Returns For That ‘Lord Of The Rings’ TV Series, Ian McKellen Wants In Amazon made headlines when they dished out a ridiculous amount of money to snag the rights to aLord of the RingsTV series, andIan McKellenwouldn’t mind getting a little cut of that action. The actor, who played the wizard Gandalf in theLord of the Ringstrilogy (and also those badHobbitfilms) suggested that asking anyone else but him to play the iconic character, should he be featured on theLOTRseries, would be a big a mistake....

Jake Gyllenhaal Up For Lead In Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time? Orlando Bloom Is Not. “Keep deleting my comments about laser cats Slashfilm. Keep deleting ‘em.” Can I just say that I could not stomach the marketing foranothermovie, let alone a trilogy’s worth, whereOrlando Bloommassages a meticulously groomed goatee while having a sword fight?Gracias.Thankfully,Latino Reviewreports via numerous anonymous sources that an offer has gone out toJake Gyllenhaalfor the lead in Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer’s summer 2009 golden eggPrince of Persia: Sands of Time....

Keanu Reeves Talks Environmental Message, Gort In The Day The Earth Stood Still Due in December, nothing substantial or even trivial has leaked from 20th Century Fox’s big budget remake of sci-fi classicThe Day the Earth Stood StillstarringKeanu Reeves, John Cleese, Jennifer Connelly and Kathy Bates. Reeves, who will next be seen in Aprils’s LAPD actionerStreet Kingsand plays the alien Klaatu in the holiday tent pole, talked toMTVabout the enigmatic project and how it will differ from the 1951 original....

Mark Millar Preparing His Directorial Debut; Evokes District 9, Trainspotting And X-Men 2 Comparisons If all goes according to his plan,Wanted,Kick-AssandAmerican JesuscreatorMark Millarwill be directing his first movie this summer. He’s got a considerable back catalogue of comics work that it could have been based on, much of which is in fact creator owned so he’d only have to negotiate with himself for the rights. Instead, though, he seems to be working on an original idea....

Moneyball Looking To Bring Philip Seymour Hoffman And Robin Wright To The Plate After a year of wrangling and new talent, I’m still going to be surprised when the cameras start to roll onMoneyball. DirectorBennett Millerand Sony seem determined to give me that surprise, however. They’re in talks now withPhilip Seymour HoffmanandRobin Wrightto bolster the cast, which still includesBrad PittandJonah Hill. Varietysays that Hoffman would play Art Howe, the field manager of Billy Beane’s Oakland A’s....

Movie Review: Duplicity - Like Mr. & Mrs. Smith, But With A Brain In D.T. Max’sfantastic New Yorker profileon writer/director Tony Gilroy (which you should read onlyafteryou’ve seenDuplicity), Max describes how Gilroy is obsessed with the “reversal.” According to Gilroy, “A reversal is just anything that’s a surprise. It’s a way of keeping the audience interested.” As moviegoers, we’ve seen reversals plenty of times; often we’re shown something on screen, then shown the same thing again later in a completely different context, where each of element carries a drastically different significance....

Movie Trailer: ‘Rabbit Hole’ Based on the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning play byDavid Lindsay-Abaire,Rabbit Holeis a drama directed byJohn Cameron Mitchell(Hedwig and the Angry Inch) starringNicole KidmanandAaron Eckhartas parents dealing with the death of their child. It premiered earlier this year at theToronto International Film FestivalwhereLionsgate picked it upto release for Oscar consideration. Well, they aren’t wasting any time. The film will be released December 17 and the trailer just came online....

New ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Photos Include Sinister Six Tease Okay, now they’re just screwing with us. For months, directorMarc Webbhas been teasing fans about what’s going to happen inThe Amazing Spider-Man 2via his Twitter feed. Then he broughtsome very cool footageto Comic-Con andhinted at other heroesjoining Spider-Man and maybe even the formation of the Sinister Six, a super-team of Spider-Man’s greatest foes. Thefirst of three Spider-sequelsdoesn’t hit theaters until May 2014 but a few new photos have surfaced online....

Nicolas Cage Says He’ll Never Retire, And There Was Much Rejoicing If you’re having a bad day, dearest movie lover, fear not, as we have some good news for you. If you are having a good day, we are happy to make it all the brighter. Nicolas Cage has declared that he is never going to retire from acting. Let us all rejoice. Cage is currently promoting his new movie “Prisoners of Ghostland,” which is said to bewild as hell....