20 Pieces Of Trivia We Learned At The ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ 10th Anniversary Screening We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. A decade has passed since the world was introduced toNapoleon Dynamite. Co-written and directed byJared Hess, the small indie took off after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. It ended up being one of the most profitable films of 2004. It starred a cast of mostly unknowns in a quirky and awkward but hilarious and quotable PG-rated tale of high school struggles....

2016 Fall Movie Preview: 34 Films We Can’t Wait To See This 2016 fall movie preview was written by Jacob Hall and Jack Giroux. The summer is over and the days are getting shorter and the weather is getting milder and (fingers crossed) the movies are going to start getting better. The next four months offer an embarrassment of cinematic riches, with new films from Martin Scorsese, Damien Chazelle, Tim Burton, Gareth Edwards, Paul Verhoeven, Mel Gibson, Robert Zemeckis, Park Chan-Wook, Terrence Malick, J....

Casting Notes: Kate Beckinsale In ‘Contraband’; Bryan Cranston And Three More For Soderbergh’s ‘Contagion’ Almost a year ago there was word thatMark Wahlbergwould beproducing and perhaps starringin an English-language remake ofReykjavik-Rotterdam, the Icelandic film about “a security guard and former alcohol smuggler on the Iceland-Netherlands route [who] is tempted back into illicit business by a dubious friend after encountering financial problems.” We’ve heard almost nothing about the film since that announcement, but nowKate Beckinsaleis reportedly set to appear in the movie, which has been retitledContraband....

Cool Stuff: Gallery1988’s Art Awakens Star Wars Art Show When Lucasfilm and Disney announced the Star Wars “Art Awakens” initiative, it was revealed they were working with Los Angeles-based art gallery Gallery1988 on an officialStar Wars: The Force Awakensart show. This got the whole art and screen print community excited. And now we have the first real details and a sneak preview of just a few of the pieces of art which will be available at the show....

Disney Buys New, Live-Action Take On Robin Hood The public domain strikes again! Mere weeks after Sony spent seven figures on ashared universe reimaginingof theRobin Hoodstory, Disney has just purchased their own new version on the classic character. It’s calledNottingham & Hoodand was written on spec by first time writerBrandon Barker. Little is know about the take but it’s called “revisionist,” is said to be thematically close to Disney’sPirates of the Caribbeanfilms and is hoped to “launch a new adventure franchise....

Dwayne Johnson Negotiating To Star In Sequel To ‘Journey To The Center Of The Earth’ We’ve known for a long time that a sequel toJourney to the Center of the Earthis in the offing.Josh Hutcherson, who co-starred with Brendan Fraser in the first film, is definitely back for more. But Fraser will be a no-show for take two. NowDwayne Johnsonis in negotiations to take his place as co-star ofJourney 2: The Mysterious Island....

Eternals Will Stream On Disney+ Next Month Chloé Zhao’s expansive Marvel movie about the oldest superheroes in the universe, “Eternals” is making its way to the Disney+ streaming service. While the movie received amixed receptionin theaters, it will now get a second chance to impress, and this time people can watch from the comfort of their couches. Sometimes a change of venue is just what you need to be able to appreciate something, so here’s hoping “Eternals” can find some love when it hits streaming on July 02, 2025....

Every Star Wars Easter Egg You May Have Missed In The Book Of Boba Fett Chapter 2 Episode 2 of “The Book of Boba Fett” isan interesting one. I’m still not surehow this guy is a crime lord but also a really awesome guy, or that we needed this show after “The Mandalorian,” but here we are. At least in the second episode, the fighting has gone from “Xena: Warrior Princess” to something resembling real action....

Felicity Jones To Star In Warren Beatty’s Howard Hughes Film While most people are just now discovering the wonder that isFelicity Jones, I was lucky enough to be on the bandwagon a few months early. As a huge Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant fan, I went out of my way to see their tiny period comedy, and feature directorial debut,Cemetery Junction. The film is a delight and part of the reason is the female lead played by a beautiful, talented actress I’d never seen before named Felicity Jones....

First Look: Justin Timberlake In David Fincher’s The Social Network We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Daily Mailhave the first set photo of Justin Timberlake in David Fincher’s The Social Network. The film tells the story of the creation of Facebook. In the film,Timberlakeplays internet entrepreneur Sean Parker, the co-founder of Napster), who began informally advising Mark Zuckerberg (played in the film byJesse Eisenberg), the co-creator of Facebook, and later became its president when the company incorporated in 2004....

Fox Searchlight Buys Aronofsky’s Black Swan Just Sunday night Peterreporteda couple of great cast additions toBlack Swan, the next film fromDarren Aronofsky. In the same article he noted that Fox Searchlight was reportedly close to picking up the project. Now the deal is done and the studio is indeed on board. Reutersupdates a THR report that parroted Peter’s info without crediting him. The distribution deal isn’t any big surprise, as Fox Searchlight has been the most likely distro for the film since it was announced as having come back to life a few months ago....

George Miller Wants To Make A Small Film Next, Not ‘Man Of Steel 2’ The next film fromMad MaxdirectorGeorge Millerprobably won’t be a huge spectacle, and he’s almost certainly not making aMan of Steelsequel. It’s been a strange journey for George Miller in the past decade. Work onMad Max: Fury Roadbegan about fifteen years ago, and when that film was delayed he turned toJustice League, casting and designing the film (see the concept art above) and getting it to a point where production could begin....

HDTGM: A Conversation With Mackenzie Astin, Star Of ‘The Garbage Pail Kids Movie’ A famous poet once said: You take the good…You take the bad…You take them both and there you have…the facts of life. And in 1986, these were the facts of life for an ambitious child actor by the name ofMackenzie Astin: He was 14 years old, he was dating a beautiful teenage actress and he had recently been promoted to series regular of a popular sitcom called—you guessed it—The Facts of Life....