New Photos: ‘The Hobbit’ Dwarves, Lily Collins In ‘Snow White’, Emile Hirsch In ‘The Darkest Hour’ With this year’s summer movie season winding down, it’s time to look forward to upcoming entertainments. Today, we’ve got new photos from this December’sThe Darkest Hourand next spring’sSnow White, as well as a composite photo from the highly anticipatedThe Hobbitadaptation. Check ‘em out after the jump. [photos viaFirst ShowingandEntertainment Weekly] First, we have a picture of the dwarves fromThe Hobbit, all lined up together....

No Time To Die Director Cary Fukunaga Describes The Last-Minute Scramble Of Replacing Danny Boyle In addition to directing"No Time to Die,“Cary Fukunaga is serving as one of four credited co-writers on it, along with “Fleabag” luminary Phoebe Waller-Bridge and James Bond series veterans Neal Purvis and Robert Wade. The film has already been released in the U.K. and it’s coming to U.S. theaters on June 25, 2025, but it’s been a long road to that release date, with a few bumps and Boyles along the way....

Oliver Stone’s ‘Snowden’ PSA: Turn Off Your Phone In Movie Theaters And Maybe Never Use It Again It’s a bit baffling that we still have to ask people to have the common courtesy to turn off their cell phones and keep them put away in a movie theater. It’s extremely frustrating to hear a ringtone go off during a movie or see a bright screen pop up in the darkness. There are even people who think it’s appropriate to take a selfie with the flash on during a movie (something I’ve personally experienced)....

Peter Dinklage In Talks To Join ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Game of ThronesstarPeter Dinklagemay be headed to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The actor who plays Tyrion Lannister is being eyed for a pivotal role in the upcoming epic crossover event filmAvengers: Infinity War. Hit the jump for more info on the possible Peter Dinklage Avengers: Infinity War casting.Varietyhas learned that Dinklage is in talks to join both Avengers: Infinity War and the yet-to-be-titled Avengers sequel (which we will just refer to as Avengers 4 for now)....

Post 3D Conversion Backlash? Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch Might Not Get 3D Release In April, Warner Bros announced that most of their tentpole films would be released in 3D (even if they weren’t shot using native 3D cameras). The first films to beannouncedfor a post conversion 3D process wereThe Green HornetandZack Snyder’sSucker Punch. Since this year began, we’ve seen the release of three movies which utilized a post production 3D conversion, including Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland (which planned for the process from day one), Clash of the Titans (which was rushed through the process and outsourced in a matter of weeks) and The Last Airbender (which everyone involved claimed they had enough time to “do it right”)....

Producers Want Jon Hamm For Live-Action ‘Archer’ Movie (If A Live-Action ‘Archer’ Movie Ever Happens) The characters ofArcherhave only changed so much over the years. If they ever truly evolved as people, after all, they’d no longer be the unrepentant a**holes we’ve come to love. But the show itself has morphed a couple of times, first into a crime show in season 5 and then into a P.I. series in season 7....

Quentin Tarantino Reveals ‘Maniac’ Filmmaker William Lustig Almost Directed ‘True Romance’ After the 1992 release ofReservoir Dogs,Quentin Tarantinowas fast on his way to becoming a big deal. And while his next directorial effort,Pulp Fiction, wouldn’t arrive until 1994, 1993 was also a big year for Tarantino – because that was the year ofTrue Romance. It was technically Tarantino’s first screenplay, written beforeReservoir Dogs, and while he considered directing it himself, he eventually sold the script....

Regal Unlimited Movie Ticket Subscription Launching Before The End Of The Month With Three Tiers Following in the footsteps of AMC Stubs A-List, the national theater chainRegal Cinemasis introducing theirRegal Unlimitedmovie ticket subscription service,which we first heard abouttowards the beginning of July. The new service will be available before the end of the month, and it’s coming with three different subscription tiers. Not unlike the recently changed model for AMC Stubs A-List, the new Regal subscription dictates which theaters you can see movies at based on the price you’re paying....

Rihanna Joins Peter Berg’s Battleship Varietyreports that pop/R&B recording artistRihannahas joined the castof Peter Berg’s water based epic action adaptation of the board gameBattleship.While Rihanna’s music has appeared in movies such asBring It On: All or Nothing, Are We There Yet?, Sydney White, 21, Wild Child, The House Bunny, Beethoven’s Big Break, I Love You Man, The HangoverandGrand Ma Takedown, this marks her feature film acting debut. There are no further details on what part she will have in the film....

Ryan Reynolds Exits ‘Highlander’ Reboot To say Summit’sHighlanderreboot has been as long-lived as its characters would be a massive exaggeration, obviously, but it has been kicking around for quite a while now. And it’ll be sticking around for some time yet, as it’s now headed back to square one.Ryan Reynoldshas just dropped out of the project, months after directorJuan Carlos Fresnadilloexited. Hit the jump to get the details. The script has passed through a few different hands over the years....

Seth Rogen Doesn’t Understand Why Anyone Cares About The Oscars Seth Rogen is kicking off his Oscar campaign for “The Fabelmans” like the genius comedian he is — by antagonizing the Academy! Rogen has a bone to pick with the industry people still fighting to grow the award show’s viewership because he can’t understand why anyone should give a damn. This spicy hot take came out while Rogen was doing the lords work — i....

Sony Will Co-Finance Tarantino’s ‘Django Unchained;’ Is Will Smith Ready To Sign? The pieces are falling into place forQuentin Tarantino’s new ‘Southern,‘Django Unchained. The Weinstein Company will have North American rights, and now Sony will co-finance the production and handle international distribution in 2012. The key fact of Sony’s participation reportedly is the fact thatWill Smithhas his home at the studio. Quentin Tarantinoreally wantsWill Smith to play Django, the slave who is freed by a German bounty hunter who needs Django to ID three slaver brothers....

Star Trek Casting: Rachel Nichols, Jennifer Morrison And Winona Ryder Today has been a hot day forStar Treknews with the casting of Captain Christopher Pike, Janice Rand, Spock’s Mother, and some behind the scenes photos which have sparked even more rumors. Earlier today wereportedthat 51 year-old Canadian actorBruce Greenwoodhad been cast asCaptain Christopher Pikein the JJ Abrams prequel/reboot. Devin atCHUDnailed it with the headline “Star Trek XI Miscasting Just About Complete”....