First Wave Of Sundance 2013 Film Announcements Includes New Film From ‘Primer’ Director Shane Carruth The new film fromPrimerdirectorShane Carruth— a project calledUpstream Color, which is only his second feature, and therefore his first sincePrimerin 2004 – will premiere at Sundance 2013. That’s all some of you will need to know to make this incarnation of the fest a very promising one. Every year, the Sundance Film Festival gives audiences a taste of some of the best (and occasionally the worst) of new indie film....

Forrest Gump 2 Back In Development? It has been thirteen years since Forrest Gump captured audiences worldwide, and now we’re hearing that the often talked about sequel is close to getting greenlit. CinemaBlend’s “absolutely reliable, unfortunately anonymous source” is claiming that the project is back in development after years of sitting on the shelf. In 2001, Eric Roth wrote a screenplay based on the Winston Groom’s 1995 follow-up novelGump & Co....

Get In The Robot And Get The ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’: Ultimate Edition Set If there are more than 5,000 statesideEvangelionfans reading this (and you also happen to be Blu-ray collectors), then some of you may want to stop what you are doing and gather your financial resources. The fullNeon Genesis EvangelionTV series, along with the moviesEvangelion: Death (True)2andThe End of Evangelion,are coming to Blu-ray in North America for the first time....

IMDb Has Launched A Free Streaming Service Called Freedive Everyone wants in on that sweet, sweet streaming action – including IMDb. The Internet Movie Database has officially launched its own streaming service calledFreedive, and as the name suggests, it’s free. That’s good! Unfortunately, it also has a lot of ads that cut into your movie every so often. That’s bad! Still, the selection is strong, and if you’re looking to watch movies for free, this is a good option....

J.J. Abrams Created An Alternate Scene To Preserve The Secret Of ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Stardate June 22, 2025. A group of journalists are invited to Bad Robot in Santa Monica, CAto learn a little bit .J. Abrams’Star Trek Into Darkness. At this time everyone was still unclear who, exactly,Benedict Cumberbatchwas playing in the film. Rumors about his character were relentless. To cut the question off at the pass, Abrams himself led everyone into a screening room to show some footage....

John Carpenter Returning To Theaters With L.A. Gothic Whenever I meet someone who will go to the mat forJohn Carpenter, that to me is a qualifier for friendship. In my mind, Carpenter is like Stanley Kubrick with holes in his jeans, or a joint to a $15 cigar, or Pabst Blue Ribbon to Heineken if I can be Frank. From 1976’sAssault on Precinct13to 1988’sThey Live, he had a ferocious run, tearing up social norms with irreverent style and quasi-populist humor while constantly entertaining audiences with a mad swirl of genres....

Kathleen Kennedy Hints That An Upcoming ‘Star Wars’ Movie Will Be Directed By A Woman Star Warshas been making big strides with diversity in front of the camera, but what about behind the camera? Despite the inspiring female characters that are gracing both the big and small screens in variousStar Warsprojects, Lucasfilm has yet to hire a woman to helm a majorStar Warsmovie. But that could soon change, according to Lucasfilm presidentKathleen Kennedy....

Legendary Pictures Lands Live-Action Technotise Adaptation Last year we postedan awesome fan-made movie trailerfor a big screenGreen Lanternfilm, edited together byJaron Pittsusing clips from a bunch of different movies, using composited computer generated imagery. If you haven’t seen it before, click the link and watch it now.Scott Glassgold, co-chief of IAM Entertainment, saw the Green Lantern trailer shortly after acquiring remake rights toTechnotise – Edit i ja, a Serbian anime movie based on a graphic novel of the same name....

Marvel’s Greatest Foe Strikes Again In New Images Of ‘The Avengers’ [Updated] You might recall that early this year a group of Marvel’s Mightiest, the X-Men, hada run-inwith that evil-doer most foul, Crappy Photoshop. Now the villain strikes again as the heroes ofThe Avengersmake theirEntertainment Weeklycover debut. Hit the jump, if you dare, to see the horror of Black Widow’s giant head and the visage ofMark Ruffaloas he is afflicted with the scourge of the middle 2000s, duckface....

Most Of The Biggest Box Office Bombs Of All Time Were Made After 2010 Children of the 1980s know ofMichael Cimino’s “Heaven’s Gate” mostly as a punchline. Made for a whopping $44 million in 1980 (about $150 million in 2022 dollars), the 219-minute epic was wracked by a bad production, expensive reshoots, and scandal (Cimino was compared to a dictator and the production was notorious cruel to animals). “Heaven’s Gate” made a mere $3....

Netflix Axes Prince Harry And Meghan Markle’s Animated Series Pearl When it comes to the continued budget cuts over at Netflix, it looks like no one is safe, not even royalty. Originally ordered straight to series last summer, “Pearl,” the animated series created by Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle and Prince Harry has been done away with by the streaming juggernaut. “Pearl” was originally greenlit as part of the royal couple’s overall deal with Netflix, which includes “Heart of Invictus,” a docuseries following the competitors of the fifth Invictus Games held last month in The Hague....

Nicolas Cage In Talks For Green Hornet Villain Well, I’m not sure I like where this is going at all. According toVariety,Nicolas Cage and His Amazing Hairare in talks to join theMichel Gondry-directedThe Green Hornet. This is just a week afterStephen Chowdropped out of the role of sidekick Kato. (Months after he left the director’s chair.) Once upon a time I could have seen Cage really killing this sort of role, but I haven’t seen him do anything inspired in a long time....

One Of Carrie Fisher’s Final ‘Family Guy’ Episodes Spoofs Wes Anderson, Quentin Tarantino & Michael Bay Family Guyis still going strong with their 16th season currently airing on FOX. However, the show lost one of their regular guest stars late last year when screen iconCarrie Fisherpassed away. The actress had already recorded dialogue for episodes that had yet to air, and one of those episodes is airing tonight on FOX. This one is particularly special since in addition to featuring some of Fisher’s final work, it also serves as a tribute to directorsWes Anderson, Quentin TarantinoandMichael Bay....