‘Uncharted’ Screenwriter Joe Carnahan Is Saying All The Right Things The long-gestating film adaptation of the popular (and for good reason)Unchartedvideo game series has been a revolving door of talent for years now. Cycle through the/Film archivesand you’ll find writers and directors boarding and exiting the project with a frequency that boggles the mind. Despite its inherently cinematic premise,Unchartedhas proven itself to be a tough nut to crack. But maybe this is the point where things start to look up!...

21st Century Spielberg Podcast: Steven Spielberg Returned To The Great Adventure With ‘Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull’ and ‘The Adventures Of Tintin’ (Welcome to21st Century Spielberg, an ongoing column and podcast that examines the challenging, sometimes misunderstood 21st century filmography of one of our greatest living filmmakers,Steven Spielberg. In this edition:Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullandThe Adventures of Tintin.) May, 1977:George Lucashad fled to Hawaii....

All The Old Knives Review: Chris Pine And Thandiwe Newton Are Terrific In This Somewhat Unmemorable Thriller Janus Metz’s “All the Old Knives” exists comfortably at the intersection between airport novels and the works ofClaire Denis. It is downbeat, emotionally intense, and only slowly reveals its plot — told wildly out of chronological order, often inserting flashbacks inside of flashbacks — over the course of its first 45 minutes. But more than merely obfuscating for its own sake — a pit that lesser thrillers can often fall into — “Old Knives” wisely remains more closely focused on the relationship between Henry (Chris Pine) and Celia (Thandiwe Newton), two ex-CIA agents and former lovers, who decide to reconnect eight years after an attempt to stop a terrorist hijacking when horribly awry....

Arcades In Movies: Steven Spielberg’s Arcade Game Collection We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In honor of the news thatSteven Spielbergwill be directing a big screen adaptation ofReady Player One, here is our September 2014 posting about Spielberg’s love for video games and specifically his 1980’s arcade game collection. An Arcades in Movies supercut has been posted online chronicling arcade games in cinema from the year 1975 to 1994....

Avatar TV Spot: Selling Cameron To Kids Fox won’t stop with the marketing forAvatar—the studio has a huge investment to recoup, after all — and because the thing will have to be a hit with just about everyone to break even, Fox is selling the movie to just about everyone. We’ve had the movie geek marketing (Avatar Day) and the guy marketing (this World Series TV spot) and now there’s some kid-specific material that has run on Nickelodeon to snare the young’uns....

Brad Pitt Confirmed For Andrew Dominik’s ‘Cogan’s Trade,’ Which Could Shoot In New Orleans In March We heard not long ago that directorAndrew Dominikmight be doing another film withCasey AffleckandBrad Pitt, aka the leads from his last film,The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. In November Brad Pitt was said to benegotiating for a roleinCogan’s Trade, which will adapt theGeorge V. Higginsnovel about Jackie Cogan, “a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that takes place during a high stakes poker game under protection of the mob....

Captain America Getting A 75th Anniversary Special On ABC In January If you keep up with this site regularly, then you probably already know that next year is a big one forCaptain America. The third film in the Marvel superhero’s film franchise isCaptain America: Civil War, and in it we’ll see The Avengers fighting against each other. But it’s also an important year for Cap for another reason, because it’s his 75th anniversary....

Could ‘The Thing’ Director Matthijs Van Heijningen Still Make Zack Snyder-Developed ‘Army Of The Dead’? Several years ago, whenZack Snyderwas still makingWatchmen, the director started talking about a zombie movie that he had been developing. The project was calledArmy of the Dead; it was written byJoby Haroldandquickly attacheddirectorMatthijs van Heijningen. But the project stalled, and some time later van Heijningen went on to makeThe Thingfor Universal. ButArmy of the Deadmay not yet be buried; seemingly it has a chance of going forward again at Warner Bros....

David Cronenberg Draws In Julianne Moore And John Cusack For ‘Maps To The Stars’ David Cronenberg’s next film isMaps to the Stars, based on a script which has been said to eviscerate the celebrity culture of Los Angeles. The director has described it as an extreme piece of work that centers on “two child actors ruined by Hollywood’s depravity.” Cronenberg announced at Cannes last year that he planned to work again withCosmopolisactorsRobert PattinsonandSarah Gadon....

Edgar Wright’s ‘Ant-Man’ Moved Up From Fall To Summer 2015 We’re going to seeEdgar Wright’s Marvel movie a few months earlier than originally planned.Ant-Man, the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 3, was originally set for release on July 11, 2025. It has now been moved up to July 03, 2025. That’s about two months afterAvengers: Age of Ultronhits theaters plus it’ll no longer directly compete with the24th James Bond filmandPeanutsanimated film....

Everything Is A Remix Video Essay: ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ In 2010,Kirby Fergusoncreated a video essay calledEverything is a Remix, about how it’s not justQuentin Tarantino, but every single artist (authors, musicians or filmmakers) who borrows something old to make something new. The video essay spawned a series of essays, which was later combined into an almost 40 minute long documentary (which you’re able to watch here). Ferguson has returned once again with a new Everything is a Remix video essay, this time focusing not just onStar Wars: The Force Awakensbut also the overall storytelling career ofJJ Abrams....

Everything We Know About Invincible Season 2 So Far Everywhere you look, a new superhero story awaits. The earnest Marvel heroes, the gritty DC villains and now, everything in between. Amazon Prime Video has never been one to shy away from the superhero craze, with adaptations of “The Tick” and “The Boys” building up a sizable audience — but with the first season of “Invincible,” the streamerreallymade a splash. “Invincible” follows teenager Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun), son of the most-powerful superhero on the planet, Nolan Grayson aka Omni-Man (J....

HBO Greenlights Enlightened, From School Of Rock Writer Mike White About a month ago, wetoldyou that Columbia had picked up a spec script byMike White, actor and writer onSchool of RockandFreaks and Geeks. Now, with White also appearing soon inZombieland(you can see him briefly in the trailer), comes more good news for the guy: HBO has greenlit the pilot for his showEnlightened. THRreports that the show will re-team White withLaura Dern, who also starred in his directorial effortYear of the Dog....