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Attack The Block Roundup, Including Detailed Synopsis And Sales Art Coming out of the European Film Market is our first piece ofAttack the Blocksales art – sampled above but revealed in its entirety and complete with tagline below the break – and an expanded synopsis forJoe Cornish’s film, “this year’sShaun of the Dead”. There’s really not much spoiled by the new outline, but if you’re particularly keen to go into this movie knowing as little as possible, you may prefer to stick withthe previous, less detailed synopsis, or perhaps just avoid them both outright....

Big Roles For Newcomers: Kathryn Bigelow Picks Her Osama Bin Laden; Atom Egoyan Finds Damien Echols If I needed to I could come up with two films more different thanKathryn Bigelow’s “kill Osama Bin Laden” movieZero Dark ThirtyandAtom Egoyan’s West Memphis Three dramaDevil’s Knot. But for the sake of argument let’s note that despite being fiction based in truth, they’re still pretty seriously different projects.Both films do have one other thing in common, in that they will rely on relative unknowns for pivotal roles....

Borat Has A Voting Message For Women As Sacha Baron Cohen Explains The ‘Borat 2’ Stunt That Nearly Went Wrong It’s Election Day in the United States, and even though it’s meant to be the day where we do our civic duty and vote for the leaders who will represent us in government, it’s somehow still not a national holiday. Thankfully, it sounds like this will be a record year for voter turnout, the biggest in a long time, butBoratSagdiyevhas a special message for the ladies before they go out to the polls today....

Brad Pitt To Renovate Legendary Recording Studio He Happens To Own The Hollywood Reporterannounced that Brad Pitt plans to restore a piece of rock music history on the 900-acre property he purchased with ex-wife Angelina Jolie. In 2012, the two A-list celebrities purchased the entire Miraval estate for a cool $60 million. Located in Correns, France, the expansive property consists of a castle, historic church where the couple privately wed, manicured vineyard, as well as a famous music studio where legendary bands such as Pink Floyd, AC/DC, and The Cure recorded some of their most iconic records....

Britney Spears Finally Freed From Conservatorship After 13 Years Britney Spears is free. A California court has ended the conservatorship that had seen her father, Jamie Spears, exert legal control over her affairs since 2008. In a hearing on June 30, 2025, perVariety, a judge ruled that the conservatorship over Britney’s estate “is no longer required.” Spears herself was not at the hearing, but the attorney who was there on her behalf stated, “We have engaged in an orderly transition of power....

Captain America Found In The Incredible Hulk Deleted Scene You might remember that in Junewe reportedthat directorLouis Leterrierwas making the claim thatCaptain Americahad a brief cameo/easter egg inThe Incredible Hulk. Of course, everyone went to the theater and saw the movie, but no Captain America. The director thenchanged his claims, saying the scene in question was actually in one of the scenes that was cut from the finished film: “There’s a point when Bruce Banner gives up on his quest for the cure and decide to kill himself....

Clips Round-Up: Ghostbusters Suit Up, Mayday Lures Men, And Hall Haunts A Stairwell [Exclusive] (Welcome toSlashClips, a series where we bring youexclusiveclips from hot new Digital, Blu-ray and theatrical releases you won’t see anywhere else!) In this edition: Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters Leading today’s column is a clip from Screen Media’s forthcoming documentary “Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters,” featuring original “Ghostbusters” director Ivan Reitman and more talking about the first day on set seeing Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and the late Harold Ramis suited up in their iconic jumpsuits....

Demetri Martin Cast In Steven Soderbergh’s Moneyball Demetri Martinis on a roll. First he landed the lead role in Ang Lee’s comedyTaking Woodstock, and now he has signed to star alongside Brad Pitt inSteven Soderbergh’sMoneyball. If it was announced next week that Martin had been cast in Scorsese’s next film, I wouldn’t be shocked at all (okay, maybe I would a little…)Moneyballis an adaptation of the book byMichael Lewis(Moneyball: The Art to Winning an Unfair Game), which tells the story of ballplayer-turned-Oakland Athletics general managerBilly Beane(Pitt) who tried to create a competitive baseball team on a budget payroll....

Director Adam Wingard Discusses His Segment Of ‘The ABC’s Of Death;’ Plus ‘You’re Next,’ ‘Dead Spy Running’ And More Twenty-six letters, twenty-six directors, twenty-six ways to die. That’s the simple premise behindThe ABC’s of Death, the crazy anthology horror film that is available on demand today, and will be in theaters on March 8. Being as today is the first day the public can see this film (which we reviewed here) twenty-six different websites are simultaneously posting interviews with all the directors....

Disney CEO Says ‘Star Wars’ Theme Park Details Coming In 2015 [UPDATED] Years have passed sinceDisneypurchasedLucasfilmbut it seems like 2015 is really going to be when things start paying off. Not only will 2015 bring the release of the first newStar Warsmovie in a decade, it’ll bring the first official news of Star Wars integration into Disney theme parks. Disney CEOBob Igerdidn’t elaborate much, but said in a recent shareholder’s call that plans have begun and will be officially announced next year....

First Ahsoka Footage Teases The Search For Ezra “Star Wars” Celebration is the gift that keeps on giving, and the latest tithings put Ahsoka Tano front and center. Ever since her live-action debut in the second season of “The Mandalorian,” the hype for her solo outing has been building fast. The show is piloted by “Star Wars” fan, historian, and Ahsoka co-creator, Dave Filoni, and is set to bring Rosario Dawson back in the titular role....

First Footage From ‘Dylan Dog: Dead Of Night’, Starring Brandon Routh It’s over two years now that we’ve been hearing aboutTMNTdirectorKevin Munroe’s adaptation of the Italian comic seriesDylan Dog. News thatBrandon Routhwould play the characterfirst bubbled up in early 2008, and the film shot last year. It doesn’t yet have a US distributor (hence a lack of major presence at Comic Con this year) but will premiere in Italy later this year....

First Set Photo: Cowboys & Aliens Jon Favreau has revealed the first set photo from his upcoming big screen adaptation ofCowboys and AliensonTwitter. The photo was taken during camera tests, and gives us a little glimpse into the costumes from the movie. Check it out now, after the jump. Official Plot Synopsis: Arizona Territory. A stranger (Craig) with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution....