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Will Arnett Joins TMNT Cast As Good Human, Bad Human Or Rat

The cast of the live-action/CG hybrid film version of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” is mostly cast with Megan Fox as April O’Neil [the Turtles’ human female friend] and Alan Ritchson, Pete Ploszek,...

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Is There Any Justice In This World?

For what seems like years going on eons, the specter of a possible “Justice League” feature film has hovered above Earth, preparing to pounce with typical movie blockbuster power. But for a multitude...

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WWE Puts Flintstones In Sleeper Hold

You probably thought you had seen it all. Well, turns out, you haven’t – because you have never seen an animated Flintstones movie featuring professional wrestlers. But it looks like you may get your...

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E32013: Splinter Cell Adds To Film Roster

Two films based on video games – “Assassin’s Creed” and “Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell” – are among the most highly anticipated films of next year and beyond by the gaming crowd and good news came their...

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Transformers 4 Cars Unveiled

The fourth installment in the “Transformers” film franchise series is set for next year but filming has already begun in Monument Valley, Utah and that means the cars that will be used for the robots...

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Melissa McCarthy Joins Rogen As Ghost In B.O.O.

Melissa McCarthy has joined Seth Rogen on the cast of next year’s animated feature film “B.O.O. [Bureau of Otherworldly Operations]” as Watts, the eccentric partner of Jackson Moss [Rogen]. Moss and...

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Matt Damon Gets Sassy In Elysium Trailer

It’s almost never a good idea to smacktalk authority figures. Check that – it’s never a good idea. So you don’t need much of an imagination to figure out what’s going to happen to Matt Damon when he...

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Logan May Keep Running With Help From BioShock

The creator of the “BioShock: Infinite” video game, Ken Levine, has been hired by Warner Bros. to write a screenplay for a remake of the 1976 cult science fiction film “Logan’s Run” stars Michael York,...

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Monster Trucks Set For Crushing Big Screen Debut

Paramount Animation has given the green light to a combination live action/animated movie centered around monster trucks and to be directed by Chris Wedge [“Ice Age” and, more recently, “Epic”]. The...

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World May Get Warcraft With Farrell And Patton

“Warcraft” – the newest feature film based on a video game – may have Colin Farrell and Paula Patton in the lead roles. Farrell has been offered a lead role but has not yet decided [50/50] to accept...

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Narnia Sitting In The Silver Chair

Both the official and symbolic green light has been given for the fourth book in the Chronicles of Narnia series – “The Silver Chair” – to be made into a feature film. The popular childrens’ fantasy...

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Encyclopedia Brown: The Case Of The Missing Movie

Author Donald J. Sobol wrote the “Encyclopedia Brown” boy detective novel series that became popular in the 1960s and 1970s and eventually became a television series – albeit short-lived – on HBO in...

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"X-Men: Days Of Future Past" Trailer

It’s all there. You’ve got your Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), your Professor X (Patrick Stewart and James McAvoy), your Magneto (Michael Fassbender), your Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence), your Bolivar Trask...

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Star Blazers On Course For Live Action Remake

The 1979 anime classic, “Star Blazers” has moved one step closer to a live-action remake with the announcement that screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie will also direct the anticipated film. The anime...

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Star Wars VII Sets The Date

After switching out screenwriters from Michael Arndt [who won an Academy Award for “Little Miss Sunshine” and was a nominee for “Toy Story 3”] to a collaboration between the film’s director, J. J....

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Disney Returns To The Jungle

Disney is in negotiations with director Jon Favreau to oversee a live-action remake of “The Jungle Book”, based on the famous Rudyard Kipling novel. Favreau, who has directed “Elf” as well as the first...

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Assassin’s Creed Finds A Safer Spot For 2015

With the Avengers 2 sequel and the Batman/Superman hybrid movie slotted to release in May and July respectively, Ubisoft and 20th Century Fox decided to play it safe and moved the film out of its...

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Fantastic Four Takes Assassin’s Creed Spot

With “Assassin’s Creed” moving to August to avoid being a superhero sandwich between the Avengers 2 sequel and the Batman/Superman hybrid movie slotted to release in May and July respectively, 20th...

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"The Wind Rises" US Domestic Trailer Released

The domestic trailer – sans subtitles – for the upcoming domestic release [limited USA release on February 21, 2014 with wider release a week later] of The Wind Rises by legendary anime master Hayao...

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Review: "Perfect Blue DVD/Blu-ray Combi (UK Edition)": Excuse Me, Who Are You?

If you’re a fan of anime or manga, it’s somewhat inevitable you’ll come to learn of the wider landscape of the Japanese entertainment industry.  One of the biggest parts of this is idol culture, where...

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