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Whedon Chats Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver in 'Avengers 2' on Fallon
8 hours ago
A nugget of comic book news for fans to chew on this holiday weekend. To promote the upcoming release of his new Shakespeare film Much Ado About Nothing, writer/director Joss Whedon appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon this Friday evening and ended up chatting a bit about The Avengers 2. While they're still in the middle of early pre-production and casting on the Marvel Studios superhero sequel, Whedon did confirm that Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver will be new characters added to the next one. Not a spoiler, just a confirmation. He also briefly explains why he wanted to add these two to the roster this time around. The full video with Whedon can be seen below via NBC, however here are the key quotes from his interview: "There are new characters. I've already said that we're going to have a brother/sister team, the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, »
- Alex Billington
Sony Classics Grabs Jarmusch's Vampire Film 'Only Lovers Left Alive'
9 hours ago
One of the very last films to premiere late in the Cannes Film Festival, wrapping up this weekend, is Jim Jarmusch's new film - Only Lovers Left Alive, starring Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton, John Hurt and Mia Wasikowska as long-haired hipsterish vampires living in Detroit. Not long after the film showed to a theater full of press, Sony Pictures Classics released a press release announcing their acquisition of the film for North American release. It's a smart move and fast buy, likely pre-arranged, and perfectly timed with the film's unveiling, which received quite a bit of positive buzz. It's a low-key but awkwardly funny film. I caught Only Lovers Left Alive at it's world premiere in Cannes last night and enjoyed it, but it's rather funky and odd. Hiddleston and Swinton give minimal but impressive deadpan performances as long-haired vampires (named Adam and Eve) who seem endlessly depressed about »
- Alex Billington
Watch: Capitol Crumbles Bit by Bit in 'White House Down' Featurette
20 hours ago
Hot on the heels of a new poster for this summer's explosive action thriller White House Down, which features Channing Tatum in white tanktop like a certain action hero played by Bruce Willis, a cool new featurette goes behind the scenes with director Roland Emmerich. This time around, the filmmaker says it's the first time he doesn't just completely destroy Washington D.C. in one fell swoop, but rather tears it down bit by bit. So I guess that's a little bit better. There's some interview bits with the cast, including one of our favorites, Jason Clarke, and tons of the crew members. Plus, there's some new footage too. Watch! Here's the featurette for Roland Emmerich's White House Down from Yahoo: White House Down is directed by action mastermind Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, Godzilla, The Patriot, The Day After Tomorrow, 2012, Anonymous) from a screenplay written by James Vanderbilt (The Amazing Spider-Man, »
- Ethan Anderton
Sound Off: Justin Lin's 'Fast & Furious 6' - So What Did You Think?
23 hours ago
Now that you've seen it, what did you think? They're back again. All roads lead to this. In theaters now is Justin Lin's Fast & Furious 6, the latest action-packed, Nos-fueled, adrenaline-filled sequel in the Fast and the Furious franchise started in 2001. Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Michelle Rodriguez and more return from the fifth movie to continue an international chase for foes played by Sung Kang and Luke Evans. Is this one better than the last movie? Is this the best one yet? If you've seen it, post a comment with your own thoughts on Lin's Fast & Furious 6. Spoiler Warning: We strongly urge everyone to actually see the film before reading ahead, as there may be spoilers below. We also encourage all commenters to keep major spoilers from the film to a minimum, if possible. However, this is an open discussion from this point on! »
- Alex Billington
Check This Out: Charming Marriage Proposal with Faux Movie Ticket
24 May 2013 4:35 PM, PDT
Isn't this just adorable? I love a good movie-themed marriage or prom proposal. One of our regular readers, Mike Eisenberg, a creative director at up-and-coming film company Tall Tale Productions, just proposed to his fiance Kailey, a lead producer at the same company. The way he proposed was by taking her to their local cinema and having them print up a special ticket on their own ticket stock that said "Will You Marry Me?" as the title and info instead of an actual movie title. Aww. He posted a few photos online and I asked his permission to repost them, as a bit of charming cinematic romance leading into this holiday weekend. Here's the two photos of the proposal ticket that Eisenberg posted to his twitter account @Eisentower30: Mike tells the story: "I wanted to do something that made sense to our relationship. We love movies. It is the foundation for the whole relationship. »
- Alex Billington
Flashy New Motion Poster Wants You to Keep Calm and 'Carrie' On
24 May 2013 2:32 PM, PDT
The new adaptation of Stephen King's novel Carrie is still months away, but MGM and Screen Gems just want to make sure you don't forget about it. Taking a cue from the Internet meme that arose from a World War II-era British public safety poster, a new motion posters simply says "Keep Calm and Carrie On." If you're still confused about the creative inspiration behind this poster, you can read about it right here, but otherwise, it's a cool little promotional piece with some intense footage featuring Chloe Moretz, fire and blood. You might see this on some screens in your more upscale movie theaters. Check out the poster below! Here's the motion poster for Kimberly Peirce's remake of Carrie via ComingSoon: Kimberly Peirce (of Boys Don't Cry) directs this new adaptation of Stephen King's novel Carrie, with a screenplay by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (a writer and producer »
- Ethan Anderton
Tom Cruise Exits 'Man from U.N.C.L.E.' Due to 'Mission: Impossible 5'
24 May 2013 11:30 AM, PDT
Just one month after Armie Hammer entered talks to join Tom Cruise in Warner Bros. adaptation of the 1960s TV series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. with director Guy Ritchie at the helm, the production will be looking for a new leading man yet again. Deadline has word that Cruise has chosen to depart the film due to timing issues with his producing and starring in Mission: Impossible 5, which he hopes to shoot before the end of the year for Paramount Pictures. Honestly, despite the differences in the premises, story and style of the two TV series adaptations, the projects seemed a little too similar for Cruise to star in both. Read on! Now that Cruise has chosen to focus on another project, Warner Bros. will be looking for a new leading man to star in the story of two mismatched secret agents (one American, one »
- Ethan Anderton
Rooney Mara and Casey Affleck in 'Ain't Them Bodies Saints' Trailer
24 May 2013 11:03 AM, PDT
"All you have to do is wait for me." Just last week an illustrated teaser poster surfaced for the Sundance selected, slow-burning, western thriller Ain't Them Bodies Saints starring Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and Casey Affleck (Gone Baby Gone). The film won the U.S. Dramatic Cinematography Award, and this writer called the film "a contemporary western with all the right beats, this film is full of authentic drama, and a respect for westerns of the past and present." Now you get a taste of the fantastic film from director David Lowery coming later this summer with this first gorgeous trailer. Watch below! Here's the first trailer for David Lowery's Ain't Them Bodies Saints via The Film Stage: Set against the backdrop of 1970′s Texas Hill Country, Ain't Them Bodies Saints is a romantic American story that follows three characters on various sides of the »
- Ethan Anderton
Tgb Episode 157: Fast and Furious Cinema (Guest: Rudie Obias)
24 May 2013 9:45 AM, PDT
On this week's episode of The Golden Briefcase, Tim and Jeremy are joined by Rudie Obias of The AuteurCast to go through their latest picks of the week, the newest DVD & Blu-ray releases, new trailers for Sundance hit The Kings of Summer and Vin Diesel's sci-fi sequel Riddick and much more. The main topic of the night was a discussion on the high octane, adrenaline-fueled Fast and the Furious film franchise, in honor of Fast & Furious 6 hitting theaters this weekend. The guys go over the action-packed crowd favorite franchise in detail including its successes and failures, big box office earnings and plenty more. Listen in! The Golden Briefcase is also broadcast Live on Wednesday nights starting ~7:30Pm Pst. You can listen in via our Ustream page or by visiting our own live page right here on Fs. The podcast is just as fun to listen to live while it's being recorded, »
- Tim Buel
Positive/Negative: Divisive Reactions to Refn's 'Only God Forgives'
24 May 2013 9:40 AM, PDT
This past Wednesday morning at 8:30Am, Nicolas Winding Refn's ninth feature film, Only God Forgives, premiered inside the Grand Lumiere at the Cannes Film Festival to a crowd of critics and press from all over the world. The response 90 minutes later was instantly divisive, with reactions ranging from incredibly negative and "hated it" to overly positive and "loved it". While the majority of responses I saw seemed to lean towards the negative side, there's always something fun about emerging from a film that gets such split response. As long as there are people who did love it (like me!), there's something curious there to discuss. Only God Forgives stars Ryan Gosling as an American living in Bangkok, Thailand who ends up in a brutally violent feud with Chang, a badass retired police officer who commands more respect than anyone in the entire country. While I've already written my »
- Alex Billington
Review: Lin's 'Fast & Furious 6' Comes Full Circle in Fun, Fierce Way
24 May 2013 9:13 AM, PDT
It's official. The title of the sixth film in the Fast and the Furious anthology is, at least here in the states, Furious 6. It's Fast and Furious 6 in foreign markets, but it doesn't take long to realize the Fast part of the title is gone. Furious 6 is never as exhilarating as its most recent predecessor, Fast Five, but it's difficult to keep up with that thrill-a-minute spectacular. Still, lack of pace doesn't keep this entry from being a rock-solid action extravaganza with a few genuine tricks up its sleeve. Furious 6 revs up slow, but just like the franchise's muscle-car-loving muscle head lead, it knows when to hit the nitrous: a bit later in the race. When we last left Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his merry band of car racers and heist takers, they were sitting comfortably abroad having just scored the job of a lifetime. Each of them is financially set, »
- Jeremy Kirk
Must Watch: Official Us Trailer for 'The Act of Killing' Documentary
24 May 2013 8:31 AM, PDT
See this documentary. It is phenomenal. I first saw Joshua Oppenheimer's The Act of Killing at the New Directors/New Films fest at the Film Society of Lincoln Center earlier this year and was completely blown away. It's such a riveting, unbelievably real, challenging, but powerful documentary that, as is quoted in the official synopsis, "could well change how you view the documentary form." The movie challenges former Indonesian death squad leaders to reenact their real-life mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers. The result, and story that unfolds as Oppenheimer captures these murderers on film, is truly remarkable. See the official trailer below. Watch the official Us trailer for Joshua Oppenheimer's The Act of Killing, in high def from Apple: In this chilling and inventive documentary, executive produced by documentarians Errol Morris and Werner Herzog, the filmmakers examine »
- Alex Billington
Channing Tatum is John McClane on New 'White House Down' Poster
24 May 2013 8:22 AM, PDT
Well, the poster is slightly new. It was actually released earlier this month, but it's been ever so slightly tweaked so that Channing Tatum isn't covering Jamie Foxx so much. In a way, that's actually not a bad move since the second trailer for Roland Emmerich's summer action bonanza, White House Down, plays out more like a buddy cop action comedy as opposed to Tatum doing all the heavy lifting to protect Foxx as the President of the United States of America. Honestly, this could almost be a poster for a relocated remake of Die Hard with a Vengeance, because Tatum is clearly doing his best John McClane. Look below! Here's the retooled poster for Roland Emmerich's White House Down straight from Columbia Pictures: White House Down is directed by action mastermind Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, Godzilla, The Patriot, The Day After Tomorrow, 2012, Anonymous) from a screenplay »
- Ethan Anderton
Universal Lands Rights to 'The School for Good and Evil' Book Trilogy
24 May 2013 8:10 AM, PDT
Universal is heading into children's fantasy territory with the recently released The School for Good and Evil, the first book in a new trilogy from writer Soman Chainani. The studio landed to the rights to the book series which will be adapted by the author and Hook screenwriter Malia Scotch-Marmo. THR says the book hit shelves on May 14th and heads across the pond early next month with a story that follows two best friends on the opposite end of the spectrum as they head into The School for Good and Evil where they will be trained as either a hero or a villain. But things don't quite go as the young girls expected. Read on! Here's the official synopsis of the book: At the School for Good and Evil, failing your fairy tale is not an option. Welcome to the School for Good and Evil, where best friends Sophie »
- Ethan Anderton
Gael Garcia Bernal to Lead Jon Stewart's Directorial Debut 'Rosewater'
23 May 2013 5:18 PM, PDT
Earlier this year, we learned that Jon Stewart would take a break this summer from hosting "The Daily Show" on Comedy Central to get behind the camera for his feature directorial debut. Stewart is getting ready to shoot Rosewater, an adaptation of the Maziar Bahari's book Then They Came For Me: A Family’s Story Of Love, Captivity And Survival, which he also wrote himself. The film chronicles the harrowing journey the BBC journalist had to endure when he left London to cover Iran's presidential elections in 2009, and now The Wrap reports Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal has landed the lead role in the drama. More below! Bahari ended up spending 118 days in a notorious Iranian prison where he was brutally interrogated by a man whose defining characteristic is the smell of rosewater (hence the title). Stewart became involved with the story when he leared one of the items »
- Ethan Anderton
Evan Peters is Cast as Quicksilver in 'X-Men: Days of Future Past'
23 May 2013 1:53 PM, PDT
One more superhero couldn't hurt. Though it seemed like the cast of X-Men: Days of Future Past was all filled up, director Bryan Singer just revealed one last addition. Through Twitter, Singer announced that "American Horror Story" regular and Kick-Ass co-star Evan Peters is playing Quicksilver, a character with superhuman speed who happens to be the son of Magneto and the twin brother of Scarlet Witch. What makes this news truly interesting is that Joss Whedon has actually confirmed that both Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch would appear in The Avengers 2 as well. So what does that mean for Marvel and Fox? Well, as Marvel's Kevin Feige explained to SuperHero Hype, "There's a specific arrangement with those two characters that would allow us to use them with Avengers, but not discuss or reference their mutant or Magneto-related lineage. [Fox] can use them as mutants and as Magneto's relatives, but cannot have »
- Ethan Anderton
'Return of the Jedi' Doc Short & 'Star Wars' Prequel Notes from 1981
23 May 2013 1:14 PM, PDT
Though many Star Wars fans probably are aware, maybe there are some out there who don't know that this year marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Return of the Jedi, the conclusion of the original Star Wars trilogy. It seems fitting to celebrate the film when a continuation of the space saga is coming with Star Wars: Episode VII, directed by J.J. Abrams. And so Entertainment Weekly commissioned Fanboys director Kyle Newman to gather up some talking heads of fellow Star Wars fans like Kevin Smith, Chris Hardwick, Topher Grace and many more to talk about their feelings about the film on this anniversary. Click the image below to watch The Return of Return of the Jedi: 30 Years and Counting from EW: Plus, another interesting tidbit tied to the third part of George Lucas' original trilogy was just revealed. First of all, for those who don't know, »
- Ethan Anderton
Must Watch: Trailer for Bungie Game 'Destiny' Directed by Jon Favreau
23 May 2013 12:39 PM, PDT
In the past, we've featured cool live-action commercials for the Halo video game series, and so we figured it couldn't hurt to highlight a new game from game developers at Bungie and Activision. That game is Destiny, and it's been in the works for quite some time. Now the game is poised to debut on the Playstation 4, and a live-action trailer for the video game has just debuted, and it's pretty bad ass. What's also cool about the ad is that it's directed by Iron Man helmer Jon Favreau and it also features "Revolution" and "Breaking Bad" star Giancarlo Esposito. At the very least, this has me interested in the new game. Watch! The trailer for Bungie and Activision's video game Destiny, directed by Jon Favreau (via The Playlist): Everything changed with the arrival of the Traveler. It sparked a Golden Age when our civilization spanned the solar system, »
- Ethan Anderton
Cannes 2013: J.C. Chandor's 'All is Lost' is Meticulous, Extraordinary
23 May 2013 12:16 PM, PDT
Lost at sea. This film is a work of art. Stunning in so many ways, and it couldn't be simpler, but that's why it's so extraordinary. All is Lost, the second feature from Oscar nominated writer/director J.C. Chandor (of Margin Call previously), stars Robert Redford and only Redford as the sole captain of a sailboat that ends up lost at sea after being damaged in the Indian Ocean. There isn't any dialogue, only a few lines from Redford throughout, and nothing but him trying to survive on a boat for 106 minutes. It's grueling, thrilling, meticulous, inspiring and most importantly, moving. I can't stop thinking about it and how wonderful it is. All is Lost may just be a simple story of a man lost at sea, but the themes and metaphors and visual details hidden within are full of such depth it's truly spectacular and riveting to think about further. »
- Alex Billington
Watch: Racing Drama 'Rush' with Chris Hemsworth Gets a New Trailer
23 May 2013 9:18 AM, PDT
Since Universal is sending the high speed action bonanza Fast & Furious 6 into theaters this weekend, it's the perfect time to tout their racing drama Rush from director Ron Howard and starring Chris Hemsworth. Set in the world of Formula 1 racing, the period drama follows two rival F1 drivers and the crash that nearly took the life of driver Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl) in his rivalry with driver James Hunt (Hemsworth). It looks like a pretty stylish drama, and something a little different for Howard as a director. The trailer might sell the sizzle a bit more just for the Fast & Furious franchise audience, but it looks good. Here's the new trailer for Ron Howard's Rush, originally from Apple: Director Ron Howard's (Frost/Nixon, Cinderella Man, A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, Willow) Rush, from a screenplay written by Peter Morgan (The Last King of Scotland, The Queen, Frost/Nixon, »
- Ethan Anderton
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