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‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ – What Did You Think?
17 May 2013 5:25 PM, PDT
It’s in theaters now, and all the secrets are out in the open. Star Trek Into Darkness, the second Trek film from J.J. Abrams, has been locked (mostly) in the producer/director’s “mystery box” for over a year. For hardcore fans, at least, the secrecy around the precise nature of the character played by Benedict Cumberbatch has been [...] »
- Russ Fischer
Summit Re-ups Writers for ‘Red 3′
17 May 2013 3:26 PM, PDT
Briefly: We haven’t even seen Red 2, but Summit is confident enough in the film that writers Jon and Erich Hoeber have been signed to write a third. The brothers wrote the first two films, so they’re as familiar as it is possible to be with the material. Not a bad outcome for the original film based on [...] »
- Russ Fischer
‘Ain’t Them Bodies Saints’ Teaser Poster Debut
17 May 2013 9:00 AM, PDT
David Lowery‘s film Ain’t Them Bodies Saints was one of the best films of this year’s Sundance Film Festival. IFC will bring it to theaters in August, and the film is screening in Cannes this weekend. Along with that screening we’ve got a new teaser poster for the film, painted by the director’s brother. The [...] »
- Russ Fischer
See How the ‘Iron Man 3′ Mansion Attack Was Created Long Before Filming Began
16 May 2013 5:17 PM, PDT
Federico D’Alessandro has one of the coolest jobs in the world. He’s the Head Storyboard Artist/Animatics Supervisor at Marvel Studios, meaning he gets to conceptualize all your favorite Marvel Movies from the earliest point in the process. (You might also remember him from this Halloween pitch reel.) With Iron Man 3 now in theaters, D’Alessandro has shared [...] »
- Germain Lussier
‘Fast and Furious’ Franchise to Be Spoofed in ‘Superfast!’
16 May 2013 11:30 AM, PDT
The great thing about the sixth Fast and Furious movie is it doesn’t take itself too seriously. In a way, it’s almost a big-budget spoof of the rest of the franchise, giving fans a bare bones plot filled with the action and excitement they crave. Leave it to the filmmakers behind Date Movie, Epic Movie, Disaster Movie, Vampires [...] »
- Germain Lussier
Brad Bird Still Thinking About ‘Incredibles 2;’ Was Asked to Helm ‘Star Wars Episode VII’
16 May 2013 9:15 AM, PDT
With each and every movie he releases, Brad Bird raises his own bar. He went from small amazing animation in The Iron Giant, to big amazing animation in The Incredibles. That was followed by transcendent animation in Ratatouille, then live action blockbuster in Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol. That resume puts a ton of pressure on the director not only for [...] »
- Germain Lussier
Chris Pine, Amanda Seyfried and Chiwetel Ejiofor Cast in Sci-Fi Adaptation ‘Z For Zachariah’
16 May 2013 8:00 AM, PDT
In a post-apocalyptic world, one girl believes she’s the last human alive. Then she sees some smoke on the horizon, and a man appears. She and the man fall in love, assuming they’re all that’s left. Then another man emerges. That’s the plot of Robert C. O’Brien‘s ’70s sci-fi novel, Z For Zachariah, which is [...] »
- Germain Lussier
Chris Pine and Jake Gyllenhaal Will Be Singing Princes in ‘Into The Woods’
15 May 2013 7:00 AM, PDT
Director Rob Marshall has just cast two princes for his Disney musical Into The Woods. Star Trek‘s Chris Pine and Brokeback Mountain‘s Jake Gyllenhaal are in talks to join an increasingly star-studded cast set for the fairy-tale blending musical. Meryl Streep and Johnny Depp are already attached as the film’s main witch and a sultry wolf, while Pine and Gyllenhall would be Cinderella and [...] »
- Germain Lussier
/Filmcast Ep. 227 – The Great Gatsby (Guest: Joanna Robinson from Pajiba)
14 May 2013 10:55 PM, PDT
Dave, Devindra, and Joanna from Pajiba discuss the brilliance of Upstream Color, the unevenness of Baz Luhrmann’s filmography, and how The Mindy Project found its groove. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(At)gmail(Dot)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Download or Play Now in your Browser: Subscribe to the /Filmcast: Shownotes What We’ve Been Watching [...] »
- David Chen
A Cast of Kings S3E07 – The Bear and the Maiden Fair
14 May 2013 8:02 AM, PDT
Joanna and Dave discuss the seventh episode of season 3 of Game of Thrones, “The Bear and the Maiden Fair.” Thanks to our sponsor for this week, Adam Borden. E-mail us and let us know what you thought of the episode, as well as of the podcast, at acastofkings@gmail.com. You can find every episode of the show at gameofthronespodcast.com. If [...] »
- David Chen
NBC TV Trailers: ‘The Michael J. Fox Show’, ‘Dracula’, James Spader’s ‘The Blacklist’, and More
14 May 2013 7:00 AM, PDT
As last fall’s new shows head to their season finales, the broadcast networks are readying a new crop of shows for this fall. NBC has unveiled first looks for several of theirs. Among them are the obviously-titled The Michael J. Fox Show; Sean Saves the World from Better Off Ted creator Victor Fresco; and the James Spader-starring The [...] »
- Angie Han
Get Five Limited Bernie Wrightson ‘Frankenstein’ Posters
13 May 2013 10:00 AM, PDT
Monster fans, comic fans and art fans are likely familar with the name Bernie Wrightson. If you aren’t, here’s the skinny. Wrightson is an award-winning illustrator well-known for his work on comics like House of Secrets and Swamp Thing. Yet the thing for which he’s best known may be Frankenstein. In the Eighties, Wrightson created Bernie Wrightson’s [...] »
- Germain Lussier
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