Zod Threatens Fate of Your Planet


There's a new threat from General Zod in Man of Steel's final "Fate of Your Planet" trailer. Michael Shannon's Kryptonian baddie explains that he has "journeyed across an ocean of stars" to capture one his citizens that we are sheltering. Again, he gives Kal-El 24

Trailering New Lone Ranger


The latest action-packed trailer for The Lone Ranger (July 3), featuring the mother of all train sequences, still happily looks like Rango meets Pirates of the Caribbean (with echoes of The Wild Wild West and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid). "If these men represent

New Man of Steel Featurette


A new Man of Steel (June 14) featurette explores Zack Snyder's new post-9/11 vision of Superman. Playing off the alien angle for the first time Man of Steel first exposes the outsider in Clark Kent so we can be a part of his existential journey. Then once he becomes

Moonrise Kingdom Gets Animated

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Wes Anderson goes deeper into Moonrise Kingdom through an animated short that makes the snatched storybooks come alive when Suzy (Kara Hayward) and Sam (Jared Gilman) run into the woods, according to an EW article. Read more

Star Wars 1313 Offers New Convergence

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The new, more adult-themed Star Wars 1313 was demo’d this week at E3 and the bounty hunter shooter appears to offer a more compelling cinematic convergence, thanks to the first-time collaboration between LucasArts, ILM, Lucasfilm Animation and Skywalker Sound. Read more

Skyfall Videoblogs Costume Design

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007.com has posted the latest videoblog with costume designer Jany Temime, who discusses dressing Daniel Craig as 007 in Skyfall. Read more

Trailering Wreck-It Ralph

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Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph (Nov. 2) teaser trailer went online today and it looks like a sleeper.  It’s very inventive and yet nostalgic in its evocation of ’80s arcade video gamesRead more

LACMA Presents Bond Opening Credits Exhibition

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This weekend LACMA celebrates the 50th anniversary of 007 with …Is James Bond, the first exhibition featuring the complete opening credits from the current 22 Bond films produced by Eon Prods. Co-organized by LACMA and Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television (SFTV), the exhibition runs June 9-Sept. 9. Read more

Wright Talks For Greater Glory

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VFX vet Dean Wright discusses his directorial debut,  For Greater Glory, the historical drama about the infamous Cristero War over bloody religious persecution in Mexico during the 1920s, in my latest TOH/Indiewire column. Read more

Brave Clips Suitors

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Merida’s goofy suitors are highlighted in this clip that shows off the broad humor. Read more

Disney Delivers Game-Changing Paperman Short

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Disney’s top secret black and white Paperman animated short premieres Monday at Annecy. I haven’t seen the minimalist Manhattan chance encounter yet that blossoms from afar between a dreamer and a beauty through the power of drawings, (it bows locally later this month at the Los Angeles Film Festival), but I spoke last week with director John Kahrs and producer Kristina Reed. Read more

George Lucas Retiring; Names Kathleen Kennedy Lucasfilm Co-Chair

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Well, now it’s really hitting home that George Lucas intends on retiring from his empire with the naming today of Kathleen Kennedy as co-chair of Lucasfilm. Lucas will work with the seven-time Oscar-nominated producer during her transition. Lucas will become co-chairman of the board of Lucasfilm and continue as CEO. Micheline Chau will remain as president and COO of Lucasfilm, and continue to focus on the day-to-day operations of the business. Read more

Prometheus Clips Space Travel

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The latest Prometheus featurette discusses the ship. Screenwriter Damon Lindelof thought it would be cool if Prometheus was both the name of the movie and the ship: “Creation, defiance of the gods, the hubris of it all.” Read more