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Hollywood needs more films like this right now, plain and simple.  In an age of sequels, prequels, remakes, and reboots, it’s refreshing to see a filmmaker bring out his own personal vision onscreen in a creative premise and exhilarating thrill ride of a story.
Writer-director Chris Nolan has admitted that he works with plot first and [...]

The cast for X-Men: First Class continues to grow as actor Kevin Bacon has signed on to play the film’s villain.  While the villain’s name has yet to be revealed, fans suspect that he will play Mr. Sinister, an English scientist who, from genetic mutant material, was transformed into a superhuman.
In the meantime, 19-year old [...]

This week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly features Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern on the cover.
Unlike many superhero suits, the Green Lantern suit is actually completely CGI and all spy photos of Reynolds on set show him in a motion capture suit rather than in skintight green spandex.  The CGI makes sense considering that the [...]

After the departure of Edward Norton, Marvel is looking for a new actor to fill his shoes and quickly.  According to Nikki Finke at Deadline Hollywood, Mark Ruffalo may be in early talks for the role.  The Los Angeles Times also states that rumored replacements have been Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody, Nathan Fillion, and David [...]

Brian Cox (X2) has been cast as the villain in the Planet of the Apes prequel, Rise of the Apes.  Cox’s character is described as “a cruel and abusive owner of a primate sanctuary.”
James Franco, John Lithgow, and Freida Pinto have been cast as humans whereas Andy Serkis has been cast to do the movements [...]

Predators gives you the story that you’d expect from the trailer.  If anything, there are more plot holes than plot twists in the film and there are some parts that can be predictable if you’re a fan of the franchise.  While Rodriguez’s 1996 draft had an interesting twist where the U.S. Army was in an [...]

In a shocking announcement over this weekend, Marvel announced that actor Edward Norton would no long be playing Bruce Banner/The Hulk in the upcoming Avengers film and continuing Hulk franchise.  While many fans, remembering that Samuel L. Jackson was close to never reprising his role as Nick Fury, believed that this was a hoax, the [...]

This Friday, Predators will be released in theaters, starring Adrien Brody and Laurence Fishburne, in which, as reverse of the first film, humans find themselves as visitors on the planet of the Predators.  A little known fact, however, is that screenwriter Robert Rodriguez actually wrote an early version of the film as far back as [...]

After our report a couple days ago about Taylor Lautner being rumored to be up for the part of Hank McCoy/Beast, news broke out that actor Nicholas Hoult will replace Benjamin Walker and play the younger version of Kelsey Grammer’s character from X-Men 3.  (This then prompted X-Men fans to sigh in relief).
Other reports came [...]

As a prequel to the upcoming Predators film, Dark Horse Comics released a prequel comic with two stories: Welcome to the Jungle, written by Marc Andreyko, and A Predatory Life, written by David Lapham.
Welcome to the Jungle follows Navy Seal Drake as he winds up stranded on the Predators’ planet.  His only hope of survival rests [...]