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'Furious 8' has a director dilemma
No franchise is more important to Universal Pictures than "Fast & Furious," the car-racing series whose seventh installment grossed $1.5 billion worldwide this year. But the effort to mount an...
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THEN & NOW: The original 'Star Wars' cast 38 years later
The first movie installment of "Star Wars" premiered in 1977, and anticipation for each new sequel and prequel has snowballed ever since.Now, a seventh movie, "The Force Awakens" is being released —...
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10 never-before-seen creatures that will be in the next 'Star Wars' movie
"Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is just a few months away, but there's still a lot we don't know about the movie.Sure, we don't have an official plot synopsis, but we haven't even met all of the...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson explains why he's so excited for 'The Martian'
Neil deGrasse Tyson, host of StarTalk Radio, is a fan of scientifically accurate sci-fi movies. He recently stopped by our office to share his first impression of Ridley Scott's upcoming movie "The...
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Steven Spielberg may be about to ditch the DreamWorks name
Will two DreamWorks continue to exist? Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg soon must decide whether to extend a deal allowing Spielberg's DreamWorks Studios to use the name.Under a little-known...
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Scientology film 'Going Clear' just ran into a huge problem in Florida
When it debuted at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, Alex Gibney’s documentary "Going Clear" caused quite a ruckus. The subject the Academy Award-winner’s film is the Church of Scientology,...
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10 things you didn’t know about the background characters in the iconic 'Star...
In continuation of our on-going series, “Star Wars” Rewind, in which we look back on all of the movies from the saga leading up to “Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens” (out December 18), we’ve...
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People are up in arms over 'a borderline insulting' new movie about a...
Director Roland Emmerich is known best for making CGI-heavy disaster movies like "Independence Day,""The Day After Tomorrow," and "2012." So with "Stonewall" (opening Friday) the filmmaker delivers his...
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'Sicario' is a relentless, brutal look at the realities of the drug war
"Sicario" is as ugly and hopeless as the drug war itself. The film wastes no time getting to the nitty-gritty as it opens with Kate Macer (Emily Blunt) leading the charge on her own FBI kidnapping task...
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You won’t believe which movies are now being considered for remakes
Remakes are a cottage industry in Hollywood, at least for the time being. With nostalgia waves washing over audiences in increasing frequency, the market becomes more and more flooded with modern...
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Aaron Sorkin rips Apple's Tim Cook over 'Steve Jobs' critique: 'You’ve got a...
Aaron Sorkin has lashed out at Apple CEO Tim Cook's recent assertion that filmmakers were being "opportunistic" in making films about the late tech titan Steve Jobs. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter...
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Matt Damon was offered the 'Daredevil' role before it went to his pal Ben...
While promoting his new movie, "The Martian," Matt Damon revealed to The Daily News that he was offered the lead role of "Daredevil" before it went to his good buddy Ben Affleck. "That's the comic we...
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The fake spacesuits in 'The Martian' are almost as incredible as real ones
Astronauts, engineers, and fans have praised the "The Martian," a bestselling sci-fi novel, for its scientific accuracy. So if you're making an equally realistic film adaptation, your spacesuits had...
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The real story behind one of film's most valuable props
Few items of fictional clothing are more iconic and easily recognisable as the ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 classic, The Wizard of Oz.Thanks to a combination of human error, poor...
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt learned to walk the high wire for 'The Walk' from the...
During the press conference at the New York Film Festival for the premiere of his new film, "The Walk," Joseph Gordon-Levitt revealed that the high-wire artist he portrays in the movie, Philippe Petit,...
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Actor Andrew Garfield explains how he embedded himself in the housing market...
In “99 Homes” Andrew Garfield ("The Social Network,""The Amazing Spider-Man") plays Dennis Nash, a father living in Orlando who is evicted from his home in the midst of the 2010 housing market collapse...
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Adam Sandler's 'Hotel Transylvania 2' has a record-breaking weekend at the...
Talk about a rebound for Adam Sandler and Sony.The star and studio spent the end of the summer being the butt of many jokes as their film "Pixels" bombed at the box office.Now in the final weekend of...
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A filmmaker who was charged $1,500 for using the 'Happy Birthday' song just...
On Tuesday evening a federal judge ruled that the one of the world’s most popular songs is free of copyright.Since 1988, Warner/Chappell Music has held the copyright to the beloved song and reportedly...
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Here's why Robert Zemeckis would never convert his old movies to 3D
Don't hold your breath for "Back to the Future" in 3D anytime soon.Director Robert Zemeckis told a theater full of press on Saturday that he would never convert any of his old movies to 3D.The question...
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The director of 'Jurassic World' might have just revealed what the sequel is...
With “Jurassic World” now the third-highest grossing movie of all time with a $1.6 billion worldwide box office take, its director Colin Trevorrow is a hot commodity in Hollywood. Right now he’s taking...
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