Tom Hanks May Join Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘Sleeping Dogs’ Kathryn Bigelow, who won the Best Director Oscar for her work onThe Hurt Locker, which also won Best Picture, is working again with herHurt Lockerco-writer (and, ahem, Oscar winner)Mark BoalonSleeping Dogs. The film has been taking some time to come together, but now has one very high-profile actor linked to a big role.Tom Hanksis said to be quite interested in the picture.THRandDeadlinedropped simultaneous ‘exclusives’ about the possible casting, with each noting that Hanks hasn’t actually signed on, but is “looking seriously at one of the pic’s lead roles,” according to Deadline....

Two More ‘Pacific Rim’ Blueprints Illustrate The Guts Of Guillermo Del Toro’s Giant Robots [Updated With Two More] Want to build a giant robot?Guillermo del Torois giving you the plans. His moviePacific Rimis starting to make itself known online by releasing small marketing materials including a test of a warning system meant to alert us to giant monster attack, anda low-res news montage of just such an attack. The best defense against giant monsters is giant robots, and yesterday’s barrage of material included a blueprint for one of the film’s Jaegers — that being the military name for the giant monster-fightin' machines....

VOTD: Monsters Director Gareth Edwards' Attila The Hun Since screening the film at Cannes, we’ve been hypingGareth Edwards’new low budget monster movieMonsters. Hollywood is already going nuts over the filmmaker, who supposedly made the film for a fraction of a million dollars (maybe even as little as $15,000), and some are touting him as the nextNeill Blomkamp. Yesterdaywe posted a featuretteshowing how directorGareth Edwardswas able to achieve what he did with Monsters on such a low budget....

Watch A One Minute Preview Of The ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Trailer [UPDATED] Update from Editor Peter Sciretta:Entertainment Tonight aired a one minute preview of the trailer forCaptain America: The Winter Soldier. You can watch it embedded after the jump, with the full trailer set to premiere in the morning (sans annoying ET voice over). via:reddit Original story follows Thursday brings the first trailer forCaptain America: The Winter Soldier, the third film of Marvel’s Phase 2, directed byJoe and Anthony Russo....

Why The Specific Survivors Of ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Are Important To ‘Avengers 4’ Avengers: Infinity Warleft fans wondering where the Marvel Cinematic Universe could go next, especially given the high body count. But the survivors at the end of the film could give you a hint. Marvel Studios chiefKevin Feigerevealed what theInfinity Warsurvivors could mean forAvengers 4.Major spoilers forAvengers: Infinity Warfollow.After Thanos' snap heard around the world, half the universe vanished....

Will Smith And Jay Z Teaming Up For Emmett Till Miniseries On HBO The former Fresh Prince of Bel Air is getting back into the TV biz — albeit as a producer, not a star.Will SmithandJay Zare teaming up to executive produce an untitled HBO miniseries aboutEmmett Till, the young black victim of one of the most notorious hate crimes in American history. Get all the details about the Will Smith Emmett Till project after the jump....

Zack Snyder Currently Writing Script For 300 Prequel ‘Xerxes’ Ever since wefirst heardthatFrank Millerwas working on a300sequel, an immediate question arose: WouldZack Snyderbe adapting it as a movie? After Snyderconfirmedthat he was definitely interested in the project, the question then became: When the hell is Frank Miller gonna get this thing done? It’s taken three years, butXerxeshas officially started its development from graphic novel to film. Despite the book not yet having a release date (it should be available in the next few months), Zack Snyder has already started writing the screenplay for the film adaptation, along with his300collaboratorKurt Johnstad....

Zhang Yimou Remaking The Coen Bothers' Blood Simple? Varietyhave announced a new project fromZhang Yimou, director ofHeroandHouse of Flying Daggers. They call itAmazing Tales – Three Gunsand describe it as having two separate parts, one a thriller and the other a comedy. It’s hard to not suspect this is the result of a bad translation and simply, the film is to be a comedy-thriller or, as we might say, one part comedy, one part thriller, just mixed parts....

‘Answers To Nothing’ Trailer – Presenting Dane Cook, Serious Actor There comes a moment in many a comedy star’s life when he decides it’s time to try his luck with dramatic acting. Apparently, that point is now for comedian/actorDane Cook. Though he’s made his name with mediocre comedies likeGood Luck ChuckandEmployee of the Month, Cook took on a more dramatic part in 2007’sDan in Real Life, and now he’s doing his darkest turn yet inAnswers to Nothing....

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Director Joe Russo Sheds Light On Thanos And His Black Order Henchmen You can’t talk aboutAvengers: Infinity War—and its exciting, exclusive first footage shown to the folks at the D23 Expo and this weekend’s San Diego Comic Con— without going into its Big Bad,Thanos. The purple galactic warlord has sown death and destruction across the universe, though, apart from a brief role inGuardians of the Galaxy, it’s been mostly offscreen....

‘Joker’ Featurette: Go Behind-The-Scenes With This 22-Minute Look At The Making Of The Film Hey, rememberJoker? It seemed like such a huge deal last year, and it eventually wonJoaquin Phoenixan Oscar. But the dark, violent film fromTodd Phillipskind of feels like yesterday’s news at the moment – especially with everything else going on right now. Despite this – or perhaps because of it – Warner Bros. just released a nearly 30-minute behind-the-scenes featurette for the film online....

‘Jurassic World’ Trailer: Chris Pratt Rides With The Raptors The park has opened early. Despite a countdown promising the trailer on Thanksgiving, the firstJurassic Worldtrailer is now online. Watch it below, and check out some new photos. Here’s theJurassic Worldtrailer viaUniversal: Jurassic World trailer And here are some new photos: I mean – lots and lots to process here. First of all, Chris Pratt rides with the raptors at the end of the this trailer in a really, really awesome moment....

‘Stranger Things 3’ Trailer Breakdown: It’s Time To Fight Back Netflix released anew trailerforStranger Things 3last night, so it’s time to head back to Hawkins and take a closer look. While the show has so far been heavily inspired by pop culture properties of the ’80s, it seems as if creators/showrunnersMattandRoss Dufferare taking a metaphorical step into the next decade with this season by referencing several pop culture touchstones of the 1990s, includingJurassic ParkandThe Rock....