Weekend Weirdness: The Birdemic Craze Continues It’s a crazy, mixed up world and we are thankful for moviesthat offer proof. Slashfilm’sWeekend Weirdnessexamines such flicks, whether in the form of a new trailer for a provocative indie, a mini review or an interview. Man, how about theBirdemiccraze that rollicked across the internet last week and continues to tremor in comedy-nerd circles? IfVICEmagazine had not interviewed the film’s “auteur” at length recently—a mysterious Silicon Valley grunt namedJames Nguyen—I would have called bullshit on the movie as a viral attempt to recreate the organic magic of Tommy Wiseau’sThe Room....

Zhao Wei To Play Mulan In Live Action Movie Another big screen adaptation of the Hua Mulan story is coming, and director Jingle Ma has cast Zhao Wei, aka Vicky Zhao, in the title role.Twitchdirected me to the original story atCriEnglish. Zhao is not only an actress but also a pop singer, as appears to be the norm in Asia. In essence, the story tells of a young girl who disguises herself as a boy in order to take her ailing father’s place in the army....

‘50 Shades Of Grey’ Trailer: Your First Tease Of Christian Grey And Anastasia Steele It’s a big day for fans of the popular book50 Shades of Grey. The trailer for the film, directed bySam Taylor-Johnson, is now online. Finally, fans can see the erotic romance in live action, starringJamie Dornanas Christian Grey andDakota JohnsonasAnastasia Steele. Check out the first50 Shades of Greytrailer, along with some new stills, below. Here it is....

‘American Hustle’, ‘Wolf Of Wall Street’, ‘Lone Survivor’ Nominated For WGA Awards Following SAG and the PGA, the Writers Guild of America has just unveiled its list of nominees for the 2014 nominees. For anyone who’s been watching the awards race, the list won’t contain many surprises. The WGA likesAmerican HustleandDallas Buyers Clubjust as much as everyone else does. Additionally, several of the most notable absences can be chalked up to disqualifications....

‘Bride Of Frankenstein’ Writer Shuffles Forward With ‘Spider-Man’ Writer David Koepp Universal’sBride of Frankensteinreboot is slowly but surely making its way down the aisle.Spider-ManandJurassic ParkwriterDavid Koepphas just been set to direct the new movie, which the studio is still hopingAngelina Joliewill direct and star in. Learn more about the newBride of Frankensteinwriter after the jump. Last month we heard Jolie had their eye on Jolie for the project, and todayVarietyconfirms the studio wants her to both direct and star....

‘Firefly Lane’ Series Coming From Netflix, Based On The Novel Here’s something we haven’t seen before: an original series from Netflix! The streaming service, in its never-ending quest to have all the shows all the time, will adaptKristin Hannah’s novelFirefly Laneinto a 10-episode series. The story follows two women who become inseparable friends over the course of 30 years. This will be Netflix’s 500,000,000,000th original series (I might be off by a few digits, but that sounds right)....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Showrunners Get Honest About The Awful Pilot They Had To Reshoot Game of Thronesis one of those great, unlikely Hollywood success stories. ShowrunnersDavid BenioffandDan Weisstook a complicated series of fantasy novels and, under the care of HBO, crafted a cultural phenomenon. At its best,Game of Thronesmakes incorporating dense, compelling characters, and a wide scope into a single package look easy. But making anything this ambitious is never easy....

‘It Chapter 2’ Trailer Arrival Teased By Viral Marketing (And Balloons) Our patience is about to be rewarded: theIt Chapter 2trailer is dropping this week. The long-awaited return of Pennywise and the Losers' Club got some simple yet clever viral marketing, as the cast of the upcoming horror sequel took to Instagram to share some seemingly innocuous photos featuring hidden (and not-so-hidden) red balloons. I’m not a very patient person, so I’ve been going a bit crazy waiting for theIt Chapter 2trailer....

‘Monster’ Director And Star On Bringing The Classic Novel To Life [Sundance Interview] Originally published in 1999, Walter Dean Myers’s novelMonsterhas been a favorite among young-adult readers, using both a third-person screenplay device and first-person diary format to tell the story of honors student Steve Harmon, a black teenager with dreams of becoming a filmmaker, who is arrested and tried for felony murder in New York City after a bodega robbery goes wrong and the owner is killed....

‘Never Have I Ever’ Trailer: Mindy Kaling’s Netflix Comedy Is Full Of “Steamy Teen Romance” Never have we ever seen a Netflix teen comedy so full of thatMindy Kalingbrand of cringe comedy. Netflix has released the officialNever Have I Evertrailer for the comedy series created by Kaling and based on the actress/writer’s childhood growing up in suburban Massachusetts. NewcomerMaitreyi Ramakrishnanshines as Devi, a fictionalized version of Kaling who is just as horny as the real-life actress....

‘Patriots Day’ Poster: Mark Wahlberg’s Boston Marathon Bombing Drama Independence Day has come and gone, but CBS Films knows patriotism is a year-round ideal. The studio has released the first teaser poster forPatriots Day,Peter Berg’s upcoming drama about the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.Mark Wahlbergstars as Boston police sergeant Tommy Saunders, who sets out on a race to find the bombers before they can attack again.John Goodman,Kevin Bacon,J.K. Simmons, andMichelle Monaghanalso star....

‘Rampage’ First Look Is Here, Trailer Coming On Thursday [Updated] Update:The first poster forRampagehas arrived and we’ve added it to the post below. Looking at a new photo ofDwayne Johnsonstanding in the rubble of a destroyed city, you’d be forgiven for thinking he’s on the set ofSan Andreas 2, the planned sequel to his earthquake disaster movie from 2015. But these new images are actually our first look atRampage, a movie adaptation of the 1986 video game which – perhaps not coincidentally – reunites Johnson withSan AndreasdirectorBrad Peyton....

‘Sammy Davis, Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me’ Trailer: An American Icon Gets His First Major Documentary Sammy Davis Jr.has is an essential member of the Rat Pack and an icon of American culture, but his contributions to pop culture have remained mostly unsung. A new documentary from PBS as part of their “American Masters” series gives the spotlight to Sammy Davis Jr., in the aptly titledSammy Davis Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me....