Casting Notes: Tim Robbins And James Gandolfini In Cinema Verite; Toni Collette In Mental; Jamie Foxx And More In Horrible Bosses What is it with HBO and dramatic recreations of classic documentaries? Last year there wasGrey Gardens, and now the network is lining upCinema Verite, which will be a dramatized behind the scenes take on the 1973 PBS docAn American Family. The original series was a big deal; it frankly portrayed family troubles for the first time on television, and one of the family sons was the first openly gay character/personality on American television....

Cool Stuff: Hasbro Reveals New ‘Star Wars’ Black Series Figures, An Innovative Lightsaber Prototype & More It wouldn’t beStar Wars Celebrationif we didn’t find out about a bunch of new toys coming to us from a galaxy far, far away. The Hasbro panel unveiled the next line of the popularStar WarsBlack Seriesfigures that will be available in the new Archive line, as well as some figures you’ll only be able to get atStar Wars: Galaxy’s Edge....

Cool Stuff: This Is The New Home Alone LEGO Set Of The McCallister House, You Have To Defend It It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Well, not yet. We haven’t even gotten past Halloween. But that’s not stopping LEGO from unveiling a fantastic Christmas gift for fans of the holiday classic “Home Alone.” Straight from the LEGO Ideas community of fan designers, LEGO is releasing a “Home Alone” LEGO set of the McCallister house, complete with all the traps and tricks that Kevin McCallister sets for the Wet Bandits....

Diablo Cody Penning A New Spin On The Taming Of The Shrew How long have I been here at /Film, remind me? About 25 hours I think, and already I’m onto mysecondDiablo Codystory. Dangerous stuff for a man once told by his wife that he “isn’t allowed” to get a crush on theJunoscribe. This one comes from a mildly confusing Varietyreporton Mr. Steven Spielberg digging deep in his own pockets and paying from his personal funds to keep the rights of 17 in-development films under the Dreamworks umbrella....

Disney’s ‘Descendants’ Trailer: Disney’s Villains Send Their Kids To Prep School Last year,Maleficentgave us the untold story of one of Disney’s most iconic villains. This year,Descendantsoffers the untold story of Maleficent’s bratty teenage daughter Mal — as well as the kids of Jafar, the Evil Queen, and Cruella de Vil. In the Disney Channel original movie, Mal (Dove Cameron), Jafar’s son Jay (Booboo Stewart), Cruella de Vil’s son Carlos (Cameron Boyce), and the Evil Queen’s daughter Evie (Sofia Carson) are sent to prep school to mingle with the children of other, less villainous Disney characters....

Finch Trailer: Tom Hanks, An Android, And A Dog Journey Through The Future Let’s see if you can answer a quick trivia question. Over the course of his forty-plus-year career, beloved actor Tom Hanks has only appeared in two science fiction films. Can you name both of them without looking them up? You can probably think of one of them relatively quickly: Hanks appeared in Lana Wachowski’s ambitious 2012 adaptation of “Cloud Atlas....

Gears Of War Movie Falls Back Into Development Heck In March 2007, New Line Cinemaannouncedthey would be making a big screen adaptation of Microsoft’s popular video gameGears of War.CollateralandPirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black PearlscreenwriterStuart Beattiewas hired to pen a script after turning in a 21-page treatment. A few months laterLive Free or Die HardhelmerLen Wisemancame aboard the projectto direct. Wiseman worked on the script withWantedscribeChris Morganfor a year, beforemoving ontoBilly Ray(Breach, Shattered Glass)....

Here’s Where You Can Stream Or Buy Every Season Of Sherlock (Welcome toWhere to Watch, which provides a clear and simple answer to the question, “Hey, where can I watch this thing?") In order for a movie series or show to eventually become a victim of their own hype, they first need to steadily build up and justify that hype in the first place. That concept sounds simple enough, but rarely has that proven to be more true than with the BBC series “Sherlock....

It’s All Happening: ‘Almost Famous’ Might Be Getting A Broadway Musical Almost Famousis a favorite among pretty much the entire /Film staff. Maybe it’s because the story of a young journalist caught up in the hustle and bustle of rock and roll isn’t too dissimilar from our own lives as we cover the daily beat of movie and television news, sometimes trekking across the world to visit film sets, attend movie premieres and interview Hollywood’s biggest stars....

Jared Leto May Join ‘Suicide Squad’ As The Joker After the defining performance from Heath Ledger as the Joker inThe Dark Knight, it’s easy to understand why Warner Bros. and the team assembling DC Comics movies at the studio would be wary about writing a new Joker role for a new actor. But it is bound to happen — in fact, it appears to be happening, but not for the film you might assume....

Live Action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Reboot!? A couple months ago,mention of a live actionTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesfeature film was posted on the Playmate toys website, only to be quickly removed hours later. Fans wrote it off as a mistake, but as it turns out – it is true.Kevin Eastman, the co-creator of the Turtle franchise posted the following on theHeavy Metalforum: “Yes, it is true. Although the CGI film did well enough to warrant a sequel, there has been much talk between Imagi and Warners to do a better “re-invention” (newest Hollywood buzzword) of the TMNT’s, in a live action film–like what was done with Batman....

Michael Giacchino Signs On To Score ‘The Incredibles 2’ [Update With Video] Brad Birdhas made it official, and tweeted out a video showing his long time collaboratorMichael Giacchinosigning the contract to return to scoreThe Incredibles 2. Hit the jump to see that video.. Here is the tweet from The Incredibles 2 director Brad Bird: @m_giacchinosigns to do the music for INCREDIBLES 2.Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!pic.twitter.com/9Ipo2urPvD — Brad Bird (@BradBirdA113)July 25, 2025...

Mr. Robot Season 3 Trailer: “Democracy Is Coming To The USA” USA Network has unleashed the first trailer forMr. Robotseason 3, revealing a Fall premiere date for the series, and our first look atBobby Cannavale’s character Irving (seen above). Watch theMr. Robotseason 3 trailer below! Mr. Robot Season 3 Trailer The new trailer is tense, showing the aftermath of season 2. As you might recall, convinced that Tyrell was not real, Elliot tried to undo the firmware hack, but was shot by the very real Tyrell in the process....