David Cronenberg Explores The Early Days Of Surgery With TV Series ‘Knifeman’ David Cronenbergis about to do the first television work he has done in some time. The director did a lot of work for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in his early days, and he even directed episodes of some Canadian-shot shows that you might not associate with his particular brand of cinema. (Ever seenhis episodeof the tepid late ’80s showFriday the 13th: The Series?...

Detroit Will Get A Robocop Statue Sometimes the internet is a pretty cool thing. It was just last week that someone suggested to the mayor of Detroit that the citybuild a statueof Robocop. He declined, but there was such response to the idea that other peoplepicked up the idea.The Imagination Stationoffered a place for the statue, and aKickstarter campaignwas created to collect donations to cast a big metal Robocop. The financial goal?...

Directors: ‘Warrior’ Director Goes To Japan With ‘Yakuza,’ Antoine Fuqua Heads To ‘Chicagoland’ With Cannes around the corner, new film projects are cropping up, and deals are being signed. As Germain mentioned earlier we’ll see a lot of indie projects cropping up in the next couple weeks, but there are also studio projects moving forward. For instance,Antoine Fuquahas added another project to his slate.Chicagoland, written byPeter Morgan, now has the director attached at New Line....

Disneyland Ride Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin Is Getting An Overhaul The last few years for the Disney theme parks have been full of change, which is to be expected and embraced. Some of those changes have focused on updating current attractions to become more culturally relevant. In some cases, as with Pirates of the Caribbean, it means revising show scenes to eliminate unpleasant stereotypes. In others, as with the forthcoming update to Splash Mountain, it means updating a ride from stem to stern....

Emma Stone Cast As Gwen Stacy In ‘Spider-Man’ Sony/Columbia Pictures has finally confirmed news that hasbeen rumored for a couple weeks now, andreported as an offer over the weekend—Superbad, The House Bunny, andZombielandstarEmma Stonehas been cast as the female lead inSpider-Man. But we do have a bit of a shocker — she is not playing the rumored Mary Jane Watson, but instead will play Gwen Stacy! Director Marc Webb gives a quote: “The chemistry between Andrew and Emma was stunning and made Emma the clear choice....

Ethan Anderton’s 10 Most Anticipated Movies Of 2016 Now that 2015 is over, we’re in a bit of a dead zone for movies with a lot of junk being dumped in January. Usually this period of disappointing options on the big screen lasts through February and into March, but for me, next month brings three of my 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2016. But what about the rest of the year?...

Hero Complex Gallery Teases New Star Trek: 50 Artists 50 Years Gallery Show Art It’s a good year to be aStar Trekfan…and if you’re not aStar Trekfan, it’s good year to start. It seems like everyone is celebrating the franchise’s 50th anniversary in style:Star Trek Beyondis in theaters this weekend, Bryan Fuller is busy developing a new TV show for an early 2017 bow, and anyone with a drop of creative juice in their system is paying tribute to the greatest science series of all time....

Hulk Hogan Biopic Will See Chris Hemsworth Step Into The Ring For Director Todd Phillips Todd Phillipsis jumping from theJokerto the Hulkster. The filmmaker is set to direct aHulk Hoganbiopic for Netflix, and he’s taggedChris Hemsworthto play the part. I don’t think any of us thought we’d see the day where Chris Hemsworth starred as Hulk Hogan in a Netflix movie, but hey, the 21st century is weird as hell.THRbroke the news about Chris Hemsworth starring in Todd Phillips' Hulk Hogan biopic....

In A Cruel Twist Of Fate, ‘The Last Blockbuster’ Documentary Is Coming To Netflix After hitting the film festival circuit and getting an online release late last year, the documentaryThe Last Blockbusteris making one more stop that couldn’t be more ironic. In just a few days, Netflix will be streaming the film about the last standing Blockbuster Video store in Bend, Oregon. Why is this ironic? Because Blockbuster had a chance to buy Netflix before the DVD mailing company and eventual streaming service ended up burying them....

James Gunn Says One Big ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Easter Egg Remains Hidden James Gunnis departing for Atlanta to makeGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, but we won’t see that film until May 2017. That’s almost two years of casting announcements, rumors, and plot reveals before we see that film. Obsessive Guardians fans shouldn’t worry, though, because there’s still something in the first movie that no one has discovered yet. In response to a fan question aboutGuardians of the Galaxyeaster eggs, Gunn says that one of them — maybe the biggest one — still hasn’t been found....

John August To Write Monsterpocalypse For Tim Burton? Last month, it was reported thatTim Burtonhad become attached as a creative consultant, producer and possibly director of the Disney/Dreamworks film based onMonsterpocalypse, a board game Russ described as “part strategy, partKaiju Big Battel, and partRampage!, all played out with miniatures on a tabletop.” NowHeatVisionreports thatJohn Augustis in negotiations to pen the feature adaptation, which might further confirm Burton’s possible involvement as director....

Lawrence and Jonathan Kasdan On Writing Han Solo’s Origin And Figuring Out The Kessel Run [Interview] A couple weeks ago, I sat down with screenwritersLawrence KasdanandJonathan Kasdanto talk aboutSolo: A Star Wars Story. I learned how this movie started as a germ of an idea from George Lucas and we talked about how some of the deeper cut references and easter eggs were developed, their approach to these characters, and how they came to design the infamous Kessel Run....

Mark Hamill Hoped To Play An Evil Luke Skywalker Twin In ‘Star Wars’ Sequels Back in May, there were a slew of new revelations aboutStar Wars: The Last Jedi, thanks to Vanity Fair’s extensive cover story on the sci-fi sequel from directorRian Johnson. One of the more intriguing pieces of information came fromMark Hamill, who revealedthat he fundamentally disagreedwith every decision the filmmaker made for his character Luke Skywalker, but he took on his job as an actor to bring Johnson’s vision to life without any further debate....