Fantasia Film Festival 2020 Announces First Wave Of Programming The Fantasia Film Festivalis going virtual this year, and the first wave of programming has just been revealed. As is usually the case with Fantasia, it’s wild and eclectic, offering plenty of surprises, genre offerings, and more.Neil Marshall’sThe Reckoningis set to open the fest, which will take place online from August 20 through August 13, 2025. While the fate of many of this year’s remaining film festivals remains up in the air, The Fantasia International Film, which traditionally is held in Montreal, Quebec, decided to be proactive and move online....

Fantastic Video Game Documentary ‘Indie Game: The Movie’ Will Be Released May 18 One ofthe year’s best documentarieshas just been awarded a release date, and thankfully it is right around the corner.Lisanne PajotandJames Swirsky’sIndie Game: The Moviewill open in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Phoenix on May 18, then expand to Seattle, Miami and across Canada in the following weeks. The film premiered atSundance 2012andI gave it a rave reviewat South by Southwest 2012....

First Footage From Hesher, I Love Sarah Jane Director Spencer Susser’s Feature Debut Last year, we featured a beautiful zombie short film titledI Love Sarah Jane. If you haven’t seen it yet,check it out right now. It was screened at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, and many regional film festivals around the world. And aside from being awesome, it is notable for featuring Mia Wasikowska, who has gone on to become Alice in Tim Burton’sAlice in Wonderland....

First Official Photo: David Gordon Green’s Your Highness Universal Pictures has released their 2010 movie preview, which included this first official photo fromDavid Gordon Green’sYour Highness, starringDanny McBride, James Franco, Natalie PortmanandZooey Deschanel. Check out the full photo after the jump, click to enlarge. Starring:Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Theroux, Toby JonesDirector:David Gordon GreenOfficial Plot Synopsis:Throughout history, tales of chivalry have burnished the legends of brave, handsome knights who rescue fair damsels, slay dragons and conquer evil....

Harrison Ford Pays Tribute To Sean Connery: “God, We Had Fun” Making ‘Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade’ Harrison Forddoes not strike me as a very sentimental guy, but he’s made a slight exception to honor hisIndiana Jones and the Last Crusadeco-starSean Connery, whodied this past weekendat the age of 90. Read the Harrison Ford Sean Connery tribute below. “He was my father…not in life…but in ‘Indy 3,'” Ford toldVarietythis week, in the wake of Connery’s death....

Hello Stranger: Everything We Know So Far “Selling Sunset” star Simu Liu(and I guess he was in a casual little indie flick called “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”) is jumping into a sci-fi thriller that sounds right in the vein of “Black Mirror” and maybe even “Ex Machina,” and we have all of the information you could ever want about it. And by “all” I mean “some,” but don’t worry, take my hand and with the power of Google we’ll figure out this whole “Hello Stranger” film thing together....

Jake Gyllenhaal Leading ‘Life’ With Ryan Reynolds And Rebecca Ferguson Mars is attracting white-hot stars.Rebecca Fergusonwas the first to sign onforDaniel Espinosa’s sci-fi thrillerLife, hot on the heels of her breakout role inMission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, andRyan Reynolds’casting was revealedjust days afterDeadpool’s record-breaking opening weekend. Now it’s suckedJake Gyllenhaalinto its orbit as well. Whatever else this movie has going for or against it, that cast alone makesLifeworth a look....

James Cameron Wants To Prove ‘Avatar’ Wasn’t A Fluke Avatarcame out six years ago. It doesn’t feel like it’s been that long, but that’s how long it’s been since directorJames Cameron’s 3D fantasy film made almost $3 billion dollars. you’re able to’t really dismiss a movie that made that much money as a fluke, but some wonder if the movie just hit at the right time. Is Pandora a world people really want to return to?...

JJ Abrams Says Ethan Haas Has “Nothing To Do With” Cloverfield On July 5th, in our continuing Cloverfield coverage, we wrote an article titled “Has Cloverfield Gone Viral?” In the article, we wondered if a viral game site EthanHaasWasRight.com was really related to JJ Abrams top secret monster film. I’m still unable to confirm that this website is related the Cloverfield, and I have my suspicions otherwise. The posting on the blogspot site were made over the past two days, and seem to suggest a Cloverfield link....

Joe Dante Could Have Directed A Batman Movie With John Lithgow As The Joker Tim Burton’sBatmanshook the pop culture landscape in some pretty profound ways when it first arrived back in 1989. Burton transformed into a go-to blockbuster guy. Michael Keaton proved himself to be more than just a comedian. Jack Nicholson became absurdly wealthy. And perhaps most importantly, millions of people around the world willingly paid hard-earned cash money to see a superhero movie, which wasn’t exactly a healthy genre at the time....

Juno Movie Sountrack Not only is Juno one of the best movies of the year, but it also has one of the best movie soundtracks of the last five years. It’s kind of like a Wes Anderson film in the way that it will expose you to a whole new compilation of music (and more specifically Kimya Dawson’s indie folk punk tunes). Yes, the music tends to skew to a younger audience, so if you’re over 40 this might not be your thing....

Justin Lin Signs For Two Films With Universal; Developing WWII Film And Spy Movie ‘Leading Man’ Justin Linis continuing his run with Universal. While the director began his career with the indieBetter Luck Tomorrow, but diverted throughAnnapolisand ended up making the last three films in theFast and the Furiousfranchise. Not a bad thing as far as financial stability goes, but it seems like the guy wants to do more. Sure, hedropped outof remakingHighlander, but that’s probably a good idea....

Kevin Feige On ‘Doctor Strange’s Pivotal Role In ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ It’s no surprise thatDoctor Strangeends with text on the screen announcing that “Doctor Strange will return” asKevin FeigeandBenedict Cumberbatchhavealready confirmedthat Steven Strange will join the likes of Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson inAvengers: Infinity War. And if you’ve seen theDoctor Strange credits scenes, then you probably have some guesses as to how the Sorcerer Supreme will be involved in Marvel Studios’ epic crossover event film....