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See A Live-Orchestrated ‘Punch-Drunk Love’ This March AlthoughPaul Thomas Andersonmainly works with Radiohead guitaristJohnny Greenwoodnowadays, the director collaborated many times withJon Brionin the first half of his career. Arguably their finest work together is the bittersweet music found in Anderson’s fourth film,Punch-Drunk Love– one of the finest love stories of the 21st century. A slightly new version of the film has been made, which, depending on your location, you can see in March of next year....

Sequel To Behind The Mask: The Rise Of Leslie Vernon Taking Shape AnIcons of Frightinterview withDavid J. Stieve, co-writer ofBehind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernonhas revealed that there has recently been some renewed interest in, and therefore some hard work done on, a potential sequel. The first film was a fun, snappy mockumentary about a movie-style slasher letting slip some of the secrets of his trade that definitely deserves its ongoing long tail of DVD revenue....

Sheldon Turner Hired To Write ‘Big Tuna’ For Michael Mann Michael Mannis working on the HBO seriesLuck, but he still hasquite a few feature irons in the fire. There’sAgincourt, based on Bernard Cromwell’s novel about a man who becomes and archer under Henry V and fights in the Battle of Agincourt. He’s got a possible biopic of war photographer Robert Capa as well, though we haven’t heard any movement on that in a while....

Superhero Bits: DC Universe Gets Over 2,700 New Comics, ‘Arrow’ Spin-Offs Could Be Coming & More How many new comics were added toDC Universethis week? What big superhero movie didCaptain Marvelpass at the global box office? Want a closer look atHawkeye’s newRonincostume inAvengers: Endgame? Want a new look atMorbius the Living Vampire? Has anyone guess the ending ofAvengers: Endgameyet? Could there be anArrowspin-off series after the show comes to an end?...

The 10 Scariest Scenes From The Alien Franchise Ridley Scott’s “Alien” is a profound, seminal piece of science fiction and horror. In space, no one can truly hear you scream (per the first movie’s official tagline), though just because it’s unheard, it doesn’t mean it’s not there. With a profound scope, unmatched awe, gorgeous visuals, and bonafide body horror, the series is operatic, high-concept horror — basically, ahaunted house series set in space....

The 13 Best Game Of Thrones Characters Who Weren’t In The Show Adapting a book for television is a tricky business, especially when you’re dealing with source material that encompassesseveral novels that aren’t complete yet. There is always going to be controversy over which characters get left out. George R. R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire,” adapted into HBO’s mega-hit “Game of Thrones,” has several point-of-view characters and literally hundreds of supporting characters, so it was inevitable that the story would have to be truncated by the showrunners, David Benioff and D....

The 14 Best Moments In Ghostbusters: Afterlife Thefunniest Twitter thread of the yearwasn’t just a merciless evisceration of how every blockbuster movie trailer feels the same — it was a specific evisceration of “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” which has been sold to audiences as the “serious” counterpoint to 2016’s “Ghostbusters: Answer the Call.” And while watching Ghostbusters discourse becomea haven for sexist trollshas been nothing short of head-spinning, there’s zero question that the movies themselves get caught in the crossfire....

The New ‘Ghostbusters’ Villain Looks Awfully Familiar Aside from a few stills here and there, Sony still hasn’t revealed a whole lot about its upcomingGhostbustersreboot. We know it’ll be directed byPaul Feigand starKristen Wiig,Melissa McCarthy,Leslie JonesandKristen Wiigas the new fab four, but we won’t actually get our first good look at the new ‘busters in action until next month, when the first trailer finally drops. As happens so often, though, Sony’s commitment to secrecy has been undermined by its desire to sell some toys....

The Real Story Behind ‘Anchorman 2’ Finally Getting Green Lit; Summer 2014 Release Date Possible For years, directorAdam McKayand starWill Ferrellhad saidParamount wasn’t interestedin making a sequel to their cult 2004 hitAnchormanand fans hadall but given up hope. Then, a few weeks ago, Ron Burgundy showed upseemingly out of nowhereand announcedAnchorman 2was finally happening. After the initial shock and excitement subsided the questions turned to logistics. Who would return and what changed behind the scenes?...

The Wackness: Nine Photos Cinematicalhas premiered two new images from Jonathan Levine’sThe Wackness, one of our favorite films os 2008 so far. Which reminded me that we’ve never posted the production photos which were released at the Sundance Film Festival. you may check out those photos after the jump. The Wackness won the audience award at the Sundance Film Festival, and was quickly snapped up by Sony Pictures Classics who plan to release the film in New York and Los Angeles on July 3rd (I’ve seen the tagline “The 4th of July is gonna be WACK”, which just goes to show you how lame SPC’s marketing department is)....

Theme Park Bits: Harry Potter Closings, New ‘Lion King’ Stage Show And Disney Explorers One park expands, another closes, and there’s some cool hotel business going on. All in another edition of Theme Park Bits. Below, read about the following: A new Disney themed hotel is opening at Hong Kong Disneyland and it’s called the Disney Explorers' Lodge. Great name and it looks super cool. Head toDisney and Moreto see a ton of photos....

Tom Cruise And Doug Liman Reunion ‘Mena’ Set For January 2017 We’ve got a set of new release dates from Universal and Warner Bros. The new collaboration betweenEdge of TomorrowdirectorDoug Limanand starTom Cruisehas been set for January 2017 by Universal, and Warner Bros. has given dates to theKey & PeelefilmKeanu, and the remake ofGoing in Style. First up,Deadlinereports the two Warner Bros. dates.Keanu, which starsKeegan-Michael KeyandJordan Peele, will open on August 26, 2025....

Tom Rothman Is The New Head Of Sony Motion Picture Group FollowingAmy Pascalstepping down as co-chair of Sony Pictures Entertainment (or being fired, as she said in one appearance) the studio has chosen a new head of its Motion Picture Group, and it will beTom Rothman, formerly of Fox, and currently of TriStar Productions. Varietyreports. Word is that Rothman’s tendency towards frugal budgets may have contributed to landing the job over other candidates such as Columbia Pictures president Doug Belgrad and Steve Mosko, president of Sony Pictures Television....