Elizabeth Banks portrays the colorful, bubbly Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, just as she did in the first film. Her character served the purpose of getting Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) ready for the games in the first movie, but she will mature emotionally in the sequel. Read More »
Hunger Games: Catching Fire star Josh Hutcherson is currently preparing to host Saturday Night Live this weekend with musical guest Haim. A new promo video has been released to tease fans for the show. Read More »
Considering Christian Bale was the last actor to portray the DC Comics character Batman in the Dark Knight trilogy with director Christopher Nolan, it comes as no surprise that his recent round of interviews have been focused on the casting of Ben Affleck in the role. Currently making the rounds to promote his film Into the Furnace, Bale was asked about the Affleck casting and he explained that he gave the actor a little advice. Read More »
Martin Scorsese's newest film, The Wolf of Wall Street, stars Hollywood superstar Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort, a real-life scam artist that got rich off of unsuspecting people investing money in the stock market. Belfort wrote the memoir of the same name, which the movie is based on, but he is also a motivational speaker these days, too. Belfort also got DiCaprio to help promote the speaking seminars in a recently unearthed video. Read More »
After a little over a year of casting and plot rumors surrounding Star Wars Episode VII, we can finally share an officially confirmed character for the 2015 movie. Fan-favorite droid R2D2 will be appearing in the brand new film directed by J.J. Abrams! Not only will R2 be back, but also the new version of the character was actually built by two Star Wars fans for the Disney production. Read More »
The story of the West Memphis Three incident from back in 1993 is a widely known true tale that has been highly publicized and covered in the media and documentaries. So when talented director Atom Egoyan decided to take on the subject matter in the first scripted film about the murder, one considers the risks and uncomfortableness of such a project. But this week we're treated to our first look at this movie entitled Devil's Knot, starring Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon, Dane DeHaan, Mireille Enos, Bruce Greenwood, Elias Koteas, Stephen Moyer, and Amy Ryan. Read More »
It looks as though Winona Rider might be on board for the sequel Beetlejuice 2, the follow up of Tim Burton's pleasantly twisted 1988 comedy. Read More »
Patton Oswalt has been chosen to host the 29th annual Independent Spirit Awards, airing on IFC on March 1, 2014. The comedian joins a list of previous hosts including Andy Samberg, Seth Rogen and Eddie Izzard. Oswalt announced the news to his Twitter followers with a crude joke, but that's pretty much what expected from him. Read More »
Terrence Howard played Col. Rhodes, Tony Stark's best friend, in Iron Man. But Don Cheadle took over the role in Iron Man 2 and Iron Man 3, in which Rhodes became Iron Man's sidekick War Machine and, in the third film, Iron Patriot. In a recent television appearance, Howard all but named franchise star Robert Downey Jr. as the reason for his removal from the film series. Read More »
Many die-hard fans of Dumb and Dumber got a pleasantly unexpected surprise when both Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels agreed to take part in the sequel to the cult comedy film with Dumb and Dumber 2. The upcoming movie now has an official release date for Nov. 14, 2014, nearly 20 years after we were graced with the Farrelly brothers original. Read More »
After performing exceptionally well at the box office during its opening weekend, The Best Man Holiday is slated to get a sequel. Universal has decided to turn this Best Man franchise into a trilogy after the film's premiere weekend brought in an incredible haul of $30 million against the $17 million it took to make the film. Of course, the demand for another sequel is expected to lead to contract negotiations for the actors who have not yet signed on for another film. Read More »