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Cool Stuff: Criterion Collection Announces Federico Fellini 15-Disc Box Set Packed With Special Features Federico Felliniis one of the greatest Italian filmmakers of all time. This year marks the late director’s 100th birthday, and in honor of his contribution to cinema,Criterion Collectionhas announced a 15-disc box set packed with 14 of his theatrical releases, a slew of documentaries about his life and work, feature commentaries, video essays, essays, and much more....

Cool Stuff: New Lord Of The Rings Poster Brings The Weary Journey Of Fellowship Of The Ring To Life Fly, you fools! Don’t waste any time heading over toBottleneck Gallery’s online shopto pick up this stunning new print for “Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,” the first chapter inPeter Jackson’s beloved adaptationof J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic fantasy trilogy. Artist Jake Kontou has assembled a weathered and worn piece of work that almost feels like it’s an old VHS cover that has been sitting in the front window of a video store for a little while....

David O. Russell May Direct Vince Vaughn In ‘Old St. Louis’ SeeingDavid O. Russellmove slightly away of the uncomfortable family dramas that defined his breakout period has been interesting, and I wonder if things might have been a lot different hadNailedbeen finished and released on time. Instead, he channeled his family concerns intoThe Fighter(which features Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg as sibling boxers) and has flirted with possible high-concept follow-ups likeUnchartedandPride and Prejudice and Zombies....

First Look: Fox’s Animated ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ Television Show Gosh! Now it’ll be super easy forNapoleon Dynamiteto get extra chap stick, tame a wild stallion or go off some sweet jumps because it’ll be drawn for him.Foxhas picked up a six-episode animated TV version of the 2004 cult film which launched the careers of directorJared Hessand starJon Heder. All the original cast members will be providing voices for the show which will be produced and written by Hess, his wifeJerusha HessandSimpsonsalumMike Scully....

Four People Watch ‘Buried’ While Actually Buried Doesn’t it feel likeBuriedshould be out by now? The filmpremiered at Sundancein January and we’ve been featuringpostersandtrailersfor the film seemingly every few weeks. Well, the time is finally here. The film, starringRyan Reynoldsand directed byRodrigo Cortés, opens in limited release this Friday, September 24 and will be having aGala ScreeningatFantastic Festin Austin, Texas the night before. In celebration of that, theAlamo Drafthouseand Fantastic Fest hostedBuried with BURIED: Rolling Roadshow of One....

Here’s When You’ll See Another ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Trailer J.J. Abrams, Lucasfilm and Disney didn’t have to give us a glimpse atStar Wars: The Force Awakensjust yet. The movie is still over a year away; no one would have blamed them if we didn’t see something until six months out from release. That’s always been the schedule. But they were kind, and gave us seven scenes to dissect and discuss after almost two years of wild speculation....

Home Video Bits: YouTube Adds Celebrity Channels, CW Signs With Hulu; Redbox Raises Prices, Will Unveil Streaming By Year-End Things are heating up in the streaming video space. All the major companies with a stake in digital content streaming are trying to find new revenue streams, and new ways to compete for audiences as Netflix voraciously increases the amount of content it offers, especially with respect to television series. Three of the major streaming players — Netflix, Hulu and YouTube — have made new deals to provide content to users, and a fourth company, Redbox, is raising prices after testing an increase in limited markets, but is also planning to launch a streaming service by the end of the year....

Interview: Karen Gillan On Going Bald To Play Thanos' Daughter In ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ In September 2013, I visited the London-based set of Marvel Studios’Guardians of the Galaxy(you can find out more about what we learned and watch a video blog reaction here). While on set, we are able to talk with many of the key cast and crew and will be posting transcripts from those roundtable interviews all this week....

James Franco To Star In Planet Of The Apes Prequel James Franco(Spider-Man/Milk) has been cast as the lead in 20th Century Fox’sPlanet of the ApesprequelRise of the Apes.The EscapisthelmerRupert Wyattwill direct from a screenplay byAmanda SilverandRick Jaffa. Franco will play “a young, driven scientist who becomes a crucial figure in the war between humans and apes.“Varietyreports that Franco beat out “a number of Hollywood’s young elite actors” for the role. Principal photography is set to begin on July 5th 2010, and the film has an announced release date of June 24th 2011....

Jennifer Lawrence Joins Mysterious New Movie From Distributor A24 Oscar-winning actressJennifer Lawrencehas appeared in 19 movies since her breakout role in 2010’sWinter’s Bone, andDark Phoenix, her 20th film in 9 years, comes out in under two months. But if it feels like you haven’t seen much of Lawrence lately, it’s because she took a well-deserved break from acting and hasn’t spent much time on a movie set since 2017. But a new report says she’s ending her hiatus with a mysterious new independent film from distributorA24, the company responsible for films likeMoonlight, Hereditary, Eighth Grade, and more....

Joel Edgerton To Replace Johnny Depp In ‘Shantaram’ We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It’s been a good week for projects stuck in development hell. Yesterday, James Gray’sThe Lost City of Zgot a new lease on life as Benedict Cumberbatchentered talksto star. Today, the even longer-gestatingShantaramlooks like it could spring back to life, withJoel Edgertonin the lead role. Based on the novel byGregory David Roberts,Shantaramcenters on an escaped Australian convict named Lin who moves to Bombay and reinvents himself as a doctor....

Listen: Billie Eilish’s ‘No Time To Die’ Theme Song Has Arrived Billie Eilish, the 18-year-old music superstar who broke records by winning four major Grammy Awards just a few weeks ago, has added another line to her already-impressive resumé: she’s officially the youngest person to ever sing a theme song for a James Bond movie. And this afternoon, her song – which, like the new movie itself, is calledNo Time to Die– has been released globally online....

LOL: Clint Howard Pitches A ‘Pippi Longstocking’ Reboot Starring Milla Jovovich There have been plenty of revisionist takes on classic fairytales lately, fromMaleficenttoSnow White and the Huntsman, and Hollywood is on the lookout for new ideas like this all the time. EnterClint Howard, character actor extraordinaire and brother of director Ron Howard. He has a pitch for a movie that is the “biggest, newest, most box office crushing-est hero in town....