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Lucasfilm Confirms ‘Indiana Jones 5’ Is Happening, But Isn’t Sure When Since acquiring Lucasfilm, Disney has wasted no time getting theStar Warsfranchise back up and running. But they’ve been pretty vague about their plans for Lucasfilm’s other big signature brand,Indiana Jones. Well, fear not. Lucasfilm presidentKathleen Kennedyconfirms a new Indiana Jones movie is coming. Eventually, anyway. Read her confirmation of… something forIndiana Jones 5after the jump. The bit about Indiana Jones was slipped into the print edition ofVanity Fair’s Star Wars cover story (viaComing Soon):...

Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class Set For June 2011 Release 20th Century Fox has officially announced thatKick-AssdirectorMatthew Vaughnwill helm the X-Men series prequel/rebootX-Men: First Class. When it was reported that they were fast-tracking this project into production, they weren’t kidding. The film is set to go into production this Summer, and the studio has set a June 3rd 2011 release date. The same weekend as DreamWork Animation’sKung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom, a week afterThe Hangover 2, and two weeks beforeGreen Lantern....

Michael Mann Had To Get Creative When Adapting The Last Of The Mohicans “The Last of the Mohicans” is a potboiler written by James Fenimore Cooper and published in 1826. It tells the tale of Natty Bumppo, a white man raised by Native Americans who goes on rollicking adventures across the frontier. “The Last of the Mohicans” is book two of a five-part series, like if"Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan"was spectacularly boring and also required reading for American students....

More ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Cast Revealed: Matthew Modine, Tom Conti, Joey King When Warner Bros.released a press releasefeaturing the cast ofChristopher Nolan’s currently in productionThe Dark Knight Rises, we were all disappointed that no new names were included. Well just a day later, on the day that we’ve seen ourfirst image from the film, three new cast members have emerged. According toVarietyaccomplished actorMatthew Modine, best known for playing the lead role in Stanley Kubrick’sFull Metal JacketandTom Conti, an Oscar-nominee for his role in the 1983 filmReuben, Reuben,who was recently seen inThe Tempest, have both joined the film....

Movie Review: The Kite Runner The following movie review is from /Film correspondent Elaine Mak. The Kite Runner, directed by Marc Forster, follows the story of two childhood friends, Amir and Hassan, as they are torn apart after Amir witnesses the rape of Hassan. This film, based on the best-selling novel by Khaled Hosseini, begins in Kabul, Afghanistan, with the country on the verge of war. Following the rape incident, upper-class Amir leaves for America with his father, while lower-class Hassan remains in Kabul....

Must Watch: Live-Action ‘Star Wars Battlefront II’ Trailer Tickles Your Nostalgia, EA Crafts The Most Hated Post In Reddit History [Updated] Update:Electronic Arts has heard the internet loud and clear and has changed course on character unlocks forStar Wars Battlefront II. you may find all of the details below. TheStar Wars Battlefrontvideo games are glossy, expensive, highly polished experiences from a major developer. They are also just a sleek update on how you used to play with yourStar Warsaction figures – timelines don’t matter as characters from different eras clash against one another in locations they never visited....

Pixar’s Turning Red Will Now Be Released Directly On Disney+ It’s beginning to feel a lot like early 2020 again, with the announcement that Disney and Pixar’s next feature, “Turning Red,” will now premiere exclusively on Disney+ in the United States. The news broke today in a statement from Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution, and like the Academy Award-winning “Soul” and critically-acclaimed “Luca” that came before it, the anticipated theatrical run for “Turning Red” has pivoted directly to streaming....

POTD: There Will Be Blood Rolling Roadshow Last night I took a two hour trip to Bakersfield, California to see The Alamo Drafthouse’s Rolling Roadshow presentation ofPaul Thomas Anderson’sThere Will Be Blood. The movie was filmed in Texas, but the story is very much based on the spur of Oil drilling in California in the late 1800’s/early 1900’s. Bakersfield is responsible for approximately 10% of the nation’s domestic production of Oil....

Ray Fisher Confirms That He Is No Longer Playing Cyborg In ‘The Flash’ Movie Last week, rumors swirled thatJustice Leagueteam member Cyborg had been written out ofThe Flash, which is currently in development at Warner Bros. Pictures. This supposedly came as a direct result of the controversy that has been brewing between co-starRay Fisherand the studio in the wake of the actor’s allegations of inappropriate and unprofessional behavior from directorJoss Whedonduring reshoots onJustice League....

Revisiting ‘Mr. Boogedy’, Disney’s Long-Forgotten And Deeply Weird Horror Movie Parody (Welcome toOut of the Disney Vault, where we explore the unsung gems and forgotten disasters currently streaming on Disney+.)With the launch of Disney+, countless long-forgotten Disney movies are finally widely available to the public. Some of these are classic that people have waited years to revisit. Some are…well, little-known for a reason. But once you’re done watchingThe Mandalorian, you’ll wantsomethingto pass the time with the new streaming service, right?...

Rian Johnson Talks About The Holdo Maneuver, One Of ‘The Last Jedi’s Most Breathtaking Moments There were a handful of moments that left me speechless in last year’sStar Wars: The Last Jedi, but “The Holdo Maneuver” may be the most beautifully executed in the entire movie. You know the scene.Spoilersahead! Left with no other choice, Vice Admiral Holdo (Laura Dern) stays behind on a Resistance ship while allowing her fellow Resistance members to escape to Crait....

Robert Pattinson Wants You To Know That Batman Is A Sad Weirdo Robert Pattinson’s plot to scare us away from seeing “The Batman” is really backfiring because the more we learn about his unhinged take on Bruce Wayne, the more invested I become. We’re still a month away from seeing the vengeful crusader in action, but so far, Pattinson has spent the lead-up to premiere day relentlessly slandering the emo billionaire bycalling him “a freak....

Robert Redford And Shia LaBeouf Starring In Political Thriller ‘The Company You Keep’ There have been a few possibleRobert Redfordprojects spoken of in the past year, but now he’s set to directThe Company You Keep, a new political thriller written byLem Dobbs(The Limey,Haywire).Shia LaBeoufwill co-star opposite Redford, who hasn’t had a screen role since his own 2007 filmLions For Lambs. Varietyhas the announcement, saying that “Redford will play a former Weather Underground militant wanted by the FBI for 30 years who must go on the run when a young, ambitious reporter exposes his true identity....