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Christopher Nolan Not A Fan Of 3D, Will Probably Release A 3D Film Anyway Though many of us would like this not to be the case, 3D isn’t going anywhere. In the past year, as the format has really exploded in Hollywood,The Dark KnightandInceptiondirectorChristopher Nolanhas emerged as a figurehead representing old-school blockbusters. The director loves shooting film, as opposed to digital HD or other formats, and resisted releasing this summer’sInceptionas a 3D film....

Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ Budget Is $205 Million Before Advertising Costs According to multiple reports, Warner Bros. is shelling out 205 million clams forChristopher Nolan’sTenet– and that’s not including all of the advertising money the studio will spend to get butts in seats for the film’s release. But $200 million isn’t what it used to be; though that may seem like a high budget, it’s no longer enough to put the film in the rarified company of the most expensive movies ever made....

Cool Stuff: The Ones That Got Away Volume 2, Posters For Movie That Never Came To Be Over five years ago we featured asmall batch of posters in a seriescalledThe Ones That Got Away. In the poster series, artistFernando Rezaand his Fro Design Company label created some awesome posters for movies that never came to be. Whether it’s because they got stuck in development hell or lost funding at the last minute, these movies simply never became a reality....

Don Cheadle To Narrate ABC’s ‘The Wonder Years’ Reboot Pilot Don Cheadleis about to take a walk down memory lane. TheAvengers: Endgamestar has been set as the narrator for ABC’s reboot ofThe Wonder Years, taking on the role of adult Dean Williams in ABC’s single-camera pilot. Deadline reports that Cheadle has been tapped to narrate ABC’sThe Wonder Yearsreboot pilot, playing the adult Dean Williams in the new take on the classic family comedy-drama....

European Disney Exec Fuels Speculation Of Late 2015 Release For ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ For months there has been a stream of conversation about whether or notStar Wars Episode VIIwill arrive in early summer 2015 as originally planned. Rumors that it would slip to December ‘15 were bolstered by some of the news around the announced change of screenwriters fromMichael ArndttoJ.J. AbramsandLawrence Kasdan. But other anecdotal evidence says that Disney chief Bob Iger seesStar Warsas locked in to 2015 — there are a lot of financial plans riding on that release date....

Everything We Know About The MCU’s Blade Movie So Far Vampires beware: Blade is heading to the Marvel Cinematic Universe! Created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan, Eric Brooks debuted in “Tomb of Dracula” #10 in 1973, though that version of the character is drastically different than the one most fans would recognize. Eric’s mother was slaughtered by a vampire during his birth, which transformed him into a Dhampir: not fully a monster, but no mere mortal either....

Hawkeye Featurette Introduces The Very Good Girl Who Played Lucky The Pizza Dog Clint Barton this, Kate Bishop that — we all know that the two archers at the center of “Hawkeye” make an effectively heroic duo, but let’s not forget the third member of their squad (and the true hero of the series), Lucky The Pizza Dog! When we first meet the then-unnamed doggo, he’s caught up in some pretty serious danger and ends up in the middle of the street, where even more trouble awaits....

John Turturro Is The Secret Weapon Of The Batman I cannot write this post withoutspoilers for “The Batman.“It’s out now. Go see it and return later to read this or I curse you with the sound of Paul Dano’s howling in your head for the entire weekend. In a sea of powerful characters, it’s the subtle that stands out. John Turturro’s performance in “The Batman” is likely to get overlooked at first glance, with the glut of wonderful work by this cast....

Man Files Lawsuit Claiming ‘Hangover II’ Stole His Life Story The Hangover Part IIis causing all sorts of legal trouble for Warner Bros. Back in April, tattoo artist S. Victor Whitmillsuedthe studio over its use of a tattoo he’d designed for Mike Tyson, and late this summer a stunt double sued over significant head injuries he’d sustained during the production. Now another lawsuit has popped up concerning the film, this one by a California resident namedMichael Alan Rubinwho claims the movie was ripped off of a script he’d written based on his own life story....

More Religulous Reviews Hit The Web, Calling It “Brilliant” And Sure To “Stir Raging Arguments” As reported byJeff Wellsawhile back,Religuloushas started playing in two theaters (one in NYC and one in Claremont, CA) to fulfillRule 12of the Academy’s eligibility rules for Best Documentary nominations. The theaters themselves are out of the way (apparently the one in New York is all the way up on 181st St.) and the film is playing with very little accompanying publicity, as it doesn’t officially open until October 3rd; indeed I spoke withChud’s Devin Faraci this morning, who saw the film last night in Claremont, and he told me that the theater was half full (although those in attendance enjoyed themselves), and that the film appeared to be playing off of a videotape, indicated by soft edges and poor sound quality....

MoviePass Still Thinks They Can Make Movies, Casts Bruce Willis In ‘10 Minutes Gone’ Making a movie is extraordinarily difficult even under optimal conditions. But that’s not stoppingMoviePassfrom trying to make one themselves while they’re desperately trying to avoid an all-out tailspin into financial ruin. MoviePass Films has just castBruce Willisin a ludicrous-sounding new thriller called10 Minutes Gone, the newest of three MoviePass movies under the company’s subsidiary production company....

New ‘Toy Story Land’ Coming To Disney’s Hollywood Studios The Disney Parks panel at D23 Expo 2015 featured not only news of additional Star Wars attractions coming to theme parks, but of newToy StoryandFrozenattractions coming to Disney Hollywood Studios and Epcot Center. TheToy Story Landannouncement features all-new details, while the newFrozen Ever Afterreveals include some things we didn’t know from previous announcements. Toy Story Landat Disney Hollywood Studios is an 11-acre attraction that will “shrink” guests to the size ofToy Storytoys, and drop visitors in Andy’s back yard, with blocks toys and game board pieces....

New Look At The ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Iron Spider Armor Reveals A New Feature We caught glimpses of Spider-Man’s Iron Spider suit at the end ofSpider-Man: Homecomingand in the trailer forAvengers: Infinity War. Now a new image provides us with a new look at theInfinity WarIron Spider armor in all its glory, including a feature that originally appears in theCivil Warcomics. See it below. It’s clear thatAvengers: Infinity Waris going to packa tonof stuff into its runtime....