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Interview With Richard Kelly A couple weeks ago, we had the opportunity to sit down withDonnie DarkodirectorRichard Kellyand talk about his newest filmSouthland Tales. I know, I know, we’re a little late in posting this interview, as the film was released in limited theaters this past week. But as much as this is the type of movie that you must see multiple times to understand, this interview should probably only be read or listened to after you have seen the film, or it likely won’t make complete sense....

Interview: ‘RoboCop’ Director José Padilha On Ethical Issues, Kubrick’s Influence & Reinventing Steadicam When I sat down with directorJose Padilhato talk about his upcomingRobocopreboot at Comic Con, I expected to have a very surface conversation about his first Hollywood blockbuster. But what I got instead with a deep psychological dissection of the characters and story of his film, references to how he was influenced by Stanley Kubrick for a sequence, and interesting details on how they needed to reinvent the Steadicam rig to shoot Point of View sequences from RoboCop’s perspective....

Is Pixar Working On A Movie About A Boy And His Dinosaur? Could Pixar be working on a film about a boy and his dinosaur? If you take a look behind Pixar sculptorGreg Dykstra, you will notice concept drawings and photos on his office wall showing a dinosaur and a boy. Could this be a design for an upcoming Pixar feature or short film? Upcoming Pixarreader Bryko614, who noticed the concept art above while watching B-Roll footage from the making of Pete Docter’s Up, took that question to Pixar story supervisorRonnie del Carmen....

Lakeshore Greenlights I, Frankenstein Lakeshore Entertainment have given the greenlight to a big screen adaptation ofKevin Grevioux’s upcoming Darkstorm Studios graphic novelI, Frankenstein, with production scheduled to begin in July of 2010. The contemporary fantasy thriller tells the story of the original monster of Victor Frankenstein, who “stands between the human race and an uprising of supernatural creatures determined to overthrow the world.” Grevioux penned the srcreenplay adaptation, which will be directed byUnderworld: Rise of the LycanshelmerPatrick Tatopoulos....

Listen To Six Minutes Of Daft Punk’s Tron Legacy Score We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. You can hear six minutes of the yet-to-be-releasedDaft Punksoundtrack forTron Legacynow online thanks to theWalt Disney Studios Awards campaign website. Some of the music has yet to be heard in the trailers or leaked tracks. The soundtrack will be released on December 7th 2010 (pre-order now on Amazon for under $12)....

M. Night Shyamalan Talks ‘Tales From The Crypt’ Crypt Keeper, Episodic Model [Wondercon] When TNT announced thatM. Night Shyamalanwas spearheading a reboot ofTales from the Crypt, they were short on details. As of January, they had not committed to either a half-hour (like the original HBO series) or hourlong format, or even said whether they would feature a Crypt Keeper. The Crypt Keeper was a staple of the original EC comic books as the host of the macabre stories, and even more so on the HBO series as aKevin Yagherpuppet voiced byJohn Kassir....

Major Studio Films Continue To Ignore Transgender Actors – Here’s How That Can Be Fixed (Welcome toThe Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about anything and everything. In this edition: Hollywood needs to get better about transgender representation.)When the2019 GLAAD Studio Responsibility Indexwas released in May 2019, the most disappointing news was that not a single major studio film featured a transgender actor.While it’s true that there was transgender representation in mid-major releases, the same could not be said of the studios....

Marvel Comics Will Kill Popular Character; Kevin Feige Talks Significance Of MCU Deaths Twenty years ago, when a character died in comic books, it was a big deal. Now, it’s pretty obvious very few people in comic books who are killed stay dead. DC Comics was never going to get rid of Superman. Captain America isn’t going the way of the dodo. And Marvel’s latest plan surely won’t stick either. Still, they’re planning on offing one of their most popular characters, one believed to be immortal, so it’s worth talking about....

Meryl Streep, Oprah Winfrey And Sandra Bullock To Star In Comedy From ‘Sex And The City’ Writer/Director Michael Patrick King Thescathing reviewsofSex and the City 2haven’t fazed writer/directorMichael Patrick King, who’s already scored a big name, crowd-drawing cast for his next vehicle. More surprisingly, the movie didn’t faze these actresses, all of whom hopped on board without a moment’s hesitation (or even a script). Starring in King’s not-yet-titled comedy project areMeryl Streep,Oprah WinfreyandSandra Bullock....

Michael Keaton Teases His Return To The MCU As Vulture Am I the only one who’s fascinated by the trajectory of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Spider-Man? It might feel quaint now, especially after we’ve all gotten used to Tom Holland’s Peter Parker going up against infighting Avengers in “Captain America: Civil War,” a genocidal alien in “Infinity War,” and multi-dimensional enemies in “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” But at one point, Spidey’s biggest threat was … trying to take a date to prom and dealing with her intimidating dad who, oh right, ended up moonlighting as a techno-villain in “Spider-Man: Homecoming....

Movie Review: Star Trek JJ Abrams' newStar Trekprobably deserves that funny ‘reboot’ label more than any of the other films so far stamped with it, actually seeming to have been conceived from that very concept outwards. I truly wouldn’t be surprised to find out that the picture’s central plot device was born in discussions of how to restart and repeat the franchise once more, how to deliver a new series essentially the same as the old one but also crucially, and marketability, different....

Natalie Portman To Direct And Play Dual Roles In Dear Abby-Ann Landers Movie Natalie Portmanwill take on the dual roles of director and star for her upcoming drama about real-life dueling advice columnistsEsther and Pauline Friedman.But Portman’s double act will extend further than that — she’ll be playing the dual roles of Esther and Pauline, who were the twin sisters behind the competing advice columns Dear Abby and Ann Landers....

Netflix For Comic Books: How Does Scribd Compare To Comixology And Marvel Unlimited? Scribd has announced the launch of their unlimited digital comic book subscription section, essentially a “Netflix for comic books.” But how good is this new offering? And how does it compare to the other services offered by Marvel and Amazon? Find out, after the jump. First some back story: I’ve recently gotten the comic book bug again. It started when I put together the/Film Holiday Gift Guidelast year....