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First Look And Concept Art: Joon-Ho Bong’s American Debut ‘Snowpiercer’ 2013 is going to be a great year for American fans of Korean cinema. No fewer than three revered Korean filmmakers are making their English-language debuts in the coming months. Jee-woon Kim (I Saw the Devil) gets the party started withThe Last Standlater this week, followed by Chan-wook Park (Oldboy) and hisStokerin March. And then, sometime this summer,Joon-ho Bong’sSnowpiercerwill ride into theaters....

Halle Berry To Star In Alexandre Aja’s Supernatural Thriller Mother Land I haven’t spent a lot of time really analyzing this thought, but doesn’t it feel like the thriller is back? I don’t know if it ever entirely left, after all. While genres come in and out of style, it’s hard to argue that something as broad as the thriller has completely fallen off, but I also feel like they kind of peaked and then plateaued after 2014’s “Gone Girl,” from the thriller king himself David Fincher....

Horror Movies Jordan Peele Thinks You Should Watch Next We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Jordan Peele is a modern master of horror. That’s an impressive feat given his small, yet mighty, directorial filmography to date. Alongside his two feature films “Get Out” and “Us,” Peele reinvented the iconic “Twilight Zone” sci-fi series for a new generation and contributed to Nia DaCosta’s “Candyman” in a writer role....

How ‘Detective Pikachu’ Revived My Love Of Pokémon And Helped Me Reconnect With My Childhood Like many, many people, I grew up absolutely obsessed with Pokémon. I watched every single episode of the anime, wanting to be the very best. I played the games, and catching them was my real test, and of course I had way too much merchandise. With time, I stopped caring about the franchise, and moved on to other things....

How AMC’s ‘Preacher’ Will Be Different From The Comics This week AMC presented a panel onPreacherfor the Television Critics Association.Seth Rogen,Evan Goldbergand showrunnerSam Catlinwere on the panel with cast members to discuss their adaptation ofGarth Ennis’s comic. Fans will notice the show diverge from the comics immediately in the pilot, which Ennis himself approved. “We talked with Garth and Garth very much encouraged us to make a lot of small changes and make it a good show first and foremost,” Goldberg said....

I’m Your Man Trailer: Dan Stevens Is Your Robot Boyfriend Dan Stevens is here to greet you in German with a trailer for “I’m Your Man,” a romantic comedy in which he plays an amorous robot. Maren Eggert co-stars in the German-language film, which won her the Silver Bear award for Best Leading Performance at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival. It’s the newest movie from Maria Schrader, who is next set to helm theWeinstein investigation film, “She Said....

Interview: Sean Bailey, Tron Legacy Producer/Disney President Of Production While at Comic-Con, I had a chance to interview producer turned Disney President of ProductionSean Baileyabout the highly anticipated 3D sci-fi sequelTron: Legacy. I talked with Sean about his recent rise to power at Disney, returning to Comic-Con for three years with one film, del Toro’s Haunted Mansion, the possibility of a Tron ride at Disneyland, screening a rough cut of Tron Legacy for David Fincher, Pixar creatives and Ben Affleck, how a Lightjet flys and David Fincher’s vision for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea....

J.J. Abrams' HBO Series Demimonde Might Be In Trouble Not all is well within the halls of Bad Robot, the production company headed up by mega-producer and blockbuster director J.J. Abrams. The filmmaker and his company signed a gigantic overall deal with Warner Bros. back in September of 2019 but it has not produced all that much content for HBO, HBO Max, or the movie studio up to this point. Now, under the new leadership at Warner Bros....

James Gunn Shares ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Details, Reveals That He Knows Exactly What Groot Is Saying James Gunnis very good at Twitter. He was very good at Twitter back in the olden days, when he was just the mad genius behindSlitherandSuper. Now that he’s the director of Marvel’sGuardians of the Galaxy, he’s taken his larger profile in stride. Few filmmakers are as good at engaging their fans on social mediaandtoeing the company line....

Jason Flemyng Cast As Nightcrawler’s Father Azazel In X-Men: First Class Jason Flemynghas signed on to join the cast ofMatthew Vaughn’sX-Men: First Class. The news was revealed at Movie Con in the UK (found onComingSoon), where it was revealed that Flemyng will play Azazel, a teleporting mutant who later becomes Nightcrawler’s father. According toWikipedia: His first appearance was in Uncanny X-Men #428, during “The Draco” storyline, written by Chuck Austen. … Azazel claims that many years ago an ancient horde of demonic mutants from biblical times called the Neyaphem were in an epic battle with a group of angelic over-zealous mutants, named the Cheyarafim....

JJ Abrams Says ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ IMAX Footage “Is Looking INSANE” Over the weekend I attended a discussion between directorJJ Abramsand composerMichael Giacchinoheld atthe Hammer Museum. For those of you reading this that live in Los Angeles, note that Hammer holds simular events on a regular basis and tickets are free (first come first serve, which means waiting in line for an hour or two). The entire hour and a half discussion will go online later this week hopefully, and I’ll post it on the site when it does....

Joss Whedon Points At ‘Temple Of Doom’ Scene As Example Of Cultural Problem Watching the films of some of our most revered filmmakers, it’s often difficult to point out exactly why their work is so much better than others. It’s when they discuss their work, how they did it and views on other films that we truly see where their genius comes from. Joss Whedondid a long interview withEntertainment Weeklythis week and lots of the opinions expressed there have been highlighted....

Key And Peele Team With ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’ Director For Your Next Favorite Movie Even though theending of the Comedy Central seriesKey and Peeleearlier this year left us sad, the good news that is left the comedy duo ofJordan PeeleandKeegan-Michael Keyopen to some big screen projects. And one of those promising opportunities just came to light. Key and Peele are teaming up withHenry Selick(director ofNightmare Before ChristmasandCoraline) for a new stop-motion animation comedy calledWendell and Wild, and it sounds like it’s going to be another twisted endeavor....