Avatar may not break Titanic’s domestic BO record but it’s steam engines are on full blast.

With reluctance I usually enjoy revamps. I don’t know why I resist, maybe I’m holding on to something from the past, a childhood experience? But truth is, remakes are generally more enjoyable than the original ala Oceans Eleven, Moulin Rouge and 1959’s Ben-Hur. An update is usually reworked to include more action a better story [...]

It’s rare that a studio does not want its films to top a “best of” list. But Star Trek did it anyway, coming in No. 1 for the most illegal downloads, almost breaking 11 million. Is it a surprise that Trekkies would have the set up for this? Top 5 Pirated movies of 2009 1. [...]

How deep will Disney go for its next superhero? The deal for Disney to purchase the Marvel universe is not finalized yet, but Disney is already going through the backlog of characters, looking for the next big thing. Recent movies like Iron Man and Ghost Rider have proven that you don’t have to stick with [...]

Dark Knight mastermind Christopher Nolan directs Leonardo DiCaprio in Inception, a mind tripping sci-fi thriller also starring Ellen Page. The new trailer debuted today over at Apple.

In an exclusive over at Latino Review, Mr. T says that he is happy with his life giving back to the community, and turned down an offer to have a cameo in The A-Team Remake. Personally I think he looks great and could have played B.A. Baracus just as good as he did in the 80′s.

It would be hard to find someone in the world unaware of Michael Jackson amazing music and otherwordly dance moves, but as far as films he never really took that leap. However with his 14 minute music video for Thriller he changed the way every video was made. So it’s great that he’s getting credit [...]

Mike Judge spoke recently with Comcast.net about a new Beavis and Butt-Head movie. He said it wont really be a sequel. I never really got into Hank of the Hill, but Office Space is be far one of my favorite comedies. There has been a growing buzz for the slacker duo ever since they’re awesome intro for Extract. [...]

Kevin Smiths buddy cop comedy A Couple of Dicks starring Bruce Willis, Jason Lee and Seann William Scott (A great cast!) has received a name change. The new title Cop Out (trailer), seems to be a clever nod to the fact that he was pressured into changing the name. After Zack and Miri Make a Porno’s [...]

Peter Jackson has been made a knight of the New Zealand realm. An honor I strongly agree with. He has probably done more for the Kiwis in the last century than any other man or woman. He has shown the world the beauty and majesty of the great island. Congrats Peter!!! Read the story.

Another worthy man was made a knight today. And a personal favorite of mine. Sir Patrick Stewart. I would have knighted him for his performance in Extras alone. Watch here

Disney completed its $4.24 billion acquisition of Marvel Entertainment Inc today. I fully support this. There are more than 5000 characters in the Marvel universe. I’m excited to see what heros and villians Disney puts on the screen.

After years of rumors going back before The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Ramis is finally bring Ghostbusters back to the screen. I’m excited to see who gets slimed next!!! Read the story at Heeb: HQ

I hope everyone had a great New Year. And I hope your 2009 was filled with great Films and Entertainment. There were some good ones. Coming in later posts today: A break down of the domestic and foreign Box Office, and some movies and television I’m most excited about in 2010.

Hollywood broke the Foreign Box Office record for the third year in a row in 2009, bringing in an estimated $10.7 billion, according to THR. Meanwhile on the homefront the box office crushed last year, settleling in at $10.6 billion. But what I think is more important is that attendence rose by 5.9 percent. Records [...]

Now that James Cameron’s Avatar has crossed the billion dollar mark, lets start the watching the race to reach the number one grossing worldwide movie of all time. Already passing The Dark Knight ($1,001,921,825) it only has three more movies in its way before complete worldwide dominance. According to Box Office Mojo Avatar grossed an estimated $68.3 this weekend bringing the domestic [...]

A News Corp unit has agreed to sell movie review website Rotten Tomatoes to Flixster. Read here

The A-Team was one of my favorite TV shows as a kid, I can’t tell you how many time I said, “I love it when a plan comes together.” And according to a source over at Ain’t It Cool News, if you loved the series this movie is for you. Read the trailer review from [...]

A reader just asked me about The Avengers movie and a moment later I found this story over on Latino Review about the upcoming Thor film. Read here. After getting a good Hulk movie and a fun Iron Man, I’m very interested in an Avengers movie. And as with LR I feel that a good [...]

Taken director Pierre Morel steps in to oversee the Dune remake. The production has been without a leader since Peter Berg left the project last october. After the dud or a mini series that came out in 2000, I’m excited to see a new film to get that out of my mind. Read the story [...]

MI6 is reporting that Bond 23 is being put on hold due to the financial problems at MGM. Bond has always been a favorite of mine and the last two films have arguably been the best of the lot. It’s hard to believe it took 20 outings to realize that a James Bond evolution story would [...]

After rumors of halting production on Spider-Man 4 were dispelled by iesb back in December, Deadline confirms the fourth installment is now officially on hold. This is particularly disturbing to me, as Spider-Man has been my favorite superhero since my first pair of Underoos. I know Spider-Man 3 had its flaws but I still enjoyed [...]

Despite James Bond’s shaky schedule, (read here) Bond 23 has found it’s director in Sam Mendes. Mendes has a talent for finding or rather leading movies to a very depressing tone and slower pace. So is he the best man for the job? Well Mendes, definitely understands character development, which was a huge part of the last two films. [...]

Variety is reporting that X-Men Origins spin-off Deadpool has tapped Zombieland writers to pen the Screenplay. Ryan Reynolds, who played Deadpool in X-Men Origins: Wolverine will be back to play the lead. Reynolds is currently set to star in The Green Lantern which starts shooting in February. Hopefully writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick stay [...]

A couple days ago rumors started circulating that the Twilight: Eclipse script was leaked. It has now been confirmed that a version of the script was found but was an earlier draft. So who knows how accurate it will be to the final shooting script. Download the early version here, and of course if you [...]

The Producers Guild of America is showing some love for sci-fi this year. Among it’s nominations for best picture are Star Trek (my personal favorite this year), District 9 and Avatar. Now that they pick 10 films to be nominated each year, it is a lot easier to get on the list. Regardless, it’s about [...]

The results are in and the people have chosen “vampires,” notice the intended quotation. I’ve never seen such a group of fancy vampires get so much respect. Somewhere Nosferatu is turning rolling over in his coffin. Anyway, The Twilight Saga, True Blood and The Vampire Diaries all received recognition at the 36th annual People’s Choice Awards. Read [...]

James Cameron’s Avatar cruised passed The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Wednesday to land at the No.2 spot on the all-time list of worldwide box office. Can Avatar make it to the No. 1 spot? Possibly, but it’s still a long road to the top. James Cameron’s all-time champ, Titanic is [...]

I’ve been quite skeptical about the Scott Pilgrim Vs The World graphic novel’s big screen abilities. I mean, Michael Cera playing a slacker action hero? I’m sure he’ll still be nervous around girls and stumble as he speaks, but this first movie still  looks pretty exciting. And Cera wields a lightsaber… sorry, flaming sword. Awesome!!! Michael [...]

Michael Cera’s confirmed involvement in the Arrested Development movie is the best movie news I’ve heard all week. It would not have been the same movie without Cera lusting after his character’s cousin. Arrested Development, short lived as it was, was definitely one of the best and smartest sitcoms of the last decade. The three [...]

Talking to the Los Angeles Times Hero Complex, Neill Blomkamp said he is not so much interested in a sequel to District 9 because “it’s more of a traditional film but if you go backward I’d be intrigued in that. I’m not so interested in aliens coming back and blowing things up but [a prequel] [...]

“I love it when a plan comes together.” Classic.

According to comingsoon.net the sequel to Star Trek will launch on June 29, 2012. Let the countdown begin. So far away, yet already so excited!!!

Watch the new Kick-Ass trailer exclusively at Yahoo.

It turns out that X-Men Origins: Wolverine was only the beginning. Along with Wolverine 2 set to begin filming in 2011 for a 2012 release date, there is also a slew of other X-Men projects in the works. I’m not terribly excited about X-Men in general after the lackluster Wolverine but with Bryan Singer back [...]

Harrison Ford talks to MTV.com about Indy 5. He says it’s “Full Of Opportunity” but does not expand on the “crazy but great” idea George Lucas has. Watch here.

Mike Stoklasa, the man behind the amazingly thoughtful, funny and at times scary 70-minute review of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace is now taking on Attack of the Clones.  I can’t wait. Heeb HQ interviewed the movie fanatic earlier this week. Read here. WARNING: video of Phantom Menace review contains some explicit language. [...]

Our breakdown of the Last Decade In Music: Part 1 Here at Filmpopper.com, we decided to do the 20 best soundtracks from 2000-2009. But as I started to compile the list I thought, how could I possibly compare a musical, to an original score, to a soundtrack loaded with awesome bands?  So rather than a [...]

UPDATE: Sony confirmed today that Spider-Man 4 is officially dead, they are taking Spidey back to it’s roots. Read The Italian magazine, Bad Taste via comingsoon.net is reporting that John Malkovich has confirmed his role as Vulture in the currently stalled Spider-Man 4. Even though the studio has not yet confirmed Malkovich, this makes me excited as [...]

Star of The Hangover and the upcoming A-Team movie, Bradley Cooper says he’ll sign on to a Hangover sequel no matter how good the script is. While filming The Hangover Cooper said that he had such a great time on set, he would love to do a sequel. The Hangover is the highest grossing comedy [...]

Wyck Godfrey, the producer of the Twilight films said that the plan is to begin shooting Breaking Dawn this fall in Vancouver. Godfrey did not confirm if it will be made as one or two installments. Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner and a CGI baby have all signed on for Breaking Dawn. That’s right [...]

Sony announced today there will be no Spider-Man 4 and that they are taking Spidey back to his roots as a high school kid. A blow to Tobey Maguire and John Malkovich who both confirmed the filming and involvement in Spider-Man 4, here and here. We’ve seen some great adventures with Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man through [...]

Even though John Malkovich will not be playing Vulture in the now defunct Spider-Man 4 (Read), it’s not such a bad day for the actor as he has signed on to replace John C. Reilly in RED, the tale of a retired black-ops agent. The adaptation of the comic-book miniseries will also star Bruce Willis, [...]

Before we officially say good by to Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man, I wanted to allow him one last dance. Read about the fall of Tobey’s Spider-Man

In a story at Deadline it was reported that Transformers 3 is set to start filming this May. The plot for the third installment in the Transformers franchise has not yet been revealed. Also the plot for last summers Transformers 2 has not yet been revealed. .

Source: Marvel News Marvel Studios has commenced principal photography on the highly anticipated feature film “Thor” directed by Kenneth Branagh. In “Thor,” Chris Hemsworth portrays the title character with Tom Hiddleston in the role of Thor’s brother Loki, and Natalie Portman as Jane Foster.  Additionally, the studio has cast Academy Award® winning actor Anthony Hopkins [...]

Alright gamers it might finally happen! Could a World of Warcraft film be around the corner? Now that Sam Raimi’s scheduled has opened up do to the Spider-Man Debacle, chances are he’ll take on another beloved fanboy “world”. Raimi has expressed strong interest in a Warcraft movie as his next project after Spider-Man, turns out that’s [...]

I’m a little skeptical about Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland but the soundtrack looks pretty sweet. Source: myspacemusic The rumors swirled. You heard that All Time Low and Avril Lavigne would appear on it. And that a collaboration between Mark Hoppus and Pete Wentz would, too. Well, we’re hear to tell you: Those rumors were [...]

More fallout from Avatar. The Sun is reporting that the next instalment in the Bond franchise, which stars Daniel Craig as 007, will be shot in 3D. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the theatre… uhh, water…, looks like no one is safe without the 3D treatment.

I’ll say I love Nathan Fillion, if for no other reason than his role as the hero in Dr Horrible’s Sing Along Blog. Fillion plays comedy great and is an awesome addition to the Super cast, a story about an everyday guy who transforms himself into the Crimson Bolt, a superhero with the best intentions, though he [...]

It was a decent movie, but was Avatar really that good? Your thoughts??? ALL TIME DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE GROSSES 1. Titanic ($600,788,188) 1997 2. The Dark Knight ($533,345,358) 2008 3. Star Wars ($460,998,007) 1977* 4. Shrek ($441,226,247) 2004 5. Avatar ($435,957,707) 2009 6. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial ($435,110,554) 1982* 7. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom [...]

Just as Harold Ramis had said a couple weeks ago, Ghostbusters 3 is very much on the way. Last night on National Board of Review red carpet in New York City Ivan Reitman confirmed he will be back and directing the 3rd installment. Reitman, who also wrote and directed Ghostbusters 2 and 3, confirmed the [...]

James Bond star, Daniel Craig is in talks to play a gunslinger in Jon Favreau’s adaptation of the Platinum Studios graphic novel, Cowboys and Aliens. Robert Downey Jr dropped out of the production last week due to scheduling conflicts, leaving an opening for Craig. Director, Favreau hopes to shoot the film this year with a [...]

In and interview with Box Office, Joe Johnston talks about his upcoming Wolfman, story elements of his Captain America and what I’m most excited about… Jurassic Park 4. Okay so I know that the Jurassic series was not hailed as the most creative or solid stories, but I loved them all! And have been longing [...]

It’s getting ugly at NBC. JEFF ZUCKER THREATENS TO ICE CONAN! “I’ll Keep You Off The Air For 3 1/2 Years”… As my wife and I watched Conan O’brien on The Tonight Show last night, we were surprised that NBC even allowed it to air with all the hits Conan was taking at the Peacock. And there [...]

Brad Pitt and Matt Damon are joining original cast members including Robin Williams and Elijah Wood in the Happy Feet 3D sequel. Read More

Vive la 3D!!! Looks like George Miller’s Mad Max 4: Fury Road will join the revolution sweeping Hollywood and beyond. Besides a display of the cars in the film, there has been very little released about the films story. Today, however, Slash Film is reporting that Mad Max 4 will not only blend live-action and [...]

Do I really have the strength to criticize yet another awful video game adaptation? So I’ll just focus on the positive and say that I loved the video games. Hopefully there will at least be some crazy fight sequences.

BEST PICTURE – “The Hurt Locker” BEST ACTOR – Jeff Bridges (“Crazy Heart”) BEST ACTRESS (tie) – Meryl Streep (“Julie & Julia”), Sandra Bullock (“The Blind Side”) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – Christoph Waltz (“Inglourious Basterds”) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Mo’Nique (“Precious”) BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS – Saoirse Ronan (“The Lovely Bones”) BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE – “Inglourious [...]

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And the Golden Globe for the Best Motion Picture in the drama category is… Avatar. Technically that’s true. But I say the real winner was Ricky Gervais. His hilarious jabs at the Hollywood elites made it bearable, even enjoyable to sit through an award program. Thank you Ricky for seeing me through the night!!! See [...]

Last Saturday Mel Gibson gave a press conference for the Edge of Darkness, which I’m really excited about, and the subject of Mad Max 4 and Gibson’s Viking movie that’s set to star Leonardo DiCaprio came up.  He spoke about the reality of the Vikings he intends to portray and that it will be in [...]

Our breakdown of the Last Decade In Music: Part 2  It was a decade full of masterful blends of musical styles. You’ll notice a couple chart toppers are thrown in out of sympathy but there’s a good reason for them all. Be sure to watch out next week for the top twenty soundtracks of the [...]

Avatar won the domestic weekend box office for a 5th straight week. So will the Titanic sink again? Some thought it was unbreakable, some thought it was the greatest thing ever made. But it looks like once again the Titanic may actually sink… Well at least fall to second place in the all time U.S. box [...]

Governor of Hawaii Linda Lingle announced today that Disney and Jerry Bruckheimer Films will shoot Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides on the islands of Kaua’i and Oahu this summer. And a planned release date of May 20, 2011. Personally I was not a huge fan of the Pirates franchise. I did quite enjoy [...]

DreamWorks hires screenwriter for first authorized Martin Luther King biopic. Deadline has the story.

George Lucas talked to Access Hollywood Sunday after the Golden Globes about finally giving the Holy Trinity of Star Wars the 3D treatment. Lucas said “We’ve been looking for years and years and years of trying to take ‘Star Wars’ and put it in 3-D,” George explained to Access Hollywood. “But, [the] technology hasn’t been [...]

For those who like scary movies read more here… and with the Saw 6 director, I’m sure you’ll get some gore. I don’t, so I’m out!

Today Sony officially confirmed that Marc Webb the director of (500) Days of Summer will helm the reboot of the hugely successful Spider-Man franchise. Webb only has one feature under his belt and several music videos so lets see where he takes this thing.  From what I here, Peter Parker will be in high school already well in [...]

D.J. Caruso, director of Eagle Eye and Disturbia is set to direct I Am Number Four, DreamWorks adaptation of the upcoming young-adult science fiction book by James Frey and Jobie Hughes.  The screenplay is being written by Smallville creators Al Gough and Miles Millar, creature of Smallville. “Four revolves around a group of nine aliens who escaped [...]

Heat Vision is reporting that the Electric Church is set to make a big screen outing. To sum it up it’s about taking brains from humans and putting them into robot bodies, sounds interesting. Maybe a little frankensteiny. Read at Heat Vision

  Former Baywatch Hawaii and Stargate: Atlantis “Star”, Jason Momoa has signed on to take on the giant role of Conan the Barbarian. The character, iconized by Arnold Schwarzenegger, the original action hero, leaves Momoa some big sandals to fill. He’ll still need to add several pounds of weight before filming starts in about ten [...]

Big-name stars weren’t enough to save these box-office bombs. Forbes breaks down the biggest flops of the last five year. At the top of the list is Sean Penn and All The Kings Men, a film I personally did not enjoy at all. The list is calculated by percent lost, not actual dollars. I happy [...]

Please say it’s not so, please Peter Jackson come out and debunk the news that the first Hobbit movie has been pushed back to the 4th quarter of 2012. We need to see the Hobbit before the end of the Mayan calender. According to an a Variety interview with President Toby Emmerich he cant say [...]

Two weeks ago we officially go the word that Spider-Man would receive the reboot and now Planet Of The Apes is officially back on track to get a make over. More evidence that Hollywood’s lost all creativity and originality, they cant even see further back then a decade to get it’s ideas. Apes reboot has been circleling [...]

Another day another night of the beautiful people honoring each other. A couple upsets, but overall it was pretty standard fair. And a Lifetime Achievement Award went to Betty White. Hit the jump to see the winners. Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures) DANIEL BRÜHL / [...]

Bloomberg News is reporting Google Inc.’s YouTube is talking with major Hollywood studios about providing movies for an online rental service that started today with five independent films from the Sundance Film Festival. The discussions reflect Google’s interest in expanding the fledging service, which offers the Sundance movies for 24 to 48 hours for $3.99, [...]

James Cameron’s Avatar took the top spot at the box office for the sixth-straight weekend with $36 million, lifting its domestic total to $552.8 million. Avatar hit $1.29 billion in international ticket sales, passing the $1.24 billion mark set by Cameron’s 1997 Titanic After passing The Dark Knight on Saturday to become the second highest [...]

Production Weekly reports via twitter feed that filming for Shawn Levy’s Real Steel starring Hugh Jackman will begin filming this June in Michigan. Jackman plays a washed up boxer in the drama set in the near-future who trains 2,000-pound robots that look like humans to battle. Um… OK. In this never-ending world of television adaptations, sequels and [...]

The new indie film Machotaildrop, is being compared to the stylings of Wes Anderson. IMDB sums it up like this: The skaters journey serves as a window through which we discover the dark underbelly of what appears at first to be a benign skateboard company. I don’t really understand that or the trailer. It appears to [...]

Gremlins, the 1984 hit that caused the PG 13 rating is coming back for more. Marketsaw has a source that says after years of talks, the little guys are moving closer to a new 3D film. Details are scarce about the exact story at this point but the greenlight could be soon. For those youngsters out there, Gremlins [...]

What is it about the trailer for Repo Chick? What is wrong with me? Why do I want to see this? It looks awful!

Just one more record and maybe an Oscar or two and I can stop reporting on this mediocre movie. From MTV.com: Two down, one to go. On Tuesday (January 26), James Cameron’s “Avatar” officially pushed past the record for the top-grossing worldwide release of all-time, set by the director’s 1997 movie “Titanic.”   The achievement comes just [...]

AC/DC is the official band of Iron Man 2 soundtrack which comes out on April 19, the movie opens May 7. There won’t be any new songs on the CD rather 15 tracks from AC/DC’s catalog. There will be a new video which premiered today, with lots of Iron Man 2 footage. Watch now!!! Press Release: [...]

Alright, this is it, this is my the last report on movies that will now get the 3D treatment due to the amazingly huge success of Avatar… probably. So from now on just assume, if there’s action, there’s 3D. Now to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, according to Heat Vision, Warner Bros. will release the next two [...]

The Latino Review is reporting that Sam Worthington is up for the role in Dracula: Year One.  The “revamp” of Dracula is set for release sometime in 2011 and will be a period piece, in the Transylvania era of the legend. Worthington will next appear in Clash of the Titans because apparently someone in Hollywood [...]

Looks like Sherlock Holmes 2 hitting theatres in 2011 is virtually a lock according to Hero Complex. Guy Ritchie, director of Holmes, who had planned on filming the ultra violent comic book hero adaptation Lobo next, has put it on the shelf to gear up for the next Sherlock flick. The idea is to bring Guy [...]

E online caught up with Joss Whedon, the writer and director of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. They talk about Glee and a possible sequel to the Emmy winning internet series, Dr. Horrible’s. He said that he has talked with Neil Patrick Harris several times about story lines for a sequel but nothing is solid yet. This [...]

Our breakdown of the Last Decade In Music: Part 3 As we begin our last week of January, we promise that it will be the last of our decade summaries. So you won’t have to hear anymore about the decade that was 2000 to 2009.  Starting the week off is our breakdown of the Last Decade [...]

Zac Efron who has had huge success as a teen Idol in such films as High School Musical and… well, High School Musical 2 and 3, is making bold steps toward an action star career. Deadline is reporting that he has signed on to play a Jason Bourne, type character in Universal Pictures adaptation of the [...]

According to Heat Vision, George Lucas is producing a musical with TMNT director Kevin Munroe helming. The untitled, top-secret CGI-animated film is in preproduction at Lucas’ Skywalker Ranch and it will have fairies. As long as Lucas stops meddling with Star Wars, I wouldn’t care if it had singing Unicorns.

Source  Heat Vision: I’m so excited to see Mel Gibson coming out of semi retirement back into action in Edge of darkness. Mel Gibson is in negotiations to reteam with his Lethal Weapon scribe Shane Black for Universal’s spy thriller Cold Warrior. Black, directing his second movie after Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, is tackling a tale [...]

Avatar… blah, blah blah… passes $2 billion in worldwide box office… blah, blah, blah… greatest movie ever… blah, blah, blah… James Cameron is a God… blah, blah, blah. Read about it.

Source: Variety. The day before Oscar noms, the Golden Raspberry Awards announced their nominations for the worst of the year and the decade. “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” nabbed seven Razzie noms for worst film, worst director for Michael Bay, worst screen couple (expanded to include both Shai LeBouf and Megan Fox or LeBouf and [...]

After a fire in June 2008 that took down the great Kong, the LA Times is reporting that the attraction is coming back to Universal Studios Theme Park California revamped with awesome 3-D. There has been a noticeable absence since the theme parks major icon was destroyed. I remember the first time I saw the King [...]

I’m not a scary movie or horror fan, but I loved the Underworld series. If this Frankenstein comes out in the Underworld style I think it could be something really fun. Lakeshore, the production-financing outfit behind the “Underworld” movie series, is readying what it hopes will be its next action-horror franchise, “I, Frankenstein.” The company [...]

I’ve been getting a lot of flak because of my seemingly anti-Avatar comments on this site. For the record I am not a hater, just someone bringing people down to Earth or rather down from Pandora on the quality and originality of the box office hit.  However, Mike Stoklasa, the “genius” behind the well research [...]

I, like many people thought that the move from 5 to ten Oscar nominations for best picture would give justice to those great films that just didn’t fit into the Academy’s ideals. Oh how we were wrong.  Leaving out Star Trek and Invictus for best picture was a horrible misstep. Star Trek got seriously robbed, [...]

I love “worst of”… and “best of” list, actually I love lists in general I’m a sucker for anything that starts at number 10. Anyway, Empire online has come up with a list for the “The 50 Worst Movies Ever”. I got to say it’s pretty accurate in my book. There are a few in there [...]

I’m way excited for ‘The Last Airbender’, Here’s the TV spot for the Superbowl. Loooks pretty cool even though here’s still not much story here, hoping a full trailer comes out soon.

‘People vs George Lucas’ will debut at SXSW this year. The documentary tells the story of George Lucas’s mistakes in film making. While I would agree that George Lucas has made some questionable decisions of late, he is credited for creating one of the greatest trilogies of all time. For the extremely out of the [...]

Probably the worst superhero movie of the last decade is getting a reboot. That’s right, the awefully written, acted and attended Daredevil is yet another superhero franchise getting a reboot after only a short down period. David Scarpa who scripted the the awefully written, acted and attended The Day The Earth Stood Still will be writing [...]

The Director, Jeffrey Blitz and Producer, Sean Welch of such documentaries as Spellbound and this year’s Sundance film, Lucky about Lottery winners, is taking on the DC Comics universe. Collider has the exclusive on a documentary about the history of DC Comics, scheduled to premiere at this summer’s Comic-Con. The documentary will celebrate the 75 year [...]

Universal has just cast 17-year-old Taylor Lautner, the best thing to come out of the Twilight franchise, to Star in the superhero flick Stretch Armstrong.  The film which is being pushed back from 2011 to 2012 due to the studios decision to bring it to you in 3D is based on the Hasbro toy action [...]

It’ll be another year before any battle ships will be sunk. Universal is pushing the epic Hasbro action-adventure movie Battleship back to May 25 2012. Thus  “Giving Pete Berg (Hancock, The Kingdom) and the filmmakers the extra time and resources to make Battleship an even bigger summer blockbuster, it is sure to pay dividends when the film is released [...]

Source: Box Office Mojo, While Dear John broke up Avatar‘s box office reign at No. 1, both pictures performed extremely well over Super Bowl weekend. Dear John drew $30.5 million, ranking as the second highest-grossing Super Bowl opening gross ever behind the Hannah Montana concert, while Avatar raked in another $22.9 million. Playing on approximately [...]

Steven Soderbergh, who frankly has been a bit of a disappointment lately is working on a new film called Contagion, an action-thriller that takes place in a worst case scenario of a deadly virus. (Sounds a lot like Outbreak) He’s got Kate Winslet, Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard, and Jude Law ready to star in it this fall. Sounds [...]

Bill Murray will be returning for the 3rd and long awaited feature in the Ghostbusters franchise. Major spoiler after the Jump. Murray told the UK Daily Mail that ‘I’ll do it if you kill me off in the first reel.’ So now they are going to have me as a ghost in the film. Good to [...]

So as I’m sitting hear watching another great episode of Smallville (S8E11 – Legion), I wondered over to Deadline and found some great news on yet another superhero reboot, that’s right it’s only been 3 years, but Superman is up again. I can’t quite pinpoint what I didn’t like about Superman Returns, it was just [...]

If you’re a Wes Anderson Fan? I’m top on that list, you will love this. Nailed it!

More good news from Deadline. Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt in Mission Impossible 4. Along with Cruise, J.J. Abrams (director of MI:3 and last years Star Trek) will produce. A director has not yet been found but they are planning on filming this summer for a Memorial Day 2011 Release. Josh Applebaum and Andre Nemec [...]

Vulture is reporting the Hughes Brothers (The Book Of Eli) are taking on the beloved manga graphic novel Akira. The Hughes will direct a live-action remake of the cult favorite Akira, from a script by Iron Man scribes Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby. I’ve never been a fan of the Hughes Brothers but Iron Man was [...]

So the Terminator has been brought back to life by Pacificor, who bought the franchise and brought it out of bankruptcy. So now what? Will the new owners continue with the McG story, (which I actually liked) will they go off in a completely new direction or will they reboot like every other franchise in the [...]

The ‘Centurion’ trailer. Looks Badass!!!

A third installment in the Chronicles of Riddick franchise is on the way. How does Vin Diesel keep getting studios to make sequels of his less than stellar films? Diesel starred in the first two films, Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick and will star and produce the third film in the series. The new [...]

Personally I’m a Constructs fan. When I was a kid, me and my brother Jared used to make a mechanical outfit and hook it to our feline friend turning the poor animal into Battle Cat from He-Man. But it looks like the Constructs movie will have to wait a little while longer. As for now, the [...]

Avatar fans that can’t get enough of Pandora may not have to wait until another film to get your “Blue” fix. MTV recently spoke with Avatar producer Jon Landau, he said James Cameron is working on a prequel Avatar novel. Cameron’s first ever novel will tell the stories that they just did not have time to [...]

A copy of the first comic to feature caped hero Superman has been sold on the internet for $1m. The 1938 edition of Action Comics No 1 – which originally sold for 10 cent – was sold by a private seller to a private buyer, neither of whom was named. Read the full story at [...]

Fox has picked up the rights to the sci-fi book series known as the Fourth Realm Trilogy, written by reclusive author John Twelve Hawks, and has set Watchmen co-writer Alex Tse to adapt. Gil Netter (The Blind Side) and Andrew Tennenbaum (The Bourne Identity) are producing The first book, titled “The Traveler” and published in [...]

In an interview with MTV Bruce Willis talked about the possibilities of a follow up to Unbreakable. I know that I’m gonna get hated on by everyone, but Unbreakable is by my favorite M. Night Shyamalan movie (Sorry Sixth Sense fans, it’s true). Bruce Willis played the subtle reluctant hero realizing his role in the world so well and [...]

I love Zoolander, it’s arguably Ben Stiller’s funniest movie. And I always like Stiller best when he plays character roles like Zoolander, Dodgeball.  I’m not really a fan of his movies where funny things happen around him and we watch how he reacts to it, like Meet The Parents, Night At The Museum.  Now, on top of being a Stiller [...]

Well, that record didn’t last long. Just three days after a Superman book became the first comic to sell for $1 million, a Batman comic book sold Thursday at auction for about $75,000 more. Heritage Auction Galleries in Dallas reports that a rare copy of Detective Comics No. 27 from 1939 — in which “The [...]

According to Vulture, Taylor Lautner has dropped out of Mattel’s Max Steel to Make Hasbro’s Stretch Armstrong. He had signed to star in both films, which collectively would have made him the action star of the decade. (Which actually still might be possible with the addition of Cancun and if the Twilight movies get good) Lautner [...]

So Bill Murray was on Letterman last night and he spoke a little about Ghostbusters 3. Hit the jump to see the video. Spoilers included.

Could The Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time be the first “good” videogame movie adaptation? It looks pretty good to me.

Finally a good movie soundtrack has come out this year.  Almost Alice, the soundtrack to Tim Burton’s new film Alice in Wonderland takes you on a great musical journey of its own.   You’ll will get an overall final rating out of five at the end but I wanted to start by giving you guys the track listing, and an individual rating for each song [...]

Last week we reported that Zoolander 2 was in the early stages and now Ben Stiller confirms the rumors to MTV.com. Stiller talked about why it took so long to make and where the story will go. Ben Stiller said, “The beginning of the movie is [set]… 10 years later, and Derek & Hansel are [...]

Deadline is reporting that Neil Patrick Harris (the reason I LOVE How I Met Your Mother and the reason I’ll watch Glee later this season) just landed the lead in the Smurf movie. There will be CG Characters in the Smurf film but Deadline says, “Harris won’t have to walk around as a blue-tinted Avatar, either. The Raja Gosnell-directed film [...]

After just three days Alice In Wonderland is the highest grossing movie released in 2010 so far. The Estimated weekend in take is $116.3 Million, just over my estimate of $105 million (not too bad). Alice also broke Avatar’s ($77 m) record for the biggest 3D release. This is great new for Disney, who must have been [...]

Opinion: The awkward gush fests by fellow actors for nominees for the Leading Actor and Actress must come to an end.  Sometime in the last few years   (I can’t be bothered to find out exactly when) someone involved with the Academy Awards decided that instead of showing clips of the nominees, they would bring in [...]

So the 82nd Oscars was a long boring show as usual, with few surprises. Hit the jump to see the winners. And The Hurt Locker won best picture! I may have been the only one outside of Hollywood rooting for it to take down Avatar. Locker, which centered on a bomb-disposal squad, was a great film [...]

  Here’s the trailer for Iron Man 2 that premiered on Jimmy Kimmel last night. It’s the best one yet. And an Army of Iron Men? I’m finally getting  excited for the this movie. Hit the jump to see the trailer.

Source: THR Liam Hemsworth, who is co-starring in Disney’s Miley Cyrus weepie “The Last Song,” is jumping into action-movie territory with “Arabian Nights.” The actor is in negotiations to star in Inferno Entertainment’s 3D adventure directed by Chuck Russell. Inferno’s Bill Johnson is producing with Mark Ciardi and Gordon Gray of Mayhem Pictures. ROAR also [...]

Okay, I know I said I wasn’t reporting on movies getting the 3D treatment anymore but this story must be told. God will be coming in glorious 3D… in a theater near you soon. I’ve seen a lot of gimmick to get the people to the theater but this one [Gimmick] is out there. Although [...]

Source: Hero Complex Superman, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, was an instant success when he arrived on the publishing scene in June 1938 and he more or less created the American comic book and its signature concept, the superhero. Superman made the leap to radio in 1940 and then to the silver screen [...]

In an interview with MTV, Neil Patrick Harris said there is a Dr. Horrible 2 in the works and that it will probably be a feature film in theaters. Harris also said that they don’t want to make a big $80 million dollar film because that would defeat what the first one was, yet it [...]

Chris Evans, who I actually liked as Johnny Storm (AKA Human Torch) in Fantastic Four is now stepping up to lead superhero status as Captain America. I’ve liked Evans for awhile and just like Ryan Reynolds, who’s currently filming Green Lantern, have not had the success I think they deserve. But now with both attached to some pretty [...]

Finally the Trailer for Scott Pilgrim vs. the World! Have I told you I’m excited about this movie? I am… very. I love Michael Cera and from this trailer it looks like he captures the part perfectly.

So after the horrible Matthew Broderick 1998 Godzilla I thought it would be near impossible to lift the creature back from the dead. I should not have been so naive, I mean what movie franchise has not finally sucked and then been brought back to life a few years later? In an era when franchises are [...]

It took six months to hammer out a deal but Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms have all signed on for The Hangover 2 for about $5 million each plus some backend money. The three actors were paid less than a $1 million dollars combined for the original. This is great news after Warner Bros. [...]

New Trailer for The Expendables, this could be the greatest action movie ever.

Source: Heat Vision Sebastian Stan, one of the actors who tested for the title role of Marvel’s “Captain America” which ultimately went to Chris Evans, has nabbed the key role of Captain America’s sidekick Bucky Barnes. In comic book lore, Barnes, a teenaged orphan, was too young to join the army but became one camp’s [...]

Yet another video game that my older brother used to kick my butt at as a kid is driving to the big screen. Yep, this time it’s Spy hunter, which is set to hit theaters in 2012. If you recall Spy Hunter had one of the most repetitive and mind numbing theme songs, I would [...]

Taylor Kitsch, the troubled student on Friday Night Lights, who was last seen in theaters as Gambit in the yawn, X-Men Origins: Wolverine has signed on to star in Universal studios adaptation of the Hasbro board game Battleship. Peter Berg, who also produced Friday Night Lights will direct with a script by Jon and Erich [...]

Yesterday Jon Favreau via his twitter account confirmed Harrision Ford will be in his upcoming movie Cowboys and Aliens. And apparently Favreau wants you to keep it a secret. Here’s Favreua’s Tweet. “Please stop asking if Harrison Ford is in Cowboys & Aliens. Okay? He is. Please don’t tell anybody.” So when I first saw this [...]

Recently David Duchovny spoke to MTV.com about the possibility of another X-Files film. He said “I love the characters on it; yes [I'd do another one],” and added “I am so proud of that franchise that, [if we can't make it] until I have to wear a girdle and a toupee, that’s fine.” I’ll first [...]

Last week at ShoWest, Austin Powers Director Jay Roach was honored as the Comedy Director of the Decade. Roach spoke a little about the fourth Powers movie that is currently in the writing process. Roach said, “[Star Mike Myers is] working on ideas for it, people are definitely talking about it and I’m all good for [...]

Topher Grace is featured in this new featurette for the Predators movie coming out on July 9. Topher plays the scrawny Edwin who will probably be a smart, idealistic Self-deprecating human and in the end be killed in a most dastardly manner. Or maybe he was a serial killer who will make it to the [...]

So after more than a decade of total immersion in Star Wars prequel mythology, it looks like we will finally get a story set after the events of Return of the Jedi. Finally we get to see what happened to Luke, Leia, Han, and probably the droids after they all assisted in the destruction of [...]

The producers of James bond said in a press release yesterday that “Due to the continuing uncertainty surrounding the future of MGM and the failure to close a sale of the studio, we have suspended development on BOND 23 indefinitely.” Which more than likely means that there will be no 007 for 2011. Producers Michael [...]

In an exclusive moviefone.com interview with Peter Jackson promoting the Lovely Bones DVD, he clued them in on the fact that the script for the second Hobbit film is finished and has been sent to the studio for review. He also said that they movie has not been delayed because they’ve never announced a date [...]

After 60 great years our favorite green blooded alien is beaming right out of the business and into retirement. Leonard Nimoy, who famously and I’ll also add expertly play Mr. Spock, the Vulcan, in the Star Trek universe told the Toronto Sun that he will finally hang up his pointy Vulcan ears. “I’ve been doing [...]

Oh my gosh, Men In Black II was awful!!! I mean really bad! So the fact that Men In Black 3 is pushing forward is a testament to the power and respect Hollywood has for Will Smith, Steven Spielberg and Barry Sonnenfeld . Truly they are some of the great movers and shakers out there. Anyway [...]

Once again The Twilight Saga movie frachise is back to their old tricks. With a trailer packed full of action, the producers are hoping to convince boyfriends across the world to accompany their ladies to another episode of the sissiest vampire franchise of all time.

While Ridley Scott was out doing the promo tour for his Robin Hood, coming out later this summer, he talked to MTV.com about his upcoming Alien prequel. Scott was both creator of the Alien franchise and director of both the first movie and the coming prequel. First good news is that Scott said “There’s no question about it, we’re [...]

So THR has the first review for Iron Man 2 and they lay down a beating thought to have only been possible by Iron Man 2 character Whiplash himself. Not since The Dark Knight has there been this kind of excitement for a Superhero sequel, but from the review it looks like this franchise quickly [...]

Andy Serkis who played Gollum in the The Lord of the Rings and will reprise his role in The Hobbit movie recently spoke to E! News about the filiming of The Hobbit. “It’s going to happen, I think it’s due to start shooting in May. It’s going to be exciting, especially working with [new director] Guillermo del Toro, [...]

UPDATE: While not completely inaccurate the IMAX and Warner Bros. press release that went out this morning stating they would bring The Hobbit to Imax in December 2013 led people to believe that the first Hobbit Film would be released in 2013 and the second in 2014. Heat Vision corrected the confusion, “Warner Bros. is [...]

It’s been rumored for a couple weeks now that the Dreamgirls director, Bill Condon would finish out the Twilight saga series. And today Summit Entertainment officially confirmed that Condon will direct Breaking Dawn, which is currently being written by Melissa Rosenberg, and will star Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. Wyck Godfrey, Karen Rosenfelt, and [...]

I’ve always thought Shrek combined different genres of music perfectly. Putting together an entertaining and diverse soundtrack can sometimes double a movies fun. And Shrek has hit it perfect three times in a row. Here is the track list for the upcoming Shrek Forever After. Looks pretty diverse again. SHREK FOREVER AFTER: MUSIC FROM THE MOTION [...]

Warner Bros. has claimed July 20, 2012, for the release date of the third Christopher Nolan Batman movie. There is no title for the Dark Knightsequel yet and no official start of production because Christopher Nolan is still in post-production for his Inception film that opens July 16. Jonathan Nolan (Chirstopher’s Brother and often collaborator) has [...]

Marvel has released the first still shot of the upcoming comic-adaptation Thor, showing a close up of Chris Hemsworth in his warrior outfit, with a peek at Thor’s trademark red cape. Directed by Kenneth Branagh, Thor is set for a May 2011 release, two months before the Captain America film. This should complete the line-up for the first Avengers film, pending [...]

Deadline is reporting that Stephen King’s self-described magnum opus, The Dark Tower (series) is quickly going through negotiations with Imagine Entertainment and Weed Road to make both a big screen trilogy and TV series adaptations. Ron Howard (Angels & Demons,The Da Vinci Code, A Beautiful Mind) will direct and Akiva Goldsman (Angels & Demons, The Da [...]

After Adam McKay’s twitter last week announced “So bummed. Paramount basically passed on Anchorman 2. Even after we cut our budget down. We tried.” The worst was assumed by all, that we would never see the great Ron Burgundy ever again. But Deadline is reporting that Paramount still wants to make Anchorman 2 but Paramount [...]

Jim Henson’s 1982 fantasy epic and cult favorite film, The Dark Crystal is finally getting a sequel. The Sequel, titled Power of the Dark Crystalwill be directed by Peter and Michael Spierig (Daybreakers) and brought to you in stereoscopic 3D.  The original film was set on another planet, another time. 1000 years ago the Dark [...]

So after a week of rumors going back and forth on who will actually direct the X-Men: First Class movie a decision has been made. Previously Bryan Singer was set to direct but decided to move into the producing chair, and it looks like the job will indeed go to Kick-Ass Director, Matthew Vaughn. A [...]

So Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde, Harrison Ford and now with the addition of Sam Rockwell, Cowboys and Aliens is accruing quite and an awesome cast! Cowboys is the story of a group of cowboys and Indians who rise up together against aliens invaders. Rockwell will play a bar owner named Doc who joins in the [...]

For those who don’t know a little over a year ago Joaquin Phoenix supposedly left the movie business to become a rapper. All while brother-in-law Casey Affleck followed him around with a camera to document Phoenix’s transformation to a Hip Hop musician. And maybe the process of growing that rats nest of a beard. So [...]

Here at Film Popper we gotta get our film and entertainment fix and we gotta get it quick. So I present to you the Film Popper 300 review for Iron Man 2, and as always in 300 words or less. Iron Man 2 Iron Man 2 is potentially the biggest release this summer, and take it from me, [...]

Twentieth Century Fox has set a June 24, 2011 release for the next Planet Of The Apes movie, tentatively titled Rise Of The Apes. It will be a completely new take on one of the Studio’s most successful franchises. Rise Of The Apes is an origin story in the truest sense of the term. Set in [...]

The hottest thing about Iron Man 2 my not be the suit’s rocket boosters, rather the J.J. Abrams directed and Steven Speilberg produced Super 8 movie trailer. Super is due out in 2011 and appears to be some sort of monster movie. Well here it is in glorious bootlegged quality. Hit the jump to watch it before it’s gone.  [...]

While talking with Empire, Tom Cruise confirmed that Brad Bird (The Incredibles) will be directing Mission Impossible 4. And Cruise also talked about the possibility of working with Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim Vs The World) in the future. “I dig Edgar. Very nice guy, very smart, very talented, I’d really like to do something with [...]

Leonardo DiCaprio searches your dreams in Christopher Nolan’s Inception. Hit the jump to see the full length trailer.  So looking forward to this.

I just got back from the screening of Iron Man 2, the review will be up a little later, but what I could not wait to write about is the trailer for J.J. Abrams Super 8 movie. I’ll try to describe it as best I can remember. So here we go. The trailer starts with a black [...]

Here at Film Popper we have decided to dish out a weekly Chick Flick as part of our Film Popper 300 review series.  I Rachel, am the chick.  I review the flicks. On weeks new chick flicks are released I’ll dive in and and give you my certified chick review, on the weeks there aren’t, I’ll visit [...]

Some leaked photos from the revamp of the Arnold Schwarzenegger classic, Conan The Barbarian have popped up online. Conan is being directed by Marcus Nispel (Friday the 13th (2009), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre(2003)) and will be released in 2011. In this new telling, Jason Momoa will play Conan and the story features the titular character in his [...]

Risky Business reports that another Die Hard is in the works. Skip Woods is in negotiations with fox to pen the next installment of the series. Skip Woods wrote Sword-Fish, Hitman, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and the upcoming adaptation of The A-Team. Bruce Willis has already said he would be up for a 5th film in [...]

Well it’s almost been a two days since the opening weekend of Iron Man 2 so obviously it’s already time to start the rumor mill on what will be in Iron Man 3. And MTV is first in line to start harassing Jon Favreau about details of Iron Man 3. Hit the jump for the video. I [...]

The most sought after trailer for a long time is now officially online. Come watch the Steven Spielberg produced, J.J. Abrams directed Super 8 trailer in the quality it deserves. Hit the jump to view the Super 8 trailer.

Hayden Christensen is set to star in The Genesis Code based on the novel of the same name written by John Case. This should be good opportunity for Christensen so shed some of the Anakin type casting and show his quality acting abilities. That’s right I said a quality actor. Don’t believe me, go back and watch Life [...]

Varietyis reporting that Sharlto Copley has dropped out of the SciFi movie I Am Number Four, due to scheduling conflicts with the A-Team press tour. Timothy Olyphant, star of T.V’s Justified has stepped into take over the role. Sad story as I would like to see Copley in as many roles as possible, I’m still blown [...]

Aziz Ansari (Parks and Rec) is set to host the 2010 MTV Movie Awards live on Sunday, June 6 at 9 p.m. ET. Ansari is the best thing about Parks and Rec and I think he’s going to be great as host. This year will add new catagories such as Global Superstar, Biggest Badass Star, Best [...]

Hey Twi-hards, here’s the track list for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. The album ranges from the obvious Muse to The Bravery to Vampire Weekend. Hit the jump to see the full list and a brand new clip featuring Dakota Fanning and The Vulturi. 1. Metric — “Eclipse (All Yours)” 2. Muse — “Neutron Star Collision [...]

At a party celebrating the series finale of ABC’s Lost, producer Barry Jossen read aloud a letter from George Lucas himself. In the letter he congratulates the Lost writers and producers for making such a great show and for planning it out so well, admitting that he didn’t have everything in Star Wars quite figured out [...]

Empire is reporting that Ewan McGregor has joined the cast of Terry Gilliam’s long-delayed film, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. Ewan will join Robert Duvall, who’s been attached to the project for some time. McGregor will step into the role that Johnny Depp was originally set to play back in 2000 when Gilliam first attempted to film Quixote. [...]

Heat Vision is reporting that Flight of the Conchords star Jemaine Clement is in final negotiations to play one of the villains in Columbia’s Men in Black 3. Clement will join Will Smith who recently signed a deal to return as the alien-chasing government agent. Barry Sonnenfeld will also return to direct. Most of the action [...]

Hit the jump to see the trailer for the Dreamworks film Megamind that hits theaters November 5. Megamind is a satirical take on superhero movies, in which the villainous Megamind (Will Ferrell) loses his oomph after he accidentally kills his nemesis Metro Man (Brad Pitt). I thought the first two Shrek films were excellent and was a perfect satire of [...]

In honor of the 30th anniversary of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, IGN has posted a list of 100 little-known facts about the most beloved Star Wars film ever. Many of the factoids focus on the action figures released for the movie and an alternate version of the script that was almost used. I [...]

Gamespot is reporting that the sequel to Sony’s well received Killzone 2, developed by Guerrilla Games will be released in 3D. Sony is planning to update all PS3s to support stereoscopic 3D later this year with a firmware update. This is especially significant since the second title in the Killzone franchise saw great success, this may be [...]

Legendary Pictures has picked up rights to Mass Effect, the Electronic Arts-BioWare video game. Mark Protosevich, the scribe who wrote I Am Legend and worked on Thor, is in talks to pen the movie, which will be produced by Avi and Ari Arad as well as Legendary’s Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni. Mass, which debuted [...]

Orlando Bloom is returning to the type of role he is most loved in, the period piece. Bloom has officially signed on to be a villain in Paul W.S. Anderson’s Three Musketeers movie, out summer 2011. Heat Vision is reporting that Bloom will play the Duke of Buckingham, the arch-nemesis to the Musketeers who is described as “so cool [...]

So the Shrek franchise has reached its fourth episode, quite a rarity in the movie business. Franchise characters often get played out, become boring and story lines get more ridiculous with each outing past an initial sequel. But on occasion a franchise can manage to keep the crowds excited and returning to the megaplexes time and time again. While Shrek [...]

Heat Vision is reporting that Wanted star, James McAvoy has signed on to play the young Professor X in the upcoming X-Men: First Class film. Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass) will direct a story conceived by producer and X-Men, X2 director Bryan Singer. Shooting is expected to begin later this summer for a June 3, 2011, release date [...]

After almost two years developing the two The Hobbit movies, Guillermo Del Toro announced today that he will not be directing the adaptation J.R.R. Tolkien book. Due to the continuing financial problems at MGM the start date for The Hobbit could not be solidified. Del Toro had been developing The Hobbit with Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh [...]

Hit the jump to see the new Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World trailer.

Deadline is reporting that Paramount has brought in Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form to revamp the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise with a new live-action film. Bay, director of such recent films as Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and The Island, has an opportunity to play with another [...]

AICN has some images of the uniform from Joe Johnston’s Captain America: The First Avenger film starring Chris Evans, out summer 2011. The suit look pretty sweet, I’m a little upset, but not surprised that they toned down the suits American flag element. Here’s a sample, but hit the link to see more. And

While many have speculated and made this assumption since Heath Ledger’s death prior to the release of The Dark Knight, Director Christopher Nolan has stated that the Joker will not be recast as long as he is helming the franchise. Nolan refused to elaborate why, but said for obvious reasons, “I just don’t feel comfortable [...]

A chill bump inducing mini trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows premiered last night during the 2010 MTV Movies Awards. Cant wait!

I know some of you out there are dying for this information. So here it is. Los Angeles, CA, June 10, 2010 – Summit Entertainment confirmed today that THE TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN will be released as two separate films with the first of the two slated to be released in theatres on November 18, [...]

While I did not hate Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, it was a major disappointment. After three virtually perfect films in a row, Crystal Skull came up quite short, but there was lots of fun action and great nods to the early franchise. So I’m definitely up for another go-round. And [...]

Neil Patrick Harris introduces the teaser trailer for The Smurfs movie out August 3, 2011. Smurfs stars Hank Azaria, Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, Sofia Vergara and Anton Yelchin. This is an extreme teaser, all we really get out of it is what the Smurfs look like and that it will be placed in New [...]

Recently Liam Neeson talked with MTV about a possible upcoming sequel to his 2008 film Taken. Neeson said he will be sitting down with the directer, (Pierre Morel) this month to hammer out a plausible and believable story. Not sure what the plot would be. Maybe Neeson’s character has another daughter? But I’m betting a Taken sequel [...]

Sam Raimi was interviewed on the red carpet of the saturn awards and spoke about the status of the upcoming “Warcraft” movie, saying its still a “long ways off.” Raimi has said he is very excited about the project, and also says in the interview that he currently has a level 72 character in the [...]

Today Sony announced that Andrew Garfield will play Spider-man in Marc Webb’s 3D reboot of the hugely popular film franchise. This is probably the biggest casting news since Harry Potter and this will no doubt sky rocket Garfield to mainstream Hollywood success. From what I hear the 26-year-old  Brit has a scene stealing role in the upcoming [...]

If you’re like me, the only thing you didn’t like about Avatar is that it was way too short. Well the mighty Avatar will be back in theaters with eight extra minutes on August 27 for a limited run. Not sure what will be in there, maybe the much hyped human on alien sex scene (I [...]

Edward Norton who played Hulk/Bruce Banner in 2008′s reboot, The Incredible Hulk, is out and a new actor will step in for Joss Whedon’s The Avengers, which unites the Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and Hulk characters on the bigscreen, out May 4, 2012. Sad news, Norton is a great actor and played the somber side [...]

The studio describes Due Date as a story about Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.) an expectant first-time father whose wife’s due date is a mere five days away. As Peter hurries to catch a flight home from Atlanta to be at her side for the birth, his best intentions go completely awry when a chance [...]

Mark Ruffalo is in final talks to play the Hulk in The Avengers movie. I don’t have time to write up a story, but you can get the details at Deadline.

Marvel has released some more photos of the upcoming Thor film out May 5 2011. Thor will star Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins and Chris Hemsworth as the titular character. Hit the jump below the photo to see some more.  

Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) finds himself on an unexpected journey to the fabled Fountain of Youth when a woman from his past (Penelope Cruz) forces him aboard the Queen Anne’s Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane). Hit the jump for more details. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES (In [...]

I know it was released a couple days ago but here it is anyway. The first still from Jon Favreau’s Cowboys and Aliens, starring Daniel Craig, Olivia Wilde Sam Rockwell and Harrison Ford.

Here is the trailer for Zack Snyder’s (300 and Watchmen) Sucker Punch that premiered at Comic-Con. The trailer is crazy awesome, Sucker Punch just jump to my must see for 2011!!! Hit the jump to see the trailer. “Sucker Punch” is an epic action fantasy that takes us into the vivid imagination of a young [...]

They are taking it down almost as fast as it’s going up, so here’s a few places to see the THOR Trailer that was shown at Comic-Con. Here Here And Here Marvel Studio’s THOR is directed by Kenneth Branagh and stars Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Jaimie Alexander, Stellan Sarsgard and Kat Dennings. [...]

So we are finally getting the Star Wars saga on the glorious Blu-ray format. The announcement came from George Lucas himself at Star Wars Celebration 5 (side note, I went to Celebration 1 in 1999 and it was awesome!) that all six live-action Star Wars films will be released next year on Blu-ray for the [...]

Here’s the full trailer for David Fincher’s The Social Network out Oct 1. 2010.

According to Deadline Paramount has hired the Iron Man writing team, Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, for close to $1 million to revamp Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for a live action feature film to be released in summer 2012. Nikki Finke from Deadline also quotes a source saying “The studio is looking at this as its [...]

Here at Filmpopper we don’t regularly cover a lot in the realm of chick flicks, so I was a little confused when the editor agreed it would be a good idea to include a review of Eat, Pray, Love. I can only assume that he’s currently facing some sort of sexual harassment lawsuit, and felt [...]

Microsoft’s  Director of Programming for Xbox Live, Larry Hyrb (gamertag Major Nelson) has announced that the price for Xbox Live will be going up on Novermber 1st. The price increase moves a yearly subscription up from $49.99 to $59.99. Another $10 hardly seems like something to make a fuss about when considering how many new features [...]

Here’s the trailer for I’m Still Here, the documentary (probably mockumentary) of Joaquin Phoenix’s transition from the acting world to a career as an aspiring rapper.

Jonathan Liebesman has signed on to direct Clash of the Titan 2for Warner Bros. and Legendary for a 2012 release date. Liebesman directed The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) and Next years Battle: Los Angeles, currnetly in post-production. The major stars Sam Worthington and Gemma Arterton are expected to return for the second installment of the [...]

Suzanne Collins’ Mockingjay (the third and final installment in The Hunger Games series) came out last week and it’s a huge hit. Hype for the film adaptation is ramping up.  Collins is writing the screenplay herself and Lionsgate is producing. Now it’s time for a director to be chosen.   An Open Letter To The Future [...]

I’m a nolan fanboy, I frequent NolanFans.com, I’m always showing Memento and The Prestige to any poor soul who has yet to see them, and its rare a week goes buy I don’t watch one of his movies. This set is perfect for nutcases like myself. The package includes: Blu-ray, DVD, and digital copies of [...]

In the romantic comedy Going the Distance Erin (Drew Barrymore) meets a guy named Garrett (Justin Long) and they’re perfect for each other.  But this is the movies, so of course there’s going to be a problem. The problem is that they live in different cities, and if they want to continue dating they’ll have [...]