• TV Bits: Vince Gilligan, Dan Harmon, 'Girls', 'The Newsroom', 'Doctor Who', 'Hannibal', 'Happy Endings', 'Falling Skies'

    Sony is apparently eager to hear what Dan Harmon has to say about Community's fourth season. Also after the jump: Peek at a DVD-only scene from Breaking Bad NBC renews Hannibal USA doesn't want Happy Endings Revenge and Suburgatory lose stars Matt Smith is leaving Doctor Who Dominic West and Judy Greer book new roles Girls adds a boy Peek…

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  • TV Bits: 'Arrested Development', 'Treme', 'Hannibal', 'Game Of Thrones', 'Homeland', 'Grimm', 'Sons Of Anarchy', Bryan Fuller, J.J. Abrams, Guillermo Del Toro

    Today's TV Bits is jam-packed with geeky goodness. After the jump: Arrested Development starts filming new episodes New character and plot details emerge for NBC's Hannibal Syfy and Bryan Fuller are adapting The Lotus Caves Guillermo del Toro talks about Marvel's Hulk TV series The Wire's McNulty was almost on Game of Thrones Showtime has…

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  • 'John Carter' - What Did You Think?

    It's the big weekend for Disney, and Pixar director Andrew Stanton, as Stanton's live-action adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel A Princess of Mars finally hits theaters. John Carter is a film that has been many, many years in development, and finally sees life thanks to Stanton's interest in the story. Taylor Kitsch, Lynn…

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  • 'John Carter' Review - Rich Mythology And Expensive Visuals Can't Quite Hide A Hollow Center

    On a surface level, there's much that Andrew Stanton's John Carter gets right -- much more than you'd expect, given Disney's exasperatingly incompetent marketing campaign. The visual effects are imaginative and seamless, the action is appropriately flashy, and the source material by Edgar Rice Burroughs seems rich enough in mythology to make even the most jaded sci-fi…

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  • 'John Carter' Super Bowl Commercials

    Disney aired a new commercial for Andrew Stanton's live action debut John Carter during the big game. After the jump you can watch the super bowl spot, and a 60 second extended spot. 60 Second Extended Spot In Game Spot: Official plot: From Academy Award®–winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton comes John Carter—a sweeping action-adventure set on…

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  • 'John Carter' Trailer

    One of the biggest question marks on the 2012 tentpole schedule is Disney's John Carter, formerly John Carter of Mars. Pixar's Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo, Wall-E) directs the live-action film that adapts A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Now that we're able to see some footage, it appears that he has done so…

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  • Interview: Andrew Stanton Talks 'John Carter'

    In June, I visited the editing room of John Carter, the big screen adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic sci-fi novel A Princess of Mars (you can watch my video blog here). At the event, director Andrew Stanton and producer Jim Morris gave a presentation explaining how they came to be involved with the project,…

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  • /Film Visits The Editing Room Of 'John Carter'

    On June 20th, I flew to San Francisco to visit Barsoom Studios, in an office building minutes sown the road from Pixar Animation Studios, to see the first footage from John Carter, a big screen adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic sci-fi novel  A Princess of Mars. In a screening room, Finding Nemo/Wall-E director Andrew…

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  • Gillian Anderson, Dominic West Join Rowan Atkinson In 'Johnny English Reborn'

    Anyone clamoring for a sequel the 2003 comedy Johnny English is in luck. Not only is Johnny English Reborn now shooting in the United Kingdom, but it will now co-star Gillian Anderson (The X-Files), Dominic West (The Wire), Rosamund Pike (Die Another Day) and Daniel Kaluuya alongside Rowan Atkinson as the title character. It'll be…

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  • Movie Trailer: Jackboots On Whitehall

    What if Team America: World Police were British, took place during World War II, and was totally serious? Well...more serious. OK, fine, what if Team America was British and set in WWII? You might have something like Jackboots on Whitehall, which tells the story of an alternate WWII in which Goering, Goebbels and Himmler plan…

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  • Teaser Poster: The Awakening

    Yesterday it was announced at Cannes that Rebecca Hall (Frost/Nixon) and Dominic West (The Wire) have signed on to star in new supernatural thriller titled The Awakening. Today at the festival I came across a promotional teaser poster for the film, which will begin shooting in June. Check out the full teaser poster now, after…

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  • Magnet Picks Up Neil Marshall's Centurion For US Release

    Neil Marshall's upcoming film Centurion has generated a good bit of excitement based on Marshall's reputation and the bloody, grimy trailer released not long ago. That was an international trailer, because at the time the clips was released the film did not have US distribution. Now it has been picked up by Magnet, the genre…

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  • Samantha Morton, Dominic West And Polly Walker Join John Carter Of Mars

    Three more actors have joined Andrew Stanton's big screen adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' John Carter of Mars: Samantha Morton (In America, Control), Dominic West (300, Chicago) and Polly Walker (Patriot Games). Morton, West and Walker join Taylor Kitsch (Wolverine, Friday Night Lights), Lynn Collins (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, True Blood), and Willem Dafoe in the Walt…

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