Welcome to The Extras! A daily dose of all the smaller movie related news, clips and just plain cool stuff that you might have missed! Last Updated: August 14, 2012
When it comes to Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, the posters should really have Superman with a giant question mark on his chest instead of a stylized “S”, as at this point we still have a ton of mysteries surrounding it. The trailer released soon after Comic Con, as amazing as it looked, actually added to his confusion, as we …
Rooney Mara and Paul Dano are two of the fastest rising and most talented young stars in Hollywood right now, which is why I was really excited by the news that they were teaming up with just as talented indie filmmaker Kelly Reichardt for her new eco-terrorist thriller, Night Moves. But Variety is now reporting that Mara and Dano will be …
It’s been quite a few years since Charles Dickens literary warning to never risk the wrath of a scorned women was adapted for the big screen. In fact, it’s been almost 14 years since Alfonso Cuaron updated the tale for a modern day setting starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Bancroft, and Ethan Hawke, while South Park took their own spin at the …
Terry Gilliam returning to his roots filming anti-authoritarian films starring a loveable everyman, a role which Christoph Waltz will be lending his incredible talents towards portraying? Pinch me, I must be dreaming! Yep, that’s exactly what’s going on, as the former Python returns to the screen once again, to direct his latest film, Zero Theorem. Last Updated: August 14, 2012
When it comes to ringing a few extra bucks out of a movie franchise, nothing smells more like a fistful of dollars than a TV series adaptation. Police Academy, Robocop and Blade are some such, terrible examples of a live-action adaptation, and now, The Transporter is headed to television as well, one ozone-layer killing exhaust fume filled episode at a …
Irrespective of what you may think of the Bryan Singer X-Men films or his previous solo cinematic outing, you can’t deny that when it came to the role of Wolverine, Hugh Jackman most certainly owned it. Who cared that he was a 6 ft 1 Australian being cast to play a 5 ft 2 Canadian, when the results were that …
The second film may not even be out yet, but since when has that ever stopped a studio before from making some bold claims about a sequel. In this case, it’s producer Avi Lerner who’s spilled the beans on which other saddlebags with eyes veteran action heroes would be tempted off their prune juice long enough to blow stuff up with …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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