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371 days until Jem and The Holograms arrives

Jem is truly outrageous, and the news that the live action movie is landing in theaters next year is good news. Let’s hope the movie is worth the wait.

Albert Torres tapped to write Locke & Key movie adaptation

A few weeks ago on Finally Friday, I predicted we would hear more about the Locke & Key movie at the San Diego Comic Con. With the announcement that a writer has been tapped to write the screenplay, this looks like another...

Battlestar Galactica alive at Universal

Looks like Universal Pictures is looking to bring Battlestar Galactica to the big screen.

Diagon Alley comes to Universal Orlando

Press Release Never before has a theme park created a guest experience like this: you climb aboard the Hogwarts Express in Hogsmeade and moments later arrive at King’s Cross Station – where the wonders of London and Diagon Alle...

MOVIES: Warcraft Gets December 2015 Release Date

Legendary Pictures confirmed that it was working on a World of Warcraft movie during the San Diego Comic Con, and though we’ve heard a few rumblings about casting, the movie studio has been relatively tight-lipped on ever...

TRAILER: First 47 Ronin Trailer Arrives

The first official trailer for 47 Ronin starring Keanu Reeves has hit the internet and we’ve brought it to you as well as a number of character posters for the film after the jump.

SDCC’13: Kick-Ass 2 Extended Red Band Trailer

With less than a month before Kick-Ass 2 hits theaters a larger trailer was due out for SDCC. Most of the cast returns and we’re adding Jim Carrey and John Leguizamo to the cast. The trailer is after the jump and do be ca...

MOVIES: The Boxtrolls begins production

Press Release Marking their third project together, LAIKA and Focus Features, the two companies behind the current Academy Award-nominated animated feature ParaNorman, announced today that LAIKA has begun production on The Boxt...

MOVIES: First poster for Oblivion arrives

Late last week, Radical Studios released the first poster for the upcoming Tom Cruise movie, Oblivion, released through Universal Pictures.

MOVIES: Fifty Shades of Grey hires scriptwriter

As Universal Pictures and Focus Features move closer to bringing E L James’ Fifty Shades of Grey to the big screen, they first need to adapt it for film The studios have hired Kelly Marcel to complete the task.

MOVIES: The World’s End now in production

Press Release Working Title Films and Big Talk Productions have commenced filming on The World’s End, the third installment of Edgar Wright’s trilogy of comedies, following the successes Shaun of the Dead (2004) and Hot Fuzz (2...

MOVIES: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial arrives on Blu-ray in October

Press Release E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Academy Award®-winning director Steven Spielberg’s magical adventure, celebrates its 30th Anniversary with its first-ever release on Blu-ray™ this October. Featuring an all-new, digital...

MOVIES: Universal likes Hero Factory for upcoming movie

Universal Pictures has announced it is very interested in the LEGO Hero Factory line. The studio likes the line so much that is is ready to make a Hero Factory movie.

MOVIES: Riddick gets another picture and official synopsis

Vin Diesel has released another image from the set of Riddick, currently shooting in Montreal.

MOVIES: Universal announces werewolf movie

Press Release There’s no safe place to hide as the all-new supernatural Untitled Werewolf Thriller begins principal photography in and around Bucharest, Romania. Universal celebrates its storied history of creatures and horror ...

MOVIE: Cowboys and Aliens arrives on DVD in December

If you didn’t go see Cowboys and Aliens in the movie theaters – and considering The Smurfs did better than C&A, there’s a good chance you didn’t see the movie in theaters – Universal Pictures h...

MOVIE: Dodgeball director to pen Umbrella Academy

Deadline is reporting that Dodgeball director Rowson Thurber is writing the adaptation of The Umbrella Academy for Universal Pictures. The comic revolves around an adopted dysfunctional family of superheroes with bizarre powers...

TRAILER: Brand new Tucker and Dale versus Evil trailer arrives at SDCC

This movie has been a long time coming, as it’s been on the indie and film festival circuit for a while. The brand new red band trailer is out, and you can check out hillbillies vs. evil, after the jump.

SNEAK PEEK: Dynamite Entertainment for the week of April 20, 2011

Dynamite Entertainment sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of titles arriving in stores this week. Take the jump for a look at The Green Hornet, Mercy Thompson, The Last Phantom, Red Sonja, and more.

FROM THE VAULT: Skyline

Aliens have invaded Southern California! Only these aliens want to steal our brains and take over the world. Skyline arrived on DVD and Blu-Ray this week, and we took a look at the movie so you don’t have to.

Back to the Future goes Blu-Ray

In Back to the Future 2, the alleys were full of used laser discs, and now we know the reason – the Back to the Future trilogy is coming to Blu-Ray in October. On October 26, 1985, Marty McFly took the driver’s seat in Dr...

Stretch Armstrong cast for upcoming movie

It sounds completely surreal when one hears that H’wood is making a movie based on the Stretch Armstrong toy from the 1970s, and it is even more weird when it’s reported that Taylor Lautner has been signed to play t...