Early Buzz Has First Audiences Loving Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’

Early Buzz Has First Audiences Loving Christopher Nolan’s ‘Interstellar’
Germain Lussier — Film

Over the past few days, the film has begun screening for general audiences, celebrity audiences and press alike. Attendees are usually embargoed from going on social media about early screenings but that very rarely stops people. And if the reactions are positive, studios usually don’t care.

As expected some of those early Interstellar reaction tweets are positive. Very positive.

I mean, duh.

Hasbro Working on ‘My Little Pony’ For Release in 2017

Hasbro Working on ‘My Little Pony’ For Release in 2017
Kevin Jagernauth — The Playlist

Hasbro Studios will deliver a “My Little Pony” animated movie to theaters in 2017. Joe Ballarini (“Ice Age: Continental Drift”) is writing the script for this one, which will help Hasbro expand the brand which already includes toys, video games, comic books, straight-to-DVD movies, and much more. Of course, “My Little Pony” has seen another rise in pop culture thanks to bronies—aka adult dudes  and teens—who have fallen in love with the series “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.” It’ll be interesting to see what mix of elements Hasbro lands on to court the young girls they want to buy…

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James Cameron Spills Beans on How Schwarzenegger Can Be In New Terminator

James Cameron Spills Beans on How Schwarzenegger Can Be In New Terminator
Matt Singer — The Dissolve

“I wasn’t interested in producing it or working on it actively, but I did want to put in a good word for Arnold. I pointed out that the outer covering (of the Terminator) was actually not synthetic, that it was organic and therefore could age. You could theoretically have a Terminator that was sent back in time, missed his target, and ended up just kind of living on in society. Because he is a learning computer and has a brain as a central processor he could actually become more human as he went along without getting discovered.”

You’ll forgive me, I assume, if I say that this Terminator:…

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Early Buzz Says ‘Big Hero 6’ Is Another Winner From Disney Animation

Early Buzz Says ‘Big Hero 6’ Is Another Winner From Disney Animation
Germain Lussier — Film

November 7 brings two of the biggest movies of the year. First is Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar and the second is Disney Animation’s Big Hero 6Interstellar has only screened for a very small selection of people but Big Hero 6 is starting to roll out. Thursday night, the social media embargo on the film broke and the Twitter reactions began.

The early verdict based on about a dozen opinions? Disney Animation has another hit on their hands.

Great to hear. I’m really looking forward to this one.

‘Pacific Rim 2’ Begins Filming in 2015 And Leads Right In To ‘Pacific Rim 3’

‘Pacific Rim 2’ Begins Filming in 2015 And Leads Right In To ‘Pacific Rim 3’
Angie Han — /Film

With an April 7, 2017 release date already locked in, it’s no surprise Guillermo del Toro is deep into work on Pacific Rim 2. What’s a bit more intriguing is that he’s planning the movie with an eye on the sequel, the not-yet-greenlit Pacific Rim 3.

Whereas Pacific Rim 2 is expected to differ quite a bit from Pacific Rim 1, it seems 2 and may be more closely linked.

On the one hand, Pacific Rim was a fine film and Guillermo del Torro did a fantastic job with it. Like my friend Fizz said on episode 52 of of The MovieByte Podcast where we talked about Pacific Rim, it was as if every time…

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CBS Launches Subscription Streaming Service

CBS Launches Subscription Streaming Service
Kevin Jagernauth — The Playlist

Should Netflix be looking over its shoulder? Yesterday, HBO made the surprise announcement that in 2015 they would be launching a stand-alone streaming service. But today, CBS beat them to punch by launching CBS All Access, which for the low price of $5.99/month grants access to almost everything the network has to offer. The key word here being “almost.”

It’s good to see an older content provider like CBS being drug kicking and screaming into the 21st centry. That said, I can’t see why I would pay for this. I’m already paying three companies for access to content — Netflix, Hulu, and…

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Harry Potter Spinnoff ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Will Be a Trilogy

Harry Potter Spinnoff ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Will Be a Trilogy
Noelene Clark – Hero Complex

The upcoming “Harry Potter” spinoff film “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” is going to be the first in a film trilogy, and more movies might be on the way.

The movies will be directed by “Potter” veteran David Yates, who directed the latter four films in the eight-part franchise, and will reunite the filmmaking team of David Heyman, J.K. Rowling, Steve Kloves and Lionel Wigram, Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara said at Time Warner’s investors conference Wednesday.

The “Fantastic Beasts” movies are based on an original story by “Potter” author J.K. Rowling and will mark her…

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Kate Beckinsale May Yet Return to the ‘Underworld’ Franchise

Kate Beckinsale May Yet Return to the ‘Underworld’ Franchise
Angie Han — /Film

Last month, we got word that Theo James would lead the next Underworld movie and that original star Kate Beckinsale would not be back. But just because she’s not returning for that particular installment doesn’t mean she’s left behind the vamp world for good.

Director Len Wiseman says there are two Underworld movies in development currently, and that one of those could feature Beckinsale. In addition, there’s also an Underworld TV series in the works. Hit the jump for more on the potential Kate Beckinsale Underworldreturn and the possible Underworld TV series.

Wait, I’m confused. Is there…

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Dave Bautista Cast As Villain In ‘Bond 24′

Dave Bautista Cast As Villain In ‘Bond 24′
Germain Lussier — Film

Wrestler Dave Bautista is going from Marvel to martinis. The Guardians of the Galaxy star has reportedly been cast as a major henchman named Hinx in Sam Mendes’ Bond 24. The film starts filming in December aimed at a November 6, 2015 release.

When you stop and think about this for a minute, how crazy is that? At least in my mind, the WWE is sort of known for the cheesy acting and terrible, over the top performances. Now the headlines go something like, “WWE wrestler jumpstarts his acting career in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, then moves on to James Bond villainy.

Mind you, I’m not…

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Robert Downey Jr. Joins ‘Captain America 3’

Robert Downey Jr. Joins ‘Captain America 3’
Angie Han — /Film

Well, now we know what all of Robert Downey Jr.‘s vague promises of “plans” and “other stuff” with Marvel were about. The actor is reportedly in final negotiations to joinChris Evans‘ titular hero in Captain America 3.

Even more exciting is what he’ll be doing there: Going head to head with Cap in an adaptation of the Civil War storyline from the comic books.

Well now we know what all the blathering and excitement from Robert Downey Jr. has been about lately.

According to Variety, who got the scoop, Captain America 3 will kick off a whole new phase for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The…

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