Director James Cameron said Wednesday that writing threeAvatar sequels is such a complex job he’s delaying the first new film a year and it will now be released in late 2017.

Cameron plans to film the highly anticipated sequels at one time and then release the three films over consecutive years.

The first had been due in late 2016, but he said the writing process had proved to be “very involved” and that the initial target date was probably too ambitious.

How can I possibly convey to you how much I don’t care? I’m just happy the foisting of this non-sense upon us has been delayed.

And some people say miracles don’t happen.

Marshall has now switched gears entirely, and it looks like it’s a Bourne-only world after all, at least as far as movies are concerned. He will not be rolling with Aaron Cross. “We don’t have plans for that. You never know. I never say never. But that’s not the plan. They’re on separate tracks,” he said.

I like Jeremy Renner, I like Hawk Eye and all that, but The Bourne Legacy with Aaron Cross was an unmitigated disaster and I’m glad to see them drop that idea like a hot potato. Meanwhile, I’m glad the real Bourne is back.

The first teaser trailer for The Avengers was pretty fantastic and we all knew it was going to be hard to top that. In addition, Disney/Marvel is a machine, cranking promotion out based on a sort of formula. The teaser gave us goose bumps. It was slow to start, giving us chilling dialog and the promise of a menacing villain, followed by some action — but nothing too over the top.

Trailer 2 here is pretty much all action and no menace. It’s fun and there are shots we haven’t seen yet, but this trailer is here to appeal to the people who come to the theater for the big bangs and loud booms. As…

Directing Star Wars VII is apparently a terrifying proposition, but one that is overcome by just what an amazing opportunity it is to direct such a film. There’s not much here — J.J. is tight lipped as always — but, it’s Star Wars, you know? And therefore we have to scrutinize every little nugget.

I freely admit — and you might remember reading from me a few months ago — that I was not all that interested and even just a little bit opposed to the idea of a live-action remake of Cinderella. I didn’t see the point. But as I discussed on the most recent episode of The MovieByte Podcast, I have to grudgingly admit that this trailer has a certain appeal and I’m not nearly as opposed to this idea as I was. I still have questions, and I wonder whether this remake was warranted. But for what it’s worth, here’s the latest trailer.

The film comes to theaters on March 13 and stars Lily James,…

I don’t know what’s going on with Evangeline Lilly’s hair, but this rest of this trailer looks intriguing. Leave it to Marvel to bring up yet another franchise I know absolutely nothing about, but which looks totally cool. I know there was a lot of controversy over the director change and Edgar Wright being fired, but I still have some faith in Marvel to do this right.

The thing I find the most interesting about this trailer is the fact that this doesn’t feel like your average flash/bang super-hero trailer. Their really positioning the film as a character exploration — and that’s welcome as…

The job of any trailer is to get people excited for the film — or at the very least, to get them interested in the film. The first two teaser trailer succeeded in that. This one does too in a way, although it’s a little bit strange. They seem to be calling this the first full trailer, and yet it’s basically like the last teaser trailer. It’s all Snoopy flying his dog house around. I’m not complaining too much, though. Many modern trailers give way too much away over the course of the promotional run and leave little left to discover in the theater. Of all the films I doubt that would hurt,…

A new year is a time of retrospection, but also of looking forward. I’ve already looked back at my favorite films of 2014 — it was a pretty good year for films actually. Though there were no big standouts like Gravity from 2013, there were many great films that I included in my top list.

And now the question is, will there be any good or great films in 2015? There almost certainly will be — and many of them will probably not be on this list. And some that are on this list will likely be duds. That’s the way it works, but that does not make it any less fun to look forward and see what’s…

Welcome to 2015, film fans! Marvel is prepared to ring in our new year right with a new trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron. They will officially do so on January 12 — at least, that’s the idea. But we knew that the last time they tried to hold an Avengers trailer for an announced future release date, it got leaked. So we’ll see if they can keep it under lock and key this time.

Maybe they can satiate the people who would leak the trailer with this announcement clip (unlikely). Either way, Age of Ultron is one of the films I’m most looking forward to this year for many reasons — not the least…