With reigns, trains and spurred heels, we finally get a first look at Gore Verbinski’s The Lone Ranger, an interesting and rather dramatic trailer derived from an infamously troubled production for Disney that will nevertheless see the light of day.
A well-synchronized blend of old-school approach and modern gimmick, V/H/S unevenly but successfully marries the horror anthology with found footage to create an always-creepy, frequently scary collection of shorts from some of today’s best independent horror directors.
Although official details of the role have yet to leak, Marvel Studios appears to be in the hunt for a new leading lady for Captain America: The Winter Soldier and a Black Widow cameo is also likely.
We’ve got a slew of movie news this week on The Plot Hole and Simon and Steven are the two movie nerds to take you through it all. We also have a review of Looper and Richard Gere indie Arbitrage.
With filming moving along on The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Danny Strong, who just scored two Emmys for his work on HBO’s feature film Game Change, has been hired to adapt Mockingjay, the final book, into the two-parter planned for release in 2014 and 2015.
After Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Rupert Wyatt left production on the sequel a couple weeks back, Fox assembled a director shortlist last week and now they have their man inked. Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Let Me In) will direct Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
It is an eclectic week of DVD and Blu-ray release with movies ranging from Tim Burton’s latest, a classic Disney film, a nostalgic musical and Jet Li’s lastest movie. Found out which beloved family movie is our Recommendation of the Week.
