Imagine Star Trek Into Darkness with a scene featuring Benedict Cumberbatch showering. Box Office Report: ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ on Course for $83 Million Debut‘Star Trek’: 5 Best Viral Clips (Video)‘Star [...]

American Horror Story breakout Evan Peters has joined the cast of X-Men: Days of Future Past. ‘American Horror Story’: Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters Returning for Season 3‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’: Jennifer [...]

Universal Pictures has acquired the feature rights to The School for Good and Evil, a package to adapt the new book trilogy by author Soman Chainani. ‘Beautiful Bastard’ Authors Ink Five-Book Deal (Exclusive)Hollywood’s [...]

CAA has signed stand-up comedian and actor Mike Epps. Ken Jeong: $5 Million for ‘Hangover III’ Epps can be seen in this weekend’s Warners comedy The Hangover Part III, in which he reprises his role of drug dealer Black [...]

Star Wars flew into Time Square on Thursday when Lego unveiled a life-sized X-wing fighter. Power Lawyers: How ‘Star Wars’ Nerds Sold Lucasfilm to DisneyLuke Skywalker’s ‘Star Wars’ Levi’s Up for [...]

Leonard Nimoy and other big names in the sci-fi arena have endorsed a new project from original Stark Trek writers David Gerrold and DC (Dorothy) Fontana and producer David C. Fein that’s aiming to raise funds via Kickstarter. Leonard [...]

It’s never a good thing when Carrie loses her cool. So it’s appropriate that the new motion poster for Kimberly Peirce‘s remake of the 1976 horror classic Carrie plays off the British phrase “keep calm and carry on.” ‘Carrie’ [...]

One of the most praised documentaries of the year will be landing this summer, and it just got a pair of two of the most notable filmmakers in the genre to back it up. Executive produced by Werner Herzog and Errol Morris, the first trailer [...]

With his highly recommended Frances Ha recently hitting theaters, writer-director Noah Baumbach is prepping his next project, one that will see him reteam with a few of his previous collaborators. We’ve known for some time that Greenberg‘s [...]

With only a few key titles left in the schedule, Cannes 2013 is entering its third act with a slate of acquisitions. While this crop is wide, only a few titles noted here are a) playing at the festival and b) of genuine interest — so, let’s [...]

Theatrical Review [Drafthouse Films; 2013] Director: Jeff Howlett Mark Covino Runtime: 96 minutes

If you cannot (we can hope it doesn’t come to “will not”) secure a Middle Eastern actor to play a Middle Eastern character, go with someone who can pass the appearance test. This is a far-too-common rule of Hollywood casting which, in [...]

Cannes 2013 Review [Paramount Pictures; 2013] Director: Alexander Payne Runtime: 110 minutes

Celebrating his 64th birthday today, Roger Deakins is one of Hollywood’s most acclaimed cinematographers. Perhaps best known for his relationship with Joel and Ethan Coen, working steadily with the duo since 1991′s Barton Fink, he recently [...]

Since any New York City cinephile has an almost suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repertory showings into one handy list. Displayed below are a few of the city’s most [...]

This week, the Ryan Gosling-starring, Nicolas Winding Refn-directed Only God Forgives screened at the Cannes Film Festival and was swiftly met with critical division. While we took a slightly positive stance, immediate reports indicated that [...]

He has a packed schedule and, within said schedule, at least two other franchise commitments — so did anybody really think this was going to hold together? As it always seemed odd that Tom Cruise would hedge his bets on a Guy Ritchie-directed [...]

After debuting at Sundance Film Festival, one of the best dramas of the year thus far, David Lowery‘s Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, went on to show at Cannes Film Festival. Now, ahead of its summer release, IFC Films has released its first [...]

Like millions of others, you could very well head to the theater this weeked and pay around (and likely more than) a dozen singles to see the desperate cashgrab that is The Hangover Part III — but if you’ve read our review, then you’re [...]

Cannes 2013: Complex Relationships Shine in Farhadi’s ‘The Past’ by Alex Billington May 19, 2013 In mid-February of last year I went, by myself, to a screening of Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi’s A Separation [...]

Cannes 2013: Coens’ ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ is Charming Folk Perfection by Alex Billington May 19, 2013 Ah yes, the Coen Brothers. We all know them. We all love them. They’ve made some of finest films cinema has [...]

Kickstart This: Awesome Practical FX Creature Film ‘Harbinger Down’ by Ben Pearson May 19, 2013 Welcome back to another edition of Kickstart This, FirstShowing’s weekly column dedicated to spreading the word about cool [...]

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Ticket sales for Star Trek Into Darkness on Fandango have hit warp nine.  ‘Star Trek’s’ Damon Lindelof on Brad Pitt, Having Power as a Writer and His Agony Over ‘Lost’Box Office Report: ‘Star Trek [...]

Jake Gyllenhaal and Chris Pine are in discussions to join Johnny Depp and Meryl Streep in Disney’s adaptation of the Broadway musical Into the Woods, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Broadway Star Joins Johnny Depp in ‘Into [...]

Love Actually writer-director Richard Curtis is back with another British love story. Rachel McAdams to Star in Working Title’s ‘About Time’ (Exclusive) Rachel McAdams in Talks to Join Bradley Cooper in Cameron Crowe Romantic [...]

Catalina Denis has nabbed the female lead in the Paul Walker action movie Brick Mansions. RZA Joins Paul Walker in Action Movie ‘Brick Mansions’ (Exclusive) Paul Walker Signs Two-Year, First-Look Deal With Universal Pictures RZA [...]

Captain America: The Winter Soldier is filming in Washington D.C., and footage from the shoot has hit the Internet. First Look: ABC’s ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Trailer (Video)TV Upfronts: ABC’s [...]

Billy Ray has come aboard to direct Departure, a sci-fi romance from Good Universe. ‘Captain Phillips’ Trailer: Tom Hanks Teams With Paul Greengrass for Somali Pirates Thriller (Video)‘Hunger Games: Catching Fire’: [...]

Shailene Woodley braves daunting heights in the newest still from Summit Entertainment’s Divergent. ‘Scandal’ Star Tony Goldwyn Joins ‘Divergent’‘Downton Abbey’s’ Theo James Nabs Male Lead [...]