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Star Trek Into Darkness leads the weekend box office, misses estimates

, May 20th 2013 Discuss [0]

The latest Star Trek film, which made its theatrical debut last Thursday, led the way in box office earnings over the weekend, beating out other films like The Great Gatsby and Iron Man 3. Into Darkness brought in $70.6 million over the weekend in the US, and grabbed a total of $84.1 million since its release late last week. Read The Full Story

Angry Birds movie set for 2016 debut by Sony

, May 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

We've heard about the Angry Birds movie before, but Rovio has just announced today that the film will be released on July 1, 2016 and will be distributed by Sony, which will be available worldwide. Rovio says that "several major studios pursued the global film rights" to the movie, but Sony ended up being the winner. Read The Full Story

Need for Speed movie underway, will take on Fast and the Furious

, May 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

The Need for Speed movie, which was announced over a year ago, has reportedly begun filming in Macon, Georgia. The downtown area will serve as the backdrop to the film, which seems a bit odd considering that a movie like this would usually be filmed in a larger city like Los Angeles, Chicago, or New York. Read The Full Story

Jurassic Park 4 delayed indefinitely

, May 8th 2013 Discuss [0]

It was announced back in January that Jurassic Park 4 would be released next year on June 13, officially bringing back the aging franchise. However, it turns out that the movie has been put on hold. Universal Studios has confirmed that the movie is delayed indefinitely, which has us wondering if the Jurassic Part reboot will come back at all. Read The Full Story

Iron Man 3 sees second-highest weekend opening

, May 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

This past weekend saw the opening of the third installment in the Iron Man series, and to no one's real surprise, the movie took off in the US box office, grossing $175.3 million in just a few days, which makes Iron Man 3 the second-highest weekend opening ever, behind The Avengers, which is also a movie produced by Marvel. Read The Full Story

IBM uses atoms to create world’s smallest movie

, May 1st 2013 Discuss [0]

Have you ever wondered what an atom looks like magnified 100 million times and collected together with some other magnified atoms in the shape of a boy, animated, and set to music? If the answer is yes, we've got a short movie after the jump that will make your day. IBM Research, setting out to do something unique and hands-on, has created the world's smallest movie using atoms. Read The Full Story

Disney planning new Star Wars films every summer starting in 2015

, Apr 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

When Disney acquired Lucasfilm back in October and announced Star Wars Episode VII, we knew right away that the long-time franchise was about to be heavily kickstarted, and we were certainly right. Today, Disney announced at CinemaCon that a new Star Wars movie will be released every summer starting in 2015 with Episode VII. Read The Full Story

Funny or Die’s “iSteve” movie now available to watch online

, Apr 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

The lesser known out of the three Steve Jobs movies comes from comedy and humor website Funny or Die, who was the last one to announce a Steve Jobs biopic after JOBS and Sony's own biopic were announced earlier. This one is called iSteve, and it stars has-been actor Justin Long, who starred in those popular classic Mac ads with John Hodgman. Read The Full Story

Facebook brings Rovi’s entertainment info database to your profile

, Apr 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

Facebook has just partnered up with Rovi Corporation to bring more detailed information regarding the movies, TV shows, and celebrities to its social network. This new partnership will give application developers the option to incorporate Rovi's services into their apps, so that they can provide seamless integration between their apps and the entertainment database provided by Rovi to create a more "connected experience for consumers". Read The Full Story

Star Wars: Episode VIII script subtly teased by Peter Jackson

, Apr 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

We already know that Star Wars: Episode VII will be making its way to theaters in 2015, but what about Episode VIII? It hasn't been announced yet, but we already know that Disney wants more Star Wars movies in the future. However, Episode VIII may already be in the works, because Peter Jackson just showed it off on camera. Read The Full Story

Ender’s Game teasers ignite: original novel popularity surges

, Apr 2nd 2013 Discuss [0]

As the film version of the story presented in the Orson Scott Card science fiction book Ender's Game gains steam in the teaser and advertising world, the novel appears to be grabbing its own share of attention as well. This week is the 9th week that Ender's Game has been aboard the New York Times Best Seller's list, it currently resting in the #18 spot between A Clash of Kings and A Feast for Crows. For those of you excited about the movie, there's been several teasers unleashed quite recently that you'll want to wrap your head around, not least of these the first teaser poster, Battle Room and all! Read The Full Story

Star Trek Into Darkness International Trailer crash lands with details

, Mar 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

If you're all about the next Star Trek movie "Into Darkness", you'll be more than pumped up about the newest full trailer, stacked to the brim with no fewer explosions than you'll need to blow your eardrums out. What we're still not sure of is who this enemy of our friendly protagonists is. What we ARE sure of is the fact that, whether or not we've heard of this bad guy before, we'll be flipping out over the awesome crash of first-generation Federation ship into the sea and up against the shore of what we're pretty sure is London, England. Read The Full Story
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