‘Ready Player One’ From Director Steven Spielberg in Philippine Cinemas December 2017

The game is on in 2017. Warner Bros. Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures’ “Ready Player One”—the already much-anticipated sci-fi action adventure, to be directed by Steven Spielberg—has been slated for release beginning December 13, 2017. The announcement was made today by Dan Fellman, President, Domestic Distribution; Sue Kroll, President, Worldwide Marketing and Distribution; …

Top 5: (Team) Origin Movies of the 21st Century

With Fox’s reboot of Fantastic Four released this week, we list down our top 5 formed as a group origin movies. 5. X-Men: First Class (2011) – Matthew Vaughn Revamping the X-Men franchise since the disastrous X-Men: The Last Stand was a great idea and hiring Matthew Vaughn (fresh from directing Kick-Ass) to direct the film is makes it even …

Earth’s Destruction Hangs in the Family Adventure ‘Absolutely Anything’

“Absolutely Anything” goes far out in the realm of outer space, where an Intergalactic Council, composed of a nasty bunch of alien creatures, intercept the Voyager space probe and look down on planet Earth. These cackling creatures have an appetite for destruction and believe that Earth and its inhabitants should be destroyed – and so, …

Michelle Monaghan Relishes Being Lone Female Lead in ‘Pixels’

Michelle Monaghan (“Mission: Impossible III,” “Made of Honor”) stars alongside Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Josh Gad and Peter Dinklage in Columbia Pictures’ new action-adventure “Pixels” from director Chris Columbus. She stars as Lt. Colonel Violet Van Patten, a military officer who must oversee a rag-tag bunch of gamers called The Arcaders who are called into …

Meet the Modern-Day ‘Fantastic Four’ Cast

In this year’s highly anticipated superhero film, “Fantastic Four” from 20th Century Fox, acclaimed filmmaker Josh Trank (Chronicle) directs a stunningly talented young cast in a new imagining of the iconic superhero family.  Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Bell star as, respectively, Reed Richards, Johnny Storm, Sue Storm and Benjamin “Ben” …

‘Absolutely Anything’ Based on H.G. Wells’ Comedic Fantasy

The idea for the latest family adventure film from Terry Jones, “Absolutely Anything,” starring Kate Beckinsale and Simon Pegg began life many years ago when the former Python imagined a movie inspired by a short story written by H.G. Wells at the end of the 19th century — the comedic fantasy ‘The Man Who Could …

Peter Dinklage, Josh Gad Play Unlikely Heroes in ‘Pixels’

Peter Dinklage (HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” “X-Men: Days of Future Past”) and Josh Gad (“Frozen”) star as two of four unlikely heroes who are called upon to save the world, in Columbia Pictures’ new action comedy “Pixels.” In the film which also stars Adam Sandler, aliens attack the Earth, using 1980s videogames as the model …

‘Pacific Rim 2’ Starts Filming This November; Working Title is ‘Maelstrom’

Official details on Pacific Rim 2 at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con (where director Guillermo Del Toro was there promoting Crimson Peak) del Toro reaffirmed the filming start date for the Pacific Rimsequel – with a story that picks up a few years after the events of the first movie and focuses more on the mythology behind …

‘Fantastic Four’ Character Teasers: A Team Of Extraordinary Subjects

REED RICHARDS aka MR. FANTASTIC. (Miles Teller) A Scientific Prodigy who has been quietly exploring the universe’s deepest mysteries in his garage, after school. After being transformed by one of his experiments, he can stretch his body into impossible forms and to incredible lengths. BEN GRIMM aka THE THING. (Jamie Bell) A rate breed of brawn and heart, Ben …

‘Harry Potter’ Director Conjures ’80s Videogame for ‘Pixels’

From Chris Columbus, director of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer Stone,” comes Columbia Pictures’ “Pixels,” the tentpole action comedy in which aliens attack the Earth, using 1980s videogames as the model for their invasion. Columbus helped define 1980s movies as the writer of “Gremlins” and “The Goonies,” then went on to direct beloved, classic comedies …