What is The Europa Report, and what's the secret behind it? The mystery is out there. Our friends at Movie Viral discovered a new viral site launched recently for the new sci-fi film The Europa Report, directed by Sebastián Cordero and starring Sharlto Copley, that we just teased with the first look photo over the weekend. It's a sci-fi about six astronauts who are the first to travel three years to Jupiter's moon Europa, not only their long journey, but what they find there. The site is for Europa Ventures LLC, the company that's backing/funding the mission to send these six people on this journey to Europa. So what is the secret? ›››

Continue reading: New Viral Site for Jupiter Sci-Fi 'Europa Report' Quietly Launched

It's time for the American Society of Cinematographers to award their best of the year, honoring the incredibly talented people behind the camera who make all these films look stunning. The 26th Annual ASC Outstanding Achievement Awards were held in Hollywood, and the big winner was Emmanuel Lubezki, taking top prize for his work in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life. A deserving and expected win, as it was one of the most beautifully shot of last year. Wally Pfister won for 2010, and Lubezki won this once before, for Children of Men, and I'm sure he'll be up for this again next year with Gravity and Malick's other film. ›››

Continue reading: Emmanuel Lubezki's 'Tree of Life' Wins ASC's Best Cinematography

While we're still a few weeks away from the 84th Academy Awards, across the Atlantic our friends in the UK praising the the finest in film and television at the 65th Annual BAFTA Awards, or British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards. The winners were announced today at a ceremony in London. As expected, Michel Hazanavicius' B&W silent hit The Artist continues to sweep awards left and right, landing another seven wins at the BAFTAs tonight, including Best Film and Best Director. But there's always other surprises, like Paddy Considine's Tyrannosaur and the documentary Senna winning as well. Read on for the full list! ›››

Continue reading: 'The Artist' Sweeps Again - 65th Annual BAFTA Winners Announced

"Hey L Dubba E, I challenge you to a beat off!" Today's indie trailer is a red band for a film called The FP, directed by the Trost Brothers being distributed by Drafthouse Films. It's essentially The Warriors meets Dance Dance Revolution, the video game, in some crazy dark comedy mayhem. Director Jason Trost also stars as JTRO with Lee Valmassy as L Dubba E, Art Hsu, Caitlyn Folley, Nick Principe and Brandon Barrera as BTRO. This actually looks surprisingly good, like a great cult classic in the making. There's a lot of good humor in it. Though I do think this trailer shows pretty much everything up until the end, maybe too much. ›››

Continue reading: Indie Trailer Sunday: Official Red Band for Drafthouse Films' 'The FP'

Don't get too excited, this isn't Neill Blomkamp's new project retitled, it's another sci-fi movie that Sharlto Copley is in that he just finished shooting. ComingSoon found a first look photo in the latest Entertainment Weekly for The Europa Report and scanned it. Directed by Ecuadorian filmmaker Sebastián Cordero, Copley stars as one of six astronauts who make the arduous journey to Jupiter's frigid, glacial moon Europa in search of extraterrestrial life. How come I don't remember hearing too much about this, because it sounds awesome! Right after making this, he'll go onto Neill Blomkamp's sci-fi Elysium, too. View the scan below! ›››

Continue reading: First Look: An Astronaut Sharlto Copley in Sci-Fi 'The Europa Report'

Now that you've seen it, what did you think? Arriving in theaters this weekend is Safe House, a new action-thriller co-starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds as CIA agents being chased around Cape Town, South Africa. It's directed by up-and-comer Daniel Espinosa, from a screenplay by David Guggenheim. How is this February action movie, another typical action flick, or something bolder, better and unique? How are Reynolds and Washington, how's their chemistry? One of the better movies so far this year? Once you've seen it, post a comment below with your own thoughts on Daniel Espinosa's Safe House. ›››

Continue reading: Sound Off: Daniel Espinosa's 'Safe House' - So What Did You Think?

Finally, the viral game we've been waiting for this year has kicked off! Earlier in the week, after the premiere of the new trailer for Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man, we mentioned a new viral website for the Mark of the Spider-Man that launched. Since then, a twitter has launched @markofspiderman and has been spouting GPS locations all day. Where do they lead? Local pick-ups in six cities of a backpack, Peter Parker's backpack to be specific, containing a sketchbook and more school items. Hidden in there was a clue which pointed to a page on the viral site which then unlocked a countdown on the main website. It's time. ›››

Continue reading: Spider-Man Viral Kicks Off with Peter Parker's Backpack Clue Pickup

Smile Away! Something fun for all the Hungers Games fans out there. Some "viral" marketing has popped up (via ComingSoon) in the form of ads from the Capitol for The Hunger Games movie, featuring three characters. Each one is basically an ad for a colorful product in the Capitol. There's one for Cinna, played by Lenny Kravitz, Katniss' stylist; one for Seneca Crane, played by Wes Bently, the Head Gamemaker; and one for interviewer Caesar Flickerman, played by Stanley Tucci, who looks like he's been distorted so much just to hide it's even him. These are kind of fun and flashy, more from the universe of Hunger Games. ›››

Continue reading: Check These Out: Flashy Capitol Motion Posters for 'Hunger Games'

A couple of years ago we were following a project at Universal called Dracula Year Zero, which had Alex Proyas directing, Sam Worthington starring. It stay in development for a while, even preparing to shoot, but was shut down over budget. Proyas went on to other projects (like Paradise Lost), so did Worthington. But Deadline is now saying Dracula Year Zero is, indeed, back from the dead, but with a new team. Michael De Luca (Moneyball) will still develop as producer, he's got Matt Sazama & Burk Sharpless (Missile Command, Flash Gordon) writing a new draft of the script, with Gary Shore (The Draft) now in negotiations to direct. ›››

Continue reading: Universal's 'Dracula Year Zero' Returns from the Dead with Gary Shore

Let the new age of enlightenment begin. Ohh do we have something totally weird for you to end your week with. Magnet has unveiled the first official trailer via Apple for a strange, mysterious, trippy indie science fiction film called Beyond The Black Rainbow, written and directed by Panos Cosmatos. Deep within the mysterious Arboria Institute, a disturbed and beautiful girl is held captive by a doctor in search of inner peace. Her mind controlled by a sinister technology. The cast includes Eva Allan, Michael Rogers and Scott Hylands. This looks insane, yet potentially brilliant like Cube, I need to see it. Give it a shot below. ›››

Continue reading: Watch: Insanely Weird Trailer for 'Beyond The Black Rainbow' Sci-Fi

Character Will Be Revealed! We were asked by The Weinstein Company to exclusively debut this brand new official poster for Daniel Lindsay & T.J. Martin's documentary Undefeated, one of the films nominated for Best Documentary at the Academy Awards. Last week we featured the official trailer for this powerful doc about the Manassas Tigers' 2009 football season, in which the inner-city Memphis high school attempts to win the the first playoff game in their 110-year history. Now we get to debut the fantastic official poster just a few weeks away from the Oscar ceremony, so take a look below. Playing in limited theaters next weekend. ›››

Continue reading: Exclusive: New Official Poster for Oscar Nominated Doc 'Undefeated'

After leading the twisted sort of fairytale that was Hanna, young actress Saoirse Ronan will lead yet another drastically different variation on a classic story in what should be the last adaptation of Snow White we'll need for at least a decade. Variety reports Ronan has been tapped to lead Order of Seven, the Kung Fu centric telling of the tale that follows Olivia Sinclair, a British expatriate in 19th century Hong Kong, who seeks the protection of centuries old warriors, now a jaded group of outlaws (in place of the usual dwarves). After the reemergence of an ancient evil empress, Sinclair then helps the warriors reclaim their destiny. ›››

Continue reading: Saoirse Ronan Will Lead Overdue Snow White Film 'Order of Seven'

Now that you've seen it, what did you think? A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... (actually, it was 1999), George Lucas released Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, and now it's back, telling the origin of young Anakin Skywalker on Tatooine. There's pod racing, Sith Lords, lightsaber battles, space battles, and now its been converted to 3D and re-released in theaters again. So how is this newest Star Wars update? As worthwhile of an experience as its been hyped up to be? How is the 3D? Does it even look good? Once you've seen it, post a comment below with your own thoughts on Phantom Menace in 3D. ›››

Continue reading: Sound Off: 'Episode I: The Phantom Menace' in 3D - Your Thoughts?

Meet the "Space Janitors" - Darby and Mike! We've got a fun exclusive first look today at a new web series starting up in the next few months (premiering on The Escapist on February 24th) called Space Janitors, that is indeed inspired by Star Wars, about two human custodians working on board a battle station for the evil Empire. As they try to hold on to their jobs in the midst of an intergalactic civil war, the series offers a satirical and irreverent view of androids, clones, Dark Lords, and other science-fiction staples. Not only do we have the very first photo from the series, but a look at the teaser and character posters, and much more. ›››

Continue reading: Excl: Space Janitors - New 'Star Wars'-Inspired Web Series First Look

Bullhead is a damn solid gangster movie. It tells the story of Jacky Vanmarsenille, a Belgian cattle farmer who gets caught up in the illegal side of the beef trade. Jacky has his own dark past, one that he struggles with every day, and the film shows how everything in one's world can come to a screeching halt all at once. Bullhead played at Fantastic Fest 2011. I was lucky enough to catch it there and instantly saw how powerful and engaging it is. I'm not alone, as Drafthouse Films picked it up for distribution shortly after its premiere. What's more, Bullhead was one of five films nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at this year's Oscars. ›››

Continue reading: Interview: 'Bullhead' Director Michael Roskam & Matthias Schoenaerts

There's nothing quite like watching Denzel Washington go all bad-ass on a group of bad guys. He's calm. He breathes very deliberately. He even emits an aura of peace about him before all hell breaks loose. He's usually the one causing said hell to break loose. Even then, when he's ripping villains apart and laughing about his partner, usually a rookie, throwing verbal jabs at him, the man remains calm somehow. This is something director Daniel Espinosa (with his first American film) understands about Washington, and he utilizes it to neck-breaking lengths in Safe House. But thankfully, that's not where this film's merits end. ›››

Continue reading: Review: 'Safe House' Has Bad-Ass Denzel Washington & Solid Action

Though his turn in Big Fan didn't get the awards recognition it deserved, things looked good for Patton Oswalt after his touching and honest performance in Young Adult. Sadly, his exclusion from the Oscar noms this year was just one of many ridiculous snubs from the Academy, and the comedian and actor will just have to settle for ample critical praise this time around. Now Variety has word that Oswalt is getting back into some light comedy by taking a supporting role in the long gestating adaptation/remake of the 1947 Danny Kaye film The Secret Life of Walter Mitty with Ben Stiller starring, directing and producing. ›››

Continue reading: Patton Oswalt Also Joins Ben Stiller in 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty'

Not too long ago we heard that director Ridley Scott was circling the Cormac McCarthy (author of The Road and No Country for Old Men) scripted film The Counselor. Now Deadline confirms that Scott has made the project his next film as a director, and he might be bringing one of his Prometheus stars with him to lead the story of a respected lawyer who thinks he can dip a toe in to the drug business without getting stuck in the seedy underbelly. Apparently Michael Fassbender has been talking with Scott about taking the lead role, and while an official offer hasn't been made, it sounds like it's pretty close to happening. ›››

Continue reading: Ridley Scott Confirmed for 'The Counselor' and Fassbender May Star

Though the Gladiator and A Beautiful Mind star was recently mentioned in the same breath as RoboCop, Noah and Winter's Tale, Russell Crowe has since revealed (through his personal Twitter page) that he won't become the robotic police officer. That still leaves two projects, and now Vulture has word of another to be thrown into the mix. Apparently Warner Bros. is currently in talks with Crowe to lead Harker, the reimagining of Bram Stoker's Dracula that tells the story from the viewpoint of Jonathan Harker, who, in this version, is a Scotland Yard detective investigating the Count's string of grisly murders in England. ›››

Continue reading: Russell Crowe Also Considered for the New Dracula Thriller 'Harker'

Expect the unexpected - time for an Alfred Hitchcock remake. And oh so perfectly timed with the Oscars coming up, as Hitchcock's 1940 romantic mystery Rebecca is the only one of his films to actually win Best Picture, oddly enough. Variety reports that DreamWorks and Working Title Films, two big studios in town, are developing a feature remake of Rebecca that will feature a screenplay written by Oscar nominated writer Steven Knight (Dirty Pretty Things, Amazing Grace, Eastern Promises, Hummingbird), adapting from Daphne DuMaurier's original novel. Justin Lowe appropriately wonders: might this just be "crazy brilliant?" ›››

Continue reading: DreamWorks & Working Title Remaking Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rebecca'