New documentary tells the story of the men that made Darth Vader a samurai and Clint Eastwood a fistful of dollars

Strand Releasing has revealed the trailer for the new documentary Mifune: The Last Samurai, a new film by Oscar-winning filmmaker Steven Okazaki. The film explores the early life and accidental movie career of charismatic tough guy Toshiro Mifune, one of the true giants of world cinema and favorite go to actor for legendary filmmaker Akira ….

Steven Spielberg futuristic thriller Extant coming to CBS next summer

Variety reports that Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television has nabbed a straight-to-series order from CBS for 13 episodes of a futuristic drama thriller titled Extant, set to air in summer 2014. The summer scheduling reflects the Network’s increased interest in original summer programming, following the successful debut of Amblin and Brian K. Vaughan’s Under the Dome ….

Image and poster gallery for Steven Spielberg’s animated epic The Adventures of Tintin

Paramount and Columbia Pictures present The Adventures of Tintin, directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish. Starring Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot, Defiance) as Tintin, the young reporter whose relentless pursuit of a good story thrusts him into a world of high adventure, and Daniel Craig (Quantum of ….

New image set from Real Steel

A gritty, white-knuckle, action ride set in the near-future where the sport of boxing has gone high-tech, Real Steel stars Hugh Jackman as Charlie Kenton, a washed-up fighter who lost his chance at a title when 2000-pound, 8-foot-tall steel robots took over the ring. Now nothing but a small-time promoter, Charlie earns just enough money piecing ….

Drew Struzan documentary to preview at New York Comic-Con 2011

Highlighting Drew Struzan’s iconic movie poster creations, which include the Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Back To The Future film series, the newly completed documentary feature film Drew: The Man Behind The Poster includes exclusive, never before seen interviews with George Lucas, Guillermo del Toro, Frank Darabont, Harrison Ford, Michael J. Fox, Alice Cooper, Michael ….

Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones bringing Men in Black 3 to IMAX 3D

IMAX and Sony Pictures today announced that the action comedy Men in Black 3 will be released to IMAX theatres simultaneously with the film’s worldwide release on May 25, 2012. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, Men in Black 3 is the first in the franchise to be released in IMAX. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones ….

Cowboys & Aliens to be released in select IMAX theatres

IMAX, DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures International today announced an agreement to offer the sci-fi western thriller Cowboys & Aliens in select international digital IMAX theatres day-and-date with each territory’s release date, starting in August. The release marks the continuation of the relationship between IMAX, Paramount Pictures International and director Jon Favreau, whose most recent ….

Spike Lee in talks to direct remake of Asian cult classic thriller Oldboy

According to TwitchFilm, Spike Lee is currently in talks to direct the long-rumored Hollywood remake of Park Chan-Wook’s cult classic revenge thriller Oldboy. Development on the remake supposedly began in 2008 with word that Steven Spielberg and Will Smith were eyeing the project and now it appears to be finally moving ahead. Oldboy is set ….

Details and images from the Jurassic Park trilogy special edition

Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III is set to debut as a trilogy set on Blu-ray on October 25th, 2011 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Acclaimed filmmaker Steven Spielberg’s award-winning cinematic franchise, based on the best-selling book by Michael Crichton, generated nearly $2 billion combined at the worldwide box office ….

Transformers: Dark Of The Moon IMAX edition opening one day early

IMAX and Paramount Pictures announced today that Transformers: Dark of the Moon will be released in IMAX 3D format as an early engagement starting Tuesday, June 28th, on 146 domestic IMAX screens. The film will also open on at least 117 IMAX screens internationally – 105 of which will open during launch weekend – with ….

Drew Struzan-looking Super 8 movie poster online

Super 8 hits theaters today, and so does this Drew Struzan-looking movie poster featuring some of the film’s main young cast members. Super 8 is written and directed by J.J. Abrams, produced by Steven Spielberg and stars Joel Courtney, Jessica Tuck, Joel McKinnon Miller, Ryan Lee, Zach Mills, Riley Griffiths, Gabriel Basso, Kyle Chandler, Ron ….