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Jul 13 2012 01:30 PM ET

Mark Hamill to appear at Star Wars Celebration VI: A Q&A with the Jedi Master -- EXCLUSIVE

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That disturbance in the Force you sense is legions of Star Wars fans trembling in anticipation.

That’s because EW can exclusively announce that Mark Hamill will be a special guest in attendance at Star Wars Celebration VI, the largest convention on the planet for fans of that Galaxy Far, Far Away, during the weekend of August 23-26 in Orlando. “At Celebration, it feels like family,” says Hamill, who previously appeared on stage with George Lucas and Carrie Fisher at Celebration V in 2010. “There was so much love in the room for all of the characters, for the movies, for the Empire that George has built. I really felt at home.”

At that event, Hamill introduced an alternate opening to Return of the Jedi. This time around, Lucasfilm is guarding details like a Hutt clutching his stash of spice, but it is confirmed that the man forever known to fans as Luke Skywalker will participate in a “stage show.” EW caught up with Hamill about the 35th anniversary of Star Wars, how he’s seen fandom — and his own relationship to Luke — change during that time, how he wanted to return to the role of Luke Skywalker in a fourth Star Wars film, and what he thought when he heard that George Lucas is retiring. Check out his full Q&A, plus some exclusive art that’s been created for the fest, after the break. READ FULL STORY »

Jul 8 2012 09:07 PM ET

'RoboCop' reboot teaser shows off updated vision of mechanized crime-fighting -- VIDEO

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The original 1987 RoboCop hit theaters at a time when U.S. crime rates were rising, Cold War spending pushed military budgets ever higher, and Hollywood readily embraced bloody, hard-R violence. It was, in other words, the perfect time for a sneakily smart satire of the corporatization of the military-industrial complex dressed up as a glibly brutal sci-fi thriller, about a Detroit cop whose nearly fatal accident leads him to be transformed into a mechanized crime fighter.

Twenty-five years later, with crime rates way down, the Cold War long over, and Hollywood pretty well abandoning hard-R violence in favor of the bloodless (and more lucrative) PG-13, it may not seem like the most apt time for the upcoming RoboCop reboot.

Or does it? READ FULL STORY »

Jun 29 2012 11:00 AM ET

'Frankenweenie' to receive world premiere at this year's Fantastic Fest

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Fantastic Fest has announced that the opening film of this year’s Austin, Tx., genre movie extravaganza will be director Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie. The black and white animated movie is to receive its world premiere on September 20 at the city’s famed Alamo Drafthouse cinema.

“Tim Burton stands as a titan of modern genre cinema,” Fantastic Fest co-founder and creative director Tim League said in a statement. “To world premiere the feature adaptation of his early beloved short is a huge honor for me personally and for the festival in general.”

The organizers of Fantastic Fest have also debuted this year’s poster, which is the work of artist Mike Saptuo. You can check it out below.

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Read more:
‘Frankenweenie’ trailer: Meet Tim Burton’s cute dead puppy
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Jun 28 2012 09:09 PM ET

'Looper' U.S. trailer: Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis face off as the same man

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Yesterday, writer-director Rian Johnson (Brick, The Brothers Bloom) noted on Twitter that if you are already planning on seeing his next film — the sci-fi time-travel thriller Looper — it’s likely best to skip watching the film’s trailers. Johnson’s concern was that certain moments in Looper‘s story of a mob assassin (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) tasked with killing himself from 30 years in the future (Bruce Willis) could be spoiled for you if you know too much about them going in.

Does he have good reason to worry? Well, the new domestic trailer for the film was released today, and it is indeed markedly different from yesterday’s international trailer thanks to an extended look at a crackling diner scene between Gordon-Levitt and Willis. Taken together, the two previews manage to paint a rough picture of the film’s main storyline and tone without taking us through every major beat of the plot.

Still, Johnson is right. If you have already decided to see Looper, there’s no need to see any more of it before you step into a theater. But if you remain unconvinced, perhaps this trailer will push you over the edge. Check it out below:   READ FULL STORY »

Jun 27 2012 10:26 PM ET

'Total Recall' trailer: Three-breasted mutant alert! Three-breasted mutant alert!

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Finally! We’d heard reports that it was real, that it was actually happening. But in the latest trailer for Total Recall, we finally get to see the three-breasted mutant woman for ourselves.

Of course, the mythic figure harkens back to the 1990 adaptation of the head-squeezing Philip K. Dick sci-fi story that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger. Is the new version better? Welllll, this isn’t a red band trailer, so final judgment will likely have to wait until after the film hits theaters Aug. 3. But have a look for yourself: READ FULL STORY »

Jun 27 2012 05:30 PM ET

'Looper' international trailer: Joseph Gordon-Levitt hunts himself, a.k.a. Bruce Willis

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On the one hand, the new international trailer for Looper looks damn cool: Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a Mob assassin called a Looper who kills people sent to him from the future, and one day, he’s sent himself, 30 years older, played by Bruce Willis.

On the other hand, writer-director Rian Johnson (Brick, The Brothers Bloom) had this to say today about the trailer on Twitter: “If you’re already set on seeing Looper, I’d avoid any trailers from here on out. They don’t ruin the movie, but they tip a few little things.” He later added, “Just to clarify – I approved all the trailers, they’re great and they won’t ruin anything big. But the small things they tip are fun to discover in the movie.”

What to do, what to do? Oh, just check out the trailer below:  READ FULL STORY »

Jun 21 2012 06:18 PM ET

What did Michael Fassbender say at the end of 'Prometheus'? Language consultant reveals all

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WARNING: This post contains Prometheus spoilers.

Ridley Scott’s Prometheus prompted a lot of questions from cinemagoers, like “What the f—?” and “No, seriously: What the f—?” We can’t provide answers for either of those queries. But we can resolve the question of what Michael Fassbender’s android David said to the Engineer just prior to the alien going ape and trying to kill everyone in sight.
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Jun 19 2012 08:57 PM ET

Want to grab lunch with 'Gremlins' director Joe Dante? Or have your script read by an Oscar-nominated screenwriter? Then check out the 'Trailers From Hell!' Kickstarter campaign

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For fans of cult movies, Internet treasure troves don’t get much more treasure-y — or, I guess, trove-y — than Trailers From Hell!, the site where Gremlins director Joe Dante and his fellow “grindhouse gurus” talk viewers through vintage film promo clips.

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Jun 14 2012 01:53 PM ET

'Resident Evil: Retribution' trailer -- Zombies and Milla Jovovich in bondage gear

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The staggeringly successful Resident Evil movie franchise is one of my big guilty pleasures. The films’ zombie-featuring carnage, enjoyably preposterous plot twists, and apparent propensity for cladding star Milla Jovovich in items from the Hustler store’s S&M spring collection more than make up for any arguable lack of Chekhovian character development.

The trailer for the fifth RE movie, Resident Evil: Retribution, has just hit the web and looks encouraging. Which is to say, it boasts undead mayhem, the presence of characters who shuffled off this mortal coil way back in the first movie, and the sight of Jovovich wearing the kind of outfit more usually associated with newspaper stories headlined NAKED SENATOR ARRESTED IN DUNGEON-BROTHEL STING.

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Jun 13 2012 06:23 PM ET

'The Host' first look: Jake Abel on playing Ian, working with Stephenie Meyer -- EXCLUSIVE

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If you thought the romantic triangle at the center of The Twilight Saga was complicated, then you haven’t yet experienced the passions at the center of Stephenie Meyer’s other novel, The Host, also a feature film arriving in theaters on March 29, 2013.

Set on an Earth that has been overrun by body-snatching aliens called “souls,” the story follows Melanie (Saoirse Ronan), one of the last humans left on the planet, after her body has been inhabited by the well-traveled soul known as Wanderer (or Wanda, for short). Melanie’s strong-willed consciousness cajoles Wanda into the American desert to find Melanie’s uncle Jeb (William Hurt), her brother Jamie (Chandler Canterbury), and her boyfriend Jared (Max Irons). But once Wanda comes upon this ragtag band hiding out in a network of caves, she begins to develop feelings herself for another human, Ian O’Shea (Jake Abel, Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, I Am Number Four, The Lovely Bones). So, to recap: Jared loves Melanie, whose body is controlled by Wanda, who is in love with Ian.

In this exclusive first look at Ian’s character in The Host, Abel talks about what he calls the “love box” between the four characters, his thoughts on Ian’s progressive attitude towards the souls, and what it was like working with Meyer and the film’s writer-director, Andrew Niccol (Gattica, In Time). Check it out below!  READ FULL STORY »

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