There's a real communication problem going on with the follow up to the vampire romance Twilight. Everywhere you look there are conflicting casting announcements, different release dates, and even one of the stars was shocked to find out that he had a job until 2010 -- so you'll forgive me if this s...

Twi-hards were buzzing last week at the news that Drew Barrymore might be in as director of “Eclipse,� the third installment of the “Twilight� franchise. But the current buzz is that Barrymore is out, and Paul Weitz, brother of “New Moon� director Chris Weitz , is in. Acting411 blog has ...

\ Some critics thought that Paul McGuigan’s last film, Lucky Number Slevin (2006), was too much style over substance, and while they might have had a point, I found myself energized by the promise that that small, Tarantino-esque film showed of its director. With Push , a thriller/action(?) fi...

News coming down the wire last night about a potential buy-out of Summit Entertainment by Lionsgate has sent shockwaves through the online film community this morning. Namely, everyone seems to want to speculate about what the blood-thirsty Execs. over at Lionsgate might do with Summit’s one a...

I mean this is the nicest way possible, but what the hell has happened to Brendan Fraser? Let's all think back to the year 1998 when I was convinced Fraser was going to get the credit as an actor he so deserved after starring in Gods and Monsters . Then, when he took his spot as Indiana Jones' heir ...

Summit Entertainment has announced that Taylor Lautner will reprise his role as Jacob Black in Chris Weitz’s Twilight sequel adaptation New Moon . Apparently in the sequel, Jacob transformers into an almost totally different character - a foot taller, five years older, and a lot bigger. We hav...

We've once again gathered Defamer's blue-ribbon panel of movie-marketing insiders, this time to assess what's gone wrong on the unfortunate new poster for the sci-fi B-thriller Push. 1. The Cast. Or lack thereof. But that's only half of it: If some anonymous dude and his tremendous Photoshop 2.0 spi...

Well, the rumors were true, and Summit Entertainment has confirmed that Golden Compass director Chris Weitz will indeed direct New Moon, the follow-up to this year's biggest teen-vamp flick, Twilight. It's important to note that nowhere in the press release does it mention Eclipse, which means the t...

Word is getting around this evening that Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke has been cut loose from the franchise. As both Nikki Finke and Harry Knowles are reporting, Summit Entertainment has decided to find another director for New Moon, which will begin shooting in March 2009. This from Nikki ...

I always admire any movie that can effectively convey the trials and tribulations of high school without resorting to parody or mockery. High school is typically (and rightfully) portrayed as a time of great emotional upheaval, where friendships are formed and broken, alliances are tested, and world...