The first TV spot has arrived online for The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies, and it places an emphasis firmly on the high-stakes scenario of the final showdown between our heroes and Sauron. Having spent the last two films on the fringes of the narrative, Middle-earth’s big bad is back at the heart of things this time out, sending hordes of orcs to the Lonely Mountain in a concerted grab for power. If they are going to resist him, the forces of men, dwarves and elves will have to work together, but there are…

He’s having a laughWe’ve had weeks of teases and haircut pictures, but now, on the 75th anniversary of the character’s first appearance in comics (April 25th, 1940, fact fans), Suicide Squad director David Ayer has posted the first proper look at Jared Leto as The Joker. Take a look, why don’t you?The Suicide Squad wishes you a Happy Anniversary …

Back when the 2001 cult-classic crime-comedy announced it would officially take on a sequel, the excitement among fans was pretty much unanimous. There was always a flirtation with the idea of a sequel, but never a guarantee. That was until 8 months ago when Super Troopers director and co-star Jay Chandrasekhar confirmed that Super Troopers 2 was looking very likely, and the team would participate in a Kickstarter campaign. After seeing the success of the Veronica Mars crowdfunding campaign, the team probably had high hopes. And as it turns out, the campaign (which wrapped up yesterday) absolutely dominated.  The Broken

Rupert Wyatt’s Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes was a critical and commercial success, but while Fox were keen for him to return for the sequel, the director felt the 2014 release date made things too tight, and eventually dropped out. Wyatt has since shared his opinions with Collider on Matt Reeves’ Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes, and explains where he might …

Update! He’s on board alongside Elizabeth PerkinsUPDATE: Mr. Stark is officially going dark. Cooper has signed a deal to play Jesse, and Elizabeth Perkins is on to play Vyla Quinncannon, a scheming businesswoman with a personal connection to the main man. He’s already familiar to comic-book adaptation fans thanks to his role as Howard Stark in Captain America: The First Avenger and the Agent Carter adventures. Yet …

With the new Jurassic World trailer just a couple days away, director Colin Trevorrow has been teasing fans with fun new posters in anticipation, and today the director showed us just what it means for a Mosasaurus to snack. Take a look: “We’ve made living biological attractions so astounding that they’ll capture the imagination of the entire planet.” pic.twitter.com/CcPZgMNjaw— Colin Trevorrow (@colintrevorrow) April 18, 2015 This isn’t the first time we’ve seen a mighty Mosasaurus feed. Back when the original trailer

The first teaser trailer has landed online for YA sequel The Divergent Series: Insurgent, which as you might have guessed, is the follow-up to Divergent. The sequel picks up with Shailene Woodley’s teen heroine Tris facing some dramatically raised stakes, as she and Theo James’ Four go on the run from the power-hungry Erudite elite. With her family also in the crosshairs, Tris is going to have to steel herself against increasingly stacked odds. Hopefully that close-cut hairdo …

Joss Whedon isn’t the Godfather of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. That title belongs to Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige. Whedon didn’t even kick start this whole endeavor. That claim to fame belongs to Iron Man helmer Jon Favreau. But because of his accomplishment with the initial The Avengers, Whedon is given a tremendous amount of leeway with what Marvel can and should do in their movies leading up to this summer’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron, and some of the most interesting behind-the-scenes negotiating was revealed this afternoon. Joss Whedon brought his entire Avengers: Age of Ultron cast to the …Click To Continue Reading

The first image has appeared online from Jay Roach’s Trumbo, featuring Bryan Cranston as the titular screenwriter who cracked the Hollywood blacklist. The film will tell the real-life story of Dalton Trumbo, the world’s highest-paid screenwriter back in 1950, who found himself thrown in prison for refusing to answer the questions of Congress’ House UnAmerican Activities …

Both furious and fast The Empire Podcast comes out just a little earlier than normal, what with this Easter weekend thing and all, and to celebrate the kind folks at Universal have released Fast & Furious 7 to bamboozle and enthrall. Here, in this hour-long podcast, the team comes to terms with everything Vin Diesel has to offer. Plus, Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica veteran Ron Moore!P.S. You can check out our podcast photo gallery here and subscribe to the

It’s safe to say that with each new piece of footage we see, George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road seems more and more exciting. All of the trailers and previews we’ve seen so far suggest that the movie will be an insane action epic of massive proportions, and many of the set pieces look literally jaw-dropping. It’s got to the point where every piece of the film we see makes us more excited than the last – and that’s most definitely true for the footage that just played during the special Warner Bros. presentation at this year’s WonderCon. Described as