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There’s no doubt that Warner Bros. wants this version of Sherlock Holmes, of which the vision is derived from the wild mind of Guy Ritchie, to be the exciting, exhilarating version of Sherlock Holmes.

Spotted at the American Film Market: a new poster from Scream 4. Spotted in the FSR newsroom: audible boredom from the Rejects’ staff.

It’s been a long time coming for Steve Guttenberg, or “The Gutt” to his friends. He’s headed back to the big time, back to the marquee… back to the 80s well.

Remember back when we reported that Angelina Jolie was coming on to the project known as Salt, taking over for Tom Cruise and forcing a re-write of the script to change the title character’s name from Edwin A. Salt to Evelyn A. Salt? This is that film.

What is it with Owen Wilson and movies about dogs?

This seems to be the height of what we might call non-news, but since we have not yet reported on this ever-developing story, it’s worth saying something.

Producer Barrie Osborne might be asking for trouble with this one…

Coming off of his long-gestating project The Road, director John Hillcoat is looking toward the future. Toward a story of Prohibition bootleggers that may star two of Hollywood’s best young actors.

Shawn Levy, director of the Night at the Museum franchise, is embarking on something akin to making a movie out of a board game — which is dumb — he’s producing a movie based on the popular series of children’s books known as The Berenstain Bears.

George Clooney is currently flying around the world, promoting his three new movies that will hit theaters in the next two months. Yet, that still hasn’t stopped him from finding even more work…

You read that title right. We’ve covered so many films from Fantastic Fest that even now, a month after the fest has closed its doors, we’re still pumping out reviews.

First, the Prince of Persia trailer was leaked. We didn’t move on it. Then, the Prince of Persia trailer dropped in HD, right after FSR’s Editor-in-Chief woke up from a nap. Perfect timing.

There’s a pun here somewhere. I just can’t find it. Perhaps it is something along the lines of, “perhaps Dreamworks Animation should learn how to make a good animated movie” before they tackle the dragon training…

Even though Halloween is over and done, it appears as if studio execs in Hollywood are still prowling. They’re not looking for candy, though. As it turns out, all they want this holiday season is to find the next Twilight.

Variety is reporting tonight that the newly raised production banner Vigilante Entertainment is putting a popular Warren Ellis penned comic series into development. Black Summer, the story of a superhero team known as the Seven Guns, a group of scientist-adventurers who modified their own bodies for street-fighting in order to take back their West Coast [...]

Director Peter Segal is making news today from a few different places. Apparently, his directorial slate — which still includes the long-gestating superhero flick Shazam! — could be getting very busy in the near future.

Comic creator and writer Mark Millar, whose property Wanted became one of the break-out hits of last year, is getting ready to take on something new: directing.

And here, you thought this ‘board games into movies’ trend was just a fad that would fade away quietly before anyone could actually make something playable in theaters…

The Halloween holiday is many things to many people. But for most of us, it is at least about watching some appropriately-themed movies. Now we’d like to know what your picks are…

FSR’s Editor takes a walk back into his own childhood to conquer the one movie that damaged him most as a young movielover, the Steven Spielberg produced, Tobe Hooper directed Poltergeist.