Lego photographer, cinephile, geek. James is 24 and lives in Portland, OR. He writes for several websites about pop culture, film, and TV and runs a video production company with his wife called Gilded Moose Media.
While many of us expected Jurassic World to do well in theaters, few could have predicted just how monstrous it's been at the box office. Right out the gate, the film began breaking records and has just enjoyed he highest-grossing opening weekend of all-time.
Despite positive reviews and a decent box office take for 2010's Kick-Ass, the once-burgeoning film franchise appears to be dead in the water following the 2013 sequel, which was met with far less praise and diminished box office returns. Original film director Matthew Vaughn has been keen on more follow-ups and even a prequel film following Chloe Grace-Moretz's Hit-Girl and Nicolas Cage's Big Daddy, but more tales about the hyper-violent street-level superheroes have hardly seemed likely, especially with film stars Grace-Moretz and Aaron Taylor-Johnson growing older and moving on to other film properties.
FX's anthology series Fargo - based on the Coen Brothers film of the same name - was one of the biggest surprises of the 2014 television season, and all eyes are on series creator Noah Hawley to catch lightning in a bottle twice. We still have three months to wait until we find out if that's possible, but we finally have our first glimpse at Fargo's much-anticipated return thanks to this new enigmatic teaser trailer.
Marvel's marketing blitz for Ant-Man continues with yet another new TV spot, which offers a bevy of new footage featuring Paul Rudd's Scott Lang getting used to his newfound shrinking powers, and recruiting his fellow ants to fight the latest threat to the MCU.
Thanks to the monstrous (Indominus?) success of Jurassic World this past weekend, Sony has given the greenlight to a percolating astronaut tale starring two of Hollywood's most bankable new superstars: Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence.
It's no secret that Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice is more than just a film about the Dark Knight and Man of Steel; we already know that Wonder Woman will have a large role, and that characters like Cyborg and Aquaman are confirmed to appear, in order to set up Warner Brothers' big superhero team up, Justice League.
After an extensive search, the Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has found its female lead. Warner Brothers announced Monday that actress Katherine Waterston, who had a breakout role in last year's Inherent Vice, will star alongside Eddie Redmayne as a witch named Porpentina.
The hunt for Marvel's Peter Parker may still be on, but that hasn't stopped rumors from spreading that the studio - along with new Spider-Man partner Sony - may have their eyes on another web slinger: Spider-Gwen.
After a long search, Channing Tatum's Gambit movie has finally found a director. Tatums has reportedly been shopping the X-Men spin-off around Hollywood - and has been met denials from directors like Darren Aronofsky and Foxcatcher's Bennet Miller - for some time now, but this week, he finally got someone to commit to the project: Rise of the Planet of the Apes helmer Rupert Wyatt.
For a time, Michelle MacLaren was attached to Warner Brothers' upcoming Wonder Woman film, but left the project due to creative differences. Now, it's being reported that the Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones director may have moved on to greener pastures (that grow in a galaxy far, far away).