Star Wars: The Force Awakens: What appears to be a photo of Disney executive Bob Iger standing next to the Millennium Falcon on the set of Star Wars: The Force Awakens is actually a composite image created by special effects company Industrial Light & Magic. Still, the image presents the first close-up view of the updated spacecraft, originally manned by Han Solo and Chewbacca. The movie is due out on December 18, 2015. [Fortune]
That's What I'm Talking About: Director Richard Linklater has been widely acclaimed for his indie drama Boyhood, filmed over a period of 12 years. Linklater has now completed filming his next feature, That's What I'm Talking About, and says it is a sequel of sorts to his film Dazed and Confused, beginning four years later. He describes it as "a continuation of Boyhood, believe it or not. I don’t know if one film can be a sequel to two different movies, but it begins right where Boyhood ends." [Creative Screenwriting]
The Elephant Man: Bradley Cooper stars in Clint Eastwood's American Sniper, now in limited theatrical release, but he can also be seen on Broadway in a new revival of The Elephant Man. The stage play has proven to be quite popular with theatergoers, recently recouping its original investment and setting a new box office record at the venue where it is playing through February 22. Alessandro Nivola and Patricia Clarkson also star in the show. [Broadway.com]
[REC] 4: Apocalypse Clip: A new clip from horror thriller [REC] 4: Apocalypse finds the heroine (Manuela Velasco) racing for her life from a group of very hungry zombies. She has been airlifted to a ship, which is supposedly a refuge from the zombie outbreak, but as the clip indicates, the zombies are everywhere! The movie opens in theaters on January 2. [Movies Coming Soon]