The found footage superhero movie “Chronicle” is aiming to be a big hit with audiences this year,and this new viral video set up by 20th Century Fox and Thinkmodo aims on pushing the limits of suspending your disbelief. The video is of three custom RC planes shaped like people. The planes were launched over New York City to create the illusion of actual flying people. “Since the three main characters of the movie have the ability to fly, we came up with the idea of staging a few ‘flying people’ sightings around NYC. We achieved that illusion by having 3 custom-made aircraft (which were shaped like human beings) fly above…

‘Terra Nova’s producers are moving to secure the lead actors and more writers as they’re waiting to hear back from Fox on its decision to renew the show for a second season, Deadline is reporting. The options on the sci-fi drama expire on December 31, and the pickups for lead actors Jason O’Mara and Stephen Lang are pending. Fox was originally expected to make a decision on picking up ‘Terra Nova’ for a second season earlier in December, with the cast options expiration date forthcoming. The decision was believed to come after 20th Century Fox, which produces the show, met with Fox on December 16. Fox is expected to make…

Aspiring sci-fi screenwriter Bryant Moore has filed a lawsuit against James Cameron for stealing his idea for the hit 2009 film ‘Avatar,’ TMZ is reporting. Moore’s lawsuit is the second in as many weeks, claiming the famed director didn’t come up with the idea for the Academy Award-winning movie. He is also suing 20th Century Fox, which distributed ‘Avatar,’ for more than $1.5 billion in actual damages and more than $1 in punitive damages. Moore, who has written the screenplays for ‘Aquatica’ and ‘Descendants: The Pollination,’ is looking for more than $2 billion. He’s claiming Cameron used the two scripts as the inspiration for ‘Avatar,’ and points out numerous similarities…

A review of this week’s new movie releases from your favorite entertainment and celebrity website. This is episode 25 of ShockYa.com Presents Movie Night. This week Rudie Obias and Perri Nemiroff review the new film from director David Gordon Green, “The Sitter,” starring Jonah Hill. They also review the new movie from director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody, “Young Adult,” starring Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt and Patrick Wilson. Please subscribe via iTunes or download and listen. “The Sitter” features Jonah Hill, Max Records, Ari Graynor, J.B. Smoove, Sam Rockwell, Landry Bender, Kevin Hernandez and Kylie Bunbury. Directed by David Gordon Green and written by Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka….

A discussion and review the week’s new movie release from your favorite entertainment and celebrity website. Hello everyone, this is episode 19 of the Movie Night Podcast. This week Rudie Obias and Perri Nemiroff discuss the new film from Andrew Niccol, “In Time” and J.C. Chandor, “Margin Call” and Bruce Robinson’s “The Rum Diary” starring Johnny Depp. Subscribe on iTunes or Download and Listen Here. “In Time” features Justin Timberlake, Olivia Wilde, Shyloh Oostwald, Johnny Galecki, Michael William Freeman, Alex Pettyfer, Amanda Seyfried and Cillian Murphy. It was written and directed by Andrew Niccol. “Margin Call” features Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary…

Ben Stiller has signed onto direct 20th Century Fox’s upcoming horror film ‘The Mountain,’ Deadline is reporting. The movie, which was written by Helen Childress, who also scripted Stiller’s 1994 directorial debut ‘Reality Bites,’ is based on characters from the Edith Wharton novel ‘Summer.’ ‘The Mountain,’ which is being produced by Stiller and his Red Hour partner Stuart Cornfeld, will be set in the 1900s. It follows a young woman who struggles to confront her destiny after she discovers a mysterious object that forces her to examine her past. The tone of the film is said to be similar to ‘Rosemary’s Baby.’ The news of Stiller’s hiring comes after he…

With the box office success of the 2009 Liam Neeson action film ‘Taken,’ 20th Century Fox has announced it will release a sequel to the film on October 5, 2012. The studio has released the official synopsis to the follow-up, which will once again feature Neeson, ReelzChannel is reporting. The actor returns as retired CIA agent Bryan Mills, who takes a family vacation in Istanbul. While there, the father of one of the kidnappers Bryan killed while trying to save his daughter Kim, who will once again be played by Maggie Grace in the sequel, in the first film swears revenge. So he takes Bryan and his wife hostage, and…

MTV is considering picking up the series adaptation of the graphic novel ‘Locke & Key,’ Deadline is reporting. The cable network’s programming chief David Janollari has yet to meet with the show’s producers, but he did like the pilot, which was given to him on DVD. The news of Janollari’s interest comes after the companies behind the pilot, 20th Century Fox, K/O Paper Products and DreamWorks TV, shopped it to other networks, including Syfy. The science-fiction cable network ultimately passed on ‘Locke & Key,’ whose pilot was written by Josh Friedman and was directed by Mark Romanek, reportedly due to the series’ high budget costs. With the increasing price to…

A discussion and review the week’s new movie release from your favorite entertainment and celebrity website. Hello everyone, this is episode 9 of the Movie Night Podcast. This week Rudie Obias is joined by podcaster, Justin Vactor of GeeksofDoom.com, they discuss the latest entry in the “Planet of the Apes” series, “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”. Subscribe on iTunes or Download and Listen Here. “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” features James Franco, Andy Serkis, John Lithgow, Freida Pinto, Brian Cox, Tom Felton and David Oyelowo. It was directed by Rupert Wyatt. Read Perri Nemiroff’s review. On the next episode of Movie Night, we will discuss, “30…

I’ve seen this film and it’s fantastic. As a huge fan of all (even somewhat of the Tim Burton version) “Planet of the Apes” movies, I really dug this new one. It holds true to the mythology and imagination created by these films, while at the same time, pay homage to its source. One of the reasons why this new movie is so effective is the amazing special effects by WETA, who also did the motion capture work of “The Lord of the Rings”, Peter Jackson’s “King Kong” and “Avatar”. All of this capped off by the spectacular and extremely heartfelt performance by Andy Serkis, who play Gollum and King…