AMC's CEO recently floated the idea of allowing texting during movies, but after the overwhelmingly negative response, the theater chain has already backpedaled.
"With your advice in hand, there will be NO TEXTING ALLOWED in any of the auditoriums at AMC Theaters," they said in a statement on Twitter. "Not today, not tomorrow and not in the foreseeable future." Now if they would actually enforce that policy, we'd be in good shape.
A new Batman animated movie may make up for the massive disappointment of Batman v Superman. The upcoming Batman: The Killing Joke, based on one of the most critically acclaimed comic books of all time, will be rated R, according to Entertainment Weekly. Not counting the extended cut of Batman v Superman, this will be the first Batman film in history to receive an R rating. The Killing Joke stars Kevin Conroy as Batman, Mark Hamill as the Joker and Tara Strong as Batgirl.
R-rated comic book movies may become the next big thing in Hollywood. Director David Ayer says he wants the sequel to Suicide Squad to be rated R, according to MTV News. The first film will be released this August with a PG-13 rating.
Curious why Batman v Superman felt so frantically edited? Well, the film's editor has revealed that the original cut was close to four hours long, according to ComicBook.com.
According to Deadline, Jackie Earle Haley has joined the cast of The Dark Tower, the new film adaptation of Stephen King's popular book series. Haley will be playing vampire leader Sayre. He stars opposite Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba.
Gary Oldman is in talks to play Winston Churchill in Joe Wright's upcoming war epic Darkest Hour, according to Deadline. The film, written by Anthony McCarten, will take place in the 1940's and will focus on Churchill becoming prime minister.
Might we actually get a sequel to Dick Tracy? Warren Beatty, director and star of the 1990 film, says there are "very serious" plans to make a second film, according to Variety.
Gay Talese's article "The Voyeur’s Motel" was published in The New Yorker just a few days ago, but a feature film adaptation is already underway. According to Deadline, Sam Mendes will be directing an adaptation of Talese's piece, with Steven Spielberg producing. "The Voyeur’s Motel" is an article about Gerald Foos, a man who opened a hotel solely so he could watch his guests having sex. A book of the same title will be published this July.
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