With yet another re-invigoration of the massive Star Wars franchise —hello, 3-Delirum! — the Star Wars creator confronts the controversy of content changes (again), shares his views on SOPA and gives an update on Indiana Jones 5.

Joining the likes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, CW's recently departed Smallville will live on -- in comic book form.

DC Comics announced that the origin story of how Clark Kent became Superman will continue on with an 11th season set to premiere online April 13 with new digital chapters released weekly. The online chapters -- complete with an episode guide to the TV series, will be collected in print issues, with the first due May 16.

Within three years of starting his Hollywood career, Douglas Trumbull changed the moviemaking process irrevocably; working with Stanley Kubrick on 1968’s 2011: A Space Odyssey, when he was barely 25, he not only created a landmark cinematic experience, but pioneered special-effects techniques which filmmakers continue to use even today. Since then he’s done Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Blade Runner, and most recently, Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life.

Scottish actor Billy Connolly is joining the cast of Peter Jackson’s two-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit. 

In the films, Connolly will play Dain Ironfoot, a great dwarf warrior and cousin of Thorin Oakenshield.

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Sullivan Stapleton, who appeared in the 2010 Australian crime drama Animal Kingdom, will star in the untitled 300 follow-up in development at Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures.

The Aggression Scale will play as part of the SXSW Film Festival's Midnighters program, which focuses on the "scary, funny, sexy, and controversial."

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This story first appeared in the Feb. 17 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.

Eli Manning may have starred on the field, but it was Taylor Kitsch who was bidding to become the MVP of the Super Bowl movie trailers.

One day after Sony Pictures offered fans access to full theatrical trailer and a sizzle reel featuring plenty of action from The Amazing Spider-Man, Marc Webb spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about initial reaction he heard about the footage. “How could you feel anything but good?” Webb said from outside of the 10th Annual VES Awards, where he was a presenter. “It was really wonderful; I mean, I enjoyed the events in particular, because it was very affirming.

Lemony Snicket is coming back and in a big way.

Little, Brown Books announced that Who Could That Be at This Hour?, the first book in the new Lemony Snicket series All the Wrong Questions will hit bookstores on October 23, 2012 with a first printing of one million copies.

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