As Comic-Con prepares to kick off, here are eight panels to keep an eye on over the next few days.

Jennifer Lawrence is ready in red for the revolution, and looks regal in the latest posters for the final film in the Hunger Games movie series, Mockingjay Part 2.

Aussies are scoring Hollywood roles because they possess a quality now rare among their US contemporaries - masculinity, says veteran actor Michael Douglas.

Funny guy Paul Rudd has turned superhero in Marvel's latest superhero flick, Ant-Man. He talks to Russell Baillie about how the troubled movie made it to the big screen.

Director Paul Feig is slowly revealing official photos from the 2016 movie.

Michael Douglas says Hollywood is in crisis as young American actors are too sensitive and asexual to play leading roles.

Over the Fourth of July weekend, former Disney honcho Michael Eisner caused a bit of a stir when he suggested that it was extremely rare to find extremely beautiful women who were also deeply funny.

They were a staple of 90s childhoods. Now spooky bestseller Goosebumps is heading to the big screen, with the first trailer released today.

Re-editing movies such as Into the Woods and Fault in Our Stars highlights institutional racism in Hollywood.

When it comes to sequels, I often wonder "Why?" In this case the answer is easy to find.

The 1856 novel by Gustave Flaubert about a woman whose glamorous fantasies lead her to betray and beggar her decent but unambitious doctor husband is among literature's most filmed.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says he'll still watch the Steve Jobs biopic despite quibbles over Seth Rogen's portrayal of him.

Harrison Ford and George Lucas made him a classic cinema hero - now the directors of The Lego Movie are reintroducing Han Solo for a new generation.

The director of box office smash hit Jurassic World is the latest to say trailers are giving too much away about a film's plot.

Magic Mike XXL star Channing Tatum says his time spent stripping was "one complete year of down-the-rabbit-hole crazy".

Actors have always crossed the Atlantic in search of fame and fortune, but the recent slew of plum roles for British stars has led to a crisis. Where are America's leading men who can reclaim the silver screen?

A council body has four months to produce a viable film studio plan at Hobsonville Pt or the land will be used for housing.

Channing Tatum says Magic Mike XXL will probably be the last in the film franchise as he's "scraped the creative bottom of the barrel".

40-year-old Hello Kitty is set to make her big screen debut in 2019.

The documentary about the 2007 terror raids will have its world premiere at the New Zealand International Film Festival this month.

Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman has criticised the film industry, saying movies are "the worst" they've been in 50 years.

Two Auckland Council bodies are at loggerheads over whether 20ha of land at Hobsonville Pt should be used for housing or a film studio.

A musical about a man seeking revenge over losing the last loaf of bread in a supermarket has taken out the top title at the 48Hours film festival.

Fans weren't happy when Metropolis was left in ruins at the end of Man of Steel, but director Zach Snyder has defended the controversial ending to his superhero film.

Angelina Jolie is set to play the nymphomaniac Catherine the Great in a new drama about the Russian empress's scandalous love life.

New Zealand actor Ryan O'Kane is set to play Denmark's dashing crown prince, who met his Aussie love in a Sydney pub during the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Mention Matt Bomer and you get one of two reactions. Some respond, “Who?” while the rest light up with excitement, declaring the actor the “perfect man”.

Will Chris Pratt be in every blockbuster from now on? Will more ageing franchises get rebooted? Dominic Corry looks at how Jurassic World will affect the future of film.

The star of Martin Luther King film Selma talks to Russell Baillie about going solo in his latest film.