We caught up with Delivery Man star Chris Pratt and had to start with the incredible string of life dream-achieving moments on screen he’s had of late. As shown in the Delivery Man trailer, he’s a lawyer with the hugest of cases representing Vince Vaughn’s character. Vaughn’s being sued by hundreds of his “children” who demand he reveal his identity to them after it is learned that his donations were the only ones used at a fertility clinic.

This is after Pratt scored the role of the man who hit the game-winning home run to clinch the Oakland A’s world record for consecutive wins in Moneyball. What is left, we ask Pratt in our exclusive video interview? He hilariously lists off his other roles that are life dream moments and it turns out, he wanted to give a Braveheart-type speech rallying the troops. From his answer, we’re gleaning he achieved that in his upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy!

“I want to be a heavy bad guy who takes someone’s life and looks them in the eye as their life extinguishes. I want to take someone and put them in my cop car and say, ‘Watch your head,’” he said and laughed. “What’s left?”

Check out the video and see!

Chris Pratt Delivery Man Exclusive Interview

Pratt also lets us in on who his favorite movie or TV lawyers are (his Law and Order rant is hysterical!), while also talking about how it is working on a movie like Delivery Man versus an effects-heavy film such as Guardians of the Galaxy, where much of the work is still to come on computers.

Delivery Man also stars Cobie Smulders and hits theaters November 22.

Doug Ellin, creator of Entourage, is clearly thrilled that the film is a go and all parties are on board. The writer-director took to Instagram to post a photo of the entire cast back together (we’re guessing for a script read-through for the Entourage movie) with the caption, “January 16 start date. Getting pumped.”

As you can see, the gang’s all here -- (from left to right) Scott Caan, Jerry Ferrara, Debi Mazar, Doug Ellin, Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Adrian Grenier and Jeremy Piven.

No release date yet for the film based on the HBO show that ran from 2004 to 2011, but we’ll keep you posted! 

As The Hunger Games concluded and Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) were set to go home to District 12, one would think that it would be all champagne and caviar for the victors. As Catching Fire begins, it seems like anything but. Katniss is hunting (as she did at the beginning of the first film) and she is visited by Gale (Liam Hemsworth).

We learn that all that “romance” between Katniss and Peeta -- that in a sense spared their lives -- was all part of the show. It is clear that Gale and Katniss have something special, but for how long?

Anticipation could not be higher for the sequel to The Hunger Games, and with a new director in tow, Francis Lawrence, taking over for Gary Ross, there seemed to be more question marks than exclamation points. But fans have nothing to worry about -- in fact it is the opposite. Catching Fire is an extraordinary film that even more impeccably captures the spirit of Suzanne Collins’ blockbuster book series.

Screenwriter Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) could not have been a better choice to bring the second book in the series to the big screen. He gets it. And Beaufoy and Francis are a terrific tandem that capture the best moments of the novel and bring them to new heights.

Katniss and Peeta are set to embark on their Victory Tour when Katniss is visited by President Snow (Donald Sutherland, as evil as ever). Clearly the man has not gotten to the position of power he has attained without keenly being aware of his threats. And although she seems like the most unlikely of revolutionaries, he knows that Katniss has the potential to fan the fires of revolution in the Districts.

Almost immediately Katniss, Peeta, Haymitch (Woody Harrelson) and Effie (Elizabeth Banks) hit the road, and as the victory rallies continue, the buck-the-system message that Katniss advertently or inadvertently displayed at the end of the Games has clearly taken root. As teased in this Catching Fire clip, after one crowd rises up, someone is shot and killed. Snow must put a stop to this before it… catches fire.

As we could see from that first Catching Fire trailer, he has summoned a Quarter Quell, which will put Peeta and Katniss back in the ring with a group of Hunger Games all-stars which will surely conclude with her demise.

The new cast members are top-notch, and each realizes the pop culture phenomenon that they are a part of and raise their games accordingly. Sam Claflin is Finnick, and he is every bit the “god” described in Collins' books. From Jeffrey Wright’s cerebral turn as Beetee to Jena Malone’s steely turn as Johanna, the filmmakers have done an impeccable job of bringing what readers have imagined in their heads to life on the silver screen. And the addition of Philip Seymour Hoffman as Plutarch is a stroke of brilliance. Since, as fans know, he plays such a pivotal role in the series, it was important to get an actor of his caliber (Oscar winner!).

Then there are the big three. Lawrence is simultaneously vulnerable and vicious as Katniss. She amps it up from her last turn as the heroine in The Hunger Games and further illustrates why the casting director hit a home run with her. Lawrence captures the post-traumatic stress of Katniss after what she experienced in the first Games and how that would affect a person who has to head back into the arena to fight anew.

And Hemsworth and Hutcherson both raise their games also as each character clearly knows that the stakes are higher this time out. Something is brewing in Panem, and they know that in some manner they too will play a part in the drama that could result in all-out revolution.

Catching Fire is an even better film than The Hunger Games, and we adored the first. Having the new director initially seemed like a potential drawback. In fact, it could not have been a better stroke of fate for a fan base eagerly awaiting to see how Katniss’ story plays out on screen over Catching Fire and the two-part conclusion of Mockingjay.  

Our Catching Fire review finds that the film moves at a rapid-fire pace, without sacrificing plot, power, emotion or action. The production design is otherworldly gorgeous, and for the two hours of the film, the audience is firmly in the throes of Katniss and her perilous situation. Yet, the film never feels two hours long. In fact, and this may be the best compliment of all, when the credits rolled, we wanted more -- much more. 

TheMan of Steel sequel, as we famously know, will feature Ben Affleck as Batman. When a Warner Bros. executive was speaking to shareholders several months ago, he mentioned Batman vs. Superman as the title, and it kind of stuck.

So, since then, that’s what we’ve been calling the film. But, Fusible discovered that the studio has taken to the internet registry site MarkMonitor, to purchase the rights to several names for use in website hosting.

Could one of these be the title of the Man of Steel sequel? Honestly… we hope not.

• Man of Steel Beyond Darkness
• Man of Steel Black of Knight
• Man of Steel Knight Falls
• Man of Steel Battle the Knight
• Man of Steel Shadow of the Night
• Man of Steel The Darkness Within
• Man of Steel The Blackest Hour

Not a fan of any of these, huh? Chime in under the comments section below and let us know what you think of the above titles.

Sure, it is a Superman movie and his name should come first, but there is something about Batman vs. Superman that just kind of works for us. 

One of the most chilling moments in Gravity is when Sandra Bullock is in that Russian space capsule, desperate to reach anyone at the other end of the radio. She reaches a person, but it is clearly somebody who cannot help her. The other end of the conversation actually is something that existed in a short film from Gravity director Alfonso Cuaron’s son, Jonas Cuaron -- who is the screenwriter of his father’s smash hit.

Now, the short film called Aningaaq will be seeing the light of day as it is out now and you can watch it below. It features Bullock’s Dr. Ryan Stone in the Russian Soyuz capsule as she reaches a guy on the radio. She hears a baby cry and a dog bark and for a moment… she thinks she could be getting out alive. But then, reality hits.

Warner Bros. will be releasing the film as part of the Gravity DVD and Blu-Ray, and it is being put out now to qualify for the Oscar race for Best Live Action Short Film. It could be the first time that a short film and a long form film would compete for Oscars in the same year that share a congruent timeline.

Aningaaq: Gravity Spin-Off

The film stars Orto Ignatiussen as the Inuit fisherman who is on the other side of that moment in Gravity where we have a glimmer of hope. 

The first poster for How to Train Your Dragon 2 has arrived and it features our favorite man-dragon tandem looking closer than ever.

Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) and his dragon friend Toothless appear to have taken their unheard of friendship even further, judging by that How to Train Your Dragon 2 teaser.

The film picks up where How to Train Your Dragon left off, and just as Hiccup’s village believes that they have found a peace with the dragons of their world, Hiccup and Toothless discover a race of dragons in an ice cave that threatens the peace.

The original film’s cast is back including Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kristen Wiig, Gerard Butler and Jonah Hill. Look for How to Train Your Dragon 2 on June 13, 2014. 

The first trailer for Sabotage, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, has landed. Hot on the heels of those pretty good-looking Sabotage photos yesterday, comes the over two-minute sneak peek at the film that features Schwarzenegger as the leader of an elite DEA unit who goes after the baddest of the bad drug cartels.

Early in the film, the team successfully takes down a cartel safe house and they believe that a celebration is in order. That is until each member of Schwarzenegger’s team is killed, one by one.

Sabotage Trailer

Sabotage is from writer-direct David Ayer, the man who wrote and directed End of Watch and penned the screenplay for Training Day. It stars Joe Manganiello, Sam Worthington, Harold Perrineau, Terrence Howard, Max Martini, Josh Holloway, Olivia Williams, and Mireille Enos. Look for it in theaters January 24, 2014.

Violet and Daisy stars Saoirse Ronan and Alexis Bledel as best friends -- oh, and they’re teenage assassins who are the absolute best at what they do. In honor of Violet and Daisy landing on DVD and Blu-Ray, Movie Fanatic is proud to present a contest that honors the women who kick ass that have come before these two.

One lucky reader will take home Blu-Rays that feature these aforementioned femme fatales including Uma Thurman in Kill Bill Vol 1, Jessica Alba and a bevy of other women who take no prisoners in Sin City, the legion of killer ladies in Sucker Punch and the film that is the reason we’re talking about butt-kicking women in the first place, Ronan and Bledel’s Violet and Daisy.

Violet (Bledel, who also was in Sin City) and Daisy (Ronan, soon to kick ass in Star Wars: Episode VII?) are a pair of assassins who casually snuff out crime figures in Manhattan. The film also stars James Gandolfini in one of his last roles, and Machete Kills star Danny Trejo.

To enter, use the widget below to enter on Facebook or Twitter. There are three unique ways to enter, and by entering all three ways you can increase your chance at winning! And enter now, this prize pack’s winners will be announced November 29. 

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We could not be more thrilled that Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street will be arriving in 2013. It appeared there for a while that the film might get bumped until 2014, but Scorsese has finished it and it will arrive December 25, in time for Oscar consideration. This is the fifth collaboration between Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio, and it appears this time out, DiCaprio may get his Best Actor nomination!

Paramount has released a series of stills from the movie, and the first could be seen as shocking, but it was in that The Wolf of Wall Street trailer. It features DiCaprio motivating his Wall Street troops with a little game of… dwarf tossing?

The film also stars Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, Kyle Chandler, Jean Dujardin and Rob Reiner.

It is based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, a drug-addled Wall Street type who amassed millions illegally and wound up spending 22 months in a federal prison. And note the final photo below of Scorsese directing DiCaprio... these two make movie magic!

Marlon Wayans is back as the creative force and star of A Haunted House 2. The first A Haunted House was a surprise hit for the Wayans brother who is busting out on his own and this time out, it’s been a year since the last movie and he hopes that the hauntings have stopped.

He and his girl (Jaime Pressly) are moving into a new home and as you can see from the below trailer's first moments… the locale may have changed, but the horrors (and comedy) still remain.

A Haunted House 2 Trailer

Also back from the first film is Cedric the Entertainer as the hilarious priest who reluctantly agrees to help. If you remember, and let our A Haunted House review remind you, Cedric was the funniest thing about the movie!

Look for A Haunted House 2 to scare and amuse when it lands in theaters March 28, 2014.

We caught up with Catching Fire stars Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz and Jeffrey Wright recently and for the latter, being new to the franchise provided a fascinating exposure to the series' fans that clearly impressed him.

“I think what’s fascinating about the movie is that, I’ve found with interacting with fans, it’s kind of one of those universal spectrums of how anyone can insert themselves into the world and really express their own perspectives and politics within it,” Wright said. As seen in the Catching Fire trailer, Wright is Beetee.

“Like any good piece, it raises more questions than it answers. At the same time, the politics for the young people in the movie are very simple. There are politics around home, family, security, love, and all of these very simple, universal themes that we all relate to, and that we can all understand. Young people should be politically engaged, but they should be so from a grounded place, not from a reactive place. I think that’s what they should take away.”

Kravitz, who plays Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) confidant and designer Cinna, reported he joined the cast of the first film and now is back for the second for one reason and one reason only. “Well, first of all, the story -- it's great story telling. You can have all of these great actors and actresses and directors and people, but at the end of the day, it was a really well-written story with really good characters,” Kravitz said.

Before he got a phone call from The Hunger Games director Gary Ross, he hadn’t even heard of the blockbuster book franchise. “I was in the Bahamas with my music, in the jungle somewhere,” he said and laughed. “I got this phone call about Hunger Games. I had to download it and read it. And once I read it, I was hooked. I read the whole book in one night.”

Kravitz was then asked what he thinks Cinna sees in Katniss that the two characters become so close. “He has an instant attraction to Katniss. He understands who she is. He believes in her, in her abilities, and he wants to be there for her. They begin this friendship,” he said.

In Catching Fire, as fans of the series know, Cinna steps out and puts his neck out there! “He's at the point now where he's ready to make a statement, to really show who he is and what side he's on. And he does that very strongly when he presents the wedding dress that President Snow wants Katniss to wear. We've all seen it. The dress turns into the Mockingjay, and he has to face some grave consequences for that.”

Wright is new to the franchise, and he could not have been better cast as the cerebral Beetee, as we reported in our Catching Fire review. He welcomed the chance to join a well-oiled machine when it comes to the creative element of bringing The Hunger Games world to life on the big screen. 

“One of the things aside from the thematics of the storytelling that attracted me to this was that there had already been this extraordinary work done by many of the folks [in the movie.] I had an opportunity then to kind of piggyback on their efforts. Like Lenny, I was maybe in a jungle in West Africa somewhere in Sierra Leone so I missed out on a lot of the fanfare around the first one,” Wright said and laughed.

“But when I was called, in my case by Francis (Lawrence), to be a part of this, I dug in and I realized that there was something very interesting happening here particularly for younger audiences because this is epic moviemaking of a scale that we see a lot of now. But at the same time, there are these poignant, relative ideas that are being presented to young developing minds that I think are really essential.”

Wright sees parallels between what the young characters in Catching Fire are going through, albeit a little less perilous, and what the youth of today are living with, day in and day out. “They’re not specific but they’re just presented in an intelligent way that allows each reader or each audience member to place themselves within the world and make these considerations that are relevant to their lives outside of the theater,” Wright said.

“For me, it just seems to make sense that you entertain but at the same time, you provide in some ways a kind of escapism but a kind of relevant escapism that doesn’t discount the complexities of who we are and what our world is undergoing now.”

For Banks -- who is back as fan favorite Effie -- she is simply proud that there is a role out there for a strong female. And she hopes that they continue for her co-star and friend, Lawrence.

“Jennifer is an amazing actress who gets amazing roles and I wish that she gets them always and forever for the rest of her life. I’ve been doing it a little longer and I know there’s a lot of girlfriend roles out there, and a lot of wives and a lot of supporting roles that are less interesting than Katniss,” Banks said.

“I hope for her that she gets to play Katniss-level roles forever and ever. They’re rare. I think this movie and Gravity -- I’m so excited to be seeing such amazing, strong female role models in movies for the 50 percent of moviegoers who are ladies.”

With The Amazing Spider-Man 2 landing in theaters May 2, 2014, The Amazing Spider-Man 3 hitting screens on June 10, 2016 and a planed fourth edition swooping into theaters May 4, 2018, Sony Pictures has a lot of the webbed wonder coming at audiences. But, as other studios are expanding their superhero base, it appears so too is Sony Pictures. Their only superhero property at the moment is Spider-Man, but there is a rich world within his universe.

Sony Pictures Entertainment Co-Chairman Amy Pascal was addressing investors today when she said these worlds that should ricochet through the minds of Spider-Man fanboys well into the holidays! “We are going to access Marvel’s full world of Spider-Man characters, so be on the lookout for new heroes and villains,” she said.

In a word… wow!

Marvel Studios has been releasing two superhero movies a year, with 2013 finding us enjoying Iron Man 3 and Thor: The Dark World. As we all know, Warner Bros. will be bringing a Man of Steel sequel that will include Batman and if you believe the rumors, at least the addition of Wonder Woman. And each will have successive spin-offs in the near future.

The move by Sony to expand on the rich history of Spider-Man “heroes and villains,” as Pascal said… is a wise one. From Sinister Six, to Venom to even perhaps Black Cat (who is rumored to be in The Amazing Spider-Man 2), there is much to choose from. And that is just scratching the surface.

Stay tuned!

Vince Vaughn stars in Delivery Man as a well, delivery man, who learns that not only is his girlfriend (Cobie Smulders) pregnant, but that a fertility clinic he used to donate to decades ago only used his donations and he now has 533 grown children!

We met Vaughn for an exclusive video interview where we not only asked about the joy of comedic volleys with co-star Chris Pratt, but also if all this fame went away and he had to be a delivery man… what would he deliver to the world?

Vince Vaughn Delivery Man Exclusive Interview

Vaughn also talks about how he could have made this film years ago, but something about being a new father infused it with a fresh sense of power. “Your imagination’s your best asset you have as an actor," Vaughn said. But, being a new father really opened me up to a lot of the emotions that the movie explores.”

Delivery Man delivers the heartwarming hilarity November 22.

Catching Fire opened last night with the usual Thursday night, the day before “official” release, screenings. The second chapter in the story of Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and her sparking the fire of revolution in Panem took in an astonishing $25.3 million from those Thursday showings.

That’s a 28-percent raise from The Hunger Games’ Thursday night showings, and even places the Francis Lawrence film higher than the Thursday night debut of Iron Man 3 earlier this year – which banked $15.6 million.

Although it is impressive, Catching Fire is still tracking behind the July 2012 debut of The Dark Knight Rises. It earned $30.6 million in its Thursday showings. As we stated in our Catching Fire review, the film is even better than the first and we think by the time all is said and done, it will easily out-earn the receipts for The Hunger Games.

Will Catching Fire breaking the $100 million mark in its first weekend? Stay with Movie Fanatic and we’ll let you know. We have a feeling it just might. 

As a nation reflects on it being 50 years since John F. Kennedy was assassinated, we caught up with JFK director Oliver Stone as his film marks the dark day with a stellar commemorative edition. The iconic helmer has found some solace in the fact that what he presented in his film was considered heresy when it arrived on screens in 1991, and now much of what he shined a light on at the least is given credence. And at the most, it is considered something the public at least believes.

“High school teachers will take the film and put it in their classroom and show it,” Stone proudly said. Clearly the world is still haunted by what happened on that day, with the recent release of films such as Parkland.

“I think JFK had some great lessons. I got lots of letters from people back then that this really changed my life. It made me think about things in a different way. Our government is not necessarily one to be trusted. Jim Garrison (played by Kevin Costner in the movie), criticized as he was, was one of the gutsiest guys to ever bring a case in the public against the covert operation of this government. That is splendid. He was much criticized when our movie came out. Now he might be seen as more of an oracle for today’s age than as a Looney Toon.”

Among the extras featured in the special edition Blu-Ray, besides the JFK Director’s Cut, is the To the Brink Chapter 6 from Stone’s Showtime series The Untold Story of the United States. Stone himself explains, “The chapter isn’t exactly about the assassination, but ‘the big picture,’ why Kennedy may have been killed and the following events.”

Also included in the new JFK Blu-Ray release is JFK Remembered: 50 Years Later from filmmaker Robert Kline as well as the George Stevens acclaimed John F. Kennedy: Years of Lightning, Day of Drums documentary. And for this appreciator of all things JFK, the collector’s edition's inclusion of the 32-page JFK quotations book, a copy of his Inaugural Address, campaign poster and 44-page photo book is simply priceless.

Stone admitted that if he hadn’t made JFK, he may be thought of more highly in Hollywood. “When I made JFK, I never really came back. I reached a place where I was radical. I was not to be trusted. My critics said I was making up things. Well, we researched that movie. We put out a book, a compendium to that movie, that is still available. We may have made a few mistakes, nothing major. We got it right from eyewitnesses and all the information that we read,” Stone said.

“The AARB, the Assassination Records Review Board, appointed in 1992, went on till 1998, they had four million pages that substantiates and opens up further the holes we pointed out. That Warren Commission is Swiss cheese. It’s Alice in Wonderland. It doesn’t make any sense from the magic bullet theory to Oswald -- the members knew that. Even Lyndon Johnson doubted the findings. They knew it was a whitewash.”

With the commemorative edition of JFK out now, Stone is particularly proud of some of the actual words of John F. Kennedy that are featured in the film that he feels say it all. “JFK has a great speech at the end. ‘It’s up to you,’ he says. Costner’s last summation in the courtroom is based on his final -- it’s almost, not verbatim -- but it’s based on Kennedy’s final words,” Stone said.

“I hope people can see it again. I hope you remind them of some of the power of the film. I would urge them to think for themselves.”

Fresh off of that awesome Muppets Most Wanted trailer, Walt Disney has released a series of new stills for their sequel to The Muppets. Each of the following photos features one of the big three living and breathing performers who appear opposite Fozzie Bear, Gonzo, Animal, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy.

We have to start with Tina Fey, who portrays Nadya, a vicious prison guard who appears to have things under control with Kermit. See, Kermit has been mistakenly charged as the frog responsible for heisting some of the most valuable jewels in all of Europe.

Next up we have Modern Family star Ty Burrell, who plays Jean Pierre Napoleon, an Interpol agent hot on the trailer of the truth. And who better to start discovering the truth behind these heists than the most honest Muppet of them all… Sam the Eagle.

Then, there’s the wild card… and after watching him host The Golden Globes, we know he is wild. And Ricky Gervais appears to be as crazy as ever in our final new still from Muppets Most Wanted.

Muppets Most Wanted hits theaters March 21, 2014. 

In the category of “why did this takes so long?” comes news that Fox Searchlight is developing a biopic of J.R.R. Tolkien.

WithThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug hitting theaters December and The Lord of the Rings trilogy being among the highest grossing film series of all time, it seemed like only a matter of time before the camera turned on the man who created Middle Earth in the first place.

The film, tentatively titled Tolkien, will center mostly on the author’s younger years as a student and a soldier during World War I. We think that many of those experiences will be parrelled with what he came up with on the pages of his iconic books. 

Fair warning, the latest Nymphomaniac trailer is beyond NSFW and as raw of a trailer we’ve ever seen. The latest from Lars von Trier stars Shia LaBeouf, Willem Dafoe, Christian Slater, Jamie Bell, Stellan Skarsgard and is set to be released in many countries on Christmas Day. No one ever accused von Trier of being subtle!

Nymphomaniac NSFW Trailer

No U.S. release date has been set yet, and given this country’s almost puritan standards, it may have to settle for a direct to home video release.

Nymphomaniac follows Charlotte Gainsbourg as Joe, a self proclaimed nymphomaniac who tells her story to Skarsgard’s Seligman. Her tale is an interesting one, to say the least. 

There is absolutely no question who will rule the weekend box office this weekend, especially with the fast start Catching Fire had with Thursday night showings. But, it is not the only film opening wide this weekend. Our weekend movie preview looks at The Hunger Games sequel, but also the latest charmer, Delivery Man, starring Vince Vaughn.

Catching Fire: The sequel to The Hunger Games is a stunner, and even a bigger cinematic achievement than the first film. As our Catching Fire review states, Jennifer Lawrence excels as Katniss and fans of the series could not have asked for a better actress to embody their heroine. The cast grows, with new additions Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Claflin, Jena Malone and Jeffrey Wright bringing their A-game. It is a supremely awesome film and a can't-miss for fans of the Suzanne Collins books series, and movie fanatics alike. 

Catching Fire Final Trailer

Delivery Man: Vaughn digs deep as a man who discovers his fertility donations decades ago has resulted in 533 children. When a lawsuit threatens to rip away his confidentiality clause, he goes through a moral dilemma as to whether he wants... and maybe even needs, to know his kids. Cobie Smulders stars as Vaughn's long-suffering girlfriend (who herself is pregnant) and Chris Pratt steals scenes as Vaughn's BFF and lawyer. The remake of the French Canadian smash Starbuck hits many high notes, as our Delivery Man review reports.

Delivery Man Trailer

From the moment that first Frozen trailer arrived, Disney clearly had struck a chord with the character of Olaf, the snowman with a heart of gold. Josh Gad plays the adorable guy with such warm panache -- it’s hardly a surprise that fans have already responded to him in the role. In fact, when that Frozen Olaf trailer hit, the adoration for Olaf exploded.

Movie Fanatic caught up with Gad recently in New York for an exclusive video interview where he told us when he knew he was on to something with the character of Olaf.

“You knew what you wanted to tap into. It’s like Book of Mormon. You knew what that experience could be, but you never know what it will be,” Gad said. “To see how kids are responding, you get the feeling you’re part of something special.”

He has come a long way in the movie world in a short amount of time since we caught up with Gad for our The Internship exclusive interview. For this actor, who first caught pop culture’s eye with his turn in the Tony Award winning The Book of Mormon, being a Disney sidekick is a lifelong dream. After all, it was seeing Robin Williams as the Genie in Aladdin that got Gad on this track in the first place!

Frozen Exclusive: Josh Gad Interview

“In 1992 I went to see a movie called Aladdin and I saw Robin Williams… and it was like stepping out of Kansas into Oz,” Gad said. “I knew I wanted to do that. I wanted to be the comic relief in my own Disney movie.”

Frozen is loosely based on The Snow Queen and stars Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel and lands in theaters November 27. Stay with Movie Fanatic for our exclusive video interview with Bell and Menzel next week!