By Russ Fischer/March 27, 2015 2:00 pm EST Details beyond that are thin. We’ve got the description of The Leviathan that launched with the proof-of-concept trailer that got all this going in the first place. That trailer played kind of like a space-bound mix between Moby Dick and Dune, but hopefully there’s a lot more to Uhls’ script than that. Here’s the trailer once more:
Intertextuality: Hollywood’s New Emotional Currency? [Video Essay] By Peter Sciretta/May 26, 2016 2:30 pm EST The Nerdwriter’s latest video “Intertextuality: Hollywood’s New Currency” takes a look at how Hollywood is using our nostalgia to play with our emotions in sequels, remakes and even original movies. Inspired by the recent record-breaking live-action Beauty and the Beast trailer (and heres a good side-by-side comparison that furthers the point of this video essay), Nerdwriter presents the idea of a new kind of currency in Hollywood movies called Intertextuality....
LOL: ‘Angels In The Outfield’ Gets The ‘30 For 30’ Treatment By Angie Han/Oct. 23, 2015 3:30 pm EST Clearly, there’s an angel with me right now. How else to explain that mere minutes after I professed my love for Angels in the Outfield right here on /Film, I came across a 30 for 30 episode about same? Okay, so by “episode” I mean “College Humor parody.” But that doesn’t make 30 for 30: Angels in the Outfield any less magical....
LOL: Jimmy Kimmel Rescues ‘The X-Files’ From The ’90s By Jacob Hall/Jan. 13, 2016 12:00 pm EST So faithful-but-not-blind X-Files fans need a laugh today and bless Jimmy Kimmel for trying to give us one with this amusing parody, which finds him teaming up David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson for a new case. Watch it for yourself below. And this sketch is entirely about the ’90s, following Mulder and Scully as they make a startling discovery, only to learn from a slightly obnoxious fellow agent (Kimmel) that their investigative methods are decades out of date....
New ‘Ghostbusters’ Photo Shows The Crew Ready To Do What They Do Best By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 16, 2015 8:00 am EST So far we’ve only gotten one official look at the new Ghostbusters team composed of Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Melissa McCarthy and Leslie Jones. But that changes today as a new promotional photo has surfaced. It doesn’t look to be from the movie since they’re posing for the photo, but it’s still a pretty slick little snapshot of the team with some ominous mist around them....
New ‘Jurassic World’ Toys: See Photos And Full Reveal Of The Indominus Rex By Germain Lussier/Feb. 13, 2015 10:00 am EST Star Wars: The Force Awakens might not be revealing any toys at this weekend’s New York Toy Fair, but other major 2015 films are. We’ve already seen a bunch of Avengers: Age of Ultron stuff and today we’ve got a slew of toys from Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World. The highlight here is our best look yet at the deadly hybrid Indominus Rex, which was teased in the first trailer, the Super Bowl spot as well as on the website....
Seth Grahame-Smith In Talks To Direct ‘The Flash’ By Angie Han/Oct. 5, 2015 8:51 am EST As The CW’s The Flash gears up for its Season 2 premiere this week, the big-screen iteration of the character has taken a big step toward the starting line. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author Seth Grahame-Smith is reportedly in talks to write and direct Warner Bros.’ The Flash, following a treatment by Phil Lord and Chris Miller....
Seth Rogen Shopping Garth Ennis’ ‘The Boys’ As A TV Series By Angie Han/Oct. 13, 2015 6:00 am EST Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are currently busy adapting Garth Ennis’ Preacher for AMC, and now they may be looking to bringing Ennis’ The Boys to television as well. The comic book series centers around a black-ops CIA team tasked with keeping superheroes in line. Read about the possible The Boys TV series after the jump....
Simon Pegg Co-Writing ‘Star Trek 3’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 21, 2015 5:49 pm EST Simon Pegg has some big writing credits to his name — stuff you’ve probably seen, like Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World’s End, and Spaced. Now he’s reportedly set to co-write Star Trek 3, and will work on the script with Doug Jung.Deadline reports. Jung created the TNT series Dark Blue, and has worked with Bad Robot before, which the site says led to this writing assignment....
Star Wars Bits: ‘Rogue One’ Seeks Science Help, Carrie Fisher Autograph, Lando And ‘Aftermath’ By Germain Lussier/June 1, 2015 4:00 pm EST We know a little about the story of Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One, but now we know there are some science themes as well. The film’s writer, Chris Weitz, took to to Twitter to throw out a hail mary to noted astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson for help on the film....
Superhero Bits: Suicide Squad TV Plans Axed, Teen Titans Meet Powerpuff Girls & More By Ethan Anderton/May 31, 2016 5:00 pm EST Is an Injustice 2 announcement coming soon? Where can you see the Teen Titans meet The Powerpuff Girls? What did Stan Lee and James Gunn have to say about that recent Captain America comics twist? Was there almost a Suicide Squad assembly in the DC Comics television universe? All that and more in this edition of Superhero Bits....
Superhero Bits: X-Men: Days Of Future Past, Captain America 3, Age Of Ultron, Batman V Superman, Flash By Germain Lussier/Oct. 14, 2014 4:30 pm EST Want to see a clip from Justice League: Throne of Atlantis? Did the Russo Brothers recently joke about Captain America 3 being Civil War? Is Batman v Superman changing filming locations? What is the latest major storyline that’s coming to Marvel Comics in 2015? Were there Mystique and Beast scenes cut out of X-Men: Days of Future Past?...
SyFy & Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Team For ‘Brave New World’ TV Series By Ethan Anderton/May 6, 2015 5:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Marx is someone who doesn’t conform to this society’s standards, and is therefore forced into a “reservation.” But that’s when he challenges the system, threatening to upend the entire social structure. If that sounds like The Hunger Games and Divergent or any other recent young adult sci-fi novel, that’s because those stories (and countless others) have borrowed elements from Brave New World....
The Ones Who Knock S2E09 - Nailed By David Chen/April 12, 2016 11:21 pm EST In this episode, David, Michael, and Joanna Robinson discuss Better Call Saul’s ninth ep this season, “Nailed.” E-mail us and let us know what you thought of the episode, as well as of the podcast, at theoneswhoknock@gmail.com. You can find every episode of the show at bettercallsaul.audio. If you like the show, feel free to leave us a review on iTunes!...
Watch The Shorter IMAX Edit Of The ‘Batman V Superman’ Trailer By Russ Fischer/July 17, 2015 2:30 pm EST IMAX is usually a super-sized cinematic format, but in this case it is actually shrinking something a bit. (And not for Ant-Man.) It hasn’t even been a week since WB premiered the first full-length Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer, but there has been more than enough time to examine that long batch of footage in detail....
What ‘Golden Compass’ Movie? BBC One To Adapt Philip Pullman’s ‘His Dark Materials’ For Television By Angie Han/Nov. 3, 2015 4:30 pm EST A great many people are fans of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, and a whole lot of said fans probably remember how disappointed they were when The Golden Compass, based on the first of those books, came out in 2007. It was really a blessing that the film didn’t do well enough to spawn any sequels, as originally planned....
‘2307: Winter’s Dream’ Trailer: A Sci-Fi Flick Described As “‘Mad Max’ On Ice” By Ethan Anderton/May 18, 2016 8:00 am EST It’s bold and risky to hype a movie by using Mad Max to describe it, especially after the action masterpiece that was Mad Max: Fury Road was nominated for Best Picture. But that’s exactly what a new sci-fi movie called 2307: Winter’s Dream is doing, and once you watch the trailer for the movie, you’ll see that it’s at least accurate in terms of the style of the movie – but unfortunately, not the quality....
‘Alice: Through The Looking Glass’ Is A Time-Traveling Semi-Prequel [D23 Expo 2015] By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 15, 2015 12:15 pm EST Alice Through the Looking Glass acts as both sequel and prequel to Tim Burton’s 2010 film, with James Bobin jumping in as director from a script written by Linda Woolverton. (Burton is still on as producer.) While story details have been thin so far, today’s D23 live-action panel revealed that the big tipping point is a problem with the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp), which leads Alice (Mia Wasikowska) on a journey through time, aided by Time himself (Sacha Baron Cohen), “a peculiar creature who is part human, part clock....
‘Baywatch’ Photos Show The Whole Cast On The Beach As Production Wraps By Ethan Anderton/May 19, 2016 2:00 pm EST Principal photography on Baywatch has completed, and with the movie exactly one year away today, Dwayne Johnson shared a postcard featuring the primary cast members hitting the beach. In addition, Paramount Pictures also released what is the first official photo from the movie. Even though we’ve seen a bunch of pictures from the set, thanks to The Rock and Zac Efron’s Instagram posts, this is the first one released by the studio....
‘Independence Day 2’ Licensing Poster Takes Aim At Planet Earth By Germain Lussier/June 9, 2015 12:00 pm EST When Roland Emmerich first unleashed Independence Day on the world in 1996, major cities were under attack. Washington DC, New York, Los Angeles — each city was leveled when a city-sized spaceship set off a blast over an iconic building. In Independence Day 2, it seems that idea is being expanded globally. A nice licensing poster for the film shows the aliens back in Earth space, but not floating over cities....
