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Now ‘The Crow’ Reboot May Lose Director Corin Hardy By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 24, 2015 12:30 pm EST Just last month we learned that the reboot of The Crow had hit a huge speed bump as Relativity Media had declared bankruptcy. While someone at Relativity was hoping to still push forward and move into production, an entire production team and several heads of department left the project, stalling pre-production. Now the project is facing another problem as director Corin Hardy is on the verge of leaving the project thanks to the bankruptcy filing putting a halt on the project and creating some legal problems for the company....

Sundance 2015 Adds ‘A Walk In The Woods’ With Robert Redford And Nick Nolte By Russ Fischer/Dec. 15, 2014 12:30 pm EST Along with that announcement is the programming of another premiere, True Story, about convicted murderer Christian Longo, with Jonah Hill and James Franco starring, and Aardman Animation’s Shaun the Sheep, which will play in the Sundance Kids program. There are also a handful of really interesting new installations scheduled (I always plan to visit some of these and never have time) which you can read about below....

VOTD: Flip Through Cinefile 2015 To Look Back On The Year In Cinema By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 8, 2015 5:00 am EST There are just over a few weeks left in the year, and soon we’ll be taking our own look back at the films that made up 2015. But in the meantime, we’ll let our friends reminisce for us. This time it’s Miguel Branco chiming in with his Cinefile 2015 compilation of clips from the films that hit theaters in 2015....

By Ethan Anderton/July 27, 2016 5:30 am EST Above you’ll see the choosing of the Four Horseman mocked, including the fact that it seems pretty superfluous of a concept to have Apocalypse only choose four mutants to help him. But of course, the worst part of seeing this concept executed is that somehow Angel is worthy of being one of the mutants he chooses, even though almost any other mutant would be more powerful and helpful than him....

VOTD: Who’s Going To Pay For All This Superhero Destruction? By Ethan Anderton/April 1, 2016 10:00 am EST Even though every superhero movie brings with it a certain amount of destruction of property, usually in major cities, we became really curious about the damage done and lives lost when we saw the sheer amount of devastation caused by the end of Man of Steel. There was such outrcy from the destruction in that movie that Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice even has a few lines to let the audience know that certain moments of disaster had little to no casualties....

Yes, Netflix’s Movie Selection Is Getting Worse (And There’s A Reason For That) By Jacob Hall/April 6, 2016 1:00 pm EST This report comes to us from All Flicks, who crunched the numbers and discovered that the Netflix movie catalog has shrunk by over 31% in less than three years. Here are the gritty details: For more numbers and charts, you can hit the link above. But one thing is clear: the number of movies and shows on Netflix is rapidly declining, with the movie selection plummeting by 33....

‘7 Chinese Brothers’ Trailer: Jason Schwartzman Has Some Growing Up To Do By Ethan Anderton/July 16, 2015 2:34 pm EST After premiering at SXSW earlier this year, the indie comedy 7 Chinese Brothers will put Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore, Moonrise Kingdom, Scott Pilgrim vs. The world) back into unlikeable mode next month. But thankfully, he doesn’t seem to be anywhere near the arrogant prick that he played in the Sundance selected Listen Up Philip....

‘Fast And Furious’ Is Going To Become A Marvel-Style Shared Universe Because Obviously By Angie Han/Nov. 17, 2015 7:30 am EST The Fast and Furious films are essentially superhero movies at this point, with Dominic Toretto and his family as the Avengers, if the Avengers’ one shared superpower was the ability to break the laws of physics in really expensive cars. So it was probably just a matter of time before they borrowed another page out of the superhero movie playbook....

‘Frozen 2’ Announced: Chris Buck And Jennifer Lee Developing Sequel By Russ Fischer/March 12, 2015 10:52 am EST The same Disney shareholder’s call that brought us news of a proper Star Wars sequel release date and the title of the first spin-off has also delivered on the Disney Animation front. Frozen 2 was announced during the call, with Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee returning to develop the film, and Josh Gad confirmed to reprise the role of Olaf....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 6 Premiere Title, Synopsis And Clip Revealed By Jacob Hall/April 8, 2016 10:00 am EST The premiere of Game of Thrones season 6 is only a few weeks away, so the trick now is making sure we don’t get hit by a car or plummet from the roof of a skyscraper or accidentally drink a liter of Drano. As the show has taught us, the Many-Faced God eventually comes for us all, but hopefully he’ll wait until after this season is over to shuffle us off this mortal coil....

‘Inner Workings’ First Look: Heart And Head Fight It Out In Disney’s New Short By Angie Han/June 13, 2016 1:30 pm EST This weekend brought the first trailer for Disney Animation’s Moana, and now we also have a first peek at the short film that’ll debut with Moana. Inner Workings dives into the head-vs.-heart dichotomy we’re all familiar with, as a fearful brain and his good-time heart wrestle inside an ordinary Joe....

‘Malignant Man’ Movie Coming From James Wan And ‘San Andreas’ Director Brad Peyton By Angie Han/June 13, 2016 2:30 pm EST As James Wan enjoys the success of The Conjuring 2 and prepares to dive into Aquaman, another of his projects is taking a big step forward. San Andreas director Brad Peyton has signed on for Malignant Man, an adaptation of a Boom! Studios comic that Wan co-created. Yep, in between all his directing and producing commitments, Wan somehow found time to write a comic....

‘MIB 23’ Director James Bobin Discusses Tonal Challenge Of Combining Franchises By Ethan Anderton/May 9, 2016 11:00 am EST Believe it or not, the feature film crossover of the 21 Jump Street and Men in Black franchises is a real thing. The project was first revealed when studio e-mails hit the web following the Sony hack. Since then the studio has moved forward with development, announcing the official existence of the crossover at CinemaCon this year under the title MIB 23, with Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill in the lead roles....

‘Mortdecai’ Trailer: Johnny Depp Plays Yet Another Weirdo By Angie Han/Nov. 11, 2014 1:00 pm EST If you’re starting to wonder if Johnny Depp is picking all of his movies based on how ridiculous they let him look, Mortdecai won’t do much to dispel that notion. Depp leads the comedy caper as “debonair art dealer and part time rogue Charlie Mortdecai,” who’s tasked with tracking down a painting something something Nazi gold....

‘Rush Hour’ TV Show At CBS With Pilot Commitment By Russ Fischer/Oct. 8, 2014 11:30 am EST The Rush Hour TV show that Brett Ratner and Arthur Sarkissian have been developing at Warner Bros. TV, with Bill Lawrence and Blake McCormick as creative leads, has now taken another step towards realization. CBS has given a pilot production commitment to the series, which means we’ll start to hear about the casting phase pretty soon....

‘Son Of Saul’ Trailer: Prepare For One Of The Most Upsetting Movies You Will Ever Watch By Jacob Hall/Jan. 19, 2016 1:30 pm EST There’s a strong chance you’ve heard about László Nemes’ directorial debut, Son of Saul. This harrowing drama is the current frontrunner for Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Academy Awards. It took home the foreign film award at the Golden Globes last week. It even made my personal top 10 of 2015, which is surely the greatest honor of them all....

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Teaser Coverage Round-Up By Germain Lussier/Nov. 29, 2014 10:00 am EST November 28 was a big Friday for Star Wars fans. Our first glimpse at Episode VII, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, hit in the form of a short teaser trailer. We here at /Film were all over it, and in case you missed some of what we wrote about the trailer, we wanted to make the links nice and convenient for you over the holiday weekend....

‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Is Shooting In 3D; Olivia Munn Shows Off Psylocke Moves By Angie Han/Aug. 14, 2015 3:30 pm EST Instagram user @mamapeachsb shared two Instagram videos of Munn doing wire work for X-Men: Apocalypse. Between this and that katana practice video from a few weeks back, it’s clear Munn is training hard for her role. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sara Potts (@mamapeachsb) View this post on Instagram...

Cary Fukunaga Explains The Demise Of His Unconventional ‘IT’ Adaptation By Russ Fischer/Sept. 3, 2015 1:30 pm EST Cary Fukunaga was going to direct a two-film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel It, and that was exciting. But, as often happens, there were differences of opinion between Fukunaga and the execs at New Line, and the parties went their separate ways. The It project is still probably going to be made, just with new scripts and new director Andy Muschietti....

Cool Stuff: Badass Star Wars Figures From Square Enix By Peter Sciretta/March 29, 2015 10:00 am EST Square Enix is now producing a line of badass Star Wars figures which put Hasbro’s Black series to shame. Actually, the action figures look so cool they could almost rival the collectible lines released by Hot Toys and Sideshow. Check out the Boba Fett, Darth Vader and StormtrooperPlay Arts Kai Variant figures after the jump....