First Look: Darth Vader In ‘Star Wars Rebels’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 16, 2014 8:46 am EST When the second episode of Star Wars Rebels co-starred C-3PO and R2-D2, you realized they weren’t shying away from recognizable characters. The story of Kanan, Ezra and the rest of the Rebels will primarily take place parallel to anything going on with Obi-Wan Kenobi, the young Skywalkers and more but the Empire is the Empire....
Hans Zimmer To Score ‘Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice’ With Junkie XL By Angie Han/Nov. 4, 2014 8:30 am EST Around this time last year, Hans Zimmer was telling press he saw “so many good reasons” not to do the score for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Even after he eventually came around, he admitted that he was struggling to give the new Batman his own sound, distinct from the one he’d created for Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight movies....
HBO Cancels ‘The Brink’ (After Already Renewing It) By Angie Han/Oct. 27, 2015 4:00 pm EST HBO has cancelled The Brink, the dark geopolitical satire starring Tim Robbins and Jack Black, after one season. Which isn’t too shocking at first glance, given that the series never garnered much buzz and earned only modest ratings. What makes it weird is that the news comes after HBO already renewed The Brink for Season 2, way back in July....
Here’s 10 Recycled Movie Sets You May Have Seen In A Bunch Of Movies By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 23, 2015 4:00 am EST While many film productions opt to shoot on a sound stage with a set specifically built for the movie in question, sometimes it’s just cheaper and easier to create a movie set at a location that already exists. It could be a diner, hotel, mansion, police station or anything....
How Director Jon Favreau Influenced Marvel’s Approach To The MCU By Jack Giroux/April 12, 2016 9:00 am EST Back in 2008, Iron Man, for some, was a surprising hit. Marvel’s first film not only exceeded box office predictions, but it also surpassed fans and general audiences’ expectations. If the comic book movie didn’t do as well as it did, then Marvel’s plans, most likely, would’ve been squashed. Besides helping to set up the Marvel Cinematic Universe, director Jon Favreau accomplished more than just that with his film....
Is This ‘Keanu’ Calendar The Best Piece Of Movie Swag Ever? By Peter Sciretta/March 11, 2016 12:30 pm EST We don’t typically write about movie swag on /Film, although I’ll often tweet about some of the cooler things that get sent to the /Film offices to promote upcoming films and television shows. Today I received a package from Warner Bros. Pictures with swag promoting their upcoming film Keanu, a comedy film movie from Key and Peele....
Listen To Sam Smith’s Bond Theme For ‘Spectre’, “Writing’s On The Wall” By Angie Han/Sept. 25, 2015 6:30 am EST James Bond’s next adventure won’t hit theaters for another several weeks, but his new theme song is out today. First announced earlier this month, Sam Smith’s theme for Spectre, “Writing’s on the Wall” has just hit the web. Listen to it after the jump. Click below to listen to Spectre’s Sam Smith Bond theme, “Writing’s on the Wall....
Michael Fassbender Comes Out Swinging In New ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Photos By Angie Han/Dec. 29, 2015 9:00 am EST Michael Fassbender can currently be seen slicing his way through a medieval battlefield for director Justin Kurzel in Macbeth, with Marion Cotillard at his side as his leading lady. And next Christmas season, we’ll get to see him doing the exact same thing, only in a video game adaptation rather than a Shakespeare retelling....
Page 2: If You Could Go Back In Time And Watch A Film With An Original Audience, Which Movie Would It Be? By Peter Sciretta/June 5, 2015 3:10 pm EST Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 36 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....
Page 2: Indiana Jones, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Tarantino, Citizen Kane, Jurassic Park, Big Lebowski, Star Wars, Battlestar, Terminator, Labyrinth By Peter Sciretta/April 3, 2015 2:00 pm EST Header Photo: A Dude Made Fake VHS Covers for New Shows And They’re So Good The Details on Paul Walker’s Tasteful Tribute in Furious 713 Late Actors Who Were Revived Onscreen With Very Mixed Results It belongs in a museum: A POSTER COLLECTING OVER 40 ITEMS FROM INDIANA JONES INTO ONE MASSIVE ILLUSTRATION....
Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow Will Be Back For ‘Captain America: Civil War’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 16, 2015 5:30 am EST There are many questions surrounding the 2016 film, Captain America: Civil War, and slowly they’re being answered. We already know the basics: Film one of Phase Three will come from the same writers and directors of The Winter Soldier, and most of the cast will be back, with new additions Robert Downey Jr....
Superhero Bits: Agent Carter, Wonder Woman, Ant-Man, Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 5, 2015 4:00 pm EST How does Benedict Cumberbatch look as Doctor Strange? Which Wet Hot American Summer cast member just joined the cast of Agent Carter? Who might the villain in the new Wonder Woman be? Why do Yellowjacket’s lasers sound familiar in Ant-Man? How will Batman succeed in fighting Superman? All that and more in this edition of Superhero Bits....
Universal Picks Up Steve Jobs Movie, Danny Boyle And Michael Fassbender Still Attached By Russ Fischer/Nov. 25, 2014 5:30 am EST Last week Sony dumped Steve Jobs, but now Universal, as expected, is picking up the project. The Aaron Sorkin-scripted film seems to be mostly in the same condition it was when Amy Pascal and Sony decided the partnership was no longer right. And Universal has reportedly paid as much as $30m for the project....
Watch ‘Dying Light’, A Short Film Which Imagines Intense Rooftop POV Zombie Parkour Chase By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 9, 2015 11:00 am EST UK filmmaker Scott Bass has created cool live-action short film based on Dying Light, Warner Bros Interactive’s upcoming action survival video game. Like the game, the trailer (or action short film) is presented in first-person perspective with a parkour style zombie chase that takes to rooftops and is non stop....
Watch A Lens Flare Supercut That Would Make J.J. Abrams Blush By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 30, 2015 12:00 pm EST A lens flare is something that happens all the time in photography and filmmaking, simply because of how light travels through and reflects inside of a lens. But any good photographer or cinematographer knows how to use it effectively so it’s not just an accident. After all, lens flares can be avoided, but in films such as Scott Pilgrim vs....
Watching Netflix Actually Saves You Time, But How Much? By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 19, 2015 9:00 am EST It’s no secret that Netflix is a service that consumers of entertainment are totally stoked to have. It’s easily the most used streaming service available today, conveniently bringing thousands of movies and television shows straight to your television thanks to the wizardry of the internet. And while you think you might be wasting your life away binging on all Netflix has to offer, the streaming service is also saving you time as well....
Zack Snyder Directed One Scene In ‘Suicide Squad’ By Jacob Hall/Aug. 5, 2016 10:30 am EST Suicide Squad is the first movie in the DC extended universe to not be directed by Zack Snyder, calling upon the services of End of Watch and Fury director David Ayer. But as one of the overseers of this burgeoning cinematic world, Snyder is credited as an executive producer on the film, allowing him to keep an eye on the state of things even when he’s not personally behind the camera....
By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 5, 2015 11:45 am EST Update from editor Peter Sciretta: Sony has just announced they will be releasing a live-action movie based on the Barbie toy line on June 2nd 2017. The film was written by Jenny Bicks (What A Girl Wants, Rio 2) and Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody (Juno, Jennifer’s Body, Young Adult). Laurie MacDonald, Walter F. Parkes and Amy Pascal are producing.Angie Han’s original story from March 5th 2015 follows:...
‘Cruel Intentions’ Is Getting A TV Pilot Sequel At NBC By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 3, 2016 9:30 am EST The Wrap has the report on the pilot order to continue a story that seemed to have a proper ending. So how will the series continue the story, especially with Ryan Phillippe’s character Sebastian Valmont being dead? As you might have guessed, it will follow that character’s son. Bash Casey, the son of Seabstian Valmont and Annette Hargrove (Reese Witherspoon), discovers his father’s hidden journal, learning about the world of sex, money, power and corruption that his father was so invested in before he met Bash’s mother....
‘Downton Abbey’ Ending After Season Six; Movie Is A Possibility [UPDATE] By Germain Lussier/March 26, 2015 10:15 am EST UPDATE: This news originally ran on Monday but there’s a new twist. A movie has now been mentioned as a possibly. Read more below. For me, Downton Abbey just kind of happened. I’d heard some chatter about this British period drama people were raving about and, one night, I just popped the pilot on via Netflix....
