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Comic-Con 2015 Arrival Photos: The Town Is Painted Nerd By Ethan Anderton/July 8, 2015 5:00 pm EST The SlashFilm crew has arrived here at Comic-Con 2015. Even though the convention doesn’t get into full swing until tomorrow, Preview Night kicks off the nerd festivities tonight, and San Diego is already decked out with plenty of promotional materials. To kick off the next few days of coverage, we went around downtown San Diego and took snapshots of all the marketing and hype that surrounds convention attendees while they try to get their hands on their favorite collectibles, see sneak peeks of forthcoming movies and new TV shows, and just geek out and freak out....

Former Disney Star To Lead Ronald Reagan Biopic By Angie Han/Jan. 21, 2015 2:00 pm EST Ronald Reagan is going back to the big screen. David Henrie is set to play the former U.S. President in Reagan, an indie biopic told from the view of a KGB agent keeping tabs on him. Or perhaps that should be future U.S. President, because the film will focus on Reagan’s pre-Oval Office days. More on the Ronald Reagan biopic after the jump....

Great Scene From ‘The Boxtrolls’ Reveals The Magic Behind The Movie By Russ Fischer/Dec. 31, 2014 1:30 pm EST The films from Laika are, in a way, like Richard Linklater’s Boyhood — part of the story of the films themselves is the story of how they are made. The process is very different, of course, as Linklater worked for more than a decade on one film, while Laika uses painstaking stop-motion animation to create the illusion of life over a production period that lasts a couple years per film....

Jonathan Nolan Says ‘Westworld’ HBO Series Will Exploit Our Technological Anxieties By Russ Fischer/Jan. 27, 2015 6:00 am EST The upcoming HBO series Westworld is one we can’t wait to see. The show uses Michael Crichton’s original film as a starting point — it provides the concept of an amusement park for adults that is staffed by automatons, and where things break down and cause some very big problems. (Not unlike that other Crichton story, Jurassic Park....

Leia Is No Longer Called Princess In ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 11, 2015 3:00 pm EST Star Wars: The Force Awakens information keeps coming out of of the cover story from next week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly. The latest details include the reveal that Leia Organa is no longer called a Princess. Is this just an excuse to not include Leia in the Disney Princess line-up? Details after the jump....

See How The ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Stop-Motion Sequence Was Created By Angie Han/Dec. 21, 2015 3:30 pm EST Star Wars: The Force Awakens is full of eye-popping effects, both practical and CG. And if you were paying attention, you may have noticed a bit of stop-motion animation thrown in there as well. After the jump, watch a video showing the Force Awakens stop-motion sequence came together under the guidance of VFX wizard Phil Tippett....

Watch An Awesome Trailer For ‘Jurassic World’ From 1978 By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 17, 2015 12:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Right now Jurassic World is the biggest movie of 2015. As we get closer to the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, analysts will start crunching the numbers to see if the sci-fi sequel will be able to beat the dinosaur franchise pseudo-reboot, and we might have a new box office king....

Watch How ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Should Have Ended By Germain Lussier/Nov. 20, 2014 7:30 am EST Complete with the James Gunn seal of approval, the How It Should Have Ended crew has taken on Guardians of the Galaxy. It’s a good thing Gunn liked it, too, because the video points out several instances in the film where things could have logically gone a very different way. The result is one of the longest How It Should Have Ended videos yet, but one with tons of jokes and references....

YouTube Announces YouTube Red, A Netflix-Like Streaming Service By Angie Han/Oct. 22, 2015 3:00 pm EST YouTube is really hoping you’ll say yes. The video streaming website has just announced YouTube Red, a Netflix-style paid subscription service. Unsurprisingly, not everyone is thrilled about it. Get all the details on YouTube Red after the jump. YouTube announced YouTube Red on its official blog. Here’s a cute little video to go with it....

‘Beauty And The Beast’ Adds ‘Frozen’ Star Josh Gad By Angie Han/March 13, 2015 12:30 pm EST Josh Gad’s relationship with Disney will extend beyond Frozen and Olaf. The American actor has just been set to star in Bill Condon’s live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast, joining Brits Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, and Luke Evans. If you’ve seen Disney’s 1991 animated version of the tale, you can probably guess whom he’s playing....

‘Child’s Play’ Creator Wants Chucky/Annabelle Crossover By Angie Han/Oct. 6, 2014 7:30 am EST Simply by virtue of being an evil doll, Annabelle from Annabelle can’t help but inspire comparisons to the most famous evil doll of them all: Chucky from Child’s Play. But Chucky creator Don Mancini doesn’t seem to mind. In fact, he hopes to see the two freaky toys join forces someday, if all the legal issues can be sorted out....

‘Keeping Up With The Joneses’ Trailer: Gal Gadot And Jon Hamm Have A Secret By Angie Han/June 22, 2016 10:00 am EST Between the Fast and Furious movies and her ongoing role as Wonder Woman in Warner Bros.’ DC universe, Gal Gadot has plenty of action-hero cred. What she hasn’t really had a chance to do is show off her comedy chops. But that changes now, thanks to director Greg Mottola (of Superbad and Paul)....

‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Finds Glory In 8-Bit Cinema Treatment By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 15, 2015 6:00 am EST It’s become a rite of passage for any movie that ends up beloved (or hated) by the internet to get the 8-Bit Cinema treatment. And if there’s one movie that’s worthy of this video game adaptation, it’s Mad Max: Fury Road. Talk about a movie that was made for the side-scrolling arcade game style....

‘Search Party’ Red-Band Trailer: T.J. Miller, Thomas Middleditch, And Adam Pally Channel ‘The Hangover’ By Angie Han/April 1, 2016 1:30 pm EST It’s been nearly three years since Scot Armstrong started shooting Search Party, an R-rated comedy starring Happy Endings alum Adam Pally and Silicon Valley stars T.J. Miller and Thomas Middleditch. Originally, the plan was for Universal to open Search Party in fall 2014 — but fall 2014 came and went without a release, and it’s only now, as we creep into summer 2016, that it’s finally getting ready to hit theaters....

‘The Witch’ Trailer: Something Wicked (And Great) This Way Comes By Jacob Hall/Jan. 12, 2016 6:00 am EST A24 has unveiled a new trailer for The Witch and it’s a fine sampler of the movie’s dark, delectable pleasures. You should most definitely watch it below. Although already devoted genre fans are going to fall head-over-heels for The Witch, know that this isn’t a the most traditionally frightening horror movie around. There isn’t a single jump scare to be found in this film and Eggers actively dodges any and all horror cliches....

A Cast Of Kings S5E04 - Sons Of The Harpy By David Chen/May 4, 2015 10:25 pm EST In this episode of “A Cast of Kings,” Joanna and David discuss the fourth episode of Season 5 of Game of Thrones, “Sons of the Harpy.” Thanks to our sponsor for this episode, Squarespace. Use promo code “castofkings” to get 10% off your first order! Read up on what’s up with the opening credits sequence to Game of Thrones....

Cool Stuff: ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Vinyl Soundtrack Has Holograms On It By Ethan Anderton/May 27, 2016 6:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The double LP release of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens score has hand etched holograms created by Tristan Duke of Infinity Light Science that can be seen when the record is spinning and the right light is shined above it....

Crafted Trailer: Morgan Spurlock’s Documentary Short About Artisanship By Ethan Anderton/June 7, 2015 11:00 am EST Director Morgan Spurlock has tackled a variety of topics in documentary films. He looked at the nutritional value of McDonald’s in Super Size Me, tried to hunt a terrorist in Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden?, exposed marketing tricks in Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold and even followed around One Direction....

Gallery 1988’s ‘Star Wars: The Art Awakens’ Show Opens, See And Buy Our Favorite Pieces By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 14, 2015 8:00 am EST We’re heading into the home stretch of waiting for Star Wars: The Force Awakens with just over a month left until the film hits theaters on December 17th. And along with the onslaught of TV spots that will be arriving to help promote the film, there will be plenty of other Star Wars events and promotions, like Gallery 1988’s The Art Awakens show....

How A New ‘Game Of Thrones’ Filming Location Could Confirm A Popular Fan Theory By Angie Han/July 20, 2015 12:00 pm EST What’s the theory? In Season 5, Game of Thrones viewers were introduced to the popular theory known as R+L=J. (Eagle-eyed viewers may have started to put the pieces together before that, but Season 5 was when it really came to the forefront.) Put simply, it posits that Jon Snow is not the bastard son of dearly departed Ned Stark, but is in fact the bastard son of Ned’s late sister Lyanna Stark and Daenerys’ late brother Rhaegar Targaryen....