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Daniel Brühl Climbs Aboard J.J. Abrams-Produced ‘God Particle’ By Angie Han/May 10, 2016 3:30 pm EST Hot off of his villainous turn in Captain America: Civil War, Daniel Brühl is getting ready to launch himself into outer space. He’s the latest star to climb aboard the J.J. Abrams-produced sci-fi thriller God Particle, joining David Oyelowo, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, John Krasinski, and Elizabeth Debicki. Julius Onah (The Girl Is in Trouble) is directing for Paramount....

Duncan Jones Reacts To Reports Universal Sees ‘Warcraft’ As A “Problem Movie” By Angie Han/Sept. 16, 2015 1:30 pm EST Earlier today we reported the unhappy news that Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim 2 had been “halted indefinitely,” but that’s not the only Legendary project that’s making Universal nervous. The studio reportedly sees Warcraft, due out next summer, as a “problem movie.” That’s a worrying description, especially since the studio has yet to publicly release any footage for fans to judge for themselves....

Exclusive: Nicholas Stoller Teases The “Weird” Humor Of ‘Zoolander 2’; Plus ‘Neighbors 2’ And ‘Storks’ Updates By Fred Topel/Jan. 14, 2016 6:30 am EST First up, Stoller is a credited screenwriter on Zoolander 2, out next month. The trailers have shown some weird humor and Stoller promises that’s only the tip of the iceberg. “It’s so weird in the best way possible,” Stoller said. “So much weirder, but not esoteric, just awesome and weird the way the first one was weird....

First ‘Gods Of Egypt’ Trailer Looks Just As Crazy And Nonsensical As Those ‘Gods Of Egypt’ Posters By Angie Han/Nov. 17, 2015 10:00 am EST Alex Proyas’ Gods of Egypt made quite an impression with those first-look character posters, but perhaps not exactly the impression it’d hoped to make. Based on those images, the fantasy epic looked awfully gaudy, even Lisa Frank-y, and frankly kind of cheap. But character posters don’t tend to be the best representation of a movie anyway, so the more reasonable among us tried to reserve judgment until a real trailer came out....

Full-Length ‘Into The Woods’ Trailer Gets Musical By Angie Han/Nov. 6, 2014 6:32 am EST The original teaser for Into the Woods seemed almost afraid to let on that the film was a musical, but happily that’s not true of the full-length Into the Woods trailer. There’s plenty of singing to be found here — and lots more plot points as well. Finally, we know exactly why all of these different fairy tales come to cross paths, and a bit more about what happens when they do....

Jared Hess Will Direct ‘Overnight At 42nd Street’ For Disney By Russ Fischer/March 5, 2015 3:30 pm EST “Home Alone in a toy store” is how the Disney film Overnight at 42nd Street is described, and now the film has Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess set to helm. At one point the film was developed as a Will Ferrell film, but at this point there’s no lead actor attached. Variety reports....

JK Simmons Is Signed For ‘Terminator Genisys’ Sequels [/Film Interview] By Peter Sciretta/July 2, 2015 12:00 pm EST Terminator Genisys is now in theaters, which means I can now share with you an interview I conducted with JK Simmons last week while covering the Genisys premiere in Berlin. I’m posting this after the release because Simmons’ character O’Brien is a second-half reveal, and so I don’t have to dance around that fact I talked to him about the film in full-on spoiler mode....

New ‘Star Wars: Rogue One’ Artwork Reveals Shoretroopers, AT-ACTs And More By Peter Sciretta/May 25, 2016 1:33 pm EST If you’re not watching The Star Wars Show, Disney’s official weekly Star Wars weberies, you should be. This week’s edition opens with a funny video from the set of Star Wars: Episode VIII featuring director Rian Johnson and Chewbacca. But not only that, the show has revealed the key art for Star Wars Celebration Europe, which features both the cast of Star Wars: The Force Awakens/Episode 8 and the new cast for Star Wars: Rogue One....

Ralph McQuarrie Documentary: The Artist Behind The Magical Visuals Of Star Wars By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 23, 2014 6:00 am EST Artist Ralph McQuarrie’s concept art was a huge influence on most of our childhoods — Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, E.T. would not look the way they did if it had not been for McQuarrie’s illustrations during the development phase. While McQuarrie died a few years back, his work is still a huge influence on the biggest movies coming out today — notably JJ Abrams appears to be going back to McQuarrie’s old unused Star Wars concept designs for Star Wars: The Force Awakens — see some examples here....

Ridley Scott Confirms ‘Prometheus 2’ Is His Next Movie By Angie Han/Aug. 27, 2015 9:30 am EST But Scott has now confirmed, once and for all, that Prometheus 2 will indeed be his next movie. Read the Ridley Scott Prometheus 2 quote after the jump. Scott let the Prometheus 2 news slip in a chat with Empire about The Martian. You may recall that for a while, Prometheus 2 was rumored to open in spring 2016....

Sorry, There’s No ‘Freaks And Geeks’ Reunion In ‘Vacation’ By Ethan Anderton/July 18, 2015 3:00 pm EST Late July brings the reboot of the comedy classic National Lampoon’s Vacation. This time it’s Ed Helms leading the new take, simply called Vacation, playing a grown-up Rusty Griswold bent on taking his own family on a trip to Walley World in an effort to bring them closer together. There are plenty of little references to the original flick, including appearances by Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo, but something else that we were looking forward to in the movie was a mini Freaks and Geeks reunion....

Thank James Cameron And David Fincher For Helping Get ‘Deadpool’ Made By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 4, 2015 9:00 am EST Just recently, an interview with Wernick and Reese had the duo talking about the path to get Deadpool in front of cameras, and they revealed some integral support from a couple of surprising filmmakers: James Cameron and David Fincher. Find out how they helped after the jump. Before the film got off the ground, there were some dark times when they just didn’t think it would happen, especially after The Avengers was a hit at the box office....

The Return Of Page 2: Why We’ve Been Gone And Help Change The Future By Peter Sciretta/April 29, 2015 2:34 pm EST While /Film has evolved to become the voice of a handful of writers, Page 2 has always been a personal effort. The feature encompasses more hours of my day than I’m willing to admit. So why did it disappear? I don’t want to get too personal, but I’ve always been pretty honest with you guys....

The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 69 - The Two Kinds Of Nothing By David Chen/March 25, 2015 6:00 pm EST Nothings happen to everyone. The challenge is to fill them before they fill you. (Above: A rare photo of Stephen encountering a Nothing on a night shoot for “Glee”) Also, we have a new weekly advice podcast! It’s called Big Problems, and you can listen and subscribe to it at bigproblemspodcast.com....

VOTD: Vancouver Is The Real Setting For Tons Of Your Favorite Movies By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 15, 2015 6:00 am EST There are plenty of times movies aren’t shot on location in the actual city in which they take place. Sometimes it’s just cheaper and easier to have one city pretend to be New York City, Los Angeles or Chicago rather than dealing with all the costs and logistics of actually filming there....

Watch A New ‘Better Call Saul’ Trailer As Two-Night Premiere Is Announced By Russ Fischer/Nov. 20, 2014 2:00 pm EST The Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul, from Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould and starring Bob Odenkirk, is set to premiere in February, and AMC will use the popularity of The Walking Dead to lead in to the new show. The Better Call Saul premiere is set to follow the midseason return of The Walking Dead season five, and Saul’s second episode will air the next night, essentially making for a two-night premiere....

Watch The Latest Trailer For John Woo’s Epic Two-Part War Romance ‘The Crossing’ By Germain Lussier/Nov. 20, 2014 9:00 am EST Cutting movies in half is very hip these days. Twilight, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games and now…John Woo? Yes, the director of Hard Boiled, The Killer and Face/Off made a two-parter in 2008 with Red Cliff, and he’s doing it again this year with The Crossing. An epic romance set against the tragedy of a capsized ferry in 1949, it stars Zhang Ziyi and was written by Melody Wang, who wrote Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon....

By Russ Fischer/May 15, 2015 4:30 pm EST The interview is a career overview with Deadline, and it’s one of the better things Deadline has ever published. If you have even a passing interest in Allen’s work, it’s a must-read. And that creative freedom is something Allen prizes. Elsewhere in the interview he talks about never having to suffer a script note, that he writes, casts, shoots and cuts as he wants....

‘Adult Beginners’ Trailer: Nick Kroll Gets Serious With Some Very Funny People By Angie Han/March 11, 2015 12:45 pm EST Based on the cast list, you’d probably think Ross Katz’s Adult Beginners was a broad comedy. The lead is Nick Kroll of Kroll Show and The League fame; co-stars include SNL’s Bobby Moynihan, Community’s Joel McHale, 30 Rock’s Jane Krakowski, and comedians Mike Birbiglia and Jason Mantzoukas. But while the Adult Beginners has some laughs, it’s really more of a gentle dramedy....

‘David Brent: Life On The Road’ Teaser Trailer: Ricky Gervais Is Back To Make Things Awkward By Ethan Anderton/April 7, 2016 9:00 am EST If there’s one big screen revival of a TV show to get excited about this year, it’s the return of Ricky Gervais as The Office boss man David Brent. The awkward former manager of the Wernham Hogg Paper Company isn’t slinging paper anymore. Instead, he’s following his dreams by trying to become a famous singer songwriter....