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‘Ender’s Game’ Director Says New Orson Scott Card Novel May Power A Film Sequel By Russ Fischer/Nov. 4, 2013 2:30 pm EST I won’t go into full-on Ender’s Game spoilers here above the fold, but many have wondered whether or not the film would earn a sequel, and if so how the story would work out. See, the film Ender’s Game retains the basic ending of the original novel by Orson Scott Card, and that leads into a more complex and stranger sequel called Speaker for the Dead....

/Film Interviews: Timur Bekmambetov And Seth Grahame-Smith Talk ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ At WonderCon By Germain Lussier/March 22, 2012 9:00 am EST One of summer’s biggest wildcards is the 3D, hyper-stylized, historical action-horror film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Based on a novel of the same name by Seth Grahame-Smith (who also wrote the screenplay) the film is directed by Timur Bekmambetov and tells the fictional story, infused with a lot of non-fiction, of how Abraham Lincoln decicated his life to killing vampires after losing a family member....

/Film LA: Los Angeles Film School Sued For Misrepresenting Jobs At Apple Store; Trying To Move Hollywood Farmer’s Market By Germain Lussier/Dec. 10, 2010 9:00 am EST For a student, cheating is probably the worst thing they can do at school. But what happens when the schools cheat their students? A big, fat lawsuit, that’s what. Reuters is reporting a class action lawsuit has been filed against the Los Angeles Film School and Los Angeles Recording School claiming students were bribed into lying that jobs as sales clerks at both the Apple Store and Guitar Center were considered “creative positions” in order to keep the school’s academic accreditation....

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Opening Scenes Details Revealed By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 14, 2017 11:00 am EST So far, we’ve only seen one teaser trailer and a behind-the-scenes sizzle reel for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. That’s left fans hungry for more details from the next installment of the new Star Wars trilogy, and they’re about to get them in a few weeks. Just around the corner on September 1 is Force Friday II, the special day when toys, clothing, books and more from Star Wars: The Last Jedi hits shelves, revealing some new details about the movie....

‘The Terror’ Review: ‘The Ladder’ Increases The Body Count By Chris Evangelista/April 3, 2018 7:00 am EST Welcome to our weekly recaps of AMC’s new historical horror show The Terror. This The Terror review takes a look at the third shocking episode, “The Ladder.” Spoilers follow. The Great White Nothing R.I.P., Sir John Franklin. This week’s episode of The Terror, “The Ladder,” features a moment that will surely shock anyone who hasn’t read Dan Simmons’ source novel....

‘Westworld’ Spoiler Review: 10 Questions From “Contrapasso” By Jacob Hall/Oct. 31, 2016 10:30 am EST “Contrapasso” may be the most plot-heavy episode of HBO’s Westworld yet, driving nearly every storyline forward while introducing new characters and new mysteries. Important characters share the screen for the first time while others make decisions that literally change the very nature of their existences. Let’s dive in and poke around. We have a lot of ground to cover....

17 Directors Who Could (Or Should) Make ‘Star Wars: Episode 9’ By /Film Staff/Sept. 6, 2017 10:30 am EST Yesterday, Star Wars: Episode 9 lost its director. Colin Trevorrow and Lucasfilm parted ways, the latest in a series of behind-the-scenes upheavals surrounding the massively popular franchise. It’s not entirely clear what’s going on, but between this and the firing of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller from the Han Solo spin-off movie, it seems that producer Kathleen Kennedy has a very different vision for Star Wars than her collaborators....

2018 Emmy Nominations: The Biggest Snubs And Surprises By /Film Staff/July 12, 2018 2:30 pm EST The nominations for the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced this morning, and with so many TV shows out there for us to binge, there were bound to be some snubs. But thankfully, along with some of the TV shows and talents that didn’t get recognized by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, there were also some surprises that we weren’t expecting to land nominations....

Daredevil Fight Scene: How They Pulled Off That Five And A Half Minute Shot By Peter Sciretta/April 13, 2015 8:00 am EST One of our favorite moments from Daredevil is the climactic fight sequence which ends Episode 2. Its probably my favorite television action sequence in recent years. So when I got a chance to talk to the cast and crew of Daredevil, all I wanted to know was how they pulled off that sequence....

Germain’s 15 Favorite Sports Movies By Germain Lussier/Feb. 19, 2015 10:00 am EST Sports and movies are incredibly similar. Each are complex with intricate characters, comprised of long, detailed storylines. They can make you laugh, cry, and scream. On occasion either can build to a transcendent moment that you’ll never forget. Those similarities are why the sports movie is such an enduring sub-genre in cinema. A sports movie can be anything: a dirty comedy, an inspirational drama, a documentary, a kick-ass action movie, a kids movie, it can even be a sci-fi or horror movie....

How Did This Get Made: A Conversation With ‘Streets Of Fire’ Co-Writer Larry Gross By Blake Harris/Jan. 26, 2016 8:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In 1982, an action comedy called 48 Hrs. took the world by storm. Not only did it finish seventh at the box office that year, but it also launched the film career of Eddie Murphy and spawned a slew of buddy cop imitations....

Interview: American Teen Director Nanette Burstein By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 1, 2008 11:37 am EST Back in May I had the opportunity to sit down with Nanette Burstein, the Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker behind On The Ropes and The Kid Stays in the Picture. Her latest film American Teen follows five high school students through their senior year. I hate to oversell the movie, but it’s literally one of my favorite films of the year....

Interview: Robert Rodriguez And Nimród Antal Talk Predators By Peter Sciretta/July 8, 2010 11:00 am EST On July 1st, I got a chance to participate in a roundtable interview with writer/producer Robert Rodriguez and director Nimród Antal about their upcoming Predator sequel Predators. I’m really excited about this film, and hope people get a chance to see it in theaters. I feel like I haven’t really seen a lot of marketing for the film, and most of my friends didn’t even know its being released this Friday (although I’ve been told they are doing a heavy push of television advertisements during sports programing....

New ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Photos And Details Revealed Because Waiting Two More Weeks Is Haaard By Jacob Hall/Dec. 2, 2015 11:00 am EST Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens in just over two weeks. It premieres in 12 days. Director J.J. Abrams has reached picture lock, the point where editing is finished and only the final visual effects and sound touch-ups remain. It is now a real movie that actually exists and will be in theaters soon, not a batch of trailers or a gallery of on-set photographs or a figment of our collective imagination....

Page 2: Willy Wonka, WaterWorld, Star Wars, Tron, Walking Dead, Muppets, Community, Doctor Who, Ghostbusters By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 24, 2011 9:00 am EST What is Page 2? 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 46 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....

Star Wars Bits: John Boyega And Daisy Ridley Tweet; Plus Marvel Comics, Star Wars Rebels And Workbooks By Germain Lussier/July 17, 2014 4:00 pm EST From the schools, to the shelves and courts of Chicago, this edition of Star Wars Bits is as eclectic as ever. Below, read about the following: John Boyega and Daisy Ridley’s Star Wars Episode VII tweets get super excited. Has Ridley’s Episode VII character name been revealed?...

Starz Says Neil Gaiman Will Showrun ‘American Gods’, Gaiman Says No [TCA 2018] By Fred Topel/Jan. 12, 2018 1:30 pm EST Starz CEO Chris Albrecht spoke to the Television Critics Association on Friday. When asked about the departures of American Gods showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green, and cast member Gillian Anderson, who played the god Media, Albrecht said author Neil Gaiman, who wrote the novel that the show is based upon, would be promoted to showrunner....

The Best TV Shows & Movies Coming To Netflix In June 2017 By Ethan Anderton/June 2, 2017 9:30 am EST Now that the weather is getting hotter, there will be some days when the air-conditioned comfort of your own home will be infinitely better than roasting on the beach. Thankfully, Netflix has us covered with a batch of new movies, TV shows and comedy specials to provide a wide variety of entertainment....

The Look Of ‘Alien: Covenant’: Sets, Spacesuits, And The Space Jockey By Jacob Hall/March 1, 2017 7:30 am EST The soundstage smells like a walkthrough haunted house you’d find in a strip mall in October. The scent of fog machines and fresh lumber and various chemicals fill the nostrils as you step into the darkness and stare at the giant web of wood and cables emerging from the shadows. Everyone around you is in one of two modes: either they’re scrambling through the darkness to beat the clock, or they’re lounging around and waiting until it’s their turn to scramble through the darkness to beat the clock....

The Mystery Behind That Westworld Times Square Photo By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 8, 2016 12:00 pm EST In the first episode of HBO’s Westworld, Louis Herthum’s android character Peter Abernathy discovers a mysterious photo in the dirt. The photo, which showed a woman standing in front of Times Square, should have been something that the host was programmed not to see. But instead the photo apparently sparked a critical malfunction. Why this happened, we don’t quite know yet (or will we ever know?...