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Michael Myers Maze Coming To Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 10, 2015 1:00 pm EST At San Diego Comic Con International 2015, Guillermo del Toro announced that there would be a Crimson Peak maze for this year’s Halloween Horror Nights. It has since been revealed that Focus Features and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment are teaming with Universal Studios in both Hollywood and Orlando to create all-new mazes based on the Insidious film franchise....

Movie Mixtape: 6 Movies To Watch With ‘The Dark Tower’ By Scott Beggs/Aug. 2, 2017 9:00 am EST (Welcome to Movie Mixtape, where we find cinematic relatives and seek out interesting connections between new releases and older movies that allow us to rethink and enjoy what’s in our theaters as well as the favorites on our shelf. In this edition: The Dark Tower.)The Dark Tower is a mystery. It’s an adaptation/kinda sequel to a series of Stephen King books that act as an expansive corpus of multi-world fantasy that has the epitome of a cult following....

New ‘Power Rangers’ Plot Details Reveal Connection To All Previous TV Versions By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 9, 2015 11:00 am EST Ever since Lionsgate picked up the rights to Power Rangers, the project has been described as a reboot. However, there have been rumblings that the story would somehow keep the mythology of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and all the versions that followed intact. When plot details surfaced over the summer, we learned how the original Power Rangers would be utilized in a big action sequence opening the movie....

Page 2: A-Team, Jaws, Elizabeth Olsen, Dragon Tattoo, Albert Brooks, Star Wars, Walt Disney, Game Of Thrones, Hunger Games, Orson Welles By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 16, 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....

Photos: New Jurassic World Dinosaurs Revealed By Peter Sciretta/March 2, 2015 6:00 am EST The official site for Jurassic World has been updated with design renderings for seven new dinosaur species. Some of the Jurassic World dinosaurs have been seen in previous installments of the Jurassic Park franchise, but others are completely new to Jurassic World. The fact that Universal Pictures has put the designs on the official website signals they probably don’t constitute spoilers, so feel free to dive in....

Sequel Bits: ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’, ‘Grown Ups 2’, ‘Mary Mother Of Christ’, ‘Star Trek 2’ By Angie Han/May 24, 2012 1:00 pm EST NO PHOTO Now that G.I. Joe: Retaliation is no longer opening next month, thanks to a late-in-the-game decision to post-convert it to 3D, we’ve got another ten months to keep talking about it. After the jump, read director Jon Chu’s earlier comments on the decision to shoot in 2D....

Sequel Bits: ‘Mission Impossible 5,’ ‘Legend Of Conan,’ ‘Terminator 5,’ ‘Three Men And A Bride,’ ‘300: Rise Of An Empire’ And More By Germain Lussier/Jan. 7, 2013 5:00 pm EST Lots and lots of filmmakers and actors talking about their upcoming films in this edition of Sequel Bits. After the jump, read quotes about the followin: J.J. Abrams gives a brief update of the development of Mission: Impossible 5. Arnold Schwarzenegger isn’t sure of when Terminator 5 might happen… …but seems excited about playing Conan in The Legend of Conan....

Star Wars: The Unmarketed ‘Force Awakens’ Connection In ‘Shattered Empire’ Revealed By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 9, 2015 8:00 am EST What happened in the thirty years between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens? Disney’s epic multi-platform Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens book series has begun to be unleashed promising to fill in that gap through a mix of novels, comics, children’s books and young adult stories, all considered as official Star Wars canon....

Star Wars Bits: Oscar Isaac Talks Episode IX, Ewan McGregor Talks Obi-Wan And Richard E Grant Talks Thrawn By Rosie Knight/Sept. 3, 2018 6:00 am EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Oscar Isaac talks about how much he loves shooting Episode IX We get a lot of new details about Solo: A Star Wars Story Jon Favreau’s Star Wars show starts to take shape Ewan McGregor reveals whether an Obi-Wan film is happening… and much much more Lovely Oscar Isaac has been on the press trip for his newest film, Operation Finale, and during an interview with the LA Times he opened up about about his experience shooting Episode IX....

Superhero Bits: Man Of Steel, Captain America, Marvel Heroes, Thor, Ghost Rider By Germain Lussier/July 20, 2011 11:00 am EST Note: After today, Superhero Bits will be going on a brief hiatus because of San Diego Comic-Con. It’ll return next week. Want to hear the USO song from Captain America: The First Avenger? How about take an early look at the floor of San Diego Comic-Con? How is that Batman Live stage show opening in England?...

The 10 Best Stage Musicals Based On Movies By Dalin Rowell/March 30, 2018 7:00 am EST The majority of new Broadway productions seem to owe a lot to Hollywood. Much like popular theme park rides or film franchises these days, familiar IPs are where the money is at, and Broadway is no different. So when looking at the big sellers on The Great White Way are, we have to ask a big question about film-to-stage adaptations – do all movie-to-musical adaptations work, and which ones truly become greater than their silver screen counterpart?...

Theme Park Bits: Ratatouille, Lion King, American Idol Experience, WaterWorld By Angie Han/June 19, 2014 10:15 am EST The big news this week is Universal Orlando’s expansion of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, as you may have noticed from our extensive coverage. But the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts family has plenty to report as well. After the jump: Disney’s Hollywood Studios is shutting down The American Idol Experience No, the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular is not closing The Lion King is coming to Shanghai Disney Resort — in Mandarin Go behind the scenes of the new Lion King show at Disney World Check out Disneyland’s Frozen pre-parade featuring Anna and Elsa Watch the first ad for Disneyland Paris’ Ratatouille attraction See the special annual passholder Q&A for Universal’s WaterWorld...

Toy Story 3 Easter Eggs By Peter Sciretta/June 18, 2010 5:00 pm EST Pixar loves to hide Easter eggs in their films, little references to movies and characters from the animation studio’s past and future. two years ago we put together a compilation of WALL-E easter eggs, and last year we published a listing of easter eggs in Up, so we decided to do the same thing for Pixar’s latest film, Toy Story 3....

UPDATED: ‘Inside Amy Schumer’ Has Not Been Canceled, It’s Just On Hiatus By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 18, 2016 7:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. UPDATED: Amy Schumer has clarified her comments about the show. You can read them after the jump. Even though Comedy Central’s hit sketch series Inside Amy Schumer was renewed for a fifth season back in January, it appears there may no longer be a future for the show at all....

Where ‘Power Rangers 2’ Could Possibly Take The Series By Alex Riviello/March 29, 2017 8:00 am EST After an impressive opening weekend for a 25-year-old franchise, a sequel to Power Rangers seems inevitable. But here’s the big question: what’s going to happen in it? The new film is essentially a reboot of the series and Saban is confident enough to have envisioned doing five or six or seven more movies. Fortunately, they have more than enough material to mine for story possibilities....

Why JJ Abrams Says Harrison Ford’s Broken Leg Was The “Greatest Gift” To ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 13, 2015 11:30 am EST What happened when Harrison Ford injured himself on the set of Star Wars: The Force Awakens? Find out why director JJ Abrams says that broken leg was in some weird way the “greatest gift to the movie”. The new issue of Entertainment Weekly has a large article on Harrison Ford’s return to the Millennium Falcon, but I think the interesting bits revolve around the star’s injury on set....

Why The ‘Cars 3’ Daytona 500 Trailer Makes Me Far Less Excited About This Pixar Sequel By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 27, 2017 9:00 am EST Disney premiered a new trailer for Cars 3 during yesterday’s Daytona 500 race and it has made me far less excited about Pixar’s upcoming threequel. Watch the Cars 3 Daytona 500 trailer now after the jump and let me explain why the TV spot has made me far less excited about the third entry in Pixar’s popular series....

‘A Quiet Place’ Is A Horror Movie For Non-Horror Fans (And That’s Okay) By Lindsey Romain/April 11, 2018 11:00 am EST (Welcome to The Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about anything and everything. In this edition: A Quiet Place is a good horror movie, even if it’s not a horror movie made for horror fans.)A Quiet Place is an easy movie to love. It was directed and co-written by John Krasinski, star of The Office, who oozes the same sort of self-deprecating American charm that made Jennifer Lawrence a superstar....

/Answers: Our Favorite Dinosaur Movies That Aren’t ‘Jurassic Park’ By Ethan Anderton/June 22, 2018 12:00 pm EST Every week in /Answers, we answer a new pop culture-related question. In this edition, tying in with the release of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, we ask, “What are your favorite dinosaur movies that aren’t Jurassic Park?” Hoai-Tran Bui - The Land Before Time I never understood how kids could fall in love with dinosaurs after seeing Jurassic Park....

/Answers: The Greatest Movie Car Chase Scenes By /Film Staff/April 11, 2017 10:00 am EST Every week in /Answers, we attempt to answer a new pop culture-related question. This week’s edition asks “What is your favorite car chase scene in the movies?” As always, we have submissions from the /Film writing crew and podcast team, along with a special guest. This week, we are joined by The Fate of the Furious director F....