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Star Wars Bits: More Trailer Reactions, Andy Serkis’ Voice, Dark Disciple And Tons Of Speculation By Germain Lussier/Dec. 11, 2014 12:00 pm EST This huge edition of Star Wars Bits is filled with something for everyone. Spoilers, non-spoilers, actors, reactions, gossip, art and more. Below, read about the following. A Star Wars art exhibit opens in Seattle Thursday night. Andy Serkis’ voiceover was not recorded just for The Force Awakens trailer....

Star Wars Bits: Rey In Disneyland, Filoni On ‘Rebels,’ And A Maz Kanata Romance By Allyson Gronowitz/Feb. 22, 2018 6:30 am EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Dave Filoni dishes on the latest episodes of Star Wars Rebels An update on Star Wars mobile game Rise to Power A petition to get Ava DuVernay into the director’s chair Confirmation from the Master Codebreaker himself on a certain ship… And much more!...

Superhero Bits: ‘Captain Marvel’ Skrull Theories, Fan Of Steel Trivia Challenge & More By Ethan Anderton/March 13, 2018 6:00 pm EST Why does one Black Panther screenwriter think Tony Stark wouldn’t be as warmly received today? Do you have what it takes to participate in Krypton’s Fan Of Steel Live Trivia Challenge at SyFy? Want a sneak peek at the new suits in X-Men: Dark Phoenix? Why do some fans think Nick Fury will become a Skrull in Captain Marvel?...

Superhero Bits: First Look At Robin In ‘Titans’, Patty Jenkins Up For TIME’s Person Of The Year & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 4, 2017 5:00 pm EST Who else is Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins up against for TIME’s Person of the Year? Will The Avengers ever find out that Agent Coulson isn’t dead? Will Ghost Rider be returning during the fifth season of Agents of SHIELD? Want to see a first look at Brenton Thwaites in DC’s live-action Titans series?...

Superhero Bits: The Avengers, Dark Knight Rises, The Flash, Lego Batman, Comic Book Men By Germain Lussier/March 29, 2012 10:00 am EST Want to catch a glimpse at a brand new Batman animated series? How about an Avengers toy commercial? Will Comic Book Men be coming back to AMC? What’s the latest look at Lego versions of Batman and The Avengers? Does anyone know what happened to the defeated villains from The Incredible Hulk and Thor?...

The 900th Edition Of Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/July 2, 2014 1:30 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. Header Photo: Super7’s SDCC-exclusive Alien Egg Chamber Playset....

The New Blu-Ray Releases You Should Check Out This Week By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 19, 2017 2:00 pm EST (Welcome to Not Dead Yet, a feature dedicated to what’s new on Blu-ray and what special features you should be excited about. Because yes, some of us still like to own physical copies of our movies.) Remember physical media? It still exists! I swear! And while streaming is great, there’s something to be said for a Blu-ray release, especially considering not everything is available via streaming....

Theme Park Bits: First Volcano Bay Details Revealed, Soarin’ Gets An Upgrade, And New Footage From Shanghai Disneyland By Jacob Hall/June 24, 2016 12:00 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Universal Studios Florida reveals the first official details about their new Volcano Bay waterpark. Universal Studios Hollywood is making room for new theme park attractions. Disney’s California Adventure is now offering special packages for their Frozen show. The original Soarin’ has been officially replaced by Soarin’ Around the World....

Trailers Before Trailers: Inside One Of Hollywood’s Biggest Trends And How It Might Evolve By Ben Pearson/June 9, 2017 8:00 am EST If you’re the kind of person who seeks out movie trailers when they debut online instead of passively watching them when you happen to be at a theater, you’ve likely noticed a trend that’s become increasingly prevalent over the past year or two: three-to-five second mini-trailers, featuring snippets of what you’re about to see in the full trailer, are being tacked on to the beginning of full-length trailers on sites like YouTube and Facebook....

Whoa: ‘The Matrix’ Reboot Taking Shape At Warner Bros. Without The Wachowskis By Ethan Anderton/March 14, 2017 6:39 pm EST Almost nothing is safe from being rebooted, and the latest news from Warner Bros. Pictures only confirms that. The Matrix was a gamechanging sci-fi action movie for a number of reasons, from the introduction of slow-motion bullet time action sequences to an original mind-blowing narrative that audiences became obsessed with to the point that two back-to-back sequels were released four years later, six months apart from each other....

Why We Didn’t See Spider-Sense In ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’, And The Future Of Zendaya’s Character By Ben Pearson/July 10, 2017 1:30 pm EST Spider-Man: Homecoming swung into theaters last Friday and emerged from the weekend as the most beloved Spider-Man movie yet. One of the reasons the movie works so well is that it avoids rehashing Peter Parker’s origin story and skips a lot of beats we’ve already seen in other cinematic variations on the character....

WTF: Joseph Fiennes Set To Play Michael Jackson In British TV Special Set After 9/11 By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 27, 2016 9:30 am EST UPDATE: We have been informed that this project isn’t a full TV movie but rather a half-hour comedy special for British television. However, that doesn’t make this sound any better. Our original story follows. There’s a lot of controversy surrounding the lack of diversity among the Academy Award nominees this year, so much that The Academy is going to be making some changes to how membership and voting works....

/Film’s 28 Favorite Movies Of 2017 So Far By /Film Staff/July 14, 2017 9:00 am EST Over the past few weeks, the /Film team has assembled personal lists of their favorite movies of the year so far, a look at where we stand halfway through the year. But those lists were also ballots, votes for one final article – a complete list of the entire site’s favorite movies of 2017 so far....

‘Gangster Squad’ Review: Half-Serious, Half-Jokey, Entirely Disappointing By Germain Lussier/Jan. 11, 2013 11:30 am EST Walking out of Ruben Fleischer’s Gangster Squad, a friend asked “was that supposed to be serious?” I thought about it, and didn’t have an answer. On one hand, of course it is. It’s a big budget studio film, chock full of huge names inspired by an incredible true story. But you’ve seen the trailers. They intercut period action with modern hip hop as if to say, “This film looks serious, but it’s light and fun too....

‘Ghost In The Shell’ Producer Responds To Casting Controversy: “We’ve Been Very, Very Careful” By Angie Han/July 5, 2016 3:00 pm EST After many, many years stuck in development, Paramount and DreamWorks’ live-action remake of Ghost in the Shell finally began shooting this spring — and promptly stirred up a boatload of controversy. At issue was the decision to cast Scarlett Johansson in the lead role. Hollywood has a long and ugly history of whitewashing, and many fans were less than thrilled to see a white actress take on an iconic Asian role....

All The Characters Are Compelling (Except Jack Ryan) This is very much an origin story. Jack Ryan as a character comes across as wet behind the ears. He’s a former soldier turned CIA analyst, and there’s a very real sense that he’s never had to deal with anything extreme before – at least as part of his CIA gig. That all changes when Ryan begins tracking Suleiman (Ali Suliman), an Islamic sheikh who – according to Ryan, at least – might just be the next bin Laden....

‘Mr. Robot’ Review: ‘Power Saver Mode’ Is A Delirious Return To Form By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 12, 2017 8:00 am EST (We’re going to kickstart our weekly discussion of USA’s Mr. Robot season 3 by answering one simple question: who had the biggest mental breakdown in this week’s episode?) The first season of Mr. Robot was one of the most compelling, labyrinthine pieces of storytelling to come out of cable television, but its momentum was nearly derailed by the equally ambitious but discordant second season....

‘The Walking Dead’ And The Case Against Killing Off Television Characters By Monique Jones/March 20, 2018 8:00 am EST (This post contains immediate and major spoilers for The Walking Dead.) Carl Grimes is dead. In all the seasons of The Walking Dead so far, I don’t think anyone would have guessed that one of the zombie apocalypse’s casualties would be Carl, one of the show’s original and longest-running characters. For many fans, a show without Carl is like a show without his dad, Rick – it just wouldn’t be The Walking Dead....

36 New Photos From Shrek The Third By Peter Sciretta/April 29, 2007 4:31 pm EST Dreamworks has released 36 new photos from Shrek the Third (ie Shrek 3). Check them out after the jump. As always, click on the images to see the photos at a higher resolution. Synopsis: When Shrek married Fiona, the last thing he had in mind was becoming the next King. But when Shrek’s father-in-law, King Harold, suddenly croaks, that is exactly what he faces....

Box Office: Monsters Vs. Aliens With $16M Friday & Possible $56M Opening Weekend! By Steve Mason/March 27, 2009 10:54 pm EST It is an excellent weekend for Dreamworks Animation. Although the credit crunch prevented financing that would allow exhibitors to undertake the digital conversion of more of its theatres, Monsters vs. Aliens is benefiting spectacularly from the 2,075 or so standard Digital 3-D engagements and the added 143 Digital IMAX runs....