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‘Ant-Man And The Wasp’ Trailer: Paul Rudd And Evangeline Lilly Are Partners In Crime-Fighting By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 30, 2018 5:57 am EST Right on the heels of fellow Marvel movie Black Panther’s rapturous premiere, the first Ant-Man and the Wasp trailer has been released by Marvel Studios. The sequel to 2015’s Ant-Man starring Paul Rudd as the titular superhero, Ant-Man and the Wasp sees Evangeline Lilly’s Hope van Dyne finally getting the chance to step into her own super suit....

‘Daredevil’ Season 2 Somehow Plans To Top That Hallway Fight From Season 1 By Jacob Hall/Jan. 22, 2016 1:30 pm EST There are many things we can say about the first season of Marvel and Netflix’s Daredevil series – Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio are great! Foggy sucks! It sags in the middle episodes! It’s really good overall! – but one element stands out above everything else: the action is fantastic....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy 2’ Credits Scenes: Everything You Need To Know By Jacob Hall/May 5, 2017 5:00 pm EST Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 flirts with self-parody in the home stretch, offering up five post-credits scenes to keep audiences in their seats. But these scenes aren’t lazy or dashed-off – some are funny little beats that tie up lingering threads from the main storyline, others lay the groundwork for future movies, and a few are are deeply nerdy references that exist to make Marvel aficionados cheer in their seats while their normal friends and family stare at them and wonder what the heck is going on....

‘Jessica Jones’ Begins Filming Season 2, Adds New Character [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 10, 2017 10:30 am EST UPDATE: The Punisher poster included below is fan art and not official We have updated the text. However, we’ll say this much – it’s good enough that it fooled us and a few other sites. Props to the creator, jeers to us. With all the buzz around Iron Fist and the first first footage of the Defenders team-up series, it’s easy to forget that the other Marvel Netflix shows are still developing their own worlds and stories....

‘Life’ Director Daniel Espinosa On The ‘Green Screen Disease’ And Long Takes [Interview] By Jack Giroux/March 28, 2017 1:00 pm EST Daniel Espinosa made his directorial debut with Easy Money, originally called Snabba Cash. His Scorsese-presented gangster pic has an aggressive atmosphere, and it ultimately helped him land his second feature and first studio gig, Safe House. Since then, he’s directed Child 44 – a movie that reportedly had some difficulties – and his latest film, Life....

‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Title Confirmed, Logo Released [CinemaCon 2016] By Angie Han/April 12, 2016 9:34 pm EST UPDATE: At CinemaCon, Tom Holland confirmed that the title of the upcoming Spider-Man solo movie would be Spider-Man: Homecoming, adding that “it really is a homecoming” for the character. Sony’s Tom Rothman said the title was “obviously” a high school reference, so it seems to fit with the John Hughes vibe we’ve heard about before....

‘Suicide Squad’: Get New Looks At Harley Quinn, Joker, Deadshot, And Enchantress [UPDATED] By Jacob Hall/Oct. 28, 2015 9:15 am EST Update #1: High resolution versions of the Empire covers featuring the Joker and Enchantress have arrived online. You can find them below.Update #2: Harley Quinn and Deadshot now have their own Empire covers as well. Again, click the jump to check ’em out! Few things have proven as instantly controversial in the world of online fandom as Jared Leto’s take on the Joker in the upcoming Suicide Squad movie....

‘The Mummy’ Review: The First ‘Dark Universe’ Movie Is As Dead On Arrival As Its Title Character By Josh Spiegel/June 9, 2017 7:00 am EST Hubris, thy name is The Mummy. What other word describes a film that kicks off a presumed franchise in the vein of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, in spite of not gauging whether or not audiences want such a franchise? The ingredients for a compelling single movie exist within The Mummy, yet they never cohere into a genuinely exciting adventure....

55 Must See Movies Of 2008 By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 15, 2007 11:20 am EST You might think that the title of this article is a bit deceptive, because who really sees 55 movies in a year anyway. But according to Video Business, the average American watches almost seven movies a month (sure, the majority of these films are viewed on DVD or television). But you are right, you must not see all these movies, these are just the films we’re excited about in 2008....

A New ‘Game Of Thrones’ Short Story Is Arriving This Year By Jacob Hall/Feb. 1, 2017 1:30 pm EST 2017 is shaping up to be quite a year for A Song of Ice and Fire fans. HBO’s Game of Thrones will return this summer for its penultimate season; the sixth novel, titled The Winds of Winter, may actually be near the finish line; and now author George R.R. Martin has revealed that a new short story titled “The Sons of the Dragon” will be released to fill in gaps in Westeros’ increasingly complex history....

Cool Stuff: EditNinja’s Fan Made Movie Trailers For Thor, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, Black Widow, Marvel 1910, And Captain America By Peter Sciretta/April 26, 2010 2:00 pm EST We always love running well crafted fan made movie trailers and posters. The best of the bunch was probably that Green Lantern movie trailer featuring Nathan Fillion from last year. The newest fan edited trailer to hit the web is for Marve’s Thor. But while admiring that trailer, I noticed that the YouTube user, who goes under the name EditNinja, has created quite a lot of trailers for comic properties....

Cool Stuff: Olly Moss’ Rolling Roadshow Movie Posters By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 2, 2010 6:00 am EST A couple weeks back, we posted the schedule for the Alamo Drafthouse’s 2010 Rolling Road Show. The traveling movie screening series just one of the many reasons the Alamo Drafthouse is the greatest movie theater on the planet. For those who don’t know, the Drafthouse travels around the United States to present one-time-only screenings of classic films using a portable movie theater which they set-up in famous locations from the films....

Darren Aronofsky Embraces ‘Mother!’ F CinemaScore: ‘We Wanted To Make A Punk Movie And Come At You’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 22, 2017 1:00 pm EST The “F” rating on CinemaScore is a dubious badge of honor that has been bestowed on few other films — which range from misunderstood, to mismarketed, to just plain terrible. Few filmmakers would rejoice in an audience hating their movie, but Darren Aronofsky isn’t like many other filmmakers....

Exclusive Excerpt: ‘The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties The Films Together’ Goes ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’ By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 19, 2018 1:30 pm EST With The Coen Brothers: This Book Really Ties the Films Together, film critic Adam Nayman takes readers on a journey through the singular filmography of Joel and Ethan Coen. From Blood Simple through Hail, Caesar!, Nayman chronicles what it is that makes the work of the Coens so incredible....

Happy Alien Day! Check Out This Trio Of Bottleneck Gallery Prints & Mondo’s Vinyl Soundtracks By Ethan Anderton/April 26, 2016 8:30 am EST Don’t let your chest burst open from nerdiness, but it’s officially Alien Day! In honor of LV-426, there are all sorts of celebrations happening today including double feature screenings of Alien and its sequel, releases of new memorabilia, and a handful of new collectible prints from a few different artists....

Interview: Sorcerer’s Apprentice Director Jon Turteltaub By Peter Sciretta/July 13, 2010 12:00 pm EST I woke up early that morning, and headed down to the Apple Store at The Grove to pick up the new iPhone 4, which I had reserved. The plan was to crib for the interview while I was waiting a few hours in line to get the new phone. I had waited in line for the previous three iPhone launches at one of Apple’s flagship stores in the downtown San Francisco, I expected this to be quick and painless (or at least quicker and less painful than it ended up being)....

J.J. Abrams Is Remaking Anime Hit ‘Your Name’ – Can It Actually Be Done Well? By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 28, 2017 8:30 am EST (Welcome to The Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about anything and everything. In this edition: can a Hollywood remake accurately capture the essence of one of Japan’s biggest recent hits?) The anime craze is continuing, and not even the highest grossing movie in Japan in more than a decade is immune to a Hollywood adaptation....

Marvel’s Black Widow Movie Has Met With Over 65 Directing Candidates, Is Searching For Female Directors To Take The Helm [Updated] By Ethan Anderton/May 2, 2018 10:48 am EST Update: Variety reporter Justin Kroll just revealed that Marvel Studios has met with over 65 directors for the directing job on this movie. Fun fact: More then 65 directors have met for the BLACK WIDOW job. Marvel being extremely thorough on this one — Justin Kroll (@krolljvar) May 2, 2018...

New ‘Game Of Thrones’ Trailer Reveals The Return Of A Major Player [Comic-Con 2017] By Jacob Hall/July 21, 2017 3:20 pm EST Due to a shifted production schedule, this year’s Game of Thrones Comic-Con panel arrived at a very interesting time. Season 7 of HBO’s fantasy drama (arguably the most popular show in the world) was still airing as members of the series’ cast assembled at the front of Hall H to talk about all things Westeros, a first for the show....

Page 2: Breaking Bad, Star Wars, Ghostbusters, Sam Raimi, Christmas Story, Nightmare Before Christmas By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 3, 2013 1:00 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....