Official ‘Fast Five’ Plot Synopsis And Cast Revealed By Germain Lussier/Sept. 15, 2010 4:00 pm EST One would think after Universal dropped the definite article from the title of The Fast and The Furious movies, that would be the end. But then Fast and Furious, the fourth film in the series, went on to gross $155 million including an insane $70 million opening weekend and everyone knew the fifth one was coming....
Page 2: Drive, Star Wars, Totoro, BTTF, Breaking Bad, Newsroom, Michael Bay, Doctor Who, Rosamund Pike, The Simpsons By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 6, 2014 4:00 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....
Star Wars Bits: ‘The Last Jedi’ Is Fully Wrapped, Porgs Are Delicious, And A Big Darth Vader Rumor By Lucas Siegel/Sept. 26, 2017 1:00 pm EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Wait…are Porgs actually delicious? Star Wars: The Last Jedi is done but we still have to wait. Domhnall Gleeson praises JJ Abrams’ return. Could Darth Vader appear in the Han Solo movie? And much more! Yes, we know you know already, but The Last Jedi wrapped, and according to director Rian Johnson that means it’s done....
Star Wars Bits: New ‘Episode 8 Rumors,’ Han Solo Filming Locations, And ‘Rogue One’ Toys You’ll Never Own By Jacob Hall/Jan. 10, 2017 3:00 pm EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: A possible connection between Star Wars: Episode 8 and Star Wars Rebels. The Han Solo movie may be filming in some pretty exotic locations. Does Kylo Ren have a new ship in Star Wars: Episode 8? Tom Hardy brushes off those Episode 8 cameo rumors....
Star Wars Bits: Potential Plot Revealed; Plus John Boyega And Daisy Ridley Character Rumors, Lucas Museum Update And Rebels By Germain Lussier/June 26, 2014 2:45 pm EST Some very intriguing, potentially revealing Star Wars Episode VII rumors have just surfaced about the plot and character. Read about those, and a bunch of other cool stuff, in this edition of Star Wars Bits: The Lucas Cultural Arts Museum will be built in Chicago....
Teaser Trailer #2: HBO’s Game Of Thrones By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 13, 2010 3:00 am EST In June, we posted a short teaser trailer for HBO’s upcoming fantasy series Game of Thrones, based on George R.R. Martin’s bestselling fantasy novel series A Song of Fire and Ice. The teaser trailer didn’t reveal much, just a few glimpses of what we can expect. HBO has released a second teaser trailer which shows a bit more....
The ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Cut Storyline We Didn’t See By Jack Giroux/Dec. 21, 2015 2:30 pm EST It’s safe to presume most of you have seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens by now, based on its monstrous box-office haul and the fact that our “What Did You Think?” article got over fifteen-hundred comments. Since the film is out in the world, we can finally talk spoilers, including a Star Wars: The Force Awakens cut storyline....
The First ‘Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice’ Premiere Reactions Have Arrived By Jacob Hall/March 21, 2016 8:01 am EST Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice held its official world premiere last night and as you’d expect, reactions to the film began to trickle out on social media shortly after the credits rolled. While the film quietly screened for select critics earlier that weekend and will continue to screen over the coming days, official reactions from writers and their outlets are under a strict embargo – what we’re looking at here are reactions from normal folks, fanboys, and fangirls who managed to see director Zack Snyder’s new movie before most of the world....
This Week In Trailers: Life, Animated, Eat That Question, Cosmos, Embrace, Wall Writers By Christopher Stipp/June 11, 2016 9:00 am EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...
TV Bits: Man Claims Old Episode Of ‘Fraggle Rock’ Contains Racial Slur, Plus: ‘The Munsters’, ‘South Park’, ‘Alcatraz’, ‘How I Met Your Mother’, ‘Happy Endings’ By Angie Han/Nov. 17, 2011 1:00 pm EST We’ve got a lot of the usual news bits about casting, renewals, and so on in today’s TV Bits, but first, don’t you want to read about a possible racial slur in a decades-old episode of Fraggle Rock?...
Will Ferrell Reminds Us Why He’s One Of The Best ‘Saturday Night Live’ Cast Members Of All Time By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 28, 2018 10:00 am EST Even though Will Ferrell is one of the most popular Saturday Night Live cast members in recent memory, he’s only returned to host three times before. But this past weekend he came back to Studio 8H for his fourth time as host, and the Step Brothers and Anchorman star reminded us why he’s one of the best cast members to ever come out of Saturday Night Live....
With ‘Twixt,’ Francis Ford Coppola Wants To Create A Live, Dynamic Cinema Experience By Russ Fischer/July 23, 2011 5:06 pm EST One word: inspiring. Today Francis Ford Coppola made his first appearance at the San Diego Comic Con since 1991, bringing with him the electronic musician Dan Deacon and actor Val Kilmer. Those two men were among his collaborators on a new film called Twixt, which is a sort of gothic horror story / murder mystery set in a small northern California town....
‘Beauty And The Beast’ Is Waltzing Back Into Theaters Ahead Of Awards Season By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 27, 2017 4:00 pm EST In a tale as old as time, an awards hopeful is returning to theaters for a limited run just in time for awards season. Bill Condon’s lush remake of the animated classic Beauty and the Beast is getting a theatrical re-release in Los Angeles and New York City in the first week of December....
‘Captain America: Civil War’ Screenwriters On Making Room For Spider-Man By Jack Giroux/May 3, 2016 4:00 pm EST In a few days, audiences will greet the new Spider-Man (Tom Holland). A few years ago another reboot of the character didn’t sound particularly appealing, especially after The Amazing Spider-Man 2, but when Marvel and Sony joined forces to get the character back on track, things started looking up for the teenage hero....
‘Die Hard’ 30th Anniversary: The Cast And Crew Reflect On The Making Of An Action Classic [Interview] By Ben Pearson/July 12, 2018 10:30 am EST (This week marks the 30th anniversary of Die Hard, arguably the greatest action movie of all time. To celebrate, /Film is exploring the film from every angle with a series of articles. Today: the cast and crew look back on the making of an action classic....
/Film Interview: Will Forte Drives Deep Into New Territory In ‘Nebraska’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 14, 2013 5:32 pm EST You’ve never seen Will Forte as you’ll see him in Nebraska, directed by Alexander Payne. The actor has cemented himself as a favorite comic talent who can play surprisingly intense guys with a vulnerable core, but he has never been at the center of a dramatic movie, much less something like this laconic black and white road movie....
‘Jigsaw’ First Look And Plot Details Tease A ‘Saw’ Movie For 2017 By Jacob Hall/July 14, 2017 11:00 am EST Every horror series that runs for a long time becomes fascinating by default, but the Saw series was fascinating long before it limped to a supposed finish line with 2010’s Saw: The Final Chapter. But nothing can keep a popular horror franchise dead for long and the series returns (reboots?) this year with Jigsaw, the eighth film in the long-running, critically despised, and surprisingly worthy-of-additional-study series....
‘Mr. Robot’ Review: The Frenetic ‘Stage 3’ Brings The Show Full Circle By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 7, 2017 11:00 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?)Mr. Robot season 3 has been a return to form for the USA Network show, reminding us that it is one of the best and most invigorating shows on television....
‘Star Wars Rebels’ Could Cross Over Into The Live-Action Movies By Germain Lussier/April 29, 2015 7:00 am EST Since the inception of Star Wars Rebels, everyone’s been acting under one assumption. That assumption is the show would only take place between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. But when you start thinking about films like Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One, we start to wonder. Why does the show have to stop there?...
‘The Gifted’ Creator Matt Nix On Sentinels, Trask And X-Men Easter Eggs [Interview] By Fred Topel/Sept. 29, 2017 2:00 pm EST Luckily, the Mutant Underground is there to help Andy (Percy Hynes White) and Lauren Strucker (Natalie Alyn Lind). Blink (Jamie Chung) and Polaris (Emma Dumont) are also on The Gifted, as is a new mutant named Eclipse (Sean Teale). Nix spoke with /Film about The Gifted, which premieres Monday, October 2 on Fox....
