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‘The Walking Dead’ Will Have Less Main Character Deaths; Watch Midseason Premiere Promo By Jack Giroux/Feb. 3, 2017 4:00 pm EST The characters who’ve survived so far in The Walking Dead comics have probably lived this long for a reason. Since Robert Kirkman’s black-and-white zombie comic started in 2003, quite a few prominent characters have been killed off in the zombie wasteland. The series is famous for some memorable death scenes....

‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ Review: Exploring The Best Moments In Parts 3 And 4 By Ben Pearson/May 29, 2017 11:00 am EST (Each week, we’re going to kick off discussion about Twin Peaks: The Return by answering one question: what was the best scene of the episode?) Last week, Showtime unveiled the two-part premiere of Twin Peaks (or Twin Peaks: The Return, as it’s being called on their website). The premium channel dropped parts 3 and 4 online immediately afterwards, and then aired those back to back on the traditional channel last night, marking the final time until September’s season finale that they’ll release two parts in a row on a Sunday evening....

‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Footage - Disney’s Video Game Movie Just Looks Better And Better [Comic-Con 2012] By Germain Lussier/July 13, 2012 9:00 am EST There are some potentially stunning movies coming out for the rest of 2012 but I’m not sure any will make me squeal in my seat twice in a minute like Wreck-It Ralph just did at San Diego Comic-Con 2012. During the Disney panel, which also featured Frankenweenie, Oz The Great and Powerful and The Lone Ranger, Wreck-It Ralph director Rich Moore came into Hall H – along with co-stars John C....

‘Years Of Living Dangerously’ Trailer: Showtime’s James Cameron-Produced Climate Change Documentary By Germain Lussier/Nov. 1, 2013 12:00 pm EST Executive producers James Cameron, Jerry Weintraub, and Arnold Schwarzenegger have recruited an all-star cast for an important documentary event. Years of Living Dangerously will air on Showtime in April 2014; it features major celebrities talking to real people who have been negatively effected by global warming. Jessica Alba, Don Cheadle, Matt Damon, America Ferrara, Harrison Ford, Michael C....

Apple Television: What We Can Learn From Tim Cook’s Recent Comments By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 15, 2014 12:30 pm EST Following the Apple announcements last week, Apple head Tim Cook was interviewed by Charlie Rose. (The first hour aired last week and can be watched after the jump, the second part premieres tonight.) During the conversation, Rose brought up the often-talked about Apple television that has been in development at the Cupertino company for years....

Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino Is Not Dirty Harry 6. Character Descriptions Released. By Hunter Stephenson/May 1, 2008 12:01 pm EST All of us wily fans of highly unlikely action premises can let out a logical sigh, as MovieHole has received the official casting breakdown for Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino: a dirty, septuagenarian Harry Callahan is no where to be found. Dirty Harry 6 is back to being a daydream, but I’m sure Eastwood had a good laugh and perhaps gave a hmmmm into his lemonade....

Comic Con ‘Batman V Superman’ Trailer: Lex Luthor Pits Man Against God By Peter Sciretta/July 11, 2015 12:14 pm EST At San Diego Comic Con International 2015, Zack Snyder revealed a second full-length trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. As you probably know, Zack Snyder has a long history with Comic Con, and has always brought the goods to the convention. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has been on the stage in San Diego for three years now: In 2013, Snyder invited Harry Lennix on stage to read a passage from the story which inspired Snyder’s next Superman film....

Cool Stuff: The Dark Knight, Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2, Dream Warriors, Aliens, Ghostbusters By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 28, 2017 7:00 am EST Cool Stuff is your geekarific holiday shopping guide published all year round. In today’s edition we take a look at Mondo’s Aliens tiki glass, a special t-shirt release celebrating the 30 year anniversary of A Nightmare on Elm Street: Dream Warriors, A Batman Bat Signal scaled replica from The Dark Knight that also functions as a night light, Hot Toys’ deluxe Rocket Raccoon figure (alongside a huge gun and baby Groot) from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....

Ethan Anderton’s Favorite Movies Of All Time: Re-Meet /Film’s Weekend Editor By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 15, 2015 9:00 am EST Hey there! We haven’t been properly introduced. I’m Ethan Anderton. Back in May, I joined the /Film crew as the Weekend Editor, and while some of you have gotten to know me and my film tastes over the past few months, I never got a chance to truly arrive here at the site like our new writers Jack Giroux and Jacob Hall....

Frank Darabont To Write/Direct Snow White Prequel ‘The Huntsman’, Release Date And Cast Revealed By Peter Sciretta/July 31, 2014 2:15 pm EST Universal Pictures has officially confirmed that Frank Darabont will direct the Snow White and the Huntsman, prequel officially titled The Huntsman. Read more about The Huntsman, including a newly announced release date and returning cast after the jump. Universal distributed an official press release which confirmed Darabont and announced the new title:...

HBO Officially Orders ‘Watchmen’ Pilot, But What Will This Show Actually Feel Like? By Ben Pearson/Sept. 21, 2017 9:00 am EST Earlier this week, Lost and The Leftovers co-creator Damon Lindelof posted an Instagram photo announcing “Day One” of work on his television adaptation of Watchmen, DC Comics’ famed 1980s limited series by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. TV Line reports that HBO has now officially ordered a pilot and “back up scripts” for the show, but what might a Lindelof-led version of Watchmen actually be like?...

Mark Hamill On Insane Star Wars Secrecy, Force Awakens And Working On Episode 8 By Peter Sciretta/July 15, 2016 5:00 am EST Mark Hamill took the stage for the first big presentation for Star Wars Celebration Europe 2016, a one hour question and answer session with the Jedi Master. Up front Hamill warned that he is contractually obligated not to talk about Star Wars Episode 8 or the future of the Star Wars movies, but this was one of his first public appearances where he could really talk openly about Star Wars: The Force Awakens....

Matt Reeves Reveals One Reason JJ Abrams Cast Andy Serkis In ‘Star Wars’ By Peter Sciretta/July 3, 2014 3:45 pm EST During my marathon interview with Dawn of the Planet of the Apes director Matt Reeves, I asked if he had exchanged advice with his childhood friend JJ Abrams on Star Wars, or taken any advice from him for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Reeves admitted that he might be part of the reason Andy Serkis was cast in Star Wars Episode VII....

Movie Mixtape: 6 Movies With Connections To ‘King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword’ By Scott Beggs/May 10, 2017 7:00 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: Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword....

One Big Clue About The Man In Black That You May Have Missed In Westworld Episode 7 By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 16, 2016 8:00 am EST We’ve already written a couple of articles about Westworld episode 7 entitled “Trompe L’Oeil”: a spoiler filled recap and an examination of how the episode’s big twist makes us reconsider everything we’ve seen thus far. But there is one last thing I wanted to talk about, that being, a big clue towards confirming a popular fan theory, which many viewers may have missed while watching the episode....

Over 60 Jurassic World Photos: Let’s Over-Analyze The First Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 25, 2014 12:00 pm EST This morning, Universal released the first trailer for Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World. You can watch that awesome trailer here, in case you haven’t seen it already. (Or if, like me, you want to watch it over and over again.) And for those of you who really want to take in all of the visuals revealed in the first Jurassic World trailer, we have compiled a batch of high resolution images from the film to let you take in all the awesomeness one image at a time....

Producer Explains Star Trek’s Teaser Trailer, New USS Enterprise By Hunter Stephenson/Jan. 19, 2008 7:22 pm EST There have been reports that audiences seeing Cloverfield this weekend are going wild for the attached Star Trek teaser trailer, but my screening was dead quiet. And I can’t tell whether the mere four comments /Film received on our post about the bootleg version being on YouTube (still there) are a sign of disinterest, mild disappointment or reservation for the official version....

Review Round-Up: Star Wars Battlefront Is “Absolutely Gorgeous” But Not Yet “Fully Realized” By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 18, 2015 2:30 pm EST We regularly do “Early Buzz” reports for movies, and sometimes the occasional television series, but in the ten plus years of the site history, we’re never done one for a video game… until now. Yes, Star Wars warrants a break out of our usual boundaries because everyone is so excited for Star Wars Battlefront, which was released for Playstation and Xbox this week....

Rumor: ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Follow-Up Animated Series To Be Set During Current Star Wars Cinematic Era By Germain Lussier/Nov. 25, 2014 8:00 am EST Another day, another Star Wars scoop here on /Film. This one is from the television side. Before Star Wars Rebels hit the air, Disney renewed it for a second season. That was a nice vote of confidence in the first piece of Star Wars storytelling created under the new Disney regime....

Scorsese And DiCaprio Will Make ‘The Wolf Of Wall Street,’ But Scorsese Will Make ‘Silence’ First [UPDATED] By Russ Fischer/Feb. 16, 2011 6:20 pm EST UPDATE: OK, a couple new things have come up. Yes, Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio will make The Wolf of Wall Street, and financing details and the shoot date will be revealed at Cannes. But it’s not the director’s next movie. THR reports and The Playlist confirms that will be Silence, aka Mr....