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First Toronto Film Fest Lineup Announcements Include Black Swan, Biutiful, It’s Kind Of A Funny Story And The Conspirator By Russ Fischer/July 27, 2010 7:24 pm EST The Toronto International Film Festival announced its lineup of major films today. Attention-getting world premieres are a little thin so far (no The Tree of Life) though there are quite a few films making their world debut at the fest. Keep in mind that TIFF does have to compete with the likes of the Venice Film Festival (which runs right before TIFF), but there are quite a few notable Sundance and Cannes films (Buried, Blue Valentine) showing up here to balance things out....

How Star Wars Books Changed ‘Force Awakens’ And Might Inspire Future Star Wars Stories By Peter Sciretta/July 15, 2016 4:00 pm EST The dream of the Lucasfilm Story Group is that everything will be connected: the movies, the books, the games, the comics, the VR experiences, everything. So far the books seem to be feeding off of the movies, explaining after the fact how we got to our current place in the Star Wars timeline....

Interview: ‘Iron Man 3’ Writer/Director Shane Black And Marvel Head Kevin Feige By Peter Sciretta/May 3, 2013 9:00 am EST A couple weeks ago I got the opportunity to sit down with Marvel head Kevin Feige and Iron Man 3 writer/director Shane Black. We’ve run some of the answers over the last week as stand-alone posts, but you can read the whole interview transcript after the jump, including collecting Back to the Future memorabilia, Iron Man at Disneyland, transforming a superhero movie into a detective story, Patton Oswalt’s Star Wars/Marvel crossover rant, if it was weird for Black to direct Jon Favreau in an Iron Man movie, how Iron Man 3 sets-up future Marvel films, Tony Stark’s unexpected team-up with a child, how Marvel deals with leaks, misinformation and the rumors of the age of the internet....

Page 2: Ghostbusters, BTTF, Muppets, Star Trek, Goonies, Godzilla, Frozen, Blade Runner, Pacific Rim, Hobbit By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 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....

Page 2: Jurassic Park, BTTF, Doctor Who, Breaking Bad, Hobbit, Pacific Rim, Star Wars By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 2, 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....

Sequel Bits: ‘Mission: Impossible 6,’ ‘Jurassic World 2,’ ‘Transformers: The Last Knight,’ ‘Escape Plan 3’ By Jacob Hall/April 12, 2017 3:00 pm EST In this edition of Sequel Bits: Watch Tom Cruise film a pretty cool Mission: Impossible 6 stunt. A Michael Bay regular has been spotted on the set of Transformers: The Last Knight. Read about the original ending of Furious 7. Sylvester Stallone is already moving forward with Escape Plan 3....

Sequel Bits: Chuck Norris Is Done With ‘The Expendables,’ Plus ‘Snow White And The Huntsman,’ ‘The Girl Who Played With Fire,’ ‘The Inbetweeners 2’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 24, 2012 6:30 am EST The sequel news today involves from pretty big franchises, or some high-profile ones at least. After the break read about the following: One Expendables film was enough for Chuck Norris, David Koepp is no longer working on a Snow White and the Huntsman sequel, The Girl Who Played With Fire remains in development, but David Fincher’s participation as director remains uncertain, and the UK comedy The Inbetweeners is looking likely for sequelization....

Sequel Bits: No, Jason Segel Won’t Cameo In ‘The Muppets 2’, Plus: ‘Expendables 2’, ‘Star Trek 2’, ‘Bill & Ted 3’, ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ By Angie Han/April 18, 2012 9:00 am EST So it looks like Jason Segel won’t be a part of that Muppets sequel after all — for real this time, straight from the star/producer/co-writer’s mouth. Also after the jump: The Grim Reaper wants in on Bill & Ted 3 Star Trek 2’s Alice Eve has been spending a suspicious amount of time in the makeup chair Chuck Norris shows off cool, collected badassery in a new Expendables 2 still More new photos from G....

Star Wars Bits: Anthony Daniels Finishes Episode VII, Forest Filming Details, Oscar Isaac And Rebels By Germain Lussier/Sept. 29, 2014 2:00 pm EST One of the most iconic Star Wars actors has finished his work on the new film, plus a new actor has some thoughts for the old guard and more in this edition of Star Wars Bits: Details on the Star Wars Episode VII shoot in the Forest of Dean have been revealed....

Star Wars Bits: Mark Hamill Defends Jake Lloyd, New Interviews, And A Possible ‘Rogue One’ Blu-Ray Release Date By Jacob Hall/Feb. 9, 2017 7:30 am EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Mark Hamill sticks up for Jake Lloyd and George Lucas. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story may be hitting Blu-ray and DVD very soon. Star Wars: The Clone Wars is leaving Netflix. You can now dress like Jyn Erso for $450....

Star Wars Bits: Michael Cimino’s Pitch, Ted As An Ewok Hunter, Props Up For Auction, Indiana Jones Lawsuit And More By Germain Lussier/Dec. 7, 2012 3:30 pm EST With the weekend fast approaching, it seems like all is quiet on the Star Wars front. Unless, of course, you’re an Oscar-winning director newly on Twitter, or are in search of a screen-used X-Wing Fighter. After the jump, read about the following:...

Star Wars Bits: Theories On Episode VII X-Wings And Stormtroopers, Star Wars Rebels, C-3PO By Germain Lussier/Sept. 17, 2014 11:00 am EST Some cool, semi-spoilery Episode VII speculation and actual facts are part of this edition of Star Wars Bits. Below, read the following: New details have potentially emerged about some of the new Star Wars Episode VII Storm Troopers. Read about the two Star Wars New York Comic-Con panels. Listen to the Star Wars Rebels theme performed by a live orchestra....

Superhero Bits: The Amazing Spider-Man, Man Of Steel, LA Noire, The Avengers, Thor 2 By Germain Lussier/Dec. 9, 2011 12:00 pm EST Want to learn something cool you didn’t know about Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man? What did Patty Jenkins have to say about her leaving Thor 2? Would you like to see a bunch of girls in superhero underwear? Do Batman and LA Noire have anything in common? Where might you see a new Avengers trailer this weekend?...

The /Filmcast Interview: Jeremy Saulnier, Director Of Green Room By David Chen/April 15, 2016 5:00 am EST I remember watching Jeremy Saulnier’s Blue Ruin on VOD awhile back and being dazzled by Saulnier’s visual style, his use of practical special effects, and his effortless and naturalistic dialogue. The movie would end up on my top 10 films of the year. Saulnier’s Green Room is somehow even more intense. Chronicling the trials and tribulations of the final days of a punk rock band tour, Green Room has an even larger cast of characters and more ambitious thrills than anything Saulnier has ever done....

The Force Awakens Bits: Movie Boycott, Scalping Tickets, Trailer Reactions & Breakdowns By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 20, 2015 1:00 pm EST The Dark Side. Star Wars Bits. They’re real. This edition of news from a galaxy far, far away includes. J.J. Abrams’ message to fans before The Force Awakens trailer hit Tons of images from the final The Force Awakens trailer Celebrity reactions to the Star Wars trailer Some amusing fan Photoshop jobs of the final poster Six things to notice in The Force Awakens final trailer Site crashes and record-breaking ticket sales in the past 24 hours Netflix negotiating to rights to stream The Force Awakens Some people are boycotting The Force Awakens for a stupid reason New artwork from Paul Shipper Glimpse at new Star Wars make-up products from CoverGirl Mondo’s The Force Awakens glass being sold at Alamo Drafthouse locations Red Letter Media’s trailer reaction Before the trailer hit last night, J....

This Week In Trailers: F Is For Family, City Of Gold, Sam Klemke’s Time Machine, Blur: New World Towers, Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict, Mustang By Christopher Stipp/Nov. 23, 2015 2:30 pm 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?...

This Week In Trailers: FREE SCREENING Of Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, Applause, Bad Behavior, Cure For Pain: The Mark Sandman Story, Psalm 21 By Christopher Stipp/Nov. 19, 2010 5:00 pm 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: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

This Week In Trailers: Milius, Post Tenebras Lux, The Battery, Pioneer, Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out By Christopher Stipp/March 29, 2013 3:38 pm 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?...

This Week In Trailers: The Strongest Man, Do I Sound Gay?, Salad Days, No Control, Some Kind Of Spark By Christopher Stipp/Nov. 10, 2014 5:00 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?...

UK Film Board Bans ‘The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence)’ By Russ Fischer/June 6, 2011 10:29 am EST Tom Six’s film The Human Centipede (First Sequence) became almost immediately notorious for featuring a mad scientist surgeon who kidnaps people and sews them together, end to end, to create a ‘human centipede.’ The film is fairly nasty, although in the end perhaps not quite as insane as the general concept led us all to believe....