Box Office Tracking: Game Plan To Edge Kingdom? By Steve Mason/Sept. 28, 2007 9:30 am EST Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will test his box office muscle this weekend with the PG-rated Buena Vista comedy The Game Plan. This guy is a charismatic screen presence, but he’s apparently been “Disney-fied” according to critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives The Game Plan a Fresh score of just 36%, although MetaCritic gives it a marginally better 43% positive....
Eastbound & Down Season 2 Set In Mexico! Michael Pena And Ana De La Reguera Join The Cast. More News… By Hunter Stephenson/April 23, 2010 8:00 am EST America’s very own Kenny Powers aka The Man with the Golden Dick is officially leaving North Carolina and shipping off to play ball(s) in Mexico, better known as Hell on Earth in recent months due to drug cartel violence, kidnappings, and the rest of it....
Exclusive: Full ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi Footage’ Description From The Disney Investors’ Conference By Peter Sciretta/March 9, 2017 8:00 am EST Yesterday, the first footage from Star Wars: The Last Jedi was screened during the Disney investors’ conference. The initial reports, which came via tweets from a Los Angeles Times reporter, spread like wildfire around the galaxy (or at least the internet). But the brief social media posts offered very little in the way of description....
Indiana Jones 4 Shot And Edited Like An Old School Action Movie; Four New Television Spots By Peter Sciretta/May 6, 2008 2:26 pm EST Tired of the same old action movie? Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was shot and edited to feel like an old school action film. Star Harrison Ford recently told The Australian that “we didn’t shoot it like a Matrix style where if you hit somebody they end up in this big space and you didn’t feel the hurt, you don’t feel the fear....
Justin Lin On ‘Star Trek Beyond’ Criticisms: “We Are Trying To Be Bold And Take Risks” By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 15, 2015 12:00 pm EST The first teaser trailer for Star Trek Beyond hit the internet yesterday, exciting a lot of people but also pissing off some long-time Trekkies. The complaint is that the movie presented didn’t feel like a Star Trek movie, but instead a modern in-your-face blockbuster. But if you ask director Justin Lin, he’ll quickly remind you it’s just a minute and a half of the movie....
Let’s Talk About That Huge Reveal In ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ By Bryan Young/May 25, 2018 5:00 pm EST This article contains major spoilers for Solo: A Star Wars Story. If you haven’t seen the movie, turn right around and walk way. Trust us. This will be waiting for you later. Seriously. This is your last spoiler warning. Scroll down for more. Return of the Sith When it is revealed near the end of Solo: A Star Wars Story that Maul was alive and operating in the underworld, it is a shocking revelation....
Morgan Spurlock To Develop Films From The Associated Press By Germain Lussier/April 30, 2014 5:00 am EST Every single day, the good men and women of The Associated Press probably find and write more original stories than Hollywood writes in a year. Leave it to Morgan Spurlock to take advantage of that collection of stories. Spurlock and his Warrior Poets banner have just signed an exclusive deal granting them “unlimited access to the extensive resources of AP and its broadcast, digital and mobile assets....
Page 2: Batman, Harry Potter, Wet Hot American Summer, Muppets, Iron Man, Friday The 13th, Blues Brothers, David Fincher, Indiana Jones, Rocky IV, Stanley Kubrick, Cowboys & Aliens, Cars 2 By Peter Sciretta/June 14, 2011 8:00 am EST What is Page 2? 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 46 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more....
Richard Stanley Writing ‘High Rise’ For Vincenzo Natali By Russ Fischer/Oct. 6, 2010 2:18 pm EST After making his biggest splash this year with the genetic thriller Splice, director Vincenzo Natali suddenly has the option to do some films he’s wanted to do for some time. One of those is an adaptation of the J.G. Ballard novel High Rise, which is now being scripted by Richard Stanley in conjunction with Natali....
Rumor: ‘Justice League Dark’ Has Found Its Villain And Is Tracking Down Its Heroes By Jacob Hall/Nov. 18, 2015 10:00 am EST The mere fact that a Suicide Squad movie is coming out next year is proof that Warner Bros. isn’t afraid to dip its toe into the weirder corners of the DC comic book world. And that’s great news because the weirder corners of the DC universe are where the best characters tend to hang out....
Sequel Bits: ‘Fast & Furious 7’, ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’, ‘The Heat 2’, ‘Futurama’, ‘Harry Potter’ By Angie Han/Oct. 4, 2013 4:34 pm EST It’s way, way too early to guess what the Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them might look like, but it’s never too soon to fantasize with producer David Heyman. Also after the jump: Sandra Bullock isn’t interested in The Heat 2 New Fast & Furious 7 pic shows lots of cars, extras Night at the Museum 3 will shoot in London and Vancouver Futurama returns again, this time in The Simpsons Is Mad Max: Fury Road actually awesome?...
Star Wars Bits: Minor ‘Rogue One’ Characters, Simon Pegg’s ‘Star Wars’ Journey, The BB-8 Upgrade You’ve Been Looking For By Jacob Hall/Jan. 8, 2016 7:00 am EST That sound you hear is Rogue One: A Star Wars Story slowly stepping up to the plate as “the Star Wars movie everyone watches intently and over-analyzes for the next 11 months.” In today’s edition of Star Wars Bits: A few nuggets of Rogue One story info....
Sundance 2015 Premieres Include Latest From Noah Baumbach, James Ponsoldt, Paul Weitz And More By Germain Lussier/Dec. 8, 2014 1:45 pm EST The 2015 Sundance Film Festival has been slowly revealing the films that will play in Park City, UT from January 22-February 1. We’ve already covered the midnights as well as the competition films. Now, the Premieres have been revealed. These are generally the big ticket pictures, the movies with huge star-studded casts that will almost certainly get a theatrical release in the coming calendar year....
Best Everything Scott Pilgrim 3D Backlash While last year’s Comic-Con seemed heavy on the possibilities of 3D cinema — what with Avatar and the first 3D Tron Legacy footage — this year it was interesting to see just how many filmmakers seemed averse to it — in particular, the idea of post-converting a 2D film to 3D. When asked about the 3D conversion for Cabin in the Woods, Joss Whedon had the following to say:...
The Best TV Shows & Movies Coming To Netflix In October 2018 By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 26, 2018 4:00 pm EST October, the spookiest month of the year, is almost here. With it comes a slew of new movies on Netflix – some scary, some not. Month after month it becomes more clear that Netflix cares about their original material rather than films from studios, so the pickings are slim. But there’s still a good amount of material to pick from....
The Cast And Crew Of ‘Dead Night’ On Their “True Crime” Demonic Possession Creature Feature [Interview] By Matt Donato/July 27, 2018 3:00 pm EST (Note: this interview was conducted at Fantastic Fest 2017 when the film premiered with its original title, Applecart.) With indie horror releases hitting consumer screens in droves thanks to VOD and streaming platforms, story ideas have to be more outstanding than ever. Anyone can make a slasher movie, so why should we watch YOUR slasher movie?...
Theme Park Bits: ‘Ratatouille’ Ride Names, ‘Hocus Pocus’ Anniversary Goods, Couple Rides ‘Jurassic Park’ 62 Times By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 25, 2018 12:00 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Watch the ride record for Universal’s Jurassic Park – The Ride get broken with a marriage proposal. Find out which opening-day attraction at Islands of Adventure is soon due to close forever. Drink spills are up at Walt Disney World as restaurants stop circulating plastic lids and straws....
This Week In Trailers: Daddy Don’t Go, At Berkeley, Seduced And Abandoned, Gone Dark, Hope By Christopher Stipp/Nov. 16, 2013 10:00 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?...
This Week In Trailers: Hondros, Dolly, Most Likely To Murder, The Endless, The Searcher By Christopher Stipp/March 3, 2018 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?...
‘Furious 7’ Is A Frantic Yet Respectful Goodbye To Paul Walker By Russ Fischer/April 3, 2015 6:00 pm EST Why are you even reading a Furious 7 review? For most of the franchise’s enthusiastic audience there are only two questions to be answered about the latest sequel. One: does it do right by Paul Walker? Two: how does it continue the development of a film family while simultaneously expanding the scope of the increasingly insane action setpieces established by the previous two films?...
