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‘Django Lives!’ Finally Tracks Down A Screenwriter In John Sayles By Jacob Hall/Oct. 14, 2015 6:30 am EST Almost three years ago, Django Lives! was announced and the timing couldn’t have been more fortuitous. Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained was just about to hit theaters and people – normal people! – were actually interested in the spaghetti western icon whose name inspired Jamie Foxx’s slave-turned-bounty-hunter. But that was three years ago and this sequel, the third in the Django series, was thought dead....

/Film Boston - 45365, And An Interview With Turner Ross By David Chen/July 4, 2010 4:26 am EST Lots of cool film-related stuff happens in Boston, Massachusetts and not that many people are here to document it, preserve it and spread the word about it. Special screenings, Q&As, panel discussions — we have them all, and frequently too. /Film Boston aims to be a bi-weekly column that will bring you audio and video content from film-related events around the Boston area....

‘It Follows’ Wide Release Expands To 1,655 Theaters This Weekend By Angie Han/March 31, 2015 3:30 pm EST Update From Editor Peter Sciretta: The Weinstein Company has announced that they will be expanding It Follows to 1,655 theaters nationwide on Friday April 3rd 2015. The indie horror film has become a smash success, originally scheduled for a small limited release in just four theaters before a VOD release. That digital release was pushed back on March 20th as the company announced they would be keeping the film in theaters and expanding wide to 1000 screens....

‘Ralph Breaks The Internet’ Shows The Disney Princesses In Cute New Casual Wear By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 9, 2018 11:30 am EST One of the most highly anticipated moments in Ralph Breaks the Internet is the scene where the Disney princesses of the House of Mouse meet the modern gamer girl, Vanellope (Sarah Silverman). More than just a glorified cameo, the scene brings back the majority of the original voice actresses and shows our favorite princesses in a new light....

‘Rango’ Movie Review: A Beautifully Animated, Endearingly Odd Playground For Movie Lovers By Russ Fischer/March 4, 2011 10:45 am EST Are you smart, a bit weird and in love with movies? Then Rango is the animated film for you. Hell, it wants to be you. This often delightful western re-teams director Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp; for a treasure trove of anthropomorphized animal characters and animated eye candy that (gasp!) eschews the 3D fad for gold old-fashioned 2D....

2016 Oscars: ‘Mad Max’ Goes From Chrome To Gold & More Of The Biggest Surprises By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 14, 2016 4:00 pm EST This morning brought the always debatable Academy Award nominations for the year in film that was 2015. We’ve already run through the disappointing side of this year’s selections by pointing out those who were snubbed, but now we’d like to look on the lighter side and point out some of the surprises, especially Mad Max: Fury Road finding glory with no fewer than 10 nominations....

Anaheim Wants To Be Comic-Con’s New Home By Peter Sciretta/March 25, 2010 3:49 pm EST The Anaheim and Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau have issued a public letter announcing their intentions to make the Anaheim Convention Center the new home of Comic-Con, when the convention’s contract with San Diego runs out in 2012. Anaheim touts their 1.6 million square feet of convention space, the fact that they have 12,000 hotel rooms within one mile of the Anaheim Convention Center, 7,000 rooms within walking distance and much more....

Christopher McQuarrie Delivers The Franchise Ideal With ‘Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation’ By Jacob Knight/July 27, 2018 10:00 am EST (Welcome to Team Leaders, a series where we explore how the directors of the Mission: Impossible movies used this franchise as a canvas to explore their pet themes and show off their unique sensibilities. In this edition: Christopher McQuarrie leads the series into the future with Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation....

Cool Stuff: Gallery1988’s Art Awakens Star Wars Art Show By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 2, 2015 11:30 am EST When Lucasfilm and Disney announced the Star Wars “Art Awakens” initiative, it was revealed they were working with Los Angeles-based art gallery Gallery1988 on an official Star Wars: The Force Awakens art show. This got the whole art and screen print community excited. And now we have the first real details and a sneak preview of just a few of the pieces of art which will be available at the show....

Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Big Trouble In Little China’ Won’t Be A Remake, But A Continuation By Ben Pearson/Aug. 27, 2018 10:11 am EST John Carpenter’s 1986 comedy Big Trouble in Little China is probably even stranger than you remember. Its blend of mysticism, martial arts, and a memorable performance from star Kurt Russell makes it totally unlike anything else, and it’s one of those films that you almost can’t believe exists even as you’re watching it....

Early Buzz: ‘Transformers: The Ride,’ Plus A New Autobot By Germain Lussier/Nov. 17, 2011 5:00 pm EST It won’t be in the U.S. for several months yet but the ride is finally ready. Transformers The Ride will open at Universal Studios Singapore on December 3 and the 3D simulator has already been going through staff previews. One of those lucky enough to check out the ride provided a detailed description of the experience....

Early Buzz: 22 Minutes Of JJ Abrams’ ‘Super 8’ By Peter Sciretta/March 24, 2011 7:00 am EST Paramount Pictures and JJ Abrams presented 22 minutes of unfinished footage from Super 8 to the New York City press on Wednesday. I’ll be checking out the footage next week at CinemaCon (so expect my thoughts then), but I thought I’d give you a round-up of the reactions from around the web.. I think we can all agree that footage descriptions and spoilers are not of interest for this film....

Editorial: What Does J.J. Abrams Directing ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ Tell Us About The Movie? By Germain Lussier/Jan. 24, 2013 1:40 pm EST J.J. Abrams is directing Star Wars Episode VII. If you’re like me, you’re going to have to let that one sink in for a bit. My first thought is happiness. Abrams is a huge fan of the franchise and a proven great director with a flare for the Spielbergian....

Interview: Christopher Nolan By Peter Sciretta/July 17, 2008 2:08 pm EST A couple weeks ago we got the chance to sit down with Christopher Nolan to discuss his new film The Dark Knight. The following is a transcript of that roundtable interview. Enjoy. Question: What were the challenges for you in developing this?Christopher Nolan: Well, I got interested very much by the idea that we left at the end of Batman is the idea of escalation, the idea of having established Batman as this heroic figure in Gotham who’s going to try and take Gotham back for the good people in the city, that there was going to be an extraordinary criminal response to that, that in going so big as he has in employing such heavy handed tactics you know, what are the criminals going to come back with?...

James Cameron Talks Avatar TV Series Possibility, Avatar Sequels, Neill Blomkamp’s Aliens, Abyss Blu-Ray And More By Peter Sciretta/July 25, 2016 12:15 pm EST Director James Cameron appeared at San Diego Comic-Con International 2016 as part of a Hall H’s Aliens anniversary retrospective on Saturday afternoon, and afterwards he did some press where he talked about his upcoming four Avatar sequels, the possibility of an Avatar television series, his thoughts on filmmaker Neill Blomkamp’s Aliens sequel, an update on the long awaited Abyss Blu-ray release and more....

Legendary Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond Dead At 85 By Jacob Hall/Jan. 4, 2016 10:30 am EST Robert Altman. Brian De Palma. Steven Spielberg. Woody Allen. Michael Cimino. George Miller. John Boorman. Legendary filmmakers, each and every one of them, but they’re all united by more than a shared mastery of the cinematic form. They all worked with legendary cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, a crucial figure of the American New Wave of the 1970s whose work informed the visual style of Hollywood’s finest decade and whose contributions can still be felt today....

Marvel Universe To Get ‘TRON: Legacy’ Treatment With Variant Covers By Germain Lussier/Oct. 20, 2010 7:00 am EST When Disney purchased Marvel everyone thought of the ways the Mouse would incorporate and promote Marvel characters but few thought of the flip side. One of the first examples is yet another piece of TRON: Legacy marketing (and there has been a lot). Several of Marvel’s most popular comic book characters – Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wolverine, etc – are set to be “TRON-ified” on variant covers of upcoming issues....

Matthew Vaughn Acquires Movie Rights To Mark Millar’s ‘Superior’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 5, 2011 6:00 pm EST This is something that ended up in today’s Superhero Bits, but it is really big enough to warrant its own headline. So for those who didn’t see SHB today, Matthew Vaughn, the director of the film based on Mark Millar’s comic Kick-Ass and other films such as X-Men: First Class, has picked up the rights to create a film based on Millar’s comic Superior....

Page 2: Ninja Turtles, George Takei, Lost, Seth Rogen, Black Swan, Tron, Conan O’Brien, Ghostbusters, Aaron Sorkin, Return Of The Jedi, Batman And More By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 12, 2011 6:00 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 29 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more....

Peter Mayhew Wasn’t The Only Actor Playing Chewbacca In ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 6, 2016 10:30 am EST Even though fans have never seen his face in a Star Wars movie, fans of the sci-fi saga know exactly who Peter Mayhew is. For those who don’t, he’s the 7'2" British actor who played Chewbacca in the original Star Wars trilogy and Revenge of the Sith. And Mayhew was once again recruited to play the Wookiee in Star Wars: The Force Awakens....