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‘Baby Driver’ Early Buzz: Edgar Wright Has Crafted A Dazzling Car Chase Musical By Ethan Anderton/March 12, 2017 10:00 am EST Last night, attendees of South by Southwest were lucky enough to see the world premiere of Baby Driver, the latest film from Shaun of the Dead and Scott Pilgrim vs the World director Edgar Wright. The first trailer debuted just before the screening was over (watch it along with a much different international trailer over here), and if you’re somehow not convinced to see the movie, maybe the early buzz from the first reactions to the movie will help....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Credits Stinger: How Did It Happen? Is It A Set-Up For A Stand-Alone Movie? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 12, 2014 11:30 am EST The end-credits stinger on Guardians of the Galaxy seems to have confused more people than not. How did director James Gunn come up with the idea? Why did Marvel head Kevin Feige approve it? And is it a set-up for a future stand-alone Marvel Studios film?...

‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ Debuts Wacky, Violent Footage; Halle Berry Downs A Pint Of Bourbon [Comic-Con 2017] By Jacob Hall/July 20, 2017 1:20 pm EST When Kingsman: The Secret Service arrived in 2014, it was an underdog that became a surprise box office hit. Now, three years later, the sequel arrives with a different set of expectations. Can Kingsman: The Golden Circle live up to the nuttiness of the first movie?...

‘Prometheus’ Review: Ridley Scott’s Overly Ambitious Yet Entertaining Almost-Alien Movie By Germain Lussier/June 4, 2012 9:00 am EST Note: Prometheus opens Friday June 8 so this review only contains minor spoilers included in early trailers. A more in-depth, spoiler filled discussion will be posted after wide release. With Prometheus, director Ridley Scott gives audiences almost too much of what they want in a big budget 3D sci-fi film. There’s an incredible spaceship, a bombastic score, kick-ass women, android humor, chills, thrills and gore....

‘Prometheus 2’: Michael Fassbender Confirmed To Return By Angie Han/Sept. 14, 2015 8:45 am EST Prometheus 2 is still shrouded in mystery, but as of today there’s one more thing we know for sure: Michael Fassbender will be back, as confirmed by director Ridley Scott. Fassbender played mischievous android character David in the first film. Read Scott’s Prometheus 2 Michael Fassbender confirmation after the jump. Deadline caught up with Scott at TIFF....

‘Rampage’ Plot Details Emerge: It’s A Big, Dumb Monster Movie By Ethan Anderton/April 24, 2017 1:30 pm EST The big screen has seen its fair share of giant movie monsters lately. Pacific Rim had humanity fight them off with giant robots called Jaegers, Godzilla returned to crush buildings and more in 2014, Kong: Skull Island pitted the giant ape King Kong against a slew of creepy monstrosities just last month, and even the indie world is bringing a huge creature into play controlled by Anne Hathaway in Colossal....

‘Saturday Night Live’ Sets Tiffany Haddish And Chance The Rapper As November Hosts By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 31, 2017 7:30 am EST Saturday Night Live already has the first three episodes of the 43rd season in the books, and they have another batch of three shows in a row in November leading up Thanksgiving. We already knew Larry David was hosting the first episode in November, but the next two hosts have just been announced, and they are not only first-time hosts, but surprising picks....

Do Not Miss This Charlie Kaufman Retrospective By Jack Giroux/Dec. 23, 2015 4:30 pm EST Are you a big Charlie Kaufman fan? Well, you should be, and if you are, you will not want to miss this upcoming Charlie Kaufman retrospective. The screenwriter behind Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind has his sophomore directorial effort coming out soon, Anomalisa, co-directed by Duke Johnson. To celebrate its release, Paramount and participating Landmark Theaters are running a Charlie Kaufman retrospective....

Donald Glover Sings, Stalks, Plays Lando & Defends ‘Jurassic World’ On A Stellar ‘Saturday Night Live’ By Ethan Anderton/May 6, 2018 10:00 am EST This weekend brought Donald Glover to Saturday Night Live to make his debut as both host and musical guest (under his Childish Gambino hip-hop moniker). Glover is no stranger to NBC having starred in Community and written for 30 Rock, but he also auditioned for SNL a couple times....

Get The Lowdown On The Hypnotic ‘Incredibles 2’ Villain Known As The Screen Slaver By Ethan Anderton/April 16, 2018 9:30 am EST Even though Incredibles 2 is less than two months away, Disney and Pixar have largely kept the villain of the animated superhero sequel under wraps. It wasn’t until the most recent trailer popped up that we got our first glimpse at the villain right at the end. The character’s ominous debut arrived at the end of the trailer with the villain introducing himself across the airwaves as The Screen Slaver....

Interview: Producer Gale Anne Hurd On ‘Falling Water’ And ‘The Walking Dead’ By Fred Topel/Oct. 13, 2016 8:30 am EST Falling Water makes four Gale Anne Hurd shows on the air. She’s got AMC’s The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead, Syfy’s Hunters, and now this new show premiering on USA. Falling Water is from creator Blake Masters and his late partner Henry Brommell. Masters had to leave immediately after the Falling Water panel for the Television Critics Association to finish editing, so Hurd stayed back to complete more interviews....

Joe Johnston Wants To Make Films Featuring Marvel’s Winter Soldier And Boba Fett By Russ Fischer/July 18, 2011 11:30 am EST Joe Johnston’s Captain America: The First Avenger, hitting theaters this coming week, has great early buzz and sequel talk is heating up. Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely are starting to map out the script for the follow-up, though they’re being understandably circumspect about the possible plot and characters. Will the sequel be set in WWII, the modern era, or both?...

Lucasfilm Releases Official Star Wars App By Ethan Anderton/July 8, 2015 9:30 am EST All Star Wars, all the time, anywhere. That’s what Lucasfilm is touting with their announcement of an official Star Wars app that is now available for iOS and Android devices, just in time for The Force Awakens to wow fans at Comic-Con. Just going by the little teaser trailer for the mobile app, Lucasfilm hopes this will become the hub for all Star Wars fans to find out about the latest news from a a galaxy far, far away, and to have all sorts of fun involving their favorite characters, settings, ships and more....

New ‘The Mummy’ Featurette: Russell Crowe Is The Nick Fury Of The Universal Monsters Universe By Jacob Hall/May 15, 2017 12:30 pm EST In the early days of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the various films and characters were connected by the mysterious organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D., which was run by the enigmatic super-spy Nick Fury. And while this agency has grown less central to the films as time has gone on, we’re starting to see the MCU effect in other movies that want to build “shared universes....

Oscar-Winning Actor Daniel Day-Lewis Is Retiring By Ethan Anderton/June 20, 2017 1:25 pm EST After winning three Oscars for his performances in My Left Foot in 1989, There Will Be Blood in 2007 and Lincoln in 2012, not to mention landing nominations for Gangs Of New York in 2002 and In the Name Of The Father in 1993, acclaimed actor Daniel Day-Lewis is retiring from acting, as indicated in an official statement released by one of his representatives....

Page 2: Avatar, Olly Moss, Indiana Jones, Simpsons, The Office, William Shatner, Community, Mirror Mirror, Pulp Fiction, Hunger Games, James Bond, Stephen Lang, Star Wars, Goonies By Peter Sciretta/March 2, 2012 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 58 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more....

Prince Of Persia On Set Interviews: Jake Gyllenhaal And Gemma Arterton By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 9, 2009 11:45 pm EST While on the set of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, we had a chance to talk to some of the cast. Below you will find our roundtable interviews with Jake Gyllenhaal and Gemma Arterton: You’ve done big movies like The Day After Tomorrow and you’ve had some opportunities to do a franchise movie, so what was it about this particular franchise that made you want to be involved in it?...

The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen About Settling Into A New Home By Rob Hunter/Oct. 4, 2017 9:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. (Welcome to The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen, a series that takes a look at slightly more obscure, under-the-radar, or simply under-appreciated movies. In this edition we take a look at some of the best movies you’ve probably never seen about people trying and sometimes struggling to make a new home....

The Water Cooler: The Joyous ‘Super Mario Odyssey,’ A Trip To Thailand, And A Swanky Hollywood Premiere By /Film Staff/Nov. 17, 2017 1:00 pm EST Welcome to The Water Cooler, a weekly feature where the /Film staff is free to go off-topic and talk about everything except the movies and TV shows they normally write about. In this edition: Jacob Hall plays Super Mario Odyssey, Hoai-Tran Bui visits Thailand, Chris revisits the Lord of the Rings movies, and been attends a swanky Hollywood premiere....

This Week In Trailers: Marley, Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters, Last Days Here, ID:A, Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present By Christopher Stipp/Feb. 25, 2012 8:00 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: 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?...