How AMC’s ‘Preacher’ Will Be Different From The Comics By Fred Topel/Jan. 9, 2016 9:00 am EST This week AMC presented a panel on Preacher for the Television Critics Association. Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and showrunner Sam Catlin were on the panel with cast members to discuss their adaptation of Garth Ennis’s comic. Fans will notice the show diverge from the comics immediately in the pilot, which Ennis himself approved....
New ‘Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them’ TV Spot Promises Magical Monsters, But Not Necessarily Their Location By Jacob Hall/Oct. 26, 2016 3:00 pm EST I need Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them to be a good movie. I need it to be a good movie because I adore J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World and would love to see more films explore the fringes of this beautifully crafted and meticulously detailed fantasy universe....
OMG Avatar Land Looks Incredible; Watch These Walk-Through And Ride Videos By Peter Sciretta/May 1, 2017 11:00 am EST Over the weekend, Walt Disney World previewed Animal Kingdom’s Pandora: The World Of Avatar to a bunch of press. We weren’t invited, and we’ve decided to keep calling it Avatar Land because the official name is not very good (and it’s more fun to say). Anyway, we are living vicariously through the photos and videos that have come out of the event....
Spike TV’s ‘Deadliest Warrior’ Heading To The Big Screen By Adam Quigley/Sept. 16, 2010 7:00 am EST If director Shawn Levy’s futuristic robot boxing movie Real Steel wasn’t ridiculous enough for you, he’s now made a deal with Paramount to bring Spike TV’s documentary series Deadliest Warrior to the big screen. For those unfamiliar with Deadliest Warrior, the show analyzes warriors throughout history and their weaponry/armor, and depicts anachronistic dramatizations of two different types of combatants fighting to the death....
Star Wars Bits: Carrie Fisher, ‘Star Wars: Attack Squadrons’, Boba Fett, And More By Angie Han/May 27, 2014 12:15 pm EST We’re back from the long weekend with many more Star Wars-related odds and ends. After the jump: Star Wars: Attack Squadrons has been cancelled Don’t believe those Boba Fett spinoff plot rumors Carrie Fisher is lobbying to bring back the Leia buns Star Wars Episode VII casts another musician See Episode VII stunt performers hard at work in Abu Dhabi Check out Daisy Ridley’s brief appearance in Mr....
Star Wars Marathons, Tickets Sales And Movie Theater Exclusives All Announced By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 18, 2015 10:33 am EST The official poster for Star Wars: The Force Awakens just hit this morning, and along with it comes confirmation of several things we had been hearing about last week. Tickets are going on sale tomorrow immediately after the new trailer premieres. In addition, marathons at several theater chains have been confirmed along with the announcement of certain chains having collectible exclusives for fans to get their hands on....
Superhero Bits: Doctor Strange Villain, Deadpool 2 Casting Rumors, Music Meister & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 26, 2016 5:00 pm EST What kind of Superman can we expect on the second season of Supergirl? Could Music Meister be coming to the Supergirl/The Flash musical crossover episode? Is there another villain in Doctor Strange we haven’t heard about yet? What does Makenzie Davis have to say about rumors of her casting in Deadpool 2?...
Superhero Bits: New SHIELD Director, Justice League Of America Pilot, Hugh Jackman’s X-Men Gift & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 3, 2016 5:00 pm EST Just how bad was the attempted Justice League of America pilot on CBS from the late 1990s? What does Samuel L. Jackson have to say about the rivalry between Marvel and DC movies? What ties does the new director of SHIELD have to Marvel comics? Want to see that outstanding artwork Hugh Jackman gave to Bryan Singer?...
The Original ‘Power Rangers’ Actors Are Disappointed With The Reboot By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 25, 2017 8:30 am EST ’90s kids had a lot of expectations going into Power Rangers, the big-budget movie reboot of the weird and kitschy American sentai show. We wanted to live their ass-kicking superhero lives (I predictably was a Pink Ranger wannabe), and the anticipation was high for it the movie to measure up to the beloved childhood series....
Who Goes There Again - Thing Prequel/Reimagining Gearing Up By Brendon Connelly/Jan. 29, 2009 9:21 am EST Bloody Disgusting beat the trades to the punch two weeks ago but this morning the upcoming The Thing prequel-remake has been thrust into the web-weary gaze of the crusty and blog-fearing by getting a story in Daily Variety (though even they ran it first on the web, last night). After agreeing that Matthijs Van Hejningen has been appointed as director and that Ronald D....
‘American Horror Story: Cult’ Review: A ‘Nasty’ Twist Brings Things Full-Circle In ‘Great Again’ By Aaron Pruner/Nov. 15, 2017 2:30 pm EST (Every week, we’re going to get the discussion going about American Horror Story: Cult by answering one important question: who is the main villain of the episode?)American Horror Story: Cult has reached its end. Honestly, the seventh installment of Ryan Murphy’s horror hit was indeed a challenge to get through at times....
‘Captain Marvel’ First Look: Brie Larson Makes Her Marvel Cinematic Universe Debut By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 5, 2018 9:16 am EST Ever since the post-credits scene for Avengers: Infinity War put out the call to Captain Marvel to come save the day in the aftermath of the mighty snap of Thanos, fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have been waiting for their first official look at the movie slated to arrive next March....
‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’ Has Scenes Directed Over Skype By Peter Sciretta/July 10, 2014 8:50 am EST While you’re watching Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, you won’t suspect anything unusual about the way the film was made. But some scenes were shot with actors performing their roles more than 1,000 miles away from each other while director Matt Reeves directed over Skype, from 6,328 miles away....
‘It: Chapter 2’ – Everything We Know About The Sequel So Far By Jacob Hall/Sept. 13, 2017 9:30 am EST The question is not “Are we getting an It sequel?” The question is “When will Warner Bros. and New Line get around to actually greenlighting the sequel now that the first movie made $123 million in its opening weekend, earned rave reviews, and literally ends with the promise of a follow-up?...
‘Stranger Things’ Bits: Possible Time Travel, The Cast Reacts To Their Audition Tapes, And More By Ben Pearson/Nov. 6, 2017 4:00 pm EST In this edition of Stranger Things Bits: How many people watched Stranger Things 2 during its first weekend? The fate of one of the show’s most minor characters is revealed How the original pitch for the show might contain elements from upcoming seasons A fan theory about the Mind Flayer’s origins The cast reacts to their audition tapes for season 1 And more!...
‘Voltron’ And 4 Other Franchises That Could Be The Next ‘Power Rangers’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 30, 2017 4:30 pm EST While Power Rangers is go-going to the top of the box office and into a six-year franchise, we’re left wondering what other beloved shows could be morphing their way to the big screen. And could the success of Power Rangers signal the adaptation of similarly kitschy team-centric shows — often from our Saturday morning lineup?...
Almost 30 Heist Movies Are In Development?! We Rank Them Here By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 17, 2014 8:00 am EST Everyone in Hollywood is always chasing the next big trend, and here at /Film we like identifying and watching the hot new trends of the industry. (And, yeah, sometimes complaining about or praising them). We’ve recently noticed that dozens of heist films are gearing up to flood the marketplace over the next few years....
DreamWorks Animation Reveals Slate Of Twelve Movies Over The Next Four Years By Russ Fischer/Sept. 10, 2012 10:25 am EST Most movie studios release information about their upcoming slates a year or two at a time. But today DreamWorks Animation released a four-year slate, driven in part by the new distribution deal the company has with Fox, as well as the long lead time needed to make animated films, and also perhaps by the not-so-hot view of the publicly-traded company on Wall Street....
Early Buzz: Over 30 /Film Readers ‘Attack The Block’ By Peter Sciretta/May 26, 2011 7:00 am EST Since the film’s premiere at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival, you’ve been hearing some incredible hype for the Edgar Wright-produced Joe Cornish-directed sci-fi action film Attack the Block. You’ve already heard me and others on the site rave about this film, but what about the readers? A couple weeks ago we offered /Film readers a special ticket to advance screenings in the most populated 25 cities in the US and Canada (minus Los Angeles)....
Four Reasons I Attend The Telluride Film Festival [Telluride Blog] By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 31, 2012 9:00 am EST Every September, a small rustic mountain ski town in Colorado becomes host to one of the most elite film festivals in North America — The Telluride Film Festival. It’s not the most accessible film festival, and its certainly not cheap. So why do we attend the Telluride film Festival each year? One of my good friends, Alex from FirstShowing, once came up with a theory that the best film festivals are in places that aren’t easy to get to....
