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How ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Reveals The Complexities Of Writing A Shared Universe By Chris Evangelista/March 21, 2018 10:00 am EST Even if you’re not a die-hard Marvel Cinematic Universe fan, you have to appreciate what the MCU has done. Over a serious of 19 films, Marvel has crafted an ever-expanding, increasingly complicated cinematic universe. With Avengers: Infinity War, the MCU is set to deliver its biggest, and possibly most complex film yet....

Interview: ‘Pete’s Dragon’ Star Wes Bentley On Working With David Lowery And Terrence Malick By Jack Giroux/Aug. 12, 2016 2:30 pm EST Wes Bentley’s first big breakout role was in the 1999 Best Picture Winner, American Beauty. Over the past few years, we’ve seen Bentley in all sorts of films, including Interstellar, The Hunger Games, Knight of Cups, and two comedies more people should’ve seen, Welcome to Me and Weirdsville. The actor’s latest role is in director David Lowery’s Pete’s Dragon, a remake of Disney’s 1977 musical....

Interview: ‘War For The Planet Of The Apes’ Director Matt Reeves & Producer Dylan Clark On Westerns, Andy Serkis, And Where The Series Could Go Next By Angie Han/Dec. 13, 2016 8:00 am EST One thing I noticed when I was watching the footage is that it ends with the Premium Large Format logo. So did you shoot it in IMAX?Clark: 65mm…Reeves: We shot it in Arriflex 65 which is a new format....

Kevin Feige Confirms ‘Black Panther 2’ Is Happening, Discusses Spin-Off Possibilities By Ethan Anderton/March 9, 2018 9:30 am EST With Black Panther already pulling in over $930.7 million at the box office so far, it was a foregone conclusion that there will be a sequel for the superhero king of Wakanda sometime in Marvel’s future. Thankfully, Kevin Feige has finally confirmed that Black Panther 2 will absolutely be happening. Furthermore, he also talked about the possibility of seeing certain characters from Black Panther go on their own adventures....

MondoCon 2016 Lineup Announced By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 20, 2016 3:00 pm EST Mondo has unveiled their lineup of panels, screenings, live music and food trucks for MondoCon 2016. Among the highlights are a panel where the audience picks a movie and artists Olly Moss, Jock and Jay Shaw collaborate to create the greatest (or worst) poster ever live on-stage, screenings of The Fountain and Clockwork Orange and much more. Hit the jump to see the whole listing....

On Set Interview: Jason Segel Talks ‘The Muppets’ By Peter Sciretta/June 20, 2011 9:00 am EST In January, I had the awesome opportunity to visit the set of The Muppets. Over the course of the week, I’ll be posting some of the round table interviews we conducted on set with the cast and crew. Today we bring you Jason Segel, who stars, co-wrote and produced the film. Here is a short excerpted quote:...

Page 2: Star Wars, Django Unchained, Star Trek, Oblivion, Walking Dead, Mad Men, Daniel Radcliffe, Muppets, Jaws, Simpsons By Peter Sciretta/March 5, 2013 8:00 am 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 46 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: ‘Pacific Rim 2’, ‘300: Rise Of An Empire’, ‘The Expendables’, ‘Dead Snow 2’ By Angie Han/Dec. 23, 2013 10:00 am EST If Herc and Chuck were your favorite Jaeger pilot duo, Pacific Rim star Max Martini might have some good news for you. Also after the jump: Dermot Mulroney wants another My Best Friend’s Wedding Here’s why Steven Seagal isn’t in The Expendables 3 Dead Snow 2: Red vs....

Showtime Launches Video Streaming Service To Compete With HBO, Comcast And Netflix By Russ Fischer/Oct. 27, 2010 7:00 pm EST With Netflix announcing astounding growth for the company’s streaming movie service, other companies are getting into the streaming game, too. HBO recently started a service called HBO Go, and this week Comcast’s own broadband portal, Xfinity TV, launched the free online streaming portion of the service package it plans to offer....

Spike Jonze Offers A Warm, Thoughtful Vision Of Future Love In ‘Her’ [NYFF Review] By Angie Han/Oct. 14, 2013 12:00 pm EST Most movies involving sentient, self-aware technology begin or end with the apocalypse. But in truth, those movies bear little resemblance to our actual, day-to-day relationship with technology. There are many jokes to be made about Siri’s similarity to HAL 9000 (and Siri knows all of them), but they haven’t stopped us from inviting her into our lives....

Star Wars Bits: Episode VII Vehicle Talk, ‘Rebels’ Easter Eggs, Daniel Radcliffe And Tarkin By Germain Lussier/Oct. 21, 2014 11:00 am EST A man walks in the woods and sees a scene from Star Wars Episode VII. Fact or fiction? Read about it, and the stories below, in this edition of Star Wars Bits. Rumored descriptions of vehicles in Star Wars Episode VII. A man walking near Pinewood Studios said he heard and saw J....

Star Wars Bits: Grand Admiral Thrawn Lurches Back Into Canon, The Future Of ‘Star Wars’ Video Games, And A Sneak Peek At The New ‘Star Wars’ Encyclopedia By Jacob Hall/Feb. 4, 2016 10:00 am EST Welcome back to Star Wars Bits, your regular source of delicious, bite-sized, and surprisingly healthy bits of Star Wars news. In today’s edition: Star Wars Rebels brings back a fan-favorite character. Disney Cruise Lines previews its Star Wars day....

Superhero Bits: Thor 2, Man Of Steel, Dark Knight Rises, War Machine, Amazing Spider-Man By Germain Lussier/Sept. 1, 2011 11:00 am EST Want to read a letter George R.R. Martin wrote to Marvel several decades ago? How about a few brand new quotes from Joss Whedon and Marc Webb about The Avengers and The Amazing Spider-Man? What was Morgan Freeman sporting on the set of The Dark Knight Rises that could be considered a possible spoiler?...

This ‘Inhumans’ IMAX Featurette Is Probably Setting People Up For Profound Disappointment By Jacob Hall/Aug. 31, 2017 10:30 am EST Let’s give credit where credit is due: it takes a certain amount of nerve for a television show to premiere its first two episodes on IMAX screens, and ABC’s upcoming Inhumans is going where only a few episodes of Game of Thrones have gone before. But when HBO’s flagship series showed episodes on the biggest movie screens in the world, it was already beloved and massively popular....

Wallace Shawn, Justin Kirk, Dan Stevens And Todd Barry Join Amy Heckerling’s Vamps By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 2, 2010 11:30 am EST Red Hour Films announced today that Wallace Shawn, Justin Kirk, Dan Stevens and Todd Barry are the latest actors cast in Clueless director Amy Heckerling’s romantic horror-comedy Vamps. The film stars Alicia Silverstone and Krysten Ritter as two young female vampires living the good life in contemporary New York “until love enters the picture and each has to make a choice that will jeopardize their immortality....

Which Netflix Shows Led People To Watch The ‘Defenders’ And Marvel Series? By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 23, 2017 3:30 pm EST It’s easy for superhero fans to get caught up in the Universes, the Phases, and how it’s #AllConnected. But for the average Netflix viewers, they’re just trying to find something to fill up their Friday nights. So how does the Netflix audience end up watching The Defenders if they haven’t been following every series leading up to it starting with Daredevil?...

Why Marvel Studios Can’t Make A Hulk Stand-Alone Movie By Peter Sciretta/April 14, 2015 11:00 am EST For the last thirty years, no one seemed to give a shit about a movie adaptation of The Incredible Hulk. Universal made two attempts to bring the character to the big screen, once in 2003 with director Ang Lee and star Eric Bana and later in 2008 with director Louis Leterrier and star Edward Norton....

‘Castle Rock’ Review: ‘Romans’ Makes For An Unsatisfying Conclusion By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 12, 2018 8:00 am EST Welcome to our spoiler-filled Castle Rock reviews, in which we explore Hulu’s new Stephen King-inspired series. (If you’re looking for a spoiler-free review of the show, click here). This week we look at the season finale, “Romans”. Romans After a season full of mystery, Castle Rock comes to a curious close, leaving questions still up in the air....

/Film Interview: Adam Scott Talks About Being A Leading Man In ‘A.C.O.D.’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 9, 2013 10:45 am EST I can talk ad nauseum about how good A.C.O.D. is but it comes down to one, small thing. This is the film where Adam Scott becomes a leading man. Scott, who has been a lead on TV, usually plays the small, scene stealing role in films. But when writer director Stu Zicherman was asked about the one person he’d like to play Carter, the adult child of divorce at the center of his poignant comedy, Scott was the first name on the list....

‘Hacksaw Ridge’ Early Buzz: Mel Gibson’s War Drama Is Powerful, Grisly But Also Traditionalist & Unsubtle By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 6, 2016 10:00 am EST There’s some big buzz surrounding another anticipated premiere out of the Venice Film Festival. This time, it’s Mel Gibson’s return behind the camera for the first time in 10 years that is garnering plenty of attention. Hacksaw Ridge is a war drama based on the true story of Desmond Doss, a young Seventh Day Adventist who drew criticism from his fellow soldiers for sticking to his Pacifist beliefs and never picking up a weapon during his time serving in the military during World War II....