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‘Dunkirk’ Synopsis And Set Photos Arrive As Christopher Nolan Begins Production By Ethan Anderton/May 23, 2016 7:30 am EST Christopher Nolan has officially begun production on his World War II drama Dunkirk, on location in the title historical town in France. Warner Bros. just announced the commencement of principal photography on the film that features an impressive cast that includes Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Cilian Murphy, Fionn Whitehead, Aneurin Barnard, James D’Arcy, Jack Lowden, Barry Keoghan, Tom Glynn-Carney and even former One Direction member Harry Styles making his acting debut....

Number of Coronas Consumed: 32 The Fast and the Furious: 10 2 Fast 2 Furious: 0 The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift: 0 Fast and Furious: 5 Fast Five: 0 (12 non-Corona beers consumed) Fast and Furious 6: 16 (4 non-Corona beers consumed) Furious 7: 1 Dominic Toretto’s favorite brew begins as just background color (you can’t even clearly see the label in the first movie), but it eventually emerges as an actual component of the Fast and Furious mythos, becoming the punchline of a silly joke in Furious 7....

/Film Interview: Marvel President And ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ Producer Kevin Feige By Germain Lussier/May 5, 2015 8:00 am EST Feige’s latest film, Avengers: Age of Ultron, is the biggest Marvel movie yet. It’s a feat of storytelling and action that probably would’ve seemed impossible almost 10 years ago when Marvel Studios started to come together. Things will only get bigger from here, with films plotted through 2019, including two more Avengers movies, a Spider-Man movie, and new characters such as Captain Marvel, Black Panther, the Inhumans, Doctor Strange and Ant-Man coming to movie screens....

‘Kong: Skull Island’ Review Round-Up: The Monster Movie Is Back In A Big Way By Ethan Anderton/March 7, 2017 10:30 am EST This weekend brings Kong: Skull Island to theaters, and while some weren’t necessarily thrilled at the prospect of another King Kong movie, the early reviews indicate that this is an absolute blast of a monster movie, the likes of which we haven’t seen in awhile. We’ve already posted our own review of Kong: Skull Island, singing the praises of this truly gnarly action adventure, which is just chock-full of gruesome monsters....

‘Legion’ Spoiler Review: Thoughts On ‘‘Chapter 8’’ By Jacob Hall/March 30, 2017 9:00 am EST Well, the first season of Legion is over and it’s a good thing we already know a second one is on the way because it left us with one hell of a cliffhanger. However, “Chapter 8” built to that cliffhanger in the most satisfying way possible, delivering gonzo action and wild character beats while also exploring its themes with humor and style....

‘Mute’ Review Round-Up: A ‘Blade Runner’ Wannabe With Nothing To Say By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 23, 2018 7:30 am EST In 2009, Moon put Duncan Jones on the map as one of the most intriguing and promising new directors working today. His debut gave Jones the opportunity to direct the modestly received, star-studded Source Code and the poorly received, big-budget Warcraft. But most importantly, it paved the way for a passion project 16 years in the making....

‘Smurfs 3’ Will Be A Completely Animated Franchise Reboot By Peter Sciretta/March 12, 2014 12:17 pm EST In a Sequel Bits column published last month, we learned that Sony was fast-tracking Smurfs 3 but doing it as a completely animated movie rather than a live-action animated hybrid like the first two movies. Today we learn more about the project, which turns out is a complete franchise reboot/origin story. Yes, already....

‘Suicide Squad’ Deleted Scenes: What Was Cut And Why By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 8, 2016 10:00 am EST You’ve probably read by now the long and troubled story of Warner Bros.’ meddling with Suicide Squad, which included extensive reshoots and the studio testing an alternate cut of the film which more closely matched the tone of the popular marketing campaign. We don’t know how much of that is true, but cast members have hinted that there are a lot of scenes removed from the theatrical cut....

‘The Jungle Book’ Clip: What’s That Strange Odor? By Jack Giroux/March 23, 2016 2:30 pm EST Last year, Disney really got their whole reimagining game down. While Alice in Wonderland and Maleficent were box office hits, neither quite captured the spirit or the appeal of the original animated films. Kenneth Branagh, however, accomplished just that recently with his lovely Cinderella remake. Next at bat to reimagine another Disney classic is director Jon Favreau....

‘The Wire’ Remastered In 16:9; David Simon Explains The Changes By Russ Fischer/Dec. 2, 2014 4:30 pm EST The Wire is coming to HD at last, but perhaps not quite in the form you want. The show was formatted for a 4:3 aspect ratio when originally shot and broadcast, and that’s how it was released on DVD. But for The Wire HD remasters, which will first be available on HBO Go and for digital purchase before eventually appearing on Blu-ray, the show has been formatted for a 16:9 presentation....

‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ Director Martin McDonagh On The Story That Inspired His Film [Interview] By Aaron Pruner/Nov. 10, 2017 10:00 am EST Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a film that will stay with audiences. It’s a simple story layered in unexpected complexities brought out by its three leads: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell. It’s one of the best films of 2017. In the film, McDormand plays Mildred Hayes , a divorced woman searching for justice for the violent death of her daughter, Angela....

10 Great Animated Shorts That Aren’t From Pixar Or Disney By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 28, 2018 3:00 pm EST (Welcome to Let’s Get Animated!, a column that spotlights the best of film animation. In this edition: here are the most essential stop-motion animated movies.) With every new Pixar movie comes the promise of another one of the studio’s beautifully constructed, deeply felt animated shorts. And the upcoming short paired with the highly anticipated Incredibles 2, the empty-nester fable Bao, looks like it will be all that and more....

Aardman Studios Discovers ‘Early Man’ Caveman Tale For ‘Chicken Run’ Director By Ethan Anderton/May 6, 2015 4:00 pm EST Even though Walt Disney, Pixar, Illumination Entertainment and DreamWorks seem to have the animation market cornered, there’s still plenty of room for some lovely work from stop-motion animated houses like Laika and Aardman Animation. And the latter has a new movie in the works called Early Man. The film is being backed by StudioCanal and Aardman Studios and the story will have some added appeal to international sports fans....

Cinemark Drops Request To Have Colorado Theater Shooting Victims And Families Pay Their Legal Fees [UPDATED] By Jacob Hall/Sept. 14, 2016 8:30 am EST UPDATE: The Denver Post is reporting that Cinemark has agreed to drop the request for the victims of Aurora theater shooting to pay for their $700,000 legal fees. The theater chain’s lawyers have issued a statement saying that the company’s goal “has always been to resolve this matter fully and completely without an award of costs of any kind to any party....

Could ‘Man Of Steel 2’ Give Dwayne Johnson A DCEU Entrance As Black Adam? By Ethan Anderton/April 11, 2017 11:00 am EST There are plenty of movies in development that will keep the DC Extended Universe growing in the years to come. Aquaman is about to start shooting and Warner Bros. would like to get another one of their other movies off the ground this year as well. However, there are two movies based on DC Comics that don’t seem to be making any obvious progress: Black Adam and Shazam....

Facebook May Be Working On Tech That Filters Out Spoilers From Your Feed [Updated] By Ben Pearson/Jan. 18, 2018 6:30 am EST Update: Turns out Facebook is not actually launching a feature that filters out spoilers…yet. io9 points out that there was a key quote that wasn’t included in Deadline’s original report. Here’s the full paragraph: “There’s so much you can do when you have content and conversation happening at scale on the same platform…If we did something where there was a twist every episode, we can make it – this isn’t a feature - spoiler prevention – if you haven’t seen episode 5 yet, you’re not going to see your friend’s comment about episode 5....

First Look At Disney Animation’s 2016 Release ‘Moana’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 20, 2014 9:45 am EST Disney Animation is on a roll. The legendary home of Mickey Mouse was living under the shadow of Pixar for a few years, but they’ve since come back incredibly strong. Big Hero 6, out next month, is a winner. 2012’s Wreck-It Ralph is really great and, of course 2013’s Frozen is the biggest animated film in history....

Gal Gadot Joins ‘Ralph Breaks The Internet’ As A Tough Street Racer Named Shank By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 10, 2018 8:38 am EST Gal Gadot is crushing it as Wonder Woman right now on the set of the DC Comics sequel Wonder Woman 1984. But this fall, we’ll get to see her in the digital world as a new character in Disney’s sequel to the animated hit Wreck-It Ralph.Ralph Breaks the Internet has brought in Gal Gadot to voice Shank, described as “a tough and talented driver in an intense and gritty online racing game called Slaughter Race....

How Did This Get Made? TOP DOG (An Oral History) By Blake Harris/Aug. 10, 2015 9:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Note from Editor Peter Sciretta: I am excited to announce a new feature that will be appearing on /Film from Blake J. Harris, who you might know as the writer of the book Console Wars (a book which we’ve featured on the site), soon to be a motion picture produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg....

Legendary Artist Geof Darrow On Designing For ‘The Matrix,’ Working With Ridley Scott And His Love Of Making Comics By Rosie Knight/Sept. 7, 2018 3:00 pm EST Geof Darrow has had an enviable career. A career in which he has worked with his icons and grown to call them friends, one that has traversed both cinema and comics, and one that has seen all of his success come from one thing: drawing what he loves....