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How The Future Of Star Wars Could Change Long-Form Interconnected Storytelling By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 22, 2014 11:15 am EST Disney and Lucasfilm are working to create a new Star Wars trilogy, a few stand-alone films, a new animated television series following the origins of the Rebellion, plus books, games and even theme park attractions. And from what we’ve heard, the plan is for all of them to interconnect and cross over among one another in ways we’ve never seen in the history of storytelling....

Movie Critic Award Results Round-Up By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 9, 2007 9:15 pm EST Most major city regions have a society or association of film critics, who each year join together to vote on the best films and performances of the year. This weekend the winners have been announced for the National Board of Review, Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), the New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO), The Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC), and the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA)....

Page 2: Jurassic Park, Doctor Who, Twilight, Hobbit, Star Wars, Muppets, Cosmopolis, Breaking Bad, Skyfall, Django Unchained, Tron, Terminator, Back To The Future, Predator, Star Trek, Mad Men By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 10, 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....

RoboCop Remake Is Actually A Sequel? Darren Aronofsky Still Tipped To Direct. By Hunter Stephenson/July 16, 2008 11:22 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Is there a killer almost-a-movie that you’d consider trading a pinky to see on screen? For me, one such project will forever remain Batman: Year One from director Darren Aronofsky (Pi, Requiem For a Dream, The Wrestler). There was a time when Aronofsky and Christopher Nolan seemed neck and neck for the reinvention of Batman on film, and while Nolan went on to make history, recalling the former director’s references of A French Connection, Dracula and hints at an R-rating still karate-chop my brain....

See George Miller’s ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Outline From 1997; Plus: Fan Art Retells ‘Fury Road’ Ancient Egypt-Style By Angie Han/Aug. 26, 2015 6:30 am EST For us in the audience, Mad Max: Fury Road felt thrillingly new when it raced into theaters this summer. But for director George Miller, it was the culmination of an idea that had been kicking around in his head for nearly two decades. A new book, The Art of Mad Max: Fury Road, shows us Miller’s original handwritten outline for the movie, dating all the way back to 1997....

Sequel Bits: ‘Incredibles 2’, ‘Hobbit 3’, ‘Taken 3’, ‘Jurassic World’ By Angie Han/March 31, 2014 4:00 pm EST Frozone will be back with his BFF for the Incredibles sequel, according to Samuel L. Jackson. Also after the jump: Logan Lerman says Percy Jackson 3 is “not happening” Jonny Weston is signing on for Taken 3 Jurassic World will be shooting at the Honolulu Zoo Peter Jackson is putting the final touches on the final Hobbit film The Conjuring franchise could be stalled by a lawsuit See the How to Train Your Dragon 2 score being recorded Cameras are rolling once more on Fast & Furious 7 Sharknado 2 gets a poster and a premiere date Peek behind the scenes of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes A Haunted House 2 has a red-band trailer to share The actor backtracked a bit in a different interview, clarifying that he was “contractually obligated” if the studio wanted to make a Percy Jackson 3....

Silent Bob Will Have SHOCKING Role In Kevin Smith’s ‘Moose Jaws’ By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 17, 2015 11:30 am EST At Comic Con 2014, writer/director Kevin Smith announced that Tusk was actually the first film in what he hopes will be a trilogy of films he called “The True North Trilogy.” That film was followed by the PG-13 horror/comedy Yoga Hosers and Smith is prepping the third film, a movie called Moose Jaws which he described as “Jaws, with a moose” to conclude the Canadian-set series....

Star Wars Bits: ‘Star Wars: Uncut’, Funny Or Die, Michael Giacchino, Billy Dee Williams, J.J. Abrams By Angie Han/April 25, 2013 4:30 pm EST We have lots of Star Wars-related odds and ends for you after the jump, including: J.J. Abrams says Star Wars and Star Trek are “very different” Michael Arndt gets writer’s block, just like the rest of us Michael Giacchino wants John Williams to do Episode VII Watch a teaser for the fan-made movie Star Wars: Uncut Billy Dee Williams really, really, really wants to return Another, possibly final, round of layoffs hits Lucasfilm Darth Vader choking victim Richard LeParmentier has died...

Star Wars Bits: A Big Announcement, ‘Rogue One’ Easter Eggs, And Lucasfilm’s Future Plans By Jacob Hall/April 10, 2017 11:00 am EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Good Morning America teases some kind of major Star Wars announcement. Some possible insight about future Star Wars movies coming in the years ahead. Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher named Disney Legends. Star Wars: Episode 9 inches forward, possibly to a summer start date....

Star Wars Bits: Poe Dameron, Rogue One, Star Wars Aftermath, Battlefront And Episode VIII By Germain Lussier/March 16, 2015 2:00 pm EST Oscar Isaac’s Poe Dameron takes a starring role in this latest Star Wars Bits, but there’s much more too. Below read about the following: Does Star Wars Episode VIII have a Japanese component? Read a great history of what Rogue One actually means. The Rogue One trademark contains the words “Star Wars....

The 5 Fastest Binge-Watched Shows On Netflix Might Surprise You By Ben Pearson/Oct. 17, 2017 2:00 pm EST Netflix is notoriously secretive when it comes to their viewership numbers, but the streaming service occasionally feeds the hungry press a few statistics to keep us satiated (like when they revealed that Adam Sandler’s western “comedy” The Ridiculous Six was the most-watched movie in Netflix history less than a month after it came out)....

The Best Faux-Documentaries You’ve Never Seen By Rob Hunter/July 27, 2018 7:00 am EST (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 explore movies that pretend to be true despite clearly not being true unless they’re actually true?!) Documentaries are snapshots of real life and narrative films tell stories (true or otherwise) in fictional form, but resting somewhere in between the two sits the faux-documentary....

The Best Movie Of 2007: Juno Vs. There Will Be Blood By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 29, 2007 2:05 am EST Today I was able to see two of the best movies of 2007 back to back. It’s not the first time I’ve seen either film, so I knew what I was in for. I first saw Jason Reitman’s Juno at the Toronto Film Festival in September. I called the film “this year’s Little Miss Sunshine” and gushed how the movie was “the best film of the year so far....

Tom Cruise Thriller ‘One Shot’ Becomes A Must-See: Werner Herzog To Play The Villain By Russ Fischer/Oct. 4, 2011 1:00 pm EST I know there are people who don’t love the idea of Tom Cruise playing Lee Child’s hulking and coldly/violently capable hero Jack Reacher. But with the addition of Werner Herzog to the cast of One Shot, the film that Christopher McQuarrie wrote and is directing based on Child’s novel, I don’t see how anyone could stay away....

Why Warren Beatty Turned Down ‘The Godfather,’ ‘Superman,’ And More By Jack Giroux/Nov. 18, 2016 2:30 pm EST Warren Beatty considered playing roles as iconic as Clark Kent, Michael Corleone, and Jack Horner. The actor, writer, producer, and director, for various and understandable reasons, turned these parts down. The list of high-profile movies he’s passed on could probably go on and on, but the actor, who returns with this month’s Rules Don’t Apply, recently discussed why he decided against starring in The Godfather, Superman, and more....

A Cure for Wellness Footage Recap A Cure for Wellness opens on a generic scene of New York office buildings as a creepy song plays. It sounds kind of like one of those slowed-down covers we seem to get in every trailer these days, except that I didn’t recognize the song. Inside one of those buildings is a man working all by himself, late at night, on some kind of spreadsheet....

‘Don’t Breathe’ Is Brutal And Insane And Silly And Everything You Want In A Midnight Movie [SXSW Review] By Jacob Hall/March 14, 2016 7:00 am EST Don’t Breathe revives one of the horror genre’s most convenient tropes: what happens when a group of genuinely rotten characters find themselves up against someone so much worse? It’s like a get-out-jail-free card for any filmmaker with a nasty streak, as they can proceed to punish the lead characters in unfathomable ways without asking the audience to feel too guilty for relishing in their suffering....

A Conversation With Peter Jackson And Steven Spielberg: The Benefits Of Motion Capture [Part 1] By David Chen/Aug. 1, 2011 12:00 pm EST Last week, I was fortunate enough to visit Weta in New Zealand and receive a tour of their facilities as they were in the middle of making The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn. Unquestionably, the highlight of the day was an hour-long Q&A session featuring Jackson in-person and Steven Spielberg via video in LA....

Early Buzz: Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Black Swan’ Venice Reviews By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 1, 2010 8:30 am EST Update: we’ve updated the post with more reviews. Darren Aronofsky’s ballet thriller Black Swan premiers tonight at the Venice Film Festival. The first press screening just got out and I can’t express how jealous I am of everyone who has seen it. The initial buzz is now online, and is available below. Hit the jump to read excerpts from the reviews and tweets from the festival-goers and critics in Venice....

Early Buzz: Jonathan Levine’s ‘50/50’ – “If It Wasn’t So Funny, And Occasionally Crude, I’d Call This An Oscar Contender” By Peter Sciretta/May 20, 2011 12:00 pm EST I was a huge fan/supporter of Jonathan Levine’s 2008 film The Wackness, which premiered years ago at Sundance and got dumped at the box office by Sony Pictures Classics. Levine has had some tough luck in terms of distributors — his debut feature, the critically acclaimed horror film All The Boys Love Mandy Lane premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival, yet has still never gotten a US release (both theatrically and even on dvd/blu-ray)....