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First ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Teaser Image; Kurt Russell And Elizabeth Debicki Confirmed For Cast By Angie Han/Feb. 17, 2016 6:31 am EST Dust off your old Walkman and fire up your favorite ’70s jams. It’s time to celebrate, because Marvel has officially announced the start of shooting on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. And it looks like our favorite ragtag outer space heroes have brought some new friends (or enemies?...

How Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Psycho’ Influenced ‘Star Wars’ By Bryan Young/April 13, 2018 11:00 am EST (Welcome to The Movies That Made Star Wars, a series where we explore the films that inspired George Lucas’ iconic universe. In this edition: Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece Psycho.)Alfred Hitchcock was a master of suspense and one of the masterpieces of his oeuvre was the 1960 film Psycho, starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh. From the beginning, it tells the story of a woman named Marion Crane as played by Janet Leigh....

How Did This Get Made: A Conversation With Jon Iles, Military Advisor Of ‘Stealth’ By Blake Harris/Oct. 11, 2016 8:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you stick around and watch the credits of almost any movie featuring armed combat, you’re likely to find someone listed as that film’s “Military Advisor.” But what, exactly, does this job entail? And how much more realistic does their work make our movies?...

James Gunn Shares ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Details, Reveals That He Knows Exactly What Groot Is Saying By Jacob Hall/Nov. 12, 2015 10:30 am EST James Gunn is very good at Twitter. He was very good at Twitter back in the olden days, when he was just the mad genius behind Slither and Super. Now that he’s the director of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, he’s taken his larger profile in stride....

Nickelodeon’s ‘Double Dare’ Announces Live US Tour Starting This Fall By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 20, 2018 1:30 pm EST Nickelodeon’s popular game show Double Dare made a big comeback this past summer with all new episodes for grown up children of the ’90s and a whole new generation of kids to enjoy. Now Double Dare will give fans a whole new way to experience the trivia and physical challenge competition series with a live tour heading across the United States this fall, and original host Marc Summers and his beloved sidekick Robin Russo will be coming along with it....

Rumor: Warner Bros. Schedule Through 2018 Includes Shazam, Wonder Woman, Justice League By Germain Lussier/June 12, 2014 1:16 pm EST After last year’s epic Batman v Superman announcement, everyone expects Warner Bros. to give fans tons of big news at Comic-Con this year. We’d already heard pretty definitively that the next bit film, Justice League directed by Zack Snyder, would hit in 2017. Given the casting of characters such as Wonder Woman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, WB and DC seem to be readying other major superheroes for spin offs....

Sequel Bits: ‘Jurassic Park 4;’ ‘Gremlins’ 3/Remake; And ‘Zombieland 2’ By Russ Fischer/July 18, 2011 3:00 pm EST Summer time is sequel time. For the purposes of this particular article, it’s the time for sequels that don’t exist yet and, for all we know, may never exist. But Zombieland 2, Jurassic Park 4 and Gremlins 3 are all films that come up in conversation with filmmakers on a semi-regular basis. We’ve got the latest updates on all three below....

SIFF 2016 Mini-Reviews: ‘Weiner,’ ‘The Last King,’ And ‘Tickled’ By David Chen/May 23, 2016 4:00 pm EST This year will be my fourth attending the Seattle International Film Festival, and it remains an intense and overwhelming experience. Spanning 25 days, this year’s festival will include over 420 films representing 85 countries, making it the largest film festival in the United States. Here at /Film and on the /Filmcast, I’ll do my best to keep up with some of the highlights of the fest, and let you know what films might be worth checking out when they hit wide release....

Sundance 2016 Lineup Announced: U.S. & World Cinema Competition, NEXT By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 2, 2015 1:20 pm EST The US competition slte features Armie Hammer in The Birth of a Nation, Simon Killer director Antonio Campos’s follow-up Christine featuring Rebecca Hall and Michael C. Hall, Equity starring Anna Gunn, Goat from a screenplay by David Gordon Green and featuring Nick Jonas, The Intervention starring Melanie Lynskey and Cobie Smulders, So Yong Kim’s Lovesong starring Jena Malone, Saturday Night Live writer turned director Chris Kelly’s Other People starring Jesse Plemons, Molly Shannon, Bradley Whitford and Maude Apatow, Swiss Army Man starring Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe and Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Tallulah starring Ellen Page and Allison Janney and more....

Superhero Bits: Dredd, The Dark Knight Rises, Thor The Dark World, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Adam West, Batman By Germain Lussier/July 20, 2012 2:00 pm EST How much did The Dark Knight Rises make at midnight last night? Where can you purchase Gotham Rogues merchandise? What are the 16 creepiest scenes in comic book history? Curious to see a brand new trailer for the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase One Avengers Assembled Box Set?...

Superhero Bits: Hellboy 3, Captain America The Winter Soldier, Man Of Steel, S.H.I.E.L.D., Comic Book Men, The Avengers By Germain Lussier/Jan. 10, 2013 2:00 pm EST Has Warner Bros. won the war over the legal rights to Superman and, therefore, Man of Steel? What’s the latest on Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D.? How many Oscar nominations did The Avengers get Thursday? Want to hear Anthony Mackie talk about Captain America: The Winter Soldier? Does Ryan Gosling feel like he’s already been in a superhero movie?...

The Best Movies About Grief You Probably Haven’t Seen By Jordan Hoffman/May 25, 2012 10:00 am EST Tell me if you had a similar experience. Every year when I was a kid my father would wait until I was having the most fun during Memorial Day weekend – I’d either be mid-chomp on a hot dog or about to leap off a diving board – when he’d remind me that, “this weekend isn’t just about having fun, it’s about honoring the dead!...

This Week In Trailers: Baskin, The Meddler, Francofonia, Mapplethorpe: Look At The Pictures, Zim High By Christopher Stipp/March 6, 2016 11:00 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: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

This Week In Trailers: Simon & The Oaks, A Whisper To A Roar, A Liar’s Autobiography, Welcome Aboard By Christopher Stipp/Oct. 5, 2012 3:00 pm 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: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Watch Footage From D23 Expo’s Journey Into Imagineering Pavilion And Panels By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 12, 2013 3:00 pm EST If you didn’t get a chance to attend the 2013 D23 Expo in Anaheim then you missed a lot of cool presentations. This is especially true if you’re a fan of the Disney theme parks. Thankfully, DisneyandMore, DatelineDisneyland and ThomasTheImagineer were able to capture a lot of the cool stuff on video for you to enjoy at home....

Watch Trailers For NBC’s New 2015-2016 TV Series Line-Up By Ethan Anderton/May 12, 2015 6:00 am EST Watch NBC’s new 2015 TV series trailers after the jump. First up, let’s take a look at the new NBC shows which have trailers available: People Are Talking The cast includes Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tone Bell and Bresha Webb. If you can think it, they will say it. From producer Will Packer (“Ride Along”) and director Pam Fryman (“How I Met Your Mother”) comes this unabashed new comedy about two diverse couples who are both neighbors and best friends....

/Answers: Our Favorite Horror Movie Jump Scares By /Film Staff/Aug. 9, 2017 9:30 am EST Every week in /Answers, we attempt to answer a new pop culture-related question. Tying in with the upcoming release of Annabelle: Creation, this week’s edition asks “What is your favorite horror movie jump scare?” As always, we have submissions from the /Film writing crew and podcast team. Chris Evangelista: The Exorcist III A sequel to The Exorcist seems like a bad idea, and Exorcist II: The Heretic was just that – bad....

‘Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle’ Director Jake Kasdan On How He’ll Change The Game And Reference The Original Movie In The Sequel [Exclusive] By Fred Topel/Aug. 8, 2018 7:30 am EST Director Jake Kasdan was at the ABC party for the Television Critics Association in support of Speechless and Fresh Off the Boat, shows he executive produces, but does not actively work on. He’s happy to show up whenever they ask, and may direct episodes this season, but Scott Silveri and Nahnatchka Khan respectively run those shows....

‘Silicon Valley’ Review: The Most Awkward Moment In ‘Intellectual Property’ By Alex Riviello/May 8, 2017 9:05 am EST (Each week, we’re going to kick off discussion about Silicon Valley season 4 by answering one simple question: what was the most awkward moment?) “So, do you like movies?” Like most of the characters on Silicon Valley, Dinesh has never been known as a lady’s man. When a Satanist hacker who speaks in a sarcastic monotone is doing better in the game of love, you know you’re not very good at the dating thing....

‘The Dark Tower’ TV Series Will Be “Totally Canon” And Adhere Closer To Stephen King’s Books By Ben Pearson/July 31, 2017 11:30 am EST “The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.” So begins author Stephen King’s magnum opus The Dark Tower, a multi-novel series that took King three decades to complete. How long the story will take to unfold across film and television screens has a lot to do with how well the first film performs when it lands in theaters this week, and now there’s some good news for long-time fans who may not be thrilled with the liberties the movie is taking with King’s novels....