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Theme Park Bits: Death Eaters Coming To Universal Studios, New Halloween Horror Nights Mazes, And The End Of A Beloved Parade By Jacob Hall/Aug. 12, 2016 4:30 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Universal Studios Japan is getting visited by Death Eaters. Universal Studios announces a trio of original Halloween Horror Nights mazes. Disney patents a projector drone for potential nighttime shoes....

TV Bits: ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ Ends With Season 4, ‘Last Man Standing’ May Return & More By Ethan Anderton/May 10, 2018 5:30 am EST In this round-up of TV Bits: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt will end with season four The Good Fight on CBS All Access will get a third season Tim Allen’s canceled Last Man Standing could get revived A Lost in Space featurette goes behind the scenes of the series Timeless is again close to being canceled AMC’s new series Dietland gets a new trailer Will Ferrell and Molly Shannon are back as Cord & Tish...

VOTD: Fanmade Opening Credits For The Black Widow Movie We Deserve By Ethan Anderton/May 15, 2015 5:00 am EST Even though we’ve learned quite a bit about Scarlett Johansson’s character Black Widow in the Marvel cinematic universe, fans of the character still want to see her get her own movie. This seems to be especially true now considering the backlash that’s been going around following the character’s development in The Avengers: Age of Ultron (there were even rumors that the vitriol being spewed at director Joss Whedon because of it was the reason he left Twitter recently)....

When It Comes To Horror Movies, Love Is The Secret Ingredient By Matt Donato/Feb. 14, 2018 1:00 pm EST Given my thematic body of work here on /Film thus far, I’m sure you’re expecting a February essay that analyzes Valentine’s rosiness through a horror lens. Have I already become that predictable? Yeah. Let’s absolutely talk about why love and horror create the most exquisite, developmentally rich bond(age)s in all the genre world....

Will Sony Greenlight ‘The Girl Who Played With Fire,’ And Will David Fincher Direct? By Russ Fischer/Jan. 3, 2012 1:00 pm EST Over the last couple weeks, one studio announcement has been conspicuously absent. With the launch of most major film franchises — that is, the opening of a film that is envisioned as a gateway to more of the same — it doesn’t take long at all for studios to greenlight the second entry....

‘Celluloid Wizards In The Video Wasteland’ Trailer: The Story Of Empire International Pictures Arrives In Documentary Form By Jacob Hall/July 7, 2016 5:00 am EST Documentaries exploring the strange niche corners of the film world aren’t new, but they tend to be fascinating. Director Mark Hartley built his career on this subgenre with films like Not Quite Hollywood, which explored the Australian exploitation film scene, and Electric Boogaloo, which told the truly insane story of Canon Films and the people who worked there....

‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ Sequel Will Hit Netflix And IMAX Simultaneously By Angie Han/Sept. 30, 2014 6:30 am EST Netflix is getting into the movie-making business. The streaming service announced this week that it would team with Weinstein Co. to give a day-and-date release to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Green Legend, the sequel to Ang Lee’s 2000 film. The movie will hit Netflix and IMAX simultaneously in summer 2015....

‘Injustice 2’ Trailer Teases New DC Superhero Face-Offs You Won’t See In The Movies By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 17, 2017 8:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Normally we don’t feature video game trailers here, but today brings something that DC Comics fans might need to hold them over until they get to see Wonder Woman and Justice League hit the big screen this year....

‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Box Office Disappoints, Pulling In Roughly Half As Much As ‘Rogue One’ By Ethan Anderton/May 28, 2018 8:30 am EST Solo: A Star Wars Story arrived in theaters over the Memorial Day weekend, and while box office projections predicted the Star Wars spin-off might set some holiday records, the numbers turned out to be far more disappointing. In fact, the Solo box office numbers have it making barely half as much as Rogue One, the first movie to kick off the Star Wars Story moniker....

2018 Sundance Film Festival Announces First Wave Of Films; Here Are 10 We’re Looking Forward To By Ben Pearson/Nov. 30, 2017 7:00 am EST Below, read about the 10 notable movies we’re looking forward to, and see the full list of what’ll be playing at the festival. It’s always a fool’s errand to attempt to pick the best movies at the festival beforehand, because every year, a few movies emerge from nowhere to become big contenders for that year’s breakout film....

265 Feature Films Eligible For Oscars, Original Song Short List Revealed By Germain Lussier/Dec. 20, 2011 2:00 pm EST Oscar nominations are just about a month away and Academy voters are, hopefully, working on seeing as many films as possible in the categories they’re responsible for. Final word has come down that 265 films total are eligible for awards this season, everyone from Abduction to Zookeeper. It was also announced that 39 songs are eligible for the always controversial and entertaining Best Original Song Oscar, including three songs from The Muppets, one from Captain America: The First Avenger, one from POM Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold and many more....

A Brief History Of The Microverse, The Tiniest And Craziest Corner Of The Marvel Universe By Donna Dickens/July 6, 2018 11:00 am EST As folks head out to the theater this weekend to see Ant-Man and the Wasp, they will be treated to yet another pocket of the Marvel universe that the MCU has barely touched upon: the tiny dimension known as the Microverse. Though renamed the Quantum Realm for the film franchise, the basic structure remains the same....

Alec Baldwin Will Still Play Donald Trump On ‘Saturday Night Live’ Next Season By Ethan Anderton/June 27, 2017 10:30 am EST Back in the spring, while Saturday Night Live was still in the middle of its 42nd season, Alec Baldwin indicated that he might not keep playing Donald Trump much longer on the late night sketch series. Though his portrayal of the unqualified President of the United States of America resulted in some of the most consistently high ratings SNL had received in recent years, Baldwin said:...

Ben Stiller Explains Deleted Opening To ‘The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty’ By Germain Lussier/Dec. 23, 2013 2:00 pm EST One of the biggest Hollywood releases this Christmas is Ben Stiller’s remake The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, a family-friendly tale of a lonely man whose day dreams inspire him to go on a globe trotting adventure. In the end, he’ll try to become the best possible version of himself....

Bruce Campbell Says ‘Ash Vs Evil Dead’ Won’t Be “A Watered-Down Version Of Evil Dead” By Russ Fischer/April 23, 2015 12:30 pm EST The Ash vs Evil Dead TV series has begun production in New Zealand, and the first behind the scenes photo featuring the producers, director and star also features a super-important returning character: the 1973 Delta 88 that has been in nearly every Sam Raimi movie to date. Along with that image, which you can see in larger form below, we have a handful of new facts about the show, straight from the creative trio of Raimi, Robert Tapert, and Bruce Campbell....

Christopher Nolan Talks Inception By Russ Fischer/April 5, 2010 8:35 am EST The shroud of mystery around Christopher Nolan’s new film Inception is beginning to dissolve. That was inevitable. As the film gets closer to release, the previously well-concealed plot has to be revealed. So now we know for certain — confirming many rumored explanations of the film’s story — that Leonardo DiCaprio is “a specialist in the new branch of corporate espionage — he’s a dream thief who plucks secrets from the minds of tycoons after pumping them full of drugs and hooking them up to a mysterious contraption....

Confirmed: Matthew McConaughey And Idris Elba To Star In ‘The Dark Tower’ By Jacob Hall/March 1, 2016 6:33 am EST UPDATE: Stephen King has confirmed McConaughey and Elba’s casting on Twitter, as you can see below. Original story from December 10, 2015 follows. It’s official: The man in black fled across the desert and the gunslinger followed. #DarkTowerMovie @McConaughey @IdrisElba — Stephen King (@StephenKing) March 1, 2016 “Matthew McConaughey fled across the desert and Idris Elba followed....

Diagon Alley Hollywood Expansion Rumored As Wizarding World Is Set To Open By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 17, 2016 11:00 am EST Universal Studios Hollywood’s West Coast version of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is set to have its grand opening in just a couple months (though if you’ve visited the park last week you might have caught one of their early soft openings). It’s no secret that Universal would like their theme parks around the world to mirror each other, thus providing the same “universal,” pun intended, experience....

Everything We Learned From The Super Bowl Movie Trailers: ‘Civil War’ Teams, Krang, A ‘Cloverfield’ Roar And More By Jacob Hall/Feb. 8, 2016 11:00 am EST The Super Bowl is the ultimate expression of the American id: a game where people hit each other really hard, advertisements for cheese flavored chips, extravagant halftime shows put on with colorful panache, and, of course, trailers for the biggest, loudest movies coming within the next year....

Harry Potter Through Fresh Eyes: Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire; Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix By David Chen/July 16, 2009 11:41 am EST [This is part three of a four-part series. You can also read part one, part two, and part four. This article contains spoilers for the films discussed, but NOT for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] Next up: Director Mike Newell’s take on the Potter franchise....