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Watch: ‘Arrow’, ‘The Flash,’ ‘Supergirl,’ ‘DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow’ & ‘Black Lightning’ Comic-Con Trailers By Ethan Anderton/July 23, 2018 3:30 pm EST San Diego Comic-Con is over, and with it came a sneak peek at what fans can expect from the new seasons of The CW’s DC Comics television universe. The Flash, Supergirl, Arrow, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, and Black Lightning were all on hand to give a look at what’s in store for all these superheroes, and you can watch the trailers for each of the shows below, as well as get some new information about what’s coming up for them in their new seasons....

‘Aquaman’ Washes Up Exclusive, Goofy Footage [Comic-Con 2018] By Chris Evangelista/July 21, 2018 1:00 pm EST The Aquaman Comic-Con panel got started with a big splash – literally. The projection screens surrounding Hall H simulated a tidal wave of water engulfing the hall, resulting in star Jason Momoa taking the stage. Here’s what else washed ashore during the Aquaman Comic-Con 2018 panel. Momoa struck an odd balance between brooding and ecstatic in last year’s Justice League, so it’ll be fascinating to see what he does with the character of Arthur when he’s able to lead his own movie and not being constantly edged out of the frame by more famous heroes....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Showrunners Say Season 6 Won’t Spoil Future Books…Too Much By Jacob Hall/March 24, 2016 10:30 am EST It’s a weird time to be a Game of Thrones fan. As author George R.R. Martin struggles to finish The Winds of Winter, the sixth book in his A Song of Ice and Fire series, the HBO series based on his work has flown past where he left off. The tides have turned: book readers who used to lord their advance knowledge of certain events over show watchers now have to watch in horror as the show spoils future books for them....

‘Gods Of Egypt’ Director Alex Proyas Really Hates Film Critics By Jacob Hall/Feb. 29, 2016 7:30 am EST Gods of Egypt opened this past weekend to turgid reviews and worse box office, making only $14 million against a reported budget of $140 million (before marketing costs, of course). The film is a Jupiter Ascending-sized flop, and like that film, it’s actually easy to see why it failed to perform: it’s really, really weird....

‘Life’ Ending: Let’s Talk About Those Insane Final 15 Minutes By Jacob Hall/March 27, 2017 8:30 am EST When the credits began to roll on Life, the group to my left groaned, audibly annoyed by what transpired. The group in front of me immediately began complaining: “That’s it?” Meanwhile, you couldn’t strip the big, goofy grin off my face if you tried. This (admittedly anecdotal) experience revealed that the ending of Daniel Espinosa’s new science fiction horror movie is going to divide some people....

‘Life Of The Party’ Review: Melissa McCarthy Leads An Uninspired Comedy By Josh Spiegel/May 11, 2018 9:00 am EST Over the last decade, Melissa McCarthy has helped boost a handful of comedies with her fierce comic charm and timing. Spy, The Heat, Bridesmaids, and the Ghostbusters remake (which wasn’t perfect, but was still pretty damn funny) all were elevated by her ability to play someone who’s wild and outlandish while managing to feel slightly rooted in reality....

‘Silence’ Early Buzz: Critics Weigh In On Martin Scorsese’s Passion Project By Angie Han/Dec. 1, 2016 10:30 am EST Martin Scorsese has been working on Silence for literally decades now, and in just a few weeks we’ll finally get to see the fruits of his labor. Unless, that is, you’re one of the few lucky critics who’ve already had the chance to watch it. Yup, Silence has begun screening, and the first reactions are now rolling in....

‘The First Purge’ Director Gerard McMurray On How Modern Events Shaped The Movie By Fred Topel/July 5, 2018 4:00 pm EST As America celebrates its best history over July 4th, the Purge movies propose its worst future. In the first three movies, The Purge is already an annual tradition, the one night a year where all crime is legal. This year’s The First Purge shows how it all began. The First Purge took place on Staten Island as an experiment to see if this would satiate the public for the rest of the year....

5 Things That Bothered Me About ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ By David Chen/May 18, 2013 10:52 am EST After much anticipation, Star Trek Into Darkness is finally out this weekend. Peter and Germain have weighed in with their mostly-positive takes, and you guys have also chimed in with your thoughts. I personally enjoyed watching the movie from beginning to end, and got a kick out of seeing these characters come to life once more, as played by the immensely talented cast....

After 35 Years, ‘Star Wars’ Has Never Equalled The Creature Effects Of ‘Return Of The Jedi’ By Joshua Meyer/May 28, 2018 1:00 pm EST Jabba the Hutt is 35 years young and he’s never looked better than he did as a one-ton puppet in Return of the Jedi. Weight like that is precisely what so many other CG characters since 1983 have lacked. As Solo: A Star Wars Story rules the box office, it’s worth remembering that the original Star Wars trilogy wrapped up this same time three and a half decades ago....

Ben Wheatley’s ‘Free Fire’ Is An Explosively Entertaining Feature-Length Shootout [TIFF Review] By Angie Han/Sept. 9, 2016 4:00 pm EST The third-act shootout is a staple of a certain kind of film, but in Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire it’s essentially the entire movie. Against all odds, it works. Wheatley stages a never-ending knock-down-drag-out fight, trapping one woman and about a dozen men in an abandoned warehouse and then inviting us to sit back and watch as the bullets and the jokes ricochet off one another....

Brendon’s Avatar Day Experience - The Footage, Guy Ritchie And Joel Silver Reactions By Brendon Connelly/Aug. 21, 2009 10:00 am EST Let’s get past the 3D (you probably already know I’m a staunch supporter) and the CG (you’ve seen the trailer, I’m guessing and know how… um… odd it is) and actually think about some of the other elements of the Avatar Day footage for a moment. Just for a moment…...

Daily Podcast: Movie Trailers That Spoiled Big Twists, Guardians, Fantastic Beasts, Spider-Man, Pacific Rim & More By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 9, 2017 7:30 am EST On the October 9, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest news including Guardians of the Galaxy languages, Fantastic Beasts sequel casting, patents for a Disneyland Spider-Man ride, Disney’s plans for original programming on their streaming service, a Fast and Furious spin-off film, and our reactions to the Pacific Rim Uprising trailer....

Directors, Screenwriters And Actors On Twitter By Peter Sciretta/April 6, 2009 11:55 pm EST Update: You can read a more updated version of this list here. In March, we published the first definitive listing of screenwriters, directors and actors on Twitter. But that posting quickly outgrew our original image-based format. With dozens of new additions per week, I thought we’d completely revamp the list. Directors:Judd Apatow – 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Funny PeopleEric Appel – FunnyorDie director: Gobstopper, Bacon’d!...

Early Buzz: ‘Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark’ Screens At Virginia Film Festival By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 8, 2010 9:00 am EST /Film reader Dustin E caught a screening of the Guillermo del Toro-written/produced Troy Nixey-directed horror thriller Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark at a special screening presented during the Virginia Film Festival. Dustin says the film is “a great little throwback horror flick that will definitely please fans of the genre....

How ‘Project Almanac’ Is More Of A 2015 Time Travel Movie Than ‘Back To The Future II’ Was [Set Visit] By Germain Lussier/Jan. 15, 2015 9:00 am EST We’ve all seen time travel, but we’ve never seen time travel the Michael Bay way. Bay is one of the producers of Project Almanac, a found-footage time travel movie described as Primer meets Chronicle. In the film, time travel is raw, gritty and painful....

Interview: Why Cedric Nicolas-Troyan Chose To Make ‘The Huntsman: Winter’s War’ His Directorial Debut By Jack Giroux/April 22, 2016 7:30 am EST With The Huntsman: Winter’s War, director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan makes his feature directorial debut with the fantasy sequel. Nicolas-Troyan worked on Snow White and The Huntsman, as a visual effects supervisor and second-unit director. After the experience of collaborating with director Rupert Sanders, the 47-year-old visual effects artist decided to finally direct a movie of his own....

Mark Andrews Replaces Brenda Chapman As Director On Pixar’s ‘Brave’? By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 18, 2010 2:29 pm EST Our friends at Cartoon Brew are hearing from their “reliable sources” that Brenda Chapman is no longer directing Pixar’s Brave (previously titled The Bear and the Bow). We hear that she was pushed aside from full directing duties a while back, and that story artist Mark Andrews (who also co-directed the Pixar short One Man Band) has taken over directorial duties....

New ‘Blade Runner’ Officially A Sequel, Original Writer Hampton Fancher On Board To Develop Story By Russ Fischer/May 17, 2012 7:15 pm EST With Ridley Scott starting to do real press for Prometheus, word has been bubbling up this week about Scott’s other return to sci-fi: a new Blade Runner film. We gave you a slight update earlier today, but now a press release has gone out that clarifies a couple specific details....

Page 2: Ghostbusters, E.T., Star Wars, The Fifth Element, Labyrinth, Muppets, Zombies, Immortals, Christopher Walken, The Walking Dead, Total Recall By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 17, 2011 8:00 am EST What is Page 2? 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....