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Page 2: Boogie Nights, Dark Crystal, Lion King, Sam Rockwell, Predator, Batman, Looper, Ghostbusters, Stephen Fry By Peter Sciretta/March 1, 2011 12:00 pm 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 40 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....

Page 2: Drive, Attack The Block, TJ Miller, Die Hard, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Transformers, Breaking Bad, Bruce Lee, Disney, Terry Gilliam, Ghostbusters, Frankenweenie By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 19, 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....

Sequel Bits: Paul Feig Working On Mysterious Reboot, ‘Ferris Bueller’ Sequel May Be A Possibility, ‘Killer Klowns’ To Return From Outer Space By Angie Han/June 16, 2011 12:37 pm EST We already know that director Paul Feig will be reteaming with Jon Hamm, Melissa McCarthy, and Judd Apatow for a new movie – but it turns out Feig has another mysterious project on the horizon as well. Feig spilled the beans in an interview with Moviehole, where he said the following: “There’s actually something in the fall that… is a sequel to a movie that people know but I can’t really talk about it yet; we’re still trying to finalize it....

Superhero Bits: Iron Man 3, Dark Knight Rises, Avengers, Man Of Steel, Hulk Vs. Superman By Germain Lussier/March 5, 2012 1:00 pm EST Who wins in a CG fight between Hulk and Superman? Want to see some new merch from The Dark Knight Rises and The Avengers? Does The Amazing Spider-Man officially have a composer? Where can you hear real life psychological breakdowns of Batman’s villains? What does The Avengers trailer look like recut with footage from old school cartoons?...

Superhero Bits: Legion Of Doom, Weapon H Comic, Infinity War Deaths & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 29, 2017 5:00 pm EST Which movie did Gal Gadot read lines from when auditioning for Wonder Woman? Are you ready for Marvel’s Hulk/Wolverine hybrid comic? Which Disney Channel star has joined the cast of Agents of SHIELD? Did Anthony & Joe Russo have free reign on killing superheroes in Avengers: Infinity War? What would Ricky Whittle look like as Green Lantern?...

TV Bits: ‘The Walking Dead’ Trailer And Clip, Plus: ‘True Blood’, ‘Downton Abbey’, ‘Beauty And The Beast’, Jimmy Kimmel, Kevin Smith Vs. Adam Carolla By Angie Han/Jan. 30, 2012 4:30 pm EST We have some interesting tidbits of all kinds today, but let’s be real — we both know you’re mainly here for The Walking Dead trailer and clip and the True Blood teaser. After the jump: HBO offers the first 3 minutes of The Walking Dead’s midseason premiere, plus a teaser The first teaser for Season 5 of HBO’s True Blood comes online Shirley Maclaine will be calling on Downton Abbey Details on The CW’s new Beauty & The Beast reboot reveal a surprising 9/11 connection Jimmy Kimmel is shopping a “Borat Meets Green Acres” hybrid series Kevin Smith and Adam Carolla bicker over an upcoming untitled project [via Coming Soon]...

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Review Round-Up: A Jaw-Dropping Spectacle With Emotional Stakes By Ben Pearson/April 25, 2018 10:30 am EST Thanos is here, and death is coming with him. (Not the character of Death, just plain old regular death.) Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel Studios’ newest star-studded cinematic team-up, has screened for critics before its official release later this week, and the reviews are in. As I write this, the movie sits at 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, and a majority of the reviews approach the film with a healthy mixture of skepticism and awe....

‘Better Call Saul’ Is Better And More Gut-Wrenching Than Ever In Season 4 By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 3, 2018 9:30 am EST Better Call Saul, perhaps the best show on TV right now, is back for an all-new season, and it does not disappoint. Season 4 finds Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) slipping even further into the inevitable role of Saul Goodman. The days of Jimmy McGill trying to do the right thing are almost completely over and the time of Saul Goodman is almost fully at hand....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Season Finale Images: Winter Is Coming And No One Is Happy By Jacob Hall/June 23, 2016 11:00 am EST Last week’s penultimate episode of Game of Thrones season 6 was a surprisingly optimistic hour for a show that generally likes to drag its heroes through the mud before chopping their heads off. For the first time in a long time, maybe even ever, things were kind-of, sort-of, looking up for the more traditional heroes....

‘Harry Potter’ Screenwriter Steve Kloves To Write And Direct ‘The Jungle Book’ For Warner Bros., While Disney Picks Up Neil Gaiman’s ‘The Graveyard Book’ By Russ Fischer/April 27, 2012 12:30 pm EST You’d think that Disney had the screen rights all sewn up for adaptations of Rudyard Kipling’s story collection The Jungle Book. But in fact the book is public domain. (It was when Walt Disney set the animated film into motion, too....

‘Red Sparrow’ Director Francis Lawrence On The Film’s Complex Opening, Lessons From Music Videos & More [Interview] By Jack Giroux/March 2, 2018 4:00 pm EST With Red Sparrow, the gloves are coming off for director Francis Lawrence. The filmmaker behind Constantine, The Hunger Games sequels, and the “Bad Romance” music video has made an often unsettling thriller. Mary-Louise Parker, in a “no such thing as small parts” sort of small part, brings great levity to the movie, but light popcorn fare this adaptation of author Jason Matthews’ novel is not....

‘Star Wars Episode VII’ Cast Members: Who They Are And What Their Roles Could Be By Peter Sciretta/April 29, 2014 12:10 pm EST John Boyega You know John Boyega as Moses, the star of Joe Cornish’s awesome Attack the Block. He’s a charismatic, super-likeable actor who has made plenty of smart choices since that debut. He did an HBO pilot with Spike Lee; has a role in the upcoming 24: Live Another Day; and shows real acting chops in this year’s Sundance film Imperial Dreams, as a father, recently released from prison, raising a young son....

‘The Avengers’ - First Set Photo And Press Release By Germain Lussier/April 26, 2011 9:00 am EST Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Hawkeye and Black Widow have finally assembled. As we already knew, Joss Whedon has officially begun production on Marvel and Disney’s mega superhero team up The Avengers, aimed at a May 4, 2012 release. To celebrate this momentous occasion, Marvel has released a very teaserific image from the set as well as an official press release that once again confirms characters from Thor, played by Tom Hiddleston and Stellan Skarsgård, are indeed in the film....

‘The Girl On The Train’ Spoiler Review: Emily Blunt Elevates A Perfectly Fine Adaptation By Jack Giroux/Oct. 11, 2016 7:30 am EST Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train is an incredibly entertaining and bleak page-turner. The deeply troubled characters are what make the novel exciting. The more pages turned, the more the characters reveal themselves, and usually in some pretty troubling, unnerving, or darkly enjoyable ways. Hawkins’ novel is arguably a better drama than it is a thriller, and the same could be said of Tate Taylor’s adaptation....

‘The Mummy’ Review Round-Up: Some Fun To Be Had, But It’s A Derivative, Messy Adventure By Ethan Anderton/June 7, 2017 11:00 am EST Last night brought the first round of press screenings for The Mummy, the first film in Universal’s ambitious Dark Universe franchise that will see remakes of classic monster movies from the studio’s history, including The Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Wolf Man, The Invisible Man, Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein, as well as recently announced additions The Phantom of the Opera and The Hunchback of Notre Dame....

2016 Emmy Nominations: Snubs And Surprises By Angie Han/July 14, 2016 2:00 pm EST Earlier today the 2016 Emmy nominations were announced, and you know what that means: it’s time to complain about how wrongheaded Emmy voters are for failing to recognize your favorite show. That’s part of the fun, right? But while we’re at it, it’s worth pointing out a few things they got right, too, even if — as in the case of The Americans — it took ’em a while....

Ben Foster In Talks To Play Main Villain In Ron Howard’s ‘Inferno’ By Germain Lussier/March 10, 2015 2:30 pm EST Director Ron Howard is about to lock in the perfect actor to play the villain in Inferno, the latest film based on the works of Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown. Ben Foster is in talks to play Bertrand Zobrist, a super-rich scientist who comes up with a terrifying plan to deal with the world’s overpopulation....

Chili Palmer Exists In Epix’s ‘Get Shorty’ TV Show [Interview] By Fred Topel/Aug. 14, 2017 5:00 pm EST Get Shorty was a hit movie in 1995, part of John Travolta’s post-Pulp Fiction comeback. He played Chili Palmer, a shylock who came to Hollywood to collect a debt from a producer (Gene Hackman) and fell in love with the movie business. The success of the movie inspired Elmore Leonard to write a sequel....

Comic Con: Thursday And Friday Schedule Announced By Russ Fischer/July 9, 2010 11:48 am EST The schedule lineup for Thursday and Friday, day one and two of the San Diego Comic Con, has been announced. Thursday is a huge movie day in Hall H — Scott Pilgrim vs the World will showcase the entire cast, MegaMind, Salt, Battle: Los Angeles, The Expendables and RED will all be on hand. Friday isn’t as packed full of film-related events as Thursday’s schedule is....

Did District 9 Steal Avatar’s Thunder? By Russ Fischer/Aug. 21, 2009 11:00 am EST For sci-fi nerds (like me!) 2009 was promised as the year. It’s when James Cameron would finally resurface from the deep, bringing with him a new narrative feature. Not just a feature; Avatar intends to be a window into another culture, and another world. It will create a new alien race that is believably realistic, and show how one human hero faces difficult decisions as he navigates the conflict between humans and aliens....