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Page 2: Toy Story 3, The Muppets, Tron, Breaking Bad, Ghostbusters, Star Trek, Pirates, Big Lebowski, Terra Nova, Star Wars, Avatar, Piranha 3DD, Back To The Future, Battlestar Galactica By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 26, 2011 10:30 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....

Samuel L. Jackson Probably Won’t Be In ‘Black Panther’ Or ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 15, 2017 10:30 am EST Without Nick Fury, there would have been no assembly of The Avengers. In a credits scene after Iron Man hit theaters in 2008, Samuel L. Jackson appears in Tony Stark’s mansion to chastise his cockiness and talk to him about something called The Avengers Initiative. After that came four more movies leading up to the debut of Marvel’s superhero team on the big screen and an entire cinematic universe that is still growing....

Sequel Bits: ‘Godzilla 2’ Wraps Filming, Jared Leto Talks About A ‘Tron’ Reboot, And More By Ben Pearson/Oct. 6, 2017 2:30 pm EST In this edition of Sequel Bits: Michael Dougherty’s Godzilla 2 has wrapped production Jared Leto talks about starring in a Tron reboot Director Doug Liman gives an update on Edge of Tomorrow 2 M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable and Split sequel Glass begins production And more! Last day. @GodzillaMovie pic....

Star Wars Bits: New Planets, Soundtrack Listing, Spielberg Has Seen ‘The Force Awakens’ Three Times By Jacob Hall/Nov. 28, 2015 10:00 am EST Welcome back to Star Wars Bits, your regular source of news from a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away. In today’s jam-packed edition: A galactic map of the Star Wars universe. A look at some of the new planets being introduced in The Force Awakens....

Sundance Comes To Your Town With Sundance Film Festival USA By Germain Lussier/Dec. 9, 2010 7:00 am EST The 2011 Sundance Film Festival is fast approaching and if you can’t make it to Utah yourself, the festival is bringing some of its highest profile films to a city near you. The largest and most important U.S. film festival will take place from January 20-30 in and around Park City, Utah and the selection of films this year is nothing short of remarkable....

Superhero Bits: The Dark Knight Rises, Youngblood, V For Vendetta, The Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man By Germain Lussier/Feb. 10, 2012 12:00 pm EST What does Dark Knight Rises star Tom Hardy think of all the Bane mumbling memes? Will we ever see a Youngblood movie? Want to read Gary Oldman’s cryptic description of a scene in The Dark Knight Rises? What’s the deal with Marvel, Ghost Rider and lawsuits? Is there a connection between Beyond Watchmen and a famous Internet photo?...

Theme Park Bits: Walking Dead Coming To Universal Hollywood, Inside Out At EPCOT, Shanghai Disneyland Photos By Peter Sciretta/March 14, 2016 1:30 pm EST In today’s edition of Theme Park Bits: Universal Studios Hollywood announces a new Walking Dead attraction coming this summer. See concept art and a teaser trailer. Pixar’s Inside Out is coming to Walt Disney World resort’s EPCOT. And see some new photos from inside Shanghai Disneyland, which opens in just a few months....

Wake Up Screaming: Seven Social Horror Films to Prep You For ‘The First Purge’ By Jacob Knight/July 4, 2018 10:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Purge movies are the unruly branch on the otherwise upright “social horror” filmic family tree. Exploitation movies to their very core, with each installment the futuristic franchise (that’s built on the idea that, for one night in America, all crime is legal) has widened in scope, beginning with a home invasion on the titular devil’s evening (The Purge), then taking us to the city streets amidst government sanctioned chaos (Anarchy), and finally letting us see the corrupt political mechanisms (Election Year) that believe it will be psychologically beneficial for the citizens who participate, but even more lucrative for the companies who try and exploit it for financial gain (insurance, medical, etc....

‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ Review: Melissa McCarthy Gets More Real Than Ever As A Legendary Fake [TIFF] By Marshall Shaffer/Sept. 15, 2018 10:00 am EST “Who’s the master, the painter or the forger?” asked Christian Bale’s Irving Rosenfeld in American Hustle as he looked at a fake Rembrandt hanging on the walls of a major museum. Director Marielle Heller’s Can You Ever Forgive Me? asks the same question, albeit from a much less cynical perspective....

‘Cobra Kai’ Season 2 Announced – Here’s Everything We Know About Next Season By Peter Sciretta/May 10, 2018 11:12 am EST Cobra Kai never dies! Good news: Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence will return to continue the story of this Karate Kid sequel series as YouTube has officially picked-up Cobra Kai for a second season. The first season of Cobra Kai made its debut on YouTube Red only a week ago, but the show has been met with wide acclaim....

/Film Video Interview: Rian Johnson, Writer And Director Of ‘Looper,’ Talks Major Spoilers By Germain Lussier/Oct. 1, 2012 4:00 pm EST Looper is exactly the kind of movie we all say we want, mixing a tried and true genre with new ideas and interesting themes. It’s not based on an old property, it’s not a sequel or franchise. Instead Looper is original and sure to spawn lots of discussion. We have writer/director Rian Johnson to thank for that....

‘Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets’ Behind-The-Scenes: Take A Look At Luc Besson’s Latest Sci-Fi Film By Jack Giroux/Feb. 4, 2016 1:30 pm EST Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets isn’t quite a return to sci-fi for Luc Besson, as his last feature film, Lucy, was also in the genre. But Lucy didn’t share much in common with The Fifth Element, Besson’s 1997 hit. Valerian, his new movie and his biggest picture to date, seems to be more in the same mold as The Fifth Element....

‘World War Z:’ Footage Description, Video Blog And Marc Forster Talks New Ending And Zombie Conventions By Germain Lussier/March 29, 2013 8:00 am EST “I wanted to make a film my sons could actually see before they get old,” said Brad Pitt, talking about his upcoming zombie film, World War Z. “As you will see, we got a little carried away.” Pitt was on the Paramount lot last week, along with director Marc Forster, to introduce 20 minutes of footage from the June 21 release....

Box Office: Fast & Furious May Race To $48M Opening Weekend By Steve Mason/April 3, 2009 3:02 am EST Universal’s Fast & Furious will be “burning rubber” this weekend at America’s multiplexes as the original street-racing cast reunites after some sub-par chapters of the franchise. The original The Fast & The Furious hit theatres in 2001 under the direction of Rob Cohen who had shown a knack for action with Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story ($35M US cume) and Sly Stallone’s Daylight ($33M US cume) and a savvy feel for bigger-than-life characters in his Golden Globe winning biopic The Rat Pack (which, if you’ve never seen you should put in your Netflix cue and prepare to be amazed by Don Cheadle’s turn as Sammy Davis, Jr....

CBS’ ‘MacGyver’ Reboot: 10 Things We Learned [TCA 2016] By Fred Topel/Aug. 12, 2016 12:00 pm EST CBS presented a panel for their new MacGyver series premiering this fall. Lucas Till stars as a young Angus MacGyver, the hero who can improvise weapons and tools out of common objected in his environment. James Wan directed the pilot and Peter Lenkov is show runner. We had an interview with Wan and Lenkov which we will bring you in September....

Chadwick Boseman & Mark Ruffalo Talk ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ [Set Interview] By Peter Sciretta/March 13, 2018 9:00 am EST In June of 2017, I traveled to Atlanta, Georgia to visit the set of Avengers: Infinity War. We were on set for a scene featuring a bunch of Avengers arriving in Wakanda. We will be rolling out of coverage from the set over the next few weeks, but today, I bring you our roundtable interview with Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman and the Incredible Hulk himself, Mark Ruffalo....

How ‘Daredevil’ Connects To The Marvel Cinematic Universe And ‘Agents Of SHIELD’ By Peter Sciretta/April 10, 2015 11:00 am EST Since Disney announced that Marvel had signed on to make a series of Netflix television shows, fans have wondered how they would tie into the greater Marvel Cinematic Universe. Daredevil went live on Netflix today and we got to talk to the cast and crew to get some answers about those connections....

Hazmat Suited Workers: Is SHIELD Up To Something? One thing we (and many other news outlets) appeared to miss at the Mission: Breakout grand opening celebration was a group of mysterious workers in hazmat suits (like the ones seen in Arrival above) working around the area where the hatch now appears. The only recorded reference to the situation I found on DigitalLA: And in fact, there is even some indication of what’s coming in the future....

Page 2: Transformers, Star Wars, Doctor Who, Ghostbusters, HTTYD, Alien, Star Trek By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 31, 2014 2:30 pm 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 36 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....

Read A Detailed Description Of The First Act Of ‘Cowboys & Aliens’ By Germain Lussier/March 30, 2011 10:00 am EST There are two kinds of movie fans: people who embrace spoilers and people who avoid them like the plague. This post is for the former. IGN just put up a detailed description of the first act of Cowboys & Aliens, having visited director Jon Favreau and editor Dan Lebental in the editing room last November....