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Superhero Bits: Why Michael Keaton Left Batman, Zack Snyder Won’t Do Justice League Press & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 11, 2017 5:00 pm EST Which comic book TV shows landed Creative Arts Emmy awards this past weekend? Who will the first villain on the live-action Titans series be? Will wee see Ms. Marvel pop up on Inhumans at some point? Who has Jessica Chastain revealed she’s not playing in X-Men: Dark Phoenix?...

The Best Female-Directed Horror Movies You Probably Haven’t Seen By Rob Hunter/Feb. 21, 2018 11:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. (Welcome to The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen, a series that takes a look at slightly more obscure, under-the-radar, or simply under-appreciated movies. In this edition, we celebrate the 9th Annual Women in Horror month with a look at six horror movies you haven’t seen that were directed by women!...

The Subject Of ‘Tickled’ Showed Up To A Screening This Weekend, And Things Got Very Weird By David Chen/June 19, 2016 11:00 am EST Tickled is one of the most bizarre and riveting documentaries of the year, but the real-life story unfolding around the film is also getting stranger by the day. Last night at a Tickled Q&A in Los Angeles, the film’s co-director Dylan Reeve encountered a surprise: several people featured in the documentary showed up for the screening....

This Week In Trailers: Let Us Prey, Love Eternal, The Kill Team, What We Did On Our Holiday, The Referee By Christopher Stipp/June 15, 2014 10:00 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: Pina, Stakeland, Sound It Out, Pleasant People, Firewall Of Sound By Christopher Stipp/April 22, 2011 2:00 pm EST This all feels like a cross between The Road and Salem’s Lot. Vampire films, for me, have been played out well before James Woods starred the most unlikely middle aged blood sucker hunter in Vampires. (Although, to be fair, he really took that whole walking away stridently from a massive explosion while still trying to look cool to a whole new level....

Universal Studios To Reopen Backlot In Mid-Summer By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 3, 2009 2:40 pm EST If you remember, about a year ago a big fire burnt down a large portion of Universal Studio’s backlot. The studio as released a photo and press release announcing that construction is underway to rebuild the backlot, which will reopen this Summer. Click on the image above to enlarge, and read the full press release after the jump....

UPDATED: ‘Mission: Impossible 6’ Production Shut Down Due To Tom Cruise’s Injury By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 16, 2017 12:00 pm EST UPDATE: This story has been updated at the end with statements from director Christopher McQuarrie providing some insight into the injury and how production will recover while Tom Cruise does the same after his injury. Last weekend brought some troubling news when a stunt involving Tom Cruise on the set of Mission: Impossible 6 in London, England resulted in the actor seemingly injuring himself....

Zack Snyder Explains How ‘Batman V Superman’ Created The DC Movie Universe By Peter Sciretta/March 18, 2016 2:30 pm EST One of the more interesting topics of conversation at the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice press conference revolved around the creation of the DC movie universe. Director Zack Snyder revealed that the idea of one cinematic universe was not influenced by Marvel (sure…) but instead was the result of the story he wanted to tell in his Man of Steel sequel....

‘All The Money In The World’ Screenwriter On His Role In Those Reshoots [Interview] By Fred Topel/Dec. 21, 2017 3:30 pm EST Plummer now assumes the role of J. Paul Getty. When his grandson (Charlie Plummer) is kidnapped, Getty refuses to pay the ransom. His daughter-in-law Gail Harris (Michelle Williams) can only implore Getty, through his counsel Fletcher Chase (Mark Wahlberg), to help. Scarpa spoke with /Film about penning the screenplay for the new thriller, the differences between the two versions of the film, and the upcoming adaptation of The Cartel that he’s writing for Ridley Scott....

‘Ant-Man’ Co-Star Michael Peña Joins Ava DuVernay’s ‘A Wrinkle In Time’ By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 3, 2016 6:00 am EST Ant-Man costar Michael Peña has officially joined the cast of Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time. Hit the jump to learn more information about the Michael Pena A Wrinkle In Time Casting. In A Wrinkle in Time, Meg, a 13-year-old whiz kid outcast, searches the universe with Charles and Calvin for her father (Chris Pine), a government scientist gone missing after developing a mystery project called a tesseract, known as a wrinkle in time....

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ TV Spot Breakdown: New Details From The Super Bowl Spot By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 5, 2018 6:00 am EST The Avengers assembled once again last night. And though the latest Avengers: Infinity War TV spot was only 30 seconds long, there was a horde of new details unveiled about the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe film. From new tech to new allies and new outfits: the world’s mightiest heroes won’t go up against Thanos alone....

/Film Boston - An Animal Shrink’s Opinion Of Best In Show; Jennifer Kroot, Justin Edwards, Simon Rumley, And GEORGE KUCHAR At The Boston Underground Film Festival By David Chen/March 28, 2010 4:56 am EST Lots of cool film-related stuff happens in Boston, Massachusetts and not that many people are here to document it, preserve it and spread the word about it. Special screenings, Q&As, panel discussions — we have them all, and frequently too....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Ride Opening Date Revealed, Disneyland Announces ‘Summer Of Heroes’ By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 15, 2017 12:30 pm EST Disneyland Resort has finally revealed the opening date for the Guardians of the Galaxy retheme of Twilight Zone’s Tower Of Terror as part of a grand opening “Summer of Heroes” event which will bring an increased Marvel presence to Disney California Adventure theme park. I’ll say this much, Black Widow fans should be excited for this one....

‘La La Land’ Early Buzz: Damien Chazelle’s Musical Is Classic, Audacious & Vibrant By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 31, 2016 10:30 am EST Last night, Damien Chazelle’s musical romance La La Land premiered at the Venice Film Festival on the other side of the world. The film is one of my most anticipated films of the year, so I couldn’t be happier to hear all the positive buzz coming from the premiere....

/Response: Your Favorite Books That Demand Movie Adaptations By Jacob Hall/March 24, 2017 11:00 am EST (Welcome to /Response, the companion piece to our /Answers series and a space where /Film readers can chime in and offer their two cents on a particular question.) Earlier this week, the /Film team wrote about which books they’d love to see adapted into movies. We then opened the floor to our readers: what books do you want to see adapted for the big screen?...

Ben Pearson’s Top 10 Movies Of 2017 By Ben Pearson/Jan. 2, 2018 8:00 am EST As 2017 slowly disappears in our rear-view windows (good riddance!), the /Film staff is looking back on our favorite movies of last year. The year itself was awful in an almost incalculable number of ways, but at least we had a ton of fantastic movies to distract us from the constant barrage against truth and decency....

Could Lee Unkrich’s ‘Dia De Los Muertos’ Film Be The First Pixar Musical? By Germain Lussier/Feb. 16, 2015 9:30 am EST At Pixar, movies are in development for years before we even know they exist. Then, even when we do hear of their existence, they’re still multiple years away. So when news breaks about Toy Story 4 or The Incredibles 2, those films are still several years away and have been in development for much longer than that....

D23 Expo 2015 Schedule Announced: Disney, Pixar, Lucasfilm, Marvel, Theme Parks And More By Peter Sciretta/May 7, 2015 10:17 am EST Walt Disney Studios have announced the big presentation line-up for D23 Expo 2015. The line-up includes a Disney Legends Awards Ceremony hosted by Disney Chairman and CEO Bob Iger, presentations by Disney Animation and Pixar, as well as Walt Disney Studios live action (which includes Disney, Marvel, and Lucasfilm). Walt Disney Parks and Resorts will have a presentation this year hosted by Parks Chairman Bob Chapek....

Directors Guild Nominations Include Ben Affleck And Kathryn Bigelow; Quentin Tarantino And David O. Russell Left Out By Russ Fischer/Jan. 8, 2013 10:27 am EST Nominations for the Oscars will be announced later this week (on Thursday morning, to be precise) but for now we’ve got the five names nominated by the Director’s Guild of America for achievement in directing in 2012. The list features one newcomer to the DGA award slate, and four directors who have won in prior years....

Friday Box Office: Resident Evil $22M 3-Day; Eastern Promises Strong; Into The Wild Huge By Steve Mason/Sept. 22, 2007 2:12 am EST As expected, RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION will easily win the weekend topping GOOD LUCK CHUCK. David Cronenberg’s EASTERN PROMISES has expanded strongly, and Sean Penn’s INTO THE WILD has opened huge. THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES… had a so-so opening, and THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB is a disappointment....