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Box Office: Lions For Lambs Unlikely To Top $11M Opening; Fred Claus Headed For $24M-$27M By Steve Mason/Nov. 8, 2007 12:59 pm EST When Tom Cruise showed up on MTV’s TRL on Monday, it was the marketing equivalent of a Hail Mary. The fact is that Lions for Lambs, the first movie produced by Cruise and Paula Wagner under the previously-dormant United Artist banner, is tracking poorly â€" especially with the Under 25 crowd....

Comic-Con 2015: Some Of The Coolest Displays, Toys, Props And More From The Show Floor By Ethan Anderton/July 9, 2015 2:30 pm EST The entire SlashFilm crew is all over San Diego for the rest of the week, and if you’ve been paying attention to the front page, then you already know that we’re covering Comic-Con like crazy. We tossed up some photos of downtown San Diego with the buildings covered in upcoming movies and TV shows, and now we have an inside look at the show floor....

Cool Stuff: Laurent Durieux’s ‘The Phantom Of The Opera’ Poster By Germain Lussier/May 30, 2013 12:47 pm EST Ask most people what they know about The Phantom of the Opera and they’re likely to reference the Broadway musical. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s adaptation of the novel by Gaston Leroux is far and away the best known version of the 1909 story about mysterious man in an Opera House who falls in love with a new actress....

Daniel Craig Hasn’t Been Offered $150 Million To Return As James Bond [Update] By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 12, 2016 4:00 am EST Update From Editor Peter Sciretta: As expected, the report that Daniel Craig had been offered $150 million to reprise his role as James Bond for two more films turns out to be completely false. Details after the jump.Vanity Fair gives the following update: Craig, 48, has been offered no such deal, sources say, and negotiations to pin down who will portray 007 in upcoming Bond installments are still ongoing....

David Fincher Explains What Killed ‘20,000 Leagues’, Still Hopes For ‘Dragon Tattoo’ Sequel By Angie Han/Sept. 15, 2014 11:30 am EST This fall brings the release of Gone Girl, David Fincher’s first theatrical release since 2011’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. In between the two films, he was circling several others including the Dragon Tattoo follow-up The Girl Who Played with Fire and Disney’s Jules Verne adaptation 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea....

It’s A Little Scary: How Universal Plans To Resurrect Their Classic Monsters By Jacob Hall/Nov. 17, 2015 3:00 pm EST At their best, the classic Universal monster movies are masterpieces. At their worst, they remain fascinating windows into long-gone era. Taken together, they are an untouchable library of iconic characters, brilliant moments, and smart filmmakers making the absolute most out of what should have been schlock. Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, The Wolf Man, The Invisible Man, and the rest of their companions represent the high water mark of horror....

J.J. Abrams Reveals Some Maz Kanata Backstory As The Next ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ TV Spot Arrives By Jacob Hall/Nov. 12, 2015 9:00 am EST When Star Wars: The Force Awakens news rains, it pours. But unlike the eternally damp planet of Kamino, this is one downpour you probably don’t mind getting stuck in. Unless you don’t like Star Wars and in that case, we are oh-so-very sorry for how irritating the next few weeks will be for you....

Lucasfilm Denies That Future ‘Star Wars Story’ Spin-Offs Are On Hold [Updated] By Ben Pearson/June 21, 2018 12:54 pm EST Update: A new report suggests that the Star Wars spin-offs aren’t quite as dead previously rumored. We’ve added the new details below. Here’s some interesting news from a galaxy far, far away: a new report claims that the Star Wars Story spin-off movies are being put on hold at Lucasfilm. Rian Johnson’s planned trilogy and the Game of Thrones creators’ series of movies are still in the works, but the long-awaited Obi-Wan Kenobi standalone movie and the planned Boba Fett film are reportedly on ice…for now....

Movie Mixtape: 6 Movies To Watch With ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’ By Scott Beggs/May 24, 2017 7:00 am EST (Welcome to Movie Mixtape, where we find cinematic relatives and seek out interesting connections between new releases and older movies that allow us to rethink and enjoy what’s in our theaters as well as the favorites on our shelf. In this edition: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales....

Nintendo Theme Park: Universal To Develop Attractions Based On The Popular Video Game Properties By Peter Sciretta/May 7, 2015 9:31 am EST It looks like Disney can’t win all the mega brands, as Japanese video game company Nintendo today announced plans to team with Universal Studios to bring their video game properties to life at Universal Parks & Resorts. But what might a Nintendo theme park look like? Above is a Nintendo theme park map from the NintendoLand video game, not related to this new announcement, but I wanted to include it anyways....

Now Scream This: Warm Up For Halloween With This Horror Grab-Bag By /Film Staff/Sept. 12, 2018 1:00 pm EST (Welcome to Now Scream This, a column where horror experts Chris Evangelista and Matt Donato tell you what scary, spooky, and spine-tingling movies are streaming and where you can watch them.)Matt: Since my colleague Chris is doing some massive legwork covering Toronto International Film Festival for /Film, this week’s theme is easy: pick some movies and write about ’em....

Online-Only ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Teaser Hits Thursday, Plus: Rumored Trailer Description, Global Release Dates, Zachary Quinto, J.J. Abrams By Angie Han/Dec. 4, 2012 1:21 pm EST We’ve been waiting literally years to take a peek at Star Trek Into Darkness, so it’s great to hear that we may get the chance sooner than we thought. Last month, we got word that the first trailer (and/or a 9-minute IMAX prologue) would debut with the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on December 14....

Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/April 28, 2009 6:58 pm EST Summit Entertainment has released a new poster for The Hurt Locker (highly reccomended), which hits theaters on June 26th 2009. Roberto Orci reveals that Frank Welker will provide his voice for Soundwave in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. [ugo]MovieTickets.com reports that over 229 screenings are now sold out for X-Men Origins: Wolverine as of 9:00am. 21 news stories and tidbits, not fit for the front page, available after the jump....

Page 2: BTTF, Simpsons, Snow White, Star Wars, Breaking Bad, Finding Nemo, Pacific Rim, Ghostbusters, Big Lebowski By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 24, 2014 1:00 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....

Page 2: Star Wars, Prometheus, Monsters Inc, Looper, Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Dredd, Wizard Of Oz, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Harry Potter, X-Files, Back To The Future By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 20, 2012 8:00 am 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 46 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more....

Return Of The Thundercats By Peter Sciretta/June 2, 2010 11:02 am EST Warner Bros. Animation has announced they have begun production on a new ThunderCats animated series for Cartoon Network. Strangely, this comes only a few days after we learned that 56-year-old Stephen Perry, who wrote for the 1980s cartoon series, was found murdered. I remember loving the Thundercats as a kid, and there was constant talks and rumors of a live-action big screen adaptation in recent years....

Ron Howard, Brian Grazer And Akiva Goldsman Moving To Adapt Stephen King’s Dark Tower By Russ Fischer/April 29, 2010 6:14 pm EST Stephen King fans were very optimistic over the last couple of years as J.J. Abrams’ company Bad Robot held the option on King’s expansive, ambitious series The Dark Tower. Easy to see why — King’s labyrinthine, multi-layered storyline seems like perfect raw material for the guys behind Lost. But that wasn’t to be, as Abrams, Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof decided they couldn’t do the story justice, and gave the option back to King....

Ryan Reynolds Will Mock ‘Wolverine’ In ‘Deadpool’, Not Interested In ‘Justice League’ By Angie Han/March 22, 2013 3:30 pm EST It seems like just about every hot young star these days gets to tackle a superhero franchise, but Ryan Reynolds is the rare actor who has three under his belt. Unfortunately, none of them have quite worked out for him. Blade: Trinity didn’t have any successive sequels, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, in which he played Wade Wilson a....

Star Wars Bits: Harrison Ford Update, Rogue One Rumors, Force Awakens Contracts And Rebels Pinball By Germain Lussier/March 30, 2015 2:00 pm EST This is a can’t miss edition of Star Wars Bits with info ranging from The Force Awakens and Rogue One, to Rebels, the books and Celebration. Below, read about the following: Harrison Ford has been released from the hospital after his plane crash. See an updated Star Wars canon timeline....

Sundance 2008 Photo Preview: Part 1 - Premieres By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 2, 2007 3:38 am EST The line-up for the 2008 Sundance Film Festival was announced earlier this week. I just got my hands on a boat load of photos from the films in this year’s festival. We actually have too many photos to feature in just one posting, so we have divided this feature into a few parts. Our first segment in the series takes a look at the films in the Premiere category, which includes: Assassination of a High School President, Be Kind Rewind, CSNY Deja Vu, The Deal, Death In Love, Diminished Capacity, The Escapist, The Great Buck Howard, The Guitar, Henry Poole Is Here, In Bruges, Incendiary, The Merry Gentleman, A Raisin In The Sun, Savage Grace, Sleepwalking, Smart People, Towelhead, Transsiberian, U2 3D, The Visitor, What Just Happened?...