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WhySoSerious.com By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 30, 2007 10:34 pm EST Update: The puzzle has been solved, click here for the solution. The candle has burned out, the two-face Jack-o-lantern has finished rotting, and now the Dark Knight viral website WhySoSerious.com has a new game for Batman fans to play. The Joker has left the following letter up: There are 49 clues for 21 cities around the United States. I’ve compiled all the clues together so that people in each of these cities can have quick and easy access to them....

‘Arrival’ Is Returning To Theaters For A Post-Oscar Nominations Victory Lap By Jacob Hall/Jan. 25, 2017 9:30 am EST One of the most pleasant surprises to come out of yesterday’s Oscar nominations was the amount of love shown for Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival, which the /Film staff voted the best film of 2016. Although awards recognition for genre films is becoming more common, “science fiction” is still considered a dirty word at the Academy Awards....

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Sizzle Reel Breakdown: A Close Look At All The New Details By Ethan Anderton/July 17, 2017 8:00 am EST Over the weekend, Disney and Lucasfilm unveiled one of those beautiful behind the scenes sizzle reels for Star Wars: The Last Jedi at the D23 Expo. It wasn’t quite as exciting as a brand new trailer would have been, but that doesn’t mean the video wasn’t full of a bunch of new details for fans to examine frame by frame....

‘War Horse’ Roundtable With Steven Spielberg, Richard Curtis, And Kathleen Kennedy: “I Don’t Consider ‘War Horse’ To Be A War Movie” By Angie Han/Dec. 12, 2011 10:00 am EST It’s not even a slight exaggeration to say that Steven Spielberg is one of the most beloved filmmakers of all time, so the fact that we’re getting not one but two Spielberg-helmed film this holiday season is a treat indeed. One of those is War Horse, based on a classic children’s book by Michael Morpurgo....

5 Things We Just Learned About Captain Phasma’s Backstory By Ben Pearson/Aug. 25, 2017 2:30 pm EST It’s clear to everyone who watched Star Wars: The Force Awakens that Captain Phasma – the chrome-armored First Order officer played by Game of Thrones’ Gwendoline Christie – got the shaft in that movie. And I mean that metaphorically as well as literally: not only was she barely in the film, but the last we saw of the character, she was being unceremoniously dumped into a garbage chute....

Adam Sandler Gets Rave Reviews For His Latest Performance At The Cannes Film Festival By Ethan Anderton/May 22, 2017 1:00 pm EST Adam Sandler has become an easy punching bag as he continues to make awful to mediocre comedies to fuel not just his career, but also the careers of his less talented comedian friends. But every now and then, Sandler reminds us that he can be a really good actor when taking roles in films like Punch-Drunk Love, Reign Over Me, Spanglish and to some extent, Funny People....

All 368 Songs From Disney Animated Films Ranked [Part Two] By Josh Spiegel/Nov. 21, 2017 11:00 am EST (Welcome to The Disney Discourse, a recurring feature where Josh Spiegel discusses the latest in Disney news. He goes deep on everything from the animated classics to the theme parks to live-action franchises. In this edition: the second part in a series ranking all 368 songs featured in Disney animated films.) Yesterday, I began ranking all 368 songs from Disney animated movies....

Comic Con: Sunday Schedule Revealed By Peter Sciretta/July 12, 2008 4:06 pm EST The Sunday schedule for the San Diego’s Comic Con International has been revealed. Check out the full listing over on comic-con.org, or you can read just the interesting film/tv highlights after the jump. 10:00-11:00 Smallville Screening and Q&A Comic-Con favorite Smallville returns, with new showrunners Kelly Souders, Brian Peterson, Todd Slavkin, and Darren Swimmer joining cast members to talk about the year ahead, answer fan questions, and give an exclusive sneak peek at clips featuring the new villains for season eight....

Damon Lindelof Talks Set-Up, Vibe, And Ending Of New HBO Show ‘The Leftovers’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 9, 2014 3:00 pm EST Since Damon Lindelof left Twitter, he’s noticeably less a part of the public dialogue about entertainment. Which was the point after the venom he received for contributions to Prometheus and Star Trek Into Darkness. Part of his absence, too, is that he’s working on a brand new show for HBO called The Leftovers....

Details On A Third ‘Star Wars Land’ Ride That Didn’t Make The Cut By Peter Sciretta/July 25, 2017 11:00 am EST When Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge (aka Star Wars Land) opens in Walt Disney World and Disneyland in 2019, they will offer two attractions: a Millenium Falcon ride experience and a dark ride that will take you into the middle of a battle between the First Order and the Resistance. But originally, Walt Disney Imagineering had planned a third ride for Star Wars Land....

Did ‘Game Of Thrones’ Jump The Shark With “Beyond The Wall”? By Ben Pearson/Aug. 22, 2017 7:00 am EST (Welcome to The Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about anything and everything. In this edition: did Game of Thrones jump the shark in its most recent episode?)KnowYourMeme defines the term “jumping the shark” as “an idiomatic expression describing a pivotal moment when a successful creative effort begins a significant decline in quality....

Did Daniel Craig And Some Leather Gloves Cost ‘Skyfall’ Millions Of Dollars? By Ethan Anderton/July 3, 2016 12:00 pm EST It’s hard for anyone except the producers and accountants of a blockbuster movie to know what the million-dollar budgets are spent on. Recently we learned roughly how much the crew of a hypothetical $200 million movie makes, but there are plenty more costs than the salaries of those working on the movie....

HDTGM: A Conversation With Kelli Maroney, Star Of ‘Chopping Mall’ By Blake Harris/Aug. 2, 2017 8:00 am EST Kelli Maroney has a unique skill set: she knows how to survive ’80s horror movies. Between Slayground (1983), Night of the Comet (1984) and this week’s How Did This Get Made? film Chopping Mall (1986), Maroney has a real talent for making it through a slasher flick alive. So naturally, when she and I sat down to speak, I couldn’t help but ask: what does it take to pull of this feat?...

How ‘Man Of Steel’ Sets Up ‘Justice League;’ Plus ‘Wonder Woman,’ ‘Aquaman’ And ‘Flash’ Updates By Germain Lussier/June 13, 2013 3:04 pm EST As superhero nation flocks to theaters this weekend to see Man of Steel, everyone is going to be talking about what’s next. How is Warner Bros. going to continue expanding the DC Universe? What bits of this film foreshadow that expansion? And what steps will be taken to eventually get to the Justice League?...

How Nottingham Became Robin Hood: (Part Of) The Story Comes Out By Russ Fischer/May 18, 2010 4:25 pm EST How does a good idea become a terrible movie? That’s the perennial question in Hollywood, where the intersection of creative ideas, business sense and big egos can so easily produce something very different from what was originally intended. That seems to have been the case with Robin Hood, which was originally meant to be based on a hot screenplay by Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris called Nottingham....

Interview: Ty Simpkins Talks Jurassic World, Secrecy, Stunts, LEGOs And Star Wars By Peter Sciretta/June 14, 2015 9:00 am EST The following interview was conducted by Courtney Howard: Not only is child-actor Ty Simpkins an absolute pro, he’s managed to maintain his down-to-Earth persona picture perfectly – a tricky thing to do in show business. His projects have ranged from horror (Insidious, Insidious: Chapter 2), to superhero action (Iron Man 3), to sci-fi (War of the Worlds), to independent darling (Little Children)....

Lucasfilm Trademarks Two Obscure Non-Canon ‘Star Wars’ Names By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 19, 2015 11:30 am EST Lucasfilm has filed new trademark registrations this week for Star Wars character names from the non-canon expanded universe — how mysterious. You might remember that we first learned of Gwendoline Christie’s character name Captain Phasma from trademark filings, so these two names might provide interesting clues to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: Rogue One or the future of the Star Wars saga....

NYCC Recap: George Clooney Fights Robots In ‘Tomorrowland’ [Updated With Panel Video] By Angie Han/Oct. 10, 2014 4:30 pm EST At this year’s New York Comic-Con panel, Disney unveiled the very first Tomorrowland teaser. (See that here.) But in addition to that, the studio also showed the first clip from the movie — an action-packed sequence featuring Frank (George Clooney) and Casey (Britt Robertson). That scene isn’t available online, but lucky for you we have an in-depth summary right here....

Page 2: Little Mermaid, Doctor Who, Muppets, Breaking Bad, Demolition Man, True Detective, Firefly By Peter Sciretta/March 20, 2014 2:00 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....

Sequel Bits: ‘The Equalizer 2,’ ‘Blade Runner 2049,’ ‘Avatar 2,’ ‘Terminator’ Sequels, And More By Jack Giroux/Sept. 1, 2017 4:30 pm EST In today’s edition of Sequel Bits: Two stars from The Equalizer are confirmed for the sequel. Info on when the Jay and Silent Bob Reboot starts shooting. A new Blade Runner 2049 poster. James Cameron talks about the Avatar sequels and the future of Terminator. And more! Denzel Washington is going up against Pedro Pascal (Narcos) in The Equalizer sequel....