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David Gordon Green And Danny McBride’s Your Highness Moving Forward With James Franco! By Hunter Stephenson/March 19, 2009 11:04 am EST While David Gordon Green and Danny McBride’s trippy fantasy movie, Your Highness, has been sizzling on my radar for many months now, the project now sounds like it’s happening sooner than later. Hell yes. When I spoke to these dudes last year, they were hopeful, but Green also had a lot of plates spinning (Suspiria remake, Freaks of the Heartland)....

Departures: Lake Bell Leaves Scream 4, Teresa Palmer Out Of Mad Max 4 By Peter Sciretta/June 25, 2010 1:26 pm EST We have a couple updates on previously reported casting news today. It looks like Lake Bell won’t be in Wes Craven’s Scream 4, and Teresa Palmer is now claiming that she was never cast in Mad Max 4: Fury Road. Full details on both departures, after the jump. Actress Lake Bell has revealed on Twitter that she will no longer have a part in Scream 4 due to scheduling conflicts:...

Disneyland’s Star Wars Land Plans Begin To Take Shape Before Expected D23 Expo Announcements By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 11, 2015 12:00 pm EST Whats the latest news on a Star Wars land coming to Disneyland? A new report claims that the new Star Wars Land, which will likely be announced at D23 Expo 2015 later this week, will include multiple attractions, anchored by a mega E Ticket ride which will employ “a trackless vehicle that will break the mold when it comes to how theme park visitors interact with a ride environment....

Dwayne Johnson Back For ‘Fast And Furious 8,’ Hobbs Spin-Off Still Possible By Ethan Anderton/May 17, 2015 12:00 pm EST As of the beginning of April, there hadn’t been any public movement on Fast and Furious 8. However, once CinemaCon rolled around later that month, Universal Pictures got the hype machine started by announcing a release date on April 14th, 2017. And while there’s likely not a complete story developed for the sequel just yet, that hasn’t stopped one of the film’s stars from confirming that he will be back for more action....

Episode 8 Bits: The Millennium Falcon And A Mysterious Tree, A Few Royal Cameos, And Proof That Daisy Ridley Can Kick Your Butt By Jacob Hall/May 3, 2016 9:00 am EST In today’s Episode 8 Bits: New aerial footage reveals the Millennium Falcon on a mysterious set… …and clear photos of that set reveals something else. GLAAD wants Star Wars: Episode 8 to include gay characters. Prince William and Prince Harry may have cameo roles in Episode 8....

Josh Trank Tweets And Deletes Lament Over ‘Fantastic Four’ Final Cut, Max Landis Chimes In Too By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 7, 2015 6:59 am EST Today you’ll be able to see Fantastic Four in theaters everywhere, and while the reviews mostly seem to be negative with few redeeming qualities, it’s always better to see for yourself. However, it’s hard to care about a movie like this when the director goes out of his way to distance himself from the movie....

Neill Blomkamp’s Incredibly Honest Take On The Failure Of ‘Chappie’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 8, 2017 2:30 pm EST Every director has their hits and misses, and Neill Blomkamp is no exception. After exploding on the scene with his revelatory 2009 alien movie District 9, all eyes were on Blomkamp. He followed up with rumors about Halo and Alien movies, and two middling sci-fi films in 2013 and 2015, Elysium and Chappie....

Page 2: ET, Annie Hall, Totoro, Star Wars, Bill Murray, Fifth Element, Die Hard, Breaking Bad, Birdman, Simpsons By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 18, 2015 3:00 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: ‘Bill & Ted 3,’ ‘Hangover Part III,’ ‘Kick-Ass 2,’ ‘Catching Fire,’ Linklater’s ‘Before’ Series By Germain Lussier/Aug. 13, 2012 3:00 pm EST Casting, plot details and rumored start dates are all in this edition of Sequel Bits. After the jump read about the following: Keanu Reeves lays out the plot of Bill & Ted 3 in a new interview. Sasha Barrese will return in The Hangover Part III. Yancy Butler is back for Kick-Ass 2 as mother of Red Mist....

Sequel Bits: ‘Grown Ups 2’, ‘Sin City: A Dame To Kill For’, ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’, ‘Beetlejuice 2’, ‘Tron: Uprising’, ‘Iron Man 3’, ‘The Family Corleone’ By Angie Han/May 14, 2012 5:30 pm EST Today’s Sequel Bits features all kinds, from Depression-era gangsters to noirish femme fatales to drunken school bus drivers. After the jump: Nick Swardson and Cheri Oteri board Grown-Ups 2 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For gets its first teaser poster A new G....

Superhero Bits: Hall Of Justice, Gal Gadot Responds To Wonder Woman Trolls, Spider-Man VR & More By Ethan Anderton/June 16, 2017 5:00 pm EST Is Mr. Negative the primary antagonist in Spider-Man PS4? Are you ready for Billy Zane to guest star on the third season of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow? What does Gal Gadot have to say to the trolls saying stupid things about her boobs in Wonder Woman? Will the Hall of Justice make an appearance in Justice League?...

Superhero Bits: Wild Superman Designs, Power Pack Max Series, Elmer Fudd Vs Batman & More By Ethan Anderton/June 29, 2017 5:30 pm EST Want to see some drastic alternate designs for Superman? Which Marvel villain does Gotham star Cameron Monaghan want to play? How could the Battle of New York impact future Spider-Man sequels? Is Kid Flash going to become the main Flash in the fourth season of the series? Did you know James Gunn pitched a gritty Power Pack Max series?...

The Mike Judge Interview: Part 2: Gene Simmons And Ben Affleck In Extract, Corporate Product Hilarity In Idiocracy, And The Kamikaze Futures Of Beavis & Butt-Head By Hunter Stephenson/Sept. 9, 2009 1:54 pm EST We also discussed how actor Ben Affleck came aboard his latest film—a midlife crisis dramedy entitled Extract—as a shaggy, drug peddlng bartender named Dean. With a cast that includes Jason Bateman in the lead, SNL’s Kristen Wiig, David Koechner, Mila Kunis, and Juno’s great J....

Trailer Round-Up: ‘Air Strike,’ ‘My Dinner With Hervé’, ‘Await Further Instructions’, And More By Ben Pearson/Sept. 3, 2018 4:00 pm EST Sometimes trailers slip through the cracks, ready to be lost in the digital ether like tears in rain. But not on our watch – not today. We’ve rounded up a few recent trailers for you to check out below: a Bruce Willis/Adrian Brody joint called Air Strike, Peter Dinklage in an HBO original called My Dinner with Hervé, Game of Thrones’ David Bradley in a horror film called Await Further Instructions, a German thriller called Four Hands, an alien abduction story called Beyond the Sky, and more....

TV Bits: ‘Community’ Cast Asks You To “Save Greendale,” Plus: WGA And PGA Award Noms, J.J. Abrams, Goldie Hawn, Mindy Kaling, Greg Daniels By Angie Han/Dec. 9, 2011 11:00 am EST Community’s hiatus starts now, but Greendale’s coolest study group isn’t about to go quietly. Also, people who’ve previously created things we like are creating other things we also hope to like. After the jump: The Community gang makes a “Save Greendale” PSA, crashes The Soup The WGA and PGA announce their award nominations J....

Westworld Theories: Dolores/Wyatt Connection, Bernard’s Orders, Flies, More Human Hosts & Westworld’s Location By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 23, 2016 10:30 am EST We are getting closer to that mysterious maze, yet we return with some more Westworld theories for you to consider before the penultimate episode of the HBO series. We take a look at a mind-blowing theory which suggests a connection between Dolores and Wyatt. Did Doctor Ford order Bernard to kill?...

‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’: Who Is The Woman In The Cave? By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 13, 2015 8:00 am EST One of the biggest fan discussions coming out of last night’s second trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron revolves around a brief shot showing a mysterious woman who shows up for the first time. In fact, the trailer has two mysterious new women. Who is the woman in the cave? And who is the woman seen behind Thor?...

‘Batman Vs. Superman’ Delayed To 2016 By Angie Han/Jan. 17, 2014 5:15 pm EST The summer of 2015 just got a tiny bit less crowded. Variety reports that Warner Bros. has just pushed the Man of Steel sequel from July 17, 2015 to May 6, 2016. The new date pits the Zack Snyder-helmed film directly against an as-yet-unnamed Marvel Studios project, though in all likelihood one or the other will move before then....

‘Central Intelligence’ Review: Dwayne Johnson & Kevin Hart Have Irresistible Chemistry By Ethan Anderton/June 17, 2016 3:34 pm EST Take one of the biggest movie stars in the world and team him up with one of the smallest, and it sounds like a gimmick in the making. On paper, just the sight of Dwayne Johnson standing alongside Kevin Hart will incite a smile. But do the two have what it takes to lead an action comedy that is funny, exciting and overall entertaining?...

/Film Interview: Ewan McGregor Talks ‘Salmon Fishing In The Yemen,’ ‘Jack The Giant Killer,’ ‘Star Wars’ By Germain Lussier/March 9, 2012 10:00 am EST Scottish actor Ewan McGregor has earned a pristine reputation by jumping between Hollywood blockbusters and small indies, all helmed by some of the best directors around. One month he’s in Trainspotting, Perfect Sense or Beginners, then he’ll do Baz Luhrman’s Moulin Rouge, Tim Burton’s Big Fish or George Lucas’ Star Wars prequels....