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‘Zoolander 2’ Buzz: These Models Are Still Ridiculously Good Looking, But Are They Still Funny? By Jack Giroux/Feb. 10, 2016 3:30 pm EST Ben Stiller had been trying to make Zoolander 2 for years. Originally going to be directed by the film’s co-writer and co-star, Justin Theroux, Stiller returned to the director’s chair for the comedy sequel. It’s been almost 15 years since the first movie, so we have to ask: is there still an appetite for these characters?...

Best Stories Of The Week: The Force Awakens, Back To The Future, Mythbusters And More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 25, 2015 7:00 am EST Best Stories of the Week is a round-up of the week’s best and biggest stories, from news to editorials to trailers. This week we’ve got stories on War for the Planet of the Apes, the cancellation of Mythbusters, a shortlist of directors for Gambit, and a round-up on Spectre, Back to the Future and Star Wars: The Force Awakens....

Interview: Darren Aronofsky Part 5 By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 23, 2008 7:00 am EST Q: The crumbling ballroom, when and how did you find that place?Darren Aronofsky: We were scouting Asbury Park. I was like Evan Rachel Wood in the movie. I looked through the crack. I said, “What the hell’s that space?” I could see it through the crack. I was, “Let’s get in there.” We actually never scouted it until we actually shot it....

Cold In July Now Streaming on Netflix Actor and playwright Sam Shepard died earlier this week. Shepard’s death is a great loss to film and theatre, but at least he leaves behind a wealth of work to cherish. There’s plenty to pick from to highlight Shepard’s talent, but one of the best recent examples is Jim Mickle’s 2014 thriller Cold In July. Adapted from a story by Joe R. Lansdale and throwing off some serious John Carpenter vibes, Cold In July features Michael C....

Page 2: Prometheus, Taxi Driver, Home Alone, Moon, Cars, Star Wars, Star Trek, Venture Bros, Zooey Deschanel, Gremlins, Inception, Michael Bay, Simpsons By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 19, 2012 8:00 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....

Reaction: Marvel’s ‘The Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Screens At Comic-Con By Peter Sciretta/July 19, 2013 8:48 pm EST One of the most anticipated television panels on Friday was Marvel’s new live-action television show The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., which was inconveniently programed in the convention center’s smaller hall Ballroom 20. The entire creative team and most of the cast were in San Diego for the panel. The first audience question was the elephant in the room: Will we see any of the Marvel movie superheroes make appearances in this television show....

Sam Mendes Explains Why ‘Preacher’ Never Happened, Says He Turned Down Chance To Pitch ‘Avengers’ By Angie Han/Nov. 7, 2012 4:48 pm EST After 2009’s Away We Go, Sam Mendes took a little bit of time in choosing his next picture — which, as we all know now, turned out to be Skyfall. But during that gap, there were other projects he almost wound up helming. One was Preacher, which Mendes had actually been attached to in 2008 before he dropped out to pursue Bond instead....

Sequel Bits: ‘Red 2’ Poster, ‘Dead Snow: War Of The Dead,’ ‘Rambo V,’ ‘Smiley’s People,’ And More By Russ Fischer/Feb. 11, 2013 7:00 pm EST Tommy Wirkola’s first US film, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, was no critical fave, but it has done over $100m worldwide so far. Now Wirkola is heading back to Norway to make a sequel to his breakout film, Dead Snow. The new one is Dead Snow: War of the Dead, which will follow “the sole survivor of a Nazi zombie attack who battles an even larger army of Zombies with the help of the Zombie Squad, a professional gang of zombie killers from the US....

Star Wars Bits: Opening Crawls, Reads Day, Rebels Soundtrack & More By Ethan Anderton/May 30, 2015 11:00 am EST We’re pretty sure no Bothans died to bring you this latest edition of Star Wars Bits, but we can’t be sure. Here’s what you’ll find in the latest update on all things Star Wars: The opening crawls of the Star Wars saga get ranked, Rumored story details on a new hero’s lightsaber use in The Force Awakens, Star Wars Reads Day returns this fall, Another Game of Thrones star talks about being on The Force Awakens set, The Force Awakens First Order Stormtrooper Black Series figure revealed?...

Steven Soderbergh Explains How The ‘Ocean’s’ Trilogy Is His Superhero Series By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 2, 2017 2:00 pm EST When director Steven Soderbergh returned to the big screen back in August, his “hillbilly heist” film Logan Lucky was touted as a comeback, even though he had only been in “retirement” for four years and was actually very busy during that time making Behind the Candelabra and The Knick for HBO and Cinemax....

Superhero Bits: Ghost Rider Video Game, Bryan Cranston As Mr. Sinister, Civil War Isn’t Over & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 22, 2016 5:00 pm EST Is Ghost Rider exactly what Agents of SHIELD needed? Do some new Spider-Man: Homecoming set photos confirm the presence of Mary Jane at some point? Which Marvel villain does Bryan Cranston have an interest in playing? Is Ron Perlman really the only one trying to get Hellboy 3 made right now?...

Superhero Bits: Shuri’s Black Panther Suit, Martin Freeman Will Return As Agent Ross & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 19, 2018 5:00 pm EST Want to see concept art of Shuri with her own Black Panther suit? What did Chadwick Boseman do to help with a slam dunk at the NBA All-Star Game last weekend? Will Martin Freeman return as Agent Ross sometime in a future MCU movie? What was on Ulysses Klaue’s mixtape he mentioned in Black Panther?...

Superhero Bits: The Avengers, Dark Knight Rises, Nathan Fillion, Shia LaBeouf, Amazing Spider-Man, Chronicle By Germain Lussier/April 17, 2012 11:30 am EST Why was Shia LaBeouf at Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo last weekend? What are Robert Downey Jr. and Nathan Fillion doing together? Which Marvel movie credit scene almost ruined The Avengers? How does Christopher Nolan describe the IMAX scenes in The Dark Knight Rises? Did Joss Whedon reveal how much deleted footage would be on The Avengers Blu-ray?...

The Best & Worst Sketches From Elizabeth Banks’ ‘Saturday Night Live’ By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 15, 2015 4:50 pm EST It’s a big year for Elizabeth Banks, from directing the hit sequel Pitch Perfect 2 to starring in the finale of The Hunger Games franchise this month, and hosting Saturday Night Live is just more icing on an already sweet cake for the actress, director and producer. And the good news is that the writers and cast of SNL felt like they had to make up for the abysmal show last week that we’re better off just not talking about anymore, resulting in a stellar show....

The Best ‘Mission: Impossible’ Action Scenes By Russ Fischer/July 31, 2015 6:00 pm EST Brian De Palma’s first Mission: Impossible film wasn’t packed with action setpieces — there are only three, really, but those three are all top-tier action filmmaking, and one of those three defined the series for years to come. In the two decades since, the series has been tackled by a variety of directors — John Woo, J....

This Week In Trailers: The Turning, Generation Iron, American Promise, We Are What We Are By Christopher Stipp/Sept. 7, 2013 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?...

Westworld Theories: Ford’s Father, The Maze, Elsie, Antarctica, Sub Level C And More By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 9, 2016 8:00 am EST We are six episodes into Westworld, and today I bring you the sixth edition of our popular Westworld theories round-up. This week we take a look at Doctor Ford’s father and his relationship with Arnold, what might be at the center of the maze, a comparison to Dante’s Inferno, Elsie’s fate, Westworld’s secret location, what might be in sub level C, what the Chinese DELOS bird member said, and new evidence to support the multiple timeline theory....

Why ‘The Simpsons’ Built A Glass Ceiling And How ‘Rick And Morty’ Is Helping To Break It By Ben Pearson/Aug. 11, 2017 4:30 pm EST The entertainment industry can be brutal, and that often goes double for women. It’s tough to break into a system that’s been designed to keep them relegated to the sidelines and the struggle for representation in front of and behind the camera rages on, with occasional small victories fueling this generation of female filmmakers to battle for the right to share stories with audiences....

Why Japan’s New Studio Ghibli Theme Park Is So Exciting (And How It Will Reflect Hayao Miyazaki’s Films) By Joshua Meyer/June 13, 2017 9:00 am EST Japanese theme parks have been in the news a lot as of late. We recently reported on the news of Super Nintendo World coming to Universal Studios Japan (Forget about playing Mario Kart – soon you will be able to live the game Mario Kart)....

‘Darkest Hour’ Director Joe Wright On Humanizing Winston Churchill [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Nov. 27, 2017 8:00 am EST After making the biggest film of his career, Pan, and his lush adaptation of Anna Karenina, Wright wanted to “go back to basics a little bit,” as he recently told us. The filmmaker, who was his typical personable self as he rolled and smoked a fine-smelling cigarette outside on a nice and breezy day, also had plenty more to say about Gary Oldman’s transformative work as Winston Churchill, his love of a good close-up, and more....