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Theme Park Bits: Explore Universal Studios’ New ‘The Walking Dead Attraction,’ Updates On Disneyland’s ‘Star Wars’ Land, And Universal Tests VR Rides By Jacob Hall/July 5, 2016 12:30 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Take a very close look at the new The Walking Dead Attraction and read an early review. Learn how and when you can audition for Halloween Horror Nights. Universal Studios doubles down on The Secret Life of Pets....

This Week In Trailers: Don McKay, L’Immortel (22 Bullets), A Film With Me In It, Cargo, How I Ended The Summer By Christopher Stipp/March 5, 2010 2:00 pm 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: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Vin Diesel Promises “A Merging Of Brands” For Marvel’s Phase Three; Working On Something For 2016 By Germain Lussier/Sept. 6, 2013 5:12 pm EST These days, it feels like Vin Diesel is the new president of Marvel Studios. Since revealing he took a meeting with the company in late June, the Riddick star seemingly can’t stop talking about Marvel movies. He’s teased various different announcements culminating in his voicing the tree character Groot in 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy....

What Is Your Favorite Sports Movie? By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 3, 2017 9:00 am EST I’m excited to introduce a new feature on /Film called “/Answers” where the SlashFilm.com staff answers a question each week. In honor of the upcoming Super Bowl 51, we thought no better way to start this off with the questions of “What is your favorite sports movie?” I will say this much about the /Film team’s favorite sports movies: it isn’t as limited to football and baseball as you might expect....

Zack Snyder Talks Serious Nature Of ‘Man Of Steel,’ Reflects On ‘Watchmen’s’ Legacy By Germain Lussier/Nov. 13, 2012 10:35 am EST When Zack Snyder talks about taking a comic book property seriously, he obviously has a strong point of reference. His adaptation of Alan Moore’s Watchmen is by far one of the most serious comic to film adaptations of all time, some would say to a fault. On the occasion of yet another version of Watchmen coming out on Blu-ray, Snyder not only looked back at that film’s legacy, but looked ahead to how his approach to Watchmen influenced his upcoming Superman film, Man of Steel....

‘Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Season 5 Finale May Be The Final Episode By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 7, 2018 3:00 pm EST The most under-appreciated Marvel series may be coming to an end. Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has long been on the bubble, but its executive producers have recently announced that the show’s upcoming season 5 finale may also serve as a series finale.Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. executive producers Jed Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jeffrey Bell told Entertainment Weekly that they’re writing the final episode of the show’s ongoing fifth season as a series finale....

/Answers: Movies That Actually Should Be Remade By /Film Staff/Sept. 29, 2017 8:00 am EST Every week in /Answers, we attempt to answer a new pop culture-related question. Tying in with the release of Flatliners, this week’s edition asks “What movie, good or bad, classic or not, do you think actually needs to be remade?” Hoai-Tran Bui: Breakfast at Tiffany’s Audrey Hepburn’s iconic little black dress and tiara grace the wall of every girl’s college dorm room, and the memory of her lilting voice singing “Moon River” are burned in our memories....

‘Arrested Development’ Season 5 Review: Continuing This Show Much Longer Would Be A Huge Mistake By Chris Evangelista/May 23, 2018 7:00 am EST Now the story of a once-hilarious show that was cancelled by Fox, only to be saved by Netflix and become incredibly disappointing in the process. It’s Arrested Development. And it’s back for season 5. Arrested Development Is Back! Is The New Season Any Good? Arrested Development returns for season 5 on Netflix, and it’s becoming increasingly clear that everyone involved with bringing the show back from the dead has made a huge mistake....

‘Chappie’ Review: Neill Blomkamp Rehashes Old Mistakes By Angie Han/March 5, 2015 9:00 am EST Following the Oscar-nominated District 9, Neill Blomkamp’s sophomore effort Elysium proved a major disappointment. Even Blomkamp himself knows it, and his recent admission that he “fucked it up” by pressing ahead with a script that “just wasn’t there” seemed like an encouraging step in the right direction. But acknowledging your mistakes isn’t the same thing as figuring out how to avoid them....

‘Doctor Who: Twice Upon A Time’ Trailer: The Christmas Special Bids Goodbye To Peter Capaldi By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 8, 2017 9:30 am EST The Doctor Who Christmas special is always a big-budget TV event and for the past two actors who have played the time-traveling alien, it has been when they have bid goodbye to the long-running TV show. Peter Capaldi will uphold that tradition and say goodbye to the role of the Doctor in this year’s Christmas special, Doctor Who: Twice Upon a Time....

/Film’s Top 15 Movies Of 2017: Which Movies Reign Supreme For The Entire Staff? By /Film Staff/Jan. 10, 2018 12:00 pm EST Every year, the /Film staff writes their top 10 movies of the year lists and every year, we combine those lists into one final, definitive list. The result is a top 15 that represents the entire site, a look at everything that we have treasured over the past 12 months....

‘John Wick: Chapter 3’ Cast Adds Halle Berry, Anjelica Huston, Asia Kate Dillon And Several Badasses From ‘The Raid’ By Chris Evangelista/May 21, 2018 10:34 am EST John Wick: Chapter 3 is currently filming, and the highly-anticipated action sequel has added some famous faces to its cast: Halle Berry, Anjelica Huston and Asia Kate Dillon. Mark Dacascos and Jason Mantzoukas have joined the cast as well, alongside a few of those terrifyingly tough badasses from The Raid....

‘Mr. Robot’ - The 10 Biggest Questions From “Handshake” By Corey Atad/Aug. 17, 2016 8:54 pm EST Oh boy, oh boy. Where to even begin? Let’s spiral around the issue at hand this week. That strikes me as the only way to make some sense of what’s going on in “Handshake.” Beware spoilers! I want to talk about something that struck me while watching this episode, before the twist shook everything up....

Two Rooms and a Boom Two Rooms and a Boom is a hidden-role social role-playing game for six to 30 players. One player is a terrorist bomber, another player is the president of the United States, and the rest of the players are split into teams trying either to help the president stay alive or help the terrorist make the kill. The players are randomly given roles and placed into two separate rooms....

David Chase Returns With A Miniseries About The Birth Of Cinema By Peter Sciretta/March 16, 2009 11:29 am EST The Sopranos creator David Chase has announced his return to HBO with a miniseries about the “the invention of cinema and subsequent growth of the Hollywood film industry”. A Ribbon of Dreams begins in 1913 and follows two men — a college-educated mechanical engineer and a cowboy with a violent past, who begin as employees of D....

Early Buzz: Is ‘Jurassic World’ Finally A Worthy Sequel To ‘Jurassic Park’? By Ethan Anderton/May 31, 2015 1:07 pm EST Jurassic World had its world premiere in Paris over the weekend. Even though director Colin Trevorrow said he probably wouldn’t be back as director for a potential sequel, the early buzz on Jurassic World after the premiere is that he did a fine job on the film. Keep in mind that this is a premiere screening, so some of the audience may be high on the hype of the movie and the allure of the event....

Harry Potter Studio Tour Forbidden Forest Expansion Announced By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 31, 2017 2:00 pm EST Warner Bros has announced that they will be expanding the popular Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter to include the Forbidden Forest. Learn the details of this new permanent addition to the studio tour and watch a video about the announcement. Harry Potter Studio Tour Forbidden Forest Expansion Announcement...

Interview: ‘The Hateful Eight’ Actor Tim Roth Is A Gleeful Force Of Nature By Jack Giroux/Dec. 24, 2015 5:00 am EST You get the sense both actor Tim Roth and his character in The Hateful Eight, Oswaldo Mobray, are enjoying themselves immensely all throughout Quentin Tarantino’s latest western. Roth plays a very posh and exuberant Englishman, who’s also a surprisingly thoughtful hangman. The Hateful Eight is as much a mystery as it is a western, and how the story plays out, I imagine, will be even more satisfying on repeat viewings....

Interview: ‘The Nice Guys’ Director Shane Black Discuses His Latest Urban Western By Jack Giroux/May 20, 2016 8:00 am EST The Nice Guys director, who’s affection for Healy and March rings loud and clear in the film, was kind enough to discuss his latest film with us. Below, read our Shane Black interview.You’ve said how much you were inspired by old crime stories with The Nice Guys. Say for people that aren’t very familiar with crime fiction, who would you recommend reading?...

Interview: How The ‘Vampire Hunter D’ TV Series Will Avoid The ‘Game Of Thrones’ Problem By Fred Topel/Aug. 4, 2016 7:30 am EST Unified Pictures, the production company founded by Keith Kjarval that produced Rudderless, Trust Me and A Single Shot among others, is developing an animated Vampire Hunter D TV series. The popular series of Japanese novels by Hideyuki Kikuchi has spawned two movies in 1985 and 2000. We spoke with another Unified founder, Kurt Rauer, and Scott McLean who are overseeing Vampire Hunter D....