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‘The Happytime Murders’ Producer Ben Falcone Describes The Difficulties Of A Puppet Movie Set [Set Visit Interview] By Peter Sciretta/July 12, 2018 8:30 am EST For our third and final interview from our visit to the set of The Happytime Murders, I bring you a discussion with producer/co-writer and Melissa McCarthy’s close collaborator Ben Falcone. In a roundtable interview, Falcone talked about how good the screenplay was on first read, the strange world-building of the movie, the difficulties in making an R-rated puppet comedy, making raunchy comedy that isn’t mean-spirited, how inactive puppets look like they’ve died, and how a puppet set is different from a regular set....

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Review Round-Up: We Know It’s Funny, But Is It Good? By Ben Pearson/Oct. 19, 2017 1:00 pm EST After 17 films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, you’d think that superhero movies might start feeling a little stale. And while that might be applicable to some of the action beats in Thor: Ragnarok, the film as a whole is as fresh as it gets. This is a full-fledged comedy that also happens to be a vibrant, colorful, intergalactic eyeful that has a couple Avengers in it as lead characters....

‘Watchmen’ Set Photos Reveal The Fate Of An Original Character And A Major Connection To The Original Comic By Jacob Hall/June 11, 2018 3:00 pm EST HBO’s Watchmen TV series has been filming in Macon, Georgia for a little while now and the sets haven’t exactly been a secret. We’ve already seen some photographs of the alternate world the show is creating, which exists in the same superhero-filled and science fiction-tinged timeline we visited in Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ rightfully iconic comic book miniseries....

‘Westworld’ Review: The Mystery Deepens With ‘The Riddle Of The Sphinx’ By Chris Evangelista/May 14, 2018 8:00 am EST Welcome to our weekly recaps of HBO’s Westworld. This Westworld review takes a look at the fourth episode of season 2, “The Riddle of the Sphinx”. Be warned: spoilers follow. Deja Vu All Over Again Good lord, what a dense episode this is. Westworld episode 2.04, “The Riddle of the Sphinx”, is so jam-packed it’s practically jelly....

‘Wreck-It Ralph 2’ Images Give Us A First Look At Disney Princesses And Taraji P. Henson’s Character By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 30, 2018 1:00 pm EST Wreck-It Ralph is about to enter a whole new world. Ralph Break the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 brings the classic arcade video game villain-turned-hero (John C. Reilly) into the world wide web. But while the internet can be a scary place, Wreck-It Ralph 2 makes it look a whole lot friendlier....

Familiarity If Jason Reitman had done what he usually did, and throw together a group of actors who’ve never worked together, Diner wouldn’t have worked. But considering The League cast (everyone except Jonathan Lajoie, who plays Taco) have all been on a show together for six seasons, there was a strong level of familiarity. During crowd scenes, they talked over each other when they needed to. One actor would pick up the other’s cadence and fall right in with it, making the dialouge sound incredibly natrual....

Five Sundance Films To Premiere On Demand During Festival By Germain Lussier/Jan. 6, 2011 5:30 pm EST Can’t make it to Utah this month for the 2011 Sundance Film Festival? Here are your options. One – keep it locked right here to Slashfilm.com because myself, Peter Sciretta and David Chen will be on the scene reporting daily. Two – head to one of the cities that’s hosting a Sundance Film Festival USA screening....

How That ‘Westworld’ Cameo From A Certain ‘Breaking Bad’ Actor Came To Be By Chris Evangelista/April 30, 2018 7:30 am EST The most recent episode of Westworld had a pretty surprising cameo from a Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul actor. The cameo was so secretive that even members of the Westworld cast didn’t know about it. Below, learn more about this strange Westworld cameo. And beware of spoilers. When I received the screeners for Westworld season 2, HBO provided only one specific instruction: “Please do not reveal the actor cast as El Lazo in episode 2....

Interstellar: 15 Huge Differences From The Steven Spielberg-Developed Script To Christopher Nolan’s Movie By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 10, 2014 8:00 am EST You can now see Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar in theaters, but the movie was originally developed by Nolan’s brother Jonathan Nolan for director Steven Spielberg. In fact, I first reported on the project almost eight and a half years ago. As the story goes, Spielberg got the idea for the film after attending a Caltech workshop....

Interview: Kelly Marcel On Writing ‘Saving Mr. Banks’ By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 13, 2013 10:00 am EST A few weeks back I got a chance to talk with Kelly Marcel, the screenwriter of Disney’s Saving Mr. Banks. After seeing the movie it would be hard to imagine it not being a Disney movie, but many of you might be surprised to learn that Saving Mr. Banks was originally written on spec outside of the mouse house....

Lionsgate Drops ‘Gotti’ Biopic Starring John Travolta 10 Days Before Release By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 6, 2017 9:30 am EST Leave Gotti, take the cannoli. 10 days before its intended domestic release, the mobster biopic starring John Travolta has been dropped by Lionsgate. The film follows John Gotti (Travolta), the infamous head of the Gambino crime family, as he rises to notoriety in the late 1980s and brings his son into a life of crime....

More Photos: Hot Toys 18-Foot Sixth Scale Star Wars Millennium Falcon [Cool Stuff] By Peter Sciretta/July 24, 2015 9:45 am EST Update: A few days ago we published a story about Hot Toys’ announcement of an 18-Foot Long Sixth Scale Star Wars Millennium Falcon which would premiere this week at Ani-Com and Games Hong Kong (ACGHK), the biggest pop-culture event in Hong Kong. The show is about the begin and the first photos have leaked online....

National Film Registry Adds ‘Dirty Harry,’ ‘The Matrix,’ ‘A Christmas Story’ To Honor Roll Of Culturally Significant Films By Russ Fischer/Dec. 19, 2012 10:35 am EST Every year since 1989, the National Film Registry — a division of the LIbrary of Congress — has added films to its roll of movies that “represent important cultural, artistic and historic achievements in filmmaking.” This year’s roster of twenty-five choices features a typically diverse collection, including inclusions whose significance can hardly be disputed (Uncle Tom’s Cabin, The Matrix, Dirty Harry, The Times of Harvey Milk), persistent cultural touchstones (A Christmas Story, Breakfast at Tiffany’s), pleasing if slightly surprising inclusions (Two-Lane Blacktop, Slacker) and a few left-field choices, such as A League of Their Own....

Page 2: Breaking Bad, Star Wars, Gremlins, Pacific Rim, GOT, Toy Story, Scorsese By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 6, 2013 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: Hangover 2, Star Wars, Steve Buscemi, Harry Potter, Doctor Who, Firefly, The Big Lebowski, Banksy, Cars By Peter Sciretta/April 18, 2011 7:00 pm 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. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....

Rotten Tomatoes Is Delaying The ‘Justice League’ Score To The Day Before Release [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 14, 2017 9:30 am EST Update: This post has been updated with additional information from Rotten Tomatoes. Eager DC Film fans will have to wait a little longer to decide if there’s a critical conspiracy against the DC Extended Universe — the reveal of the movie’s Rotten Tomatoes score has been delayed. The Justice League Rotten Tomatoes score has been pushed back to the day before the film’s release on November 17, and a day after the review embargo is set to be lifted....

Rumor: Universal Studios Developing Third Orlando Park With Heavy Video Game Influence By Peter Sciretta/July 23, 2015 11:00 am EST In March, we told you that Japanese video game company Nintendo announced plans to team with Universal Studios to bring their video game properties to life at Universal Parks & Resorts. At the time we joked about the possibility of a real life Nintendo-Land with a side scrolling Mario experience, a Mario Kart racing ride, and more....

Sequel Bits: ‘Bond 25’, ‘Escape Plan 3’, ‘The Purge 4’, And More By Ben Pearson/Sept. 25, 2017 1:30 pm EST In this edition of Sequel Bits: Daniel Craig is rumored to want Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve to direct James Bond 25 Escape Plan 3: Devil’s Station adds a new cast member The Equalizer 2’s release date has been bumped up Casting has begun on Blumhouse’s The Purge: The Island prequel WB’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sequel recruits an evil henchman And more!...

This Week In DVD & Blu-Ray: Iron Man 2, Get Him To The Greek, The Killer Inside Me, Frozen, And More By Adam Quigley/Sept. 28, 2010 3:22 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Last time I wrote of the brilliance of this series, I begged people to watch and support it. My pleas were in vain, it would appear, as the show was canceled due to its low ratings failing to pick up over the course of its second season....

Tom Cruise Still The Top Choice For ‘At The Mountains Of Madness;’ Green Light Remains Elusive By Russ Fischer/Feb. 4, 2011 5:30 am EST It’s been a good week for fans of Guillermo del Toro. The New Yorker dropped a massive profile piece that is second only to one of the director’s expletive-laden commentaries when it comes to giving some insight into how the man thinks. But all is not yet great....