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‘Van Helsing’ Will Be A Very Different Take On The Character, Promises Screenwriter Jon Spaihts By Jacob Hall/Nov. 2, 2016 12:30 pm EST My good deed for the day is using an image of Peter Cushing instead of Hugh Jackman at the top of a news article concerning the in-the-works Van Helsing reboot. You’re welcome. Today’s volley of Universal Monsters news comes from screenwriter Jon Spaihts, who is penning the next big screen outing of the infamous monster hunter alongside Eric Heisserer....

A Quick Guide To All Of The ‘Robin Hood’ Movies Hollywood Claims To Be Making By Jacob Hall/March 7, 2017 10:00 am EST If the sale of Hollywood spec scripts is any indication, green tights, living in the woods, and forcibly redistributing England’s wealth from behind a bow-and-arrow are totally in right now. We could ponder why so many writers seem to be selling screenplays inspired by the legend of Robin Hood, and we could ponder why movie studios keep on buying them....

BB-8: Everything You Need To Know About The New Star Wars Droid By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 26, 2015 11:30 am EST Ever since BB-8 was revealed in the first Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser trailer, the world has been obsessed with the newest droid in the galaxy. How was BB-8 created? What was the story behind his creation and development? Hit the jump to find out what we learned from a recent longform article about Lucasfilm....

FX Renews ‘American Horror Story’ For Season 6; Here Are Five Settings We’d Love To See By Angie Han/Nov. 10, 2015 2:00 pm EST To the surprise of absolutely no one, FX has renewed Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s American Horror Story for a sixth season. The anthology horror series’ fifth season, which focuses on a haunted hotel in modern-day Los Angeles, premiered last month. Because the series’ format essentially makes every season a reboot, details on American Horror Story Season 6 are still sparse....

How One /Film Reader’s iPhone App Ended Up In Jon Favreau’s Newest Movie By David Chen/May 31, 2014 4:01 pm EST Jon Favreau’s Chef has been rolling out to theaters across the country these past few weeks and the reviews have been good. Many think that it’s a sweet film that shows Favreau returning to his indie roots. If you’ve seen the movie, then you know that an app called 1SecondEveryday makes a prominent appearance within....

Interview: ‘Rogue One’ Star Alan Tudyk On Bringing An Eccentric Droid To Life By Jacob Hall/Dec. 5, 2016 10:00 am EST Of course Alan Tudyk is in a Star Wars movie. And of course the beloved character actor whose eclectic credits include Firely, Serenity, I, Robot, Death at a Funeral, Wreck-It Ralph, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, and Frozen would play a seven-foot-tall, antisocial Imperial security droid reprogrammed to serve the Rebel cause and help steal the Death Star plans in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story....

Kathleen Kennedy Named As Co-Chair And Successor To George Lucas At Lucasfilm [Updated] By Germain Lussier/June 1, 2012 10:45 am EST Ever since George Lucas finished his Star Wars prequel trilogy, he’s said he’d like to return to the movies of his formative years. Small, experimental films in the vein of his student films and THX 1138. He sort of did that with Red Tails, a film he’d been wanting to make for a long, long time but it certainly wasn’t experimental, small, or particulaly good....

Movie Review: ‘The King’s Speech’ By Germain Lussier/Feb. 28, 2011 9:00 am EST [Update - Seeing as The King’s Speech just won the Oscar for Best Picture at the 83rd Annual Academy Awards, we though we’d re-run Germain’s rave review from November. Review starts after the jump.] Everyone knows the American Film Institute as the people who do the 100 Years series. But they’re much more than that. They’re a worthy organization who work not only preserve great cinema but also to teach a new generation to make great cinema of their own....

Nathan Fillion And Director Allan Ungar Talk About Their ‘Uncharted’ Short Film, A Possible Sequel, And Dismiss A Long-Held Rumor [Interview] By Ben Pearson/July 17, 2018 9:00 am EST Yesterday morning, director Allan Ungar (Gridlocked) unveiled an Uncharted fan film that gave fans something they’ve been wanting to see for ten years: a live-action Uncharted story that starred actor Nathan Fillion as treasure hunter and video game protagonist Nathan Drake. I spoke with both Fillion and Ungar on the phone about filming their adaptation, Fillion’s history with the franchise, if a sequel is in the works, and more....

Netflix In Talks To Acquire Next ‘Cloverfield’ Sequel [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 24, 2018 6:15 am EST Update: Sources have told The Hollywood Reporter that Netflix is in talks to acquire the third untitled Cloverfield movie from Paramount. This means that the sci-fi movie formerly known as The God Particle may not receive a theatrical release. Our original story continues below. What, exactly, is going on with the untitled third Cloverfield movie?...

Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 27, 2009 11:00 pm EST If Scooby Doo had been set in a post apocalyptic zombie-infested world, it might look like this. [boingboing] 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 30 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....

Remake Bits: Paul Walker In New ‘District B13,’ Plus ‘WarGames,’ ‘King Of Kong,’ And ‘The Bridge’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 14, 2013 5:30 pm EST Here’s one more step in the career upswing of Paul Walker. As we wait for the action shenanigans of Fast & Furious 6 (and the inevitable seventh film) he’s lined up a starring role in the new version of video game series Hitman. And now he’s got another action pic — a remake of Banlieue 13, better known in the US as District B-13....

The Five Most Interesting Things About Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Mother!’ By David Chen/Sept. 15, 2017 8:00 am EST [This post contains SPOILERS about the new Darren Aronofsky movie mother! For a look at the film without major spoilers, please read Chris Evangelista’s review from the Toronto International Film Festival. mother! is in theaters today.] A poet and his wife live in a peaceful, idyllic home, seemingly in the middle of nowhere. While the woman is happy, the man begins welcoming strangers into their home and sharing his belongings, until the cost to his wife becomes unspeakably high....

This Week In Trailers: Attack On Titan, Hard Earned, Penance, The Suffering By Christopher Stipp/May 4, 2015 4:00 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?...

This Week In Trailers: Weekend, To Live & Ride In L.A., Mozart’s Sister, Death In Arizona, Shaolin By Christopher Stipp/Aug. 5, 2011 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?...

Top 9 Things We Learned About ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ From The ‘Vanity Fair’ Feature By Angie Han/May 4, 2015 6:00 pm EST May the Fourth is always a special time for Star Wars fans, but the holiday was made even more exciting this year by a deluge of new information and photos from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Vanity Fair kicked off the fun Sunday evening with their new Star Wars: The Force Awakens cover, and then kept the party going with stills, behind-the-scenes photos, character reveals, and more....

Weekend Weirdness Interview: Director Scott Sanders On Black Dynamite, Fried Chicken Conspiracies, And Porn Stars In Hollywood Films By Hunter Stephenson/Feb. 6, 2010 9:00 am EST It’s a crazy, mixed up world and we are thankful for movies, excluding The Tooth Fairy starring The Rock, that offer proof. /Film’s Weekend Weirdness examines such flicks, whether in the form of a new trailer for a provocative indie, a mini review, or an interview....

Which ‘Breaking Bad’ Character Almost Appeared In The ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 2 Finale? By Angie Han/April 20, 2016 12:30 pm EST The season 2 finale of Better Call Saul brought all sorts of dramatic developments and gut-wrenching twists, but it turns out the show almost had one more surprise for us. Seres creator Vince Gilligan (who also directed the episode) revealed that he originally planned for a certain Breaking Bad character to make a cameo, only for his team to talk him out of it....

Yes, ‘Star Wars’ Is For Kids – And That’s Why It’s Great By Allyson Gronowitz/Feb. 7, 2018 11:00 am EST Last month, Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve caused quite a stir in the Star Wars community. Talking with FANDOM about his upcoming film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic Dune, Villeneuve described his vision for the project: “The ambition is to do the Star Wars movie I never saw,” he said....

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ LEGO Sets May Reveal Some Potential Spoilers By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 14, 2018 9:30 am EST As we get closer to the release of Avengers: Infinity War in May, more and more details about the Marvel Cinematic Universe sequel will come to light. Thanks to the extensive merchandise coming to shelves in the months leading up to the release of the film, these kind of revelations are unavoidable, but we’ll do our best to keep any major spoilers hidden for those who don’t want to be spoiled....