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‘Bride Of Frankenstein’ Postponed; Is The Dark Universe Dead? By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 5, 2017 12:00 pm EST Well, that was quick. Days after director Bill Condon confirmed that pre-production on Bride of Frankenstein (the next film in the burgeoning “Dark Universe” series) was still on, Universal has announced that work has halted on the project. Is this the end of the Dark Universe? It’s (Not) Alive According to Deadline, pre-production on Bride of Frankenstein has been suddenly halted right when it was about to get going....

‘Godless’ Creator Scott Frank On Crafting His Epic Netflix Western [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Dec. 4, 2017 9:00 am EST Godless, the acclaimed new miniseries now streaming on Netflix, first came into being years ago when writer, director, and creator, Scott Frank wrote a feature script pitting Roy Goode (Jack O’Connell) and the town of La Belle against the wrath of Frank Griffin (Jeff Daniels). Despite all the talent that became involved, the western struggled to get made as a film....

‘Pirates 5’ Review Round-Up: The Early Buzz May Have Been Premature By Ben Pearson/May 22, 2017 10:00 am EST Disney is practically overrun with film franchises these days, but since Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides made over a billion dollars worldwide back in 2011, another sequel was inevitable. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales arrives in theaters this Friday, but what are the early reviews saying?...

‘Sausage Party’ At SXSW: Notes From A Work-In-Progress Screening Of This Work Of Total Insanity By Jacob Hall/March 15, 2016 8:00 am EST It’s hard to believe that Sausage Party actually escaped late-night, pot-fueled conversations between writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, but the film screened at the SXSW Film Festival last night in a “work-in-progress” version. It exists. Somehow. People in positions of authority actually gave these lunatics the time of day (and a budget) and now the world is a much stranger place....

‘Split’ Is A Return To Form For M. Night Shyamalan And A Wild Showcase For James McAvoy By Jacob Hall/Jan. 20, 2017 7:00 am EST (This review originally ran after Split’s first screening at Fantastic Fest 2016. It arrives in theaters today.) Every filmmaker finds themselves in a rough patch every now and again, but few directors have had quite as public a rough patch as M. Night Shyamalan. It wasn’t enough that the immensely talented director of The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and Signs was stumbling with duds like The Lady in the Water and The Last Airbender – his name had become synonymous with disappointment for many moviegoers....

‘The Spectacular Now’ Is A Great Coming Of Age Movie That Matters [Sundance 2013 Review] By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 19, 2013 5:36 pm EST At the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, I was blown away by a film called (500) Days of Summer. When I interviewed director Marc Webb in Park City that year, he exclusively revealed that he was working with the 500 Days writing team of Scott Neustadter and Michael H....

11 Women Who Could Play ‘Barbie’ Following Amy Schumer’s Departure By /Film Staff/March 30, 2017 8:00 am EST Last week, Amy Schumer dropped out of Sony’s upcoming Barbie movie. And while Schumer’s casting was unconventional, the plot of the film is as well: the story follows a lead character who kicked out of a world of “perfect” women and finds herself on an adventure in the real world (Disney’s Enchanted seems to be the common point of comparison)....

12 Crazy Car Scenes That Give The ‘Fast And Furious’ Movies A Run For Their Money By Jamie Righetti/April 12, 2017 9:00 am EST Whether it’s trains, planes, or automobiles, speeding vehicles have made for some of the best nail-biting, jaw-dropping moments in cinematic history. Entire franchises have been built around car crashes and explosions that, while defying the laws of physics, have reinforced the magic of Hollywood. There’s probably no greater testament to this than the Fast and the Furious franchise, which never ceases to amaze when it comes to wonderfully ridiculous car-related stunts....

Darth Vader Will Be In ‘Star Wars: Rogue One’ By Peter Sciretta/July 7, 2015 12:59 pm EST We are likely to learn bit more about Star Wars: Rogue One at Comic Con this week, but before we do a new scoop has landed online that reveals that Darth Vader will appear in Gareth Edwards’ Star Wars Anthology film. Hit the jump to find out more about this Darth Vader Rogue One rumor....

David O. Russell Quits ‘Nailed’ By Russ Fischer/July 14, 2010 5:25 am EST It’s difficult to know exactly what this means for the film, but David O. Russell’s film Nailed, which was famously stalled several times during production before being shut down altogether, may actually be able to be finished this year. Would be great to see the satire about a waitress (Jessica Biel) who has a nail lodged in her head and travels to Washington D....

Early Buzz: ‘Cloud Atlas’ Test Screening Reactions By Angie Han/Aug. 13, 2012 2:30 pm EST The same breathtaking ambition that makes Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski and Tom Tykwer’s David Mitchell adaptation Cloud Atlas so intriguing also gives it the potential to flop, hard. Weaving together six interlocking stories that cut across time, space, and genre is difficult enough to do within the confines of a novel, to say nothing of a three-hour film....

Ethan Anderton’s Top 10 Movies Of 2018 So Far By Ethan Anderton/July 5, 2018 10:00 am EST While the fresh hellscape that is every day of 2018 brings a new nightmare multiple times a day, the movies this year have provided us some kind of escape. As usual, some of those movies have done it better than others, and that’s why members of the /Film team are counting down their favorite movies of the year at the halfway point of 2018....

Even More ‘Harry Potter’ Stories Coming This Fall, This Time In The Form Of Pottermore eBooks By Angie Han/Aug. 17, 2016 3:00 pm EST Harry Potter’s story came to an end nine years ago with the publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, or so we thought at this time. In truth, the wizarding world has continued to thrive since the “last” Harry Potter book. This fall’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them picks back up with the Potterverse in a different time and place on the big screen, while this summer’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child brought back Harry himself, now all grown up....

Fantastic Fest Blog: Day 2 - Rare Exports And I Saw The Devil By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 26, 2010 12:52 am EST It’s only day two of Fantastic Fest, and I’m already falling behind (which might have more to do with being at the tail end of a 30 day film festival trip than anything else). On Friday, I inadvertently decided to sleep in as a result of the Mother’s Day midnight screening the night before, which kept me awake on my laptop until 5:30am....

GeekBomb: The Academy Awards + The Geek = Bad Bedfellows By Kevin Kelly/Feb. 20, 2009 7:17 pm EST The Oscars are just not a geek’s friend, and you know it as well as I do. Just look at the number of posts and people there are out there bitching that The Dark Knight wasn’t nominated for Best Picture, or that a movie like Wall-E just gets relegated to the Best Animated Feature Film category which has only three nominees....

James Bond 25 Will Officially Open In Theaters In 2019, Daniel Craig Rumored To Return [Updated] By Ben Pearson/July 25, 2017 7:06 am EST Update: The New York Times is reporting that Daniel Craig will return as James Bond in the 25th 007 adventure due out on 2019. This is not an official announcement (they cite several anonymous sources), but it feels right. After all, there’s no way EON doesn’t want to give Craig’s version of the character a grand finale following the disappointing Spectre....

Marvel Will Film 60 Hour-Long Netflix Episodes In New York [UPDATED] By Germain Lussier/Feb. 26, 2014 8:40 am EST Filming in the biggest U.S. cities can be incredibly expensive. Thanks to the costs of permits, security, and simple logistics, to actually film on location in New York City or Los Angeles is not financially feasible for many major productions. But most major productions aren’t backed by Marvel or Disney. Wednesday, New York Gov....

Melissa McCarthy Talks About Having “Real” Moments With Puppets In ‘The Happytime Murders’ [Set Visit Interview] By Peter Sciretta/July 12, 2018 7:30 am EST How surreal of an acting challenge is it to work with the puppets? What’s crazy is that I thought it was gonna be this whole tricky thing. I thought, “Okay, I guess it will be kinda like with a tennis ball, just ‘cause there’s no eye contact and they’re not looking at you....

Movie Review: Milk By David Chen/Nov. 28, 2008 9:48 pm EST When watching a movie with an overt political message at its core, it’s sometimes difficult to divorce the movie from the cause. The film Milk espouses a lot of messages that I believe in, including equal rights for everyone and a belief in the transformative power of community organizing. But does the film succeed at creating a nuanced and fascinating portrait of its subject?...

Page 2: Breaking Bad, Cosmos, BTTF, Top Gun, Star Wars, 22 Jump Street, Blade Runner, Battle Royale By Peter Sciretta/June 3, 2014 2:30 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....