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Best Stories Of The Week: D23 Coverage, Scooby-Doo, The Final Girls, The Martian And More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 21, 2015 6:00 pm EST The news has been pretty slow lately as summer winds down, but we’re still recapping all the important stuff you need to know in this edition of Best Stories of the Week. Below, you’ll find stories from the past week with updates about Kong: Skull Island, the beginning of production on the Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a sequel to What We Do in the Shadows, an animated Scooby-Doo reboot, a Flight of the Conchords movie, and a new rumor about Captain America: Civil War....

Box Office Tracking: 3:10 To Yuma Headed For $13M-$16M; Shoot Em Up Possible 2nd By Steve Mason/Sept. 6, 2007 2:48 pm EST At a glance, it looks like 3:10 TO YUMA (Lionsgate) should edge SHOOT ‘EM UP (New Line) for the weekend box office win, and the Western will probably carry the day, but it’s less of a sure thing than you might think. Neither movie will be a box office juggernaut....

Evan Goldberg’s ‘Pulp Fiction’ Live Read Celebrates Quentin Tarantino’s Brilliant Film By Germain Lussier/Feb. 21, 2014 10:00 am EST There’s absolutely no need to touch Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction. Built around an Academy Award winning screenplay, the film is pretty much perfect from beginning to end. It teems with exquisite detail as performances and dialogue tell interweaving stories of crime and craziness. A reinforcement of that absolute brilliance was the main thing I took out of the latest Film Independent at LACMA Live Read, which took place February 20 in Los Angeles....

Han Solo Will Be A Young Adult In Spin-Off Movie; Former Josh Trank Film Still Developing By Russ Fischer/Aug. 13, 2015 6:00 pm EST Han Solo is coming back to movie screens, and it won’t just be through the return of Harrison Ford to the role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Lucasfilm is also developing a Star Wars Anthology movie focused on a younger Han Solo. And, given that the Star Wars prequels featured a very young, perhaps too-young Anakin Skywalker, we’ve wondered what the story will be for the Han Solo film, and how old he’ll be....

Here’s Why Supreme Leader Snoke Is Probably Not Darth Plagueis By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 28, 2015 12:30 pm EST One of the unanswered questions of Star Wars: The Force Awakens is “who is Supreme Leader Snoke?” Not much is revealed about the character, played by performance capture mastermind Andy Serkis, in the film. But there is a small group of Star Wars fanatics that believe he is Darth Plagueis, a character set up in the Star Wars prequels....

Joss Whedon Points At ‘Temple Of Doom’ Scene As Example Of Cultural Problem By Germain Lussier/Aug. 28, 2013 3:30 pm EST Watching the films of some of our most revered filmmakers, it’s often difficult to point out exactly why their work is so much better than others. It’s when they discuss their work, how they did it and views on other films that we truly see where their genius comes from....

Kevin Feige Talks ‘Ant-Man,’ ‘Guardians 2,’ Says ‘Dr. Strange’ Starts Production Spring 2015 By Germain Lussier/June 20, 2014 2:53 pm EST Lots has happened at Marvel Studios since the release of Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Plenty of news has leaked about Avengers: Age of Ultron and we’ve seen more and more about Guardians of the Galaxy. But the two biggest pieces of news were Edgar Wright leaving Ant-Man and Scott Derrickson boarding Doctor Strange....

Kevin Monroe To Direct El Zombo Fantasma By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 26, 2009 9:39 pm EST Kevin Munroe (TMNT) will write and direct an adaptation of the Dark Horse comic El Zombo Fantasma for Death Ray Films and Maya Entertainment. Published in 2005, the film is being pitched as a “Latino Hellboy”. The story follows “the mysterious murder of the world’s most notorious Mexican wrestler who bargains his way out of an eternity of fiery damnation by returning to Los Angeles to play guardian angel to a troublesome teen, Belisa Montoya....

Netflix To Greenlight A Movie By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 8, 2009 11:42 am EST Netflix has announced that they will be holding their own Project Greenlight of sorts. The Netflix FIND Your Voice Film Competition will award one aspiring filmmaker the means, guidance and resources to make a full-length, narrative film. In addition to production resources needed to make the film, the winner will receive a $150,000 cash production grant funded by Netflix....

Nine Movies That Will Prepare You For ‘Inherent Vice’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 5, 2014 8:30 am EST Inherent Vice, the new film from Paul Thomas Anderson, isn’t just an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Thomas Pynchon. It is part of a specific tradition of movies that pry into the gaps between visions of American culture, especially as seen on the streets of Los Angeles locations. Paul Thomas Anderson has talked about one or two specifically as Inherent Vice influences, and beyond those few titles is an expansive set of movies in which characters who are all but lost as mainstream culture and power swirl around them....

On Set Interview: Screenwriter Terry Rossio Talks ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’ By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 3, 2011 12:42 am EST In October, we visited the set of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. Over the next few days we’ll be posting interviews we conducted on set with the cast and crew. Today I bring you a transcript of our roundtable chat with co-screenwriter Terry Rossio. Here is a short quote from Rossio:...

Page 2: Batman, Leslie Nielsen, Star Wars, Green Lantern, The Muppets, Pee Wee Herman, Thor, Superman, Beavis & Butt-Head By Peter Sciretta/June 7, 2011 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. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....

Page 2: Ghostbusters, UP, The Hobbit, Astroids, Predators, Planet Of The Apes, Back To The Future, Game Of Thrones, Men In Black 3, Doctor Who, Star Wars, Halloween, Scarface, Harry Potter By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 13, 2011 9:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. 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....

Scarlett Johansson Shares Story Ideas For The ‘Black Widow’ Movie By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 18, 2018 9:30 am EST Now that a Black Widow movie is finally a real possibility, the super spy herself has a few ideas for where the solo film can take the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s iconic female Avenger. Scarlett Johansson, who has long deserved a solo superhero outing since she first made a splash as the character in 2010’s Iron Man 2, has some ideas for where the Black Widow movie could take the character....

Sequel Bits: ‘Magic Mike XXL’, ‘24’, ‘Mission: Impossible 5’, ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean 5’ By Angie Han/Sept. 5, 2014 2:32 pm EST Thought the piss-poor box office figures for this past summer would discourage studios from making more sequels? Think again. After the jump: Relativity will release The Woman in Black 2 Could Koba be back for the next Apes movie? Wesley Snipes might return for another Blade film Will Forte still really wants a MacGruber sequel Pirates of the Caribbean 5 may set sail for Australia Mission: Impossible 5 jets off to Morocco Is there any chance of more Deadwood?...

Sequel Bits: Pauly Shore Wants To Be ‘In The Army Again’, Plus: ‘Hatchet III’, ‘Piranha 3DD’, ‘Expendables 2’, ‘Men In Black 4’, ‘Star Trek 2’, ‘Iron Sky II’ By Angie Han/May 28, 2012 9:00 am EST Have you spent the last 18 years wondering what happened to Pauly Shore’s character after the events of In the Army Now? Well, too bad, because he plans to tell you anyway. Also after the jump: Hatchet 3 rounds out its cast with several horror movie stalwarts Piranha 3DD releases a hilarious making-of video on Funny or Die Arnold Schwarzenegger slips details about his Expendables 2 shoot Should a possible Men in Black 4 be called People in Black?...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 Gets One-Week IMAX Release By Peter Sciretta/May 31, 2016 12:00 pm EST The Michael Bay-produced live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sequel hits theaters this week, and the early reviews say the film is better than the previous movie, if by just a little. Seems like Paramount Pictures might believe they have a box office hit on their hands, and today have announced that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows will be released in domestic IMAX Theaters for a one week special engagement beginning on Thursday June 2nd 2016 at 5pm....

The Black List 2015: The Year’s Most Liked Unproduced Screenplays By Angie Han/Dec. 14, 2015 1:00 pm EST For over a decade now, the Black List has come out each December to reveal the most-liked unproduced screenplays of the year. We say “most-liked” because the folks involved are very clear that “the Black List is not a ‘best of’ list. It is, at best, a ‘most liked’ list.” The list, which was compiled by polling over 250 film executives, contains dozens of screenplays written in (or “somehow uniquely associated with”) 2015 but won’t have started shooting by the end of the year....

This Week In Trailers: Beast, RBG, Take Your Pills, Perfect, Lowlife By Christopher Stipp/March 10, 2018 9:00 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: Being Canadian, The Ground We Won, Game Changer, Labyrinth Of Lies, The Man Who Saved The World By Christopher Stipp/Sept. 5, 2015 8:00 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?...