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2011 Sundance Film Festival Short Films Announced By Germain Lussier/Dec. 6, 2010 12:30 pm EST The 2011 Sundance Film Festival is shaping up quite nicely. The films in competition, and out of competition, have already been announced and each has some incredibly exciting entries. Monday brought the announcement of the 81 short films, chosen out of 6,467 entries, that will play in Park City, Utah this January. And while the majority of them are by currently unknown filmmakers, there are a few that jump out featuring names like Elijah Wood, Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, Will Ferrell, John C....

80 Things We Learned On The Set Of Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Pacific Rim’ By Peter Sciretta/June 19, 2013 10:00 am EST I visited the Toronto set of Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim on March 28th 2012. While on set, we toured the art room, watched filming, saw a bunch of the sets, and interviewed Guillermo and some of the cast. You’ll be able to read those transcripts over the next week on the site, but after the jump you can read a writeup of over 80 things I learned on set (3,685 words worth, and this is one really worth reading) alongside a video blog I recorded with Steve from Collider giving our thoughts on what we had seen....

Damon Lindelof Discusses The Secrecy Of ‘Prometheus’ By Germain Lussier/July 22, 2011 8:40 am EST Damon Lindelof is a polarizing presence at Comic-Con. On one hand, he brings with him some of the most storied projects in recent memory. He presented, and executive produced, the ABC hit Lost for several years and this year, he brought with him a movie he co-wrote, Ridley Scott’s return to the sci-fi genre, Prometheus. So that’s fantastic....

Disney Releases Story Details For Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides By Russ Fischer/June 21, 2010 7:41 am EST The fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film, On Stranger Tides, began production last week in Hawaii. Disney has sent out a press release to commemorate the occasion, and while normally this sort of thing is just a lot of hot air, in this case there is some useful information contained therein, at least if you’re curious to know exactly what adventure Johnny Depp will be sashaying through this time....

Fantastic Fest 2013 Announces ‘Borgman,’ ‘Nightbreed,’ And ‘Man Of Tai Chi’ With Keanu Reeves Appearing By Russ Fischer/July 24, 2013 12:15 pm EST One of the best film events of the year is Fantastic Fest, which takes place at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, TX. The first wave of the 2013 fest has been announced, and it has some great stuff. There’s Keanu Reeves, who’ll appear with his directorial debut Man of Tai Chi (trailer); the Cannes weirdness of Borgman (trailer); the excellent SXSW thriller Cheap Thrills; and the restored Cabal Cut of Clive Barker’s Nightbreed....

Interview: Jon Ronson, The Author Of The Men Who Stare At Goats By Brendon Connelly/Nov. 6, 2009 8:00 am EST While journalist and documentarian Jon Ronson is currently undergoing a metamorphosis into a screenwriter, the first film to bear his name is not from one of his own scripts but has been fictionalized, and rather heavily so, from his non-fiction book The Men Who Stare at Goats by Newcastle scribe Peter Straughan....

John Knoll Reveals How Many VFX Shots Are In ‘Rogue One’ & More [Interview] By Ethan Anderton/April 3, 2017 7:00 am EST A couple weeks ago, /Film had a chance to visit Industrial Light and Magic for a press event ahead of the home video release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. While there, executive producer and visual effects supervisor John Knoll gave us a keynote presentation showing off the hard work that went into the various visual effects in Rogue One, from the creation and destruction of Jedha to the seamless, impressive use of virtual sets....

Kylo Ren’s Crossguard Lightsaber Explained, Plus Another ‘The Force Awakens’ TV Spot By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 15, 2015 9:00 am EST When the first teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens debuted nearly a year ago this month, one of the most talked about new elements of the forthcoming sci-fi sequel was the new lightsaber being carried by the villain. It’s called a crossguard lightsaber, and we don’t know why Kylo Ren is carrying this unique version of the elegant weapon for a more civilized age, but there have been plenty of theories....

Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange’ - What Did You Think? By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 4, 2016 6:00 pm EST Marvel’s Doctor Strange is now in theaters, marking the 14th film in the Marvel cinematic universe, and the first in a hopeful new franchise for the comic book movie studio. With the title character, played by Benedict Cumberbatch, already confirmed to make a return in The Avengers: Infinity War, it’s safe to assume that we’re going see more of the superhero....

Marvel Studios Talks About The Future, Teasing The Punisher, Moon Knight Luke Cage And More By Russ Fischer/Dec. 13, 2010 7:19 am EST Celebrating the release of the trailer for Thor, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige took part in a web chat with the LA Times and Marvel fans. He discussed — very briefly in all cases — a few impressions of Captain America, and some vague possibilities for the future of Marvel Studios....

Posters And Info For Bruce McDonald’s ‘Women In Prison’ Flick Lucky Ho By Russ Fischer/April 1, 2010 9:09 pm EST Bruce McDonald isn’t really a household name, especially outside Canada. Let’s try to change that. McDonald is a versatile, ambitious filmmaker with a rock and roll spirit who has been experimenting in features and TV for more than twenty years. In 1991 or ‘92 I saw his film Highway 61, an oddball road trip music comedy written by and starring Don McKellar, and it launched me into fandom for McDonald....

Sequel Bits: ‘Twins 2’, ‘Iron Man 3’, ‘Dumb And Dumber 2’, ‘Kick-Ass 2’ By Angie Han/July 18, 2012 10:00 am EST Two comic book movies and two long-in-the-making comedy sequels make their appearance in today’s Sequel Bits. After the jump: Ivan Reitman will return for Twins 2, says Arnold Schwarzenegger Dumb and Dumber 2 could get rolling by fall, says Bobby Farrelly Check out pics and video of stunt performers on the Iron Man 3 set Christopher Mintz-Plasse will probably murder a dog in Kick-Ass 2 During the Expandables 2 panel at Comic-Con, Schwarzenegger confirmed that the project is still developing, and that Reitman would be returning to the helm....

Star Wars Bits: Is Mads Mikkelsen A ‘Rogue One’ Villain? Force Awakens X-Wing Squadrons, Boba Fett And More By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 25, 2015 1:00 pm EST In today’s edition of Star Wars Bits, we taker a look at the following items: Details on Mads Mikkelsen Role in Star Wars: Rogue One. How many X-Wing Squadrons can we expect in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. An official description of the Star Wars Launch Bay exhibit space being added to Disneyland....

Superhero Bits: Daredevil Retired, Gotham Season 4 Influences, Henry Cavill Mustache Response & More By Ethan Anderton/July 28, 2017 5:00 pm EST Why has Daredevil retired at the beginning of The Defenders? Will Justice League introduce a new Wayne Manor? Is the old man in the Deadpool 2 teaser Uncle Ben? Could we see Peggy Carter return in some capacity for Captain Marvel? Which Batman comics are inspiring Gotham season four?...

The Most “WTF” Movie Moments Of 2017 By Matt Donato/Jan. 16, 2018 7:00 am EST When “end-of-year recap season” rocks the film journalism world each year, I find myself drawn to recalling those weird and obscure moments that exemplify the glorious unpredictability of cinema. These are the “WTF” moments. You know, those particular scenes that make you want to spring from your seat and scream “What the f––k!” at neighboring theatergoers....

The Water Cooler: John Carpenter In Concert, An Incredible Magic Show, And Buzzfeed Unsolved By /Film Staff/Nov. 24, 2017 1:00 pm EST Welcome to The Water Cooler, a weekly feature where the /Film staff is free to go off-topic and talk about everything except the movies and TV shows they normally write about. In this edition: Chris Evangelista sees John Carpenter in concert, Peter Sciretta attends a David Copperfield show, Jacob Hall plays Hidden Agenda, Hoai-Tran Bui watches Buzzfeed Unsolved, and Ethan Anderton tries to find time to do anything at all....

The Weinstein Company Will Take ‘The Artist’ And Other Films To Netflix Streaming Rather Than Cable By Russ Fischer/Feb. 21, 2012 7:30 am EST The Weinstein Company is helping Netflix compete with pay cable channels. Today the two companies announced a deal that “will make foreign language, documentary and certain other movies from The Weinstein Company exclusively available for Netflix members in the U.S. to watch instantly.” In other words, when films like Oscar frontrunner The Artist, Ralph Fiennes’ Coriolanus and Madonna’s W....

Vin Diesel Reveals Who Will Be Directing ‘xXx 3’ By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 10, 2015 12:00 pm EST Hot on the heels of finding a director for Furious 8 in Straight Outta Compton filmmaker F. Gary Gray, another Vin Diesel franchise has finally found a filmmaker to take on the next sequel. xXx 3 has been teased by Diesel since 2008, and every year there’s been a promise of it finally coming together....

Why Does ‘Star Wars’ Need The Inquisitor If It Already Has Darth Vader? By Germain Lussier/Aug. 6, 2014 7:00 am EST “A young Jedi named Darth Vader, who was a pupil of mine until he turned to evil, helped the Empire hunt down and destroy the Jedi Knights. He betrayed and murdered your father. Now the Jedi are all but extinct.” Such are the words of Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope....

/Film LA: Scorsese/DiCaprio Retrospective, Live Donnie Darko Commentary, Four Lions, Darren Bousman’s Abattoir, Elm Street By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 25, 2010 3:00 pm EST /Film LA is my attempt to highlight the coolest film screenings and events happening in Los Angeles. In today’s edition, we tell you about… Director Darren Bousman appears with co-writers Rob Levin and Troy Peteri to promote the release of their new comic book Abattoir A Nightmare on Elm Street with composer Charles Berstein in person A 2-Day 4-film retrospective of the collaborations between director Martin Scorsese and actor Leonardo DiCaprio featuring a live conversation with the two....