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Sequel Bits: ‘Pacific Rim 2’, ‘Raid 3’, ‘How To Train Your Dragon 2’ By Angie Han/March 18, 2014 3:00 pm EST In case you were wondering, yes, Hiccup and Toothless are as cute as ever. A new batch of adorable How to Train Your Dragon 2 images is proof of that. Also after the jump: Watch a behind-the-scenes video for Alien: Isolation Legendary is “open” to a Pacific Rim sequel Universal schedules Ride Along for January 2016 Here’s how The Raid 3 connects to The Raid 2 Could HBO’s Girls make the leap to the big screen?...

Sequel Bits: ‘Star Trek 4’ Update, Another ‘Simpsons’ Movie, And Is Deathstroke In ‘The Batman’? By Ben Pearson/July 29, 2017 11:00 am EST In this edition of Sequel Bits: Joe Manganiello knows whether or not he’ll appear in The Batman, but will he tell us? Zachary Quinto gives an update on the progress of Star Trek 4 One of the stars of Baby Driver will play a major role in the Mamma Mia sequel Sarah Paulson boards M....

Stanley Tucci Returning For ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’, But Don’t Expect A ‘Devil Wears Prada’ Sequel By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 5, 2016 10:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Since Transformers: The Last Knight has been in production for awhile now, we assumed that all of the cast members had been revealed. However, while appearing in Deauville, France to receive a career tribute this past weekend, Stanley Tucci revealed that he will return in the sequel as the character he played in the previous sequel, Transformers: Age of Extinction....

SXSW Blog Day 2-4: Wizards, Teens, The Promotion And Kristen Bell By Peter Sciretta/March 12, 2008 1:22 am EST It has been a few days since the last time I found a few minutes to blog about my SXSW adventures. And it’s not for a lack of stories or interesting tales. If Sundance was the internet, than SXSW would be Web 2.0. At Sundance everyone is working (well, actually, that isn’t true because the celebs and Hollywood folk party, but most of the journalists are working)....

The Complete ‘Alien: Covenant’ Cast (And Xenomorph Buffet) Revealed In New Image By Jacob Hall/Feb. 21, 2017 7:31 am EST Yesterday, we got our first look at the complete cast of Shane Black’s The Predator, so it makes perfect sense that today offers up our first look at the complete cast of Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant. After all, these are the definitive science fiction/horror movie series, with the beasties at the center of both franchises even battling it out in the two Alien vs....

This Week In Trailers: Buster’s Mal Heart, David Lynch: The Art Life, Supersonic, ‘85: The Story Of The Greatest Team In Pro Football History, Chasing Great By Christopher Stipp/Sept. 11, 2016 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: Witching And Bitching, Nothing Bad Can Happen, The Next Black, Anna By Christopher Stipp/May 31, 2014 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?...

With ‘BlacKkKlansman,’ Spike Lee Has Made A Black Movie For White Audiences – And That’s Okay By Candice Frederick/Aug. 10, 2018 8:00 am EST (Welcome to The Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about anything and everything. In this edition: Spike Lee’s latest movie is his first to cater directly to white audiences and that’s something worth talking about.) At first glance, BlacKkKlansman checks all of director Spike Lee’s typical boxes — it’s black, unapologetic, and confrontational....

‘Assassination Nation’ Review: A Fascinating Tale Of Online Justice Falters In Its Second Half [TIFF] By Marshall Shaffer/Sept. 12, 2018 2:00 pm EST It hardly counts as a spoiler, but the ending credits of Sam Levinson’s Assassination Nation feature a black marching band and drum major performing to Miley Cyrus’ “We Can’t Stop.” While ending on such a banger makes sense for a movie that professes allegiance to little else besides the right to kick ass, there are more layers to this moment than pure self-gratification....

‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Will Be Reborn As A Netflix Live-Action Series From The Original Creators By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 18, 2018 11:30 am EST Eight years after M. Night Shyamalan desecrated Avatar: The Last Airbender with his feature film that won’t be named, Netflix has announced a second attempt to adapt the matchless Nickelodeon animated series as a live-action show. But wait — before you freak out and go into the Avatar State, there’s a silver lining to this seemingly ill-advised project....

‘Iron Man 3’ Early Buzz: London Likes Shane Black’s Marvel Sequel By Russ Fischer/April 18, 2013 10:25 am EST Iron Man 3 screened for press in London last night, and while reviews remain embargoed, Twitter reactions were given the OK by the studio. And so now we’ve got the first slate of responses to Shane Black’s film featuring Robert Downey, Jr. in his fourth turn as Marvel’s armored hero. They’re not the most measured group of reactions, and as with any collection of first-blush responses to a big film the first Twitter posts only hint at what we might find in the movie....

‘Stranger Things 2’ Trailer Breakdown: Secrets Revealed From The Comic-Con Trailer By Peter Sciretta/July 24, 2017 11:30 am EST A new trailer for Stranger Things season 2 (or Stranger Things 2, as Netflix is calling it) was released during San Diego Comic-Con International on Saturday afternoon. If you haven’t yet seen it, please click here now to watch it as it’s definitely one of the most exciting things I saw in Hall H this week in San Diego....

‘The Good Dinosaur’ Clip: Do You Wanna Know How I Got These Scars? By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 12, 2015 12:00 pm EST With Thanksgiving just a couple weeks away, we don’t have much time before we get our second Pixar Animation film of the year, The Good Dinosaur. Everything we’ve seen from the prehistoric adventure looks like it packs another fantastic adventure with an unlikely friendship that will make tears come out of our faces....

A Journey Through Time: Examining ‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’ On Broadway By Siddhant Adlakha/May 31, 2018 11:00 am EST Broadway’s two-part Harry Potter and the Cursed Child production is a fascinating beast. It brings with it most of its West End cast, acting as direct sequel to the books yet trading on the iconography of the film series, all while making its own unique mark on Harry Potter canon....

Editors Blog: Blame The iPhone! By Peter Sciretta/July 1, 2007 1:26 pm EST It was Friday afternoon, and I was half way through my Ratatouille review when I started to look at my rss feeds. Not the movie news items, but my tech feeds. For those of you who were stuck in a hole, Friday was iPhone day. What you are about to read is a long explanation of lack of news posts on /Film in the last 48 hours, and a mini review of Apple’s new iPhone....

Ghostbusters Board Game Announced By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 10, 2015 8:00 am EST Cryptozoic has announced plans to release Ghostbusters: The Board Game, the first Ghostbusters board game in nearly 30 years. Full details on the Ghostbusters board game and how you can back it, after the jump. Officially licensed by Sony, the Co-op game allows 1-4 players to join the Ghostbusters. Each player controls their own Ghostbuster, each with their own unique abilities that level-up during play, fighting ghosts from the movies and cartoon series....

HDTGM: A Conversation With Renny Harlin By Blake Harris/June 15, 2016 11:00 am EST A couple months back, Paul Scheer and the gang covered The Covenant on How Did This Get Made? Ever since then, Paul and I have been trying to arrange an interview with the film’s director, the great Renny Harlin, a Finnish-born filmmaker best known for helming action-packed classics like Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger. It took a little while to coordinate the conversation, as Harlin has been stationed in China these past two years....

How ‘A Wrinkle In Time’ Celebrates Femininity And Young Womanhood By Jazmine Joyner/March 17, 2018 10:00 am EST After seeing A Wrinkle in Time, I was overwhelmed by the fact that this is an entire blockbuster movie that acts as a celebration of women. Even more special and unique is that women of color are always at the forefront of this movie, with director Ava DuVernay leading the charge. A Wrinkle in Time is very much a movie for children and everyone clearly made the choice to remove most of the darker themes and scenes from the book to create a charming family film....

Interview: ‘Moana’ Directors John Musker And Ron Clements On Making Their First CG Movie By Jack Giroux/Nov. 23, 2016 10:00 am EST Directors John Musker and Ron Clements are the directors behind Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules, The Great Mouse Detective, Treasure Planet, and Disney’s last hand-drawn animated feature film, The Princess and the Frog. Over the past 20 years or so they’ve helped create some of the studio’s most iconic scenes....

New ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Clips: Newt Scamander Gets Interrogated, Asks A Goblin For Help By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 14, 2016 8:00 am EST We’re just a few days away from seeing if Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them lives up to the rather positive reviews that surfaced over the weekend. With that in mind, Warner Bros. Pictures is making one last push to drum up interest in the Harry Potter spin-off, though we’re pretty sure there’s already plenty of interest from the wizarding world fans out there....