New ‘Star Wars’ Films Coming From ‘Game Of Thrones’ Creators [Updated] By Jacob Hall/Feb. 6, 2018 12:44 pm EST Update: We have added Disney CEO Bob Iger’s statement on this hiring and speculate on what it could mean. J.J. Abrams may be bringing the new sequel trilogy to its conclusion with the upcoming Star Wars: Episode 9, but we’ll be visiting a galaxy far, far away for a long time yet....
Set Interview: ‘ParaNorman’ Directors Chris Butler And Sam Fell By Peter Sciretta/May 15, 2012 12:00 pm EST In February 2012, I visited the Portland-based animation studio Laika to watch the production of their newest stop-motion animated feature film ParaNorman (you can read about what I learned on set here). While on set I participated in an extensive roundtable interview with directors Chris Butler and Sam Fell about the very long process of turning this idea into a hand-crafted stop-motion animated 3D feature film....
The Water Cooler: Watching ‘@midnight’ Live, An Apocalyptic ’80s Musical, And Meeting The Creator Of ‘Bone’ By /Film Staff/July 28, 2017 9:00 am 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: Jacob meets the creator of his favorite comic, Ethan attends one of the final tapings of @midnight, Ben checks out a wild musical comedy based on ’80s movies, Hoai-Tran visits a unique art exhibit, Jack reads a new comic, and Peter waxes poetic about his new favorite soda....
The Worst Episode Of ‘Stranger Things 2’ Has Me Slightly Worried About ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ By Ben Pearson/Oct. 30, 2017 11:00 am EST Warning: This article contains spoilers for Stranger Things 2. Proceed with caution if you haven’t finished watching the new season yet. The seventh episode of Stranger Things 2, entitled “The Lost Sister,” is the show’s largest divergence thus far. In it, Eleven (Millie Bobbie Brown) travels to Chicago to seek out her “sister,” a young woman named Kali (Linnea Berthelsen) who has “008” tattooed on her arm in the same place Eleven has her “011” and was also experimented on at the Hawkins Lab....
This Week In Trailers: We Run Sh*t, Hit So Hard, The Purity Myth, The Corridor, Penumbra By Christopher Stipp/March 23, 2012 12:00 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?...
TV Bits: ‘Up All Night’, ‘Arrested Development, ‘Hell On Wheels’, Dwight Schrute, Dan Harmon, Chloë Sevigny By Angie Han/Oct. 29, 2012 8:00 pm EST NBC’s shaking things up, while its former employee Dan Harmon’s bouncing back on Adult Swim. After the jump: NBC doesn’t want that Dwight Schrute spinoff The Farm after all NBC decides to turn Up All Night into a multi-camera sitcom Adult Swim orders Dan Harmon’s new animated comedy to series Chloë Sevigny signs up for A&E crime drama pilot Those Who Kill See Conan O’Brien hanging around the Arrested Development set Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!...
Watch The CW Fall 2018 Trailers: ‘Charmed’ And ‘All American’ By Ben Pearson/May 18, 2018 2:30 pm EST The CW Fall 2018 TV slate has been revealed, and the network has released a couple of new trailers and synopses for their upcoming shows. Check out trailers for the Charmed reboot, a new show based on the high school drama of a real NFL football player with All American, and a description of an upcoming spin-off of The Vampire Diaries and The Originals called Legacies....
What To Watch After You’ve Finished Netflix’s ‘Five Came Back’ By Kristin Hunt/April 6, 2017 9:00 am EST An effective film can be used as a weapon and during World War II, America utilized every weapon in its arsenal. As Hollywood directors turned propagandists, John Ford, Frank Capra, William Wyler, George Stevens, and John Huston understood better than most the incredible power of film. But did they wield it responsibly? Netflix’s three-part documentary series Five Came Back attempts to answer that question by digging into the strange, even ugly period of history when Hollywood directly fed the war machine....
WTF: More People Have Watched The ‘Venom’ Trailer Than Any Spider-Man Trailer; Todd McFarlane Believes Spawn/Venom Crossover Movie Is Possible By Ben Pearson/June 26, 2018 4:00 pm EST In a new interview, comics legend Todd McFarlane explains his belief that a Spawn and Venom crossover movie might happen one day, and he’s already angling to direct it. We’ll get into the likelihood of that in just a second, and also try to figure out how the trailer for the upcoming Venom solo movie has somehow shattered the record of YouTube views for any Spider-Man movie....
/Film Interview: Jennifer Lawrence Talks ‘Hunger Games: Catching Fire,’ Why She Likes Promoting ‘X-Men’ and…Han Solo? By Germain Lussier/Nov. 22, 2013 1:45 pm EST At 23, Jennifer Lawrence has reached heights most of us never even dream of. She won the Oscar for Best Actress with her second nomination, for Silver Linings Playbook. She stars in a superhero franchise and toplines another of the biggest franchises in Hollywood, The Hunger Games....
‘Golden Slumber’ Trailer By Germain Lussier/Dec. 28, 2010 2:00 pm EST When most people hear Beatles songs, it makes them feel warm and nostalgic. Well, imagine that feeling wrapped in a whodunit conspiracy film like The Fugitive and you’ve got Golden Slumber, one of the biggest hits of Fantastic Fest 2010. The Japanese film directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura had its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival last summer and still doesn’t have a U....
‘Hotel Artemis’ Early Buzz: A Wild, Stylish Debut For Drew Pearce That Falls Short Of Greatness By Ethan Anderton/June 6, 2018 2:30 pm EST This week brings Hotel Artemis to theaters, marking the directorial debut of Iron Man 3 writer Drew Pearce. Set in a world reiminiscent of John Wick, our story unfolds in and around a hotel for criminals ran by Jodie Foster. She’s surrounded by an ensemble that includes the likes of Sterling K....
‘Luke Cage’ Showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker On Tweaking Bushmaster And Nightshade For Netflix [Interview] By Fred Topel/June 20, 2018 10:00 am EST When Luke Cage (Mike Colter) made his first appearance in Marvel’s Jessica Jones, he was the long awaited personification of one of Marvel’s seminal black superheroes. His own show was up next. Now that season 2 is here, Luke Cage is joined by Black Panther in theaters and Black Lightning on network TV – black superheroes are finally coming into their own on the big and small screens....
‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Trailer Breakdown: I Thought We Were In Trouble There For A Second By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 5, 2018 12:00 pm EST Last night’s Super Bowl brought our first look at Solo: A Star Wars Story with a 45-second spot introducing the young Han Solo played by Alden Ehrenreich. But it was mostly a tease for the full trailer that arrived this morning with much more footage from the Star Wars spin-off origin story....
‘The Devil And Father Amorth’ Trailer: The Director Of ‘The Exorcist’ Witnesses A Real Exorcism By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 20, 2018 11:30 am EST When William Friedkin released his iconic horror film The Exorcist in 1973, he had never seen an exorcism. But decades later, that would change. Now, Friedkin has made a documentary diving into the exploits of a real-life exorcist: The Devil and Father Amorth. Friedkin developed a fascination with the rite after directing The Exorcist, itself based on an actual 1949 exorcism of a young boy in Cottage City, Maryland....
‘Westworld’ Episode 7 Trailer: “Trompe L’Oeil” By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 7, 2016 7:30 am EST HBO has released the Westworld episode 7 trailer, giving us a glimpse at next week’s episode titled “Trompe L’Oeil.” Hit the jump to take a look and we’ll go through frame by frame to breakdown all the quick cuts. Westworld Episode 7 Trailer Westworld Episode 7 is titled “Trompe L’Oeil,” which is a french phrase meaning “deceive the eye....
2016 Oscar Winners: ‘Spotlight’ Wins Best Picture At The 88th Academy Awards By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 28, 2016 4:30 pm EST Hollywood’s biggest night has come and gone with the 88th Academy Awards, and after most of the /Film crew posted their own predictions for who would take home Oscar tonight (along with who we wanted to win), we followed the winners as they were announced live on the air. Chris Rock hosted the ceremony, and he offered up plenty of jokes and commentary on the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, making for great comedy and poignant thoughts on the matter....
Big, Mad, And Hangry: The 10 Most Entertaining ‘Giant Animal Attacks’ Movies By Rob Hunter/Aug. 9, 2018 7:00 am EST The Meg opens this Friday, and if you’re not even a little bit excited about it, I have to wonder what it is you’re doing with your life. It’s about Jason Statham fighting a giant shark and is directed by the guy who made While You Were Sleeping (1995). How is this not amazing to you?...
Comic-Con 2018 Schedule For July 21 Includes ‘Deadpool 2’ Uncut Screening, Warner Bros. Panels & More By Ethan Anderton/July 7, 2018 5:43 pm EST We’re getting closer and closer to the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con, and the /Film team will be on site learning all the latest updates about upcoming blockbuster movies and all your favorite nerdy TV shows you can’t stop binging. We’ve already got a line on the panel line-up for Thursday and what’s in store for fans on Friday....
Crowdfunded ‘Star Trek’ Fan Film ‘Axanar’ Sparks Lawsuit From Paramount And CBS By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 31, 2015 10:00 am EST Ever since the dawn of YouTube, fan films have become a much more popular outlet of expression for not just the fans who make them, but also those who watch them. These films allow fans to see some of the things they’ve wanted to see happen for years that studio films will likely never give them....
