Heroes: Volume 3 Season Premiere Screens At Comic Con By Adam Quigley/July 27, 2008 1:53 am EST As a special treat for Comic Con attendees, creator Tim Kring joined the entire Heroes cast onstage with a metal briefcase handcuffed to his wrist, and proceeded to pull out a burned DVD with the handwritten text “Heroes Volume III (Episode One)” written on it. This could only mean one thing, and as the lights dimmed, fans erupted in applause....
Jon Favreau On Why Iron Man 2 Won’t Shoot In IMAX And How Avatar Will Revolutionize Cinema By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 28, 2008 11:37 pm EST Quint over at AICN has a fascinating interview with Iron Man director Jon Favreau. I want to point out two key segments, one where he talks about IMAX, and the other when he talks about James Cameron’s Avatar. First up, IMAX. Favreau has said that after seeing The Dark Knight, he’s interesting in possibly shooting some sequences of Iron Man 2 using IMAX cameras....
MoviePass Troubles Continue, Might Need $1.2 Billion To Become Profitable By Ben Pearson/June 21, 2018 1:30 pm EST Another day, another dent in MoviePass’s armor. The movie theater subscription service’s parent company, Helios and Matheson Analytics, has launched a $164 million bond sale in an attempt to stay alive, and a new report says they could need more than $1.2 billion (!) of additional capital to maintain MoviePass’s growth and eventually become profitable....
The Best Movies Streaming Right Now The Florida Project Heat Now Streaming on Netflix Release Date: 1995Genre: Crime EpicDirector: Michael MannCast: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd, Mykelti Williamson, Wes Studi, Ted Levine, Jon Voight You ever hear of this movie Heat? It’s pretty good! Okay, look – I feel a bit silly including Heat here. When I compile this list, I try to avoid picking the most obvious choices, with the hopes of introducing readers to brand new things....
Page 2: Simpsons, Voltron, Jurassic Park, Hobbit, Robin Williams, Doctor Who, Aladdin, Ghostbusters, Bill & Ted, Godzilla By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 10, 2014 2:00 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....
Page 2: Star Wars, Teen Wolf, JJ Abrams, Ghostbusters, Haunted Mansion, BTTF, X-Files, Trick R Treat By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 31, 2013 3:30 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....
POTD: ‘Pacific Rim 2’ Set Photo Seems To Reveal John Boyega In A Jaeger Pilot Suit By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 8, 2017 9:00 am EST Right now, Universal and Legendary Pictures have Pacific Rim: Uprising (a new title that was announced last month) in production, and that means set photos have been cropping up online every now and then. Due to copyrights, we can’t really post any of them for you to see, but that changes today thanks to an Instagram post....
Robert Rodriguez Explains ‘Jonny Quest’ As A Legit Action/Adventure Film “That Just Happens To Have A Kid In It” By Fred Topel/July 30, 2015 3:30 pm EST Robert Rodriguez hosted two panels for the Television Critics Awards today on behalf of his El Rey Network, speaking about his interview series The Director’s Chair and season two of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series. He even showed a clip of his chat with Michael Mann about Heat....
Roger Ebert And Russ Meyer Collaboration To Be Dramatized In ‘Russ & Roger Go Beyond’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 8, 2013 5:30 pm EST It was inevitable that Roger Ebert’s life story would end up on film in some manner. A documentary or two seemed the most likely method, but a couple producers have something else in mind, and are putting together a dramatic feature. The film is called Russ & Roger Go Beyond, and it has a script by Christopher Cluess (SNL, The Simpsons) that tells the tale of the collaboration and unique friendship between director Russ Meyer and critic as they worked together on Beyond the Valley of the Dolls....
Sequel Bits: ‘Star Trek’, ‘Kick-Ass 2’, ‘Hangover III’, ‘Before Midnight’, ‘Monsters University’, ‘V/H/S/2’ By Angie Han/April 29, 2013 6:00 am EST Today’s Sequel Bits veers from deeply romantic to adorably funny to bone-chillingly creepy. After the jump: Star Trek and Kick-Ass 2 get rated by the MPAA Todd Phillips is pretty sure Hangover II is brilliant The producers of Paranormal 4 are getting sued Chris Pine chats about Kirk’s self doubt in Star Trek See more Celine and Jesse pics from Before Midnight See posters for Monsters University and V/H/S/2 And just like the last Kick-Ass, Kick-Ass 2 will enter theaters with an R rating for “strong violence, pervasive language, crude and sexual cotent, and brief nudity....
Spider-Man Is Coming To Disneyland As Part Of New Super Hero HQ By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 13, 2015 11:00 am EST A bunch of Marvel characters have shown up at Disneyland so far, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and Guardians of the Galaxy’s Star-Lord and Gamora. But it looks like another new superhero will be coming to Walt Disney’s original theme park in the near future: Spider-Man. Thats right, the webslinger will be appearing in Disneyland park as part of a new Marvel Super Hero HQ area launching in “Tomorrowland Expo Center” (formerly Innoventions)....
The Best & Worst Sketches From Tracy Morgan’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 18, 2015 4:00 pm EST Last night brought Tracy Morgan back to Studio 8H to host Saturday Night Live for a second time, after hosting the show back in 2009. But more importantly, this was also his first time actually performing (with the exception of a couple small appearances on awards broadcasts and talk shows) on television since his near-fatal accident about 16 months ago....
The Best Sci-Fi Comedies You’ve Never Seen By Rob Hunter/May 3, 2017 8:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. (Welcome to The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen, a series that takes a look at slightly more obscure, under-the-radar, or simply under-appreciated movies. In this edition: some of the best sci-fi comedies you’ve never seen!) A little movie called Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 hits theaters this week, and while it’s a Marvel comic/superhero movie, it also looks to follow its predecessor in being a fairly funny comedy as well....
The Force Was With Jason Reitman’s ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Live Read; Full Recap And Photos By Germain Lussier/Dec. 19, 2014 8:48 am EST The things fans love about The Empire Strikes Back are not things present in a live read: John Williams unbelievable score, the breathtaking action set pieces, and locations like Hoth, Dagobah and Cloud City. At a live read, it’s just the actors, the script, a few images and the audience....
The Nighttime Lights At Hogwarts Castle Coming To Universal Studios Hollywood By Peter Sciretta/May 18, 2017 12:00 pm EST When Universal Studios Hollywood held the grand opening of the west coast version of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, they did so with a spectacular show which used projection mapping to put elaborate animations on the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. At the time of the grand opening, I asked Universal staffers if they might expand the experience for park guests....
This Week In Trailers: Prick, The Salesman, Superseeds, Beneath Contempt, Lord Of The Dance 3D By Christopher Stipp/July 1, 2011 6:00 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: 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?...
Watch Trailers For ABC’s New 2015-2016 TV Series Line-Up By Ethan Anderton/May 13, 2015 4:00 am EST We’ve already seen the trailer for The Muppets series on the way (we’ve included it below in case you missed it), but there’s also another series adaptation of Uncle Buck, a medical comedy called Dr. Ken starring The Hangover menace Ken Jeong, a Biblical epic called Of Kings and Prophets, the 80s set, rock-infused serial killer thriller Wicked City and more....
‘Fargo’ Season 3 Premiere Review: Who’s The Dead Guy? By Jack Giroux/April 20, 2017 7:00 am EST The season 3 premiere of Fargo doesn’t disappoint. After two acclaimed seasons, creator Noah Hawley introduces a new ensemble in an intimate and very contained season 3 premiere. Hawley, who wrote and directed the episode, focuses on a small group at the start: Emmitt and Ray Stussy (Ewan McGregor), Nikki Swango (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), and to a lesser extent, Police Chief Gloria Burgle (Carrie Coon)....
‘Prometheus’ Footage Description: Ridley Scott Cross-Breeds ‘Alien,’ Kubrick And ‘Mass Effect’ By Russ Fischer/July 21, 2011 6:11 pm EST One of the most anticipated panels at this year’s San Diego Comic Con was Fox’s presentation of footage and talent from Ridley Scott’s Prometheus. The film has been the subject of a great deal of speculation over the past year. It began as a hard and fast prequel to Alien, then Damon Lindelof was brought on to rewrite the original script by Jon Spaihts, leading to the film being described as an entirely new science fiction film in which the original DNA of Alien would be recognizable....
‘Star Wars: Rogue One’ Details: Theft Of Death Star Plans Confirmed As Plot; Plus Footage And Concept Art By Russ Fischer/April 19, 2015 6:00 pm EST Today at the final day of Star Wars Celebration, Star Wars: Rogue One director Gareth Edwards took the stage for a panel called “Conversations with Gareth Edwards and Josh Trank.” Oddly, Trank did not show up (Kathleen Kennedy said he woke up sick) and in the end of there was no further mention of him or his film....
