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First Footage From ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Shows Spidey At The Top Of His Game [Comic-Con 2013] By Angie Han/July 19, 2013 8:06 pm EST We’ve followed the casting notes, perused the set photos, and soaked in the rumors. Today, we finally got to see some footage. We can’t show it to you yet, but we can go into details about what it contained. During today’s Comic-Con panel at Hall H, Sony showed off a reel — essentially a trailer — from Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2....

Force Awakens Bits: Greg Grunberg’s Character, Russell Crowe Reaction, John Williams’ Score, Character Posters And More By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 11, 2015 9:00 am EST It’s Friday and we’re less than a week away from Star Wars: The Force Awakens hitting theaters nationwide. I thought we’d be in Star Wars overkill at this point, but even with a Force Awakens round-up each day on the site I was expecting to be bombarded with much more Force Awakens content the week before JJ Abrams’ Star Wars sequel hits theaters....

George Clooney’s ‘Monuments Men’ Pushed To 2014 [Updated] By Angie Han/Oct. 23, 2013 12:10 pm EST Each year, the studios stuff the last two months with awards season hopefuls, and each year, a few decide to back down before we get actually there. Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Streets seems likely to cling to 2013 — barely — but Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher and Olivier Dahan’s Grace of Monaco have already shifted to 2014, and now George Clooney’s Monuments Men is following suit....

Is Black Panther’s Wakanda Being Planned For Walt Disney World? By Peter Sciretta/March 19, 2018 1:00 pm EST Black Panther is an enormous hit at the box office, earning a whopping $1.18 billion in just five weeks of release. This week, the film should surpass The Avengers to become not only the largest grossing film from Disney’s Marvel Studios, but the highest grossing superhero film of all time. One of the things that all the critics and fans are talking about is the worldbuilding of the film, at the center of which is the fictional, secretive, and technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda....

Listen To All The Classic Soundtrack Tunes In ‘Django Unchained’ [Updated] By Russ Fischer/Nov. 29, 2012 9:00 am EST One of the pleasures of a Quentin Tarantino film is the collection of music he assembles to add context and atmosphere to the action. In the past, the director has rarely used anything other than classic tracks, most from the ’60s and ’70s, to soundtrack his films. Django Unchained is a bit different, because he has accepted a few new tracks, from performers like John Legend and Rick Ross, and one from legendary film composer Ennio Morricone....

Mad Max High Octane Collection Announced, ‘Fury Road’ Black & Chrome Edition Included By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 14, 2016 3:52 pm EST Warner Bros Home Entertainment have announced that the Mad Max High Octane Collection will be released on December 6th, 2016, just in time for the Holiday season. The collection will include all four Mad Max films, as well as the fabled black and chrome edition of Mad Max: Fury Road....

Mark Millar Wants Tessa Thompson To Be The New Kick-Ass By Ben Pearson/Jan. 19, 2018 5:30 am EST Netflix bought comic writer Mark Millar’s Millarworld company last summer, but two Millar properties were not included in that deal: Kingsman (which saw a movie sequel released last year) and Kick-Ass. The latter is getting a new monthly comic series in 2018 with a brand new protagonist: the mantle of Kick-Ass will pass from Dave Lizewski to Patience Lee, a black woman who served in the military and is the mother of young children....

Page 2: Green Lantern, Voltron, Knights Of Badassdom, Cars 2, Johnny Depp, Aaron Sorkin, Ghostbusters, Arthur, Scott Pilgrim By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 15, 2011 10:00 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 30 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....

Photos From The Grand Opening Of The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter By Peter Sciretta/June 17, 2010 8:00 am EST The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Orlando Resort kicked off its grand opening celebration on Thursday night. In attendance were Harry Potter film stars Tom Felton, Michael Gambon, Bonnie Wright, Oliver Phelps, Daniel Radcliffe, Matthew Lewis, Warwick Davis, Rupert Grint and James Phelps. Hundreds of people gathered in front of Hogwarts castle for “a spectacular display of fireworks choreographed to a special performance of music from the Harry Potter films conducted live by renowned composer John Williams....

Star Wars Bits: Daisy Ridley Has Read ‘Episode 8’, Rogue One Details, Han Solo Casting By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 18, 2015 11:00 am EST This edition of news from a galaxy far, far away includes: Daisy Ridley has read the Episode 8 script Star Wars in Concert will be back in 2016 A NASA engineer explains how real Death Star would be built Some real military personnel will be extras in Rogue One The Death Star model from A New Hope was once lost Stephen Colbert convinces Harrison Ford to do The Force Awakens Star Wars: Kanan comic book will be canceled in 2016 How do you cast a young Han Solo?...

The Story Behind ‘Cannibal Airlines’ In ‘10 Cloverfield Lane’ By Peter Sciretta/March 17, 2016 12:00 pm EST When the first teaser trailer for 10 Cloverfield Lane was released, many people noticed that John Gallagher Jr.’s character Emmet was looking at a VHS tape of a fake movie called Cannibal Airlines. It’s one of those fun little details that sent many fans on a hunt to find out what it may mean, or if whether it’s somehow connected to the film’s ARG (it wasn’t)....

Theme Park Bits: Is A ‘Star Wars’ Land Coming To DCA? Plus ‘Big Thunder Mountain’ Becomes TV Series, ‘Incredibles’ Ride In Consideration, ‘AvatarLand’ Speculation By Germain Lussier/Feb. 5, 2013 4:00 pm EST There’s a lot of movie-themed news and speculation going on in the theme park world and we’ve got it all in one place. In this edition of Theme Park Bits, read about the following: Is Disney planning a full Star Wars land at California Adventure?...

This Week In Trailers - Kate Plays Christine, Audrie & Daisy, Metallica: The Early Years, The Choice 2016, After Love, Fire At Sea By Christopher Stipp/Aug. 27, 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?...

Zack Snyder’s Idea Of ‘Batman V Superman’ Fun Is Secretly Killing A DC Comics Character By Ethan Anderton/March 26, 2016 12:00 pm EST There’s an R-rated cut of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice coming to Blu-Ray and DVD that will add about 30 minutes of unseen material to the already lengthy comic book flick. The extra footage is said to include more story details, including the presence of a DC Comics character played by Jena Malone who ended up on the cutting room floor....

Zack Snyder To Direct ‘Justice League’ Movie After ‘Batman Vs. Superman’ By Peter Sciretta/April 27, 2014 6:34 pm EST While Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel sequel Batman vs. Superman is gearing up to begin production next month (with an announced May 6th 2016 release), Warner Bros has revealed their plans for a third film. Warner Bros. president of worldwide production Greg Silverman revealed to Ben Fritz that Zack Snyder will direct Justice League....

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Footage Brings The House Down At Comic-Con 2017 By Peter Sciretta/July 22, 2017 7:42 pm EST Note: The Avengers: Infinity War footage that played at Comic-Con (and brought down the house) was the same footage that we previously saw at D23. Because of that, we are bumping our old post, just in case you missed it the first time. In Hall H, in front of a crowd of 7,000 eager fans, this footage killed....

‘Bright’ Director David Ayer On Creating A Fantasy L.A. For Netflix [Interview] By Fred Topel/Dec. 21, 2017 2:00 pm EST It’s hard to argue that Netflix isn’t directly competing with Hollywood studios when the new Will Smith movie premieres on the streaming service. After making original films with megastars Adam Sandler and Brad Pitt, Netflix closes the year out with Bright, a cop drama reuniting Smith with his Suicide Squad director David Ayer....

‘Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them’ Uncovers New Plot And Character Details [UPDATED] By Jacob Hall/Nov. 5, 2015 10:30 am EST Update: Descriptions of the film’s main characters have now arrived. You can find them after the jump. The floodgates on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them have slowly begun to slide open. In quick succession, we got the film’s logo and then our first look at the Harry Potter sort-of-prequel’s main character, Newt Scamander (played by Eddie Redmayne)....

/Film Interviews Kermit, Miss Piggy And Walter On The Set Of ‘Muppets Most Wanted’ By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 8, 2014 10:00 am EST Last May, I was lucky enough to visit the set of Muppets Most Wanted, and alongside a group of other journalists, interviewed the stars of the film on Platform 11 of Union Station. No human actors were on set the day of our visit, but I’m fine with that as it means I got to chat with two of my childhood heroes: Kermit, Miss Piggy and their newest Walter ....

‘Finding Dory’ Easter Eggs: Did You Catch All Of These? By Ethan Anderton/June 22, 2016 9:00 am EST Whenever a new Pixar Animation movie hits theaters, you just know there are going to be a bunch of Easter eggs and references to other movie from the computer animation studio. Finding Dory is no different, and even though the film has only been in theaters for a few days, there’s already a list of Easter eggs out there that you may not have noticed....