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Big Hero 6 Behind The Scenes: Learn About The Making Of Disney Animation’s First Marvel Movie By Germain Lussier/Sept. 3, 2014 9:00 am EST The best Disney animated films suck you into their world. You lock in and follow the characters on a journey without ever thinking of what went into it. That’s the magic not only of Disney, but film in general. What sets animation apart is the absolutely insane detail and years of work that go into each film....

Box Office: Enchanted 2nd-Biggest Thanksgiving Opening Ever With $55M+ By Steve Mason/Nov. 23, 2007 1:54 pm EST Since I literally went “over the river and through the woods” for Thanksgiving (I’m in Altoona, Pennsylvania), not a lot of analysis, but here are the numbers for Thursday. As usual, turkey day pushed moviegoing to a late afternoon-evening experience. Let me preface these numbers and this analysis by stating that nobody in Hollywood, including most of my studio sources, are on holiday....

Cardboard Cinema: ‘Star Wars: Rebellion’ Is The Best ‘Star Wars’ Board Game Ever Made By Jacob Hall/April 14, 2016 1:00 pm EST There’s no need to bury the lede here – designer Corey Konieczka’s Star Wars: Rebellion is the best Star Wars board game ever made and a complete triumph on every level. It’s rare to find a tabletop experience that is this rich in theme while supplying gamers with genuinely compelling and balanced mechanics that enhance and support that theme every step of the way....

DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Boss Baby’ Is Like An Animated ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ For Kids [Comic-Con 2016] By Ethan Anderton/July 21, 2016 3:30 pm EST Following the panel for DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls, the animation studio decided to surprise the audience with the first footage from their forthcoming comedy The Boss Baby, starring Alec Baldwin, making his first appearance at Comic-Con. The Boss Baby is inspired by the idea that when a new baby arrives at home, he’s basically the boss of the household with everyone’s schedule adjusting to what the baby wants whenever they want it....

Early Buzz: Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist By Peter Sciretta/May 17, 2009 6:20 pm EST Lars Von Trier’s latest film Antichrist has premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and according to Reuters, the film “elicited derisive laughter, gasps of disbelief, a smattering of applause and loud boos.” I have rounded up some of the reviews, which range from “I think I might have loved it, I’m not sure” to “this film needs to be burned”....

Everything We Know About Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ [Part Two] By Lindsey Romain/Aug. 30, 2018 10:00 am EST Once upon a time in Hollywood, everyone in Hollywood was cast in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. That seems to be the joke in the film Twittersphere this week, after a deluge of casting announcements for Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming 1969-set Hollywood fable. I already cross-examined the first crop of announcements regarding the film, but given the insane amount of new information hurled at us since that article’s publication, I figured a follow-up was in order....

Fantastic Fest Day 5: ‘Bloodline’ Lets Seann William Scott Go Full-Giallo, ‘Savage’ Offers An Oddball Platform For Lily-Rose Depp, And ‘The Night Shifter’ Wastes An Amazing Premise By Jacob Hall/Sept. 25, 2018 11:30 am EST (Welcome to The Fantastic Fest Diaries, where we will be chronicling every single movie we see at the United States’ largest genre film festival.) Welcome to Fantastic Fest, day five. In this diary entry: a Brazilian horror movie that doesn’t know what to do with a strong premise, a strange coming-of-age mystery, and a nasty slasher flick starring Seann William Scott as a serial killer....

Hugh Jackman Talks About His Continuing Development Of Wolverine From The Set Of ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 19, 2014 3:15 pm EST X-Men: Days of Future Past is Jackman’s sixth turn as Wolverine (or seventh if you count his brief First Class cameo) and he doesn’t seem to be ready to give up the claws any time soon. Last August I, along with a few other editors, spoke to Jackman on the set of Days of Future Past, and the discussion ranged from his own growth to the development of director Bryan Singer, and some non-spoilerish details about the past and future story of Days of Future Past....

I Love You, Man Movie Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 16, 2008 4:40 pm EST Dreamworks has released the official movie trailer for Along Came Polly director John Hamburg’s new comedy I Love You, Man, which stars Paul Rudd as a newly engaged guy sets out to find the perfect “Best Man” for his wedding. The film costars Jason Segel, Jaime Pressly, Andy Samberg, Jon Favreau, and Rashida Jones. I’m a big fan of many of the actors involved, but I just didn’t find the trailer all that funny....

IMAX Signs 20-Film Deal With Warner Bros: Release Plans Revealed For Superman, Batman 3, The Hobbit By Russ Fischer/April 28, 2010 7:38 am EST UPDATE: According to THR, the Hobbit date listed in IMAX’s press release is a mistake. The first film in the two-part release is set for December 2012, and the second for December 2013, according to the trade. Original article follows: Warner Bros. and IMAX have had a successful partnership over the last few years, and now the two companies have announced that they will work together on up to twenty more films through 2013....

Interview: ‘Hunters’ Showrunner Natalie Chaidez On Conspiracy Theories And Alien Biology By Fred Topel/April 11, 2016 7:00 am EST Syfy’s new series Hunters could be a cross between V and Homeland. An FBI agent discovers a terrorist organization called Hunters, who are actually aliens from another world. Nathan Phillips and Britne Oldford play agents pursuing the Hunters, and Julian McMahon plays the main Hunter. Hunters is produced by Natalie Chaidez and Gale Anne Hurd, adapted from the book Alien Hunter by Whitley Strieber....

Interview: Never Let Me Go Director Mark Romanek [Part 2] By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 10, 2010 8:00 am EST We ran the first part of the interview yesterday, click here if you missed it. After the jump is part two of the chat, where we talk about the casting for Never Let Me Go, deleted scenes, what’s up next, the state of the music video industry, clarifying the Guinness Book of World Records-perpetrated lie that he was responsible for the most expensive music video ever made, why Michael Jackson/Janet Jackson’s “Scream” cost so much, the wonders of creative producing, and what he thought of Joe Johnston’s The Wolfman....

Kevin Feige On ‘‘Marvel’s Villain Problem’’; Thanos Will Be The Main Character In ‘Infinity War By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 6, 2017 11:00 am EST While talking to Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige on the set of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, the producer was asked about how the company approaches villains and responds to the criticism of “Marvel’s Villain Problem” and reveals that Thanos will (basically) be the main character of Avengers: Infinity War....

LeBron Signs Warner Bros TV/Movie Deal Resparking ‘Space Jam 2’ Speculation By Peter Sciretta/July 24, 2015 1:15 pm EST On July 22nd 2015, Warner Bros. announced LeBron James a partnership that will cover projects ranging in TV, film and original digital content, spawning further speculation that Space Jam 2 is in the works. Update: After the jump we’ve included a video of Jimmy Kimmel mocking Space Jam fans who are outraged over the latest Space Jam 2 rumors Here is the video:...

Movie Review: Push By David Chen/Feb. 6, 2009 9:00 am EST Some critics thought that Paul McGuigan’s last film, Lucky Number Slevin (2006), was too much style over substance, and while they might have had a point, I found myself energized by the promise that that small, Tarantino-esque film showed of its director. With Push, a thriller/action(?) film about people with special abilities, McGuigan is really branching out into new territory that his filmography hasn’t really hinted at before....

Mr Robot Cast And Creator Talk Season 2 Themes And Season 1 Twists By Fred Topel/Jan. 14, 2016 12:30 pm EST F Society hacked the Television Critics Association before the USA Networks panels in a video accusing us of telling viewers what to watch so they don’t have to think for themselves. Their video concluded with a veiled threat that they’re monitoring all of our Wifi usage, so we need better security protocols....

Our Favorite Comedies…That Also Make Us Cry By /Film Staff/March 28, 2017 9:00 am EST Every week in /Answers, we attempt to answer a new pop culture-related question. This week’s edition asks “Which comedy also makes you cry a whole bunch?“As always, we have submissions from the /Film writing crew and podcast team, along with some special guests. This week, we are joined by The Sick co-writer/star Kumail Nanjiani and co-writer Emily V....

Page 2: Close Encounters, Star Wars, Big Hero 6, Cumberbatch, Doctor Who, Iron Giant, Hunger Games, He-Man, Jaws By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 17, 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: Transformers 3, J.J. Abrams, Battleship, Natalie Portman, Ghostbusters, Daniel Day Lewis, Tomorrowland, George Lucas, Cars 2, Tintin, Beetlejuice, Superman, Despicable Me 2 By Peter Sciretta/June 16, 2011 9:00 am EST A dog groomed to look like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. 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 46 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more....

Pixar’s ‘The Good Dinosaur’ Gets Titled, Release Date Updates For 2014/2015 Movies By Peter Sciretta/April 24, 2012 9:12 pm EST Today at the Walt Disney Studios presentation at CinemaCon, Disney gave some updates on Pixar Animation Studios’ future slate of films. Find out details after the jump. First up, Disney announced a title and a date for their dinosaur movie, formerly titled “The Untitled Pixar Movie About Dinosaurs”. The new title is The Good Dinosaur, and the new release date is May 30th, 2014....