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Sequel Bits: Rick Baker Teases ‘Men In Black 4’, Read A Rejected, R-Rated Treatment For ‘Ghost Rider 2,’ ‘Terminator 3000’ Still In Development By Germain Lussier/Feb. 23, 2012 7:00 am EST In today’s Sequel Bits, you’ll learn about a fourth film maybe in the making, a sequel that’ll never be and an animated spin-off that might still be in the works. After the jump read about: Special effects legend Rick Baker possibly revealing details of a fourth Men in Black film....

Star Wars Live-Action TV Series Plot Details Revealed, On Hold For Another 3-4 Years By Angie Han/June 13, 2011 7:00 am EST It’s been six years since George Lucas first announced that he was developing a live-action Star Wars television series, and it seems we’re going to be waiting a little longer yet. In an interview, producer Rick McCallum revealed that he and Lucas would be putting the show on hold for another three to four years — but that when shooting does begin, it will be shot largely in the Czech Republic, possibly in Prague....

Theme Park Bits: ‘Incredibles’ Prepare To ‘Paint The Night,’ Donald Duck Draws 600-Minute Birthday Wait By Joshua Meyer/June 18, 2018 5:30 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Velociraptor greetings at Universal’s Islands of Adventure just got a tad more interesting. The Incredibles are about to join the “Paint the Night” parade at Disney California Adventure. Watch Epcot’s Guardians of the Galaxy concert and learn about another cool Marvel stage show....

This Week In Trailers: Paradise Is There, Hot Sugar’s Cold World, Taxi Tehran, México Bárbaro, Misunderstood By Christopher Stipp/Oct. 19, 2015 4:00 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?...

Top 20 Stories Of The Week: Ghostbusters, Venom, Academy Awards & More By Ethan Anderton/March 6, 2016 5:34 pm EST The Top 20 Stories of the Week are the stories we think you should check out on /Film from the previous week. This week brought confirmation of when Star Wars: The Force Awakens hits Blu-Ray, some new details on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, word from Disney about whether Marvel Studios will ever tackled R-rated comic book movies, good news for The Dark Tower fans, a couple features on the animated animal characters of Disney and cinema’s presidents, and of course, the first trailer for Ghostbusters and all that came with it....

TV Bits: ‘American Horror Story’, ‘Friday Night Lights’, ‘Area 51’, Joe Carnahan, Vince Gilligan By Angie Han/July 27, 2012 5:00 pm EST Sleazy lawyers, nefarious CIA Cold War plots, and Scandinavian crime thrillers fill up today’s TV Bits. After the jump: Run Lola Run and Bourne star Franka Potente goes nuts for American Horror Story AMC is working on a Cold War-era Area 51 drama with Walking Dead producer Gale Ann Hurd A&E will adapt the Danish crime drama Those Who Kill; Joe Carnahan will direct Connie Britton gives a small update on that possible Friday Night Lights movie sequel Vince Gilligan is making no promises about a Saul Goodman spinoff, wants to do a Western First season stars Jessica Lange, Zachary Quinto, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, and Lily Rabe are all set to return to the series as new characters, and will be joined by newcomers Chloë Sevigny, Adam Levine, Lizzie Brochere, and Joseph Fiennes....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy: Mission: BREAKOUT!’ Is Getting A Halloween Makeover By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 25, 2017 10:00 am EST Even though the new Disneyland attraction Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT! just opened in May in the California Adventure Park area, the ride is already getting a makeover to go along with the theme park’s Halloween festivities. Beginning on September 15 and lasting through All Hallows’ Eve on October 31, Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT!...

‘Interstellar’ To Screen In 70mm IMAX, 70mm Film, Regular IMAX And More; Here’s The Theater List By Germain Lussier/Oct. 1, 2014 9:15 am EST Along with the reveal of the new Interstellar trailer is a full list of theaters showing the movie in a huge variety of formats. There’s 70mm IMAX, 70mm film, 35mm film, IMAX, 4k digital and regular digital. As previous revealed, 70mm IMAX screenings will start 3 days early, and it turns out 70mm and 35mm film screenings will, too....

‘Marvel’s Runaways’ Season 2 Introduces The Hostel, More Comic Book Characters, And More Powers [TCA 2018] By Fred Topel/Aug. 2, 2018 10:30 am EST The Television Critics Association visited the set of Marvel’s Runaways, which featured a familiar home to readers of the comic books. Season 2 will find the Runaways taking shelter in The Hostel. The only difference is it’s no longer under the La Brea Tar Pits. It’s under Griffith Park....

‘The Muppets’ Review: Reunited, And It Feels So Good By Angie Han/Nov. 21, 2011 2:00 pm EST For those who came of age any time between the ’50s and the ’90s, the Crayola-colored felt faces of the Muppets hold a certain unshakeable allure. Kermit’s familiar green visage is a face I grew up with, and I still have a knee-jerk tendency to break out in a smile whenever I see him or his pals....

‘The Simpsons’ New Treehouse Of Horror Reveals First Preview And FXX Marathon Schedule By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 22, 2017 11:00 am EST Tonight brings the latest installment of “Treehouse of Horror,” the ongoing Halloween-themed episodes of The Simpsons that air around the spooky holiday every single season. FOX has released a new preview of their Sunday night programming block, including our first glimpse at “Treehouse of Horror XXVIII.” As we heard previously, the episode will have a Coraline-inspired segment, which will include a role for author Neil Gaiman, and the preview shows off part of the stop-motion animated segment debuting tonight....

‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ Review: Exploring The Best Moments Of Part 10 By Ben Pearson/July 17, 2017 9:30 am EST (Each week, we’re going to kick off discussion about Twin Peaks: The Return by answering one question: what was the best scene of the episode?) With the return of Game of Thrones last night, David Lynch and Mark Frost need be at the top of their game to convince everyone to tune in to Twin Peaks first and relegate GoT to the DVR....

‘Westworld’ Spoiler Review: 10 Questions From “The Original” By Jacob Hall/Oct. 3, 2016 10:10 am EST HBO’s Westworld officially premiered last night and it was one hell of a first episode. Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s series take the premise of Michael Crichton’s 1973 film and sprint with it, carrying this tale of robot cowboys, debauched tourists, and theme park ops into bold new territory. It’s a smart science fiction powered by western imagery and lightly coated with horror....

American Teen Filmmaker To Go The Distance With Fictional Feature By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 11, 2008 2:23 am EST American Teen director Nanette Burstein is ready to make the transition from documentary filmmaking to narrative feature filmmaking. The Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker is in talks with New Line (aka Warner Bros) to helm the film Going The Distance, a romantic comedy which deals with a the struggle to maintain a long distance relationship, between Chicago and Los Angeles....

Comic-Con: Impressions, Footage Description And New Photo For Cowboys And Aliens By Adam Quigley/July 24, 2010 8:36 pm EST Jon Favreau has always had great respect for his audience, and that fact has never been more clear than at Comic-Con. They’ve only been shooting Cowboys and Aliens for four weeks, but Favreau worked hard to finish cutting together some footage in hopes of giving fans a taste of its tone and style....

Comic-Con 2008 Schedule By Peter Sciretta/July 13, 2008 12:18 pm EST The full schedule for the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con International has been released. You can check out the full schedule on comic-con.org, or read our cliffnotes version below. What we have done is basically clipped all the interesting film and television programing that you might be interested in. Check it out after the jump. Thursday, July 24th 10:00-11:00 Kings: Exclusive Sneak Peek Screening and Q&A with Cast and Executive Producers Kings is a contemporary re-imagining of the timeless tale of David and Goliath, an epic story of greed and power, war and romance, forbidden loves and secret alliances, and a young hero who rises to power in a modern-day kingdom....

Cool Stuff: ‘Terminator 2’ 4K Blu-Ray Box Set Comes With A Life-Size T-800 Arm By Ethan Anderton/July 19, 2017 6:00 am EST Terminator 2: Judgment Day has been available on various home video formats for over 25 years now, but this fall it will be available for the first time in the high quality format of 4K Ultra HD, and there’s even a limited edition box set that comes with quite the cool piece of memorabilia....

Interview: David O. Russell Talks Incest And Music In ‘The Fighter,’ Plus ‘Uncharted’ And Other Projects From The Past By David Chen/Feb. 20, 2011 1:58 pm EST As I mentioned yesterday, I recently had the opportunity to speak with David O. Russell, who directed The Fighter, which was my favorite film of 2010. We chatted about a variety of topics, including themes of incest in his work, his musical choices, plus some of the other projects he’s worked on in the past and will be working on in the future....

Luke Skywalker Thought Kylo Ren Was The Chosen One, But Will Rey’s Story Reveal Otherwise? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 9, 2017 11:11 am EST Coming out of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, fans were left with a huge question: who are Rey’s parents and why did they abandon her on Jakku? It looks like Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi might finally answer this question when it hits theaters two years after JJ Abrams’ Star Wars saga film....

Movie Mixtape: 6 Messed-Up Movies To Watch After Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Mother!’ By Scott Beggs/Sept. 14, 2017 10:00 am EST I’ll be honest, I have no idea what mother! is about. I watched a trailer, I’ve read reviews, and it all looks like Darren Aronofsky will dose every audience member with ayahuasca before conducting Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem in a performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Esperanto. This response seems to be standard:...