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‘King Of Kong’ Champion Billy Mitchell Stripped Of ‘Donkey Kong’ World Record Score [Updated] By Ethan Anderton/April 17, 2018 10:27 am EST UPDATE: Mitchell has responded to these claims, denying any wrongdoing and promising he’ll provide evidence proving his innocence. Watch his full video response below. Back in 2007, there was a hit documentary that arrived by way of the Slamdance Film Festival called The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters....

‘Private Life’ Review: Paul Giamatti & Kathryn Hahn Shine In This Agonizing Family Dramedy [Sundance] By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 19, 2018 12:30 pm EST For many couples, conceiving a child isn’t much of a challenge. For some, it’s a total freak accident. But for Rachel (Kathryn Hahn) and Richard (Paul Giamatti) it’s an uphill battle that they’ve been fighting for years with no signs of progress. In her latest feature, writer/director Tamara Jenkins (The Savages, Slums of Beverly Hills) slowly unfurls the agony of desperation for a couple in their 40s trying everything they can in the fertility handbook in order to have a child....

‘Snow White’ Spinoff ‘The Huntsman’ Gets New Title, New Synopsis, And New Posters By Angie Han/Nov. 16, 2015 3:00 pm EST Universal ditched the Snow White half of Snow White and the Huntsman some time ago, but the Huntsman will be back next year headlining his very own movie. And as of today, that movie has a new title, a new synopsis, and four first-look promotional images. The Huntsman: Winter’s War has dished out four new character posters featuring Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt, and Jessica Chastain, or, as I think of them, “Thor and three people the internet wishes would play Captain Marvel....

‘Star Wars: Episode 8’ Changes Release Date, Will Now Directly Challenge ‘Avatar 2’ By Jacob Hall/Jan. 20, 2016 12:12 pm EST We knew there were rumors of a slight delay in the production of Star Wars: Episode 8, but we didn’t see this coming: Rian Johnson’s sequel has bailed on its original May 26, 2017 release date and will now blast into theaters on December 15, 2017. This is huge news for a number of reasons, but let’s just get the big one out of the way first…...

Christopher Nolan Talks Superman: “We Know The Genre And How To Get It Done Right”; Jonathan Nolan At Work On Batman 3 By Russ Fischer/March 10, 2010 8:49 am EST Remember when DC Entertainment president Diane Nelson denied that Christopher Nolan was overseeing the new Superman film? It’s stories like this that make the movie rumor business so sketchy, because an official denial doesn’t always mean that something isn’t true. We know now that Nolan is overseeing Superman for WB as David Goyer writes the script based on a story by Nolan and Goyer....

Cool Stuff: Laurent Durieux’s Godzilla Print By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 27, 2015 5:00 am EST Dark Hall Mansion is partnering again with Laurent Durieux on a Godzilla print, the latest addition to their Seminal Film Series. The officially licensed Godzilla limited edition print release takes on the original 1954 Japanese landmark film and goes on sale this Friday, August 28th 2015. See both the regular and variant versions and get more information on the Laurent Durieux Godzilla print, after the jump....

Dan Aykroyd Doubts ‘Ghostbusters’ Sequel Will Happen As Sony Corrects His Budget Numbers By Ethan Anderton/June 6, 2017 11:30 am EST Well, Dan Aykroyd has certainly stirred up the Ghostbusters pot again. Over the weekend, the actor blamed director Paul Feig for trouble behind the scenes that resulted in spending a supposed $30-$40 million on reshoots. Aykroyd even went so far as to say that Feig’s blunders during production meant the director “will not be back on the Sony lot any time soon....

Don’t Call It Steampunk: The Fascinating World Of ‘Mortal Engines’ [Set Visit] By Jacob Hall/June 5, 2018 8:00 am EST Last year, as I flew to Wellington, New Zealand to visit the set of Universal Pictures’ Mortal Engines, I read the source novel by writer Philip Reeve. It was a brisk read, one intended for younger audiences, but I immediately understood why filmmaker Peter Jackson had been working for a decade to bring it to the big screen....

Emma Watson Signs On For Final Two Harry Potter Films By Peter Sciretta/March 23, 2007 12:25 pm EST We have just been notified that Emma Watson, who plays Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter film series has finally signed on the dotted line for the last two films. Last week it was reported that the young star turned down a $2 million per movie deal. Looks like Warner must have upped their offer....

Interview: Director Christopher McQuarrie On Making A Big Action Movie With Less By Jack Giroux/Dec. 18, 2015 8:00 am EST After the jump, read our Christopher McQuarrie interview. Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation marks Cruise and McQuarrie’s most successful collaboration to date. Director Brad Bird (Tomorrowland) set the bar high with Ghost Protocol – a bar all involved in Rogue Nation reached. The sequel, like the other Mission: Impossible films, features an authorial voice....

Miramax And The Weinstein Company Teaming To Produce ‘Bad Santa’ And ‘Rounders’ Sequels By Russ Fischer/Dec. 16, 2010 6:43 am EST UPDATE: Kevin Smith has responded to the mention of a Clerks sequel. His note, via Twitter, is after the break. Original article follows. Now that the handover of Miramax to new ownership is really going forward, the company is making an interesting move. Miramax announced this morning that it will team with The Weinstein Company — aka the men who founded and then left Miramax — to produce sequels to a handful of Miramax titles....

Page 2: Black Swan, Jon Hamm, James Bond, M.A.S.K., Bambi, Fight Club, Superman, The Dark Knight, Mr. Brainwash, Inception By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 28, 2011 12:00 pm 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 48 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....

Peter Sciretta’s Top 10 Movies Of 2017 By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 9, 2018 11:30 am EST These are not the 10 best films released in 2017 – this list is of my 10 favorites. I saw close to 150 films last year, so narrowing down my top 7% is not easy. There are a lot of great films that didn’t make the cut, and I could list off a paragraph of films as honorable mentions, but I feel like that would be of disservice to this list....

Preview: Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge By Peter Sciretta/March 11, 2014 2:00 pm EST As a child, I grew up on the creations of Jim Henson and his famous creature shop. We live in a world of completely digital creature creations, but I still believe practical puppets can sometimes produce better results (especially when used in tandem with cg, augmenting the practical with the impossible). A new Syfy television series Jim Henson’s Creature Shop Challenge will give us a look behind the magic....

Richard Kelly Has Written An Animated Screenplay Adaptation Prequel To ‘Southland Tales’ By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 29, 2010 9:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Richard Kelly recently appeared at Kevin Smith’s Smodcastle in Hollywood California to present a screening of Southland Tales. Before the screening, Smith recorded a one and a half hour conversation with Kelly which begins with his childhood and spans his filmmaking career....

Sequel Bits: ‘Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them 2,’ ‘Kingsman: The Red Diamond,’ And ‘Austin Powers 4’ By Jack Giroux/April 30, 2017 9:00 am EST In today’s edition of sequel bits: J.K. Rowling teases Newt Scamander’s Patronus spell. Mike Myers comments on Austin Powers 4. Mark Millar reveals a new “Kingsman” comic. Dave Bautista talks Bond 25 What’s Emma Watson’s idea for a Beauty and the Beast sequel? All that and more....

Sequel Bits: ‘Mission: Impossible 5,’ ‘The Host 2,’ ‘Fast And Furious 6,’ And Posters For ‘Riddick’ And ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 6, 2012 3:24 pm EST With Jack Reacher releasing in just a couple of weeks, that film’s writer/director Christopher McQuarrie is finally back on screens with a directing credit to follow his debut The Way of the Gun, which hit in 2000. McQuarrie is the lead choice to direct Tom Cruise (and presumably Jeremy Renner) in Mission: Impossible 5, and talked about the job recently to Graffiti Without Punctuation:...

Shia LaBeouf To Star In The Necessary Death Of Charlie Countryman By Peter Sciretta/April 29, 2010 11:00 am EST Mandate Pictures just announced that Shia LaBeouf would star in The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman, the feature directorial debut of award-winning commercial director Dante Ariola (check out some of his commercial work in our commercial director spotlight). The original screenplay was featured on the 2007 Black List (a Hollywood insider listing of the top unproduced screenplays of the year) and is written by Matt Drake, the scribe behind Tully (which was nominated for four Independent Spirit awards including Best Screenplay and Best Feature) and Todd Phillips’ Project X....

Star Wars Bits: J.J. Abrams Promises ‘Episode VII’ Easter Egg, George Lucas Talks Prequels In 1981, Lego X-Wing By Germain Lussier/May 23, 2013 3:20 pm EST There’s lots of Star Wars trivia, jokes and crazy fandom in this edition of Star Wars Bits. Below, read about the following: A conversation from July 1981 where George Lucas described the prequels, with a few differences. Electronic Arts plans to reveal their new Star Wars games at E3....

Star Wars Bits: Star Wars Land Construction, Shattered Empire #2 Preview, TFA Star Destroyer, Apple TV And More By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 10, 2015 1:30 pm EST Coming off of Force Friday, this week has been relatively light in terms of Star Wars news. I do have a bunch of Star Wars tidbits for you today. Here is what we’ll talk about in today’s Star Wars Bits: Get a high resolution look at the new Star Destroyer from Star Wars: the Force Awakens....