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J.J. Abrams Adapting Rod Serling’s Unproduced ‘The Stops Along The Way’ Into TV Mini-Series By Russ Fischer/June 5, 2013 11:11 am EST Nearly forty years after his 1975 death, few names in genre circles carry the same weight as Rod Serling. The writer/producer/host created a cornerstone of the modern age of television with The Twilight Zone, and his approach to storytelling echoes today. (Sadly, his best tendencies are rarely emulated, but that’s the way it goes....

Joss Whedon’s Reaction To ‘Iron Man 3’ Ending, New IMAX Poster Revealed By Angie Han/March 19, 2013 11:30 am EST It’s been what, two weeks since the last Iron Man 3 poster was revealed? That kind of laziness simply won’t do. Fortunately, IMAX is here to save the day with a new poster featuring the whole gang. Tony (Robert Downey Jr.) and Pepper (Gwyneth Paltrow) clutch each other while supporting characters look on somberly, and little Iron Men fly around in the background....

Kevin Smith To Make ‘Clerks III’ (When Jeff Anderson Signs On) By Germain Lussier/Dec. 7, 2012 10:23 am EST Earlier this week, Kevin Smith revealed that Hit Somebody, the hockey film he’d planned to be his final movie, was going to be turned into a TV mini-series. That left a distinct void in Smith’s feature film resume. He was now without a big passion project to close out his feature directorial career....

Kurt Russell Says ‘The Hateful Eight’ Could Shoot In Early 2015 By Russ Fischer/July 14, 2014 4:30 pm EST But Kurt Russell could really be in the next Tarantino movie, as he’s still set to have a role in Tarantino’s western The Hateful Eight. Russell was part of the cast when Tarantino staged a live-read of the script’s first draft earlier this year. And while the writer/director had originally killed off plans to make the movie after the script leaked, he has seemingly revived his own interest in The Hateful Eight....

Mondo Tackles ‘The Matrix’ And ‘The French Connection’ By Germain Lussier/May 28, 2014 3:00 pm EST The phrase “When it rains, it pours” applies to Mondo posters Wednesday. After a cavalcade of great work by Ken Taylor for their Austin-based gallery, Mondo revealed two out-of-left-field posters that’ll go on sale Thursday May 29. There’s the Oscar-winning thriller The French Connection by Adam Simpson and the sci-fi masterpiece The Matrix made by Kevin Tong....

Page 2: Anchorman, Star Wars, Exit Through The Gift Shop, Planes Trains And Automobiles, Futurama, Raging Bull, Back To The Future, Ray Bradbury, Doctor Who, Porco Rosso, Up, E.T. By Peter Sciretta/June 8, 2012 8:00 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 48 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more....

Page 2: Robert Downey Jr, Spider-Man 3, National Treasure 2 And More By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 28, 2007 4:31 am EST Robert Downey Jr. and Jay Baruchel have signed on to star in the Ben Stiller-helmed comedy Tropic Thunder for DreamWorks. The Stiller, Justin Theroux and Etan Cohen penned screenplay is about a big-budget war movie gone wrong. I wonder if this means Tom Cruise is out? A new Spider-Man 3 clip will be shown on the March 5th episode of Heroes....

Paul Walker Has Died At Age 40 landmarkmedia/Shutterstock By Russ Fischer/Nov. 30, 2013 7:09 pm EST Actor Paul Walker was killed Saturday afternoon in a car crash in Valencia, north of Los Angeles, according to TMZ. He was 40 years old. Walker was in a Porche that spun out of control and crashed, killing the actor in a fiery explosion. The actor’s representation confirmed that he had passed to Variety and other outlets....

Russell Brand In Talks For Werner Herzog’s ‘Vernon God Little’ [Updated] By Russ Fischer/Feb. 7, 2014 11:15 am EST Werner Herzog is currently out in the desert for his Gertrude Bell biopic Queen of the Desert, but soon he’ll focus on some arid Americana. His next film is slated to be Vernon God Little, based on the novel by DBC Pierre that won the Booker Prize after its 2003 publication. The novel is set in a small Texas border town, where a high school student shoots six fellow students before taking his own life....

See A Blond-Haired Tom Hiddleston Audition To Play Thor [Updated With Video] By Angie Han/Jan. 29, 2014 1:30 pm EST There’s really no arguing that Loki is the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s best villain. As played by Tom Hiddleston, he’s so slyly charismatic that he often threatens to steal the show from right out under the real hero, Chris Hemsworth’s Thor. But when casting for the first Thor was going on, Hiddleston wasn’t initially set on playing the bad guy....

Study Says Streaming Will Overtake Physical Media Revenue In 2016 By Russ Fischer/June 5, 2014 7:00 am EST No matter what your feelings may be about the battle between physical media and streaming, numbers suggest that physical media is losing the fight. And in the entertainment business, when money is the bottom line, that suggests a dire future for disc media. A new study says that while box office and digital revenue are expected to climb through 2019, sales and rentals of DVD and other disc media will fall sharply....

Toby Kebbell Rounds Out Cast Of ‘A Monster Calls’ Movie Adaptation By Russ Fischer/Aug. 19, 2014 5:30 pm EST You didn’t even see Kebbel, per se, in his most recent film, when he was spectacular as the antagonist Koba in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. But Kebbell has been reliably good in many other films prior to that, and we’re looking forward to seeing him as the father of a young boy — a boy who escapes his real-world problems by fleeing to a fantasy world....

Tom Hardy Starring In Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘The True American’ By Russ Fischer/May 14, 2014 8:18 pm EST Less than two weeks after 9/11 Mark Anthony Stroman, a man on a horrifically blind mission of revenge, shot a man in Dallas, believing that he was firing on an Arab. The victim was Raisuddin Bhuiyan, a 37-year old immigrant and former Air Force officer from Bangladesh. He was shot while working at a friend’s convenience store as he tried to establish a foothold in America....

Trivia: How George Lucas Helped With The ‘Gangs Of New York’ Elephant Problem By Russ Fischer/Sept. 12, 2013 4:30 pm EST Take Gangs of New York, the Martin Scorsese film that Weinstein produced in 2002. The massive project shot in Rome, and quickly became legendary in some circles as an example of Harvey’s heavy-handed demands for a shorter cut than the filmmaker wanted to deliver. Weinstein recently talked about that aspect of the film, but he also explained the origin of the CG elephant that roams through the elaborate riot sequence that acts as the climax of the film....

UPDATE: Indiana Jones Not Being Rebooted By Germain Lussier/March 26, 2014 9:30 am EST Update: We’ve contacted a high-placing source who tells /Film the below story is not true. Also, producer Frank Marshall tweeted on the manner. The original text follows.Update #2: Frank Darabont has also spoken up to say that there is no truth to the aspect of the story saying he pitched a new Indy story. Read that below....

VIDEO: How Rian Johnson’s ‘Looper’ Should Have Ended By Germain Lussier/Nov. 30, 2012 6:00 am EST One of our most anticipated films of 2012, and subsequently one of the most analyzed, had to be Rian Johnson’s Looper. The time-traveling sci-fi action film with heart was entertaining but left us with lots and lots of unanswered questions. The director himself not only acknowledged that, but embraced it, which suggests he’d enjoy the latest video from the How It Should Have Ended team....

Vin Diesel Only Has One Line Of Dialogue In ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ By Angie Han/Oct. 15, 2013 3:30 pm EST Vin Diesel has spent his downtime on the Fast & Furious 7 set getting ready to play Groot in Guardians of the Galaxy, but it seems memorizing lines isn’t a big part of that prep. While the sentient tree is a key member of the intergalactic team, he’s not much of a talker....

VOTD: Julie Delpy And Ethan Hawke Break The Fourth Wall In “Don’t Talk Or Text” Alamo Drafthouse PSA By Russ Fischer/May 31, 2013 2:48 pm EST Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke have an easy, familiar chemistry on screen; it’s no wonder their third pairing, Before Midnight, stands out as one of the best films of the year so far. Now the two have been recruited (along with their offscreen cinema partner Richard Linklater) to take part in a “don’t talk or text” PSA for the Alamo Drafthouse theater chain....

Watch A Video Rundown Of 12 Impressive Long Takes By Russ Fischer/April 18, 2014 5:00 am EST The long take is a certain mark of cinematic achievement, particularly when the shot in question really works in a film. Anyone can show off — well, not anyone, but a good crew can put together an impressive long take. But to have it make sense for the story, and not draw attention to itself purely for the sake of doing so, is an achievement....

Weta To Reboot ‘Thunderbirds’ As Live-Action/CG Hybrid Show By Russ Fischer/Feb. 4, 2013 3:00 pm EST What’s weirder than a resurgence of the supermarionette show Thunderbirds, which originally premiered in the UK in 1965? How about a version that eschews the puppetry that has long characterized the title, in favor of a blend of live-action and CGI? The weird part is that this isn’t the first live-action venture for the characters....