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NBC Delays ‘Community’ And ‘Whitney,’ Hires ‘Carnivale’ Creator For New Take On ‘Dracula’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 8, 2012 6:54 pm EST Community fans have hoped for the best when it comes to the fourth season of the playful sitcom, which is now being shot without the input of creator Dan Harmon. And while NBC and the current showrunners, David Guarascio and Moses Port, have insisted that everything is on track for a satisfying season, now we don’t know when that season will actually begin....

New ‘Inherent Vice’ Image Reveals Reese Witherspoon As Penny Kimball By Angie Han/Sept. 25, 2014 9:30 am EST Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice features some very colorful characters, and to fill them out he’s hired some immensely talented actors, including Joaquin Phoenix, Benicio del Toro, and Josh Brolin. One we haven’t seen much of yet is Reese Witherspoon, who plays Penny Kimball. That changes today with a brand-new image. Get your first look at Witherspoon in Inherent Vice with her giant 1970 hair after the jump....

New ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Trailer: Packed With Turtle Power By Germain Lussier/June 24, 2014 9:01 am EST The first trailer for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles did a good job of holding back its stars. This new trailer for the film, which opens August 8, goes the opposite way. It is almost completely comprised of the bodies, voices, attitudes and actions of our heroes in a half-shell: Leonardo, Raphael, Michaelangelo and Donatello....

Page 2: Star Trek, Alien, Breaking Bad, Walking Dead, Knight Rider, Harry Potter, Toy Story, Kill Bill By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 4, 2013 2:00 pm EST Header Photo: Despicable Me Minions: Star Trek Style “Something Terrible Has Happened Here”: The Crazy Story Of How “Clue” Went From Forgotten Flop To Cult Triumph SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS, PART ONE: WHO, WHEN AND WHY LG: Window Prank The Box-Office’s Top 20 Films of the Summer Prove That Cheaper Is Often BetterBiggest Box Office Hits and Misses of Summer 20133D Art: Bob Alien...

Peyton Reed Directing ‘Ant-Man,’ New Synopsis Released By Russ Fischer/June 7, 2014 10:34 am EST After a couple weeks of conversations with various directors, Marvel Studios has made a decision, and a deal that will see Bring it On and Yes Man helmer Peyton Reed directing Ant-Man. He’ll be working from a script that features input from Adam McKay, who was briefly in talks to direct the movie in the wake of Edgar Wright’s departure....

Studio Ghibli Considers “Housecleaning,” Has Not Yet Closed By Russ Fischer/Aug. 3, 2014 6:30 pm EST The rumors of Studio Ghibli’s demise have been flying for a couple years, and intensified when co-founder Hayao Miyazaki announced his retirement from directing feature films. And while the Gibli documentary The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness hasn’t been officially released in the US, one sequence from the film has been floating around over the past week....

Sylvester Stallone Confirms Nicolas Cage For ‘Expendables 3;’ Expresses Interest In Harrison Ford, Wesley Snipes And Mickey Rourke [UPDATED] By Germain Lussier/Nov. 5, 2012 12:30 pm EST UPDATE: Deadline reports Stallone denies making the below claims on Facebook, pointing to the fact it’s a fan page. Time and again, Sylvester Stallone has proven he’s a man of the fans. From his legendary Q&As on Ain’t It Cool News to panels at San Diego Comic-Con, the Oscar-nominated action mega star has fully embraced new media and that’s how he chose to make his latest announcement....

Thanks For Helping /Film Raise $10,000 For FilmAid’s Work In The Dadaab Refugee Camp! By David Chen/March 8, 2013 6:42 pm EST Well, you guys really did it: through our fundraiser, as of yesterday afternoon, the readers of /Film and listeners to the /Filmcast have raised over $10,000 for FilmAid! The work that FilmAid is doing there is changing lives, so by the transitive property, we’re now helping to change lives!...

Theory: 30 Of Disney’s Animated Features Take Place In The Same World By Angie Han/Aug. 27, 2013 5:00 pm EST Even casual Disney fans have likely noticed that the studio’s various animated features often contain subtle nods at each other. Rapunzel from Tangled has Disney fairy tale books in her collection, Nani from Lilo & Stitch has a Mulan poster, et cetera. But what if these aren’t mere sight gags from playful animators....

Trivia: Alec Baldwin Turned Down A Marvel Villain Role, But Which One? By Germain Lussier/July 31, 2013 4:00 pm EST Oscar nominee and multiple-Golden Globe and Emmy Award winner Alec Baldwin recently revealed he was offered a villainous role in a Marvel movie. Appearing on The Howard Stern Show, the 30 Rock star said he was offered the role but had to turn it down because of scheduling issues. Below, read his quotes and speculate as to which character it was....

VOTD: Sacha Baron Cohen “Kills” 87-Year-Old ‘City Lights’ Star At Awards Show By Germain Lussier/Nov. 12, 2013 11:00 am EST Sacha Baron Cohen has outdone himself again. The comedic writer/actor is famous for freaking people out with his comedy, whether through one of his trademark characters, or by setting something up at an awards show. For his latest stunt, Cohen was accepting the “Charlie Chaplin Britannia Award for Excellence In Comedy” at the BAFTA LA Jaguar Britannia Awards....

Watch A Video Essay Exploring The Directorial Technique Of David Fincher By Russ Fischer/Oct. 2, 2014 3:45 pm EST Things that are absent can be just as important as what is present. When talking about directors, the classic approach is to focus on the “positive space,” to appropriate a concept. What does the director do? They use handheld or dolly shots in a certain way; maybe they have a consistent approach to blocking two-shots and conversations; perhaps they consistently use close-ups to deliver information to the audience....

Watch The Oscar-Winning Short Documentary That Inspired ‘The Sessions’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 24, 2012 2:00 pm EST Hilarious, charming and heartwarming, The Sessions is one of the best films of the year. It’s the true story of Mark O’Brien (John Hawkes), a California-based journalist relegated to a gurney and iron lung because of disabling polio. At the age of 38, he’s still a virgin and, with the blessing of his priest (William H....

‘Anonymous’ Trailer #2 By Russ Fischer/Aug. 5, 2011 1:30 pm EST Roland Emmerich’s new film, the ‘who really wrote Shakespeare’s plays’ conspiracy tale Anonymous, got a little prestige bump when it was programmed as part of the Toronto International Film Festival. But let’s face it: as much as we celebrate TIFF, and with very good reason, a festival packed with hundreds of films is going to spotlight a few clunkers. Will Anonymous be one of those?...

‘Black Sea’ Trailer: Jude Law Goes Underwater Treasure Hunting By Germain Lussier/Oct. 2, 2014 1:30 pm EST If movies have taught us anything, it’s that money drives people mad. Movie after movie depicts people doing terrible things for money. Killing, kidnapping, and worse. Now take that tension between people desperate for money, shove it into a super-confined space, and push the container deep under the ocean. The result is Black Sea....

‘Community’ Season Five Teaser: The Return Of Mr. Winger By Russ Fischer/Dec. 9, 2013 2:54 pm EST Can series creator Dan Harmon put the shine back on Community? Ousted for the show’s fourth season, he’s back for the fifth, which premieres on January 2. This teaser suggests that Harmon has done a lot of course correcting — while I couldn’t get through much of the fourth season, this teaser has me ready to check out the fifth....

‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’ Japanese Trailer Has Some New Footage By Russ Fischer/May 30, 2014 1:00 pm EST There’s a new Dawn of the Planet of the Apes trailer, from Japan, and it has some new footage. Not a lot, but enough. The film looks like one of the more promising events of the summer, not only because it follows on the unexpectedly good Rise of the Planet of the Apes, but because the cast and story we’ve seen so far from this sequel seem to be pushing in just the right direction....

‘Dexter:’ New Teaser Spot; Edward James Olmos’ Role Teased; Molly Parker Cast By Russ Fischer/June 17, 2011 12:00 pm EST Showtime’s Dexter keeps rolling, and the channel promises that this upcoming sixth season will bring the character, played once again by Michael C. Hall, back to his roots. There are new cast members like Edward James Olmos, Colin Hanks, and the recently cast Molly Parker (Deadwood) to add a little extra flavor, too....

‘Odd Thomas’ Trailer: Anton Yelchin Leads Long-Delayed Dean Koontz Adaptation By Angie Han/Feb. 5, 2014 7:00 am EST Way back in February 2011, we told you that Anton Yelchin had been cast as the title character in Stephen Sommers’ Odd Thomas. Based on the novel by Dean Koontz, the supernatural thriller follows a fry cook who can communicate with the dead — and is also, therefore, the only person who can stop the evil forces threatening to take over his town....

‘Star Wars Episode VII’ Returning To Tatooine [Updated] By Germain Lussier/April 10, 2014 4:15 pm EST The latest chapter in the Star Wars saga will return to the home planet of Anakin and Luke Skywalker. Star Wars Episode VII will take place, at least partially, on the desert planet of Tatooine. A new report confirms the previously reported information that filming in Morocco will, in fact, double for the famous desert planet C-3PO and R2-D2 landed on at the beginning of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope....