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By Angie Han/Feb. 28, 2012 1:00 pm EST With exactly ten days left until the opening of John Carter, Disney has released what I’m assuming is the final trailer for the film. And while I haven’t loved all of the previous marketing, it appears the team has learned from its mistakes because this is probably the best one they’ve released so far. The new trailer is heavier on menacing Mark Strong, eye-popping action, and plot, and lighter on Taylor Kitsch’s stilted readings of generic dialogue....

Jessica Chastain Joining Xavier Dolan’s First English-Language Film By Russ Fischer/Sept. 11, 2014 11:15 am EST Quebecois writer/director/actor Xavier Dolan has been making acclaimed films in Canada for the last few years, and his most recent, Mommy, was a huge hit at Cannes this past May. Mommy was up for the Palme d’Or, and while it didn’t take that prize, Dolan did win the Jury Prize for the film. At the same time, Dolan said he was prepping his first English-language script, called The Death and Life of John F....

Jonás Cuarón Writing Atlantis Movie ‘The Lost City’ For Warner Bros. By Russ Fischer/Oct. 17, 2013 12:15 pm EST Briefly: In the wake of the success of Gravity, co-writer Jonás Cuarón has a new deal, and it will take him to the depths of the ocean rather than the outer reaches of Earth’s atmosphere. Cuarón will script The Lost City, a film Warner Bros. has in development about Atlantis. It’s a project the studio once wanted Peter Jackson tot tackle, but given how well Gravity has done, the younger Cuarón seems like a good choice....

New ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ Clip Explains Why Xavier Can Walk By Germain Lussier/May 1, 2014 5:00 pm EST Here’s the clip from Apple, via Comic Book Movie. Be aware, though: the explanation’s not a big spoiler, but it’s definitely a spoiler of sorts. So only watch if you’re super curious. Or skip the first 10 seconds and watch the rest. Seems like this is a clip from early in the movie, but late enough for Wolverine to travel back into the past....

Nicolas Winding Refn In Talks For Haunted Hotel Horror Film By Russ Fischer/May 15, 2014 6:00 am EST Remember the story a year or so ago about a young woman who was found dead in a water tank on the roof of a hotel in downtown Los Angeles? That was the Cecil Hotel, which is the same place where serial killer Richard “the Night Stalker” Ramirez lived in the ’80s. It’s also the setting for a spec script called The Bringing, which Brandon and Phillip Murphy sold to Sony earlier this year....

Overseas Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix Movie Posters By Peter Sciretta/May 3, 2007 5:58 am EST Some new foreign Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie posters have started to appear online. The first one seems to be from Sweden, and the last few appear to be from Thailand (although we could be wrong, and have been in the past. The new Thai posters feature shots of Harry and Voldemort, Hermione and Ron and Lucius Malfoy....

Page 2: Breaking Bad, Lost, Star Wars, GoT, Shonda Rhimes, SNL, ET, True Detective By Peter Sciretta/April 11, 2014 10:30 am 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 23 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: Ghostbusters, LEGO Movie, MST3K, Star Wars, Ghost, Noah, GoT By Peter Sciretta/April 10, 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. Header Photo: Today’s t-shirt of RIPT Apparel is a Ghostbusters-inspired design...

Paul Bettany Discusses Vision In ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ By Germain Lussier/April 14, 2014 8:30 am EST The trades reported it, Kevin Feige didn’t deny it and now Paul Bettany has admitted it. He’s playing Vision in Avengers: Age of Ultron. The voice of J.A.R.V.I.S., a longtime Marvel Cinematic Universe mainstay, recently appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to promote Transcendence. There, he copped to finally having to do more than one day of work on a Marvel movie, for the Joss Whedon project which is currently filming....

Richard Linklater Goes For ‘A Walk In The Woods’ With Robert Redford And Nick Nolte By Angie Han/April 3, 2013 3:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The comedic travelogue follows two lifelong friends, Bryson and Katz, who reunite in adulthood to try and walk the Appalachian trail. The pair don’t entirely succeed, but the real appeal of their story comes from their wry observations and insightful conversation along the way....

Rumor: Warner Bros. Offers Christian Bale $60 Million To Play Batman Again By Germain Lussier/Aug. 13, 2013 1:46 pm EST Christian Bale has stated time and time again he doesn’t want to be Batman again unless Christopher Nolan is directing. Well, the Caped Crusader set to return to the big screen in 2015, casting is well under way and the latest rumor states Warner Bros. will reportedly offer Bale 60 million reasons to change his mind....

Superhero Bits: Batman Vs. Superman, Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men Days Of Future Past, Captain America: The Winter Soldier By Germain Lussier/Nov. 19, 2013 7:02 pm EST Bleeding Cool reports DC has begun to secure a bunch of new Nightwing trademarks, suggesting he’s getting a new push, possibly because of Batman vs. Superman.Batman vs. Superman producer Charles Roven spoke to Variety about the film. Here’s one quote: The Wall Street Journal reports Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark will close in New York come January....

Superhero Bits: Wolverine, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, Batman Vs. Superman, X-Men, Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. By Germain Lussier/May 16, 2014 5:30 pm EST Want to hear the new stars of Avengers: Age of Ultron talk about their roles? Who is currently on set filming Batman vs. Superman? How much did the original Wolverine first appearance art sell for? What happened in the final scene of the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. finale? Is anything revealed in new Guardians of the Galaxy character descriptions?...

The Coen Brothers Are Rewriting Steven Spielberg’s Cold War Project By Russ Fischer/May 21, 2014 5:00 am EST Would you watch a Steven Spielberg movie starring Tom Hanks, written by the Coen Brothers? Yeah, thought so. Last year, Matt Charman wrote a true-life cold war drama that tells the story of a US attorney who negotiated with the KGB to secure the release of a spy plane pilot. Tom Hanks came on board, and Steven Spielberg was recently attached to the Dreamworks project....

Video: Watch The Final Shot From Every Best Picture Oscar Winner By Germain Lussier/March 25, 2014 5:00 am EST The final shot of a film is crucial. It’s the last image the viewer sees before leaving the theater, and the one with the most potential to stick in their minds about the film’s message. Some movies don’t really take it that seriously, lingering on something of little significance, or maybe just offering a simple wrap up....

Will Gluck Will Direct Will Smith And Jay-Z’s ‘Annie’ Remake, But Willow Smith Won’t Star By Angie Han/Jan. 30, 2013 12:20 pm EST After making three movies in three years (2009’s Fired Up!, 2010’s Easy A, and 2011’s Friends With Benefits), filmmaker Will Gluck has spent the past couple of years weighing his options for his next project. At various points, he’s circled the heist flick Sex on the Moon, the action comedy Secretaries Day, the true crime caper Skyjack, and a reunion with his Easy A star Emma Stone....

WTF: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Poster Accidentally References 9/11 By Angie Han/July 29, 2014 3:30 pm EST The phrase “epic fail” may not be as fashionable as it once was, but sometimes it really is the only way to express just how horribly something has gone wrong. Case in point: Can you come up with a better way to describe a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles poster that combines exploding building imagery and a 9/11 release date?...

‘A.C.O.D’ Trailer: A Star-Studded Cast Helps Adam Scott Deal With His Parents Divorce By Germain Lussier/Aug. 15, 2013 1:30 pm EST Adam Scott, Richard Jenkins, Catherine O’Hara, Amy Poehler, Clark Duke, Jessica Alba, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Jane Lynch. Not a bad cast, right? Now, what if I was to tell you they were all in one of the funniest and smartest films of the year? That film is called A....

‘Batman V Superman’ Sets Up “Five Or Six” Film ‘Justice League’ Story, Says Kevin Smith By Germain Lussier/May 27, 2014 3:23 pm EST He’s friends with Ben Affleck, he’s got a Batman podcast and now writer/director Kevin Smith is quickly becoming fandom’s number-one source for Batman v Superman news. Recently on one of Smith’s podcasts, the director commented on the color of Ben Affleck’s Batsuit in Zack Snyder’s 2016 release, Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice....

‘Ender’s Game’ Teaser Poster Dives Into The Battle Room By Germain Lussier/March 25, 2013 9:30 am EST One of the biggest questions about Gavin Hood’s adaptation of Ender’s Game involves the battle room. Any fan of Orson Scott Card’s classic sci-fi novel knows much of the book’s excitement, character development and action takes place in a massive zero-gravity chamber where students of Battle School wage war and practices the techniques they learn about in class....