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Danny Boyle To Direct Heist Film ‘Smash And Grab: The Story Of The Pink Panthers’ By Germain Lussier/Oct. 4, 2013 1:18 pm EST Variety broke the news of the deal. Apparently Boyle, an Oscar-winning director of Slumdog Millionaire, saw the documentary and immediately envisioned it as a narrative story. He then grabbed his producers and pursued the remake rights. After completing Trance, he had yet to settle on a follow-up project and this might be it....

Exclusive: Iam8bit Video Game Art From Olly Moss, JC Richard, And Phantom City Creative By Germain Lussier/June 4, 2013 1:54 pm EST Video games and movies have gone hand in hand for a while. Movies have increasingly looked toward the gaming industry for inspiration and story properties, while video games have become increasingly cinematic as they stress good storytelling along with cool graphics and gameplay. That trend has spread into the art world too, where some of the most popular artists in the movie poster game have begun to make art based on video games....

Frank Darabont’s ‘L.A. Noir’ Renamed ‘Lost Angels;’ Simon Pegg Plays Small Role By Russ Fischer/Jan. 25, 2013 7:30 pm EST Frank Darabont is trying again with a television series in the wake of his departure from The Walking Dead, and he’s brought John Bernthal along with him. His new effort was called L.A. Noir, but will now hit televisions as Lost Angels. As you might have surmised, the reason for the title change is Rockstar’s video game called L....

Free ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Mondo Posters At IMAX Screenings By Germain Lussier/April 8, 2014 8:00 am EST Briefly: Sony Pictures has teamed up with IMAX, Marvel and Mondo for the latest FanFix print. Attendees of the 7 p.m. May 1 IMAX screenings of Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will get a copy of a brand new poster by artist Matt Taylor. Check out the full Spider-Man Mondo poster below....

Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix In IMAX 3D By Peter Sciretta/April 19, 2007 11:54 am EST We reported back in October of 2006 that Warner Bros was considering a possible IMAX 3D up-conversion for Harry Potter. Well it looks like we were partially right. Select scenes from the upcoming film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will be digitally converted into the IMAX 3D release. Some people had a problem with the Superman Returns 3D release because they felt annoyed at the gimmicky “Put the glasses on, take the glasses off”....

Lindsay Lohan To Cameo On Final Season Of ‘Eastbound And Down’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 15, 2013 8:43 am EST Briefly: People are getting rightfully excited for the September 29th return of Kenny Effing Powers on the final season of Eastbound and Down. Now, the show is adding at least one surprising cast member that’s sure to turn some heads. Lindsay Lohan has just signed to play a small but important role on the show....

Page 2: Breaking Bad, James Gandolfini, Blade Runner, Jerry Seinfeld, Game Of Thrones, Pixar, John Goodman, Dexter By Peter Sciretta/June 21, 2013 12:00 pm EST Header Photo: Blue Sky Candy, Peppermint Rock Candy Inspired by ‘Breaking Bad’ Which Board Games they play at PixarSteven Spielberg: Tackling TV on His Own Terms Huge LEGO “Wizard of Oz” Diorama With Working Tornado ‘Star Trek’ Creator’s Ashes to Be Sent Into Deep Space...

Page 2: Toy Story, Green Lantern, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, Tommy Boy, Dr. Horrible, Woody Allen, Tintin, Firefly, Doctor Who, Big Lebowski By Peter Sciretta/June 22, 2011 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 46 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more....

Quentin Tarantino Co-Writing Django And Zorro Comic Series By Russ Fischer/June 18, 2014 10:00 am EST The original script for Django Unchained was adapted into comic book form in 2013, and now Django is making a return to comic pages. Even better, his creator, Quentin Tarantino, will join the list of film directors who have dabbled in comics. Tarantino is co-writing a story that will match up Django and Zorro, to be co-published by Dynamite Entertainment and DC....

Roland Emmerich Nabs New Sci-Fi Property: ‘Emergence’ By Germain Lussier/June 7, 2013 11:00 am EST In Hollywood, you can never own too much intellectual property. Producers option novels and magazine articles before they’re even published in hopes of landing the next lucrative franchise. This is also why, when a screenwriter has a solid original idea with potential, everyone goes crazy. They don’t want to be the company who passed on the next big thing....

Scientists Name New Dinosaur Species After ‘Avatar’s’ Dragon Creatures By Germain Lussier/Sept. 18, 2014 6:00 am EST We’ve officially reached a new level of geekdom. It used to be, when you were a fan of a movie something, you just saw it a few times in theaters. Then maybe you bought some merchandise. Hung a poster on your wall. Then you started going to conventions. Dressing up. Maybe you took it up a notch with a tattoo or naming your child after a character....

Shane Black’s ‘Predator’ Is More Sequel Than Reboot By Germain Lussier/June 25, 2014 3:36 pm EST On the spectrum of news about a reboot, remake or sequel, Tuesday’s reveal of Shane Black and Fred Dekker doing a Predator movie was about as good as it gets. You’ve got Black, of the best writers out there, who also happens to be a solid director and who was involved in the original film....

Super Bowl Teases: ‘Iron Man 3,’ ‘The Lone Ranger,’ ‘Oz The Great And Powerful’, And More By Germain Lussier/Jan. 30, 2013 3:20 pm EST Super Bowl Sunday is fast approaching and that means new movie trailers. Word is there will be six this year: our first look at Fast and Furious 6, new ones for Star Trek Into Darkness and World War Z, and then three from Disney: Iron Man 3 directed by Shane Black, The Lone Ranger, directed by Gore Verbinski and Oz The Great And Powerful, directed by Sam Raimi....

Superhero Bits: Amazing Spider-Man 2, Black Panther, X-Men: Days Of Future Past, Man Of Steel, Iron Man 3 By Germain Lussier/April 10, 2013 2:08 pm EST What kind of destruction is Electro causing on the set of The Amazing Spider-Man 2? Is there an update to the Morris Chestnut/Black Panther question? Want to see the best Iron Man 3 TV spot yet? Has Bryan Singer adopted another kind of social media on the set of X-Men Days of Future Past?...

The Viral Campaign For Brad Bird’s ‘Tomorrowland’ Has Begun By Germain Lussier/July 24, 2013 5:00 pm EST The D23 Expo in August will be the true coming-out party for Disney’s big 2014 Holiday release, Tomorrowland. Directed by Brad Bird and co-written by Damon Lindelof, the film stars George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Hugh Laurie, Raffey Cassidy and Thomas Robinson telling a family centric sci-fi story about an inventor, an alternate dimension, and a young robot....

Three More Villains Rumored For ‘Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice’ By Germain Lussier/July 3, 2014 8:30 am EST The title reveals that Batman and Superman are going to fight in their upcoming film, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. But with two heroes like that in the same movie, they film is gonna need some bad guys, too. We already know about the powerful Lex Luthor (Jesse Eisenberg) but if Zack Snyder and David Goyer are bringing in additional members of the Justice League (Cyborg, Aquaman, Wonder Woman) you’d think there might be some other villains, right?...

Tom Shadyac’s ‘I Am’ Trailer By Germain Lussier/Dec. 15, 2010 4:30 pm EST In the 1990s Tom Shadyac was one of the most successful directors in Hollywood. From Ace Venture: Pet Detective, to The Nutty Professor and Liar, Liar, he was making the kind of huge hit comedies studios dream of. Then Shadyac was in a bad bicycle accident that changed everything. His physical injuries healed but the experience changed his outlook on life....

Watch ‘Bridesmaids’ Extended Scene “The Longest Argument Ever”; ‘Bridesmaids 2’ Not Happening? By Angie Han/Sept. 28, 2011 4:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you saw the movie, you may remember the scene where disgruntled jewelry store employee Annie (Kristen Wiig) begins lashing out at her customers, including one pretty teenager (Mia Frampton) who gives as good as she gets. Only a few choice lines were seen in the movie, but there’s much more where that came from, in the form of a 10-minute extended scene from the Blu-ray titled “The Longest Argument Ever....

‘Almost Human’ Trailer: A Missing Friend Reappears With A New Killer Instinct By Russ Fischer/July 30, 2013 4:44 pm EST I like this trailer for Almost Human, a sci-fi horror story that will premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in September, but I’m going to have to watch it a few times before I can look at the story without seeing it as a reflection of the great, weird Xtro from 1983....

‘Monsters University’ TV Spot Invites New Students To Check Out The School By Russ Fischer/Jan. 1, 2013 10:24 pm EST With Monsters University turning back the clock to look at characters from Monsters Inc. just when they were learning to scare, it was inevitable that Pixar’s marketing team would decide to play around with the ways that real universities pitch themselves to students. The main website for the film is, in fact, a play on a stereotypical university front page, and we’ve seen a few other ....