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Page 2: Star Trek 2, Conan, Captain America, Jackie Brown, Life Aquatic, William Shatner, Napoleon Dynamite, Star Wars, Harry Potter By Peter Sciretta/March 3, 2011 11:30 am EST A high school student copied the entire first chapter of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone on a bathroom stall at her school. It took four hours and 3 sharpies. Star Wars In Concert will return to The Hollywood Bowl for two nights only later this year....

Sci-Fi ‘Passengers’ Working Out Deal With Focus Features [Updated] By Russ Fischer/March 19, 2014 5:00 am EST The sci-fi Passengers has an interesting, romantic/creepy premise: when one of 5000 deep-sleep colonists en route to a new world is accidentally awakened during the journey, he wakes another passenger, a woman, to keep him company. After years in development, the film is to be directed by Brian Kirk (Game of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire) with Keanu Reeves and Rachel McAdams starring....

See Creepy Video From Inside #IAMSORRY With Shia LaBeouf By Germain Lussier/Feb. 13, 2014 5:54 pm EST Warning, if you are easily creeped out, this video will not be easy to watch. The team at ScreenJunkies went against rules of Shia LaBeouf’s elaborate Los Angeles art installation #IAMSORRY and snuck in a camera. They took off his bag and, well, it’s just weird. Check out the video below. Thanks to ScreenJunkies for one of the more disturbing and ballsy videos I’ve seen in a while....

Stephen Lang’s Evil Colonel Will Return For All Three ‘Avatar’ Sequels By Germain Lussier/Oct. 22, 2013 11:15 am EST James Cameron is performing another resurrection with his sequels to the biggest movie of all time, Avatar. After already revealing Sigourney Weaver’s character, who died in the first film, would be returning, it now seems a second deceased character will return in Avatar 2. Colonel Miles Quaritch, played by Stephen Lang, will return not only for Avatar 2, but Avatar 3 and 4 as well....

Steven Spielberg To Direct ‘The Kidnapping Of Edgardo Mortara’ By Germain Lussier/April 17, 2014 5:35 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The film will not be Spielberg’s next film, however. He’s still deciding between going back to Robopocalypse or Montezuma. The former much further along having just completed a total rewrite. With this terrifying scene, prize-winning historian David I. Kertzer begins the true story of how one boy’s kidnapping became a pivotal event in the collapse of the Vatican as a secular power....

Superhero Bits: Batman V Superman, Captain America 3, Arrow, Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., Guardians Of The Galaxy By Germain Lussier/Sept. 1, 2014 3:02 pm EST Has Jesse Eisenberg finally emerged on the set of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice? Want to see promos from the upcoming seasons of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Arrow? How much Hawkeye stuff was cut from the Captain America: The Winter Soldier script? Would Liam Neeson like to return to the DC Comics world?...

Superhero Bits: Kick-Ass 2, Iron Man 3, Man Of Steel, The Wolverine, The Avengers By Germain Lussier/Sept. 11, 2012 12:02 pm EST How will Kick-Ass 2 be different from the comics according to Aaron Johnson? Will Gwyneth Paltrow be back for The Avengers 2? Does Joseph Gordon-Levitt sound interested in Justice League? Has Amy Adams changed Lois Lane in Man of Steel? Want to see some new photos of Hugh Jackman filming The Wolverine?...

The Simpsons Movie Plot Revealed By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 15, 2007 1:39 pm EST The plot of The Simpsons Movie has been a highly guarded secret. Why? We have no idea. The three teaser trailers and leaked comic-con animatics don’t reveal much at all in terms of story. IMDb doesn’t even have a plot synopsis. So when Microsoft accidently spoiled the plot, I was surprised. The picture above (courtesy of Beldan) shows the X-Box Live description for The Simpsons Movie: “When Homer accidentally pollutes the river with toxic waste from the nuclear power plant he gets fired from his job and everyone has to evacuate Springfield, possibly forever....

Toby Kebbell Is Doctor Doom In ‘Fantastic Four’ By Russ Fischer/April 1, 2014 3:27 pm EST The last significant piece of the new Fantastic Four puzzle is set. The character Victor von Doom, more commonly known by his only slightly more evil-sounding name Doctor Doom, will be played by Toby Kebbell. Deals are being finalized, but assuming everything goes according to plan, he’ll join Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, and Jamie Bell in the film....

TV Bits: ‘Falling Skies,’ ‘Californication,’ HBO, ‘The Avengers’ Cancelled, Extended ‘Arrow’ Preview By Germain Lussier/June 11, 2012 7:00 am EST After shows, cancelled shows, new shows and no-shows all pop up in this edition of TV Bits: Falling Skies pulls a Walking Dead and will launch its own after show hosted by Wil Wheaton. Despite a huge Internet push, HBO won’t make their On Demand Service HBO Go an a la-carte option....

VOTD: Pogo’s Back To The Future Remix By Peter Sciretta/May 19, 2014 11:30 am EST Video remix artist Pogo has been remixing films into music for a four years now. He has concentrated mostly on animated films, and has done a number of Pixar adaptations: the Up-inspired Upular, the Toy Story-inspired Toyz Noize and Buzzwings, the Monsters Inc-inspired “Boo Bass” and others. He has done a number of live action film remixes, including: A....

‘Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Renewed; ABC Orders ‘Agent Carter’ To Series By Russ Fischer/May 9, 2014 5:00 am EST Among the many shows renewed and/or ordered to season by ABC this week, two stand out. Marvel’s Agent Carter, the series starring Hayley Atwell that jumps off from Captain America: The First Avenger, has been ordered to series. That means that Atwell will be Marvel’s first solo lead female character, which is great....

‘Another Earth’ Teaser Trailer And Clips By Russ Fischer/March 21, 2011 5:30 pm EST Peter and Germain saw the film at Sundance, and while Germain liked it quite a bit Peter was less enthusiastic. He wrote our review and said, Still, the film seems like a promising early performance from Brit Marling (who was also in Sound of My Voice at Sundance) and could end up being a fall sleeper. Here’s the teaser, such as it is:...

‘Are You Here’ Trailer: ‘Mad Men’ Creator Makes His Feature Debut By Russ Fischer/June 5, 2014 11:00 am EST Did the swift arrival of the end of the short 2014 season of Mad Men get you down? (Yeah, yeah, “mid-season break,” whatever. We still have yo wait a year for it to finish.) Well, now the show’s creator has something new for you to check out. Once called You Are Here, the first feature film from Sopranos writer and Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner is now called Are You Here....

‘Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice’ Title Announced, Logo Revealed By Peter Sciretta/May 21, 2014 10:27 am EST Warner Bros has officially announced that Zack Snyder’s Batman vs. Superman movie will be titled Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. The Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice title is obviously playing upon the announced Justice League follow-up. Principal photography starts today in Detroit, MI. I really hate they are going for a V instead of “Vs....

‘Breaking Bad’ Series Finale Open Discussion By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 29, 2013 1:42 pm EST Breaking Bad is finally coming to an end tonight. Joanna Robinson will be filing her awesome list recap and The One’s Who Knock podcast will both be published in the coming days — but I thought I’d start a post for /Film readers to talk about their thoughts, reactions, theories and criticisms as the final episode airs nationwide....

‘Evil Dead’ Director Fede Alvarez Will Make ‘Dante’s Inferno’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 17, 2013 3:04 pm EST No, the director of the new Evil Dead film is not making a film based on Dante Alighieri’s classic poem. He might, however, helm a film based on a video game of the same name. Fede Alvarez, who wowed audiences earlier this year with his brutal new take on the classic Sam Raimi film, is in talks to helm Dante’s Inferno, based on the Electronic Arts game....

‘Leviathan’ Trailer: A Complex Portrait Of Family And Corruption In Russia By Russ Fischer/Aug. 29, 2014 5:21 pm EST Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev (The Return, Elena) made a big impression on Cannes audiences with Leviathan, and though it won only the Best Screenplay award rather than the Palme d’Or, the film remains one of the most anticipated winter releases thanks to the big Cannes buzz. Leviathan reworks the Book of Job as it charts a small-town battle between a family and local officials, and draws in themes of corruption, class, and oppression as the battle escalates....

‘Low Winter Sun’ TV Trailer: Mark Strong Is AMC’s Newest Antihero By Angie Han/March 22, 2013 8:32 am EST AMC loves complicated, antiheroic protagonists, and they’re adding one more to their slate this summer with Low Winter Sun. Mark Strong and Lennie James star as a pair of Detroit detectives who kill a fellow cop and then try to cover up their misdeed. Only it’s not that simple, of course. The crime sparks an in-depth investigation, which in turn pushes the pair further and further into moral bankruptcy....

‘Outlander’ Trailer: Ron Moore’s Other New Show Is A Time-Traveling Romance By Angie Han/Jan. 13, 2014 11:14 am EST Syfy’s Helix has been getting all the attention lately, mostly because it just premiered a few days back, but it’s not the only treat Battlestar Galactica showrunner Ronald D. Moore has in store for us this year. This summer will see the premiere of Starz’s Outlander, based on Diana Gabaldon’s series of novels about a World War II nurse (Caitriona Balfe) who’s whisked back in time to 18th century Scotland....