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Disney Invites Audiences To Ruin ‘The Little Mermaid’ With “Second Screen” Experience By Russ Fischer/Sept. 10, 2013 8:50 am EST A small but vocal contingent wants theaters to consider the designation of screens that allow so-called “second screen” viewing experiences. In short, these would be houses where using your phone, iPad, Microsoft Surface (ha ha) or whatever is kosher for use, to tweet and look up crap on WikiPedia while the movie runs....

Full Cast And Plot Revealed For ‘The Expendables 3’ By Germain Lussier/Aug. 19, 2013 10:45 am EST The Expendables 2 came out a year ago and, since then, rumors about its sequel have popped up almost weekly. Many actors have been rumored, and some confirmed: Cage, Seagal, Snipes, Gibson, Ford, you name it. Well, The Expendables 3, directed by Patrick Hughes, began production Monday and the full cast list for the film has finally been revealed....

Japanese ‘Iron Man 3’ Trailer Sells A Bummer Of A Movie By Germain Lussier/Dec. 7, 2012 9:54 am EST Tony Stark always considered himself larger than life but, after the events of The Avengers, he’s obviously had to rethink that belief. Sure he’s rich, smart and smooth, but he’s no god. He’s no alien. He’s no Hulk. He’s merely a mortal man with an awesome suit. That potentially depressing realization is very much on display in this short, focused Japanese trailer for Iron Man 3....

Page 2: Godzilla, A Christmas Story, Muppets, Star Wars, WALL-E, Grinch, Transformers, Game Of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Blade Runner By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 26, 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. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....

Page 2: Peter Pan, Gremlins, Poltergeist, Argo, Die Hard, Andy Samberg, Star Trek, Star Wars, Little Mermaid, Wes Anderson, Eternal Sunshine, Doctor Who, Transformers, Jack The Giant Slayer By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 15, 2013 1:00 pm EST Header Photo: Scotty Reifsnyder’s Peter Pan-inspired print “Night Duel” created for Disney’s WonderGround gallery I LOVE YOU, MOVIE: 6 CRITICS DECLARE THEIR CINEMATIC VALENTINES Visual Effects Pioneer Petro Vlahos, RIP Snow GremlinHow to Pick a Valentine’s Day Movie6 Huge Movie Plot Twists That Caused Even Bigger Plot Holes...

Page 2: WALL-E, Jurassic Park, Big Hero 6, Star Trek, Stephen Colbert, David Lynch, Star Wars, Walking Dead, Firefly By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 27, 2014 3:30 pm EST Header Photo: Life Found t-shirt Five Reasons Full House Returning to TV is a Bad IdeaWhat The Simpsons’ Herb Powell Taught Us About The US Auto Industry Miranda Dressler’s Richard Attenborough tribute Why Real Nerds Hate ‘The Big Bang Theory’ (And Why You Should Too)...

Retro 1982 Fix It Felix Jr Arcade Game Commercial Featuring ‘Wreck It Ralph’ By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 8, 2012 2:45 pm EST As you know by now, Disney Animation’s Wreck It Ralph follows the journey of a villain from an old 1980’s arcade game. To help promote the film, the mouse house has created an awesome viral video which claims to be a 1982 commercial for the Fix It Felix Jr arcade game....

Rumor: Quentin Tarantino Could Still Make ‘The Hateful Eight’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 3, 2014 2:30 pm EST Is this a rumor based in fact, or simply wishful thinking? Recently Quentin Tarantino said he would scuttle his planned film The Hateful Eight after the script leaked around Hollywood. (While the leak was initially an industry-only thing, the script quickly reached all corners of the internet.) In his fury at the first draft going public, Tarantino said he would bail on directing the movie, and focus instead on another film idea he’s been working on....

Ryan Reynolds In Justice League Of America Movie? By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 20, 2007 3:12 pm EST Ryan Reynolds has long been the rumored front runner to play the popular DC Comics superhero The Flash in a big screen adaptation. But the project quickly fell to the wayside. Reynolds now tells MTV that he might put on the red tights for the Justice League of America movie: “‘The Flash’ isn’t dead at all....

See Stephen Colbert’s Brief Cameo In ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug’ By Angie Han/Dec. 30, 2013 9:35 am EST As Stephen Colbert, the bombastic host of The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert says a lot of things that Stephen Colbert, comedian and family man, might not necessarily agree with. But one thing neither version of Colbert has ever been fake about is his enduring love for Middle-earth. No less an authority than Peter Jackson has declared Colbert the biggest “Tolkien geek” he’s ever met....

Superhero Bits: Thor: The Dark World, Ms. Marvel, Amazing Spider-Man 2, Tom Hiddleston, Man Of Steel By Germain Lussier/Nov. 5, 2013 4:30 pm EST Want to see brand new behind the scenes images from Thor: The Dark World? How about photos from the Hollywood premiere? Is the new Ms. Marvel a landmark in comic book history? Where can you watch multiple episodes of a new Lego Marvel web series? What hijinks were Tom Hiddleston and Chris Hemsworth up to on late-night TV?...

The ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Villains Get Their Own Posters By Angie Han/July 17, 2014 11:15 am EST We’ve already seen the scruffy outlaw heroes and the rigid law enforcement types of Guardians of the Galaxy. But no outer-space superhero adventure would be complete without some baddies, so today it’s time to meet the guys and gal who’ll be giving the Guardians hell. Marvel has revealed three more Guardians of the Galaxy character posters focused on the villains — specifically, Ronan the Accuser (Lee Pace), Korath the Pursuer (Djimon Hounsou), and Nebula (Karen Gillan)....

TV Bits: ‘The Transporter’, ‘Dexter’, ‘The Walking Dead’, ‘The Mindy Project’, ‘Ben And Kate’, Peter Berg By Angie Han/Aug. 13, 2012 1:00 pm EST Participating in the Entertainment Weekly-moderated panel will be Max Greenfield, Lamorne Morris, and Jake Johnson from New Girl; Martha Plimpton and Garret Dillahunt from Raising Hope; Dakota Johnson and Nat Faxon from Ben and Kate; and Mindy Kaling and Chris Messina from The Mindy Project. To submit a question, head to the show’s Facebook pages or tweet at them with the hashtag #FoxTuesdays; to attend the events, head to EW....

Video: Oscar-Winning Screenwriter Teaches You How To Write A Screenplay By Peter Sciretta/July 15, 2014 6:00 am EST Before I started /Film, I was an aspiring screenwriter (and later an aspiring filmmaker). Screenwriting has always been a love of mine, and I have tremendous respect for writers in this world. I think most people who go to the movies think films are written like novels — How to write a screenplay?...

VOTD: Werner Herzog Directs Sobering ‘Don’t Text While Driving’ PSA By Russ Fischer/May 29, 2013 2:07 pm EST Werner Herzog certainly has his playful side, but “stern and serious” might be his most natural tone. That makes him an ideal director to craft a simple but very effective message about the dangers of texting while driving. The Grizzly Man director contributes to AT&T’s “It Can Wait” ad campaign with this short promo featuring a mother and her son, who was gravely injured by a driver who failed to keep her eyes on the road....

Watch: Paul Thomas Anderson Interviews Martin Scorsese About ‘The Wolf Of Wall Street’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 23, 2014 7:00 am EST When Paul Thomas Anderson took the world by storm with his second film, Boogie Nights, critics couldn’t help but compare him to a young Martin Scorsese. Anderson was obviously influenced by the filmmaker, and in the years since, they’ve become friends. For Scorsese’s previous film, Hugo, Anderson interviewed the director in Los Angeles and that happened again last week for Scorsese’s Oscar-nominated film, The Wolf of Wall Street....

Watch The Entire ‘Firefly’ 10th Anniversary Panel From San Diego Comic-Con 2012 By Germain Lussier/July 16, 2012 9:00 am EST One of the most anticipated panels at San Diego Comic-Con 2012 was one celebrating the 10-year anniversary of Joss Whedon’s cult TV show Firefly. The panel featured the show’s writer/creator along with Nathan Fillion, Adam Baldwin, Alan Tudyk, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, and the rest of the Serenity crew talking about what the show has meant to them, and to a legion of Browncoat fans, over the past decade....

Wired Magazine Lists /Film Among The 101 “Best Reporters, Writers, And Thinkers On The Internet” By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 16, 2013 11:35 am EST The September 2013 issue of WiReD Magazine features a cool mention of /Film. Wired includes /Film in the “101 signals” feature, a listing of 101 blogs, feeds, and podcasts that “provide everything you need to know and nothing you don’t.” As the intro explains, It’s never been easier to stay informed about the world–provided you know which information matters....

Wong Kar Wai’s ‘The Grandmasters’ Trailer, Now With English Subtitles By Russ Fischer/Nov. 20, 2012 10:27 am EST I’d like to say that an English-subtitled trailer for Wong Kar-Wai’s long-awaited new film The Grandmasters means that we’ve got a US release date. Alas, that isn’t the case. This subbed trailer is the same one we ran not long ago, but with the addition of a translation courtesy of Andrew Chan at Film Comment....

‘Buck’ Trailer: See The Life Of A Real-Life Horse (And Human) Whisperer By Russ Fischer/May 3, 2011 5:30 pm EST This is the kind of heartstring-puller that really gets me. Some people can be broken by movies about illness, or sports victories. But show me a story about someone working with animals, and doing it sensitively, and I might go to pieces. So it looks like I’ll watch Buck on my own, to avoid embarassment....