‘True Detective’ Creator Says Season 2 Has Four Central Roles By Russ Fischer/July 10, 2014 5:15 pm EST Who will be at the center of the second season of True Detective, and what sort of characters will they be? Creator Nic Pizzolatto has had a few different things to say since the show ended, notably that three characters would be at the center of this season. The sum total of various rumors so far, however, is… we don’t know much....
‘Zero Theorem’ Poster And Director’s Statement; See Terry Gilliam’s Comic-Con Intro By Russ Fischer/Aug. 21, 2013 5:00 pm EST Terry Gilliam’s new film The Zero Theorem stars Christoph Waltz as a nervous, put-upon data processing agent who is looking for a mathematical explanation of existence. He’s also waiting for the most important phone call of his life, and fending off distraction from an attractive woman sent to him by the Management....
Ben Kingsley Joins ‘The Jungle Book’ By Angie Han/June 25, 2014 12:15 pm EST Jon Favreau is continuing to fill up his Jungle Book cast with Marvel alums. Iron Man 3’s Ben Kingsley has just signed on for the live-action / animated adventure, joining Captain America: The Winter Soldier’s Scarlett Johansson and Thor: The Dark World’s Idris Elba. Hit the jump for more details. Favreau will direct from a script by Justin Marks, which of course will be based on the stories of Rudyard Kipling....
Cool Stuff: Hot Toys Announces Back To The Future 1/6th Scale Marty McFly Figure By Peter Sciretta/July 23, 2014 8:20 am EST I’m glad they were able to obtain Michael J Fox’s likeness rights for this figure and do it right, but what has me more excited is the 1/6th scale Delorean time machine we see in the background of some of the shots. Sure, scaled collectible versions of the Delorean time machine have been released for years, but none of them have been that detailed....
Ed Helms Will ‘Stretch’ With Joe Carnahan And Patrick Wilson By Germain Lussier/June 10, 2013 3:45 pm EST UPDATE: A few minor tweaks have been made to this story since it was first published. Preliminary details on Joe Carnahan’s latest film, a small budget thriller produced by horror guru Jason Blum, have now been revealed. We already knew it was called Stretch and that Patrick Wilson (Insidious, Watchmen) would be the star....
First Footage From Michael Mann’s HBO Horse-Racing Show ‘Luck’ By Russ Fischer/April 18, 2011 9:05 am EST I never thought I’d be this jazzed to see a horse-racing drama, but ‘jazzed’ only begins to capture how I feel after watching the first behind the scenes look at Luck, the HBO show from Michael Mann and David Milch that stars Dustin Hoffman and Nick Nolte. This video is a relatively brief featurette on the making of the show, but it has enough tiny clips of the actors in action that I think you’ll walk away from it wanting to see a lot more....
First Look: Weta’s ‘Thunderbirds’ Remake [Comic-Con 2014] By Angie Han/July 24, 2014 10:30 am EST The Thunderbirds are back, and the Comic-Con gods have given us our first peek at the new remake. ITV’s upcoming series Thunderbirds Are Go! made a showing at the Weta booth on the Comic-Con floor, displaying a model of the iconic Thunderbird 1. Take a peek after the jump. The original Thunderbirds series, which aired in the ’60s, was produced using the magic of marionette puppetry....
L.A. Fire Torches Universal Studios Back Lot, Back To The Future Courthouse Square Set By Hunter Stephenson/June 1, 2008 1:18 pm EST Spooky Update 2: Several readers have pointed out that /Film posted a “Save the Clock Tower” item just days ago. I’m not saying that one of you should start a Wikipedia entry elaborating on the “/Film effect,” but… Faux Update: A DeLorean was not seen exiting the premises mid-flight as the blaze began....
Mickey Rourke Joins The Expendables By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 6, 2009 10:32 pm EST [No photo] Another bad ass actor has been enlisted in Sylvester Stallone’s The Expendables. The Wrestler star Mickey Rourke will join Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Randy Couture, Dolph Lundgren, Forest Whitaker and Ben Kingsley in a story about an “expendable” team, hired to do jobs that no one else can or will. The team is sent to infiltrate a South American country to overthrow the ruthless dictator and liberate the country....
Page 2: Goonies, Pacific Rim, GoT, Tangled, Star Wars, Transformers, Ghostbusters, Harold And Maude By Peter Sciretta/May 2, 2014 1:00 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....
Page 2: Mad Men, Wil Wheaton, Harry Potter, Alfred Hitchcock, The Dark Crystal, World War Z, Black Dynamite, Lady Gaga, Star Wars, Mars Attacks, The Muppets, Patrick Stewart By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 9, 2011 8:00 am EST Header photo: Darth Vader goes on vacation. Walt Disney Animation Studios’ chief technical officer says “the average number of viewers per release is falling, and studios need to fight that trend with tentpoles.” Today’s t-shirt of the day on TeeFury is Harry Potter-inspired design “Whodiwasi”...
Production Art And Poster: James Cameron’s Avatar By Peter Sciretta/April 5, 2007 1:28 am EST AICN has posted a leaked photo from the WETA workshop showing some preproduction material for James Cameron’s AVATAR. click on the photo for a better view. The poster looks a little fake to me, but the scooper claims that it was “dimensional and would shift as you moved around it, but wasn’t lenticular.” Interesting. Cameron’s $200 million 3D live action/animation hybrid sci-fi film was written 11 years ago as an 80-page treatment....
Rose McGowan As Barbarella? We Still Don’t Care! By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 20, 2007 12:34 am EST Last we heard, Kate Beckinsale was in consideration to play the lead role in Robert Rodriguez’s remake of Barbarella. But to be honest, if Rodriguez’s name wasn’t attached to the project, we wouldn’t have even known that much. And even then, I was kind of hoping that this was going to be one of those projects that fell into development hell....
Saoirse Ronan Joins Wes Anderson’s ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ In A Lead Role By Russ Fischer/Nov. 2, 2012 9:46 am EST For his last feature, Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson tapped the then-unknown Kara Hayward to play the film’s young female lead. For his next movie, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Anderson is turning to a more established name. Saoirse Ronan (Hanna, The Lovely Bones) will play one of the lead roles, opposite Ralph Fiennes, who is M....
Sequel Bits: ‘Dumb And Dumber To’, ‘Riddick’, ‘The Conjuring 2’, ‘Cloudy 2’ By Angie Han/Aug. 20, 2013 9:00 am EST Though he and Derrickson are both very busy, Blum hopes to get Sinister 2 moving sooner rather than later. “I want to try and start it in the next six months or so,” he said. “I’m not sure that’s gonna happen, but those are our big plans.” [Shock Till You Drop]...
Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Adventures Of Tintin’ Teaser Trailer By Peter Sciretta/May 17, 2011 12:46 am EST Paramount Pictures has released the first teaser trailer for the Peter Jackson-produced Steven Spielberg-directed performance capture animated adaptation of The Adventures of Tintin. I think its interesting that it doesn’t become obvious that this is a computer animated film until about 30 seconds in. Its also interesting that the “Secret of the Unicorn” subtitle has been removed, but I guess The Adventures of Tintin is simpler and easier to sell (and they’ll need all the help they can get to sell it in the US market)....
Superhero Bits: Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Superman, Thor: The Dark World, Batman By Germain Lussier/Oct. 25, 2013 3:30 pm EST Which actress is joining Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? Who might get co-director credit in Guardians of the Galaxy? Where does Captain America and South Park intersect? Why isn’t Alan Moore’s name on a new Marvel Comic? Is there a Marvel Easter Egg in Toy Story of Terror? Who is the #1 X-Man of all time, according to Marvel?...
The Ones Who Knock - Listener Mailbag And Series Wrap-Up By David Chen/Oct. 12, 2013 7:42 am EST In the last episode of The Ones Who Knock, Dave and Joanna are joined by Kickstarter backer Alex Murrell from the Midwest Film Nerds podcast to offer final thoughts on this season and read through your e-mails. You can find all previous episodes at Theoneswhoknock.com. Thanks for an amazing season, everyone! Download or play now in browser:...
The Sound Of ‘Man Of Steel’ By Peter Sciretta/June 21, 2013 4:00 pm EST SoundWorks has returned again with an 11-minute behind the scenes documentary on the making of the sound design of Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel. The video features re-recording mixer Chris Jenkins, re-recording mixer Frank A. Montano, supervising sound editor and designer Eric Norris, supervising sound editor and designer Scott Hecker, and dialog supervisor Kira Roessler revealing the secret behind the audio magic of the film....
VOTD: The Awesome Practical Effects Of ‘Edge Of Tomorrow’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 16, 2014 9:00 am EST We’re accustomed to thinking that any given sci-fi film is going to be mostly CG, perhaps thanks to the legacy left by the Star Wars prequels and many films that followed. But some still use a great deal of practical makeup and effects work. James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy is one good example....
