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How Will Scarlett Johansson’s Pregnancy Affect ‘Avengers 2’? By Angie Han/March 4, 2014 7:30 am EST It was revealed yesterday that the 29-year-old is expecting her first child with fiancé Romain Dauriac. And while we wish her and her family all the best, we can’t help wondering how this might affect Black Widow’s future with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Now it looks like we have our answer. Hit the jump to learn all about Marvel’s plans....

Jonny Greenwood Scoring ‘Inherent Vice’ For Paul Thomas Anderson By Russ Fischer/Feb. 6, 2014 12:45 pm EST Paul Thomas Anderson and Jonny Greenwood are working together again. I can’t quite think of Greenwood’s music as fun — the Radiohead guitarist and occasional film composer creates sounds that are deeply affecting and even cacophonously emotional, but not “fun,” exactly. Anderson is also not exactly a poster child for levity. Yet his new film film Inherent Vice is based on a Thomas Pynchon novel that is among the author’s most wacky and energetic books....

Joseph Gordon-Levitt And Channing Tatum Wanted For ‘Guys And Dolls’ Remake By Angie Han/April 24, 2013 2:50 pm EST While no contracts have actually been signed yet, Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are reportedly the top picks to be Nathan Detroit and Sky Masterson, and apparently the pair are interested. No writer or director is attached at this time. We’ll run down the history of the project after the jump....

Kermit Sells Nuts, Miss Piggy Works Emmy Red Carpet In New ‘Muppets’ Commercials By Angie Han/Sept. 21, 2011 10:45 am EST Okay, the headline of this post may be a tad misleading. Only one of the two videos we have is an actual ad for The Muppets movie; the other’s just a delightful commercial for Wonderful Pistachios featuring a Muppet. But both fit the characters to a T. Miss Piggy takes on the glamorous job of working the Emmy red carpet, Statler and Waldorf get sassy about the film they’re in, and Kermit snacks on some bright green pistachios....

Martin Lawrence Confirms ‘Bad Boys 3’ Is In The Works By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 13, 2014 7:16 pm EST Comedian/actor Martin Lawrence appeared on Conan today to promote his television series Partners, and dropped a big bomb — Bad Boys 3 might finally happen. [UPDATE: Watch the announcement on Conan after the jump.] Conan asked Martin Lawrence if a Bad Boys 3 will happen, to which Martin responded: “I believe so. Yes....

Marvel Reportedly Courting Adam Sandler And Jim Carrey For ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ By Germain Lussier/Jan. 23, 2013 6:00 am EST Happy Gilmore and Ace Ventura could end up as part of Marvel’s cosmic superhero team. Latino Review reports Marvel is reportedly courting both Jim Carrey and/or Adam Sandler for yet-to-be revealed parts in James Gunn’s 2014 film, Guardians of the Galaxy. The only role they certainly won’t be playing is Peter Quill, aka Star Lord, but they might be asked to provide the voice of Rocket Raccoon or another of the non-human characters such as Groot....

Michael Bay-Produced ‘Welcome To Yesterday’ Postponed By Germain Lussier/Feb. 6, 2014 6:00 am EST The found-footage, time travel movie Welcome to Yesterday was set to be released on February 28. However, Paramount and Platinum Dunes have now decided to delay the film until Summer or Fall. Formerly called Almanac, the film is directed by Dean Israelite and follows a group of kids who stumble on the ability to time travel. They use it to have a lot of fun....

Page 2: Harry Potter, Kill Bill, Galaxy Quest, Sharknado 2, Star Wars, Ghostbusters, Doctor Who, Big Hero 6 By Peter Sciretta/July 31, 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....

Regal And AMC Halt ‘Iron Man 3’ Ticket Sales Due To Disney Dispute By Angie Han/April 22, 2013 6:20 pm EST Marvel fans’ plans to watch Iron Man 3 on opening weekend may be stymied by a dispute between Disney and the country’s two biggest movie theater chains, AMC and Regal. The exhibitors have halted advance ticket sales of the Marvel Studios sequel in response to an argument over how box office revenue is split....

Seth MacFarlane Teases ‘Ted 2’ Could Be Out April 2015 [UPDATED] By Germain Lussier/Aug. 16, 2013 8:32 am EST Seth MacFarlane is such a jokester, it’s hard to take anything he says seriously. But he may have just revealed when Ted 2 will be coming out. While the timeline for a possible Passover 2015 release for Ted 2 certainly sounds plausible, it’s MacFarlane’s use of “Passover” and not “April” or “Spring” that raises eyebrows....

Steven Knight To Write ‘World War Z’ Sequel By Germain Lussier/May 29, 2014 5:30 am EST The sequel to 2013’s surprise hit World War Z just found another important building block. A few months back, director Juan Antonio Bayona was tapped to direct the film and now Oscar-nominated screenwriter Steven Knight has been hired to write the screenplay. Variety broke the news about the World War Z sequel. Knight is pretty formidable screenwriter, having penned Eastern Promises, the now-in-theaters Locke, and Dirty Pretty Things, for which he was nominated for an Oscar....

Superhero Bits: X-Men First Class, Batmanning, Superman, Black Cat, Wondercon By Germain Lussier/Sept. 7, 2011 11:00 am EST How did X-Men: First Class screw with the overall X-Men movie timeline? What is Batmanning and does it play into a new fan film? Which superhero does Denis Leary prefer to The Amazing Spider-Man? Would we have The Dark Knight if it wasn’t for Batman & Robin? Want to hear about a mentally disabled man having $5,000 of Superman memorabilia stolen?...

Tom Cruise Gets The Smackdown In Four New ‘Edge Of Tomorrow’ Clips By Angie Han/May 26, 2014 9:00 am EST In last year’s Oblivion, Tom Cruise wandered around a post-apocalyptic Earth that had been destroyed by battle with hostile alien forces. In this year’s Edge of Tomorrow, Tom Cruise will be trying to stop hostile alien forces from destroying Earth in the first place — by destroying himself, again and again....

Two Independent Walt Disney Biopics Could Be Released Later This Year By Germain Lussier/Jan. 23, 2014 8:00 am EST Though it got the shaft at the Oscars, Disney’s Saving Mr. Banks is a delightful film for fans of the brand that made it. Tom Hanks stars as Walt Disney and almost steals the show from his co-stars, playing Disney as a passionate, thoughtful, yet flawed man. As it turns out the film might have started a trend, as two separate, independent films based on Disney’s life are aiming for a 2014 release....

Video Game Bits: ‘The Raid 2’ Online Retro Game; Marvel Going To ‘Infinity’ And Megafoot By Germain Lussier/April 8, 2014 1:30 pm EST A couple cool video game/movie tie ins are flying around the news, so it was time for an edition of Video Game Bits. With The Raid 2 hitting theaters everywhere this week, a retro-style online fighting game is making the rounds allowing you to kick ass, Rama style....

Vince Vaughn In Talks For ‘True Detective’ Season 2 By Germain Lussier/Aug. 4, 2014 1:03 pm EST One of Hollywood’s biggest actors is in talks to join one of TV’s biggest shows. Standing over six feet tall (see what I did there?), Vince Vaughn is in talks to join True Detective season 2. He’s up for one of this season’s three leads. It’s unclear if this is one of the same roles Colin Farrell and Taylor Kitsch were recently circling or another one entirely....

VOTD: ‘Archer’ Season Five Tease Parodies ‘Top Gun’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 10, 2013 11:07 am EST Characters on the FX show Archer have many obsessions: ocelots, weird sex, Burt Reynolds, and Rush, just to name a few. And then there’s the Kenny Loggins song ‘Danger Zone,’ from the Top Gun soundtrack. Sterling Archer loves a trip into the danger zone. (Mostly because mentioning it really pisses off Lana.) Now the show’s creators and the FX marketing department have created a great version of the ‘Danger Zone’ video, animated with Archer characters....

Watch Rian Johnson’s ‘Looper’ Pitch Reel, Featuring Early, Alternate Dialogue And Darker Tone By Russ Fischer/Oct. 12, 2012 10:30 am EST For years, DVD extras have given general audiences great insight into how the assembly process for films works. Now the internet is taking over, as filmmakers can bring video directly to fans. Looper director Rian Johnson has taken to the idea more than most, releasing things such as his “live” commentary tracks discussing the making of his movies long before the DVD is out....

‘Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice’ Moves To March 2016 By Germain Lussier/Aug. 6, 2014 1:17 pm EST DC has budged. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has moved from its May 6, 2016 release date and will now open on March 25, 2016. (Yes, March!) It now opens unopposed instead of in a direct showdown with Marvel Studios and Captain America 3. This date change is part of a whole set of new DC film dates set out by Warner Bros....

‘Beyond Outrage’ Red-Band Trailer By Russ Fischer/Oct. 30, 2013 7:00 am EST Takeshi Kitano follows his 2011 film Outrage with a sequel Yakuza film, Beyond Outrage (originally called Outrage Beyond), and a new red-band trailer for the US release has come online. This is red-band because Takeshi’s films tend toward extreme bursts of violence perpetrated by stoic men, with Takeshi himself typically the most prone to the worst action. In this case there’s a lot of gunplay, and a drill, and a pretty mean use of an automatic baseball pitching machine....