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Page 2: Ghostbusters, Frozen, Star Wars, GoT, Hobbit, Bad Robot, Community, Mars Attacks, Coraline By Peter Sciretta/April 22, 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: Star Trek, ET, Fast & Furious, Indiana Jones, WALL-E, Hanksy, Snow White, Star Wars, GI Joe, Great Gatsby, The Office By Peter Sciretta/May 16, 2013 1:30 pm EST Header Photo: Star Trek Cake Justin Marks: My Life as a Screenwriter You’ve Never Heard Of10 Television Theme Songs That Are Sung by a Member of the Show’s Own CastThe BMX Boys of E.T. Police Break Up Fight Between ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Doctor Who’ Fans...

Quentin Tarantino Has An Extended Cut Of ‘Django Unchained’, Harvey Weinstein Suggested Splitting Film Into Two Parts By Angie Han/Dec. 17, 2012 10:42 am EST At 165 minutes, Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained is hardly what you’d call brief. But it’s still shorter than the version we could’ve gotten, in some alternate universe. During a press day in New York City, Tarantino revealed that Harvey Weinstein had once suggested splitting Django Unchained into two films, a la Kill Bill....

Quicksilver From ‘X-Men Days Of Future Past’ Debuts In Carl’s Jr. Commercial By Germain Lussier/April 7, 2014 2:00 pm EST Up until now, the X-Men: Days of Future Past version of Quicksilver has been relegated to still images. Even without knowing how he’d look in motion, fans have had plenty to say about the punk metallic look of the character. Now, his movements have been revealed thanks to commercial for fast food burger chain Carl’s Jr....

Ratatouille Video Podcast: The Technical Ingredients By Peter Sciretta/April 22, 2007 5:43 am EST A new episode of the Ratatouille Video Podcast is now online. We found the video on the Pixar Planet forums [via: JV Pixar News]. The new episode titled The Technical Ingredients takes a look at some of the technical innovation involved in creating Pixar’s new film. They explore wet cloth dynamics, water movement dynamics, and hair dynamics....

Star Wars Bits: ‘Episode VII’ Cameras Revealed, Chewbacca, Dominic Monaghan And Jedi Mickey Mouse By Germain Lussier/April 2, 2014 11:00 am EST Star Wars Episode VII has received two custom made Panavision cameras nicknamed “Death Star” and “Millennium Falcon.” Below, check those out as well as these additional Star Wars Bits: Peter Mayhew drops of out convention appearance during Star Wars Episode VII filming. Lost and Lord of the Rings alum Dominic Monaghan spoke to J....

Superhero Bits: Guardians Of The Galaxy, Batman Vs. Superman, Ant-Man, Marvel Universe Live By Germain Lussier/Jan. 28, 2014 2:30 pm EST Want to see some fantastic Guardians of the Galaxy Halloween costumes? Do you know about the history of Ant-Man? When can you buy tickets to Marvel Universe Live? Curious about a new deleted scene in Thor: The Dark World? Is Marvel releasing a Captain America: The Winter Soldier prequel? How many things are wrong with Batman and Robin?...

Superhero Bits: Iron Man 3, The Wolverine, South Park, Batmobiles, Sin City: A Dame To Kill For By Germain Lussier/Oct. 26, 2012 2:00 pm EST Want to see an awesome new poster from Iron Man 3? What happened on the first day Ben Kingsley played The Mandarin? What’s the tone of The Wolverine? Where can you see The Batmobiles this weekend? Will Jessica Alba be ready for Sin City: A Dame to Kill For?...

Superhero Bits: Preacher, Thor: The Dark World, X-Force, Iron Man 3, Amazing Spider-Man, Dark Knight By Germain Lussier/Aug. 19, 2013 2:30 pm EST Check out some new photos from Batman: Arkham Origins featuring the Batcave. Thanks to Superhero Hype. USA Today spoke to Samuel L. Jackson all about how Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. have changed in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.Marvel posted a second clip from the short film Agent Carter, which will be on the Iron Man 3 Blu-ray....

VOTD: Prop Wars By Peter Sciretta/March 19, 2013 4:30 pm EST What happens when a bunch of guys decide to have an epic battle with all the cool movie props they have hanging around the house? Prop Wars is the resulting fun three minute short film. Watch it now after the jump. VOTD: Prop Wars By Peter Sciretta/March 19, 2013 4:30 pm EST What happens when a bunch of guys decide to have an epic battle with all the cool movie props they have hanging around the house?...

Watch ‘The Birth Of The Lightsaber’ Featurette By Russ Fischer/March 31, 2014 3:30 pm EST Even if you’ve hit a saturation point with Star Wars, there’s a lot to be said for anything that documents the creation of the original trilogy. Those first three films developed and refined filmmaking techniques that continue to be influential. The lightsaber, for example, seems obvious at ubiquitous now, but it was a concept that hadn’t been seen on screen in the way Star Wars realized it back in 1977....

Wes Anderson Actor Kumar Pallana Has Died At 94 By Germain Lussier/Oct. 11, 2013 10:10 am EST Wes Anderson regularly populates his films with some of the most famous and talented actors in the world. And every single time, they’d get outshined by Kumar Pallana. Unfortunately Pallana, who appeared in four of Anderson’s films, passed away on Thursday at the age of 94. Anderson met the Indian actor at a restaurant in Texas and cast him in his first movie, Bottle Rocket....

‘47 Ronin’ Japanese Trailer: Flash Of The Blade By Russ Fischer/Aug. 28, 2013 12:00 pm EST 47 Ronin, a supernaturally-themed remake of a classic Japanese story, seems like a strange Christmas offering. But the film, directed by Carl Erik Rinsch and starring Keanu Reeves (with Hiroyuki Sanada, Ko Shibasaki, Tadanobu Asano, and Rinko Kikuchi) will be under the tree as a gift from Universal this holiday season. Well not a gift exactly — you’ll still have to pay to see it....

‘Assassin’s Creed’ And ‘Fantastic Four’ Both Delayed By Germain Lussier/Sept. 19, 2014 9:30 am EST The other news is Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four has moved back a few weeks. Originally slated for a June 19, 2015 release date, it’s now going to come out August 7, 2015. A small, but important, few weeks. Below read more about the Fantastic Four and Assassins Creed release dates. Box Office Mojo reported on the changes....

‘Big Hero 6’ Promo Item Features New Character Images By Russ Fischer/June 11, 2014 2:30 pm EST At the annual Annecy Film Festival in France, Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios have shown off some upcoming work. And while most of the attention went to Pixar projects, Disney used some decorative promo items that gives new looks at its upcoming Marvel Comics adaptation. Check out a few new Big Hero 6 character images below, along with a shot from the short Feast, which will play in front of Big Hero 6 when it hits theaters this November....

‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Concept Art Teases An Epic Showdown By Angie Han/July 11, 2013 1:17 pm EST Roughly seven decades will have passed between Captain America: The First Avenger and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, but Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) will learn the hard way that the past still has a way of catching up with you. Those familiar with the comics know that the new film’s title refers to James “Bucky” Barnes (Sebastian Stan), Cap’s onetime BFF who returns as a powerful nemesis....

‘Jodorowsky’s Dune’ Trailer: Inducing Hallucinations Without Drugs By Russ Fischer/Feb. 13, 2014 4:30 pm EST Decades ago the mad Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky spent a good deal of time and effort trying to film Frank Herbert’s novel Dune. (This was years before David Lynch made his own adaptation.) Jodorowsky’s version of Dune never came to pass, but the people he assembled for the adaptation would go on to do other wonderful things (if they weren’t superstars already), and that particular incarnation of Dune stands as a legendary movie that could have been....

‘Maleficent’ Trailer: Sympathy For The Mistress Of All Evil By Angie Han/Jan. 20, 2014 12:30 pm EST In Disney’s original Sleeping Beauty, the divide between good and evil was a pretty clear-cut one. Aurora and her beloved Prince Phillip were good, kind people, and Maleficent was a horrible being who cursed an innocent baby to death. But the studio’s upcoming Maleficent suggests that the “real” story may not be so simplistic....

‘The Tale Of Princess Kaguya’ Trailer: ‘Grave Of The Fireflies’ Director Returns By Russ Fischer/Oct. 23, 2013 3:15 pm EST When Studio Ghibli comes up in conversation, it is inevitably co-founder Hayao Miyazaki who dominates the talk. For good reason: he’s made more movies than any other director at the studio, and his films have helped change the face of animation. That said, while another Ghibli co-founder, Isao Takahata, is less prolific, his films are no less effective....

‘Where The Wild Things Are’ Author Maurice Sendak Has Died At 83 By Russ Fischer/May 8, 2012 7:00 am EST “What a transcendent life this is, doing that I’m doing everything I want to do.” – Maurice Sendak, 2009Maurice Sendak, the author famous for books like Where the Wild Things Are, Outside Over There, and In the Night Kitchen, passed away today at 83. The New York Times reports that complications from a recent stroke were the cause of death....