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Five ‘Django Unchained’ Character Posters Put The Stars Front And Center By Germain Lussier/Oct. 18, 2012 12:45 pm EST Don’t hide your excitement about having a new Quentin Tarantino movie to discuss in about two months. That movie, Django Unchained, follows a slave (Jamie Foxx) freed by a bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz) with the two then teaming up to search for the slave’s wife (Kerry Washington) who is under the control of a plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio)....

How Sam Raimi Used Live Puppetry And Performance Conferencing To Create ‘Oz The Great And Powerful’ By Peter Sciretta/March 5, 2013 12:51 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Trust me, you will be amazed at the computer generated performances in this film. How did Raimi and team pull it off? Find out after the jump. The alternative they came up with let the voice actors be part of the performance process and gives the live action actors something to play off of....

International ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Trailer Introduces Love Interest By Germain Lussier/Feb. 3, 2014 12:00 pm EST As we continue to process the awesomeness that is the latest Captain America: The Winter Soldier trailer, there’s even more to consider. The U.K. version of the trailer, which is composed mostly of the same footage, is cut differently and adds in one or two extra morsels. Most significant among these is Sharon Carter, aka Agent 13, played by Emily VanCamp....

Jaden Smith Will Flee Slavery In ‘The Good Lord Bird’ By Russ Fischer/April 16, 2014 5:30 am EST In the novel The Good Lord Bird, the young slave Henry dresses in a sackcloth during an escape from violence, and subsequently takes advantage of being mistaken for a girl as he seeks freedom. It’s not the role you might assume Jaden Smith would take to follow a couple of Karate Kid movies (the second is moving forward now) and After Earth....

Lebron James’ High School Years Could Get Narrative Feature Treatment At Universal By Germain Lussier/May 2, 2014 12:00 pm EST UPDATE: Universal Pictures has likely acquired the rights via Variety. Original story follows. The inspiring story of Lebron James’ high school basketball career was covered quite well in the 2008 documentary More Than A Game. Now, that story is getting a narrative treatment from a couple of Oscar nominees. Terence Winter (The Wolf of Wall Street, Boardwalk Empire) and Rachel Winter (Dallas Buyers Club) are among the people selling a pitch that would tell the story of James’ high school days before he became an NBA superstar....

LOL: Opening Title Sequence For Wes Anderson’s ‘Forrest Gump’ By Germain Lussier/April 24, 2014 4:00 pm EST If there’s one thing the Internet loves, it’s a good Wes Anderson parody. The filmmaker’s unique and distinctive visual style has been parodied in many ways, and adapted in diverse forms making fun of all kinds of movies, filmmakers and so much more. Even Saturday Night Live got in on the fun. The latest, however, is one of the best....

Matt Ryan As ‘Constantine’: First Look At DC’s Magic Bastard By Germain Lussier/March 13, 2014 9:30 am EST If you thought this TV season had a lot of comic book shows just wait until next season. Arrow and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. will (possibly) still be around, plus we’ll get Fox’s Gotham, the CW’s Flash and NBC’s Constantine. Of the three new additions, the latter is certainly the most mysterious. John Constantine is part of the “dark” DC universe from which Guillermo del Toro is developing a movie, but this show was created by Man of Steel writer David Goyer....

Netflix Has More Subscribers Than HBO, Announces Family Plans By Angie Han/April 23, 2013 8:00 am EST As other streaming services scramble to catch up to Netflix, Netflix has long eyed HBO as its biggest rival. And if Netflix isn’t hasn’t pulled off a decisive win quite yet, it is at least closing in. The company reported that it had 29.17 million domestic subscribers in the first quarter of 2013, surpassing the 28....

New Shot Of Andy Serkis Making ‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’ By Russ Fischer/Dec. 30, 2013 12:30 pm EST Today’s been a decent day for new shots of 2014 movies, thanks to Empire’s new preview of the upcoming year. Below is a behind the scenes shot of Andy Serkis in his mo-cap gear from Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Serkis reprises the role of Ceasar, the first “evolved” ape, and this is another in a long series of photos of the actor encased in a grey suit, but seeing as Serkis remains the pre-eminent mo-cap artist, they never get old....

North Korea Denounces ‘The Interview’ By Russ Fischer/June 21, 2014 11:54 am EST North Korea is mad at Seth Rogen and James Franco. The country’s supreme leader, Kim Jong-un, has denounced their upcoming film, The Interview. Which makes sense, really, given that The Interview is about a would-be journalist (Franco) and his producer (Rogen) who are given the chance to interview the dictator. But a clandestine organization sees an opportunity there, and recruits the pair to assassinate Kim instead....

Page 2: Breaking Bad, Toy Story, Frozen, Jurassic Park, Godzilla, Mad Men, True Detective, Dredd By Peter Sciretta/March 13, 2014 12:02 pm EST Header Photo: What if Breaking Bad’s cast took a grade school science class together? Ed Catmull Details ‘Inside Out’ Story Meeting in ‘Creativity, Inc.’ PreviewHow 300’s innovations in 2006 became the clichés of 2014Toy Story 3 Cake Here Are Sam Mendes’ 25 Rules for Directors 10 Hit Movies That The Fans Hatedhttp://www....

Page 2: Star Wars, BTTF, Rear Window, Hannibal, Frozen, Inception, Big Lebowski, Akira By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 6, 2014 1:30 pm EST Header Photo: Star Wars x NFL How Screenwriter Terry Southern Prepared Me for a Career in Hollywood12 Things You Didn’t Know about Philip Seymour Hoffman Marty’s Outfit From ‘Back To The Future’ Printed T-Shirt Wes Anderson Reveals His Inspirations for ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’Why ‘Her’ Could Re-shape Sci-Fi RomancesJeff Victor continues his pop culture A B C’s....

Star Wars Bits: ‘Disney Infinity’, ‘Once Upon A Time’, The White House, Samuel L. Jackson By Angie Han/Jan. 22, 2013 5:00 am EST The White House’s statement regarding the Death Star petition was nothing if not good-humored, but it seems the administration would prefer not to waste their time on such frivolous requests going forward. (Imagine that!) Whereas the Death Star proposal needed only 25,000 signatures to merit a response, the threshold for getting an official White House response has now been raised to 100,000 signatures....

Star Wars Bits: Episode VII Praise Plus Daisy Ridley, Benedict Cumberbatch, Celebration And Boba Fett By Germain Lussier/Aug. 7, 2014 11:09 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Talking to CNBC, Disney CEO Bob Iger said the following about Star Wars Episode VII. Watch the video here (1:50), but the quote is below: The footage we’ve seen is very, very exciting to us. I think there’s about 500 days left between now and December 18th, 2015 when the movie comes out....

Star Wars Bits: Reporter Investigates Possible ‘Star Wars’ Set; Plus Rebels, Eric Tan, Phineas And Ferb By Germain Lussier/July 10, 2014 2:00 pm EST Lots of cool merchandise and droids are in this edition of Star Wars Bits. Below, read about the following. Watch a BBC News report try to figure out if Star Wars Episode VII is shooting in the woods. Chopper the astromech droid is built in a new Star Wars Rebels video....

Superhero Bits: Batman Vs. Superman, Thor: The Dark World, Justice League: War, Secret Service, Agents Of SHIELD By Germain Lussier/Oct. 30, 2013 4:00 pm EST Want to see the exclusive debut of Dave Perillo’s Thor poster? Where is the Batman vs. Superman production office? How can you listen to the Thor: The Dark World score? Which actress has joined The Secret Service? When is Justice League: War being released? What happens when Batman gets put into horror movies?...

Superhero Bits: Man Of Steel, Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., Kick-Ass 2, The Avengers, The Wolverine By Germain Lussier/June 7, 2013 4:00 pm EST Want to listen to Zack Snyder talk about DC references in Man of Steel and Justice League? Does Samuel L. Jackson want to be in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? Is there a new poster out for The Wolverine? Do you want to see a clip of a massive fight in Man of Steel?...

The Greatest Tom Cruise Impression Ever…is From Superhero Movie? By Hunter Stephenson/March 26, 2008 11:31 am EST As much as I will forever remain a fan of Tracy Morgan’s “Werewolf Bar Mitzvah,” I won’t be checking out Superhero Movie in theaters this weekend. Insert commenter saying, “yeah Hunter, but it’s still worth a torrent.” But Slashfilm would like to salute young actor and Harvard alum Miles Fisher for easily giving the best impression of Tom Cruise we’ve ever seen in the yuk-yuk comic book spoof....

VOTD: The Art Of Steadicam By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 13, 2014 5:00 am EST Garrett Brown operating Steadicam on Stanley Kubrick’s The ShiningRefocused Media compiled a video celebrating the great Steadicam tracking (or Steadicam on a crane) shots of classic movies. The supercut features almost 40 films (from Stanley Kubrick to Paul Thomas Anderson) and a couple tracking shots from television (yes, The West Wing). Larry Wright explains The Art of Steadicam video edit:...

Watch Full 1981 PBS Making-Of Special On ‘Raiders Of The Lost Ark’ By Russ Fischer/Nov. 26, 2013 12:00 pm EST In 1981, PBS aired a terrific, in-depth “making-of” special about Raiders of the Lost Ark. Some of the material here has been, er, raided for other docs about the creation of the movie, but you can watch the full special below. There’s a lot of great stuff in here, as the special goes into great detail about some elements of the production....