‘Mortal Kombat: Legacy’ Season 2 Trailer By Germain Lussier/Feb. 22, 2013 6:00 am EST As fans patiently wait for a possible new Mortal Kombat movie, director Kevin Tancharoen is keeping himself immersed in the world where people are likely to cry “Finish Him!” A second season of the popular Mortal Kombat: Legacy web series is coming soon complete with new characters and even greater stakes. Check out the first trailer for the new season below....
‘Pacific Rim’ Viral Marketing Begins To Warn Of Giant Monster Attack [Updated] By Russ Fischer/Nov. 28, 2012 12:30 pm EST Giant monsters are about to attack human civilizations, but we’re in luck: Guillermo del Toro and an army of giant robots are ready to fight them. Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures are getting ready to show off del Toro’s film Pacific Rim in a big way, with a trailer debut in December in front of The Hobbit....
‘Rush’ Trailer: Chris Hemsworth And Daniel Brühl Court Death For Ron Howard By Angie Han/April 8, 2013 8:12 am EST The Ron Howard project we’ve covered most extensively in this space is probably the fourth season of Arrested Development, but we’re also pretty pumped for his other big release of 2013, the Formula One racing drama Rush. Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl play James Hunt and Niki Lauda, two real-life racing rivals that spent the ’70s neck-in-neck with one another....
‘The Better Angels’ Teaser Trailer: Terrence Malick Godfathers Black And White Abraham Lincoln Bio By Russ Fischer/Feb. 10, 2014 3:00 pm EST Produced by Terrence Malick, The Better Angels tells a slightly different “young Mr. Lincoln” story than the one we’re used to. The film, written and directed by A.J. Edwards (who worked for Malick on films such as The Tree of Life and To the Wonder) has a very obvious visual influence from the film’s producer, and a strong cast that includes Jason Clarke, Diane Kruger, Brit Marling, Wes Bentley and Braydon Denney....
‘The Fault In Our Stars’ Actor Nat Wolff Likely To Join ‘The Stand’ By Russ Fischer/May 7, 2014 3:45 pm EST This will probably help frame the direction Josh Boone plans to take his adaptation of Stephen King’s massive post-apocalyptic novel The Stand. While Warner Bros. has cycled through few different filmmakers to adapt the novel, the studio finally landed on Boone, director of Stuck in Love and the upcoming adaptation The Fault in Our Stars....
‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1’ Comic-Con Poster By Angie Han/July 23, 2014 1:30 pm EST The Hunger Games marketing train continues to chug along with the first reveal of a limited edition Comic-Con poster for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1. Created by street artist WK Interact, it’s got a bold, street-art-y aesthetic that looks like it could have come straight out of rebellion HQ in District 13....
‘The Simpsons’ Will Air Full LEGO-Animated Episode By Germain Lussier/Feb. 18, 2014 2:00 pm EST There’s a moment in The LEGO Movie where Milhouse, Bart’s best friend from The Simpsons, is at a gathering of master builders. It’s one of the film’s odder cameos, until you realize two important things. The first we knew. LEGO recently licensed likenesses from The Simpsons to make a brick version of the family’s iconic house available to buy....
‘The Wolverine’ Trailer #2 By Angie Han/May 21, 2013 6:05 am EST James Mangold took his sweet time releasing the first trailer for The Wolverine, but since then he (and Fox) haven’t been shy about showing off. The second domestic trailer for the comic book sequel, revealed today, has some more new footage still. As if that weren’t enough to tempt you to keep reading, we also have two artsy new character posters for Yukio (Rila Fukushima) and Viper (Svetlana Khodchenkova)....
‘Wreck It Ralph’ Viral Marketing: Retro 1997 ‘Sugar Rush Speedway’ Commercial By Germain Lussier/Oct. 15, 2012 1:56 pm EST One of the many truths you may not know about Disney’s upcoming film Wreck-It Ralph is that about half the movie, maybe more, takes place in the video game Sugar Rush. Inspired by Mario Kart, with a whole lot of Candyland thrown in, it’s the world where Ralph (John C. Reilly) befriends a glitch named Vanellope von Schweetz (Sarah Silverman) and develops a friendship that changes the arcade forever....
Aaron Paul Is Hiding Show Mementos Around LA For ‘Breaking Bad’ Scavenger Hunt By Russ Fischer/Aug. 21, 2014 2:15 pm EST Aaron Paul is well-known for his pleasant interactions with fans, and now he’s offering Breaking Bad fans a chance to get their hands on mementos from the show. Paul has announced a Breaking Bad scavenger hunt in LA, taking place this coming Monday, August 25, as part of a celebration of Breaking Bad’s final run at the Emmys....
BJ Novak Added To ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ By Russ Fischer/March 28, 2013 12:40 pm EST Briefly: Social media is quickly changing the way some news stories are broken in the entertainment world. Pro-active directors post casting stories themselves (as Bryan Singer did with a series of X-Men tweets) while others use Instagram to preview their films with oblique and occasionally informative images from set.Marc Webb has offered up a steady stream of pics from the set of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and the latest features a casting confirmation....
First Look: Cate Blanchett And Sally Hawkins Woody Allen’s ‘Blue Jasmine’ By Angie Han/March 7, 2013 7:00 am EST In keeping with the film-a-year pace he’s kept up for decades now, Woody Allen has a new movie due out in 2013. Blue Jasmine sees the master filmmaker returning to the U.S., for the first time since 2009’s Whatever Works. Allen’s keeping most of the plot details under wraps, as usual, but we know the movie will center around “the final stages of an acute crisis and a life of a fashionable New York housewife....
HBO Planning A ‘Game Change’ Sequel About The 2012 Election By Angie Han/Dec. 12, 2012 3:00 pm EST Just one month after election night, the 2012 presidential campaign already feels like a distant memory. For most of us, that feels like a good thing. It’s a relief to not have to think about debates, polls, stump speeches, email campaigns, political ads, and what have you for another couple of years. But HBO’s eagerly preparing to relive the magic, with a movie about this year’s big race....
HBO Plans ‘Shutter Island’ TV Series, Martin Scorsese May Direct Pilot By Russ Fischer/Aug. 25, 2014 11:30 am EST Martin Scorsese’s current HBO series, Boardwalk Empire, is coming to a close soon, and he is now finishing the pilot for a show set in the decadent music scene of ’70s New York, but another plan is coming together to pair the filmmaker and cable network. Ashecliffe is the working title of a Shutter Island TV series that features a pilot script from Dennis Lehane, the author whose novel inspired Scorsese’s original film....
Joss Whedon “Pissed Off” About Lack Of Female Superheroes In Film By Angie Han/June 5, 2013 11:22 am EST From Buffy to Zoë to Echo, Joss Whedon has long demonstrated an appreciation for kick-ass ladies. He brought that with him to last summer’s The Avengers, which offered Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s only major superheroine, ample opportunity to show off her skills. It also introduced another cool female character in the form of S....
LEGO Cool Stuff: 1960’s Batmobile, Mary Poppins And An Alien-Inspired Exosuit By Peter Sciretta/July 10, 2014 5:00 am EST Today I bring you a roundup of a couple cool movie/tv-related projects up for vote at LEGO Ideas and also one cool science fiction LEGO product that was voted into production and coming out next month. Hit the jump to check out all three LEGO projects and hopefully help vote them into production....
LOL: Jimmy Fallon Enters Black Market Joke Trade In ‘Joking Bad’ By Angie Han/Sept. 12, 2013 9:28 am EST As criminal masterminds go, a late night host with six months left (on the show, that is, not in life) selling his jokes on the black market doesn’t sound all that evil. But then again, we once sympathized with a terminally ill chemistry teacher making meth to provide for his family, too....
Original ‘Snowpiercer’ Graphic Novel To Be Published In English Translation By Russ Fischer/Nov. 6, 2013 11:00 am EST Briefly: We have no idea when we’ll see Bong Joon-ho’s film Snowpiercer in the US, or what form the film will be in when we do get the chance. But now English readers will have a chance to dig into the original version of the story. The French graphic novel Le Transperceneige, written by Jacques Lob and Benjamin Legrand, and illustrated by Jean-Marc Rochette, provided the inspiration for the film, but the book has not ever been published in an English translation....
Page 2: Ghostbusters, Ratatouille, Transformers, Hobbit, Star Wars, GoT, Walking Dead, Alien, Indiana Jones By Peter Sciretta/July 11, 2014 3:00 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: LOTR, Transformers, Rambo, Star Wars, GI Joe, Star Trek, Breaking Bad, Muppets By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 4, 2013 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....
