By Angie Han/April 22, 2014 5:30 am EST HBO couldn’t renew Game of Thrones fast enough, putting in an order for two more seasons just two days after the Season 4 premiere. Now it’s getting around to reupping the rest of its current Sunday night lineup as well. The network has renewed half-hour satires Silicon Valley and Veep, for their second and fourth seasons, respectively. More details after the jump. Veep’s numbers aren’t quite as high....
‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ Designer Explains Future Sentinel Concept By Russ Fischer/Jan. 28, 2014 2:15 pm EST So what’s up with that future Sentinel design in X-Men: Days of Future Past? The first image of the mutant-killer of the future debuted late last night via an Empire Magazine cover, and instantly raised some eyebrows. While the first couple generations of Sentinels seen in the film bear a certain resemblance to the fan-favorite design known from comic books, this is pretty far afield of any design we’ve seen....
Cool Stuff: Matt Ferguson Star Wars “Trilogy” Prints By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 4, 2014 11:30 am EST Bottleneck Gallery in Brooklyn, NY is doing a timed release for Matt Ferguson’s Star Wars “Trilogy” prints series, which means you have a chance to buy them and they won’t sell out in minutes. More details on the Matt Ferguson Star Wars print series and a close-up of each of these prints, after the jump....
J.J. Abrams Hasn’t Contacted Mark Hamill About ‘Star Wars Episode VII,’ Says Samuel L. Jackson By Germain Lussier/Nov. 18, 2013 2:00 pm EST If Samuel L. Jackson can tell the world Elizabeth Olsen is in Avengers: Age of Ultron, maybe he can also tell us Mark Hamill isn’t in Star Wars Episode VII. Though the actor who portrayed Luke Skywalker has reportedly been working out for a likely return to the series, Jackson spoke to him recently and Hamill told him director J....
Lars Von Trier’s Longer, Harder ‘Nymphomaniac’ Likely To See Release In 2014 By Russ Fischer/Nov. 26, 2013 3:15 pm EST As with nearly everything relating to the new Lars von Trier movie, Nymphomaniac, there’s always a degree of genuine storytelling, and a certain amount of savvy promotional spin. You don’t make a two-part film that is sexually explicit to the point of being hardcore without angling for a degree of prurient attention based solely on the fact that the film might show some famous peoples’ junk....
Lisa Cholodenko Won’t Make ‘Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day’ By Angie Han/Feb. 22, 2013 3:00 pm EST Cholodenko’s reasons for leaving are unclear, but her decision doesn’t seem to have pushed the project too far off track. Disney reportedly still plans to shoot this fall, and has already begun looking for a new director. The film likely won’t have too much trouble on that front. The original children’s book by Judith Viorst remains well loved today, four decades after its initial publication....
LOL: ‘Hungry Hungry Hippos.’ The Movie Trailer By Germain Lussier/Oct. 5, 2012 2:40 pm EST Earlier this week, the news broke that Hasbro is (still) developing movies based on Monopoly, Action Man and Hungry Hungry Hippos. The first two made lots of (or at least some) sense. The latter? Not so much. How do you make a movie about a bunch of hippos that are just constantly eating? You do it pretty much like you do a movie about pegs on a board....
Louis CK Developing Another Series At FX By Germain Lussier/Dec. 3, 2013 2:00 pm EST FX made a wise decision this week and invested more heavily in the twisted mind of Louis CK. The comedian, now one of the most popular and influential in the world, has been racking up acclaim for the network with his show, Louie. Now FX has signed him for an overall production deal which includes a brand new show that he’ll create, executive produce, and potentially write and direct....
Neil Gaiman Says A Black Actor Turned Down ‘Doctor Who’ By Russ Fischer/Aug. 6, 2013 2:00 pm EST The long-running BBC series Doctor Who just named the twelfth person to play the title character: Peter Capaldi. The actor is a great many things: rakishly charming, savagely funny, frighteningly intense, and Scottish. He’s also white and male, which isn’t quite what some fans of the show hoped for. Since the eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith, announced his departure, there were hopes among parts of the Who fandom that the show would turn towards an actor of color, or (gasp!...
Oscar Contenders ‘All Is Lost’ And ‘The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty’ Get Posters By Angie Han/Aug. 29, 2013 2:30 pm EST Along with dropping temperatures and changing leaves, one hallmark of the summer-to-fall transition is the gradual replacement of action-movie tentpoles with awards season hopefuls at the multiplex. With Labor Day weekend just around the corner, the first posters have dropped for two Oscar contenders coming to theaters in the cooler months....
Page 2: Labyrinth, Star Wars, This Is 40, Bill And Ted, Terminator 2, Lincoln, Twilight, Skyfall, Pacific Rim, Kubrick, Life Of Pi, Quentin Tarantino, Dark Crystal By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 19, 2012 8:00 am EST Header Photo: Pac-Man/Labyrinth mash-up game From ‘Ghostbusters’ to ‘Die Hard’ — Our Favorite Twinkie Movie Cameos How Old Characters Could Ruin a New ‘Star Wars’ “Rival Smugglers” t-shirt Infographic: Bill and Ted’s Excellent Timeline Groundbreaking Sci-Fi Movies: ‘Star Wars,’ 2001’ And More...
Page 2: Star Wars, Popeye, Futurama, Up, Hobbit, Robocop, Goonies, Die Hard, Home Alone By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 3, 2014 11:00 am 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....
Pixar Prepping ‘Ratatouille’ And ‘The Incredibles’ 3D Rerelease By Russ Fischer/March 17, 2014 8:30 am EST We’re not likely to see an Incredibles sequel any time soon, but Brad Bird’s two Pixar films are going to land back in theaters. Pixar is prepping a The Incredibles 3D re-release, and has also added a third dimension to Ratatouille. These would be the fifth and sixth 3D re-releases of Pixar films; we’ve already seen the first two Toy Story movies in 3D, as well as Monsters, Inc....
Rumor: Benedict Cumberbatch Joins J.J. Abrams’ ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 2, 2013 9:16 am EST Briefly: Last week, you may have heard that a Star Wars rumor was batting around the back rooms of Hollywood. That rumor is now out there and it states Benedict Cumberbatch, who recently worked with J.J. Abrams on Star Trek Into Darkness, could re-team with the director for Star Wars Episode VII. The speculation began when the actor recently left Guillermo del Toro’s latest film, Crimson Peak, without giving reason....
Samuel L. Jackson Replaces Jamie Foxx As ‘The Black Phantom’ By Angie Han/Aug. 7, 2014 5:00 am EST Samuel L. Jackson is using his time off from Avengers-corralling duty to get back into contract killing. He’s just signed on to play the title role in The Black Phantom, one of two hitmen who form an unlikely bond. The other one will be played by Kevin Hart. Hit the jump for all the details....
Shane Black Explains Why “Demon In A Bottle” Won’t Factor Into An ‘Iron Man’ Movie By Angie Han/April 22, 2013 3:43 pm EST In less than two weeks, we’ll get to find out just what Tony Stark has been up to since the Avengers’ big showdown in New York. The Iron Man 3 trailers have hinted that he’s struggling a bit with the aftermath, and that there are tougher times and meaner villains ahead still....
The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 18 - Without A Handle By David Chen/Feb. 26, 2010 12:00 pm EST This week on The Tobolowsky Files, Stephen and Beth in Illinois find that trying to grasp success out of the jaws of failure isn’t as easy as it’s cracked up to be. The Tobolowsky Files is a new podcast from the people who brought you the /Filmcast, featuring a series of stories about life, love, and the entertainment industry, as told by legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowsky....
VOTD: The S From Hell By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 28, 2010 7:00 pm EST One of the short films that I screened at Sundance was a 9-minute hillarious documentary titled The S From Hell. Did you know that some people are terrified of certain logos? One of the most famous is the stylized S from the 1964 Screen Gems logo, which has been termed “The S From Hell” by Logophobics. Built around interviews with survivors still traumatized from their childhood exposure to the logo after shows like Bewitched or The Monkees, Rodney Ascher’s film brings their stories to life with animation, found footage, and dramatic reenactments....
‘24’ President Dennis Haysbert Replaces Michael Clarke Duncan In ‘Sin City: A Dame To Kill For’ By Germain Lussier/Dec. 6, 2012 11:59 am EST Very few men could step into the very big shoes left by late actor Michael Clarke Duncan, who passed away earlier this year. In 2005, the actor best know for his work in The Green Mile and Armageddon played a bad-ass bodyguard in Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller’s film Sin City, which is currently shooting a sequel, Sin City: A Dame To Kill For....
‘House Of Cards’ Is Now On Netflix; Watch David Fincher’s Pilot Even If You Aren’t A Subscriber By Germain Lussier/Feb. 1, 2013 10:20 am EST Netflix has a lot invested in House of Cards, the political drama starring Kevin Spacey. The show which marks the company’s first major foray into original programming. Though they’ve already done some original shows (such as the co-production Lillyhammer), the rental and streaming company spent millions and millions on this remake of a BBC miniseries, outbidding several cable channels and networks....
