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LOL: Anna Kendrick Spoofs ‘Little Mermaid’ And ‘Beauty And The Beast’ On ‘SNL’ By Angie Han/April 7, 2014 4:45 pm EST Later this year, Anna Kendrick will playing classic Disney princess Cinderella in the mash-up musical Into the Woods. But first, she got the chance to cycle through a few other Disney princesses during her Saturday Night Live hosting gig this weekend. For her opening monologue, the Pitch Perfect star channeled Belle of Beauty and the Beast, flitting across the SNL stage as if it were an 18th century French village....

By Russ Fischer/April 7, 2014 3:15 pm EST The real news here is that the Battlestar Galactica film we’ve heard little about in the past couple years is still alive and kicking. We last heard about a different writer being hired to script a feature for then-attached director Bryan Singer, back in 2011. But things have changed. So what is the aim of this film, precisely? We don’t have any idea at this point....

Page 2: BTTF, Breaking Bad, Bad Robot, SNL, Ghostbusters, Hobbit, Spike Lee, Simpsons By Peter Sciretta/July 29, 2013 12:30 pm EST Header Photo: Back to the Future family cosplayers The Auteur of UltraviolenceBox Office Report: ‘Wolverine’ Opens to Strong $141.1 Mil Globally; Soft in North America VHS Cassette Tape Pillow Movie Houses of Worship: Richmond’s Byrd TheatreSelling and Collecting Hollywood History: 5 Questions with Joe Maddalena of Profiles in History...

Page 2: Kubrick, Breaking Bad, Patton Oswalt, Star Wars, Hobbit, Tron, Star Trek, Home Alone, Skyfall, Scott Pilgrim, Strange Brew, The Big Lebowski, American Movie By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 8, 2013 8:00 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 46 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more....

Penelope Cruz Rumored For ‘Bond 24’ By Russ Fischer/June 3, 2013 9:14 am EST Briefly: Now that we’ve got the director question solved, casting speculation can begin in earnest for Bond 24, which it seems Sam Mendes will return to direct. Despite the fact that Mendes is going to do a UK and Broadway version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory before getting back in the Bond director’s chair, meaning that the next Bond won’t be out until at least 2015, rumors are already flying that Penelope Cruz is cast in the film....

POTD: Elijah Wood’s Frodo Had He Kept The One Ring By Germain Lussier/Dec. 21, 2012 2:00 pm EST “The ring is mine.” Frodo Baggins’ chilling line in the heart of Mount Doom at the end of The Return of the King is one the most shocking moments in Peter Jackson’s trilogy. After three movies and over nine hours to get to this exact spot, Frodo (Elijah Wood) decides he doesn’t want to destroy The One Ring....

Reaction: ‘Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes’ Teased At Comic Con By Peter Sciretta/July 20, 2013 5:25 pm EST Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is still filming, but that didn’t stop director Matt Reeves and stars Andy Serkis, Jason Clarke and Kerri Russell from coming to San Diego to give the Comic Con audience an early preview of the movie. The film was shooting this morning until 5am, which by that time already had thousands of people sleeping in line to get into Hall H for today’s big movie day....

Sequel Posters: ‘Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2’ And ‘Monsters University’ By Angie Han/Feb. 26, 2013 12:30 pm EST It’s not always the case that “family films” actually appeal to the whole family, but two that do are Monsters, Inc. and Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. So even though we (as childless adults) may not be in their ideal target demo per se, we’ve very much looking forward to the sequels Monsters University and Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2....

Sharlto Copley Discusses The “Poor Man’s Mo-Cap” Of Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Chappie’ By Angie Han/May 21, 2014 2:00 pm EST Actor Sharlto Copley and director Neill Blomkamp broke through on a global scale together with District 9, and then went Hollywood together with Elysium. Now they’re teaming up a third time for Chappie, which Copley says finally has them “finding our stride.” In a new interview, Copley discusses his “child-like robot” character and the “poor man’s motion-capture” being used to animate him....

Spoilers: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Talks ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Ending And Possible Series Future By Germain Lussier/Aug. 15, 2012 2:00 pm EST Before the release of The Dark Knight Rises, every member of the cast was incredibly guarded when it came to discussing plot points. Now that the film is out and part of the public conscious, one would think all of what happens would be open for discussion, especially since most of it is pretty cut and dry....

Superhero Bits: Spider-Man 3, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Birdman, Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man 2 By Germain Lussier/April 14, 2014 3:30 pm EST When can you see a new teaser for Guardians of the Galaxy? What stories do the cast of Amazing Spider-Man 2 want to see in Sinister Six? How is Alicia Keys’ song in the new film? When does the Michael Keaton film Birdman open? Want to see a bunch of concept art and costumes from Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3?...

TV Bits: ‘Dexter’ Season 7 Teaser, FX Explains Why They Rejected ‘Breaking Bad,’ ‘Steel Magnolias’ Remake Trailer, Olivia Wilde Reprises Her Role On ‘Tron Uprising’ By Germain Lussier/July 3, 2012 3:00 pm EST Everyone has a list of shows people tells them they need to watch but they just haven’t gotten around to yet. For me personally, Dexter is on that list. So I can’t exactly comment on what you see in this trailer, and guess what?...

Warner Bros. May Sell Off Ryan Gosling’s Critically-Blasted ‘Lost River’ By Russ Fischer/May 21, 2014 5:00 pm EST A year ago, Ryan Gosling embarked upon an adventure, directing his first feature. And given his stunning online popularity and frequent choice of intense collaborators, the film was instantly a thing of interest. So it was interesting that Warner Bros. ponied up a few million for domestic distribution rights. Despite having a relationship with Gosling through films such as Gangster Squad and Crazy, Stupid, Love, this never sounded like the sort of film WB tends to release....

Watch: ‘That Moment,’ A 72 Minute Documentary On P.T. Anderson’s ‘Magnolia’ By Germain Lussier/July 8, 2014 3:00 pm EST If you’re like me, you’ve had the DVD for Paul Thomas Anderson’s Magnolia for over a decade. The film was released 1999 and the DVD arrived a year later. And while it was kind of bare bones in terms of extras, one extra was simply stunning. It’s called That Moment, and is a 72 minute diary/documentary by Mark Rance about the making of the film....

Who Will Be The Next Spider-Man: Patrick Fugit, Michael Angarano? By Peter Sciretta/May 27, 2008 3:32 pm EST In the past few weeks we’ve heard mumblings that Sony had renewed their option to make Spider-Man movies, and internet rumors of preliminary plans to shoot Spider-Man 4 and Spider-Man 5, back-to-back. Now comes word via LatinoReview that Patrick Fugit is the top name in the running to replace Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker....

‘47 Ronin’ Theatrical Trailer: Wrath, Witches And Lots Of Samurai Action By Germain Lussier/Oct. 28, 2013 8:58 am EST Years have passed. Trials have been endured. Legends made. I’m talking about the journey Carl Rinsch’s samurai epic 47 Ronin has had coming to the big screen. Finally scheduled for release on Christmas, a final theatrical trailer has just been released with more effects, more story and more Keanu Reeves as he helps 47 samurai get revenge for the death of their master....

‘Ben-Hur’ Remake Sets 2016 Opening; ‘Bible’ Producers Board By Angie Han/April 25, 2014 12:30 pm EST Paramount/MGM’s Ben-Hur remake has picked up a couple of new producers on its way to the cinema. Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, executive producers of History’s successful The Bible miniseries and its subsequent feature Son of God, have just climbed aboard the chariot. Timur Bekmambetov is directing, from a script by Keith Clarke and John Ridley....

‘Frances Ha’ Trailer: Explaining How We Do Things We Don’t Actually Do By Russ Fischer/March 5, 2013 4:12 pm EST What is Frances Ha about? I’ve watched this trailer a couple times, and can’t quite tell you. Not because this is an Upstream Color situation, where the trailer is rather obscure, and the film it advertises is hardly typical. Rather, this Noah Baumbach film co-written by and starring Greta Gerwig looks like a pretty standard old-school indie, as it follows a young woman (Gerwig) who can’t quite get her life together....

‘Frozen’ Director Jennifer Lee To Adapt ‘A Wrinkle In Time’ By Angie Han/Aug. 5, 2014 9:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In addition to Frozen, which she co-directed and co-wrote, Lee’s credits include the screenplay for Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph. She takes over A Wrinkle in Time from Jeff Stockwell (Bridge to Terabithia), who wrote the first draft. James Whitaker and Catherine Hand are producing....

‘Happy Christmas’ Trailer: Anna Kendrick Rings In The Holidays With Joe Swanberg By Angie Han/May 20, 2014 11:30 am EST Holidays can be a trying time even for the happiest, most well-adjusted of families. When one of the family members is kind of a screw-up, they can be even tougher. But that doesn’t mean you can’t still find some joy in being together. In the new Happy Christmas trailer, Anna Kendrick plays an irresponsible 20something named Jenny who moves in with her film director brother (Joe Swanberg, who also directed this film), his novelist wife (Melanie Lynskey), and their two-year-old son....