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Digital Domain’s The Making Of Tron: Legacy By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 6, 2011 7:00 am EST /Film reader Michael von K sent over this great Digital Domain behind the scenes look at the visual effects of Tron: Legacy. Even if you didn’t like the movie, you will appreciate this extended 8-minute vfx demo reel. It’s amazing just how much work went into the computer generated visuals of this film. Too bad they were unable to perfect the young Jeff Bridges render, but watching this making of you will gain a whole new level of respect to the digital artistry that went into capturing and creating the Clu character....

First Look: Al Pacino In David Gordon Green’s ‘Manglehorn’ By Angie Han/Feb. 6, 2014 10:19 am EST David Gordon Green has been a very busy bee. He hit the festival circuit with not one but two films last year (Prince Avalanche and Joe), and recently got Chris Pine to sign on for his next directorial effort, a thriller called The Line. In between all of that, he also managed to squeeze in an indie drama called Manglehorn, with Al Pacino in the lead role....

First Look At The JFK Assassination Movie ‘Parkland’ With Paul Giamatti And Billy Bob Thornton By Germain Lussier/July 29, 2013 4:30 pm EST Nearly fifty years later, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963 remains one of the most controversial and discussed events in history. With hundreds of books and dozens of movies made on the subject, it might seem like every angle of the story has been explored....

Frank Grillo Suggests Crossbones Could Appear In Future Marvel Movies By Germain Lussier/Nov. 25, 2013 5:00 pm EST Outside of a trailer and a few scenes screened at conventions, very little is known about Captain America: The Winter Soldier. We know S.H.I.E.L.D. plays a part, we know Bucky comes back as the titular villain, there’s some flirtation between Cap and Black Widow, and the film is the primary precursor to Avengers: Age of Ultron....

Guillermo Del Toro Is Writing ‘Pacific Rim 2’ With Zak Penn By Angie Han/June 9, 2014 7:30 am EST So where has Beacham gone? Find out after the jump. Plans for Pacific Rim 2 have been in motion for quite a while already. Del Toro and Beacham were hired to write the sequel months before the original even opened, and even as del Toro has shifted his focus to other projects, like Crimson Peak, he’s continued to stress that Pacific Rim 2 is in development....

Help Fund The Magic Documentary ‘When The Magic Happens’ By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 14, 2013 1:30 pm EST One of my interests outside of film has always been Magic (an art which I think goes hand in hand with the mastery of storytelling and incorporation of visual effects in films). In the past years there have been a wave of great magic documentaries — Make Believe (from the producers of King of Kong), The Magic Life, and Magic Camp (which I have yet to see, but have heard good things about)....

LOL: Bradley Cooper Proves Louis CK’s ‘Inside The Actors Studio’ Theory Wrong By Germain Lussier/March 20, 2014 4:00 pm EST Louis CK is known for telling the truth. Even if it’s painful or offensive, Louis CK will tell people how it is. Now, a recently discovered interview shoves that idea in his face thanks to CK’s American Hustle nemesis, Bradley Cooper. To explain, in an old interview CK did with fellow comedian, writer and actor Stephen Merchant, he joked about the fact every single actor who asks a question on Inside the Actor’s Studio will never be famous....

M. Night Shyamalan And Bruce Willis Reunite For ‘Labor Of Love’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 29, 2014 10:46 am EST Now the film is back in action, and will have Willis in the role of “a Philadelphia book store owner who loses the love of his life in a tragic accident.” The main character is haunted by the notion that he never properly expressed his love to his wife, and so he decides to act on a question she once asked: would you walk across the country for me?...

Melissa McCarthy And Paul Feig May Reunite For Spy Comedy ‘Susan Cooper’ By Angie Han/July 25, 2013 4:30 pm EST Over the past couple of years, Paul Feig has demonstrated an affinity for female-led comedies in general, and female-led comedies starring Melissa McCarthy in particular. The Mike & Molly star was the breakout of Feig’s Bridesmaids, and she drew raves once again in this year’s The Heat. Now the pair are looking to team a third time, for the James Bond-inspired comedy Susan Cooper....

No, Christian Bale Will Not Play Batman In ‘Justice League’ By Angie Han/July 1, 2013 5:00 pm EST Warner Bros. wouldn’t think about making a Justice League movie without Batman, but just who would don the cape and cowl has remained a mystery. One name we can rule out for certain now, though, is Christian Bale. In a new interview, the Dark Knight star revealed that not only is he most definitely not in Justice League, he hasn’t even been contacted about Justice League....

Page 2 By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 19, 2009 3:00 am EST E.T. Kitty!!!! [buzz] Click on over to BLDGBLOG to see some fantastic post-apocalyptic photos of New York City, after the flood. ScriptShadow has a screenplay review of Liars (A to E), which , a green-lit project that fell victim of Miramax downsizing but was due to star Rebecca Hall and Kat Dennings, directed by Richard Linklater: “Liars (A to E)’ is genuinely engaging, delightful, whip-smart and – most refreshingly – a script about smart women that smart women will love....

Page 2: Peter Jackson’s Halo, Daniel Craig, The Nanny Diaries Rated PG-13, Diaz And Barrymore, 3D Expands And More By Peter Sciretta/March 8, 2007 4:38 am EST RealD has inked a deal to expand it’s Digital 3-D experience to an additional 200 screens (AMC, Regal, Cinemark, and more). Disney’s March 30th release of Meet the Robinsons will use the technology. A heavyweight annual human rights report issued by the State Department lists Borat as a victim of censorship....

Roland Emmerich To Direct ‘Stonewall’ Starring Jeremy Irvine By Angie Han/April 9, 2014 3:30 pm EST Roland Emmerich tends to be associated with big, explosive blockbusters, and he’s currently plotting a return to his biggest, most explosive blockbuster of all with two Independence Day sequels. Before he does that, however, he’s going to take a detour into something completely different. The director’s next feature will be Stonewall, a relatively small drama about the 1969 Stonewall riots in New York City....

Sequel Bits: ‘How To Train Your Dragon 2’, ‘Paranormal Activity 5’, ‘The Purge 2’ By Angie Han/Jan. 17, 2014 5:00 am EST If Branagh does indeed sign on to a sequel, it’d be his first as a director. [Screen Rant] Well I think, being the superstitious Irish man I am, I’m going to wait to answer that question if and when the audience decides they like this one. I think the possibilities in the modern world of spies is such that there’s many, many stories to tell....

Spot The Easter Egg In The New ‘Constantine’ Trailer By Russ Fischer/June 10, 2014 5:00 am EST There’s a new trailer for the NBC series Constantine, and it has a nice surprise for long-time comics readers. The show features Matt Ryan as the lead character, the rakish magician and occasional protector of the innocent John Constantine. This second trailer uses some of the same footage as the first, and adds a few new shots of magic and the supernatural....

Star Wars Bits: 3D Prequel Re-Releases Canned; J.J. Abrams Briefly Comments On His Hiring By Russ Fischer/Jan. 28, 2013 2:51 pm EST Until last year, the best way to milk additional theatrical coin out of the Star Wars franchise seemed to be releasing the films in 3D remasters. The process started with the 3D release of Episode I: The Phantom Menace, which hit theaters in February 2012. That release didn’t do all that well, and with the announcement of Star Wars Episode VII, Disney and LucasFilm are now ready to concentrate only on that film....

Vacancy Movie Poster And Movie Trailer Revealed By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 28, 2007 2:37 pm EST A lot of Horror news today. Now we bring you the new Vacancy movie poster (and the trailer we missed last week). The official plot synopsis reads: When David (Luke Wilson) and Amy Fox’s (Kate Beckinsale) car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, they are forced to spend the night at the only motel around, with only the TV to entertain them… until they discover that the low-budget slasher movies they’re watching were all filmed in the very room they’re sitting in....

Video: Tour Will Smith’s Amazing Two-Story Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 11, 2013 3:00 pm EST We don’t really cover “movie star” stuff on /Film as it slides closer to the stuff you’d read in gossip magazines and websites, but I thought this video was really fascinating (especially since this trailer is a big part of the movie making process on Smith’s films). Big movie stars sometimes demand big contractual comforts — and when Will Smith is working on a movie, he has a mobile home away from home set-up on the lot (or on location)....

Watch: 7-Minute ‘Sherlock’ Season 3 Prequel Episode By Germain Lussier/Dec. 24, 2013 10:00 am EST After waiting almost two years for the third season of Sherlock, its January 19th premiere is so close, you can almost touch it. But if it seems excruciating to wait those few more weeks, the BBC has released a 7-minute prequel episode that shows Inspector Lestrade (Rupert Graves) following up on rumored sightings of the thought-to-be deceased mastermind Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch)....

Werner Herzog And Nicolas Cage To Remake Bad Lieutenant By Hunter Stephenson/May 13, 2008 9:40 pm EST Did Slashfilm piss off the Ghost of April Fool’s Day? Topping off a day of odd movie announcements and rumors, Variety reports that director Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man, Aguirre: Wrath of God) will helm a remake of Abel Ferrara’s NC-17 classic Bad Lieutenant starring Nicolas Cage in the title role, formerly inhabited, and fantastically so, by Harvey Keitel back in ‘92....