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Page 2: The Wizard, Snowpiercer, Doctor Who, Muppets, Battlestar, Aladdin, Raging Bull, Ghostbusters, BTTF, Harry Potter By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 7, 2014 4:00 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....

Pixar Short ‘Party Central’ To Play With ‘Muppets Most Wanted,’ Plus New Viral Video By Germain Lussier/Jan. 7, 2014 10:09 am EST The next Disney/Pixar short film, Party Central, debuted at this summer’s D23 Expo. Set in the Monsters University universe, it follows the Oozma Kappa clan as they throw a frat party. But no one shows up, and they remedy the situation by using some crazy tactics to steal a rival party....

Real Life Weirdness: Seattle Superhero Phoenix Jones Reveals His Identity To Reporters On Court House Steps By Angie Han/Oct. 17, 2011 11:00 am EST The dramatic unmasking is part of many a superhero tale, so it’s fitting that real-life costumed crusader Phoenix Jones has gotten his moment of truth as well. Jones, whom you may recall from our earlier coverage stopped a carjacking back in January, appeared on the Seattle courthouse steps a few days ago and revealed his true identity to reporters: 23-year-old mixed martial arts fighter Benjamin John Francis Fodor....

Robert Zemeckis Doesn’t See ‘Flight’ As His Bridge Back To Live Action By Germain Lussier/Oct. 22, 2012 1:00 pm EST An Oscar-winner for Forrest Gump and director of some of our favorite movies, it’s hard to imagine that Robert Zemeckis hasn’t made a live-action film in over a decade. Then, the year was 2000, and the film was Cast Away. Though the director of Back to the Future, Contact, and Used Cars has found some of his greatest commercial success in the last twelve years, all the films have used motion capture....

Sequel Bits: ‘Contagion 2’, ‘Black Dynamite 2’, ‘The Hobbit’, ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ By Angie Han/Oct. 17, 2012 5:36 pm EST We’ve got some odds and ends from Sequel-Land after the jump: Warner Bros. is seeking writers for Contagion 2 Will Black Dynamite 2 be like Blazing Saddles? Ian McKellan almost declined to do The Hobbit See new photos from Catching Fire’s Georgia set The studio has just put out an open writing assignment for the follow-up....

Sony Already Moving Forward With ‘Equalizer’ Sequel By Russ Fischer/Feb. 24, 2014 12:45 pm EST The Equalizer, directed by Antoine Fuqua and starring Denzel Washington in a version of the role that Edward Woodward made popular on TV in the ’80s, has barely even begun its marketing push, but a sequel is already under way. The first film opens on September 26, and so we haven’t yet seen a trailer. There’s only one official still (above)....

Stellan Skarsgard Boards Disney’s Live-Action ‘Cinderella’ By Angie Han/July 9, 2013 3:30 pm EST As the star of several Lars Von Trier films, including the upcoming Nymphomaniac, Stellan Skarsgard is no stranger to edgy adult material. But one of his next roles will see him going in a much more family-friendly direction. The Swedish actor is in talks to join the starry cast of Disney’s Cinderella, a live-action reimaging of the classic fairy tale....

Stephen Frears To Direct Ben Foster In Yet Another Lance Armstrong Movie By Angie Han/July 26, 2013 12:00 pm EST The doping scandal lost Lance Armstrong a lot of fans, but it’s won him a lot of attention from Hollywood. Warner Bros. and Paramount already have their own projects about the disgraced cyclist in development. Now Working Title has set Stephen Frears to direct yet another one with Ben Foster in the lead....

Superhero Bits: Daredevil, Superman, Fantastic Four, The Dark Knight, Amazing Spider-Man 2 By Germain Lussier/Aug. 18, 2014 5:00 pm EST How can you buy a 9.0 rated copy of Action Comics #1? Is there a new viral site for Captain America: The Winter Soldier? Want to see the Avengers: Age of Ultron Comic-Con trailer, via storyboards? Where can you see a clip from the Roger Corman Fantastic Four documentary? What does Vincent D’Onofrio look like as Kingpin in Daredevil?...

Universal Could Take ‘The 39 Clues’ From Steven Spielberg And Dreamworks By Germain Lussier/Aug. 21, 2013 3:00 pm EST In 2008, Steven Spielberg and Dreamworks earmarked The 39 Clues as their own, personal Harry Potter. They purchased the rights to the franchise which follows two children who find out they’re part of the most famous family in history, with a lineage that includes Napoleon and Houdini. The pair then sets out on a global treasure hunt to find 39 clues, ingredients to a potion which will create the most powerful person in the world....

Universal Dates ‘The Mummy,’ ‘Seventh Son,’ A New Michael Mann Film, And Others By Germain Lussier/Nov. 27, 2013 2:10 pm EST In addition to moving Warcraft away from Star Wars Episode VII, Universal dated a slew of major movies on this Thanksgiving Eve. They are as follows: An Untitled Michael Mann film starring Chris Hemsworth will be released January 16, 2015. Jennifer Lopez’s thriller The Boy Next Door opens January 23, 3015....

Watch The First Five Minutes Of The Provocative ‘Borgman’ By Russ Fischer/June 5, 2014 1:45 pm EST Borgman is a strange and unsettling film that is absolutely worth watching, and now you can see the opening sequence for free. Drafthouse Films has dropped the first five minutes of the movie online in advance of the film’s NYC opening tomorrow. If you’re the sort that will be drawn in by situations that are odd, and tantalizingly unexplained, then what follows after the jump is five of the best minutes you’ll have today....

‘Berberian Sound Studio’ Alternate Poster Debut By Russ Fischer/June 15, 2013 2:55 pm EST The very unusual thriller Berberian Sound Studio is in theaters and on VOD now. So anyone who wants to see Toby Jones lose it a little, while trying to work on the sound mix for an exploitative Italian thriller, can do so now. It’s might not be exactly the movie you expect it to be, but give this one a few minutes to chip away at your sense of comfort and stability and the film’s slow burn will stick with you....

/Film Interview: Hugh Jackman Talks ‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’, Plus Peter Dinklage And Lauren Shuler Donner By Angie Han/May 23, 2014 4:00 pm EST When an Aussie unknown named Hugh Jackman was cast as Wolverine back in the late ’90s, it was doubtful that anyone would’ve predicted he’d still be playing the nearly ageless mutant a decade and a half later. For that matter, some would not likely have guessed that the X-Men franchise itself would last this long....

‘Gone Girl’ Author’s First Novel ‘Sharp Objects’ Becoming TV Show By Germain Lussier/July 9, 2014 11:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. No matter what level you’re at in your career, it’s all about getting a foot in the door. You just need that one thing. Get people to recognize you and the flood gates will open. As an example, take author Gillian Flynn. She was a best-selling writer with three books under her belt when her latest one, Gone Girl, was picked up by Hollywood....

‘Hector And The Search For Happiness’ Trailer: Simon Pegg Embarks On A World Tour By Russ Fischer/June 20, 2014 3:45 pm EST Hector and the Search for Happiness, a UK comedy starring Simon Pegg, looks an awful lot like a remix of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. The resemblance is in the fact that, in both films, the central character goes on a globe-trotting journey to find the secret to happiness....

‘House Of Cards’ Trailer: David Fincher Examines Power And Ambition In Netflix-Only Drama By Angie Han/Nov. 14, 2012 9:45 am EST If you want to check out David Fincher’s newest project next year, you’ll find yourself heading not to the theater but to your own living room. The filmmaker is making his first foray into television with House of Cards, a Netflix original series starring Kevin Spacey. A remake of the BBC miniseries of the same title, House of Cards centers around a ruthless politician (Spacey) clawing his way to the top by any means necessary....

‘Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair’ Limited Release Coming Next Year? By Angie Han/July 28, 2014 2:00 pm EST Quentin Tarantino has been promising a release of Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair for years now, and now he says he’s almost ready to deliver. During an appearance at San Diego Comic-Con over the weekend, Tarantino revealed that he and The Weinstein Company have had discussions about releasing the film in theaters “within the next year....

‘Tales To Astonish’ Trailer: Marvel Makes A Documentary By Angie Han/March 10, 2014 1:36 pm EST The first episode, directed by Eric Drath, centers on the Civil War mega-crossover event of the mid-aughts. While the events depicted in it — Captain America and Iron Man squaring off over the Superhero Registration Act — are entirely fictional, they paralleled real-world events like the Patriot Act. Watch the first Tales to Astonish trailer after the jump....

Dwayne Johnson Cast In Disaster Pic ‘San Andreas’ By Angie Han/Oct. 15, 2013 11:00 am EST Dwayne Johnson did such a good job reviving the Journey to the Center of the Earth franchise that New Line is giving him an opportunity to jumpstart one of his own. Johnson has been set to star in San Andreas, a 3D disaster pic which, despite what you may have guessed from the title, is not related to Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas....