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By Ethan Anderton/May 4, 2017 5:00 am EST Happy Star Wars Day! May the 4th be with you and all that jazz! In honor of today’s makeshift holiday that celebrates the saga from a galaxy far, far away, we have a new video to share as part of Omaze’s ongoing Star Wars: Force for Change campaign, this time benefitting Starlight Children’s Foundation. For Star Wars fans, there’s nothing more rewarding than meeting the actors who played the heroes (and even the villains) that they grew up loving....

LOL: The ‘Dog Wick’ Trailer Shows John Wick’s Dog Is Just As Badass By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 9, 2017 5:00 am EST While John Wick is full of brutal gun shots to pretty much every part of the body, the one that that really made audiences sad was that the bad guys killed the title assassin’s adorable dog. That was just one of the many reasons that John Wick was thinkin’ he’s back....

Meet The Adorable New Muppet In The ‘Muppet Babies’ Reboot By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 26, 2018 2:15 pm EST Get ready to meet the next cherub-cheeked Muppet who will be joining the toddler versions of your favorite Jim Henson characters. The Muppets first transformed into hand-drawn toddlers in Henson’s animated series The Muppets Babies, which ran from 1984 to 1991 on CBS. The adorable munchkins will finally be returning to the small screen as a Disney Junior series....

New ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy – Mission: Breakout!’ Ride Footage Offers Our Best Look Yet At The Disney Attraction By Jacob Hall/May 25, 2017 12:00 pm EST After five months of extensive renovation and refurbishment, The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror at Disney California Adventure has completed its transformation into Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: Breakout! and will open its doors in just a few days. In fact, our own Peter Sciretta will be previewing the ride today and interviewing a few of the folks involved in the process of bringing this attraction to life (including Guardians of the Galaxy movie director James Gunn)....

R.L. Stine’s ‘Fear Street’ Is Getting A Movie Trilogy With A Unique Release Strategy By Ethan Anderton/July 14, 2017 10:30 am EST The Hollywood Reporter announced the details of the Fear Street movie trilogy with a unique release plan. While this has the concern of putting the horse before the cart, the release strategy might be intriguing enough to get audiences to pay attention, though I can’t imagine it becoming the norm for film franchises down the road....

Redbox Renting 4K Movies For Certain Titles By Chris Evangelista/May 28, 2018 4:00 pm EST Do you still partake of physical media for movies – and have you made the leap to 4K? If so, Redbox has some good news: they’re going to start renting 4K movies…but only for certain titles, and in certain markets. With so many streaming options available, it can be easy to forget that Redbox is still out there renting out physical copies....

Superhero Bits: Guardians Of The Galaxy 2 LEGO Sets, Harley Quinn On Gotham, New Supergirl Aliens & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 19, 2017 5:00 pm EST Will we ever see Johnny Blaze appear on Agents of SHIELD? Do Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 LEGO sets key us into some action sequences in the movie? When will we get to see Harley Quinn on Gotham? Want to see a life-size version of The LEGO Batman Movie Batmobile?...

Superhero Bits: Mel Gibson’s Hated Batman V Superman, X-Men: Apocalypse Deleted Scene & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 7, 2016 4:30 pm EST Why does it seem like DC movies get trashed more than Marvel movies? Speaking of which, did you hear the harsh words Mel Gibson had for Batman v Superman? Want to watch a deleted scene featuring Jean Grey in X-Men: Apocalypse? Anyone out there hoping to get the only season of Constantine on Blu-ray or DVD?...

The ‘Barbie’ Movie Loses Amy Schumer By Jacob Hall/March 23, 2017 4:00 pm EST Late last year, comedian Amy Schumer, the star of Inside Amy Schumer, Trainwreck, and a number of stand-up comedy specials, was cast in a movie based on the ever-popular Barbie toy line. Now, it looks like the film is going to need to find a new leading lady, as Schumer has departed the film. Variety has the news, which comes to them via a message from Schumer herself: Sadly, I’m no longer able to commit to Barbie due to scheduling conflicts....

The Morning Watch: ‘I, Tonya’ Anatomy Of A Scene, 16-Bit ‘The Last Jedi’ Lightsaber Fight & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 6, 2018 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, director Craig Gillespie gives us a closer look at a scene from the Oscar-nominated I, Tonya....

Video: /Film Visits The New ‘Justice League’ Exhibit On The Warner Bros. Studio Tour By Ben Pearson/May 10, 2018 10:00 am EST Earlier this week, the folks at the Warner Bros. Studio Tour invited me and a handful of other journalists to check out the newly-revamped DC Universe Exhibit, which now includes props and costumes from last year’s superhero film Justice League. Typically, they don’t allow video to be taken inside, but they lifted those restrictions for this event and let us bring our cameras inside to take a closer look....

Watch The First Two Amazing Minutes Of ‘Batman Ninja’ By Chris Evangelista/April 21, 2018 8:00 am EST Batman Ninja, a new animated movie that drops the Dark Knight into Feudal Japan, looks amazing. If you can’t wait to see the film, the first 2 minutes of Batman Ninja footage have found their way online for your viewing pleasure. Many modern DC animated films leave a lot to be desired. The animation tends to be rather bland, lacking style or distinction....

What Were The Most Pirated Movies Of 2016? By Angie Han/Jan. 2, 2017 12:19 pm EST According to Torrent Freak, here are the most-pirated movies of 2016: With the caveat that we at /Film absolutely do not condone pirating movies, it does seem kind of appropriate that the most-pirated movie of 2016 would be one about an irreverent anti-hero who delights in breaking all the rules. But in truth, Deadpool’s position on top of this list probably has less to do with his personality than the fact that it was a mainstream superhero movie that came out in February....

By Ethan Anderton/April 2, 2018 9:30 am EST The original movie begins in 1988 as a museum exhibit dedicated to the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) is opening, prompting a flashback to the actual story, which begins in 1943. A publicity-hungry candy maker, also the Chicago Cubs owner (Garry Marshall), comes up with the idea to sell more tickets and candy by creating an all-female baseball league. The likes of David Strathairn and Jon Lovitz are sent out to recruit players, introducing us to a cast that includes Geena Davis and Lori Petty as sisters Dottie and Kit Henson....

‘Buckaroo Banzai’ Series Embroiled In Lawsuit, Prompting Kevin Smith To Leave By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 29, 2016 9:00 am EST Find out more about the Buckaroo Banzai TV series debacle after the jump. Kevin Smith was prepared to finally have his own TV show with this Buckaroo Banzai project, but it appears that in order for it to get made, a lawsuit had to be filed by the studio. The rights to Buckaroo Banzai are currently owned by the 1984 film’s director W....

‘Fargo’ Season 4 Will Star Chris Rock And Is Set In 1950s Kansas City [TCA 2018] By Fred Topel/Aug. 3, 2018 10:53 am EST Fargo is not the type of show where you can take any season for granted. Even if there is a new season – which is not a guarantee because FX and creator Noah Hawley approach each one as a miniseries – each season has a new story and new cast....

‘Flatliners’ Trailer: Ellen Page Lives, Dies And Lives Again By Ethan Anderton/June 13, 2017 7:30 am EST Ellen Page (Juno), Diego Luna (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), Nina Dobrev (The Perks of Being a Wallflower), James Norton (Happy Valley) and Kiersey Clemons (Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising) star in the remake of Joel Schumacher’s film, taking on the roles originated by Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt, and Kevin Bacon....

‘How I Met Your Mother’ Spinoff In The Works Once Again By Jack Giroux/Dec. 15, 2016 6:30 am EST Despite having Greta Gerwig (20th Century Women) on board to star, produce, and even write, CBS decided against moving forward with How I Met Your Dad, a spinoff of the network’s hit comedy series, How I Met Your Mother. The story went that the powers that be at CBS were displeased with parts of the pilot and wanted to one day start from scratch....

‘Justice League Dark’ Possibly Circling A Surprising New Director By Ethan Anderton/May 29, 2017 12:00 pm EST Last week, DC Comics fans were given a bit of bad news as it was reported that director Doug Liman became yet another filmmaker to walk away from the adaptation of the long-gestating Justice League Dark. Since Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Entertainment don’t want to waste any time getting this movie together as part of their growing DC Extended Universe, they’re already on the hunt for a filmmaker to replace him, and there are a few options on the table....

‘Maze Runner: The Death Cure’ Clips: Zombies, And Missiles, And Explosions, Oh My! By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 20, 2018 1:00 pm EST This YA dystopian movie has everything: zombies, explosions, deadly missiles, and Giancarlo Esposito in a fabulous coat. Aiden Gillen’s also rocking a sweet turtleneck, but the fashion choices of the prestigious character actors is besides the point: the Maze Runner trilogy is officially reaching the end of the labyrinth....