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Danny Boyle’s ‘127 Hours’ To Premiere At Toronto Film Fest, Will Close BFI London Film Fest By Russ Fischer/Aug. 13, 2010 9:46 am EST Briefly: We should be seeing a trailer for Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours any day now. In just a few weeks, the film will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, and then it will close the 54th BFI London Film Festival. (Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire closed the London Fest in 2008....

First Look: The Cast Of ‘X-Men: First Class’ By Russ Fischer/Jan. 18, 2011 1:10 pm EST Here’s the first small image of the assembled cast for Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class. Left to right, we see: Michael Fassbender as Magneto, Rose Byrne as Moira MacTaggert, January Jones as Emma Frost, Jason Flemyng as Azazel, Nicholas Hoult as Beast, Lucas Till as Havoc, Zoe Kravitz as Angel Salvadore, Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique, and James McAvoy as Charles Xavier....

Four New Posters For ‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2’ Show Heroes, Villains, An Epic Showdown And A Gigantic Dragon By Angie Han/June 15, 2011 11:00 am EST With just one month left before the Harry Potter film series ends for good, it feels like we’re getting a some new bit of promotional material practically every day. At this point, I’ve lost count of just how many posters we’ve already seen for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2....

Geek Deal: The Tudors: The Complete Series For $64.99 By Peter Sciretta/May 24, 2011 9:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.

By David Chen/Dec. 7, 2010 6:48 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Recently, Netflix made substantial changes to its pricing plans, introducing a streaming-only plan for $7.99, while jacking up the pricing of its DVD/Blu-Ray plans. The net effect of this will likely be to drive more people towards the streaming-only plan, while causing some attrition for its higher end plans. This makes sense in the short-run; after all, Netflix’s disc subscribers require Netflix to spend over half a billion dollars on postage per year and maintain costly distribution centers....

James Gunn Confirmed To Rewrite And Direct Marvel’s ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ By Russ Fischer/Sept. 18, 2012 11:20 am EST Over the summer we heard not only that Marvel will definitely be making a film based on the slightly-more-obscure-than-The Avengers space team the Guardians of the Galaxy. Not only that, but James Gunn (Slither, Super) was said to be in talks to direct. Joss Whedon more or less confirmed the news of Gunn’s hire not long ago, and now Gunn has released a statement talking about the film....

Juan Carlos Fresnadillo No Longer Directing ‘Bioshock’ By Russ Fischer/March 23, 2012 9:01 am EST The game BioShock was a massive hit when it was released in 2007. One of the better examples of world-building in gaming, the original title was set in Rapture, an underwater city built by an entrepreneur that wouldn’t e out of place in an Ayn Rand novel. But things had gone bad — power struggles and genetic tinkering destroyed Rapture’s hope for the future....

LOST Bonus 12-14 Minute Epilogue Will Be Released On DVD By Peter Sciretta/May 26, 2010 9:24 pm EST While the Lost series finale has already aired, the story isn’t completely over. Lost fans can look forward to a bonus 12-14 minute epilogue on the Lost Complete Series DVD set. What might it involve? Details after the jump (and yes, spoilers if you havent yet watched the finale). If you’ve watched the Lost finale, then you know that Hurley took over as the guardian of the island, and asked Ben to help him out with his experience and knowledge of the mysterious location....

Marvel Establishes Small-Screen Division, Sets Joseph Loeb To Oversee By Russ Fischer/June 28, 2010 9:51 am EST The idea that Marvel Studios would set up a TV division makes perfect sense, and the company has followed through today, announcing the establishment of a small-screen endeavor called Marvel Television. Sadly, there’s a chance we can expect the Marvel TV projects to look a lot like Heroes, as Marvel has set that show’s exec producer Joseph “Jeph” Loeb to run the operation....

New Poster: Lars Von Trier’s ‘Melancholia’ By Russ Fischer/April 28, 2011 8:31 am EST A new film from grand provocateur Lars Von Trier is always a big deal. And so we’re hanging on every little revelation about Melancholia, the apocalyptic drama featuring Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg as sisters who are stressing their way through a wedding and life in general just as a previously unknown planet is found to be on a collision course with Earth....

Page 2: Jurassic Park, Toy Story, Smurfs, Hook, Breaking Bad, Step Brothers, Space Jam 2, Star Wars, Popeye, Game Of Thrones, Aliens, LOST, Back To The Future, Ghostbusters, Gangster Squad, Star Trek By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 29, 2012 8:00 am EST Header Photo: Toy Story meets Jurassic Park The Criticwire Survey: Fall’s Must-See MoviesColin Farrell’s Total Recall Remake ‘Was Not Good’ And 8 Other Revelations From Paul VerhoevenGangster Smurfs Bid Together, Buy Alone: The Official Cancer Gets LOST 2012 Charity Auction...

Page 2: Star Wars, Firefly, Mickey Mouse, Sons Of Anarchy, Predator, Hobbit, Dexter, Lost, Star Trek By Peter Sciretta/July 10, 2012 8:00 am EST What is Page 2? 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 48 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....

Ray Liotta Joins ‘Cogan’s Trade’ By Russ Fischer/Feb. 15, 2011 2:30 pm EST Add one more name to the impressive cast roster of Andrew Dominik’s new film Cogan’s Trade. Brad Pitt stars in a story about a mob enforcer who investigates a heist that takes place during a poker game, and supporting roles are inhabited by James Gandolfini, Sam Rockwell, Vincent Curatola and Richard Jenkins. Now Ray Liotta is in the mix, too....

Samuel Bayer Attached To Direct Comic Book Adaptation ‘Tumor’ By Russ Fischer/Oct. 13, 2010 5:00 am EST If there was a straight shot from first-timer helmer to director jail, it might look a lot like the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street. Offering nothing that Wes Craven’s original didn’t deliver, and mistaking grave, put-on seriousness for import, the film was not the best debut for music video director Samuel Bayer....

Streaming Bits: Apple Prepping Movie Cloud Service, Netflix Signs Deal With The CW By Angie Han/Oct. 14, 2011 9:00 am EST This week marked the launch of UltraViolet, a new digital locker system that would allow users to purchase content in one physical or digital format and access it across all platforms via a cloud-based system. The service came about through years of negotiation and collaboration between major studios, manufacturers, and retailers, but not everyone in the industry was on board — Apple and Disney were among the two biggest holdouts....

Tarantino News: ‘Jackie Brown’ Prequel On The Way Without Quentin; Friars Club Roast Announced; Unreliable Rumors Of Dracula Development By Russ Fischer/May 25, 2010 10:59 am EST Is there something in the air this week? Out of nowhere come a series of three odd Tarantino-related news bites and rumors. First up, there is the new production of The Switch, based on Elmore Leonard’s novel of the same name. The other way to talk about The Switch is that it is a prequel to Jackie Brown, as it features the first chapter in the association of the Sam Jackson and Robert De Niro characters from Tarantino’s film....

Terrence Malick Eyes Relative Newcomer Haley Bennett As Co-Star Of Untitled Christian Bale Film By Russ Fischer/Sept. 8, 2011 2:28 pm EST When Terrence Malick chose Jessica Chastain years ago to be the female lead in The Tree of Life she was all but unknown; now she seems to be everywhere, and is garnering great praise for her performances in Malick’s movie, The Debt and (at the Venice film fest) Wilde Salome....

The Other Guys - What Did You Think? By David Chen/Aug. 6, 2010 3:08 pm EST I’m a fan of the off-kilter humor of director Adam McKay, whose newest film The Other Guys opens today. The movie teams up Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell as two of those “other guys” on the police force, the dudes do the behind-the-scenes work that allows the stereotypical supercops to strut their stuff. But when they get an opportunity for them to move up the bureaucratic food chain, will they be up to the task, or will they bungle it horribly?...

TV Bits: ‘Smallville’ Creators’ ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Going Into Production; SyFy Cancels ‘Caprica’; HBO Renews ‘Bored To Death’ And ‘Eastbound & Down’ By Adam Quigley/Oct. 27, 2010 8:00 pm EST ABC’s Charlie’s Angels is finally going into production. It was first mentioned almost a year ago that the channel was looking to greenlight a pilot that would bring the series back to television, but it experienced a change in the development process that set it back until now....

Will Ferrell-Produced ‘Bachelorette’ Is Not Quite ‘Bridesmaids’ [Sundance 2012] By Germain Lussier/Jan. 24, 2012 3:00 pm EST First-time filmmaker Leslye Headland’s Bachelorette will get a lot of comparison’s to Paul Feig’s Bridesmaids. These comparisons are unfair. Each do have famous female actresses starring in comedies about crazy stuff that happens leading up to a wedding but, where Bridesmaids is funny from start to finish and has a heart to boot, Bachelorrette has a bunch of hilarious moments that never quite suck you in....