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WTF: Embattled Exec David Bergstein Now Has ‘Exclusive’ Window To Make Miramax Deal By Russ Fischer/June 4, 2010 1:22 pm EST You have got to be s***ting me. OK, quick recap on the attempt by Disney to sell off the Miramax name and catalog. Early in the game there were three major sets of bidders: Ron Burkle and the Weinsteins; the cash-rich Gores Brothers; and investor Ron Tutor and his advisor partner David Bergstein....

‘22 Vs. Earth’ Director Kevin Nolting Shares The Challenges Of Making A ‘Soul’ Prequel [Interview] By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 27, 2021 9:00 am EST What happened before Soul? Before Joe Gardner ended up in the Great Before? Even before Joe (Jamie Foxx) and 22 (Tina Fey) crossed paths, 22 had been around the block a couple times, unable to find her “spark” that would give her a pass to Earth. And by “around the block a few times,” we mean several millennia old — which makes 22 the perfect subject for a Pixar short film that allows longtime Pixar editor Kevin Nolting to make his directorial debut....

‘Apocalypse Now’ Poster Reproduction Coming From Mondo By Chris Evangelista/April 28, 2021 4:00 pm EST The iconic Apocalypse Now poster by artist Bob Peak has been reproduced and will go on sale tomorrow courtesy of the folks at Mondo. The late Peak is often heralded as one of the best movie poster artists in the history of film, and it’s easy to see why – his work is sharp, bold, and instantly memorable, and his Apocalypse Now poster is one of his very best....

‘Black Widow’ Clip: Natasha And Yelena Get Into An Old-Fashioned Family Car Chase By Ethan Anderton/May 17, 2021 8:30 am EST Marvel’s Black Widow is finally coming to theaters in July, bringing the Marvel Cinematic Universe back to the big screen for the first time in over two years. Thankfully, for those who aren’t ready to go back to movie theaters, Black Widow is also coming to Disney+ Premier Access. But Marvel wants to entice audiences to see this on the biggest screen possible, so they’ve released a new Black Widow clip with Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) and her surrogate sister Yelena (Florence Pugh) doing what they do best: evading bad guys....

/Film Interview: ‘Thor: The Dark World’ Director Alan Taylor By Germain Lussier/Nov. 14, 2013 3:30 pm EST Back in October, I travelled to London to do interviews for the current #1 movie in the world, Thor: The Dark World. Since then, we’re run a bunch of quotes from my interviews, but now that the film is out, we’re going to run all the interviews in full over the next three days....

‘Luca’ Trailer: A Sea Monster Finds His Land Legs In Pixar’s Coming-Of-Age Movie By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 28, 2021 6:37 am EST Pixar looks like it has another charmer on its hands with Luca, a coming-of-age fantasy set in the Italian Riviera. The feature directorial debut of Enrico Casarosa, who worked on previous Pixar films such as Up and Coco and directed the lovely Pixar short La Luna, Luca is loosely based on Casarosa’s own childhood growing up alongside the sunny Italian Riviera....

‘Lunatic At Large’: Unmade Stanley Kubrick Film Aims To Go Into Production This Year By Ben Pearson/Feb. 15, 2021 5:00 pm EST Last year, filmmaker Terry Gilliam (Brazil, Time Bandits, 12 Monkeys) said he was supposed to begin filming a movie based on an unmade Stanley Kubrick film – but the coronavirus pandemic caused the whole thing to fall apart. A report at the time indicated that the mysterious project was Lunatic at Large, a 70-page treatment based on a Kubrick idea that Kubrick’s then-producing partner James B....

‘Mr. Corman’ Trailer: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Has An Early-Life Crisis In Apple TV+ Series By Shania Russell/July 8, 2021 9:26 am EST Do you think of yourself as an unlucky person? This is the question that plagues Josh Corman (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) in the new Apple TV+ series, Mr. Corman. In our first look at Josh’s life, he stares out at a room of fifth-graders and asks them about their own luck. A single student raises his hand, while the rest identify themselves as unlucky....

‘Snatchers’ Review: This Horror Comedy Is Far Funnier Than It Is Terrifying [SXSW] By Matt Donato/March 11, 2019 3:30 pm EST Which is more terrifying: keeping up your high school status, or childbirth? Directors/writers Stephen Cedars and Benji Kleiman honor both painstaking enterprises in their furiously entertaining hor(ror)monal romp, Snatchers. Initial parallels to 2007’s Teeth fade quickly as the film splices Mean Girls DNA with Critters or Gremlins, or most appropriately, Slither....

‘Star Wars: Revenge Of The Sith’ Original Ending Had Padmé Make Some Bold Moves By Ethan Anderton/May 14, 2017 11:00 am EST Even though Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith is the best of the prequel trilogy in the Star Wars saga, it’s still a far cry from measuring up to the original trilogy. One of the biggest issues with the final chapter in the story of how Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) became Darth Vader is how the former Jedi’s relationship with his secret lover Padmé Amidala (Natalie Portman) comes to an end....

‘The Antisocial Network’: Hollywood Is Already Making A Movie About The Ongoing GameStop Chaos By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 1, 2021 7:30 am EST Deadline reports that MGM was able to acquire the rights to the book proposal The Antisocial Network from bestselling author Ben Mezrich, who has an impressive resume of nonfiction books adapted to the screen, including 21 and The Social Network. So it’s no surprise that Mezrich jumped at the chance to pen a book about the ongoing GameStop pandemonium at Wall Street, even if it’s still happening....

‘The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’ Meet “The Star-Spangled Man With A Plan” In An Action-Packed Second Episode By Adam Frazier/March 26, 2021 7:00 am EST Hello, and welcome to your weekly recap of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. These are meant to be read after watching, so they will go deep into spoiler territory. You have been warned! Previously On… “Thank you, Captain America. But this belongs to you....

‘The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’ Review: Marvel’s New Series Is Familiar And Daring In Equal Measure By Jacob Hall/March 18, 2021 9:00 am EST According to the makers of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the highly anticipated new Marvel series heading to Disney+, their television show isn’t a television show at all. It’s a six-hour movie. And it’s structured like one, too. And since I’m not here to dredge up the ongoing debate over whether or not this the right way to make serialized entertainment (we’ll talk about it in the weeks ahead, I suppose), I can only sit here and wonder what good can come from a review of the first episode, the only one provided to press ahead of the premiere....

‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’ Trailer: Ryan Reynolds Tries To Protect Samuel L. Jackson By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 13, 2017 9:00 am EST Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson are going to try their hand at reviving the buddy comedy — this time with plenty of the latter’s trademark expletives. The trailer for their new movie The Hitman’s Bodyguard is less a send-up of the legendary Whitney Houston/Kevin Costner Bodyguard romance (though the movie’s famous theme song I Will Always Love You hilariously plays throughout the trailer) and more an attempt to recapture the magic of ’80s action movie bromances à la Lethal Weapon....

‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’ Prequel Series Rounds Out Its Cast As Filming Begins By Vanessa Armstrong/Aug. 16, 2021 11:22 am EST The Witcher: Blood Origin, Netflix’s prequel to the popular The Witcher starring Henry Cavill, has announced the rest of its cast. We already knew that Michelle Yeoh, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Laurence O’Fuarain were on board for the six-episode limited series. Today’s news brings a slew of new names to add to the cast as filming begins in the U....

Cary Fukunaga Wanted His Version Of It To Be Like The Shining Warner Bros. By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 22, 2021 11:48 am EST The 2017 adaptation of “It” was a huge hit, and fans of Stephen King (like me!) found a lot to love about the flick. But I’ll always wonder what the Cary Fukunaga-directed version of the film might’ve looked like. Fukunaga spent years developing the adaptation but left due to creative differences....

Cobie Smulders Is Back In The MCU As Maria Hill In The Upcoming Marvel Series Secret Invasion Marvel Studios By Danielle Ryan/Dec. 1, 2021 6:12 pm EST Marvel’s “Secret Invasion” series on Disney+ has one more familiar face to add to its roster, though familiar faces are particularly suspect when anyone could be a shape-shifting Skrull. According to Variety, “How I Met Your Mother” star Cobie Smulders is set to reprise the character of S....

Downton Abbey: A New Era First Look: Happy Tidings For The Crawley Family Focus Features By Shania Russell/Nov. 10, 2021 1:29 pm EST Throw on your best flapper fashion wear, Downton fans, because the Crawleys and their staff are welcoming us back to the Abbey in “Downton Abbey: A New Era.” Or better yet, forget the flapper wear and go for your fanciest dress coat, because from the looks of the latest teaser trailer, there’s a wedding in our future....

Getting ‘The Conjuring’ Made Took Nearly 20 Years, And The Problems Didn’t Stop There By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 20, 2021 10:35 am EST The Conjuring has become one of the biggest, most successful horror franchises of all time. But believe it or not, it took a considerable amount of time to get the first film made. We’re talking almost 20 years here. The true story involves something even scarier than ghosts: litigation!...

Joshua Meyer’s Favorite Movies Of All Time By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 3, 2021 9:00 am EST It’s a privilege to address /Film’s readers as a duly deputized member of the site’s full-time writing staff. I now carry a badge and a gun named Gladys and a smile in my heart. If you’re a regular visitor to the site, chances are, you may have already read something I wrote in the last four years....