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Luke Skywalker’s Last Words Revealed In ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Comic Marvel’s comic book adaptation ofStar Wars: The Last Jedifleshes outRian Johnson’s acclaimed film, inserting tiny gems that make Episode 8 feel all the richer. And whileThe Last Jediprovided us with the perfect ending to Luke’s (Mark Hamill) journey, theStar Wars: The Last Jedicomic book throws a cherry on top with its insight to Luke Skywalker’s last words. Spoilers forStar Wars: The Last Jedifollow....

The Daily Stream: Mindhunter Is A Pristine, Pitch-Black Study In Obsession (Welcome toThe Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you may stream it.) The Series:“Mindhunter” Where You Can Stream It:Netflix The Pitch:“Mindhunter” is a gorgeous slow-burn psychological thriller with a pitch-black heart. The series follows FBI profiler Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff), an overconfident young agent who all but invents the field of criminal profiling in the 1970s....

The Weekend Read: A ‘Twin Peaks’ Refresher, The Scariest Haunted House Ever, And Two Very Different ‘Alien: Covenant’ Reviews The Weekend Read compiles all of the /Film original features published in the past week. In this week’s line-up of reviews, lists, editorials and more, find two polar-opposite reviews ofAlien: Covenant, a look at what may be the most terrifying haunted house experience ever concocted, a reminder of everything you should know before watchingTwin Peaksseason 3, and so much more....

This Week In Trailers: [REC]³ Génesis, Addiction Incorporated, We Are Legion: The Story Of The Hacktivists, Northeast, Not In My Backyard, Black & White Episode 1: The Dawn Of Assault Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

/Film Interview: Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg And Nick Frost Discuss Ending Of ‘The World’s End’ Inpart one of my interviewwithEdgar Wright, Simon PeggandNick Frost, we talked about howThe World’s Endbegan. In part two, we’re going to talk about how it ends. Hopefully, lots of you caught part three of the Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy this past weekend. If you did, you might have walked out of the theater exhilarated, but filled with questions about some huge decisions the filmmakers made in the film’s final moments....

George Clooney Again Lined Up To Direct ‘Suburbicon’ From Coen Brothers The directing duo ofJoel and Ethan Coenhas done some great work with American treasureGeorge Clooney. They first worked together in 2000 with the spectacularO Brother Where Art Thou(one of my favorite Coen Brothers movies) and followed it up withIntolerable Crueltyin 2003 andBurn After Readingin 2008. However, it sounds like their next collaboration will shake things up a bit in more ways than one....

Jordi Mollà Enters Talks For ‘Riddick’, Katee Sackhoff In Final Negotiations It took years forVin DieselandDavid Twohyto finally get their thirdRiddickmovie off the ground, and even once production began, the projectran into further troublesand was forced to go on a two-month hiatus while it paid off its debts. But production isback in full swingat the Montreal set now, and things are looking up, at least on the casting front. According to new reports,ColombianaactorJordi Mollàhas entered negotiations to play the head villain, whileBattlestar GalacticastarKatee Sackhoff, who was offered a part back in the fall, is now in final talks to board the untitled picture....

Superhero Bits: Iron Man & Hulk Heroes United, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Amazing Spider-Man, Batman, The Avengers Want to learn about the new Marvel movieIron Man & Hulk: Heroes United? Which actor talked about possibly playing Rocket Raccoon inGuardians of the Galaxy? How successful wasThe Avengerson Blu-ray? Want to see a ton of new behind the scenes photos and concept art from that film? HasGuillermo Del Toroprovided an update on theHulkTV show?...

Yaphet Kotto, James Bond Villain And ‘Alien’ Star, Dead At 81 Yaphet Kotto, star of films likeAlien, the James Bond filmLive and Let Die, and the TV seriesHomicide: Life on the Street, has died at age 81. Kotto’s agent Ryan Goldhar confirmed the actor’s passing toVarietyafter Kotto’s wife, Tessie Sinahon, first posted about Kotto’s death onFacebookMonday night. “I’m saddened and still in shocked of the passing of my husband Yaphet of 24 years....

‘Thor’ Composer Patrick Doyle Will Score Pixar’s ‘Brave’ Pixar fans hoping that Michael Giacchino would just forever be the in-house composer are going to be a tad disappointed today. It’s been revealed thatPatrick Doyle, the composer who didThorandHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, will be scoringnext summer’s Pixar film,Brave. However, don’t fret just yet. Doyle is Scottish, much likethe voice actorsandcharactersin the film, and he’s aiming to bring some of the country’s native flavor to the music....

David Hasselhoff Pretty Sure His Nick Fury Was Better Than Samuel L. Jackson’s To many Marvel fans,Samuel L. JacksonisNick Fury. Not only has Jackson played the character in five different MCU films over the past five years, the Ultimate version of the character was actually modeled after Jackson — years beforeIron Mancame out. But there was a time long ago (well, 1998) whenDavid Hasselhoffwas Nick Fury. And while most people seem to have forgotten that by now, the Hoff hasn’t....

POTD: Pixar’s ‘Coco’ Short Film ‘Dante’s Lunch Has An Easter Egg You Probably Missed It’s long been established that Pixar Animation loves inserting Easter eggs into their movies that reference the many other films they’ve made over the years. They even consistently tease future movies. And in the case of therecently released short filmDante’s Lunch, which is linked to Pixar’s upcoming featureCoco, there’s an Easter that’s both a reference to older movies and an upcoming one....

Rumor: Paramount/Roth Films Developing John Hughes' Unproduced Screenplay Grisby’s Go Broke? Update:Paramount claims they are not developing Grisby’s but “would jump at the chance to take part in another Hughes creation.” [risky] InVanity Fair’s profileof the late writer/directorJohn Hughes, it was revealed Hughes didn’t stop writing after leaving Hollywood in 1994. His sons found boxes of writings, more than 300 pocket notebooks, thick binders containing works in progress, and tons of computer files, including screenplays....