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Christopher Nolan And Emma Thomas Producing Wally Pfister’s Directorial Debut One of the best things about the films ofChristopher NolanisWally Pfister’s cinematography. In March, we told you that Pfister would bemaking the leap to directorafterThe Dark Knight Risesis fully finished. (And hopefully not leaving cinematography behind, as Jan De Bont and Barry Sonnenfeld did.) At the time we had little info on the film that Pfister plans to direct. Now we know that Nolan and his wife and business partner Emma Thomas will produce the film that Alcon Entertainment is financing....

Eternals Features A Death By Suicide — Did Marvel Handle It Responsibly? Warning: This piece contains majorspoilersfor “Eternals,” as well as sensitive, potentially triggering content. Director Chloé Zhao has been given a lot of hype over the last few weeks for filming Marvel Studios’first full-on sex scenein “Eternals,” but another important milestone that has been given less ink — no doubt due to its spoilery nature — is the fact that it also includes the first explicit suicide in the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

Page 2: Transformers, Simpsons, Frozen, Godzilla, Wes Anderson, Star Wars, GoT, Toy Story 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 included36 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. Header Photo: Bay Former 6t-shirt Richard Linklater’s 30 Year Vision:An Oral Historyof the Austin Film SocietyHowNeill BlomkampMade an Ultraviolent Sci-Fi Movie About High School...

Robert Rodriguez’s Nike Short Film ‘The Black Mamba’ We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. NBA All Star Weekend has just concluded and besides the All Star Game, 3-Point Shootout and Slam Dunk Contest, one of the biggest happenings in the world of the basketball was a new film byRobert Rodriguez. The director ofSin CityandSpy Kidsteamed up with Nike and Los Angeles Lakers starKobe Bryant, along withBruce Willis, Danny TrejoandKanye West, for a basketball-influenced grindhouse short action film calledThe Black Mamba....

‘Hitman: Agent 47’ Trailer: A Popular Video Game Franchise Hits The Big Screen, Again Fox has just revealed the latest trailer forHitman: Agent 47, their second adaptation of theHitmanvideo game franchise.Rupert Friendplays as the titular 47, a genetically engineered assassin last seenshooting Don Draper out of a window.Zachary QuintoandHannah Warealso star. Watch the latest Hitman Agent 47 trailer after the jump. IGNdebuted the new Hitman Agent 47 trailer. ThisHitman Agent 47trailer reveals a lot more about the plot of the film thanthe last onedid....

‘The Cloverfield Paradox’ Drew Five Million Netflix Viewers In Its First Seven Days The Cloverfield Paradoxreportedly drew in five million viewers in its first week after the surprise Netflix release of the science-fiction sequel. That’s light years away from Netflix’s biggest success yet,Bright, which garnered 11 million U.S. viewers in its first three days of release. Nielsen data estimates thatThe Cloverfield Paradoxpulled in 2.8 million U.S. viewers in the first three days, growing to an estimated five million over a seven-day period, according toVariety....

Does Mattel’s Katniss Barbie Do The ‘Hunger Games’ Heroine Justice? I’vetalked beforeabout the awkwardness of marketing a multimillion-dollar movie that rallies against overblown consumerism and mindless entertainment, but since no film as big asThe Hunger Gamesgets made these days without an onslaught of tie-ins, the merchandise push continues. The latest Panem-themed product poised to hit shelves is Mattel’s Katniss Everdeen Barbie, who looks not at all like starJennifer Lawrencebut is dressed a lot like her....

The Staircase Review: Colin Firth And Toni Collette Are Equally Strong In This Expansion Of The True Crime Saga What happened to Kathleen Peterson? True crime aficionados, especially those who watched the docuseries “The Staircase,” have their theories. Said theories can be distilled down into two primary choices: Kathleen’s death was an accident caused by a fall, or Kathleen was murdered by her husband, Michael Peterson. (There’s also another prominent theory that an owl killed Kathleen, and while that may sound ridiculous at first glance, it’s notentirelyoutlandish when you start tolook at some of the details....

‘TRON: Legacy’ Wins The Christmas Box Office On Twitter ThoughTRON: Legacycame in a distant third at the box office over the Christmas weekend, it dominated its rivals on Twitter. According to a report by Mashable, more people tweeted aboutTRON: Legacythis weekend than bothLittle FockersandTrue Gritcombined. Those films were the number one and two films at the box office, pulling in $30.8 and $24.9 million respectively whileTRON: Legacymade $19.1 million. On Twitter, though,TRON: Legacywas the clear winner as people used the word “Tron” about 1000 times an hour while “little fockers” and “true grit” each barely averaged 500 tweets an hour...

Casting Notes: Ice Cube In Rampart; Bryce Dallas Howard In The Help, Paul Reubens Joins The Smurfs I was thrilled a couple weeks ago to see thatOren Movermanwillrewrite and directRampart, based on a story and script byJames Ellroy. The film covers the scandal that engulfed the Rampart Division of the LAPD in the ’90s and now, perhaps appropriately,Ice Cubeis in the cast. The guy went from being a full-on anti-authority spokesman to reformed family man and comedy filmmaker, and now he’s going back to the subject of crooked cops....

New ‘Daredevil’ Season 2 Teaser Reveals A Premiere Date (That Won’t Compete With ‘Batman V Superman’) BetweenLove,The Crown, andThe Get Down, 2016 is already shaping up to be a banner year for Netflix’s original programming slate. But 2015 was a damn good year too, and some of last year’s biggest hits will be back with new seasons in the coming months. LikeDaredevil. The Hell’s Kitchen hero will be back for more action this spring, and he’s bringing along some new “friends” including Elektra (Élodie Yung) and the Punisher (Jon Bernthal)....

Podcast Mania: The Russo Brothers, Ava DuVernay, DC Comics, And More Announce New Podcasts The Russo Brothers Anthony and Joe Russo (Avengers: Endgame) have signed a multiyear podcast deal with Spotify, in which they will be creating “genre-based, interconnected stories across a slate of multiple podcasts, much like the shared universe stories that the Russo Brothers have come to be known for in their Marvel films,” according toThe Wrap. There aren’t any details yet about which genre these shows will be set in or who else will be involved, but considering the Russos have worked with some of the biggest actors in the world at this point, there’s a good chance these scripted shows will have some significant star power attached....

Rebecca Ferguson Says Her Dune Voice Was Basically ‘Donald Duck Sounds’ In"Dune,“Rebecca Ferguson’s character, Lady Jessica, is a member of the Bene Gesserit, a quasi-religious order of space witches that can exert mind control over people using the Voice. Not to be confused that with the reality show, “The Voice,” which undoubtedly has its own brainwashing effects. This new “Dune” movie, which bills itself as"Dune Part One,“gives the Voice an almost frightening sound, like the telepathy of a demon or dark puppeteer....