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Noah Hawley’s ‘Doctor Doom’ Movie Will Be A Political Thriller Plenty of Marvel movies have gone on to become acclaimed hits since the comic book movie boom really kicked off in 2000 withX-Men. Despite two different iterations hitting theaters,Fantastic Fourisn’t one of them. The initial adaptation in the mid-2000s was a goofy family comedy trying to wear a super suit, and the more recent attempt was a hollow, gritty mess that may have once had its heart in the right place, but was an absolute disaster....

Page 2: Star Wars, Game Of Thrones, E.T., Bond, Tim Burton, Walking Dead, Big Bird, Looper, Firefly, Inception, Jurassic Park, Anna Kendrick 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 included46 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....

Spider-Man: No Way Home Sets New Record For Ticket Presales With great power comes great box office returns. Advance tickets went on sale yesterday at Fandango for Sony’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which opens across theaters on December 1, and in a couple hours, Spidey broke the 2021 record for the America ticketing company’s best first day of presales. The record knocks Marvel Studios' “Black Widow” off of her web and sees the best advance ticket sales on Fandango since “Avengers: Endgame” in 2019....

The Morning Watch: Adam Savage Builds A Ghostbusters Proton Pack, A Horror Movie Written By Bots & More (The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.) In this edition,on top of visiting the setof “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” Adam Savage also worked on a replica of the iconic proton pack from the original “Ghostbusters....

Theme Park Bits: ‘American Horror Story’ Coming To Halloween Horror Nights, Ride Closures, And New Vintage Disney Parks Clothing In this edition of Theme Park Bits: First of all, tickets for Universal Studios' Halloween Horror Nights event are on sale right now, so act accordingly. Hollywood visitors can pick up ticketsright herewhile those heading to Orlando should clickright here. While many theme parks have excellent holiday theming and exceptional haunted houses and mazes, Universal has become the industry leader for a reason – their work is ambitious and detailed and brilliantly put-together....

This Week In Trailers: Citizen Koch, FOUR, The Sidekick, Wasteland, Dealin' With Idiots, Les Invisibles 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: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week we hit up Comic-Con 2013 with our trusty sidekick, go trolling for anonymous sex, go steal some money Danny Ocean style, turnCurb YourEnthusiasminto a movie, and fight the power in Wisconsin....

Titane: Release Date, Cast And More FilmmakerJulia Ducournauis rapidly carving out her own distinct niche, despite having only one feature film under her belt from back in 2016. That movie,Raw, immediately announced the French writer/director as a voice to be taken seriously and Ducournau is now following that up with this year’sTitane. If you’re hungry for more information on the movie, look no further. Here’s everything you need to know aboutTitane....

Transformers 2: Weapon Modes Confirmed, Arcee Details, Possible Trailer Dates And More It has been a few days sinceour lastTransformers 2update, so lets get to it. A description of a Transformers 2 video game leaked onto the web yesterday: The key line is “A new transformation system gives you more detailed control as you can switch between Robot, Weapon, and Vehicle modes” Recently screenwriter Roberto Orcirevealedthat there will be Transformers that transform into weapons in the sequel....

Transformers Writer John Rogers Scripting Comic Book Adaptation The Forgotten Evan YoungandJareth Grealishare the co-writers of the comic book seriesthe forgotten, officially all in lower case like that. It’s a murder mystery series featuring a lead character with one very unusal power , “the ability to reach out with his own mind to anyone he sees, anyone he meets, anyone on the street and make them forget about him completely.” This mysterious man sets about trying to solve the murder of a stripper and comes in contact with a lot of nasty folk that I’d want to forget about me too....

Unsettling Viral Hoax Momo Is Getting A Movie From ‘The Grudge’ Producer Do you remember hearing about theMomo Challengewhen it went viral last year? As meme history will tell you, it was a viral game shared through messaging services like WhatsApp that supposedly encourages kids to hurt themselves and even commit suicide, all at the behest of a terrifying bird-faced woman (seen above) who demands more violence and horror. Though there have been several news reports about this supposed dangerous challenge game, the reality is that it’s all a hoax perpetuated by the internet, and there haven’t been any videos or evidence to support the idea that this is something kids are actually doing....

Why MTV’s ‘First Time Screenwriters Contest’ Is So Exploitative (Welcome toThe Soapbox, the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about anything and everything.) MTV Entertainment Studios is mounting a new take on Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol,” the Charles Dickens story that now exists in the public domain, which means anybody is free to adapt it without paying for the rights to do so — and MTV is trying to give new screenwriters their big break!...

‘Animorphs’ Creators Exit Movie Adaptation Over Creative Differences TheAnimorphsmovie has lost the series' original creators.Animorphsco-creatorMichael Grant, who co-wrote the sci-fi novels with his wifeKatherine Applegate(writing together under the name K.A. Applegate), revealed that they are parting ways with the upcoming film adaptation over creative differences. Animorphsco-creator Michael Grant shared that he and Applegate, who write together under the name K.A. Applegate, have exited the upcoming film adaptation of their acclaimed children’s sci-fi series,which will be adaptedby producerErik Feigand his Picturestart production banner with Scholastic Entertainment....

‘BoJack Horseman’ Creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg On How The Show Changes The Animation Game [Interview] Fans ofBojack Horsemandon’t have to be sold on Emmy consideration anymore. For four seasons, they’ve watched the Netflix animated series deliver a scathing commentary on Hollywood and the world at large through the lens of anthropomorphic animal celebrities and interspecies romance. We’d previously coveredBojack Horseman’s fourth season, the one that is currently eligible for 2018 Emmy nominations, when it premiered in September....