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Moon Knight Directors Justin Benson And Aaron Moorhead Will Direct Loki Season 2 Marvel’s expansion into streaming television has mostly been well-received among both fans and critics — though there’ll always bethose insufferable sticks-in-the-mudwho’ll always have some complaints, am I right? In any case, “Loki” quickly outpaced the rest of the Disney+ shows by taking an altogether otherworldly approach to multiversal storytelling. Rather than continuing the adventures of the core group of Marvel heroes and villains, “Loki” spun off from a loose thread in “Avengers: Endgame” and detailed the adventures of the time-displaced version of Loki (Tom Hiddleston) who diverged from the “sacred timeline” once the Avengers went back and messed with space-time in an effort to defeat Thanos....

Movies About Cults That Will Keep You Up At Night Cults are uniquely terrifying because just about anyone is susceptible to their charms. No one wants to lose their autonomy, and yet again and again, people who join cults do just that. Movies about cults tap into those fears, taking control away from both the heroes and also those rooting for them. Originally, cults were factions who worshipped a specific god....

Never Mind, ‘Lethal Weapon 5’ Is Probably Dead After previous statements making it sound as ifLethal Weapon 5was all but a done deal, directorRichard Donneris now taking a few steps back and saying the potential sequel might be dead. Perhaps it’s for the best. Recently, word broke that starsMel GibsonandDanny Gloverand director Richard Donner were allin talksto resurrect the too old for this shitLethal Weaponfranchise withLethal Weapon 5, which would bring back Riggs and Murtaugh for one more adventure....

New ‘Nancy Drew’ Movie Coming Starring ‘It’ Actress Sophia Lillis 16-year-old actressSophia Lillisbroke out last year with her starring role as Beverly Marsh in the mega-hit film adaptation of Stephen King’sIt, and now she’ll be playing an even more high profile literary character. A new report says that Lillis has been cast as the title role in a new Nancy Drew movie calledNancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase, based on the second book in the popular series of mystery novels....

Official ‘Goosebumps’ Synopsis Reveals Meta Storyline After years of development, theGoosebumpsmovie has finally graduated into the production stage. Shooting on the kid-friendly horror adaptation began this week, withRob Letterman(Gulliver’s Travels) at the helm andJack Black,Dylan Minnette, andOdeya Rushin the lead roles. And as the project moves along, it’s dropped a brand-new synopsis full of juicy details about the plot. Hit the jump for all the latest info. When the property was first optioned, we wondered how Sony would take advantage of Stine’s many storylines....

Page 2: Star Wars, Super 8, Muppets, Lost, Walking Dead, Arrested Development, Tangled, Drive, Monsters Inc 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. Header Photo: Teenage Mutant NinjaStormtrooper 7 Female Film CriticsYou Should Be Reading4 Reasons’Raiders of the Lost Ark' Is Secretly About DrugsScott C’sGreat Showdown tribute toSuper 8Top 10What IfNicolas CagePlayed That Role50 SignsYou’re A Disney GeekHowThe Biscuit Rig Makes Your Favorite Car Chases (and Crashes) a RealityThe Most Ridiculous DecisionsPeople Make Throughout the ‘Fast and Furious’ SeriesFive of the Most DangerousFilming Locations on Earth...

Pan’s Labyrinth Expands To Over 1,000 Screens This Weekend Ever wonder what an Academy Award nomination can mean to a film? Up until January 18th, the critically acclaimed Pan’s Labyrinth was only being shown on just under 200 screens nationwide. With six nominations, the film will expand to over 1,000 screens on Friday. This is one of the must see movies of last year. If you haven’t checked it out yet, be sure to go to your local theater this weekend and see it on the big screen....

Pixar Has Never Been Just John Lasseter – Here’s How The Studio Can Move Forward (Welcome toThe Disney Discourse, a recurring feature where Josh Spiegel discusses the latest in Disney news. He goes deep on everything from the animated classics to the theme parks to live-action franchises. In this edition: how Pixar can move forward following the departure ofJohn Lasster by championing its younger filmmakers.) This week marks the release ofPixar Animation Studios' twentieth computer-animated feature film,Incredibles 2....

Pixar Will Scale Back On Sequels, Doing One Every Other Year From 2001 to 2009,Pixarreleased original films almost every year. And they were all great. Then they didToy Story 3, followed byCars 2and with this year’sMonsters University, some fans have began to complain the company is relying too heavily on older material. Others argued that out of 14 films, there are only four sequels and only one of those wasn’t legitimately fantastic....

Pixar’s Day & Night: Is It 2D Or 3D? Last week, Walt Disney Picturesreleasedthe first photo, a promo title treatment, for Pixar’s next short film,Day & Night, directed byTeddy Newton. The photo, seen above, featured two characters, one filled with day, the other filled with night. At the time we speculated that the short might be a 2D animated film, and not the computer animated short film we’re use to from Pixar....

Sean Penn Once Again Part Of Three Stooges Cast; Film Still Gestating TheFarrelly Brothershave been developing their new take onThe Three Stoogesfor a long time, and last year seemed to finally have an impressive cast locked down. Before things went haywire, the lineup wasJim Carreyas Curly,Sean Pennas Larry andBenicio del Toroas Moe. Then Penn’s marital trouble put his career on hold;he bowed out of bothStoogesandCartelto focus on shoring up his life at home....

Star Wars Bits: George Lucas Reading Marvel Comics, John Williams, Star Wars: Aftermath Lots of good stuff spanning the galaxy in this edition of Star Wars Bits. Below, read about: Earlier this week,Star WarscreatorGeorge Lucasstopped at Midtown Comics in New York City to check out theirStar Warsselection. He bought several of the new Marvel Comics, which he hadn’t read yet.Page Sixhad the story and here’s a photo. George Lucas stopped by Midtown Comics today!...

Star Wars Bits: How J.J. Abrams Will Use Carrie Fisher In ‘The Rise Of Skywalker’, Plus ‘Vader Immortal’, ‘Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order’, And More In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Here’s thekey artfor theStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Ordervideo game, which is set between the events ofRevenge of the Sithbut beforeA New Hope. Check out the trailer (and tons of info about the gameplay) in this detailed breakdown atEngadget....