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National Film Registry Adds ‘Clerks’, ‘Boys Don’t Cry’, ‘Purple Rain’, ‘Sleeping Beauty’ & More Another year has almost come to a close, and that means it’s time for the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress to add 25 more movies to their archive that protects and preserves “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant films.” This year, there seems to be a concerted effort to better represent a more diverse slate of films rather than common beloved classics....

One Theater Owner Predicts 3D Ticket Prices Will Fall, And 2D Prices Will Increase To Subsidize 3D A few years ago, prices for 3D movie tickets increased thanks to 3D surcharges that help cover the cost of converting cinemas to 3D, and simply because 3D films are marketed as events, which supposedly means they deliver more value than regular old 2D movie projections. I don’t think many people would be upset to see 3D ticket prices drop, at least in the abstract....

Ouija Board Movie Update: Not A Horror Movie, More Action-Adventure In 2008, we heard thatPlatinum Dunes had the option to make a filmbased on the classic slumber party and devil-summoning game Ouija Board, with few details beyond the assertion that it wouldn’t be likeJumanji. Now, as the release date approaches for the latest Dunes movie,A Nightmare on Elm Street, producerBrad Fulleris talking about some of the company’s future projects. Among them isOuija....

Robert Redford Is Going Through With That “Retiring From Acting” Threat Robert Redfordis going out with a bang. Because what better way to cap off a 58-year career that contains some of the all-time classic roles and movies in cinema history? But it’s a bang that he’s been planning for quite a while now, since he first announced his intention to retire back in 2016. Now Redford can officially announce that he’s retiring from acting following his final role in the aptly titled drama,The Old Man & The Gun....

Sample The Soundtrack For Prisoners Of The Ghostland, The Craziest Movie Of 2021 [Exclusive] Milan Records is proud to announce the release of the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for"Prisoners of the Ghostland"from critically acclaimed composer Joseph Trapanese (“The Raid,” “Straight Outta Compton,” “The Greatest Showman”). The album will be available everywhere on Friday, Aug 04, 2025, but you’re able to preview the track “Radioactive” exclusively below, right here on /Film!...

Saturday Night Live Director Don Roy King Leaving The Series After 15 Seasons This week we learned “Saturday Night Live” will be missing a beloved cast member when season 47 begins this weekend. Beck Bennetthas departed the late night sketch showafter eight seasons, but “SNL” will be missing another key talent from behind the scenes of Studio 8H in 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Director Don Roy King, who has been in the control room of “SNL” for 15 seasons, will not be returning this season (viaDeadline)....

Sci-Fi Movie Casting: Colin Farrell Teams Up With Kogonada For A24’s ‘After Yang;’ Mahershala Ali Signs On To ‘The Sovereign’ Prestige sci-fi films are all the rage these days, and two of our best working actors have just signed on to two more.Colin Farrellhas just teamed up withColumbusdirectorKogonadato star in the A24 sci-fi family dramaAfter Yang,whileMahershala Aliis following up is recent Oscar win by signing on to star inThe Sovereign, an independent sci-fi flick from the producers ofArrival....

Scott Pilgrim’s Wicked Little Cast The Hollywood Reporter have done the right thing and put me out of my misery by unveiling eight new cast members for Edgar Wright’s Brian Lee O’Malley’sScott Pilgrim’s Wicked Little Life. If this were still the late 90s and Edgar Wright was still to male his second feature film (for those only casually interested in the man,Shaun of the Deadwasn’t the first, you know – that honour goes toA Fistful of Fingers....

Shutter Island Writer Adapting Ghost In The Shell For Live-Action 3D At Dreamworks Last year, Dreamworks bought the rights toMasamune Shirow’s original mangaGhost in the Shelland tappedJamie Mossto write a new feature film based on the story. Now a new writer has been assigned:Laeta Kalogridis, the scribe and executive producer of Martin Scorsese’sShutter Island. Varietysays the new version will be 3D, which doesn’t come as any great surprise, given the way 3D is now liberally being applied to genre and sci-fi properties....

Star Wars Bits: Force Awakens, Shattered Empire, Rebels Season 2, BB-8 And Much More It has been a long time since that last Star Wars Bits, but Force Friday week has resulted in a lot of front page stand aloneStar Warsstories that I’m not sure that you mind. Here is what you may find in today’s edition of Star Wars Bits: All this and more, after the jump to hyperspace....

Star Wars Bits: The #KyloRenChallenge, The Music Of ‘The Last Jedi,’ And BBQ Porg Inaction Figures In this edition ofStar WarsBits: A widely-anticipated, sci-fi/action movie was recently released, and it received a polarizing response from critics and audiences. Wait,Star WarsEpisode what? I was talking aboutBright! John Boyega experienced a similar misunderstanding when heproclaimed on Twitterthat “people like things you don’t” in response to the negative backlash for Will Smith’s Netflix film, andStar Warsfans assumed he was referring toThe Last Jedibecause everything is always aboutStar Wars, obviously....

Steven Soderbergh Explains His Work On ‘The Hunger Games’ Earlier this month, theseemingly odd news brokethat Oscar-winning directorSteven Soderberghwas directing the second unit onGary Ross' filmThe Hunger Games. At the time,Russ wrote: This might seem strange at first, but Steven Soderbergh and Gary Ross have a friendship that goes back some years, andThe Hunger Gamesproduction designer Phil Messina is also a frequent Soderbergh collaborator. Combine those factors with the fact that the film is shooting very quickly — the release date is only about seven months out — and for Gary Ross having someone in charge of the second unit who is both a long-time confidante and a notoriously fast worker probably seems like a tremendous gift....

Superhero Bits: New Mutants, Jessica Jones, Captain America, Batman: Arkham Knight, Powers What’s the latest onJosh Boone’sNew Mutants? Who’s directingJessica Jones? When willBatman: Arkham Knightreturn to PC? What happens whenSupermanoversleeps? Has theArrow/Flashcrossover episode started shooting? What would theJustice Leaguelook like as D&D characters? Read about all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits. ArtistSillof(viaGeek Tyrant)reimaginestheJustice LeagueasDungeons & Dragonswarriors. Pajiba’sRebecca Pahletackles the important issues: IsCaptain Americaa virgin in the MCU? How It Should Have Endedre-enactsAvengers: Age of Ultronin two minutes, with Legos....