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Leslie Jones' Role In ‘Ghostbusters’ Originally Written For Melissa McCarthy Even thoughthe international trailer for the rebootofGhostbusterswas a little better received than the initial teaser trailer, there are still plenty of fans who are still worked up about the movie. The biggest complaints seem to be with regard to the humor in the flick, and even moreso about the boisterous characterLeslie Jonesis playing, not to mention the fact that some are upset that she’sseemingly the only Ghostbuster who isn’t a scientist....

Lost: The Final Season To Premiere In February ABC has announced today that the sixth and final season ofLostwill premiere on Tuesday, February 2nd 2010 with a special " all-night event." Basically, the night will kick-off at 8:00pm et with a one-hour recap special, followed at 9:00pm et with a two-hour premiere. More details after the jump. The series will then air in its regular time period, on Tuesday nights from 9:00-10:00pm et beginning the following week, February 9th 2010....

Magic Castle Movie Coming From Producer Ridley Scott A film aboutMagic Castlehas been in the works for a few years now. For those of you unfamiliar with the private club in Hollywood, it hosts magicians and their guests, and it’s also the headquarters of the Academy of Magic Arts Inc. The mansion, which is on Franklin Avenue, was most recently featured in an episode of Netflix’sLove, “Do You Believe in Magic?...

Michael Shannon Is Zod In ‘Superman’, Now Titled ‘Man Of Steel’ Last month, it wasrumoredthatMichael Shannonwas in talks to play a villain role inZack Snyder’s newSuperman: Man of Steel. Today Warner Bros has officially announced that Shannon has signed on to star in the film, as Kryptonian villain Zod. This is just a couple weeks after Zack Snyder said thatViggo Mortensenisdefinitely not cast in the film.Latino Review’s report about Edgar Martinez didn’t know specifically what role he was a possible contender for, so there’s a chance that he could be playing (or in the running) one of Zod’s crew....

New ‘Hamilton’ Clip Will Leave You Incredibly “Satisfied” We’ll never be satisfied until we seeHamiltonin its entirety on Disney+ on July 3. But a new clip of one of its most beloved songs might help ease the tension a little. Disney+ has released a newHamiltonclip that shows a snippet of the iconic “Satisfied” number, performed byRenée Elise Goldsberry. Watch the newHamiltonclip below. Hamilton Clip Every great musical needs one great song about unrequited love, andHamiltondelivers in spades with “Satisfied,” one of the most popular songs from the Tony-winning Broadway sensation....

New ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Spot: The Webslinger Already Has Fans Continuing the onslaught of marketing between now and the release ofSpider-Man: Homecomingnext month, a new promo for the film that aired during the NBA Finals has arrived online, continuing the narrative of Peter Parker (Tom Holland) being invited to Tony Stark’s party for the big games. In thelastSpider-Man HomecomingNBA Finals spot, Spidey was sent out by Happy Hogan (Jon Favreau) to get snacks for the party, specifically for Tim Duncan for some reason, but ended up having to thwart a robbery....

New Posters: ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ And ‘The Hunger Games’ Brand-new posters have just been released for two very different literary adaptations due out next year. The first isTimur Bekmambetov’sAbraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, an adaptation ofSeth Grahame-Smith’s alternate-history horror about the sixteenth President of the United States; the other,Gary Ross’The Hunger Games, based on the first volume ofSuzanne Collins' insanely popular dystopian YA series. If you ask me, the posters for the former look more striking, but the story behind the poster for the second is more interesting....

Now Scream This: Warm Up For Halloween With This Horror Grab-Bag (Welcome toNow Scream This, a column where horror expertsChris EvangelistaandMatt Donatotell you what scary, spooky, and spine-tingling movies are streaming and where you can watch them.)Matt:Since my colleague Chris is doing some massive legwork covering Toronto International Film Festival for /Film, this week’s theme is easy: pick some movies and write about ‘em. The same will surely happen next issue while I’m simultaneously serving up Fantastic Fest reviews here on /Film....

Rachel Morrison’s Boxing Drama Flint Strong Adds Brian Tyree Henry, Resumes Filming After A Two-Year Gap Two years ago, cinematographer Rachel Morrison began shooting her directorial debut, “Flint Strong” — a boxing drama starring Ryan Destiny, Oluniké Adeliye, and Ice Cube — for Universal Pictures. Two days into principal photography, the pandemic forced the project to shut down. While Universal would eventually resume production on most of its greenlit films, they chose not to continue with “Flint Strong....

Sequel Bits: ‘Spectre’, ‘Kong: Skull Island’, ‘Cloverfield 2’, ‘Wreck-It Ralph 2’, ‘Neighbors 2’, ‘Sex And The City 3’ After the jump: The good news forSex and the Cityfans is thatSarah Jessica ParkerandMichael Patrick Kingalready have an idea in mind forSex and the City 3. The bad news, it’s not coming together anytime soon.Said Parkeron the possibility of a thirdSex and the Citymovie: There is no decision. It is a not-often-had conversation....

Sequel Bits: Billy Bob Thornton On ‘Bad Santa 2;’ Plot Details For ‘Zoolander 2;’ Plus Talk Of ‘Transformers 4’ And ‘Prometheus’ We’ve got a lot of small sequel talk this week, for films fromBad Santa 2toZoolander 2,Transformers 4andPrometheus, aka theAlienprequel. None of it is massively substantial, but for the fans of each film there are nuggets of info that are worth a look.Bad Santafans should definitely hit the jump for some of the most refreshingly honest sequel talk you’re likely to hear....

Star Wars Bits: See A ‘Star Wars Episode VII’ Stormtrooper, Plus Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rebels, Domnhall Gleeson Some very interestingStar Wars Rebelsnews combines with some fun, and potentially revealingStar Wars Episode VIInews. In this edition of Star Wars Bits, read about the following: YahooaskedLooperandBrickstarJoseph Gordon-Levittabout his good friend,Rian Johnson, directingStar Wars Episode VIII. He geeks out in a fantastic way. Gary Whitta, writer of the 2016Star Warsspinoff, posted this photo on hisFacebooklast week....

Sundown Review: Tim Roth Abandons His Life In This Chilling Slow Burn [TIFF 2021] The sun burns bright in Acapulco, where a group of Brits is away on lazy, lounging holiday. The group consists of adults Neil (Tim Roth) and Allison (Charlotte Gainsbourg), and youthful – perhaps somewhere in their 20s, or maybe younger, it’s never specified – Alexa (Albertine Kotting McMillan) and Colin (Samuel Bottomley). They swim, they drink, they play games....