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George Romero’s Dead Series Vs The Conjuring Universe – The Greatest Horror Franchise Ever [Round 8] Welcome to the Tournament of Terrors, a /Film bracket where we argue about the greatest horror franchise of all time, and you, the readers, get to decide the winners. The rules are simple: two iconic horror movie series enter the ring, each represented by a /Film writer ready to champion them. And you — yes, you, the person reading this right now — will vote on which one gets to move forward....

Get Yourself Frozen In Carbonite At Disney ‘Star Wars’ Weekends If you could have one prop from any movie, what would it be? For me, the answer is simple: Han Solo in Carbonite fromThe Empire Strikes Back. Since I was a child, I’ve purchased almost every toy and trinket related to that iconic image, up to and including the recently released Sideshow Collectible Premium Format Figure (above). But none of that compares to the awesome that awaits Star Warsfans who go toStar Wars WeekendsatWalt Disney Worldthis summer....

How Apocalypse Now Became The Surreal Fever Dream We All Know Today “Apocalypse Now” is known not just because of its status as a classic war movie butfor its controversial production history. Between typhoons destroying sets, actors suffering heart attacks, and a ballooning budget (all on Coppola’s dime), Francis Ford Coppola described the making of the film as a “nightmare of not knowing what I was doing, [of] being against outrageous odds” (viaGQ)....

How Did This Get Made: A Conversation With Brian Taylor, Director Of ‘Gamer’ No matter how you feel about the films ofBrian Taylor— a high-voltage assortment that includesCrank,Gamer, andGhost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance— they all, at first glance, inspire a shared singular question: how the f*** did this get made? Seriously. Just look at what these movies are about: To many, these films are considered “guilty pleasures.” Yet interestingly enough, they come from an unexpectedly honest place: a desire to provide viewers with an alternative to the four-quadrant, check-the-boxes, CGI-everything Hollywood Machine....

John Turturro’s ‘Big Lebowski’ Spin-Off Still On The Way, Just Needed Some Tweaking It’s been two and a half years since we heard anything aboutJohn Turturro’s spin-off fromThe Big Lebowskifocusing on his cocky bowling character Jesus Quintana. We saw a first look photo from the film, titledGoing Places, featuring Turturro back in a purple wardrobe and do-rag, but since then, we have heard nothing about when the movie might finally see the light of day....

Jon Watts' Star Wars Series Titled Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Will Star Jude Law Jon Watts may be takinga step backfrom Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, but his future looks pretty bright in a galaxy far, far away. The “Spider-Man: No Way Home” director has been developing a “Star Wars” project with Lucasfilm for quite some time, and we’ve finally got some brand new details about the forthcoming ’80s-inspired series. Watts took the stage at Star Wars Celebration, along with producer-director Dave Filoni, to share a first look at “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew....

Kevin Feige Clarifies The ‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron’ Credits Scene Avengers: Age of Ultronexploded on the movie world this weekend and, after it was over, much of the talk was likely about the credits scene. We won’t spoil it above the jump but, suffice to say, it’s a big tease to what Phase Three has to hold. It does raise more questions than it answers, though, and we asked Marvel Studios PresidentKevin Feigeabout it....

Man About Town Movie Trailer: Ben Affleck Goes Direct To DVD Didn’t Ben Affleck learn his lesson? I thought he was going to stop the whole “one for me, one for them” thing. Well it looks like the man has done another generic romantic comedy, which was… released this week on DVD. That’s right, Affleck is now making direct to DVD features! Why, God why? Love him or hate him, the Man has talent if he’s given the right script....

Mark Strong Reveals Sherlock Holmes Secrets Total Filmhave interviewedMark Strongfor their latest issue and he’s been happy enough to discuss not only his naughty, naughty character inGuy Ritchie’sSherlock Holmes, but also how the film will climax. Strong’s villainous role is as Lord Blackwood, a Satanist who uses fear to manipulate and grasp power in a fashion not entirely dissimilar to that practiced by Alastair Crowley. Strong says of the scowly bad boy:...

Marvel Announces ‘Luke Cage’ Season 2 Is Coming Soon The end of September brought the debut ofLuke Cage, Netflix’s latest TV series from Marvel Studios, the third of an entire line-up of shows leading up to the assembly of the street-level superhero team known as The Defenders. Now it appears both Marvel and Netflix were satisfied with the reception of the show, becauseLuke Cageseason 2 has just been officially announced by Marvel Studios with a little teaser video that you’re able to watch below....

Marvel’s Multiple Man Is Getting A Movie, James Franco To Play The Self-Replicating X-Man James Francomade himself known to a generation of movie fans as Harry Osborn in Sam Raimi’s originalSpider-Mantrilogy. Now, he’s returning to the Marvel comic book movie fold. A movie based on theX-MencharacterMultiple Manis in the works at 20th Century Fox and the Oscar-nominated actor is on board to star.Deadlinereports that theMultiple Manmovie is being developed, withWonder WomanscreenwriterAllan Heinbergand longtime X-Men producer/writerSimon Kinberg(who will make his directorial debut withX-Men: Dark Phoenix) producing alongside Franco....

Matt Smith Is Not In ‘Star Wars: Episode 9’, Says Matt Smith Last year, Variety reported that formerDoctor WhoandThe CrownactorMatt Smithhadjoined the castofJ.J. Abrams’Star Wars: Episode 9in a “key role.” But Smith was never included in any of the official Lucasfilm press releases about the final Skywalker saga movie, and now the English actor has denied that he’s involved with the sci-fi sequel. Read his comments below. Smith sat down withThe L....

Michel Gondry On Creating A Never-Ending Movie And Working At MIT I’ve always wondered what director Michel Gondry (Enternal Sunshine, Science of Sleep, Be Kind Rewind) worked on while being an artist-in-residence at MIT . In the new issue ofWiReD Magazine, Gondry talks about some of the crazy science experiments during his time serving as an MIT AIR. Gondry spent 2005 as an artist-in-residence at Nerdland. That’s the name his 16-year-old son bestowed on MIT, which invited Gondry there to pursue his interest in neuroscience....