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Movie Trailer: Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Directorial Debut Jack Goes Boating Philip Seymour Hoffman’s directorial debutJack Goes Boatingpremiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival as part of the Premieres category. Written byBob Glaudini, the story follows a stoner limo driver who looks for different ways to improve his skill-set as a way to attract a girlfriend, and goes on a blind date, which “sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship, and grace centered around two working-class New York City couples....

New ‘Dark Phoenix’ Featurettes Revisit The Legacy Of The X-Men In Films And Comics Today has been arbitrarily declaredX-Menday as 20th Century Fox (or what’s left of it) continues to marketDark Phoenix, the last film in theX-Menfilm franchise as we know it. In honor of the makeshift publicity holiday, a trio of new featurettes have been released focusing on both the legacy of the X-Men on the big screen that spans all the way back to 2000 and the original Marvel Comics storyline that inspired the new movie....

Nicolas Cage Joins ‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Cast As (Another) Spider-Man We already knew the animatedSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Versewould feature more than one friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. In addition to Peter Parker, there’s also Miles Morales. But that’s not all! We now know thatNicolas Cagehas joined theInto the Spider-Versecast as well, playing yetanotherSpider-Man: Spider-Man Noir. Welcome to a brave new world where Nicolas Cage is playing Spider-Man.Colliderhas confirmed whatDiscussing Filmoriginally reported: Cage has joined the cast ofSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and that he’ll be playing…Spider-Man....

Now Scream This: Science Gone Wrong! (Welcome toNow Scream This, a column where horror experts Chris Evangelista and Matt Donato tell you what scary, spooky, and spine-tingling movies are streaming and where you can watch them.)Matt:If anything can be learned from this week’s “Now Scream This,” I’m left with two lessons. One: humanity needs to accept its universal role and stop tampering with unknown forces. Two: never let Chris pick all his movies first because there will be nothing left....

Page 2: Alien, Morgan Freeman, Muppets, Waterworld, Psycho, Game Of Thrones, Star Wars, Futurama, Back To The Future, James Bond What is Page 2?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 included58different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....

Paul W.S. Anderson Bluffed His Way Into Becoming Mortal Kombat’s Director As the old aphorism goes, “fake it till you make it.” While the usefulness of the axiom is highly debatable, it does seem to genuinely work for some folks, provided they apply it in the right place at the right time. For director Paul W.S. (don’t call him Thomas) Anderson, the right place and the right time happened to be Hollywood in the mid-’90s....

Spider-Man: No Way Home Behind-The-Scenes Look Puts Spotlight On Amazing Stunt Work Few studios — if any — can hope to match the level of output that Marvel Studios puts out during any given year. Ever since the debut of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2008 with “Iron Man” (and “The Incredible Hulk” only a few months later, though you’d be forgiven for wiping that out of your memory banks), audiences have grown accustomed to expecting at least two new movies within the span of 12 months, like clockwork....

Star Wars Bits: Comic-Con, Amy Schumer, Jakku, Han Solo, George Lucas At D23 And More The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next the power ofStar Wars Bits. This week’s news from a galaxy far, far away includes the following: Header image: GQ photoshoot with Amy Schumer (find more on the second page) Some details on what happened in theStar Warsuniverse afterReturn of the Jedihave surfaced thanks to a new rundown fromMakingStarWars....

Superhero Bits: The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, Man Of Steel, Amazing Spider-Man Want to watchMarc Webbtalk about how he’s creating their own world inThe Amazing Spider-Man? How about hear whatAnne Hathaway’s audition process was like forThe Dark Knight Rises? What’s the weather like on set? Was there a jam up onZack Snyder’sMan of Steelshoot yesterday? Would you like to see the construction of destruction on the set ofThe Avengers? And what does Hitler have to say about all of this?...

Taika Waititi Returning As Korg For ‘Thor: Love & Thunder’, Unsure If Jane Foster’s Cancer Storyline Will Be Used Fans are already excited aboutThor: Love & Thundercontinuing the God of Thunder’s film franchise. Marvel Studiosannounced the sequelat San Diego Comic-Con this past summer withTaika Waititiback in the director’s chair after knockingThor: Ragnarokout of the park in 2017. But that won’t be the only job he has for the sequel. The director confirmed that he will be returning as the beloved, rocky Kronan warrior known as Korg, and he also recently discussed some possibleThor: Love and Thunderstory details....

The 45 Most Underrated, Weird And Fun Moments In ‘Pitch Perfect’ Once you’ve seen a movie a few times, the main story just isn’t as exciting. Your eyes begin to wander around the frame seeking other details. You might find surprises the filmmaker put in there on purpose, or happy accidents, but either way, the best movies always find ways to reward a viewer over and over again. A movie that definitely fits that description is the firstPitch Perfect....

The Morning Watch: Animated ‘Game Of Thrones’ History, Comparing ‘Black Swan’ And ‘The Wrestler’ & More (The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.) In this edition, get a history lesson from Westeros with the animated first chapter ofGame of Thrones Conquest & Rebellion....

The Obi-Wan Kenobi Series Was Originally Going To Feature Darth Maul It remains to be seen what the verdict will be on the “Obi-Wan Kenobi” series but it turns out that the “Star Wars” show could have been radically different than what ultimately came to be. As we know, Hayden Christensen is set to return as Darth Vader in May on the Disney+ series. However, an earlier version of Ewan McGregor’s long-awaited return to a galaxy far, far away would have seen none other than Darth Maul as one of the main villains....