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Martin Scorsese Indeed Adapting The Invention Of Hugo Cabret Earlier this monththere was word, via a couple of European press reports, thatMartin Scorsese’s next feature might be an adaptation of the young-lit novelThe Invention of Hugo Cabret. Now trade reports are confirming that Scorsese and producerGraham King(The Departed) are indeed looking to reunite to film a version of the book, which tells the story of a 12-year old boy who lives in a Parisian train station....

MGM Orders Adam Green-Scripted ‘Killer Pizza’ We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Adam Green(Frozen) has scripted an adaptation ofGreg Taylor’s young adult novelKiller Pizza, about a 14-year old who gets a summer job at a pizza place that is a front for a monster hunting outfit. Now MGM has picked up the script — the latest buy from the revamped studio that has bought the Eminemboxing filmSouthpawand therightstoWhere’s Waldo?...

Moments Lost - Music And Art Inspired By ‘Blade Runner’ Art Show Opening In Brooklyn In the history of movies, the list of films with essential, iconic and influential looks is short. Films likeMetropolis, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligariand2001: A Space Odysseyall instantly come to mind. On that list, too, is Ridley Scott’sBlade Runner. The “future noir” aesthetic it helped pioneer over thirty years ago remains a standard in science fiction to this day....

Most Memorable Moments From Disney+ Marvel Shows In 2021 Withfour theatrical releases, 2021 wasn’t quite the"year off"for the Marvel Cinematic Universe that 2020 was, but it was the year the MCU’s storytelling baton passed from its films to its streaming series on Disney+. With five shows totaling 36 episodes, these departures from the cinematic format allowed the MCU to delve into deeper, more long-form storytelling while still setting the stage for its oft-delayed films to come....

Movie Review: Spider-Man 3 For once everything in Peter Parker’s life is perfect. Crime is almost nonexistent, Mary Jane is starring in a new musical which is set to open on Broadway, and Spider-Man is finally receiving his due. Bad reviews, genetically engineered Sandmen, a vengeful former best friend, a rival Daily Bugle photographer, a beautiful starry eyed classmate and a black alien symbiote monster are just some of the opposition introduced in the third film....

MoviePass Claims They Accounted For 40% Of Ticket Sales To The Critically Savaged ‘Gotti’ MoviePass’s business strategy continues to confound all of us. The ticket-buying service’s sustainability has always been in question since it dropped its prices to the popular $10 a month, but MoviePass was not content to simply disrupt the moviegoing industry. It had to get behind the scenes as well. Cue the perplexing venture into distribution, of which MoviePass has seen some success and some failures....

Netflix Has Rescued ‘Lucifer’ After Fox’s Cancellation Last month, Fox cancelled the supernatural dramaLuciferafter three seasons. But a vocal fan campaign using the hashtag #SaveLucifer seems to have worked, because Netflix has officially snatched the DC Entertainment series from the jaws of oblivion and will produce a fourth season. Read more about the Lucifer Netflix deal below. Based on a DC comic,Lucifer"focuses on Lucifer Morningstar, the Devil, who is bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell....

Netflix’s ‘The Sandman’ Series Eyeing Tom Sturridge For Morpheus Netflix has found its Dream choice for the lead of its highly anticipated adaptation of Neil Gaiman’sThe Sandman.Velvet BuzzsawandFar From the Madding CrowdactorTom Sturridgeis reportedly in talks to star as Morpheus, the title character and the anthropomorphic personification of Dream in Netflix’sThe Sandmanseries, based on Gaiman’s groundbreaking graphic novel series. Colliderbroke the news thatTom Sturridgeis in talks to star inThe Sandman, Netflix’s adaptation of Gaiman’s beloved comic series which followed the dark and fantastical adventures of Morpheus, the anthropomorphic personification of Dream, AKA Sandman....

Original ‘Ghost In The Shell’ Actors Will Dub The Live-Action Remake In Japan For fans of the originalGhost in the Shellanime and manga who might be perturbed by the fact that the live-action adaptation from Paramount Pictures is starringScarlett Johansson, creating another instance of whitewashing in Hollywood, the studio is trying to make amends in an interesting but potentially problematic way. When a Hollywood film is released in Japan, audiences can choose to see it with subtitles or dubbed by actors....

Page 2: Black Swan, Jon Hamm, James Bond, M.A.S.K., Bambi, Fight Club, Superman, The Dark Knight, Mr. Brainwash, Inception 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 included48different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. If you have any interesting items that we might’ve missed that you think should go in /Film’s Page 2 –email us!...

Page 2: Breaking Bad, Pacific Rim, Good Will Hunting, Star Wars, GOT, Little Mermaid, Jurassic Park 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 included36 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: ‘Alien’-Inspired Graffiti is a Futuristic Work of Art Everything’s Adapted: Turning the Book Into a Movie Into a TV Show Into a Movie...

Ranking John Carpenter’s 10 Best Film Scores A John Carpenter movie is as recognizable as an AC/DC track. There’s a griminess to the cinematography, a cheap but immersive realness to the sets. Faces repeat: Kurt Russell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasance, and the rubbery visage of William Shatner. And then there’s the music. Like Angus Young on guitar, we always know what a John Carpenter movie sounds like. There’s a synthesizer at the heart of the score, sometimes flanked by Fender guitars and heavy percussion....

Religulous Moves To October Originally scheduled to open wide on July 2nd,Religulous,Bill MaherandLarry Charles’s documentary aimed at the pulsing jugular of all religions, will now be released onOctober 3rd, 2008.Lionsgatesays the film wasn’t ready to premiere at this month’s Cannes Film Festival, where it would have become a “media lightning rod” according to studio presidentTom Ortenberg. The movie is a smart one. Against the blanketed media coverage of this summer’s box office goliaths and rah-rah flops likeSpeed Racer, mainstream/traditional media would have easily buried the controversy/discussion that Maher’s doc needs to be a Michael Moore-like hit....