‘X-Men: First Class’ Sequel Shoots In January, To Work Around Jennifer Lawrence And ‘The Hunger Games’ Sequel The last real news we had on the film that will followX-Men: First Classwas that directorMatthew Vaughn, who co-authored the rewrite ofFirst Class(with Jane Goldman) and then made the film on a rather tight schedule, hadsigned to direct the sequel. Now it looks like that nextX-Menfilm will shoot in January 2013. The reason is one that shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone who has looked at the top-grossing movie for the last couple weeks....

/Film Receives A Package Containing Peter Parker’s Backpack [‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Viral] Today I came home from lunch to find a big box sitting on the front door of /Film HQ. Inside the box I found a backpack, inscribed on the backside with “Property of Peter Parker”. This is the same exact backpack that Andrew Garfield wore inThe Amazing Spider-Manfootage we saw at Comic Con and at the recent “Untold Story” event....

1883 Lands Rita Wilson In Guest-Starring Role The “Yellowstone” prequel “1883” will air its fourth episode on Sunday, January 9. In the three episodes we’ve seen so far, we’ve had two big cameos: one was from Billy Bob Thornton (whose take on his character you can check out inour coverage from the red carpet for the show’s premiere), one from Tom Hanks who played Civil War General George Meade in episode 2, and now we’re getting yet another....

30% Said This Was The Best Horror Movie Sequel – Here’s Why They’re (Mostly) Right (Welcome toSurvey Says, a feature where we conduct a movie-related survey for a random group of people and explain why they’re completely right, completely wrong, or somewhere in-between.) Oftentimes, a sequel just can’t help butpale in comparisonto its inaugural cinematic installment — making it all the more special when a film’s follow-up is just as exciting and revelatory as the original....

A Breakdown Of Every GameStop Movie And Show In The Works Right Now Hollywood loves a bandwagon, and the big “Redditors vs. Wall Street” story which has captivated the country after a surge in GameStop stock prices is the latest trend that studios and production companies desperately want to capitalize on. There have been no less than seven projects announced over the past couple of weeks that intend to tackle this subject, so to keep it all straight, we’ve created this handy breakdown of every single Wall Street GameStop movie and television show that’s currently in development....

Acting Was Just A Small Part Of Ryan Reynolds' Adam Project Role Wherever Ryan Reynolds goes, his charm follows. Even though his latest sci-fi action adventure, “The Adam Project,” struggles to recapture the natural magic and wonder of the Amblin-inspired filmography it aspires to stand alongside, “The Adam Project” has been well on its way to claim anotherbig hitfor Netflix. Not even a truly unsettling deep fake ofCatherine Keenercan slow down those numbers for the streaming giant....

Amazon’s ‘Lord Of The Rings’ TV Series Introduces A New Map Of Middle-Earth Amazon’s very expensiveLord of the RingsTV series is still shrouded in mystery, but social media accounts for the show went live yesterday. And today, those accounts gave us our first official…something…from the series. It’s a map! And while J.R.R. Tolkien’s books were big on maps, this map is a bit underwhelming. For one thing, it’s not interactive – you can’t click on anything....

Ben Wheatley’s ‘Free Fire’ Adds ‘Transformers’ Star Jack Reynor And Two More Ben Wheatleycontinues to pile on the bodies forFree Fire.Jack Reynor(Transformers: Age of Extinction),Sam Riley(Maleficent), andNoah Taylor(Submarine) are the latest to board the cast, joiningBrie Larson,Cillian Murphy,Armie Hammer, and more. Get details on the latestFree Firecast additions after the jump. Set in 1978 Boston,Free Firecenters around a woman (Larson) who’s arranged for two Irishmen (Murphy andMichael Smiley) to buy guns from a gang (led by Hammer andSharlto Copley)....

Casting Bits: Shia LaBeouf Back In ‘Charlie Countryman’, Bill Hader, Josh Gad And Kate Hudson To Voice ‘Me & My Shadow’ In April 2010,Shia LaBeoufwassetto team up with commercial directorDante AriolaforThe Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman. However, scheduling issues got in the way and in March 2011,Zac Efronand a different commercial director,Fredrik Bond,stepped into take their place. Now things have shifted around yet again, as Efron exits, LaBeouf re-enters, and Bond remains at the helm....

Countdown To ‘The Force Awakens’: Remembering ‘Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace’ Star Wars: The Force Awakensis almost upon us and you know what that means…it’s time to revisit the rest of theStar Warssaga for the thousandth time (give or take a few viewings). To get through the final days leading up the biggest movie geek event of the past decade, we’re dedicating each day this week to one of the other six Star Wars movies....

David O. Russell’s ‘Silver Linings Playbook’ To Get Thanksgiving 2012 Release This Thanksgiving brings a slew of intriguing releases, from family-friendly fare likeThe MuppetsandHugoto possible Oscar contenders likeThe ArtistandMy Week with Marilyn, and now we have at least one reason to look forward to next year’s holiday as well. The Weinstein Co. have just decided on aNovember 21, 2012release forDavid O. Russell’sThe Silver Linings Playbook, which suggests the company sees the film as a potential player in next year’s awards season — no surprise, considering Russell’s last filmThe Fighterwas nominated for seven Oscars in 2010 including Best Picture and Best Director....

Death Race: Battle Photo Revealed, Test Screening Reviews The new issue of Empire Magazine offers our first look at one of the explosive vehicular battle sequences fromPaul W.S. Anderson’sDeath Race. Click on the photo above to enlarge. Before this photo hit, the Vegas odds of Death Race being any good were lower than Stephen Sommers' G.I. Joe, and that’s saying a lot (and before anyone asks, there aren’t any actual Vegas odds…)....

Don Cheadle Talks ‘War Machine’ Movie That Never Happened And The Evolution Of Rhodey In The MCU Colonel James Rhodes has been part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe since the beginning. While it was Terrence Howard who played Tony Stark’s military buddy in the originalIron Man, the sequel brought inDon Cheadleas the character and they’ve never looked back. Though he’s now an integral part of The Avengers with his own suit of armor and weapons, there was a time when aWar Machinemovie would have let him take off on a solo adventure....