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Luc Besson Sets Up ‘Taken’ Prequel TV Series With All The ‘Taken’ Elements Taken Out I know the main question everyone asked after watching any of the threeTakenfilms was “buthowdid Bryan Mills” develop a very particular set of skills? Can we ever see that long career that gave him skills that make him a nightmare for bad people? Now we’ll finally have the answer to those questions, because there’s aTakenTV series in the works from producerLuc Bessonand NBC....

Man From U.N.C.L.E. Gets New Writer; Wedding Crashers Director Attached To Helm The Man From U.N.C.L.E., which originally saw life as a TV show in the mid-’60s, has long been in the Hollywood remake pile. Back in 2004 or 2005Kick-Assdirector Matthew Vaughn was set to direct, but dropped out to make another film that eventually didn’t happen. (He madeStardustinstead.) But the film keeps on going. Now there’s a new writer on board, and a new director attached:David Dobkin, who directedWedding Crashersand wasonce setto makeThe Flashfor Warner Bros....

New ‘Black Panther’ Trailer Coming Next Week, Full Runtime Possibly Revealed Now that it’s officially 2018, the arrival ofBlack Pantheris imminent. The superhero movie will be the first of three Marvel Studios titles hitting theaters this year, and it’s easily one of the most anticipated movies of the entire year, This movie looks vastly different from any Marvel Cinematic Universe title that has come before it, and not only because it’s the first time a black superhero is being given the spotlight with their own movie with a predominantly black cast behind them....

Page 2: Gremlins, Transformers, The Hobbit, Firefly, Midnight In Paris, Ryan Gosling, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, Indiana Jones, Metropolis, Office Space 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 included46different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....

Penn & Teller Get Killed And Become Detectives - New DVD, New TV Series Seven seasons into their bunkum-busting Showtime seriesBullshit, and on top of their decades of stage magic mastery,Penn & Tellerare about to take their double act onto primetime TV in a most intriguing way. They’ll be starring in a new hourlong mystery series as themselves, give or take: Las Vegas performers who sideline as reluctant detectives. The detective bit is obviously where the give and take comes in....

Project Updates: Sin City 2; Red State And Hit Somebody; And The Incredible Crash Test Dummies The specter ofSin City 2will hang overRobert Rodriguezuntil…well, until he finally makes the damn movie. I can conceive of a distant future in which Rodriguez has become a filmmaker akin to Ingmar Bergman (just for the sake of argument) but is still hit with questions aboutSin City 2. On the subject of the sequel, Rodriguez spoke toDigital Spy(viaCinemaBlend) and said “We’re still working onSin City, I want to do it so we’ll see....

Rob Zombie To Remake The Blob Just when I was hoping thatRob Zombiewould step away from remakes/sequels, and return to direct an original project, we’ve learned that the rock musician turned filmmaker has signed on to write, direct, and produce a remake of the 1958 horror classicThe Blob. Varietyreports that funding is in place to make an R-rated $30 million film, and Zombie will complete the script while he’s on tour with his new album this fall....

Scream First Look: Neve Campbell And Courtney Cox Go Back To School It looks like the fifth time is the charm for the Ghostface franchise as Paramount (viaEntertainment Weekly) debuts the first look photos from"Scream,“the 2022 sequel that reunites surviving members of the original cast along with some fresh new blood. There are over a dozen new photos to pour over, including our introductions to series newcomers Jenna Ortega as Tara, Melissa Barrera as Sam, Jack Quaid as Richie, Jasmin Savoy Brown as Mindy, Mikey Madison as Amber, Mason Gooding as Chad, Kyle Gallner as Vince, Sonia Ammar as Liv, and Dylan Minnette as Wes....

Search Party Review: The Satire Pivots Wildly During An All-In Final Season Few comedies have ever made as many hard left turns in their lifespan as “Search Party.” The series, which began on TBS before moving toHBO Max, will finish its five-season run in January looking almost nothing like it did at the start. In season 1, the show followed four vapid friends as they looked for a missing college classmate....

See The Amazingly Detailed Inside Of The ‘Ghostbusters’ Firehouse LEGO Set We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Update from editor Peter Sciretta:In OctoberLEGO finally announced that they will be making aGhostbustersFirehouse LEGO Set. They posted photos of the set on twitter along with the text “Get ready to bust some ghosts! First look at set 75827 LEGO @Ghostbusters Firehouse Headquarters available Jan 2016!” Now photos have been revealed showing the incredibly detailed interior of the Ghostbusters Firehouse LEGO set....

Sequel Bits: Viacom CEO Hints At ‘Mission: Impossible 5’, Plus: ‘Rambo 5’, ‘Gnomeo & Juliet: Sherlock Gnomes’, ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part II’ It’s the All-Ages Edition of Sequel Bits, or maybe the ‘something for everyone’ version, with news on everything from the kid-friendlyGnomeo & Julietfranchise to the 60something star ofRambo. The status ofRambo 5has been going back and forth for years now, but as of right now, it looks like things are slowly coming together....

Sigourney Weaver Introduced The ‘Alien’ High School Play Encore, Which You Can Now Watch In Full Last week,Sigourney Weaverwas brave enough to head to the most feared part of the galaxy: New Jersey. The actress stopped by North Bergen High to say hello to the talented high schoolers who put on a pretty impressive stage production ofAlien. Ridley Scott, director of the O.G.Alienfilm, as well as recent prequels, was so impressed when he heard about the production that he donated $5000 for an encore performance....

Superhero Bits: ‘Joker’ Got An Eight Minute Standing Ovation, ‘New Mutants’ Distances Itself From X-Men & More How long was the standing ovation forJokerat the Venice Film Festival? Which country created a statue in honor ofIron Man? AreSmallvillestars appearing inCrisis on Infinite Earthsor not? Did a new cut ofNew Mutantsdistance itself fromX-Men? What wouldJames Gunnadd into an extended cut ofGuardians of the Galaxy? How much couldJokermake in its opening weekend? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....