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Live-Action ‘Ben 10’ Adaptation Adds Black List Screenwriter Ryan Engle With movie adaptations being made of every book, TV series, video game, action figure, and boardgame in sight, it was only a matter of time before Cartoon Network’sBen 10found its way to the big screen.Joel Silversigned onto make a live-action feature version of the popular sci-fi series back in 2011, and while there haven’t been a ton of updates since then it’s now taking a step forward as up-and-coming writerRyan Engleboards....

M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Tales From The Crypt’ Reboot Dead In The Ground Tales From the Crypt’sresurrection from the dead, helmed by horror connoisseurM. Night Shyamalan, has been cut short. TNT’s planned reboot of the horror-camp anthology series that ran from 1989 to 1996 had a 10-episode order with Shyamalan on board to curate short and long-form horror stories, and a new Cryptkeeper planned to host. But TNT presidentKevin Reillyrevealed thatTales From the Crypt, and the weekly two-hour horror block the network had planned around it, had to be axed because of rights issues....

Millarworld Netflix Deal Details Revealed By Mark Millar: Comic Adaptations, Publishing, And More Netflix, in its quest quest for streaming domination with more and more original material,recently announcedthe purchase ofMillarworld, the comics publisher owned byKingsmanandKick-AsswriterMark Millar. This deal would take Netflix beyond just original streaming content and move into the world of publishing as well. At the time of the purchase, details about what this would entail were unclear, but in a new interview, Millar opens up about the Millarworld Netflix deal and what we can expect....

Natalie Portman Says A Female Superhero Movie Is Coming From Marvel It’s not news at this point that there’s been a tragic dearth of female leads in the current glut of superhero movies. What is news, however, isNatalie Portman’s suggestion that that could change soon. TheThor: The Dark Worldactress hinted that a female-led film was in the works at Marvel Studios. Granted, it’ll likely be some time yet before any such movie hits screens, but better late than never, right?...

Neill Blomkamp Wants To Make An ‘Elysium’ Sequel: “I Can Do It Better” The year is 2013, andNeill Blomkampis still a promising up-and-coming director riding a wave of positive buzz for his feature film debut,District 9, which earned four Oscar nominations, including one for Best Picture. His new follow-up film,Elysium, earns more money at the worldwide box office, but fails to garner the same level of critical praise asDistrict 9....

Netflix Says It Makes Movie And TV Stars As It Adds 7 Million New Subscribers The new movie star is being made on yourNetflixscreen. At least, that’s what the streaming service is proudly proclaiming. Netflix Subscribers Up By 7 Million Netflix attributes the boost to the success of its summer rom-coms such asTo All The Boys I’ve Loved Before,Set It Up,andThe Kissing Booth, leading the streaming service to dub its string of hits as the “Summer of Love....

New ‘Annihilation’ Clip Goes Into The Shimmer We’re less than a month away from the release ofAlex Garland’s mysterious new movieAnnihilation, and a new clip from the film takes you inside the nightmarish world of The Shimmer – a strange, dangerous area that’s slowly expanding and altering everything in its path. It’s all very weird and intangible, but one thing is for sure: entering The Shimmer isn’t going to be pleasant....

Nightmare Alley Has A Hidden Easter Egg Referencing An Earlier Guillermo Del Toro Movie [Exclusive] Guillermo del Toro has seen his directing career flourish since he first set foot in Hollywood in the 1990s. He’s gone on to win a pair of Oscars (including one for Best Picture) for his 2017 monster romance “The Shape of Water” and garnered a loyal fanbase for his efforts on movies as varied in scope and genre as “Pacific Rim,” “Crimson Peak,” and most recently"Nightmare Alley....

On Second Thought, Lars Von Trier “Not Sorry” About Nazi Remarks After All Lars von Trier’s official job may be directing, but it seems his true calling lies in stirring up controversy. Earlier this year, the filmmaker once again sparked outrage at the Cannes press conference forMelancholiawhen hestatedthat he “sympathize[d] with [Hitler] a little bit,” even though he was “not against Jews.” Though von Trier issued an apology soon afterward, the damage was done and the director wasbannedfrom the festival....

Page 2: Godzilla, Star Wars, Parks And Rec, Insurgent, Breaking Bad, Puppet Master, Orphan Black, Doctor Who 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:GodzillaHotelOpeningin Japan 9 Better MoviesThat Hot Tub Time Machine 2 Recommends To Its Own Audience...

POTD: Colin Trevorrow Teases ‘Jurassic World’ Dinosaurs Last week, official images of the humans inJurassic Worldwere released. And sure, it was cool seeingChris PrattandBryce Dallas Howardin that world. Fans, however, really just want to see some dinosaurs. That reveal is probably at least a few months away, as filming is still underway and many of the dinosaurs are sure to be computer-generated. But not all of them will be. DirectorColin Trevorrowtook to Twitter to tease a look at aJurassic Worlddinosaur and you’re able to see the image below....

Rian Johnson Discusses Star Wars Episode 8 Plot Writer/DirectorRian Johnsonhas not said much about his upcoming filmStar Wars Episode 8. At Star Wars Celebration Europe, the filmmaker discussed some of the films he watched as inspiration and briefly talked about the opening of the movie, which in a first for the Star Wars film franchise, will take place seconds after the conclusion ofStar Wars: The Force Awakens. Now the filmmaker says a little more about what we can expect from the highly anticipated Skywalker saga sequel....

Robots Could Start Greenlighting Movies Soon Well, humanity, we had a good run. We’re finally seeing the beginning of the robot revolution. Or, at least, the (probable) decline of creativity in the movie industry. A script analysis company calledScriptBookclaims that their artificial intelligence system may be the future of Hollywood. ScriptBook claims to have found a perfect algorithm for greenlighting or rejecting movies to produce maximum profit, and perhaps even win a few film awards....