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May Calamawy Didn’t Know She Was Embodying The Hippo God Taweret Until Just Before Cameras Rolled From the beginning, “Moon Knight” was marketed with the main attraction of Oscar Isaac embodying multiple different identities of the same character and, essentially, acting against himself in several big moments throughout the series. To nobody’s surprise, the actor rose to the occasion and then some,serving as the centerpieceof some of the absolute best sequences in “Moon Knight” and carrying much of the storyline on his shoulders....

Negative E-Mails, Producer Bans, And Lawsuits: The Hurt Locker’s Tumultuous Path Towards The Oscar So it’s come to this:Nicolas Chartier, one ofThe Hurt Locker’sfour producers, has been banned from attending the Oscars this year due to remarks he made about his film in an e-mail, which violated Academy rules. IfThe Hurt Lockerwins Best Picture, Chartier will have to collect his Oscar at a later date. Hit the jump for all the details ofThe Hurt Locker’ssad, unexpected, bump-ridden path towards Oscar gold....

New ‘American Horror Story: Double Feature - Red Tide’ Trailer Brings The Scares Ryan Murphyis taking over television right now. Between the latest installment in his true crime anthology series,Impeachment: American Crime Story, as well asa slew of new anthologiesbeing added to his repertoire, the tenth season ofAmerican Horror Story,DoubleFeature, will hit FX and Hulu onAugust 25, 2021. Fans have been kept largely in the dark to this point, but now we have the first trailer to offer a little more insight into whatDouble Feature’s first half,Red Tide, has to offer....

Page 2: Gravity, Spring Breakers, Chucky, GOT, Walking Dead, Stephen Colbert, Star Trek 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:On the setofGRAVITY Neil DeGrasse Tysonsayshis criticisms of ‘Gravity’ are a compliment to its qualityThe worst thing about 3-D(even in movies where it looks great)...

Page 2: Hunger Games, Big Lebowski, Battle Royale, Epic Mickey 2, Star Trek, James Bond, Star Wars, Frankenstein, Total Recall, Fight Club, Bill Murray, 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....

Quentin Tarantino Keeps A Classic Movie Theater Open; Who’ll Save The Rest Of The Country’s Indie Theaters? The New BeverlyCinemain Los Angeles is a great place to see a movie. Not because it is the most comfortable theater or the most state of the art, but because it is operated and attended by people who really love movies. I’ve only been there a few times, but the experiences have been great: seeingWet Hot American Summerwith David Wain in attendance,A Nightmare on Elm Street 3with Frank Darabont and Chuck Russell, and catching a marathon of threeFriday the 13thflicks....

Ryan Reynolds Explains Why ‘Green Lantern’ Failed Where ‘Deadpool’ Succeeded The list of actors who’ve played superheroes is long, and getting longer seemingly every day. But the subset of actors who’ve playedmultiplesuperheroes is still pretty small. One who belongs to that exclusive club isRyan Reynolds, who played Deadpool inX-Men Origins: Wolverine, then Green Lantern inGreen Lantern, and then Deadpool again inDeadpool. That last film was the one where he finally struck gold....

Scorpion King Reboot Is Still Happening, Producer Says Calling all fans of “The Scorpion King.” Are you out there? Do you exist? And if so, are you ready to see a reboot? It’s been twenty years since Dwayne Johnson — and a CG facsimile of him — clawed and crab-walked (or scorpion-walked) his way onscreen as the Scorpion King in “The Mummy Returns.” That was in 2001, but the following year, the Scorpion King headlined his own film, which gave Johnson his first lead role and served as a launchpad for him as an action movie star....

Scott Derrickson Not Returning For Retooled ‘Snowpiercer’ TV Series The director of TNT’sSnowpiercerTV series pilot has stepped off the train. Doctor StrangeandSinisterdirectorScott Derricksonwashired over a year agoto helm the cable adaptation of the French graphic novel that was famously brought to the big screen byBong Joon-hoback in 2013. A new showrunner has since come aboard and wants “extreme reshoots” on the pilot, but Derrickson recently took to Twitter to explain that he won’t be the one to oversee them....

Sequels: Zombieland And Showgirls; One IS Getting A Sequel, The Other Might What doZombielandandShowgirlshave to do with one another? Well, inZombielandthe undead didn’t pole dance; they just ran. Wakka, wakka wakka! More to the point, both have been the subject of recent sequel talk. Which one has a sequel already in the process of development and which one is currently mere speculation? The riveting answer, after the break. First up…it isShowgirlsthatisgetting a sequel....

Spielberg, Scorsese, Nolan And More Are Trying To Save FilmStruck The saga to saveFilmStruckhas taken an interesting turn. In the wake of a popular petition hoping to save the soon-to-close streaming service, a huge list of big names in the movie biz have banded together to plead with Warner Media Group and change the minds of the powers that be.Steven Spielberg,Martin Scorsese,Paul Thomas Anderson,Christopher Nolan,Rian Johnson,Christopher McQuarrie,Karyn Kusama, and many, many more have thrown their considerable weight behind FilmStruck....

Star Wars Bits: Michael Cimino’s Pitch, Ted As An Ewok Hunter, Props Up For Auction, Indiana Jones Lawsuit And More With the weekend fast approaching, it seems like all is quiet on theStar Warsfront. Unless, of course, you’re an Oscar-winning director newly on Twitter, or are in search of a screen-used X-Wing Fighter. After the jump, read about the following: I’m taking full credit on this one. Over a week ago, I put up a tweet that inspired a joke aboutMichael CiminodirectingStar Wars Episode VII....

Superhero Bits: Avengers, Dark Knight Rises, Returns, Amazing Spider-Man, Smallville, Iron Man 3 Has the newIron Man 3armor been slyly revealed? What’s up with this rumor of anAvengersExtended Cut? IsBatman Beginscoming to IMAX a big deal? Want to see a behind the scenes feature onThe Dark Knight Returns? Which characters are on the newAmazing Spider-Manposter? IsBatmanheading toSmallville? How doesMatthew Modinedescribe his character inThe Dark Knight Rises? WhichAvengersconcept art graces the cover of a new comic book?...