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Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘Spirited Away’ Is Becoming A Stage Production Hayao Miyazaki’s unparalleled 2001 anime classicSpirited Awayis getting the stage play treatment. Studio Ghibli’s Oscar-winning film (titledSen to Chihiro no Kamikakushiin Japan) is being adapted into stage production by Toho, which aims to premiere the play in 2022. Toho Co., Ltd. announced that the first-ever theatrical production ofSpirited Awaywill premiere in Tokyo in 2022. Tony and Olivier Award-winning directorJohn Caird(Les Misérables, Nicholas Nickleby, Daddy Long Legs), will write and direct the stage adaptation....

How ‘Fear The Walking Dead’ Embraces Change, Second Spin-Off Series Details Teased [Comic-Con 2019] Fear the Walking Deadhas never achieved the popularity of its sister show, but it remains a key piece of one of the biggest franchises on television…and a constant presence in Hall H at Comic-Con. AMC brought the series back to the world’s largest pop culture convention in the middle of the series' fifth season, which continued the show’s attempt to soft-reboot itself with new cast members and a new direction....

How ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit?’ Elevated The Live-Action & Animation Hybrid [Video Essay] Who Framed Roger Rabbit?is a classic movie for a number of reasons. Not only is it a stellar mash-up of two completely different genres, the family movie and film noir, but it’s also a technical marvel. The 1989 Academy Awards gaveRobert Zemeckis' film Best Film Editing, Best Sound Effects Editing, Best Visual Effects and a special honorary Oscar for its creation of animated characters....

Interview: Eli Roth Talks Inglourious Basterds, Going Method To Play The Bear Jew, Nazi Atrocities, And Quentin Tarantino’s Place In History The old saying goes that the greatest gift a man of considerable resources can give a friend is immortality. After basking in the intoxicating, cocksure beauty that isInglourious Basterds, it’s clear thatQuentin Tarantinohas done this for his pal, the horror directorEli Roth, by casting him as Jewish-American soldierSgt. Donny Donowitz....

Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ Rounds Out Cast As Production Begins Jordan Peele’s upcoming “social thriller"Usis finally rounding out its cast. Five new actors have been added to theUscast, joining the already-castLupita Nyong’o, Elisabeth Moss, Winston Dukeas the Universal feature begins production. Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex, Madison Curry, Cali Sheldon,andNoelle Sheldonhave all joined theUscast,Varietyreports. The five new cast members have all been cast in undisclosed roles in what has been advertised as a...

Lost: Complete Collection Box Art And Contents Revealed We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. ABC has sent over full details on the DVD/Blu-ray releases of Lost: Season Six and Lost: The Complete Collection, including images of the box art. The complete series collection is housed in collectible packaging which includes: a Special Edition collectible ‘Senet’ Game as seen in Season Six, a custom LOST island replica, an exclusive episode guide, a collectible Ankh, and a black light penlight....

Love Hard: Release Date, Cast, And More (Welcome to…And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) The holiday season is almost upon us! And Netflix is giving the masses nothing but encouragement with its latest slate of holiday cheer, including the upcoming romantic comedy “Love Hard.” Odd title aside, the movie looks like a welcome burst of joy, so here’s everything you need to get excited about its release!...

Love, Death + Robots Season 3 Trailer 2: It’s Time To Awaken From This Illusion The Emmy award-winning animated anthology series “Love, Death + Robots” isbackfor a third installment of, well, love, death, and robots! This season will see the series' first sequel episode, with a short dedicated to the"Three Robots"that stole everyone’s heart in season 1. It also sees the return of acclaimed director Alberto Mielgo, whose short “The Witness” in season 1 earned the series three of its Emmy awards, and the animation directorial debut of David Fincher, which isn’t anything to sneeze at....

Marc Forster To Direct Sci-Fi Actioner ‘Red Rising’ We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. We know whatMarc Forsterwon’tbe directing in the near future. AlthoughWorld War Zwas ultimately a success, the film had a notoriously difficult production process and it wasn’t much of a surprise when we heard that Forsterwouldn’t be backfor the sequel. Now we have some idea of what he might be doing isntead. Forster is attached to helmRed Rising, an adaptation of the recent sci-fi novel byPierce Brown....

Michael Bay Action Scenes Are More Restrictive Than You’d Think No one does action quite likeMichael Bay. Love his movies or hate them, there’s no denying the director has an incredible eye for action and his latest movie,Transformers: Age of Extinction, is the biggest one yet. The effects, the locations, the stunts, all of it suggests a budget and freedom few filmmakers would ever enjoy. Which, actually, isn’t true. ProducerLorenzo di Bonaventuratold us despite the continued success of theTransformersfranchise, they aren’t given a blank check....

Page 2: Star Trek, Blade Runner, Simpsons, Interstellar, Ratatouille, Muppets, Star Wars, The Descent 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: USS EnterpriseFrisbeeWith Entire Ship Attached The Complete GuidetoAdam Sandler’s Acting Most Valuable Movie Blockbuster Of 2014:The Data Behind The Dollars Blade RunnerModel ShopTHE 7 MOST WANTEDTV DRAMA PILOT SCRIPTSWhy"It Follows" is the best horror movie in over a decadeAdam Savage’sbuild notesfor his Overlook Hotel maze fromThe Shining17 MORE TERRIFYINGPOP CULTURE MOMENTS FROM THE ‘80S (CHOSEN BY YOU!...

Pop Culture Imports: Netflix’s Third And Last ‘Godzilla’ Anime, An Argentinian Nazi Drama, An Indian Crime Film, And More (Welcome toPop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best foreign movies and TV streaming right now.) We’re now in that part of January where it’s too cold and windy to step outside. So much for New Years resolutions, but at least that leaves you plenty of time to watch more foreign-language films, especially on the heels of the exciting showing of foreign films among the Oscar nominees....

Rumor: ‘Star Wars’ Movies From ‘Game Of Thrones’ Creators May Head To The Old Republic AfterStar Wars Episode 9hits theaters this winter, we don’t know what’s coming next on the big screen from the galaxy far, far away. Director Rian Johnson has a newStar Warstrilogy he’s working on, andGame of ThronescreatorsDavid BenioffandD.B. Weisshaveanother (supposed) trilogythat will be completely separate from the primary saga and the aforementioned developing trilogy. But now we might have an idea of what Benioff and Weiss will give us, and if this rumor is true, it’s right up their alley....