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Page 2: Tangled, Frankenweenie, Wreck It Ralph, Lord Of The Rings, E.T., Pulp Fiction, Romero, Game Of Thrones, Star Wars, Edward Scissorhands, Ghostbusters, Charlie Brown 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 included46 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....

Paranoid New ‘Inherent Vice’ Trailer Heralds Sneak Preview Screenings Paul Thomas Anderson’s newest film,Inherent Vice, opens limited on December 12, but for the markets that don’t get the film until January Warner Bros. is offering sneak preview screenings this coming Saturday, December 13.You can get theater info here, and there’s a great newInherent Vicetrailer that tells of the upcoming screenings. It also has some footage you haven’t seen before, a digitally-altered version of a shot from the film (above, with extra details added to the painting) and a little bit of the awesome Can song ‘Vitamin C’ that is used to good effect in the film’s opening....

Peyton Reed Wants To Get Weird With The ‘Ant-Man’ Sequel This year audiences embraced a hero namedAnt-Man. I imagine some folks at Marvel were worried if moviegoers would accept a miniature crime fighter with such a refreshingly uncool name — and the bizarre power of commanding ants – but the film was a critical and commercial hit, especially overseas. After the success of the movie, directorPeyton Reedcan take even more chances with theAnt-Mansequel, and he plans on doing just that....

Poptheatr Lets You Watch Movies With Your Head In A Bag If you like watching movies but long for a cinema experience that’s similar to being encased in a body bag, you might want to check out Poptheatr, a Kickstarter project that strives to provide the user with a distraction-free movie viewing experience in the comfort of your own home. With a big bag on your head. I love movies, butgoingto the movies has become a chore....

Rogue One Bits: New Details On Jedha, A Mysterious New Planet Name, And A First Look At New LEGO Sets In this edition of Rogue One Bits: A new Rogue One TV spot played during the Olympics, featuring footage of various athletes intercut with scenes from the film. There’s not too much here, although we are treated to a few new shots of various characters. The embed above isn’t pretty, but it’ll get the job done for now....

Sam Esmail Making Series Adaptation Of The Family Chao “Mr. Robot” creator Sam Esmail is staying busy, as Deadline reports he’s now making a series adaptation of Lan Samantha Chang’s “The Family Chao.” Apart fromadapting the groundbreaking “Metropolis"for Apple TV+, Esmail will be developing this latest project via his Esmail Corp. banner, which also has a deal at the Universal Studio Group division. The official synopsis for Chang’s “The Family Chao” can be found below:...

Sam Raimi And Tobey Maguire Will Return For Spider-Man 4. Sony Wants Spider-Man 5 Shot Back-To-Back. Venom Spin-Off News. Nikki Finkereports thatSonyhas locked in bothSam RaimiandTobey MaguireforSpider-Man 4.Kirsten Dunst’s Mary Jane character is said to be included in the sequel(s), so the actress is rumored to be returning as well. And in the execs' best case scenario, Raimi and Maguire would shootSpider-Man 5back-to-back. This would confirm what wereportedthis May: ScreenwriterJames Vanderbilt(Zodiac,The Rundown) turned in a script for the third sequel that, much to Sony’s liking, segued smoothly into an arc for a fifth film....

Sequel Bits: ‘Star Trek Beyond,’ ‘Transformers: The Last Knight,’ ‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘Jason Bourne’ In this edition of Sequel Bits: The main appeal ofStar Trekhas always been that it’s a little brainier than your typical science fiction fare, putting wild ideas and big questions at the forefront of its storytelling. That’s why the recent films have proven controversial with many fans, who believe thatStar TrekandStar Trek Into Darknessplace emphasis on action and special effects instead of intriguing moral dilemmas and such....

Star Wars Bits: Mark Hamill Shares A Few Stories, A New ‘Star Wars’ Video Game Is Announced, And The Original Role Of Boba Fett Is Revealed In today’s edition of Star Wars Bits: Mark Hamill recently sat down for a sprawling interview withThe Sun, where he talked all about the process of makingThe Force Awakensand what lies ahead. He recounts the first time he read the screenplay: I read the script on a little iPad with a security man with me so I couldn’t take notes … The first few words in the crawl are ‘Luke Skywalker has vanished’ and I thought, ‘Boy, this is going to be good!...

Superhero Bits: Captain America, Green Lantern, Mark Hamill, The Avengers, X-Men Will The Hulk be naked inThe Avengers? What’s the otherCaptain Americamovie coming out next month? Just how extensive were the changes toSpider-Man: Turn Off the Dark? How doesRyan Reynoldsfeel about negative reviews ofGreen Lantern? Want to watch whatSiskel and Ebertthought of every single DC Comic book movie? Read about all of this and more in today’s Superhero Bits. July 22 might mark the opening ofCaptain America: The First Avenger, butSuperhero Hypehas the press release announcing that July 19 marks the release of the originalMatt Salinger-starringCaptain Americafrom 1990....

Superhero Bits: Iron Man 3, Fantastic Four, Hulk TV Show, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Amazing Spider-Man 2 Is Marvel delaying the development ofGuillermo del Toro’sHulkTV show? DoesMark MillarthinkJosh Trank’sFantastic Fouris going to be special? Want to watch another video ofEmma StonetalkingThe Amazing Spider-Man 2? How can you own Tony Stark’s TV fromIron Man 3? How can you watch the entireChristopher NolanDark KnightTrilogy in 3 minutes? What secret is buried in the pages ofSuperior Spider-Man #1?...

Sylvester Stallone Exits ‘The Expendables’ Franchise AnExpendables 4was scheduled to close out the seriesnext year, but it might have to move forward without its star,Sylvester Stallone. The actor, who directed the first film in the series, has left the franchise over creative differences. Stallone may have been offered more than $20 million to play Barney Ross again – his upfront biggest paycheck to date – but disagreements with Nu Image/Millennium chiefAvi Lernerled to his departure....

Tales From The Box Office: How Ice Age Quietly Started A Multi-Billion Dollar Franchise (Welcome toTales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.) Sometimes, gigantic things have relatively humble beginnings. Such is the case with “Ice Age,” a multi-movie, multi-decade franchise that launched Blue Sky Studios, generated billions at the box office, survived the Disney/Fox merger, and endures to this very day....