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J.K. Rowling Co-Producing Play About Harry Potter’s Early Years Harry Potter has already flown from the page to the screen, and now he’s headed to the stage. One in London’s West End, to be more precise. ProducersSonia FriedmanandColin Callenderare reportedly developing a new play about boy wizard’s early years, which will take place before he discovered his magical side and enrolled at Hogwarts. AuthorJ.K. Rowlingis expected to co-produce. Hit the jump for more details on the show....

Justin Lin Won’t Return To Direct ‘Fast And Furious 7’ Vin Dieselrecently revealedthat the seventh film in theFast and Furiousfranchise would start filming this Summer in Los Angeles. That’s true, but it turns out the director of the past four films won’t be returning. The Hollywood ReportersaysJustin Linwill not return forFast and Furious 7, which Universal wants in theaters Summer 2014. He’s currently finishingFast and Furious 6, out May 24, and doesn’t feel like an accelerated time table would result in his best work....

Marty Krofft Uses Where The Wild Things Are To Explain The Upcoming Pufnstuf Movie Marty Kroffthas a vision for the upcomingH.R Pufnstufmovie and it might sound a little familiar to fans of Spike Jonze’Where the Wild Things Are. Galvanized by the box office success of the Sendak adaptation, Krofft is pushing for similar man-in-suit technology to bring his lollopping great characters to life. Sounds good to me. On the other hand, he’s not looking to strike the same melancholy chords asWild Thingsbut something altogether more sugar and spice....

Moon Man Jones Planning The Berlin Blade Runner In a rather spoiler-heavy interview withPopular Mechanics,Duncan Jonesnot only digs deep into his upcoming debut movie,Moon, but reveals his ambitions for the follow up. “It looks like,” he says, “I’m going to be doing another science fiction film next.” Furthermore – he tantalizingly suggests that he intends to pick up whereBlade Runnerleft off. Full quote after the break. I loveBlade Runner, it’s one of my favorite films, and I’ve always been really… depressed that there was never—not a sequel, because I don’t think it’s right to make a sequel aboutBlade Runner, but no one’s really tried to make a film which was set in the same kind of world or had that same kind of field....

Movie Trailer: Lance Daly’s Kisses One of the films I really dugg at the 2008 Telluride Film Festival was this Irish film titledKissesbyLance Daly. Inmy review, I described the film as “Lost in Translationbut with two irish 10-year-olds.” The story follows two kids who run away from home and spend a “night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin.” The film is sprinkled with realistic improvisational moments and Daly cleverly plays with the saturation and desaturation of color from the frame to visually convey the children’s emotions....

Multiple ‘Man Of Steel’ Costumes Revealed With post-production well underway,Zack Snyder’sMan of Steelhas been off the grid for several months. The director has been in the editing room working towards a release date that’s almost exactly a year away. He says it’s"gigantic and crazy"and most people seem to think the first footage from the film will be at San Diego Comic-Con. Until that happens, though, fans have become rabid for new information and finally we have some....

New ‘Fast And Furious: Supercharged’ Details Tease Ride Story, Returning Cast Members Universal Studios has unveiled newFast and Furious: Superchargeddetails, teasing the Spring 2018 arrival of the new theme park ride at their Universal Orlando Resort. Like most Universal attractions, this one seems to take full advantage of the movie series that is based on, bringing popular characters into the fold and immersing guests in a story where they can feel like an active participant in the action....

New ‘Power Rangers’ Posters Zoom In Before First Footage Debuts At NYCC This weekend, attendees at New York Comic-Con will be treated to the first footage fromPower Rangers, the latest effort to bring the long-running sci-fi action TV series to the big screen. We’re hoping that the first teaser trailer for the movie will also be unveiled online this weekend, just like thefirst trailer forJohn Wick: Chapter 2, but we’ll see what happens....

Page 2: Toy Story, Damon Lindelof, The Hobbit, Dragon Tattoo, Incredibles, Back To The Future, 21 Jump Street, Blade Runner, Hunger Games, Alien, Total Recall, Dexter, Goonies, The Fly 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....

Richard Pryor Biopic Finally Happening, Eddie Murphy Confirmed To Join Cast After kicking around development hell for years, The Weinstein Company is finally getting abiopicabout legendary comedianRichard Pryoroff the ground, and the cast has been finalized for production to begin in March. As reported just over a year ago,Mike Eppswill be taking the lead roleas the late Richard Pryor, the man responsible for inspiring a whole new generation of comics and changing the face of stand-up comedy forever....

Ridley Scott’s Alien Prequel Details Revealed Last year it was announced that 20th Century Fox had hiredRidley Scottto direct a prequel to the classic sci-fi filmAlien. At the time I believed that would never happen. Why would Scott return to film a prequel of one of the most popular sci-fi film franchises of all time? Why compete with yourself? Producing the film seems like a much safer bet. Who knows why, but Ridley Scottsigned onto direct a prequel to Alien....

Rumor: ‘Agents Of SHIELD’ And ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ Will Connect Last week, when Kevin Feige was asked howAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D.would interact with the films from Marvel Studios,he said"part of the fun they’re having with that show is that it inhabits the same universe, so if there’s a big event, there’ll be ripples." One of the “ripples” we heard about soon afterwards was apromo crossoverbetweenThor: The Dark Worldand the TV show....

Rumor: Katee Sackhoff Researching Typhoid Mary Role For A Daredevil Reboot Or Deadpool Movie? So we got a little visit in our comic shop last week by Katee Sackhoff, also known as Starbuck for her role onBSG. She proceeded to grab all the Typhoid Mary comics we had and has hopes to get a part for a Marvel movie…. Typhoid Mary being one of the key characters in theDaredevilseries, it wouldseemquite likely that the film in question is this rumoured reboot....