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The Biggest Challenge Dave Filoni Faced With The Clone Wars' Final Season The animated series “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” led an unusual life. It began as a 2008 feature film that hastily stitched what were originally meant to be the first three episodes of the show together, with pretty clunky results. (That’s not to say it didn’tturn a profit; this is “Star Wars” we’re talking about.) The TV series properly debuted two months after the movie’s theatrical release in October 2008, with George Lucas executive producing and “The Clone Wars” film helmer Dave Filoni acting as a supervising director....

The Daily Stream: A New Movie Star Meets An Old School Musical In Funny Face (Welcome toThe Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie: “Funny Face” Where You Can Stream It: Prime Video, Hoopla, Pluto TV The Pitch: Photographer Dick Avery (Fred Astaire) looks to shake up a session he is shooting for a fashion magazine run by Maggie Prescott (Kay Thompson), wanting to find a way to make his model look like she has more than a thought in her head....

The Final One-Shot Scene In ‘Loki’ Episode 3 Was Filmed On An Actual Physical Set Spoilersfor episode 3 ofLokifollow. Last week’s episode ofLokiended withTom HiddlestonandSophia Di Martinoin a destructive one-shot where they fought their way through a collapsing city. The two punched out guards as buildings crumbled around them and debris crashed in their wake. It was an epic scene, and one might think — like many large-scale scenes onscreen — that it was mostly CGI....

The Morning Watch: What We Want From ‘Star Wars’ Part II, The Trouble With Darkness In Horror & More The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, watch the second part ofPatrick (H) Willemsextensive video essay where he tries to determine what fans want fromStar Wars....

This Week In Trailers: In Search Of Darkness, Euphoria, Carmine Street Guitars, Meeting Gorbachev, Mr. Toilet: The World’s #2 Man Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

This Week In Trailers: Leave The Bus Through The Broken Window, The Wind, Screwball, Amazing Grace, Relaxer Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Three More Added To David Fincher’s ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ Hot off the success ofThe Social Network, directorDavid Fincheris currently directing the American remake ofThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.We already know the adaptation of the popular book by Stieg Larsson will starRooney Maraas Lisbeth Salander andDaniel Craigas Mikael Blomkvist plus Fincher just announced that actorsJoely Richardson(Nip/Tuck),Steven Berkoff(A Clockwork Orange) andDavid Dencik, who appears in the original Swedish film, will join a cast that already includesRobin Wright Penn, Christopher PlummerandStellan Skarsgård....

TIFF: AT&T International Data Roaming Sucks Tomorrow I’ll be in Canada for the Toronto International Film Festival. But today I have a huge gripe to share with “The New AT&T”. A few months back I purchased an Apple iPhone, which with the exception of a few little things, I love to death. Am I angry that Steve Jobs dropped the price today $200? Sure, but that’s the price you pay as an early adopter....

Top Gun: Maverick Featurette: Being In A Jet Is Like Being Strapped To A Dragon The insatiable need for speed is back with the fast-approaching release of"Top Gun: Maverick"this Friday, and a recently released featurette adds fuel to the fire. After a wait of more than 35 years, we will soon witness the return of aviator Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise), who will be struggling with his new role as a flight instructor and protecting a certain someone from the danger of aerial combat....

Trivia: Indiana Jones And The Saucer Men From Mars In the mid-90’s, George Lucas proposed an a fourth Indy film called “Indiana Jones and the Saucer Men From Mars.“Jeb Stuart, screenwriter ofDie HardandThe Fugitive, was hired to pen the script. An unconfirmed 1995 draft showed up online ten years later, and the story involved an alien artifact which continuously changes possession between Indy, Russian badguys, and aliens from another planet....

Watch An Exclusive ‘Almost Famous’ Deleted Scene From The New 4K Blu-Ray Cameron Crowe’s belovedAlmost Famousis headed to 4K Ultra HD and in a New Limited-Edition Blu-ray this month, featuring both the theatrical cut and “bootleg” director’s cut. The release also comes packed with extras, including deleted scenes. In honor of the release, we’re debuting one of those deleted scenes right here at /Film. Watch it below. Almost Famous Deleted Scene Almost Famousturns 21 this year, and I’ll give you a minute to stop and reflect on that, and on how old you’ve become....

What Happened To Brad Bird’s 1906? News thatBrad Birdmight direct his first live-action film started to bubble upthree years ago. The movie is1906, an account of the San Francisco earthquake as recounted inJames Dalessandro’s novel of the same name. It’s been quite some time since we heard anything at all about the film. Last update fromBird, director ofThe Iron Giant,The IncrediblesandRatatouille, was that he wasstill working on the script, possibly trying to scale it down from $200m status after suits at Warner Bros....

Will There Be A Sopranos Movie? Yesterday, wespeculatedthatThe Sopranosseries finale left room for the long rumoredSopranosmovie. Shortly after our posting (which by the time of this posting, generatedover 180 comments from outraged fans) a rumor began to sweep Hollywood and the internet that Warner Bros and HBO would be announcing a Sopranos movie on Tuesday morning. The Sopranos' executive producer Brad Grey (who is now Paramount’s chief) toldDHDthat “There is absolutely no discussion of the movie....