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‘Luca’ First Look: Pixar’s New Film Is Coming-Of-Age Riff On ‘The Little Mermaid’ Some of Pixar’s greatest masterpieces come from simple existential questions: What if toys could talk? What if feelings had feelings? What if pre-born souls could walk this Earth? The animation studio’s next film asks a more niche question: What ifThe Little Mermaidwas given a coming-of-age twist?Luca, the vibrant Italian Rivera-set film helmed byLa LunadirectorEnrico Casarosa, answers that latter question with a film that more or less looks like a family-friendly take onCall Me By Your Name, right down to that Timothée Chalamet-inspired coif that one character wears in the new first-look image....

‘Mosul’ Director Matthew Michael Carnahan On Filming His Directorial Debut In A Language He Didn’t Speak And In A Foreign Nation [Interview] It’s hard enough making your first feature film. ButMatthew Michael Carnahanachieved this with what might look to an onlooker like having a metaphorical arm and a leg tied behind his back. He shotMosulboth in a language he didn’t speak and in a foreign country. But according to Carnahan, whose previous work includes the screenplays for brawny films likeThe KingdomandDeepwater Horizon, he wouldn’t have it any other way....

‘NEDS’ Trailer: Peter Mullan Directs A Rugged Coming Of Age Tale Peter Mullanis a great character actor and a very serious director. His previous two films,The Magdalene SistersandOrphans, were both pretty intense dramas, but definitely worth a look. He hasn’t made a film since 2002, but now returns withNEDS(short for Non Educated Delinquents), which charts the life of John McGill, a boy on the cusp of manhood trying to make his way through a tough life in ’70s Glasgow....

‘Pacific Rim 2’ Gets ‘Jurassic World’ Screenwriter Derek Connolly Now thatDaredevilseason 1 showrunnerSteven DeKnightis on board to direct a sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 gigantic monsters vs. huge mechs filmPacific Rim, Universal Pictures and Legendary have finally found a screenwriter to write it.Jurassic Worldco-writerDerek Connollyhas been hired to penPacific Rim 2, which is currently going under the working titlePacific Rim: Maelstrom. Learn more about the Pacific Rim 2 screenwriter after the jump....

‘Pacific Rim Uprising’ Spot Introduces The New Jaegers Pacific Rim Uprisingis getting ready to smash its way into theaters. In anticipation of the upcoming sequel, a newPacific Rim UprisingTV spot has arrived to introduce us to the brand-new Jaegers in the film. Jaegers, as you may remember, are the huge robots that are operated by pilots who connect their very minds to the ‘bots.Guillermo del Toro’sPacific Rimgenerated enough box office and positive reaction to garner a sequel,Pacific Rim Uprising....

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Adds New Voices In Johnny Knoxville And Tony Shalhoub The actors who play theTeenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesinJonathan Liebesman’s new film won’t, necessarily, lend the voices to those famous turtles. Case in point,Johnny Knoxville(Jackass) has been added to voice group leader Leonardo andTony Shalhoub(Monk) will voice master Splinter. During filming,Pete PloszekandDanny Woodburnplayed the respective roles in performance capture but, apparently, their deals never guaranteed they’d provide the voices....

‘The Dragon Prince’ Trailer: The ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Writer Brings Swords And Sorcery To Netflix The head writer ofAvatar: The Last Airbenderteaming up with Netflix to create a fantasy animated series sounds like a match made in heaven. We would followAaron Ehaszanywhere — and after the success ofVoltron: Legendary Defender, also fromThe Last Airbenderalumni, Netflix seemed like a perfect home for him. Now, we get a first look at Ehasz’s action-packed new series in the firstThe Dragon Princetrailer....

‘The Kindergarten Teacher’ Review: Maggie Gyllenhaal Takes Nurturing Education To A New, Unsettling Level [Sundance] At one point in the beguiling remake of the 2014 Israeli of the same name, a character inThe Kindergarten Teacherevokes the name of Mozart as being a prime example of a child prodigy who was nurtured and otherwise taken care of by those who appreciated his unprecedented talent to the point where the young composer only had to focus on creating....

‘The Square’ Trailer: This Year’s Cannes Winner Looks Bizarre, Hilarious, And A Little Mad Three years ago, Swedish directorRuben Östlundbroke out withForce Majeure, a pitch black comedy that probably deserves to be on the short list of the best movies of the 21st century so far. His new feature,The Square, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year, where it took home the Palme d’Or and a number of critical accolades....

‘World Of Tomorrow Episode 2’ Trailer Brings You The Burden Of Other People’s Thoughts One of the best films of 2015 was only 17 minutes long.Don Hertzfeldt’s brilliant, funny, heartbreaking animated shortWorld of Tomorrowpacked more nuance and emotion into its brief running time than most feature length films, and received an Oscar nomination in the process. Now Hertzfeldt is returning to theWorld of TomorrowwithWorld of Tomorrow Episode 2: The Burden of Other People’s Thoughts, and there’s a new trailer to get you excited....

27% Of Fans Say This Is The Best DCEU Film – Are They Right? The DC Extended Universe is behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a lot of things, including the number of movies out there. There are now enough DCEU features, however, to conduct extremely unscientific internet polls asking folks which movie is the best. So what did the internet say is the best DCEU movie? Read on to find out....

Comic-Con Trailers And Bits: ‘The Orville’, ‘The Gifted’, ‘Adventure Time’, ‘Steven Universe’, And More San Diego Comic-Con International has come to an end for another year, and while we covered all of the biggest announcements, panels, and more here at /Film, there were inevitably some trailers and bits of news that slipped through the cracks. As the pop culture world settles back into some semblance of normality, take a look at one last batch of news from Comic-Con 2018, including trailers for new seasons ofThe Orville,Family Guy,The Gifted,Voltron: Legendary Defender, and more....

Crossing Swords Season 2: 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.) Adult Swim’s “Crossing Swords” is a stop-animation series set in the Middle Ages that is full of very gory and very sexy NSFW content. The Robot Chicken-produced show, which features toy peg characters cursing up a storm and getting into situations that are very R-rated, was so popular that Hulu gave ita second season ordersoon after the first season aired....