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Sequel Bits: ‘Ted 2’, ‘Dead Snow 2’, ‘Mission: Impossible 5’, ‘Bond 24’, ‘Drumline 2’ After the jump: Patrick Warburtonwill be back for more teddy-bear-centric shenanigans. He’s set to reprise his role inTed 2, though sadly it remains unclear whether his onscreen loveRyan Reynoldswill join him.Seth MacFarlaneis directing the comedy sequel for release onJune 26, 2015.Mark WahlbergandAmanda Seyfriedstar. [Deadline] DespiteLucy’s massive success at the box office, directorLuc Bessonjust doesn’t see a sequel happening....

Shooting ‘Annihilation’ Was An ‘‘Insane’’ Experience, According To Jennifer Jason Leigh [TCA 2018] ActressJennifer Jason Leighwas on a Television Critics Association panel for her upcoming Showtime seriesPatrick Melrose(watch the trailer here). After the panel, we were able to speak to her about the upcomingAlex GarlandfilmAnnihilation. She could not talk about her character but described the experience of filming in “The Shimmer.” Find out what Jennifer Jason Leigh had to say about the making ofAnnihilationbelow....

Soundtracks: Listen To A Clint Mansell Track From ‘Stoker,’ Watch Members Of M83 Perform A Drum Battle For ‘Oblivion’ Score OldboydirectorPark Chan-Wookmakes his English-language debut with the thrillerStoker, featuringNicole Kidman,Matthew Goode, andMia Wasikowska. The Hitchcockian film seems to illustrated a creepy triangle of infatuation and manipulation that develops in the Stoker family when a mother (Kidman) and daughter (Wasikowska) are caught in the thrall of Uncle Charlie (Goode), who arrives in town in the wake of the death of his brother, the Stoker patriarch....

Spike Jonze Responds To Where The Wild Things Are Video Clip DirectorSpike Jonzehas finally responded to theWhere the Wild Things Arevideo clipwhich has been circulating the internet since this weekend: “that was a very early test with the sole purpose of just getting some footage to Ben our vfx (visual effects) supervisor to see if our vfx plan for the faces would work. The clip doesn’t look or feel anything like the movie, the Wild Thing suit is a very early cringy prototype, and the boy is a friend of ours Griffin who we had used in a Yeah Yeah Yeahs video we shot a few weeks before....

Star Wars Bits: The Book Of Boba Fett, Star Wars: Visions, War Of The Bounty Hunters, Secrets Of The Sith, And More! We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Temuera Morrison Talks Star Wars: Book of Boba Fett In an interview withExpress, New Zealand actorTemuera Morrison, known for playing Jango Fett inStar Wars: Attack of the Clonesand Boba Fett inThe Mandalorian, casually confirmed thatseveral directors fromThe Mandalorianwould be helming episodes forThe Book of Boba Fett....

Stephen King Still Not A Fan Of Stanley Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’ Thirty-three years after its release,The Shiningis regarded by most cinephiles and horror junkies as one of the all-time highlights of the genre. But there are a still a few who don’t agree with that assessment, and one of them is a guy who knows the story better than anyone. In a recent interview,Stephen King, who wrote the original source material, stated that he regardsStanley Kubrick’s film as “cold....

Take Another Look At Todd Phillips' Latest With These ‘Arms And The Dudes’ Photos Todd Phillips' next project,Arms and Dudes, opens in theaters next summer. Phillips hasn’t directed a non-Hangoverfilm since 2010’sDue Date, and he’s taking on slightly different material with thisJonah HillandMiles Teller-headlined picture. After the jump, see moreArms and Dudesphotos. The film is about two men, played by Teller and Hill, that land a huge deal to provide arms to the Afghan military:...

TBS Brings Back Letterman’s ‘Stupid Pet Tricks’ As Its Own Sarah Silverman Show Fans ofDavid Letterman’s “Stupid Pet Tricks”, wag your tails, because the late-night staple is being revived as its own TV show. ComedianSarah Silvermanwill host 10 half-hour episodes for TBS, with production beginning in Los Angeles later this year. Cute Critters Doing Stupid Tricks According to Variety, each episode will feature numerous pets performing tricks on a studio stage for a live audience....

TCM To Help Fund Documentary Searching For Orson Welles' Original Cut Of ‘The Magnificent Ambersons’ DirectorOrson Welles' 1942 movieThe Magnificent Ambersonswas taken away from him by RKO after it earned negative test scores, with the studio scrapping nearly an hour of his footage, reshooting additional scenes, and cooking up a completely different ending than Welles originally intended. The resulting Frankensteined version is still widely regarded as a great film (it was nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars), but for many film fans, Welles' original work print – which was largely destroyed, but had one copy sent to the filmmaker in Brazil while he was working on another project – remains one of those all-time great Hollywood mysteries....

The Batman Director Matt Reeves Explains Why He Couldn’t Direct A Marvel Film Perhaps more so than any other superhero out there, “Batman” movies come loaded with all sorts of extra scrutiny from fans and casual audiences alike. The franchise is littered with examples of bold creative swingsgone horribly wrong, auteur directors putting their indelible stamp on the franchise thatreverberates to this day, and the fraught circumstances that dogged director Zack Snyder and prevented him from exercising true creative freedom on thetheatrical cut of “Justice League....

The Best Miscellaneous Fun Movie/TV Gifts Of 2014 We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Welcome to the seventh part of/Film’s Ultimate 2014 Film Geek Holiday Gift Guide. We hope we can help you find gifts for your pop culture-loving loved ones and friends (or, maybe even yourself). This guide includes a ton of cool gifts, including a wide range of books, graphic novels, toys, collectibles, music, movies, games, art and other fun gifts, the majority of which were released this year....

The Daily Stream: Experience The Glory Of Hard Ticket To Hawaii (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: “Hard Ticket to Hawaii” Where You Can Stream It:Tubi The Pitch: “Hard Ticket to Hawaii” may be nothing less than the best B-movie ever made. It is the “Die Hard” of schlock and the “Bicycle Thieves” of gratuitous nudity....

The Hurt Locker Wins Best Picture From PGA; Is Avatar No Longer An Oscar Sure Thing? After the past six weeks, there’s no surprise thatAvataris in the Monday box office news. Once again the film is making scads of cash, pushing pastThe Dark Knight’s domestic total and closing in onTitanic’s box office record. High 3D ticket prices help quite a bit, asAvataris still way behindGone with the WindandStar Warson the list of most-seen films....