James Wan Talks ‘Aquaman’ Sea Monsters And More [Wondercon] James Wanpresented a panel on this summer’s horror sequelThe Conjuring 2at Wondercon. Afterwards, /Film joined other journalists on a press line to speak with Wan. Being at a comic book convention, every journalist had their own question about Wan directing the soloAquamanmovie and Wan was gracious about answering every one. For us, he revealed that the world of Aquaman is inspiring some of his horror sensibilities....

Jason Statham To Play Special Forces In Action-Thriller ‘Echelon’? If an actor is sharing screentime withJason Stathamin one of his numerous Jason-Statham-kicks-ass-and-drives-cool-cars-and-screws-lots-of-hot-women vehicles, the odds of that character surviving is against them. And assuming that character does meet an untimely yet entirely expected end, the odds of that death beinganything short of preposterously brutalis even slimmer. So what’s next on Statham’s agenda of casual murder and badassery? Word is he aims to dispatch two teams worth of human punching bags inEchelon, an action-thriller that he’s circling about a ex-special forces soldier who finds himself caught between warring Russian Mafia and US secret agents as they all race to get their hands on the titular Echelon computer program....

Jeff Bridges Talks About The Tech Of TRON 2 A teaser trailer for Disney’sTRONsequelTR2Nwas the huge shocker at Comic Con this year. RecentlyThe Guardianwas askJeff Bridgesabout Tron 2 while doing press forHow To Lose Friends and Alienate People, and here is what the actor said: “[TRON 2 is] another unique, wild experience that was too good to turn down. Engaging in that world again feels just like it did all that time ago....

M. Night Shyamalan Has Two Original Thrillers In The Works At Universal Glassmay not have shattered any box office records, and critics may be split onM. Night Shyamalanas a director, but Universal is investing in the filmmaker’s next two movies. Following the successful theatrical trifecta ofThe Visit, SplitandGlass,Shyamalan is renewing his partnership with Universal for two more untitled thrillers, set to be released in 2021 and 2023. Universal announced the release dates for two M....

Michael Bay Gives A Video Tour Of His Custom RED Camera “The Bayhem” Michael Baywas the first Hollywood filmmaker to film on the Egyptian Pyramids forTransformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The director was given never-before-seen access to the US military to film large scale war sequences forPearl Harbor. And Bay wasthe first to use IMAX’s first digital cameraforTransformers: Age of Extinction. He gets access to things and places that no other filmmaker in the world, before anyone else in the world....

More Press Than They Deserve: Delgo Creators Consider Avatar Lawsuit You know it’s a seriously slow news week when a vague threat from the producers of a film no one saw earns more than one line of traction.Movielinegot apress releaselast night from reps for Fathom Studios, which produced thebarely-seen animated filmDelgo. The Na’vi aliens inAvatarhave earned some unkind comparisons toDelgo’s folk, and evidently all the jokes (they were jokes!) got the studio to thinking about their legal possibilities....

Movie Trailer: The Tillman Story At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, one of the most talked-about pictures wasThe Tillman Story. The film drew generally great reviews and was quickly the object of anacquisition bidby The Weinstein Company. Now there’s a trailer that paintsAmir Bar-Lev’s documentary not just as a portrait of a huge, terrible lie, but as a thriller as taut as any fictional tale. I’ll go to David Chen,who reviewed the film at Sundance, for a quick recap of the basics of Pat Tillman’s story, as recounted in the film:...

Munich: The Edge Of War: Release Date, Cast, And More (Welcome to…And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you may watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) One might be inclined to think that every possible facet of World War II has been covered exhaustively in our entertainment to this point. Steven Spielberg, of course, depicted the events of D-Day to horrific detail in “Saving Private Ryan” while Quentin Tarantino famously put his own stamp on the subject with “Inglourious Basterds....

New ‘Star Trek’ Nickelodeon Series Officially Revealed, ‘Strange New Worlds’ Spin-Off Writers Have Assembled [Comic-Con 2020] After years of hibernation and a somewhat successful film franchise reboot,Star Trekis thriving where it belongs: on the small screen. The greatest science fiction franchise of all time kicked off Comic-Con at Home with a mega-panel dedicated to just about every show, ongoing, new, and upcoming, in the currentTrekuniverse. In addition to segments dedicated toStar Trek: Discovery,Star Trek: Picard, andStar Trek: Lower Decks, the panel offered some tidbits about the recently announcedStar Trek: Strange New Worldsand officially revealed the title of the latestTrekseries....

Page 2: Star Wars, Harry Potter, Danny Elfman, Tron, Spaceballs, Goldbergs, Maze Runner, Doctor Who, Boxtrolls, Firefly 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 included36 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. Header Photo: Make This Beautiful Yin-Yang “Star Wars"T-ShirtA Reality THE PITCH MEETINGSTRUCTUREUSED BY HOLLYWOOD PROS 10 Years Later:The Top 16 Greatest Momentson ‘Lost’ Queen Arthur IsWorthy The 7 GreatestWrongLostTheories EverCan’True Detective' StarMichelle MonaghanLand an Oscar Nom for ‘Fort Bliss’?...

Superhero Bits: Could ‘Black Widow’ Become A Franchise, Taika Waititi Reacts To Martin Scorsese’s Marvel Comments & More Want to know Man VR? Want to seePariahandAnti-MonitorinCrisis on Infinite Earths? Need to know Knight? Will there be sequels toBlack Widow? IsAnt-Man 3slated to start shooting in the summer of 2021? IsEdward Nortonopen to working withMarvel Studiosagain? What wasTaika Waititi’s response toMartin Scorsese’s comments on Marvel movies? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Santa Claus Can Beat Any Hero, Frank Miller Doesn’t Care About New Elektra CanSanta Clausreally take on any superhero? What doesFrank Millerhave to say about theElektraon Netflix’sDaredevilseries? Why doesTom Hollandsay the newSpider-Manwill be like the biggest independent film ever? WhichThe OCstar will reunite withBen McKenzieonGotham? Which cult favorite director will be at the helm of aLegends of Tomorrowepisode? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits. Here’s someHawkgirlandHawkmanconceptartfrom Andy Poon....

The Day The Earth Stood Still Movie Trailer “My name is Klaatu Reeves and I have come to Earth to warn you ofHancock.” The first trailer for December’s big budget remake of 1951’sThe Day the Earth Stood Stillis now online after premiering in front of Will Smith’s ne’er-do-well superhero flick. Under an icy blue tint, the preview quickly evokesClose Encounters,The Abyss, Spielberg’sWar of the Worlds, ContactandLangoliersbefore closing in on the modern green message, an aspect thatKeanu Reeveshasmentionedbriefly in the press…....