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Box Office: Halloween Huge $10.5M Friday, Headed For $35M 4-Day Weekend Michael Myers has returned from the dead to slaughter all box office competition. The all-new MGM/Weinstein version of HALLOWEEN has exploded for an estimated $10.5M on Friday, and it’s headed for a 3-day of $30M and a spectacular 4-day Labor Day weekend of $35.775M. The success isn’t a complete surprise. Director Rob Zombie has scored successes with low budget slasher flicks HOUSE OF 1,000 CORPSES ($12....

Cardboard Cinema: All Your Favorite ’80s Movies Are Now RPGs (Welcome toCardboard Cinema, an ongoing series where we look at board games inspired by or connected to our favorite media. In this edition of our monthly round-up, we take a look at new games based on “Firefly,” “Jurassic Park,” “Blade Runner,” and more.) When you write a monthly column highlighting film-inspired tabletop games, you’re always at the mercy of the licensing gods....

Casting Bits: Kodi Smit-McPhee In ‘Romeo And Juliet,’ Michael Pena Signs For ‘Gangster Squad,’ Corbin Bernsen Joins ‘Lay The Favorite’ An up and comer, a recognizable character actor and a seasoned veteran have all signed on to very different projects. The up and comer,Kodi Smit-McPhee, best known for his awesome work inThe RoadandLet Me In, is reportedly circling the role of Benvolio inCarlo Carlei’snew film adaptationof William Shakespeare’sRomeo and Julietalong side Haliee Steinfeld, Holly Hunter and Ed Westwick....

Chris Sparling’s ATM Details Revealed ScreenwriterChris Sparlingmade a name for himself with the one-man, one-location scriptBuried, which landed on the Black List, an industry insider list of the best unproduced screenplays of the year, and premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Huge buzz (read my review) resulted ina bidding war which ended with Lionsgate spending millions to distribute the film. A couple weeks ago it wasreportedthat screenwriterChris Sparlingsecond feature screenplayATMis being fast tracked into production, with producerPeter Safran....

D23 Expo 2019 Schedule Announced, Featuring Marvel, Star Wars, Disney+ And More San Diego Comic-Con may be losing its status as the premiere convention for all things geeky, but Disney’s biannualD23 Expoonly grows in influence and anticipation every year. This year’s D23 is especially exciting with the upcoming November launch ofDisney+, the Disney streaming platform that will feature original and already-released titles fromDisney,Pixar,Marvel, andStar Wars. Not to mention the upcoming slate of Marvel Studios, which enters a new era following the release of this year’s behemoth hitAvengers: Endgame....

Disneyland’s Space Mountain Seen In ‘Tomorrowland’ Movie Poster This morning, Disney released anew poster forTomorrowland. Russ grabbed it before I was finished with breakfast, but I noticed something hidden within the image that is noteworthy – hence this post. Ever since it was announced that directorBrad Birdand screenwriter/producer Damon Lindelof’s secret 1952 projectwas to be titled Tomorrowland, Disney fanaticshave speculatedabout what role the Disneyland park and Walt Disney himself might play in the film....

Edgar Ramirez, Toby Kebbell And Hayley Atwell In Talks To Join ‘Wrath Of The Titans’ [Updated] Update (by editor Peter Sciretta):NowThe Wrapis reporting that in addition to Ramirez,Toby Kebbell(The Sorceror’s Apprentice) is in talks to play Agenor andHayley Atwell(Captain America),Georgina Haig(Wasted on the Young),Janet Montgomery(Black Swan),Dominique McElligott(Moon) andClemence Poesy(Fleur Delacour inHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) are on the shortlist of actresses who are actually testing for the role of Andromeda....

Every Major Character Death In ‘The Suicide Squad’ Ranked By Nastiness James Gunn’sThe Suicide Squadhas finally arrived, in a gloriously violent whirlwind of fun. Between all the gushing blood, rapid-fire gunshots, and very creative death sequences, one of the film’s most standout elements was Gunn’s approach to violence. Even if you’re more familiar with his sentimental, comic-book movie years, Gunn has found ways to push boundaries even in kid-appropriate, PG-13 playgrounds....

First Look: Steven Soderbergh Returns To Making Movies With ‘Logan Lucky’ Steven Soderberghis back. Well, kind of. He never really went away to begin with, when you consider the fact that he spent his “retirement"directing a TV movieandmaking a TV showandproducingothershowsandfilmsandserving as cinematographer on a sequel to one of his own movies. But he’s finally returning to the movies, as a director, for real, withLogan Lucky, starringDaniel Craig,Channing Tatum,Adam Driver, and many, many more....

Four Differences Between ‘Pain And Gain’ And Real Life, And What They Say About Michael Bay To say thatPain & Gainis Michael Bay’s most restrained film in six years is either an indictment of the devolution of Bay’s directorial career or an earnest wish that he return to making movies without giant fighting robots. Despite its pedigree, the film is an enjoyable, misanthropic, frequently uncomfortable testosterone-laden romp through the streets of 90s-era Miami....

Fox Wins Timur Bekmambetov’s ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’; Planning A 2012 Release… In 3D A bidding war recently commenced forAbraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and 20th Century Fox came out the victor. The film is an adaptation ofPride and Prejudice and ZombiesauthorSeth Grahame-Smith’s novel of the same name, from a script also written by Grahame-Smith.Tim Burtonis producing, andTimur Bekmambetov(Wanted,Night Watch) is directing. More updates after the break. Varietysays pre-production is already underway, as Fox hopes to get this one out in time for a 2012 release....

Friday The 13th Lawsuit Verdict Could Have Huge Ramifications For Marvel And Beyond Horror fans have a glimmer of hope, albeit with many caveats, that a new “Friday the 13th” movie could finally be on the horizon. Screenwriter Victor Miller has just scored a huge victory in court, after years of battling it out for the rights to the iconic horror franchise. We’ll get into the nitty-gritty of it all in a moment but, as it stands, Miller is now poised to regain the rights to the franchise, at least in the U....

FX Dishes Details On ‘Y: The Last Man’ Series, Including Setting, Characters & That Monkey [TCA 2018 Exclusive] There has been a lot of news about FX’s adaptation ofY: The Last Man, simply titledYfor the network. Thecast so far includesDiane Lane, Imogen Poots, Barry Keoghanandmost recentlyTimothy Hutton. But now FX has provided some new details about the forthcoming series adaptation. During FX’s Television Critics Association session, FX CEOJohn Landgrafexplained why he preferred the title to simply beY(including plans to play with it graphically), Aftewards, he spoke to /Film about the show’s updated post-apocalyptic setting, the monkey Ampersand and the presence of another man in the cast who isn’t Yorick, the last man....