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MGM Gets Rolling On A ‘Child’s Play’ Remake We’ve seen reboots ofThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm StreetandFriday the 13thso it only makes sense that next up isChild’s Play. The horror franchise featuring the iconic killer doll named Chucky began in 1988 and spawned four sequels that took the character into increasingly wacky and off-beat territory.Back in 2007, rumors began to circulate about a remake and now, according toMovieweb, a rights issue between MGM (who released the first film) and Universal (who released the sequels) has been ironed out and MGM is moving forward with a less comedic, more dark reboot of the franchise....

More Than Robots Wants To Change The World, And It’ll Use Disney To Get It Done [SXSW] “More Than Robots” is the kind of documentary that may change a kid’s life. Seriously. Sweet and fascinating and fun and very easy to watch, it’s a portrait of four teams participating in the FIRST Robotics Competition, where teams from schools around the world build robots to solve a specific course/problem. But while some folks may have a stodgy view of robotics and electronics, FIRST sets out to make the art and science of building ‘bots as thrilling as possible — it’s a team sport, with mascots, music, and bonafide competition....

Netflix Interested In Producing Movies, Will Double Spending On Original Content Anyone who still doubtsNetflixis the next iteration of HBO need only look at the parallels, which continue to fall in line. HBO began as a platform for people to watch movies on a new technology called cable TV. Netflix did the same thing on the Internet. HBO then began producing original movies, which helped to define the channel. Netflix started with television shows, but those have done the same....

Only Murders In The Building 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.) Sometimes a show comes into your life and holds you close in a warm embrace, and for many people in 2021, that show was “Only Murders in the Building.” Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez may sound like an odd trio of true crime podcast-obsessed wannabe sleuths, but season 1 proved the arrangement to be a recipe for success....

Page 2: Star Wars May The Fourth Edition And Thoughts On The Apple Watch 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: New England PatriotscelebrateMay The Fourth May the 4th Be With You:6 Great WaysYou Can Celebrate ‘Star Wars’ Day...

Phil Lord And Chris Miller Reuniting With Sony For ‘The Reunion’ Phil LordandChris Millerhave only released two feature films to date, but their warm, lively style has already won them tons of fans. Among those fans, evidently, is Sony Pictures. The studio is set to re-team with the filmmaking duo forThe Reunion, a new comedy being scripted by Miller. Hit the jump for more details.Varietygot the scoop on the new project....

POTD: ‘The Simpsons’, ‘Stranger Things’, And ‘Friends’ Living Rooms Recreated With IKEA Furniture IKEAis famous for providing furniture that can take forever to build and breaking up what seem like solid relationships in record time. But every now and then, they do something cool with pop culture that’s worth pointing out. This time, the Swedish furniture company has recreated the living rooms fromThe Simpsons, Stranger ThingsandFriendsusing their own furniture and some creativity....

Robert Redford To Star In True Crime Tale From ‘Ain’t Them Bodies Saints’ Director Damn, howDavid Lowery’s career has rocketed forward this year. After a few years in which he crafted a string of shorts and the featureSt. Nick, Lowery had three films at Sundance this past January. They werePit Stop(which he co-wrote),Upstream Color(which he edited), and the great modern-ish westernAin’t Them Bodies Saints, which he wrote and directed.Saintsis,as far as I’m concerned, among the best films of 2013 so far; it will be released by IFC later this year....

Rumor: Robert Rodriguez To Direct Preacher Pilot? Many people have recommended the Preacher comic book series to me, but I’ve yet to pick it up. For several years, a film adaptation was in the works by Kevin Smith’s production company – View Askew Productions, with James Marsden attached to play the lead. In November 2006, it was announced that Mark Steven Johnson was producing the series as a one-hour HBO television series....

Sam Mendes No Longer Directing Preacher; Will John August Direct? Here’s the thing aboutPreacher: making it into a movie that makes any sense and retains the spirit of the original comic is going to be a hell of a task. (ahem.) Even ifKick-Assis quite successful, the collision of sex, religion and violence that is Preacher won’t be an easy sell. Producers have tried and failed, and producerNeal Moritzis still plugging along with his take....

Scientists Learn Wrong Lesson From Jurassic Park, Try To Bring Back Woolly Mammoth If scientists have their way, we’ll all be riding Woolly Mammoths on a planet that has not succumbed to the devastation of climate change. A company namedColossal(what else) has raised $15 million already in its quest to resurrect the extinct Woolly Mammoth.For reasons. The project is spearheaded by a Harvard genetics professor, and if this sounds like the plot of “Jurassic Park” — but with hairy creatures from the Pleistocene epoch — all I can really say is, “Welcome to Pleistocene Park....

Shane Black Reveals His Plans For ‘Lethal Weapon 5’ This weekend you should be heading out to support the original dark comedy crime caper that isThe Nice Guys. It’s the latest film fromKiss Kiss Bang BangandIron Man 3directorShane Black, and it’s a refreshing summer flick with plenty of laughs, bullets, blood and 1970s flare. Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe make for an outstanding duo who deserve their own TV show. But while making the publicity rounds, Shane Black talked about another duo that he had a hand in creating back in 1987 in the action thrillerLethal Weapon....

Space Battleship Yamato International Teaser One of the most significant pieces of anime to come out of the ’70s was theSpace Battleship Yamatoseries, broadcast in the States asStar Blazers. The US broadcast paved the way for animated series that existed as connected story arcs, and the original three seasons spawned a set of animated films in Japan. A live-action version ofSpace Battleship Yamatohas been in the works for quite a while, and the film began shooting in October....