/Film LA: Huge Stanley Kubrick Retrospective, Plus Screenings Of Cinerama Dome Originals Big movies, literal ones, are coming to Los Angeles. From September 28th to October 4th, theCinearama DomeatArclight Hollywoodis planning on playing a slew of the original films that played the Dome in 1963, in massive three strip Cinerama projection. Among the titles areHow The West Was Won,This Is CineramaandThe Wonderful World of The Brothers Grimm. There wil also be 70mm or 2K projection ofIt’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Worldand2001: A Space Odysseyamong others....

A ‘Harry Potter’ TV Series Is Coming To HBO Max…and It’s A Quiz Show Harry Pottertrivia has basically fueled a whole industry (see: Pottermore, countlessHarry Potterboard games), and now WarnerMedia is looking for it to fuel a whole TV series. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Wizarding World, WarnerMedia has greenlit an unscriptedHarry Pottergame show and a retrospective special to air on HBO Max and later, Cartoon Network and TBS....

A.I. Isn’t What Drives The Anxiety Behind Ex Machina “Ex Machina” was lauded as an investigation into the potential dangers of artificial intelligence. But self-aware A.I. is still in nascent stages, and the dangers of digital technology are very real today. The increasingly prevalent role of the internet in our lives has created what filmmaker Alex Garland referred to as a “tech paranoia” inan interview withNPR. This is the horror “Ex Machina” draws upon to elicit an authentic emotional reaction from its viewer — a fear that is based on lived reality rather than a possibility....

Adam Driver Compares The Shifting Tone Of ‘Episode 8’ To ‘Empire Strikes Back’ We don’t really know much about the story inStar Wars Episode VIIIaside fromForce Awakensco-screenwriterLawrence Kasdancalling it “weird"andRian Johnsonrevealing it will beginmoments after the conclusionofEpisode 7. We know a lot all the people involved in the production, but not much about the story itself. So any little piece of information is something. So when Kylo Ren himself,Adam Driver, compares the tone of Episode 8 toEmpire Strikes Back, we take notice....

And Just Like That Trailer: Can Some Things Change? “The more I live, the more I find that, if you have good friends in your corner, anything is possible.” So begins the latest, and likely final, trailer before the premiere of the new “Sex and the City” revival, “And Just Like That…” Where we previously hada premiere monthto look forward to, we now have an official date: Thursday, December 9....

Check Out These Amazing Art Prints By Artists Hit Hard By Coronavirus Cancelations Every industry across the board istaking a hitfrom the coronavirus, but one of the biggest hit may be the freelance artist community, who depend on conventions and big events to promote their artwork and sell to the public. With conventions and galleries closed for the foreseeable future, /Film wanted to give a boost to struggling artists who were badly hit by coronavirus cancelations....

DC Universe’s ‘Swamp Thing’ Series Looking To Cast “Guy In Monster Suit” Veteran Derek Mears As Swampy Don’t let his monstrous appearance fool you –Swamp Thingis one of DC Comics' most soulful characters, a melancholic plant creature with an ongoing existential crisis and the weight of the Earth’s ecosystems on his shoulders. So for the new television series coming to the DC Universe streaming service, it’s only appropriate that they’re looking to cast an actual actor to fill out that mossy green suit....

Disney Is Close To Winning Joseph Kosinski’s Oblivion Last week it wasreportedthat commercial director turned Tron Legacy helmerJoseph Kosinskiwas going to be pitching his new feature film projectOblivionaround town. In our original report, we wrote that Kosinski would be pitching the project to Disney on Monday night, and if the Mouse House doesn’t bite, he’ll be taking it around to other movie studios this week. I speculated that a sale will probably happen quick, and that I expected Disney to bite (its better to keep this upcoming director in the family)....

Disneyland’s Loki Meet-And-Greets Are Changing Each Week To Reflect The Show If you’re a Disney theme-park fan and you’re headed out to theDisneyland Resortin the next few weeks, you’re hopefully also keeping tabs on the new Marvel showLokion Disney+. That’s because if this week is any indication, the meet-and-greet with the God of Mischief himself, that dirty trickster Loki, will be updating to reflect his new costumes on the show....

DJ Caruso Explains What Went Wrong With ‘Y: The Last Man’ We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Last we heard thatLouis Leterrier, director ofThe Incredible HulkandClash of the Titans,was circlinga big screen adaptation ofBrian K Vaughan’sY: The Last Man, but Warner Bros/New Line don’t know what to do with the property (Leterrier said in a later interview “I’d love to do it, but I need people to finance it, and the people financing it don’t know if it’s a TV show a movie, or what it should be....

Elves Trailer: A New Christmas Horror Series Is Coming To Netflix Glædelig jul! The Danish bring forth good holiday tidings, the kind familiar to anyone who has ever wanted a terror-in-a-box pet Gremlin. I know they’re trouble like Tribbles, but they’re so fuzzy! This week, Netflix has announced new Danish horror series, “Elves,” set to premiere in November. Over six episodes, the Denmark-set show focuses on a family on a holiday getaway that has a run-in with elves....

For Samuel L Jackson, The Last Days Of Ptolemy Grey ‘Is A Dream Come True’ Between"Pachinko"and"The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey,“Apple TV+ has some intriguing novels-turned-series on the way in March 2022. The latter stars Samuel L. Jackson as the eponymous Mr. Grey, an ailing man in his 90s who teams up with his caretaker, Robyn (Dominique Fishback), to seek out a treatment that can supposedly restore the memories he’s lost to dementia....

Fox Plans ‘Play-Doh’ Movie; Paul Feig In Talks To Direct Hollywood has been rummaging through your childhood toy chest again, and they’ve dug up another toy they can mold into a movie. At least it’s in good hands:Paul Feigis currently negotiating to direct thePlay-Dohmovie, which is set up at 20th Century Fox. Hit the jump for more details on the Play-Doh movie. Deadlinereports Hasbro will produce the Play-Doh movie with Chernin Entertainment and Feig’s Feigco....