Mark Romanek To Adapt Never Let Me Go We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Mark Romanekhas signed on to direct a big screen adaptation ofKazuo Ishiguro’s novelNever Let Me Go. According toProduction Weekly, Beach author and28 Days Later/SunshinescreenwriterAlex Garlandpenned the adaptation. Romanek is probably best known for his music video work. He directed the video for Michael and Janet Jackson’s “Scream” in 1995, a sci-fi themed video which won the 1996 Grammy for Best Music Video, and to date, is still the most expensive music video ever produced ($7 million)....

Netflix And Marvel’s ‘Iron Fist’ Taps ‘Dexter’ Alum Scott Buck As Showrunner We met Daredevil on his eponymous series earlier this year, and Jessica Jones on her own series last month.Jessica Jonesalso included the first appearance of Luke Cage, who’s now off prepping his own show to debut in 2016. But the fourth and final member of Netflix’s Defenders,Iron Fist, has remained shrouded in mystery. So much so, that rumors cropped up claiming Netflix and Marvel were ditching the previously announced Iron Fist TV series altogether....

New ‘Dope’ Trailer: Allow Shameik Moore To Reintroduce Himself One of the most buzzed-about titles out of the Sundance Film Festival was undoubtedly the energetic comedyDopefrom directorRick Famuyiwa. We’ve already seen acreative teaser trailer, and a much moreinformative theatrical trailerfor the flick, starringShameik Moorein a breakout performance, but one more couldn’t hurt. This one offers a quick new glimpse into the film with the help of a signature track from chart-topping artist Kendrick Lamar....

New ‘John Wick’ And ‘Predator’ Video Games Are On The Way John WickandPredatormay both be action franchises, but with the exception of high body counts, blood and bullets, they couldn’t be more different from each other. But soon enough they’ll both have one more thing in common: they’re getting the video game treatment. That’s right, there are newPredatorandJohn Wickvideo game adaptations on the way, and much like they film franchises themselves, they could not be more different from each other....

Page 2: Back To The Future, Tintin, Mars Attacks, Gatchaman, Firefly, Star Wars, Forbidden Planet, Home Alone, Labyrinth, Totoro, Jaws, Big Lebowski What is Page 2?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 included48different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....

Peter Jackson’s Third ‘Hobbit’ Film Officially Gets New Title Peter Jackson’s third and final Hobbit film hasofficially been renamed. It was first calledThe Hobbit: There and Back Againand now it’s officially been changed toThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. It still opens December 17. Below, read Peter Jackson’s reasoning behind the change. Here’s Jackson’s post fromFacebook: Inside Information…Our journey to make The Hobbit Trilogy has been in some ways like Bilbo’s own, with hidden paths revealing their secrets to us as we’ve gone along....

POTD: Read Jimmy Fallon’s Alternate Titles For ‘Almost Famous’ If you don’t loveAlmost Famousas much as most of the staff of /Film does, then you might not know that the original title for the film wasUntitled. If you watch “The Bootleg Cut” (or director’s cut) that was released on DVD back in 2001 and re-released on Blu-ray in 2011, you’ll see the real title appear, as it was preferred by directorCameron Crowe(who is the one doing thehandwritten opening creditsas well)....

Randall Park Joins Universal’s Strays, From The Director Of Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar Randall Park has joined the furry cast of"Strays,“the upcoming comedy in which Will Ferrell voices a talking dog abandoned by his owner and bent on revenge. There’s no word yet on the nature of Park’s role, but the cast of “Strays” already includes Jamie Foxx as the voice of a fellow canine and Will Forte as the human owner who becomes the target of revenge for the Ferrell dog and his canine cohorts....

Saturday Morning All Star Hits! Trailer: Netflix Gets Oddly Dark In The Glory Days Of ’80s And ’90s Kids Television Last month, Netflixrevealed our first lookat a new a new live-action animation hybrid series called “Saturday Morning All Star Hits!” Modeled after the Saturday morning cartoons and other assorted entertainment that kids soaked up in the 1980s and 1990s, the series looks to tap into nostalgia in a big way. But since this is a project coming from “Saturday Night Live” cast member Kyle Mooney, there’s a bit of an odd, dark spin on the initial kid-friendly proceedings....

Seth Rogen Comedy ‘Flarsky’ Casts Andy Serkis As A Human Male Andy Serkishas built his career on stellar performance-capture work in memorable movies likeThe Lord of the Ringstrilogy and the newPlanet of the Apesmovies, and now he’s been cast in one of his most challenging roles yet: a human male. Serkis, who has obviously played humans before in movies likeThe PrestigeandAvengers: Age of Ultron, has been added to the cast of a major Hollywood comedy: aSeth Rogen-starrer for Lionsgate calledFlarsky....

Superhero Bits: ‘Falcon And The Winter Soldier’ Cancels Puerto Rico Shoot, ‘Green Arrow And The Canaries’ First Look & More Why hasFalcon and the Winter Soldiercanceled their planned shoot in Puerto Rico? What would theCrisis on Infinite Earthscomic writers change if they could do it all over again? Would you believe a classicSupermancomic predicted the return of white nationalism in 2020? Want to get a first look atGreen Arrow and the Canaries?...

The 10 Movies That Saved Us This Decade (This article is part of ourBest of the Decadeseries.)As 2019 nears finality, wrapping up decade-end lists across internet publications, I opt to close on a high note. Any other year I’d be dishing the “Most Disturbing Movie Moments” or “Best Kills” given my horror focus, but life’s about keeping things fresh. Ducking when your opponent thinks you’ll counter. This past decade has defined my life in ways never thought imaginable, and thoughtfully, movies have become an undeniable influence whether I’ve been actively conscious of their importance or not....

The 15 Best A24 Movies Ranked We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. When we typically muse on who should be considered the “author” of a film, I don’t think we ever come to the conclusion of “the studio.” Sure, there are some pockets of vision within the history of movie studios — the Warner Bros. gangster picture, the Universal horror movie, the Paramount “maverick 1970s film” — but by and large, they provide the means to the end, the money and distribution deal for directors to make their mark on culture....