Mike Flanagan’s Midnight Mass Already Has A Fan In Stephen King In recent years, director Mike Flanagan has emerged as the heir apparent to Frank Darabont, just in terms of his propensity for executing solid film adaptations of Stephen King stories. Though wewon’t be seeing “Revival,“his third planned adaptation, he’s got two more under his belt already, and King is still keeping his eye on Flanagan’s other projects. It’s possible we’ll see them team up again in the future, but in the meantime, there’s “Midnight Mass,” Flanagan’s upcoming Netflix series, which looks to theBible as horror literature....

New ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Posters Let You Gaze Lovingly Into The Eyes Of The Mutant Menace Now thatBatman v Supermanhas come and gone,X-Men: Apocalypseis going to spend the next two months leading up to its release doing everything in its power to grab and keep your attention. That meansnew trailers(and trailer breakdowns),featurettes,photos, andeven hell freezing over. Seriously, the marketing for this movie is going to a blitz. You’re going to seeJames McAvoy’s freshly shaven scalp everywhere you go....

Offers: Christian Bale For The Last Photograph; Bradley Cooper For TMI; Jim Carrey For Burt Wonderstone Ah, it’s the notorious ‘an offer is out to…’ story, which has of late become more of a staple. These are both potentially interesting projects, but keep in mind that at this point we’re just documenting offers that have been given to actors to appear in these projects — the films aren’t greenlit, and there’s a 50/50 chance, at least, that these actors won’t take these roles....

Page 2: Lord Of The Rings, Mickey Mouse, Oz, Indiana Jones, Sesame Street, Beasts Of The Southern Wild, Nicolas Cage, Star Wars, E.T., Paperman, Adam Savage, Oscars 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 included46 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....

Political Reactions To Avatar: From Thoughtful To Insanely Comic There is almost no circumstance under which I would dispense the ridiculous “just turn your brain off” advice with respect to enjoying a movie. As Devin Faraci at CHUDrecently discussed, the process of thinking about a film typically gives me far more lasting enjoyment than the act of watching it. The films I can’t think about are the ones that seem dull and pointless....

Possible ‘Robopocalypse’ Storyboards Show Robot Chase Sequence In some alternate universe,Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi action filmRobopocalypseis one of the films people are putting on their 2013 best-of lists. Way back in 2011, the film was supposed to openin July 2013. It was thenbumped to 2014, and finally the film wasdelayed indefinitely. Sad for fans of Spielberg and sci-fi, but even with the delay there was some pre-production work done on the film....

Post-Infinity War MCU Will Be “Very, Very Different,” Plus A Look At The Future Of Marvel Movies With theGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2press junket happening this week in Los Angeles, Marvel Studios headKevin Feigehas been participating in numerous interviews talking about the future of the company’s films. We’ve collected a few choice quotes below, including Feige talking about how the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be “very, very different” afterAvengers: Infinity War, his plans to hire more top caliber Hollywood veterans, and an update on the studio’s filming slate....

Sci Fi Channel Wants To Ressurrect Alien Nation On the eve of its rebranding from The Sci Fi Channel to SyFy (seriously guys, WTF?) the home ofBattlestar Galacticahas announced plans to revive another venerable TV show featuring the conflict and cooperation between humans and other beings:Alien Nation.VarietysaysTim Minear(Angel/Firefly) is scripting, hewing close to concepts behind the original 1988 feature that spawned a season’s worth of episodic TV on Fox and five additional TV movie sequels....

See ‘Mad Max’ Anime Designs By Mahiro Maeda There’s a book to be written on the decade and a half development ofGeorge Miller’sMad Max: Fury Road. At varying times, plans for the film featured a roster of other projects which came and went asFury Roaditself soldiered on. A companion film calledFuriosawas planned at one point. Even earlier on, that movie was envisioned as an anime prequel or companion toFury Road. Now we’ve got designs from that abandonedMad Maxanime, done byMahiro Maeda, thanks to a Japanese TV show....

Sequel Bits: ‘Mission: Impossible 6’, ‘Transformers,’ ‘Bad Boys 3,’ ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ And More In this edition of Sequel Bits: It’s always fun to see howTom Cruisetries to top his insane stunts in a newMission: Impossiblefilm, but Cruise isn’t the only draw when it comes toM:I 6. Chris McQuarrie recently shared this photo of the female stars of the new film, includingVanessa Kirby,Angela Bassett,Rebecca Ferguson, andMichelle Monaghan. Two of those women are returning from previous movies, so it seems like the ladies are going to be more of a factor here and this film will actually take the time to address Ethan Hunt’s history with women (including his wife, Julia)....

Sharlto Copley, Alec Baldwin And Gemma Arterton In Negotiations For ‘Men In Black 3’ Filming is almost underway forMen in Black 3, the 3D sequel that will reuniteWill Smith,Tommy Lee Jonesand directorBarry Sonnenfeld, but for those that still aren’t on board, here’s some last-minute casting to help get you in the mood. The deals aren’t finalized yet, butSharlto Copley,Alec BaldwinandGemma Artertonare all negotiating roles for the film, which finds Will Smith traveling back in time and teaming up withJosh Brolinas a younger version of Tommy Lee Jones' character K....

Star Wars Bits: ‘Attack Squadrons’ And ‘1313’ Video Games, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tons Of New Art Work This edition ofStar WarsBits is all about the visuals. There’s art, video games, and the jawline of Benedict Cumberbatch. Below read about the following. Months beforeBenedict Cumberbatchwas rumored to be a part ofStar Wars Episode VII, weran an article where he was quotedtalking about lobbyingJ.J. Abramsfor a part in the film. He was joking about getting a role as a light saber, andComic Bookreports that on a recent episode ofConan, Cumberbatch went back to that story....

Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Haywire’ Reportedly Leaves LionsGate, Lands At Overture Update:I’ve spoken with a rep at Overture, who denies that there is any story here. Not a huge piece of info here, but there’s a report fromThe PlaylistthatSteven Soderbergh’s filmHaywire(formerlyKnockout) is leaving LionsGate for Overture. Ryan Kavanaugh produced the film and now owns Overture, which he picked up not long ago when the distributor was close to failing. So there’s a connection there; while we don’t know all the reasons the switch would be made, the Kavanaugh link isn’t insignificant....