Josh Brolin Discusses Playing Thanos; Marvel Universe Connections, Getting The Role The worst kept secret in the Marvel Cinematic Universe was identity of the actor playing Thanos. Marvel Studios presidentKevin Feigeadmitted years ago Thanos would be inGuardians of the Galaxy,andmonths before releasenews broke that Oscar nomineeJosh Brolinwould play the character. Even though the official announcement wasn’t made until Comic-Con, Feige anddirector James Gunnboth talked at length about the actor before release....

LOL: ‘Saturday Night Live’ Tackles ‘Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory’ And Too Much Netflix Content A newSaturday Night Liveaired over the weekend, the first of three episodes closing out 2018 with a bang. First-time hostClaire Foy(The Girl in the Spider’s Web, First Man) was a satisfying guest during a solid episode of the series, which featured two sketches that were very much lined up with our interests and deserved to be singled out....

Matthew Goode In Talks For Park Chan-Wook’s ‘Stoker’ Newly-minted Oscar-winner Colin Firth following upThe King’s Speechwith a genre vampire moviealways seemed like a stretch. Now, it turns out it was. But King George’s loss is Ozymandias’s gain asMatthew Goode, best known for playing the rich, evil member of theWatchmen, is now in talks to star inStoker, the English-language debut of directorPark Chan-wook.As we’d written in the past, he’d star along side “Oscar-winnerNicole KidmanandAlice in Wonderlandherself,Mia Waskiowska, in the story of a girl and her mother who, after the death of the father, reunite with his mysterious brother....

New ‘Jurassic World 2’ Character Has Ties To The Original ‘Jurassic Park’ Even though production onJurassic World 2is currently at the halfway point, we still know very little about the sequel.Jeff Goldblumsurprisingly joined the sequelthis week, and the tyrannosaurus rex that injured him and chased him in a Jeep will be back again (hopefully there will be some kind of reunion played for laughs), and there is supposedlya submarine sequence. Beyond that, all we have aresome vague detailson what the movie will be about....

New ‘Venom’ Images And Details: How Tom Hardy Developed Two Different Voices For The Antihero But while Hardy often prefers to let his work speak for itself (or at least, prefers to speak about it behind a mask), theVenomactor is finally revealing what drew him to this symbiotic antihero. In an interview withEntertainment Weekly, Hardy previewed a few new Venom images and revealed details of the upcoming comic book movie....

Olly Moss' Pop Culture Paper Cuts To Become A Book In October One year ago this week, the pop culture art game changed whenOlly Mossopened hisPaper Cutsshow atGallery 1988 in Los Angeles. Up till then, Mondo posters were popular, people liked cool art, but Moss' show was a genuine happening that garnered a line 24 hours in advance, featured several famous attendees and gave pop culture art a level of legitimacy it was sorely lacking....

One More ‘Aquaman’ Trailer Pushes The Comic Book Action Spectacle All right, the lastAquamantrailer we featuredwas said to be the “final” one, but that’s only here in the United States. Our friends over in China recently got a new trailer, and it has plenty of new footage from the upcoming DC Comics superhero movie starringJason Momoa. Most of the new stuff is all of the underwater action spectacle that will helpAquamanstand out from the rest of the comic book fare....

Orson Scott Card Describes Zero Gravity Scenes From Set Of ‘Ender’s Game;’ Reveals Cameo When writers visit film sets, they’re generally embargoed from discussing what they’ve seen. It’s just impossible to judge a film while it’sstill in production, far from its final look andstudios would ideallylike impressions to come out closer to afilm’s release date. Apparently that embargo doesn’t hold true if you are the person who created the property being put to film....

Page 2: Star Wars, Alien, Anchorman, Star Trek, Godzilla, Breaking Bad, Scorsese, Hobbit, Evil Dead 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: R2-D2 ChristmasWreath Him:WhyJoaquin PhoenixIs America’s Greatest Contemporary Actor AN UNCOMMON MAN:PETER O’TOOLE, 1932-2013 Alien ReActionRetro Action Figure Did You Knowthe Two Most Enduring Christmas Films of All Time Were Not Box-Office Hits?...

Poe Dameron Got His Commander Rank Back After Disobeying Orders In ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ DuringStar Wars: The Last Jedi, ace pilot Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) disobeyed a direct order to end the attack on the First Order’s massive Dreadnought starship. The result was a victory for the Resistance, but at the cost of many lives the Resistance couldn’t afford to use. The consequence was a slap in the face and a demotion from the rank of Commander, both handed down by General Leia (Carrie Fisher) before she became incapacitated and left Admiral Holdo (Laura Dern) to take over command of the Resistance....

Revisiting ‘Amy,’ A Long-Forgotten Disney Movie From A Often-Overlooked Disney Era (Welcome toOut of the Disney Vault, where we explore the unsung gems and forgotten disasters currently streaming on Disney+.)The 1980s were a very rough time for the Walt Disney Company, at least in the first half of the decade. We may now think of the 1980s as the time when Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenberg joined Disney, steering it to new heights with films likeThe Little Mermaidand with the expansion of the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida....

Robert Rodriguez Will Make His First Fantasy Epic ‘Fire And Ice’ With Sony Ralph Bakshi, the animator who did films likeWizardsand the first adaptation ofThe Lord of the Rings, used an early rotoscope animation technique to create the fantasy storyFire and Ice, which adopted character designs by artistFrank Frazetta. NowRobert Rodriguezis going to make his first foray into full-on fantasy epics with a live-actionFire and Iceremake, in an attempt to launch a new fantasy franchise....

Ron Howard Speaks About His Adaptation Of The Strange Adventures Of H.P. Lovecraft Comic We’ve known for some time now thatRon Howard’sfirst comic book adaptation will be a film version of the Image Comics series,The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft. The comic is a fictionalized story featuring a young Lovecraft who goes from a wimpy writer to an ass-kicker of the supernatural. Speaking to the LA TimesHero Complexblog, Howard shared his excitement for the material—a project he will most likely direct:...