Exclusive: Ernie Hudson Has Spoken To Jason Reitman About The New ‘Ghostbusters’ [TCA 2019] Ernie Hudsonwas on the set of the upcoming Spectrum original seriesL.A.’s Finestwhen the Television Critics Association visited the set this week. /Film spoke to Hudson one-on-one, and before we let him go, we of course had to ask him if he’s spoken to Jason Reitman about the newGhostbustersfilm that was recently announced.“I reached out to Jason,” Hudson said....

Film Version Of Classic Epic Comics Title Alien Legion Inches Forward When I scan through my newsreader each morning, I really don’t expect to see a feature-length article about a comic series likeAlien Legionin a major US paper. The comic was one of the early efforts from Epic Comics, the direct-sales Marvel imprint that skirted the comics code beginning in the early ’80s. The comic’s concept was simple: the French Foreign Legion in space, with a rogues gallery of humans and aliens fighting alongside one another....

From ‘Bound’ To ‘Jupiter Ascending,’ We Rank The Films Of The Wachowskis No matter how old you are, you remember the moment you were introduced toThe Wachowskis. For me, it was February 1999. I was sitting in a screening of what I figured was some dumb new Keanu Reeves movie with about 1,000 of my fellow college students. A girl in black leather started to get into a fight and as she jumped in the air she froze....

GI Joe Sequel Will Soon Go Into Development GI Joe: The Rise of Cobraearned an estimated $100 million worldwide despite mostly negative buzz and reviews (39% on Rotten Tomatoes). The film surpassed studio expectations domestically, earning $56.2 million stateside. All of this can mean only one thing – a sequel is already in development. Paramount Picture’s vice chairman, Rob Moore, confirmed tothe Los Angeles Timesthat a sequel “will soon go into development....

Harry Potter Through Fresh Eyes: Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone [This is part one of a four-part series. You can also readpart two,part three, andpart four.] While discussing which movie to review for next week’s/Filmcast, my co-hosts instantly gravitated towards David Yates' newest take on the Harry Potter universe,Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Having seen thewonderful and thrilling trailerfor this film (in IMAX no less), I wasn’t opposed to this, but I was forced to make an uncomfortable confession: I had never watched a Harry Potter film or read a Harry Potter book in my life....

Hayao Miyazaki’s Next Movie Is Still 3 To 4 Years Away WhenHayao Miyazakicomes back from retirement (again), he’s going to do itright. The animation legend has long had his hands in every detail of his productions, but as he nears 80, you would perhaps expect him to take it easy or slow down just a little. Nope. He’s been dubbed “The Never-Ending Man” for a reason, and this famously perfectionist filmmaker will take as long as he needs to complete his next movie, titledHow Do You Live?...

HBO’s ‘The Night Of’ Had A “Couple Of Possible Endings” Planned As HBO’sThe Night Ofneared its end, it was anyone’s guess how things would turn out. Would Naz get to walk free? Would we find out what really happened that night? Would Stone’s eczema’s season-long arc finally pay off? Now that that finale has come and gone, we know the show managed to end in the most satisfyingly unsatisfying way possible....

How Clint Eastwood Saved The Bridges Of Madison County From Production Limbo As a filmmaker, Clint Eastwood is neither precious nor patient. Though the movies he directs tend to unfold at an unhurried pace, he zips through production, bringing them inahead of schedule and under budget. He crews and casts with an eye toward proficiency and authenticity. When an actor steps in front of his camera, they know precisely what’s expected of them....

How One Suggestion From Humphrey Bogart Saved The Maltese Falcon An unforgettable staple of early Hollywood, the late actor Humphrey Bogart was far more than just a vessel for the creativity of the filmmakers with whom he worked. His distinct persona infused each part ofBogart’s extensive and dynamic filmographywith his own personal charm, and John Huston’s “The Maltese Falcon” (1941) was no exception. However, it wasn’t just personality that Bogart brought to the table in his projects....

How The Lost City Landed Brad Pitt: ‘Before We Knew It, He Was In The Jungle’ Paramount isn’t hesitating to play up the parallels between"The Lost City"and classic comedy adventures like “Romancing the Stone,” in the hopes of enticing filmgoers to give the Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum team-up vehicle a shot. Whereasa movie like “The Batman"is doing its very best to talk about the scary times we live in, directors Adam and Aaron Nee’s action-comedy seems to be far more interested in delivering pure escapism, complete with a welcome punching bag of a villain in the form of an evil-doing “one-percenter....

Jake Scott’s Sundance Guest Blog #2: Runaways, Killer Inside Me, Border Town, Video Interview With Joseph Gordon Levitt And Spencer Susser Editor’s Note:Last week we were approached by a filmmaker who wanted to guest blog his Sundance experience on /Film. You might not know 42-year-old directorJake Scottyet, but you will. You definitely know his father Ridley, the filmmaker behind such films asAlien,Gladiator,andBlade Runner(Jake worked in the editing room during the school holidays)....

Judd Apatow Discovers The Truth About Harry Potter And Daniel Radcliffe Leave it to hard nose, take no guff entertainment reporterJudd Apatowto uncover the real dirt onHarry Potter. Apatow, best known as the writer and director of films such asThe 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked UpandFunny People, recently did an interview related toHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. In the interview, he was able to unearth a vital piece of information we’d all suspected but were never able to prove....

Marcus Nispel Negotiating Directorship Of Dracula Movie One of the crucial moments in Bram Stoker’sDraculais the journey of the Vampire to Whitby Bay by ship. This is recounted in the book by entries from the Captain’s log, which have been adapted into a screenplay calledThe Last Voyage of Demeter. According to the latestVarietyreport on the project, the film is moving forward again withMarcus Nispelin talks to direct. The last I remember, Robert Schwentke was attached to direct....