Even An ‘Agents Of SHIELD’ Star Says Marvel Studios Doesn’t Care About The Show Even though the television seriesAgents of SHIELDtakes place in the Marvel cinematic universe, there has still be a significant disconnect between the Marvel Studios show on ABC and their feature films. The biggest piece of evidence pointing to a lack of cooperation between the two Marvel entities is the fact thatAgents of SHIELDprobably won’t cross overwith theInhumansmovie (which has beenpulled from Marvel’s schedule, butwill still get made eventually), even though they share an entire species of superpowered characters from Marvel Comics....

Gallery: Scott C’s ‘Great Showdowns’ Return To Gallery 1988 If you’ve ever dreamt of seeing your favorite, obscure little movie made into art, odds areScott Campbellhas done it. For several years now, on an almost daily basis, Campbell creates aGreat Showdown. The concept is simple. Pick a movie, pick two opposing forces in that movie, and paint it on a small, five inch high canvas. Here on /Film, we’ve beenposting them for a while, so you’re likely familiar with Campbell’s style....

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Composer Talks The Lack Of Spirit In Many Modern Blockbuster Scores [Exclusive] “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” is yet another legacy sequel that has fans up in arms against each other. Some film fans took issue with nostalgia being front and center in the new film and some loved the movie even more because of it. One thing that most “Ghostbusters” fans can agree on, though, is that Rob Simonsen’s score is right on the money....

Grappling With Disney’s ‘Peter Pan’ On Its 65th Anniversary (Welcome toThe Disney Discourse, a recurring feature where Josh Spiegel discusses the latest in Disney news. He goes deep on everything from the animated classics to the theme parks to live-action franchises. In this edition:Peter Panturns 65 and it’s time to grapple with this popular but problematic classic.) Few stories have endured throughout the last 100-plus years more than the tale of a boy who could fly and never had to grow up....

Greg Daniels On The Future Of The Office Most fans ofThe Office(Scranton, USA) are simplystoked and relieved thatPam and Jimarefinally making it happen, so a longer glimpse down the halls of theNBCseries might seem verboten. Nevertheless, series creator and writer,Greg Daniels, recently chimed in on the future of the most aloof branch of Dunder-Mifflin… WhileSteve Carellhas emphasized that he has no intention of vacating the desk of Michael Scott,The Wrapasked Daniels about his plans if this happens…...

Hellraiser Remake Still Stalled; New Direct To DVD Film Keeps Franchise ‘Alive’ Dimension can’t decide what it wants out of aHellraiserremake. Over the past few years the company has attached at least three filmmakers or teams —Julien MauryandAlexandre Bustillo(Inside);Marcus DunstanandPatrick Melton(Feastand theSawseries); andPascal Laugier(Martyrs) to write and/or direct new takes on the original. But all those teams have quit or otherwise moved on, and Dimension continues to dither over how to re-doClive Barker’s 1987 film for new audiences....

Kathryn Bigelow’s ‘Kill Bin Laden’ May Be The Best-Positioned Movie Project In Town So will the inevitable ‘Death of Bin Laden’ film be a gritty indie or big studio effort? As soon as President Obama announced that Osama Bin Laden had been killed, you know that studio execs started calling each other to figure out what properties were already in development that could be reworked as a movie about the killing of Bin Laden....

Lupita Nyong’o Has Recovered From Covid And Is Showing Off Her Black Panther 2 Training Just when it seemed like “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” wasready to resume filmingafter halting production to give Shuri actor Letitia Wright time to recover from a stunt-related injury, the Marvel sequel hit another snag. As we reported last week, director Ryan Coogler and his team were forced to hit the brakes again when several members of the movie’s stafftested positive for COVID-19, star Lupita Nyong’o among them....

Marvel Will Film 60 Hour-Long Netflix Episodes In New York [UPDATED] Filming in the biggest U.S. cities can be incredibly expensive. Thanks to the costs of permits, security, and simple logistics, to actually film on location in New York City or Los Angeles is not financially feasible for many major productions. But most major productions aren’t backed by Marvel or Disney. Wednesday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a special, multi-million dollar incentive program created specifically to lureMarvel Studiosto New York to film theentirety of itsNetflixseries of shows, That’s 60 one-hour episodes total, which will now be shot in NYC....

Mia Wasikowska Offered Female Lead In ‘Oldboy’ AsClive Owenponders the villain roleinSpike Lee’sOldboy,Mia Wasikowskahas been offered the female lead of Marie. If Wasikowska accepts, she’ll be starring oppositeJosh Brolin, the only star confirmed so far for the English-language remake of the twisted 2003 thriller from Korean filmmakerChan-wook Park. More details after the jump. The role was previously offered toThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’s Rooney Mara, and while I think Mara would’ve done well in the part, Wasikowska seems like an equally strong choice....

Michael B. Jordan Learned An Important Lesson From Denzel Washington’s Directing “A Journal For Jordan” united two of the most prominent Black actors working today: Michael B. Jordan and Denzel Washington. Jordan stars in the film as First Sgt. Charles Monroe King, who writes the titular journal as a guide for his infant son Jordan. Washington directs and, in a career first, chooses to stay behind the camera rather than casting himself in a role....

Movie Review: Sunshine Sunshine takes place 50 years in the future, and follows a crew of astronauts aboard a spaceship named the Icarus II. The characters are venturing into space to deliver a payload to reignite the sun which is about to burn out, obliterating all mankind. The entire film takes place away from earth as the small crew fights technical difficulties, human error, and nature’s wrath to reach the sun intact and in time to save humanity....

Netflix Is Reportedly Spending $17 Billion On Content In 2021 Netflix’s infinite well of money does not look like it’s drying up anytime soon. The streaming giant has revealed that it plans to spend a whopping $17 billion on content this year. Which, suffice to say, is a lot of money. Netflix revealed in its first-quarter earnings report that it will spend over $17 billion on content in 2021. The company states in a letter to shareholders (viaVariety):...