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Script Issues Delay Michael Bay-Produced ‘Ninja Turtles’ Until 2014, At Least And you thought the title was an issue. Months after controversy surrounded the Platinum Dunes remake ofNinja Turtles, sans the Teenage Mutant, Paramount has just put the film on hold, delaying its December 2013 release day until at least May 2014. According toThe Hollywood Reporter, the issue is, what else? The script. Does that mean the turtles will be teenage mutants once again?...

Spider-Man Spin-Off ‘Venom’ Coming In 2018 Sony Pictures has dated a movie focusing onSpider-ManvillainVenomforOctober 5, 2018.Alex Kurtzmanhas signed on to direct the film. (Update: Exhibitor Relations announced the date and failed to update that Alex isn’t directing.) Hit the jump for more details on the Venom movie. Update: Scott Rosenberg(Con Air, Gone in Sixty Seconds, High Fidelity) andJeff Pinkner(The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Jumanjireboot,The Dark Tower) have been hired to write the script....

Sundance Movie Review: Hesher In 2008, I discovered a wonderful short film titledI Love Sarah Janebycommercial and music video directorSpencer Susser. I loved it so much, I even featured it on /Film (you can watch it here — and if you haven’t yet, you really need to). The short was a very different kind of zombie film, nothing like you’ve ever seen before — in the same wayLet The Right OneIn was a different kind of vampire film than you’ve ever seen before....

Superhero Bits: Get Paid To Marathon All Marvel Studios Movies, Spider-Man Comic Strip Ends & More What did it take to restore the classicShazamTV series for DC Universe? Why isThe Amazing Spider-Mancomic strip coming to an end and what will happen to it? CouldArrowbecomeRed DeathonThe Flashafter the series ends? Is the Disney merger with Fox hurting the release ofDark Phoenix? Why didAquamandirectorJames Wanleave Twitter? Want to get paid to blog throughout a marathon of everyMarvel Studiosmovie?...

Superhero Bits: Wonder Woman Armpit Hair, Jay Baruchel Loves Batman V Superman A Lot & More Want to know how to make a standingLEGO Batman Moviecake? Why are some people freaking out aboutWonder Womannot having armpit hair in the latest movie trailer? How wouldGal Gadotpitch Wonder Woman to skeptical boys? WillDeadpool 3be anX-Forcemovie? How many times didJay BaruchelwatchBatman v Supermanlast year? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

The Best Easter Eggs And Cartoon References In Chip ‘N Dale: Rescue Rangers When the first trailer for"Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers"dropped earlier this year, it was bursting at the seams with Easter eggs. Based on that, one could assume that there would be a good amount of cameos and references throughout the reboot/sequel/comeback. However, once it was available to watch on Disney+ and we got to see for ourselves, I don’t think that anyone could have predicted the sheer number of Easter eggs contained within this movie directed by The Lonely Island’sAkiva Schafferand written by the team ofDoug Mand and Dan Gregor....

The Best TV Shows And Movies Leaving Netflix In June 2022 With June swiftly upon us, it’s time to say goodbye to spring and hello to the long, luxurious days of summer. Unfortunately, it’s also time to bid adieu to some great TV shows and movies set to leave Netflix at the end of next month. But fret not, reader — we’ll guide you through a few series and films you should definitely try and catch before the month is out and they’re no longer available on the streaming behemoth....

The Daily Stream: A Very Ghoul Log Christmas Is The Cinematic Event Of The Holiday Season (Welcome toThe Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movie:A Very Ghoul Log Christmas Where You Can Stream It:Shudder The Pitch:It’s Shudder’s traditional “ghoul log” – AKA a Jack O' Lantern – but with a Christmas twist!...

The First Lady Review: An Uneven But Effective Historical Triptych Showtime’s new limited series"The First Lady"begins with a historic portrait session. Michelle Obama (Viola Davis) sits with artist Amy Sherald (Tiffany Hobbs), striking the pose that will eventually be immortalized in the National Portrait Gallery. Michelle asks the artist why she didn’t also offer to paint the president. “I don’t wanna just paint the official,” she answers between camera snapshots. “I am interested in the real....

The Next ‘Friday The 13th’ Movie Will Give Jason A New Origin For Some Reason There isn’t much going on behind Jason Voorhees' hockey mask and that’s kind of the point. The most instantly recognizable villain in slasher movie history has endured because he’s so very simple – he was a disfigured kid who seemingly drowned before settling into a new existence as a woods-dwelling killer of camp counselors. Over the course of eleven films (ranging from terrific fun to truly unwatchable), Jason was the vehicle for schlocky scares and incredibly violent murders that often went for the funny bone instead of the jugular....

The Witcher Behind-The-Scenes Promo Explores Ciri’s Path To Becoming A Warrior Who among usdoesn’twant to become a witcher? It’s maybe not the safest, most glamorous, or most well-paying job out there, but someone has to do it. To this point in Netflix’s hit series, “The Witcher,” Henry Cavill’s Geralt of Rivia has shouldered much of the burden on his own. He’s been forced togrow up a bitand reckon with his own destiny, no matter how much he tries to avoid it, but the end of Season 1 may have posed his greatest challenge yet — reconnecting with his long-lost adoptive (sort of) child, Ciri (Freya Allen)....

This Week In Trailers: Beast, ORION: The Man Who Would Be King, (T)error, Meadowland, Rattle The Cage Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week we ground and pound in a foreign country before getting introspective, attempt to fill the bulbous void that Elvis left, get a real view into our government’s counterterrorism methods, seeLuke WilsonandOlivia Wildeup their game higher than VOD quality, and get trapped in a prison cell by a psychopath....

ViacomCBS Officially Changes Its Name To Paramount The last five years have seen a swarm ofmergers,acquisitions, andbuyouts, making it difficult to keep up with who owns what property and which streaming service provides what content. Well, the folks at ViacomCBS are attempting to make things a little easier, and rebranding the corporation’s name to “Paramount.” A memo from Bob Bakish and Shari Redstone went out today to announce the change to staff before the company’s investor event presentations:...