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Orson Scott Card Won’t Make Money Off ‘Ender’s Game’ Movie Good news for fans ofEnder’s Gamewho don’t want their movie ticket dollars lining the pockets of notorious homophobe: They won’t. After all that controversy over authorOrson Scott Card’s extreme conservative views, a new report indicates that Card doesn’t actually stand to make any money off ofGavin Hood’s film, and never did. However, devotees of Card’s story aren’t totally in the clear....

Page 2: Up, Comic-Con, Anchorman, Francis Ford Coppola, The Dark Knight Rises, Walt Disney, GI Joe 2 And More What is Page 2?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 included 32 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....

Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow Will Be Back For ‘Captain America: Civil War’ There are many questions surrounding the 2016 film,Captain America: Civil War, and slowly they’re being answered. We already know the basics: Film one of Phase Three will come from the same writers and directors ofThe Winter Soldier, and most of the cast will be back, with new additionsRobert Downey Jr.andChadwick Bosemanas Iron Man and Black Panther. The crux of the film will be a disagreement between Iron Man and Cap (Chris Evans) but there will be other foes as well, primarily Crossbones, played byFrank Grillo....

Summit Finds A New Thriller: The Cold Light Of Day Some of the early big pictures for Summit Entertainment was involved in were thrillers:Memento,Vanilla SkyandInsomnia. But the company has courted kids lately withTwilight,Sorority RowandSex Drive. But the company hasn’t ruled out making fantasy films for adults — Summit has just picked up a script calledThe Cold Light of Day, by writersScott WiperandJohn Petro, which the company will co-finance and distribute....

Superhero Bits: Moon Knight Cast Reacts To The Trailer, Willem Dafoe’s Joker Pitch & More (Superhero Bitsis a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.) In this edition of Superhero Bits: “Moon Knight” gets a poster and a synopsis...

Superhero Bits: New Spider-Man: No Way Home Clip, The Batman Toys Look Rough & More (Superhero Bitsis a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.) In this edition of Superhero Bits: “The Flash” movie is already stirring the pot...

The ‘Jacob’s Ladder’ Remake Will Change The Original’s Famous Twist (If It Ever Comes Out) TheJacob’s Ladderremake has been delayed several times now, but sooner or later, audiences will have a chance to see it. And when they do, they’re going to be in for a surprise – if they’re familiar with the original film. Because the famous twist ending from Adrian Lyne’s 1990 nightmarish thriller has been changed. In the grand scheme of things, this make sense, because fans of the original movie would already know how this remake would end....

The FBI Once Thought ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ Was Communist Propaganda It’s a Wonderful Lifeis an all-American staple of the holiday season, a profoundly inspiring film about a downtrodden man finding meaning and the will to live through the people he has connected with throughout his life. But the FBI once considered it un-American. For 10 years after the film’s release in 1946, J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI suspected the film of being Communist propaganda....

The Morning Watch: How To Make Slurm From ‘Futurama’, Analyzing The ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Romance & More The Morning Watchis a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, find out how to make the tasty and highly addictive carbonated slop that is Slurm fromFuturama....

The Time Traveler’s Wife Trailer: Why Is Love Intensified By Absence? The debut novel of Audrey Niffenegger, “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” was given a cinematic adaptation in 2009 featuring Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana. Now, almost 20 years after the novel first arrived on the New York Times bestseller’s list, “The Time Traveler’s Wife” is getting the series treatment as an exclusive for HBO Max. The series follows a woman named Clare Abshire (Rose Leslie of “Game of Thrones”)), whose relationship with her husband Henry DeTamble (Theo James of “Divergent”) features a specifically difficult obstacle, Henry’s genetic condition that causes him to spontaneously travel through time....

This Week In Trailers: Harold And Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story, Sergio Herman, Fu%ing Perfect, A War, Prescription Thugs, Rams 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 In Trailers: Shadow Dancer, Kotoko, After The World Ended, Nostalgia, Canicula, Step Up To The Plate (Entre Les Bras), The Will 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: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Thor: Love And Thunder Toys Reveal Christian Bale’s Gorr And The New And Improved Miek After many months of clamoring, the gods have finally graced us True Believers with the first trailer for"Thor: Love And Thunder"on this glorious Monday. The follow-up to Taika Waititi’s acclaimed “Thor: Ragnarok” is set to assemble in theaters in just about three months, so many were surprised to see that the promotional campaign hadn’t begun until this point....