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New Poster For ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ Fits In With Previous Trilogy Over the weekend,Peter Jacksonposted the first official teaser poster forThe Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) is front and center, Sting in hand, and though the poster is brand new, it feels oddly familiar. Maybe that’s because it’s the exact same pose and framing as some of the Jackson’sLord of the Ringstrilogy teaser posters. Check out the new image, as well as the old ones, after the jump....

Nicolas Winding Refn Would Love To Direct Wonder Woman Whoa. Color me psyched. Regular readers know that a few of us here at /Film are big fans of Danish directorNicolas Winding Refn, thanks to films like thePusherseries andBronson. Refn has made small, non-studio pictures so far, though the upcomingDrive, with Ryan Gosling, brings him closer to the studio fold. But if Refn does do a big studio movie, which is something he’s not actively avoiding, he’s got one in mind:Wonder Woman....

No Movie Theater In The U.S. Will Be Screening ‘Gemini Man’ As Director Ang Lee Intended If you were pumped to seeAng Lee’sGemini Manin the 120 frames-per-second high frame rate 4K 3D format that director Ang Lee intended, you might want to sit down for some bad news. Not a single movie theater in America will be screening Lee’s film in that desired format. On top of that, only 14 theaters in the country will be able to screen somethingcloseto what Lee wanted – 3D with 120fps high frame rate, but no 4K....

Pushing Daisies Creator Bryan Fuller To Return To Heroes? WhenHeroeswriters/producers Jeph Loeb and Jesse Alexander wereousted from the show, it was clear that series creator Tim Kring was looking to change things up. I personally stopped watchingHeroesbecause it became needlessly confusing and overstuffed—a far cry from what it was throughout most of its first season. NowKristin dos Santos is reportingthat Kring may be aiming to repeat the golden days of that first season by bringing back Bryan Fuller, an acclaimed television writer who has made a habit of creating cult shows....

Ready Yet? Get Set, It’s ‘All That’: Reunion Special Coming To The Splat On TeenNick Nickelodeon has really been doubling down on their nostalgia for the ’90s lately. Last year they introduced theprogramming block called The Splatthat brought favorite cartoons such asRugratsandHey Arnold!to TeenNick as well as live-action shows likeAre You Afraid of the Dark?andClarissa Explains It All. There’s alive-action/animated hybrid NickToons moviein the works at Paramount Pictures. And this year they announced aTV movie adaptation of their game showLegends of the Hidden Temple....

Review: ‘Star Wars’ Villain Adam Driver Will Warm Your Heart In Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Paterson’ Note:WithPatersonin limited release starting today, we’re re-running our review from the New York Film Festival. In the past five years,Adam Driverhas gone from total obscurity to total ubiquity.Girlswas the show that launched him to fame, but his work since then has proven that his breakout role was no fluke. There’s a reason he’s being courted by everyone from the blockbuster magicians at Disney (forStar Wars: The Force Awakens) to top-level directors like Noah Baumbach, the Coens, and Jeff Nichols....

Rumble Star Terry Crews Talks Playing A Heel And Overcoming Self-Doubt [Interview] Terry Crews is one of those actors who has made a name for himself through a variety of different mediums, and everyone seems to know him from something different. Whether it’s his run as Julius Rock on “Everybody Hates Chris,” his forever meme-able moments in “White Chicks,” his frequent appearances in nationally syndicated commercials, ruling the country as President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho in “Idiocracy,” or supervising the precinct of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” Terry Crews is one of the most recognizable and identifiable performers working today....

Sequel Bits: ‘Mission: Impossible 5,’ ‘The Host 2,’ ‘Fast And Furious 6,’ And Posters For ‘Riddick’ And ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ WithJack Reacherreleasing in just a couple of weeks, that film’s writer/directorChristopher McQuarrieis finally back on screens with a directing credit to follow his debutThe Way of the Gun, which hit in 2000. McQuarrie is the lead choice to directTom Cruise(and presumablyJeremy Renner) inMission: Impossible 5, and talked about the job recently toGraffiti Without Punctuation:...

Stranger Things Sends Kate Bush To Her Rightful Place At The Top Of The iTunes Chart “Stranger Things” catches a lot of heat from time to time due to its insistence on wearing its nostalgic influences not just on its sleeve, but tattooed acrossthe middle of its face. The Duffer Brothers don’t just load their episodes up with Easter eggs and blatant references, but revel in it, and genuinely make an impact on culture in the process....

Superhero Bits: Obadiah Stane Almost Survived Iron Man, Deadpool 2 Set Photos & More Are the Kree coming back toAgents of SHIELDthis season? IsMads Mikkelsenstill interested in playingDoctor Doom? Now thatWonder Womanis successful, will The CW redevelop their Amazon prequel series? Did you knowObadiah Stanewas originally supposed to survive the end ofIron Man? WillBlack Lightningever cross over with theArrowverse? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits. Take a look at the various DC Comics action figures coming whenJustice Leaguehits theaters later this year....

The Best Animated Film Of Each Decade Animation has been a tried-and-true staple at theaters since the birth of cinema itself, and while the format has had its creative ups and downs, there are great animated films to be found through each decade of film history. While Disney has something of a monopoly on the entire field of children’s animation, especially before some legitimate competitors began to surface in the ’80s, there’s a wealth of animated films that go far beyond your traditional Disney fare....

The Horrifying Way ‘The Nun’ Confronts Images Of Faith, Religion And Demonization There’s a moment inThe Nunwhen I thought I had it all figured out. It’s when Father Burke (Demian Bichir), the priest sent from the Vatican to investigate the mysterious death of a nun in 1952 Romania, falls and is subsequently trapped inside an open coffin while following behind an ominous presence outside at night. It’s because he comesthis closeto being yanked deeper into the ground by the creepy phantom fingers of a rabid demonic nun while inside the box....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Somebody Feed Phil’ Offers A Hammy But Delightful Escape From Home (Welcome toThe Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Series:Somebody Feed PhilWhere You Can Stream It: NetflixThe Pitch: Phil Rosenthal is best known for creating the hit sitcomEverybody Loves Raymond, but thanks to this series, he’s become known for traveling the globe, sampling some of the best food that the world has to offer with a big smile on is face and some hokey jokes in his back pocket, all with the energy of a delightfully charming goober....