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How ‘Stranger Things’ Is Taking Notes From ‘Game Of Thrones’ We’ve written before about how much fun it was to discoverStranger Thingslast year when it arrived on Netflix with limited fanfare and became a phenomenon overnight. But like a newly minted movie star who suddenly himself hounded by fans in the streets he could once walk through unnoticed, the throwback science fiction series now has to deal with all of the problems that come with fame....

How The Scariest Scene In ‘The Autopsy Of Jane Doe’ Uses A Single Sound Effect To Deliver Maximum Horror (Welcome toScariest Scene Ever, a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror. In this edition: the most memorable scare fromThe Autopsy of Jane Doetakes advantage of fear conditioning through sound to maximize the terror.)Simplicity tends to be an asset in horror. A less-is-more type of approach to the narrative lets the horror do the heavy lifting, and it often becomes much more effective as a result....

I Am Legend’s Alternate Ending Changes Everything Remember a time before “The Walking Dead” (and its never-endingassortment of spin-offs) when post-apocalyptic stories hadn’t yet become an overused, played-out staple? 2007 was a very different year, to say the least. Expectations were high when the news initially broke that Will Smith, one of the world’s biggest movie stars and in the prime of his career, would be leading a new movie based on author Richard Matheson’s widely influential 1954 novel, “I Am Legend....

John Cameron Mitchell Writing ‘Hedwig And The Angry Inch’ Sequel; Let’s Hope For A Film Version Hedwig and the Angry Inchis a remarkable piece of work. The brainchild of writer/actor/directorJohn Cameron MitchellandStephen Trask, the play and film it spawned are a whirlwind of romance, longing and sexual politics all presented as a glam rock musical. I never caught the stage version, and put off seeing the film for some time, but when I finally caught the film I realized I had been very dumb for sleeping on it....

Jon Bernthal Is Open To Returning As The Punisher, But Only If He Can ‘Do It Right’ Jon Bernthal made his debut as Frank Castle, aka the Punisher, in the second season of the Netflix series “Daredevil (which should absolutely be canon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.) He was then given his own Netflix series that ran for two seasons. As Disney prepared to launch its own streaming service as a competitor to Netflix, Marvel’s partnership with Netflix dissipated and all the TV shows in the “Defenders” side-franchise —“The Punisher"included — got canceled and dropped off the radar....

Kevin Smith On Rosario Dawson’s Departure From Zack And Miri Yesterdaywe told youthat Rosario Dawson signed on to star alongside Shia LaBeouf in the D.J. Caruso thrillerEagle Eye. This however took Dawson out of the running for Kevin Smith’sZack and Miri Make a Porno, a romantic comedy that had been hand written for Dawson. And now Silent Bob finally speaks: “What can I say? It kinda sucks. And not inasmuch as “Jesus – we’ll never find another actress for this role!...

Marvel Phase 4 Movies Dated, Black Panther And Captain Marvel On The Move Marvel Studios made some pretty big Phase Three announcements this morning.Ant-Man is getting a sequel starring The Wasp, forcingBlack PantherandCaptain Marvelto shift their dates. In addition, Marvel has announced three Phase Four films for 2020. Learn more about the Marvel Phase 4 movies after the jump. As I noted before the jump, Marvel Studios has announced anAnt-Mansequel titledAnt-Man and the Waspfor 2018....

Movie Trailer #2: Let Me In Overture Films has released a new movie trailer forMatt Reeves' big screen adaptationLet Me In, a remake of the critically acclaimed 2008 Swedish filmLet The Right On In. You can read about the Comic-Con panel, where this new trailer premiered,in our previous coverage. I was extremely impressed with the footage they screened in Hall H. And if the scenes screened are any indication, this film might have award potential....

Ms. Marvel TV Series Will Hit Disney+ Later Than Expected For some time, there’s been a question mark hanging over the release of “Ms. Marvel,” the upcoming Disney+ series, which is set to introduce the character of Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani) to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Khan, the titular Ms. Marvel, is set to join Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) in the 2023 “Captain Marvel” sequel,“The Marvels.” Back in July, Marvel Studios exec Victoria Alonso made it sound like we would see “Ms....

Netflix Developing ‘Cocaine Hippos’, A Movie About What Happened To Drug Kingpin Pablo Escobar’s Zoo Animals I don’t know about you, but when I see the words “cocaine” and “hippos” next to each other, I pay attention. And when the context is that a major company is developing a movie calledCocaine Hippos, I perk up even more. So Netflix certainly has my attention with its new upcoming comedy, which, oddly enough, is based on a true story....

Page 2: Walking Dead, Judd Apatow, Pulp Fiction, Star Trek, Seth Rogen, Star Wars, Doctor Who, Futurama, Back To The Future, Katy Perry, Muppets, Prometheus 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 included48different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....

Pamela Anderson Will Never Watch Pam & Tommy, ‘Not Even The Trailer’ In some of the least surprising news I’ve heard lately, Pamela Anderson will reportedly never watch"Pam & Tommy,“the new Hulu original series that documents the unauthorized release of her sex tape with ex-husband Tommy Lee. I know,veryshocking that a woman might not want to relive a period in her life thatcaused her immense emotional trauma. Wild. According to an insider close to Anderson who spoke withEntertainment Weeklytoday, the former “Baywatch” star has no plans to give the series a shot....

Rumor Killer: Harry Potter Series Will NOT End Early The Times UKpublished an article titled “Can Fantasy Epics Survive The Credit Crunch Chronicles” which uses Disney’s bail out of The Chronicles of Narnia to conclude that “Warner Bros was worried about the prospects for the last three [Harry Potter] films in the series, since J K Rowling is no longer driving anticipation for the titles by producing new books.” Of course, this one sentence has caused an uproar in the Harry Potter fanspace, and the bloggers have picked it up with sensational titles questioning the future of the Potter film franchise....