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Page 2: Steven Seagal, Sunshine, Star Wars, Breaking Bad, Downton Abbey, Alien, Muppets, Princess Bride, Predator, Hook, Battlestar Galactica 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 included58different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. If you have any interesting items that we might’ve missed that you think should go in /Film’s Page 2 –email us!...

Page 2: Transformers, Big Lebowski, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Netflix, Despicable Me, Doctor Who, Bond, Breaking Bad, Taxi Driver 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 included36 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. Header Photo:A Fascinating Profileof Omni Consumer Products, A Developer of Real-World Versions of Fictional Movie Products...

Stephen King’s ‘Roadwork’ Movie Now Under Construction, With ‘It’ Team Producing Andy MuschiettiandBarbara Muschietti, the team behind the wildly successful adaptation ofStephen King’sIt, have set their sights on a new King adaptation. The duo will produceRoadwork, based on the 1981 novel King published under the pseudonym, Richard Bachman. The story follows a man slowly losing his mind after the construction of a major highway costs him both his job and his house....

Superhero Bits: A New Morbius Poster, James Gunn’s Peacemaker PSA & 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: DC’s next big event is “Dark Crisis....

Superhero Bits: Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men Days Of Future Past, Avengers STATION, Batman, Ninja Turtles Want to read 237 burning questions aboutThe Amazing Spider-Man 2? How about see 75 years ofBatmantoys? When can you seeBatman: Escape from Arkham? What will theMarvel’s Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N.Times Square exhibit look like? DidMarc Webbget grilled by a ten year oldSpider-Man fan? Does Disney CEO Bob Iger thinkMarvel Studioshas hit its peak yet? Read about all that and more in today’s Superhero Bits....

The Bond 24 Title Is ‘Spectre’ Early this morning — well, late this morning in the U.K., but very early for us in the U.S. — Sony Pictures, MGM Studios, and Eon Productions teamed up to reveal some long-awaited details on the 24th James Bond movie. From the Bond stage at Pinewood (“where budgets go to die,” joked director Sam Mendes) the first details of the film were revealed. The Bond 24 title will beSpectre....

The Dungeons & Dragons Movie Has An Official Title Hark! The “Dungeons & Dragons” movie has an official title, complete with a nifty little animated title reveal trailer to get fans pumped. The upcoming feature filmstarsChris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, and Justice Smith and is directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, and fans are absolutely ready to have a “Dungeons & Dragons” movie that isn’t atotal disaster. The tabletop role-playing game can be massively fun, and shows and podcasts like Critical Role and The Adventure Zone have proven that there are ways to use the worlds to tell amazing stories that everyone can enjoy, even if they’re not actively playing....

The Quarantine Stream: The New ‘Supermarket Sweep’ Is The Perfect Pandemic Relief (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:Supermarket Sweep(2020)Where You Can Stream It: HuluThe Pitch: Leslie Jones hosts the revival of this classic game show that first started in the 1960s, returned in the mid-1990s, and came back one more time in the early 2000s....

The Truth About Those Dark Knight Sequel Casting Rumors Since The Dark Knight is headed to become the second biggest grossing film of all time (domestically), rumors have already begun as to what villains will be featured in the enevitable sequel. The latest from the rumor mill hasJohnny Deppas The Riddler,Angelina Jolieas The Catwoman, andPhilip Seymour Hoffmanas The Penguin. Oh my! Wouldn’t Johnny Depp make a great Riddler? Yeah, BUT the truth of the matter is that Christopher Nolan has not yet signed on for a third Batman film....

The Wackness Teaser Movie Trailer I’ve now seen Jonathan Levine’sThe Wacknessthree times – twice at the Sundance Film Festival where it won the Dramatic Audience Award (which explains why I screened the film a second time during award day), and again at a secret screening during the South By South West Film Festival in Austin Texas. You may have noticed me calling American Teen my favorite film of 2008 (so far), but The Wackness holds a spot in the top five along side Assassination of a High School President....

This Week In Trailers: Psychokinesis, Queer Eye, The Cage Fighter, Allure, Kangaroo 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 get a different kind of super power film, get back with the Fab 5, get in the ring with a real underdog, fall in love with the help, and kill some kangaroos....

Video: Star Wars Battle Pod Arcade Game Will Force You To Go Back To The Arcade I mentioned theStar Wars Battle Podarcade game in the last edition of Page 2, but now that we have video of the game in action, I think this is worth a stand-alone post. As far as I can tell, Star Wars Battle Pod is the firstStar Warsarcade machine in 14 years (Sega released a podracing arcade machine calledStar Wars: Racer Arcadein 2000 following the release ofStar Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace)....

We’re Being Threatened With Three More ‘Has Fallen’ Movies (And TV Spin-Offs, Too) Even though most sane individuals can agree that theHas Fallenfranchise, starringGerard Butleras a murderous secret service agent, has run its course, we’re probably not done with it yet. ProducerAlan Siegelis threatening us all with possible three moreHas Fallenmovies, and also local-language TV spin-offs that could tie into the future films. Look, I feel like I’m partially to blame for this....