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Neill Blomkamp Offers New ‘Alien’ Concept Art The story ofNeill Blomkamp’s proposedAlienmovie is a weird one, as some of the development of the film has unfolded in public thanks to the director’s Instagram account and his use of concept art releases to build momentum for the potential sequel. Now Blomkamp has shared a piece of new Alien concept art, featuringSigourney Weaver’s Ripley and a scarred character obviously meant to beMichael Biehn’s Hicks....

Page 2: Tim Burton, Real Steel, Doctor Who, Inception, Captain America, Fight Club, Tron: Legacy, Harry Potter, Star Wars, James Bond, The Simpsons, Hunger Games We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. 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 included46different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more....

POTD: Jamie Lee Curtis Recreates Her Mother’s Iconic ‘Psycho’ Shower Scene Any true horror fan or cinephile knows what ties the iconic horror filmsPsychoandHalloweentogether. But for those who may not be aware, we’ll enlighten you. The 1960 film from Alfred Hitchcock starsJanet Leighas Marion Crane while the 1978 slasher from John Carpenter starsJamie Lee Curtis. The former was one of the earliest scream queens in cinema’s history while the latter gained the status in the 70s and 80s, only to reprise it in the late 90s withHalloween: H20....

Robert Pattinson Joins Benedict Cumberbatch In ‘The Lost City Of Z’ It’s fun to see the development of the careers ofRobert Pattinsonand Daniel Radcliffe to have similar careers after their respective tween franchises ended. Radcliffe has been canny with his post-Pottergigs, choosing projects that better straddle art and mainstream. Pattinson has gone more for the weird when it comes to gigs outsideTwilight. (Boththe intentionally weird, andthe unwittingly so.) And he’s got another gig with Cronenberg in the works now, a job with Werner Herzog, and a role inThe Rover, fromAnimal Kingdomdirector David Michôd....

Ron Howard To Take Over Directing The ‘Han Solo’ Movie Ron Howardis stepping in to direct Lucasfilm and Disney’s untitledHan Solomovie, taking over the production after original directorsPhil LordandChristopher Millerwere fired with three weeks left to the production. Find out more about Ron Howard directingHan Soloafter the jump. The Hollywood Reporterhas announced that Howard will take a look at the “rough edit to see what the project has and still needs....

Sacha Baron Cohen Still Working On ‘The Lesbian’, Reveals It’s A Musical Sacha Baron Cohentakes his time picking his projects. He’s got two big films coming out this year, the spy comedyThe Brothers Grimsbyand the Disney fantasy sequelAlice Through the Looking Glass, and they’re his first onscreen roles since 2012’sLes Misérables. Beyond that, his future is a little bit murkier. So what’s next for the committed comedian who gave us Borat, Ali G, and Brüno?...

Simon West’s ‘Blob’ Remake Will Give The Blob More Backstory A few months back,news broke thatCon AirdirectorSimon Westwas going to be remakingThe Blob. It sounded like a smart move asThe Blobis a horror franchise that’s somehow simultaneously incredibly well-known, but also not incredibly popular. Everyone has heard of it and knows the premise just based on the title, but the number of people who actually champion the films is much smaller....

Star Wars Bits: Video Games, The Vintage Collection, The Mandalorian, The Book Of Boba Fett, Crimson Reign And More! We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In this edition of Star Wars Bits: EA Announces New Star Wars Games Electronic ArtsandLucasfilm Gamesrecently announced that they will team up for three new “Star Wars” video game titles: the next installment in the “Star Wars Jedi” franchise, a strategy game, and a first-person shooter, all currently in development fromRespawn Entertainment....

Steven Yeun Is Back In The Recording Booth For Invincible Season 2 Steven Yeun is finally back to work recording his voice performance forseason 2 of “Invincible,“the animated Prime Video series based on the comic book written by Yeun’s old “Walking Dead” collaborator, Robert Kirkman. Back in early January, we heard that work on “Invincible” season 2 wasprogressing slowly, and there was no clear indication as to when it would arrive....

Sundance Deals: Sci-Fi Stunner ‘I Origins’ And ‘The Night Comes For Us Next’ If you aren’t in Park City, Utah for the 2014Sundance Film Festival, the news you really want to follow is what films are getting picked up for distribution. That means you’ll get a chance to see them eventually and, so far, it’s happened for a few:Happy Christmas, Whiplash, Laggies, Dinosaur 13andWish I Was Herehave all been bought....

Superhero Bits: ‘Spider-Man: Remastered’ New Suits, Batman Deemed More Wealthy Than Iron Man & More Want to see some new suits forSpider-Man: Remastered? IsBatmanreally more wealthy thanIron Man? What does theX-Men: The Animated Seriesshowrunner think of bringingX-Mento the MCU? Did you know this weekend was supposed to be whenEternalswas released in theaters? What are the reviews saying aboutSpider-Man: Miles Morales? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the stage –#Nightwing!...

Superhero Bits: Booster Gold In The Arrowverse, Loki Season 2 Cast Updates & 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: Booster Gold might be coming to the Arrowverse....

Supervillain Stars Tom Hardy And Michael Shannon Join Forces For ‘The Long Red Road’ It’s well known that Warner Bros. is planning to group together several of its heroes forJustice League, but to see DC baddies Bane and General Zod join forces you’ll have to look outside the comic book realm. Tom HardyandMichael Shannonare attached to star inThe Long Red Road, based on the play byBrett C. Leonard. The role will be a familiar one for Hardy, who previously starred in the original Goodman Theater stage production in Chicago....