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Michael Bay Writes Angry Blog Post, Talks Transformers 2 Michael Bay is already talking about the possibility of aTransformerssequel. The action director toldEntertainment Weeklythat it all depends on the success of the first movie. Well, It’s looking more and more likeTransformersmight actually come close to doing $150 million in it’s first week alone. I think everyone involved would consider that a success. But will Transformers 2 be Bay’s next film? We’re thinking he has a prior commitment to Disney’s big screen adaptationPrince of Persiawhich has yet to be officially announced....

Miramax Developing ‘Brothers Grimm’ TV Series Based On Terry Gilliam Film The Brothers Grimm, hampered by the Weinsteins, budget squabbles and post-production delays, isn’t the finest moment for any of the people involved, and especially not for directorTerry Gilliam. But the film lives on as part of the Miramax library, and now the company is turning it into aBrothers GrimmTV series. Matt Damon probably won’t reprise his role as one half of the sibling duo that (in the film’s twisted telling) was a medieval con artist team before being known as chroniclers of folk tales....

Page 2: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Pixar, Back To The Future, Indiana Jones, Spider-Man, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, District 9, Star Wars, Pirates 4, The Simpsons, Pretty In Pink 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 included30different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more....

Pamela Anderson May Or May Not Have Missed Out On Austin Powers, But She Did Almost Star In The X-Files “Pam & Tommy” is the rarebased-on-a-true-story serieswhere the stranger the plot point, the more likely it actually happened. Did Tommy Lee send a biker gang after Rand Gauthier? According tosome parties involved, yes. Did he write a chapter of his memoir from the perspective of his own talking penis?Also yes. But in the limited series’purposely dispiriting finale, there’s one plot point that may have taken a bit of creative license: Pamela’s audition history....

Quentin Tarantino Only Wanted The Best Blood For Kill Bill’s Special Effects The rise of digital effects has dramatically shifted how movies of all budget sizes get made. While a lot of the work effects artists have done is absolutely phenomenal, there are two areas where their limitations are most prevalent. The first is obviously in digitally recreating human faces. Whether it is the de-aging we see so much of now or just entirely creating someone’s face from scratch, there is always something off about the end result....

Rogue One Bits: A New Trailer, New Concept Art, And A New Character Name In this edition of Rogue One Bits: The folks over atMaking Star Warssay that the next and presumably finalRogue Onetrailer may arrive online this week, which is a fair bit earlier than expected. Everyone is fairly certain that the next preview will be attached to Marvel’sDoctor Strange, which is set to open on July 16, 2025, because Disney is really, really good at that whole “corporate synergy” thing....

Scott Lang Turns Into A Cap Fanboy In ‘Captain America: Civil War’ [D23 Expo 2015] Marvel’sCaptain America: Civil Waris currently shooting in Germany with one week of production left, and while Marvel Studios stayed home from San Diego Comic Con International 2015, they did show up to Disney’s fan conventionD23 Expo 2015with Captain America (Chris Evans, who got a standing ovation), Falcon (Anthony Mackie), and perhaps most importantly, footage from the 2016 release....

Star Wars Bits: ‘Episode 8’ Rewrites, ‘Rogue One’ Aliens, The Return Of Darth Vader And Obi-Wan Welcome back to Star Wars Bits, you source of news for everythingStar Wars. Except forStar Wars: The Force Awakens. That thing has its own column. In today’s edition: There have been a ton of casting reports swirling aroundStar Wars: Episode 8, with many actresses in contention for several new female roles. Now, we may know why no one has made a decision yet – these new characters are in flux....

Star Wars Bits: Daisy Ridley Has Read ‘Episode 8’, Rogue One Details, Han Solo Casting This edition of news from a galaxy far, far away includes: An engineer at NASA explained how aDeath Starwould be built if it were real. Some real military personnel got to be extras forStar Wars: Rogue One. An article atForces.TV(viaMakingStarWars.net) explains that about 40 current and former members of the Royal Navy, the British Army and the Royal Air Force were hired to play X-Wing pilots and ground crew inRogue One....

Suicide Squad Members Might Be Coming To ‘Gotham’ [TCA 2016] Fox presented a joint panel onGothamandLuciferfor the Television Critics Association, the connection being they are both based on DC Comics properties. RepresentingGothamwere producersJohn StephensandKen Woodruffalong with select cast. During the panel, Stephens revealed that the Batman prequel show is devising a way to include Harley Quinn, a character who only entered the world of DC later in Batman’s history. “We’ll be seeing a character, perhaps not this season, but in times to come, who can be a forerunner for Harley Quinn, which I think will be really exciting as well,” Stephens said....

Supernatural Ending Explained: Carry On Wayward Son Some people move on. But not “Supernatural” fans. It has been 15 years since Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) began saving people and hunting monsters in their ‘67 Chevy Impala. They killed vampires and werewolves, confronted Lucifer, and participated in an epic showdown against God himself. After what felt like an eternity, the long-running series finally came to an end in late 2020, offering a conclusion to Sam and Dean’s story....

Terrible Reviews Can’t Stop A ‘Baywatch 2’ From Being Planned Baywatchhas faced a tsunami ofmiddling to bad reviews, but that won’t stop the comedy-action movie from jetting forward to a sequel, and possibly, a franchise. Producers and writers are already planning a sequel toBaywatchwith the cast, ledDwayne JohnsonandZac Efron, returning in their roles.Baywatchitself is a big-screen reboot of the popular ’90s TV show starring David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson, and a sequel would somewhat follow the footsteps of the successful movie reboot of21 Jump Street....

The Morning Watch: ‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ VFX Breakdown, Stuntmen React To ‘The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’ & 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, check out aGodzilla vs. KongVFX breakdown showing off the tremendous detail that went into creating some of the shots of the massive monsters....