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Honest Posters: What If The Movie Posters For 2016 Oscar Nominees Told The Truth? We feature plenty ofHonest Trailersaround here, and now that the 2016 Oscar nominations have been announced, we want to call your attention to some of theHonest Posterscreated to poke fun at some of those in the running for Academy Awards next month. What would the movie posters for films likeThe Revenant, Brooklyn, Straight Outta Compton, The Martian Ex Machina, Steve Jobsand more look like if their posters were more blunt, accurate descriptions of the movies?...

Louis C.K. Broke Even With Downloadable Show ‘Live At The Beacon Theater’ In Twelve Hours I don’t need to restate my appreciation forLouis C.K.today; I wentpretty much all-out twodays ago when first talking about the promo push the comic is doing for his new self-released stand-up specialLive at the Beacon Theater. He wrote, directed, edited and released the special himself, offering it up to stream or download for a price of $5 on his own website....

Mid-Budget Movies Could Be The Future, And Lionsgate Should Lead The Way The pandemic has altered just about every major industry on the planet, and the movie business is certainly no exception. Everything from production all the way through distribution has been impacted greatly. The major push for streaming over the past couple of years has truly left movie theaters and the box office on somewhat shaky ground. Much will change in the coming years and we are already feeling the effects of that in many ways....

Netflix In Talks For Online Streaming Of Paramount, Lionsgate And MGM Movies When it comes to the timely presentation of movies after they hit video and DVD, the landscape is changing. At one point, it was all about Showtime and HBO, and which channel could negotiate to present movies first in the post-video window? Now Netflix is a major player on the scene, with dealslike one with Ryan Cavanaugh’s Relativity Mediaundercutting the old cable networks' dominance on post-DVD movie presentation....

Nielsen, The Company That Compiles TV Ratings, Has Been Sold – Here’s What That Means Well, there goes the neighborhood. Or at least, it’s under new management. Nielsen, the age-old audience measurement system for entertainment, has announced they have been acquired by a private equity firm for a whopping $16 billion. According toVariety, the deal was finalized on Tuesday, March 29. The company was purchased by a private-equity group led by Evergreen Coast Capital Corporation and Brookfield Business Partners L....

Page 2: Groundhog Day, Donald Glover, Indiana Jones, William Shatner, Parks & Recreation, Tim Burton, Rambo, Dark Crystal, John Carter, Star Wars 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. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....

Pitch Perfect TV Series With Adam Devine Will Sing Again On Peacock “Pitch Perfect,” the three-film franchise about co-eds who sing acapella mash-ups of popular songs, will continue as a streaming series. Peacock has announced a straight-to-series order for a show that is annoyingly called “Pitch Perfect.” (Can we put a moratorium on franchise entries being named the exact same thing as other entries in its own franchise? Please? Thank you....

Quibi Ads: Everything To Know About The Ad-Supported Version Of The New Streaming Service We’re less than a month away from the launch ofQuibi, the new mobile-only streaming service that is looking to become a major player in the streaming wars. But those wars are expensive, so we’re here to break down what to expect from Quibi’s advertising strategy during the company’s first year: who will be advertising, for how long, when the ads will appear, whether you’re able to skip them, and more....

Rogue One Character Posters Are Focused To Bring Down The Death Star Walt Disney Pictures have released a set of character posters forRogue One: A Star Wars Story. The posters take a close-up look at the 8 main characters in this first Star Wars standalone movie. Hit the jump to see the Rogue One character posters. Rogue One Character Posters The eight Rogue One character posters feature the following: As you’re able to see, each of the characters have the Death Star blueprints/plans projected across their faces, much in the same way that Jyn Erso did inthe official Rogue One poster....

Rumor Mill: Is Disney Planning A Marvel Animated Movie? When it wasannouncedin 2009 that Disney had purchased Marvel, many wondered if the mouse house would adapt any of the superhero stories into animated features. When the deal was announced, CEOBob Igermentionedthat they “talked about this internally” and that Pixar headJohn Lasseterhad already “talked to the Marvel guys” about possibilities “and they all got excited about it.” Nothing was announced, but Iger concluded saying “We think there’s ultimately some exciting product that come of that....

Sequel Bits: ‘Halloween’, ‘The Crimes Of Grindelwald’, ‘Enchanted’, ‘Creed II’, ‘Men In Black’ And More In this edition of sequel bits: Gang, gotta tell ya: The new@halloweenmoviemovie ROCKS. And you’re all going to love it. I guarantee it. So pipe down, already. And STRAP IN !#Halloween — Jason Blum (@jason_blum)July 07, 2025 Jason Blum, a man with a financial interest in the newHalloweenmovie, took some time to Tweet out that the newHalloweenmovie “ROCKS....

Star Wars Bits: Oscar Isaac Talks ‘Force Awakens’ Prep; Andy Serkis' Character, George Lucas, Star Wars #1 Oscar Isaac continues to offer up awesome stories fromThe Force Awakens. Below, read about those as well as these interesting Star Wars Bits. Oscar Isaacspoke to IGNabout theStar Wars: The Force Awakenstrailer and, specifically, his shot flying an X-Wing: That’s awesome. More awesome, before shooting,Harrison Fordtold him he’d take the actor up to go real flying at anytime....

Star Wars Bits: The Mandalorian, The Book Of Boba Fett, LEGO Star Wars Battles, Star Wars: Visions, Life Day Treasury, And More! In this edition of Star Wars Bits: The Mandalorian Wins Best Streaming Series The Hollywood Critics Association (HCA)recently held a virtual ceremony for its first-ever HCA TV Awards. There, Season 2 of “The Mandalorian” was awardedBest Streaming Series, Drama, winning over favorites like “The Crown,” “Handmaid’s Tale,” and “The Boys....