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There are some young individuals in this world whose talent seems so boundless and who show so much potential at the beginning of their careers that the mind staggers at the endless possibilities of the future. Juan Antonio Bayona is one of those people. I still remember the first time I watched Bayona’s The Orphanage (his feature-film directorial debut), a movie whose command of mood and horror is so deft that I felt physically ill with anticipation during certain segments (e.g. the “Red light - green light” scene in the darkness).
Thus, I was extremely excited to learn that Bayona will be teaming up again with producer Guillermo Del Toro to [...]

Here is a round up of stories that just didn’t make the /Film front page, or what we like to call…. Page 2!

Movieland has the first blurry photo of Yun-Fat Chow as Master Roshi in Dragonball.
Steven Spielberg is creating a new social networking site called “The Rising.” The site will be dedicated to those who have had paranormal experiences, and users users will be encouraged to share their own extraterrestrial encounters. [io9]
Mark Johnson and Guillermo del Toro will produce an adaptation of David Moody’s 2006 novel Hater for Universal. The thriller is about an epidemic of random violence in which ordinary people strike lethally without warning or remorse. [variety]
Topless Robot [...]