10 Stories About The Making Of 'Alien'
In space, no one can hear you scream. And on /Film, everyone can read 10 sories about the making of Alien, one of the best movies ever made.
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Hell Freezes Over As Terry Gilliam Nears Completion Of 'The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'
Terry Gilliam's long-delayed The Man Who Killed Don Quixote is one step closer to seeing the light of day. Gilliam says he's almost done cutting the film.
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'Harry Potter' And 'Alien' Star John Hurt Has Died At 77
Sad news has arrived with confirmation of John Hurt dead coming from the actor's publicist. The Alien and Harry Potter star was 77 years old.
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Which Actor Has Died The Most On Screen? It's Surprisingly Not Sean Bean
Which actor dies the most on screen? Believe it or not, Sean Bean is not at the top of the list, and he's edged out by a few other veteran actors.
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'The Last Panthers' Trailer: A New Crime Series Based On The Pink Panthers
Directed by Johan Renck (Breaking Bad), The Last Panthers is a new series starring Samantha Morton (In America) and more. Watch The Last Panthers trailer.
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Terry Gilliam's 'The Man Who Killed Don Quixote' Delayed As John Hurt Undergoes Cancer Treatment
The story of Terry Gilliam's death was thankfully completely wrong, but his new/old film project, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, is having a harder time. The film has been an on-again, off-again proposition for years, originally going before cameras in 2000 with Johnny Depp and Jean Rochefort in the lead roles before a set of disasters,…
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Guillermo Del Toro Will Make A Black And White Film Before 'Pacific Rim 2'
On one hand, it's great to see the partnership between Legendary and Guillermo del Toro keeping the director in a state of constant production. From Pacific Rim to Crimson Peak to Pacific Rim 2 (with The Strain pilot in there, too) del Toro has been going non-stop. The only downside is that he's doing big…
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'Hercules' Trailer: Dwayne Johnson Fights Animals
Watch the new Hercules trailer, starring Dwayne Johnson as the Greek hero of legend. Brett Ratner directed the Paramount action epic.
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Terry Gilliam Again Working To Cast And Shoot 'The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'
Terry Gilliam is charging forward once more with The Man Who Killed Don Quixote casting, and has possibly set John Hurt to play the title role.
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'Only Lovers Left Alive' Trailer Captures The Cool Tension Of This Vampire Tale
This Only Lovers Left Alive trailer is a terrific new look at Jim Jarmusch's vampire movie, which is one of the greatest cinematic pleasures of the year.
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'Only Lovers Left Alive' UK Teaser: "I Have What You Need"
Leave it to Jim Jarmusch to take a tired trend -- vampires -- and give it new life. Only Lovers Left Alive landed on my top 10 of 2013 list, as well as Russ' most anticipated of 2014 list, and the latest trailer from the U.K. may offer some clues as to why. I'll be…
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'Snowpiercer' International Trailer: "Is It Time?"
After several months, the battle between Bong Joon-ho and The Weinstein Company over the U.S. release of Snowpiercer remains unresolved. At this point, it's anyone's guess when Stateside audiences will finally get to see the film, or what shape it'll be in when it gets there. But folks in other countries have been luckier, and today…
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'Doctor Who' Anniversary Prelude 'Night Of The Doctor' Explained [Video]
Doctor Who is legendary as a long-running sci-fi series, and the show has all the convoluted continuity you’d expect from a show about to celebrate its 50th anniversary. That special day will be commemorated next week with a new special episode, called The Day of the Doctor. But it is preceded today by The Night of…
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'The Day Of The Doctor' Trailer: John Hurt Seeks The Doctor
"I've had many faces, many lives," says Matt Smith's Doctor at the beginning of the new trailer for the Doctor Who anniversary special The Day of the Doctor, "but there's one I've tried very hard to forget." That one, this trailer suggests, is played by John Hurt, who appeared at the end of 'Name of…
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'Snowpiercer' International Trailer: Chris Evans Faces His Destiny
We Americans are still waiting on a release date for Snowpiercer, Bong Joon-ho's English-language debut, but those in his native South Korea will get to see it next week. As part of that final marketing push, one final Korean trailer has dropped for the sci-fi film. The film features a pretty fantastic ensemble, including John…
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TV Bits: 'Girl Meets World', 'Hemlock Grove', 'Masters Of Sex', Darren Aronofsky, Dan Harmon, Channing Tatum
I suppose 32-year-old Ben Savage is technically old enough to have a 13-year-old daughter, but it still feels weird to see him playing the proud dad instead of the confused kid on Girl Meets World, doesn't it? Also after the jump: Darren Aronofsky and HBO ditch Michael Chabon's Hobgoblin FX's The Strain adds John Hurt; Liv…
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'Snowpiercer' International Trailer [Updated With Better Quality]
South Korean director Bong Joon-ho (Mother, The Host) makes his English-language debut with Snowpiercer, a sci-fi tale which features Chris Evans, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Alison Pill, Ed Harris, Ewen Bremner, Octavia Spencer, Kang-ho Song and Ko Asung. The film adapts the graphic novel Le Transperceneige, in which humanity triggers a new ice age, and takes refuge…
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Jim Jarmusch Explains His Vampire Film, 'Only Lovers Left Alive;' See Photos And Clips
A new film from indie mainstay Jim Jarmusch is always an event, even if he makes films that are much smaller than "event" really suggests. His new picture, his first in four years, is called Only Lovers Left Alive. It stars Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska and Anton Yelchin in a genre-influenced story featuring vampires and music. Hiddleston…
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First Footage From 'Snowpiercer' Proves That Chris Evans Is Handy With An Axe
The Host and Mother director Bong Joon-ho makes his English-language debut with Snowpiercer, which adapts a French graphic novel about a train that carries the remnants of humanity through a snowy landscape. We've seen quite a few posters and images that show off the impressive cast but until now we haven't seen any footage. (That…
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Tilda Swinton And Other Survivors Stare Out Of 'Snowpiercer' Character Posters
We've seen Tilda Swinton play many different roles, with an eclectic variety of looks over the years. But we've never seen her in a getup quite like what she sports for Bong Joon-ho's new film Snowpiercer. If you can imagine a halfway point between an aged Princess Leia and a stern schoolmistress, you're close to…
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Character Passports Introduce The Inhabitants Of Bong Joon-Ho's 'Snowpiercer'
Snowpiercer is Korean director Bong Joon-ho's first English-language outing, but he's managed to assemble a cast even the most experienced Hollywood directors would kill for, including Tilda Swinton, Octavia Spencer, John Hurt, Ed Harris, Chris Evans, and Song Kangho. We've seen little of those stars so far, aside from a poster here and a still image…
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Brett Ratner's 'Hercules' Adds Ian McShane, Joseph Fiennes, Rufus Sewell And More
Dwayne Johnson has just pulled together a brand new "sand and sandal" gang. Ian McShane (Deadwood), Joseph Fiennes (Shakespeare in Love), Rufus Sewell (Dark City), John Hurt (Harry Potter) and Rebecca Ferguson are set to join the action superstar in Hercules, directed by Brett Ratner. It's scheduled for a July 25, 2014 release. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news of the casting. According to…
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Poster For Bong Joon-Ho's 'Snowpiercer' Sees John Hurt Standing Above The Masses
This year marks a big event for some movie fans, as three of South Korea's biggest directors make their English-language film debuts. And the conversion is off to a rocky start, as The Good, the Bad, the Weird and I Saw the Devil director Kim Ji-woon stumbled with The Last Stand a couple weeks ago.…
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First Look: Tilda Swinton And Tom Hiddleston In Jim Jarmusch's Vampire Film 'Only Lovers Left Alive'
Briefly: The new film from indie king Jim Jarmusch is a vampire love story (of sorts) and the first image suggests he has taken a page from Tony Scott's early '80s effort The Hunger. This movie, called Only Lovers Left Alive, stars Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt and Anton Yelchin. This first pic, above,…
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Concept Art And Score Sample For 'Snowpiercer,' From Director Of South Korean 'The Host'
My "most anticipated" list for 2013 is almost done, and it's a huge thing that takes into account more than just the ten movies I've chosen to highlight as the ones I most want to see. One of the movies that didn't make that core ten, but will be reflected in the piece, is Snowpiercer,…
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'Jayne Mansfield's Car' International Trailer: Billy Bob Thornton's All-Star Family Drama
Some months ago, before shooting his latest film Jayne Mansfield's Car, Billy Bob Thornton said that there just aren't many movies being made lately that are really of interest to him. And indeed, the first trailer for his latest, which stars Thornton, Robert Duvall, John Hurt, Frances O'Connor, Ray Stevenson, Robert Patrick, and what looks…
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'The Artist' Nearly Sweeps BAFTAs With Seven Major Awards
Meryl Streep prevented the cast and crew of The Artist from a total sweep of the major categories at this year's British Academy Film Awards, presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and commonly called the BAFTAs. Streep won Best Actress for playing former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in The…
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