• Superhero Bits: Batman Vs. Superman, Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men Days Of Future Past, Captain America: The Winter Soldier

    How much longer do you have to see Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark? Has DC started to trademark Nightwing stuff tied to Batman vs. Superman? Will The Amazing Spider-Man 2 have an Electro-centric subtitle? Just how expensive was X-Men: Days of Future Past? Want to read a detailed article about the VFX in Thor: The Dark World? What's…

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  • Superhero Bits: The Avengers, Supercrooks, Spider-Man, Black Widow, Blade

    Why did the Green Goblin capture CNN's Anderson Cooper on New Year's Eve? Which motorcycle company has teamed up with The Avengers? Want to see a teaser trailer for the upcoming Mark Millar comic book Supercrooks? And how is it possible that you can own Scarlett Johansson from Iron Man 2? Read about all of…

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  • 'Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark' Delayed A Sixth Time

    For the sixth time, Spider-Man will be missing his cue. On Friday, producers officially announced that their now infamous musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, would be shut down from April 19-May 11 before reopening with all eyes set on a new opening date of June 14, a three-month delay. This is the culmination of…

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  • Julie Taymor May Be Replaced As Director Of 'Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark'

    What a strange beast Julie Taymor's Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark has become. Despite scathing reviews and the negative publicity from injuries suffered by cast members, the show is doing huge business even as the official opening date has been pushed multiple times. We'd heard recently that the show's book might be reworked…

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  • 'Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark' Being Reworked By New Writer

    The Julie Taymor show Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is the most expensive Broadway production of all time, and one of the most troubled. It has been delayed multiple times, beset by injuries and subsequent investigations and union issues, and met with a scathing critical response. And yet, because reason rarely triumphs over curiosity, tickets…

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  • Page 2: Transformers, Brick, Justin Bieber, Star Trek, Federico Fellini, Gremlins, Dogma, Neil Gaiman, Superman

    Mini-LOL: Is Disney trying to sell their latest animated film Tangled with subliminal sex messages? [brew] 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 included 40 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles…

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  • LOL: 'Spider-Man' Lawsuit Commercial

    This weekend's edition of Saturday Night Live featured a sketch which takes aim at the troubled Broadway production Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark. The law firm of Gublin and Green will represent anyone injured watching or acting in 'Spider-Man' on Broadway If you missed it on Saturday night, you can watch the clip now embedded…

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  • Critics Bash 'Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark'

    With a traditional Broadway show, critics hold their reviews until the show officially opens. They let the production iron out all the kinks during preview performances and then, once the show is ready to officially open, critics can have at it. But nothing has been traditional about Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark. Several delays, injuries,…

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  • Page 2: Spider-Man, Seth Rogen, Harry Potter, JJ Abrams, Back To The Future, Conan O'Brien, WALL-E, Cameron Diaz, Ghostbusters And More

    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 included 35 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness. If…

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  • Page 2

    Yes, Page 2 has returned. For a while the excess bits were not enough to build a regular Page 2 column, but I've recently been noticing items piling up that I wished that we had gotten to post on the site, but just didn't have time. I'm not sure how regular this column will be…

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  • 'Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark' Loses A Lead Actress

    I hope someone is building an appropriately detailed scorecard for Julie Taymor's Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, aka the Most Expensive Broadway Production Ever. The show has been delayed, rewritten, gone over budget, and seen far more than the usual share of injuries. Now, the most recent injury, which was endured mid-performance by Christopher Tierney,…

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  • 'Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark' Delayed. Again.

    The U2/Julie Taymor Spider-Man musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, has been running in preview showings for about two weeks now with generally mixed reactions. Most people who've seen the show, which wasn't set to officially open until January 11, agreed it had some major story problems but was visually stunning. For a musical that…

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