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Eric Vespe

How Tropic Thunder Helped Robert Downey Jr. Recruit Mickey Rourke For Iron Man 2

Mickey Rourke plays one of the MCU's best, most imposing villains in Iron Man 2, but it took Robert Downey Jr. on the press circuit to convince him to come on.

Rafael Motamayor

Netflix Is Developing TV Spin-Offs Of Wednesday, Extraction, And Peaky Blinders

Netflix is going all-in on franchises with plans for TV spin-offs of Wednesday, Extraction, and Peaky Blinders, plus an animated remake of One Piece.

Jacob Hall

Director James Wan Doesn't Even Know How To Make A 'Realistic' Aquaman Movie [Exclusive Interview]

We spoke with Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom director James Wan about upping the ante with the new superhero sequel.

Witney Seibold

Star Wars' Laughably Horrible Attempt At Making A Fake Luke Skywalker Head

Fans of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back will remember the Luke severed head scene, but they may not know that it was originally a (bad) prop head.

Witney Seibold

The Only Major Actors Still Alive From Apocalypse Now

Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 descent into madness Apocalypse Now featured some of the best actors of the generation, and some are still with us.

Ryan Scott

Avengers: Infinity War Cut A Major Arc For Hulk At The Very Last Minute

Mark Ruffalo's Hulk wouldn't become Smart Hulk until Avengers: Endgame, but it was planned for Infinity War. Why did the Russo brothers wait?

Harrison Ford and Adam Driver in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Eric Vespe

Kylo Ren's Most Pivotal Star Wars Scene Invades Adam Driver's Life All The Time

Adam Driver is frequently reminded (sometimes almost daily) about the scene where Kylo Ren kills you-know-who in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Jeremy Smith

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Aims To Bring Genuine Scares Along With The Laughs

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire will reclaim what all of the sequels lost, according to star Kumail Nanjiani, and that is legitimate scares.

Jack Hawkins

Actors Who Refused To Change Their Bodies For Roles

Actors are often changing their bodies when a certain character requires it, but sometimes, actors like Jennifer Lawrence and Harrison Ford refuse to change.

Jeremy Smith

How Steve Jobs Single-Handedly Sealed The Deal Between Marvel And Disney

When Disney picked up Marvel Studios, it was a big deal, but without the help of the late Apple boss Steve Jobs, it might not have ever happened.

Smokey and the Bandit, Burt Reynolds and Sally Field

SlashFilm Staff

The Only Major Actors Still Alive From Smokey And The Bandit

Smokey and the Bandit is one of the most fun action comedies of the 1970s, and many of its major actors are still alive and working.

Valerie Ettenhofer

Naming Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget's New Farm Was A Legal Minefield [Exclusive]

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget is a razor-sharp satire, but its creators took almost too much from life to be a safe bet legally.

Ryan Scott

20 Years Ago, Return Of The King Capped Off A Box Office Run For The Ages

20 years ago the Lord of the Rings movies were already an astonishing success, but The Return of the King took the trilogy out on a high.

Valerie Ettenhofer

Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget Was Influenced By Thunderbirds And Mission: Impossible [Exclusive]

The new Chicken Run film, Dawn of the Nugget, pulled from various cinematic sources for inspiration, but Sam Fell was particularly inspired by the heist genre.

Valerie Ettenhofer

DC Wanted Charlie Hunnam To Play Green Arrow, So Why Did He Turn It Down?

Fans have long wanted to see Sons of Anarchy and Pacific Rim star Charlie Hunnam play Green Arrow in a DC superhero movie, but the actor turned down the role.

Hannah Shaw-Williams

Wonka Lays A Little Golden Egg With $39 Million Opening Weekend

Chocolate-covered musical prequel Wonka is off to a tasty start with an estimated $39 million opening weekend at the box office.

Eric Vespe

Fluke Radio Signals Made A Difficult Return Of The Jedi Scene Even More Challenging

Star Wars was harder to shoot than you might think, and you probably think it was pretty hard. Case in point, odd radio signals that distracted Mark Hamill.

Hannah Shaw-Williams

How Dawn Of The Nugget Director Sam Fell Brought Chicken Run Into The Swinging Sci-Fi '60s [Exclusive Interview]

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget director Sam Fell is 'in awe' of the original film, but he didn't want to just tell the same story again.

Tom Cruise hanging in Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One

Ben Pearson

Tom Cruise Should Take This Lesson From Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Johnson made a decision this week that could completely alter the trajectory of his career. Will Tom Cruise ever make a similar decision? (He should!)

Joe Roberts

Reacher Season 2's Big Villain Is A Clear Homage To A James Cameron Classic

The new season of Reacher is dropping amazing little meta references to the iconic past role of its new villain played by Robert Patrick.

Jeremy Mathai

Rebel Moon Review: Zack Snyder's Latest Is A Feature-Length Video Game Cutscene

Rebel Moon resembles little more than a grab-bag collection of world-building, mythology, and epic storytelling that we've seen done better many times before.

SlashFilm Staff

15 Best Animated TV Shows And Movies Of 2023

The limitless possibilities of animation were well on display in 2023. Here are our picks for the top 15 animated films and TV shows of the year.

Rafael Motamayor

Will There Be An Ocean's 14? George Clooney Says There's A Script

Ocean's 11 has had many sequels and prequels, and according to star George Clooney, there may be another with the core cast and crew coming along.

Ethan Anderton

Cool Stuff: Sandbox VR Is As Close As You Can Get To Ready Player One's Oasis (For Now)

Sandbox VR is a virtual reality gaming experience that puts you into a cinematic video game scenario alongside your friends and family, and we tried it out.