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What’s the inside story behind the Batman v Superman logo in I Am Legend? How can you get this disgusting Guardians of the Galaxy sweater? Who would win in a fight between Batman and Darth Vader? Did the Lego Movie producers approach Christopher Nolan to approve Lego Batman? Want to see a new TV spot for Agent Carter? Is anyone crazy enough to mashup Downton Abbey and Iron Man? And which piece of Doctor Strange‘s clothing has an official Marvel URL? Read about all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits.

DP/30 did an extended interview with Chadwick Boseman. Mostly about Get On Up, but he talks Black Panther too. Thanks to Comic Book Movie.

Star Wars screenwriter Gary Whitta has mashed up Downton Abbey with the Iron Man franchise. Kind of.

Speaking to Collider, Francis Lawrence explained the Batman v Superman logo in I Am Legend.

Screenrant writes about some big changes to the Flash origin in the DC Comics.

How cool is this terrible Guardians of the Galaxy holiday sweater?

EW has some spoilers on the identity of the Reverse Flash in CW’s The Flash.

Batman vs. Darth Vader courtesy of Machinma.

New commercial for the Guardians of the Galaxy Blu-ray.

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

Header Photo: Total Recall in LEGO

The 5 biggest differences between the ‘Mockingjay‘ book and movie

Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator) Talks Angus Sampson and Tony Mahony’s The Mule

Star Trek Clock uses Starships to tell the time

How a Cinematographer Sees the Art of Sound

Trailer Teasers and Teaser Trailers: The Internet’s Jurassic World Problem

Star Wars Rechargeable Mini Speaker

Craig Robinson‘s NBC Comedy Adds Greek Grad Spencer Grammer and A to Z’s Lenora Crichlow

6 New TV Shows That Will Still Be On The Air 5 Years From Now

Aaron Jasinski’s Neverending Story inspired print

How Jason Reitman Is Planning To Break Out Of His Slump

Sherlock Outtakes We’ve All Been Waiting For

10 Great Documentaries You Only Want to Watch Once

Millennium Falcon Printed Rug

An Even-minded (Hopefully) Rant in Response to the Internet’s Hatred of “Interstellar”*

Honest Trailers – Love Actually

Cowardly Lion Costume, ‘Casablanca‘ Piano Sell for More Than $3 Million at Auction

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Guillermo del Toro is pulling together the script for Pacific Rim 2, and it sounds like Charlie Day and Burn Gorman will be back for the sequel. Their characters are being written into the script, at least. We know that some of the characters from the original film won’t be back in a big way for the sequel, though they may show up in a proposed third movie. So the inclusion of those two guys is one of the first real bits of info we have about the second chapter of the big robots vs. monsters series that was given a shot in the arm with the formal announcement of the big-screen sequel.

While talking to del Toro about the DVD and Blu-ray release of The Strain Season 1, the director told Collider that the film starts off a couple years after the end of the first movie:

It’s a few years after the first one.  It’s not an immediate follow-up.  It is the world having been freed of Kaiju, what happens to the world after – what happens to the Jaeger technology once the Kaiju are not a threat.  It’s quite a jump.

And with the world changing quite a bit, there’s still room for the two argumentative scientists : 

It’s quite a different movie from the first one in that, but I think that two of our main characters like in the first one are Burn and Charlie.  They are really, really – I mean, honestly, they are probably the guys I have the most fun writing along with Hannibal Chau so just from a purely selfish drive, I like writing them.  I love writing for Charlie and Burn.  I mean, [Burn’s] in Crimson Peak for that reason, because I love working with him.  You’re gonna get a lot of that, but the Kaijus are very different and you’re gonna see a very different type of the robots I think.  It’s gonna be quite a different adventure.

The script should be set by spring 2015, and the film will likely start shooting at the end of 2015.

Pacific Rim 2 is set for release on April 7, 2017. Zak Penn (X-Men: The Last Stand) is working on the sequel script, and original screenwriter Travis Beacham is working on the sequel and overall franchise development, too.

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The last volume of the Harry Potter series was published in 2007, but author J.K. Rowling has returned to the wizarding world several times since. Most recently, she completed the script for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, as confirmed by producer David Heyman.

David Yates is set to direct the Harry Potter spinoff, which is inspired by a made-up Hogwarts textbook that became a real Harry Potter companion volume in 2012. Hit the jump for the latest update on the JK Rowling Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them script.

The status update on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them came during Heyman’s chat with The Telegraph. “Jo [Rowling] has written a wonderful script,” he said. “It’s early stages. David Yates is directing and we start filming next year. I’m just really excited about it.”

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was first announced last fall, with Rowling confirmed to write. She tweeted last month that she was still “tweaking” the screenplay, so the completion of the script is a recent development.

Heyman produced all eight Harry Potter features and is set to produce all of the Fantastic Beasts series, which will consist of “at least” three movies. His non-Potter credits include I Am Legend, Gravity, and the upcoming Paddington.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will be set in New York City circa 1920, about seventy years before the start of the Harry Potter series. The first film will follow the adventures of Newt Scamander, a “magizoologist” whose writings on magical creatures would go on to become required reading for Hogwarts students.

Few other details have been given about the story, although Rowling offered fans a hint last month in the form of a cryptic tweet. Unscrambled, the strange message spelled out: “Newt Scamander only meant to stay in New York for a few hours.”

Although Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is set in the same universe as the Harry Potter series, Rowling has said the new film will be “neither a sequel nor a prequel” — so direct ties to the Harry Potter plotline are unlikely.

The project reunites much of the old Harry Potter team. Director Yates directed the last four installments of the original Harry Potter film series. Also returning are executive producer Lionel Wigram, who served as executive producer on the last four films, and Steve Kloves, who scripted seven out of the eight movies.

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them opens November 18, 2016. The next two installments are dated for 2018 and 2019.

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Daniel Barnz‘s indie drama Cake is being promoted in some circles as Jennifer Aniston‘s best shot at an Oscar nomination in ages, which frankly isn’t saying much. She typically favors the type of fluffy comedy roles that don’t get awards attention, and hasn’t done a “serious” role since 2006′s Friends With Money.

But on the rare occasions that she does break into more dramatic territory, she usually does quite well. Cake seems to be no exception. Aniston plays Claire Simmons, a woman in a constant state of physical and emotional pain. At a low point, she begins obsessing over a suicide victim played by Anna Kendrick. Sam Worthington, William H. Macy, Felicity Huffman, Chris Messina, and Adriana Barazza also star. Watch the Cake trailer after the jump.

ABC News debuted the Cake trailer.

It’s not hard to see why Aniston is getting good buzz for Cake. She completely sheds her glamorous image to play dour, dowdy Claire. Aside from the prosthetic scars stuck to her body, she’s totally makeup-free. The results, so far as we can tell from the trailer, are a great reminder that Aniston can really act her face off when the situation calls for it.

Unfortunately, it seems unlikely Cake will be the one to get Aniston that little gold man. Cake got a tepid reception at TIFF, though Aniston’s performance was often singled out as one of the highlights. But if we’re lucky, maybe the compliments she’s getting for Cake will encourage Aniston to try stretching her dramatic muscles more often in the future.

Cake opens in 2015.

Claire Simmons (Jennifer Aniston) is in pain. Her physical pain is evident in the scars that line her body and the way she carries herself, wincing with each tentative step. She’s no good at hiding her emotional pain either. Blunt to the point of searing insult, Claire’s anger seethes out of her with nearly every interaction. She has driven away her husband, her friends — even her chronic-pain support group has kicked her out.

The only one left in Claire’s otherwise solitary existence is her housekeeper-cum-caretaker, Silvana (Academy Award nominee Adriana Barraza), who barely tolerates her boss’ need for liquor and prescription pills. But the suicide of Nina (Academy Award nominee Anna Kendrick), one of Claire’s fellow chronic-pain group members, prompts another fixation. In pursuing questions about the death of a woman she barely knew, Claire explores the boundaries between life and death, abandonment and heartbreak, danger and salvation. As she inserts herself into the lives of Nina’s husband (Sam Worthington) and the son Nina left behind, Claire just might find salvation.

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