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Water Cooler: The King Of Staten Island, Da 5 Bloods, Artemis Fowl, I’m No Longer Here, Stay Tuned, Cape Fear, Dave, Josie And The Pussycats, Bar Rescue By Peter Sciretta/June 12, 2020 3:15 pm EST On the June 12, 2020 Episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler....

WB Says Ray Fisher Isn’t Cooperating With ‘Justice League’ Investigation, But Fisher Fires Back: WB Is Playing “A Sad And Desperate Game” By Ben Pearson/Sept. 8, 2020 11:00 am EST Strap in, folks, because in the words of The Dude from The Big Lebowski: “This is a very complicated case…lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what-have-yous.” Ray Fisher, who played Cyborg in 2017’s Justice League, has spent this summer bringing forth allegations that there was a “toxic and abusive work environment on the set” of that film – specifically calling out Joss Whedon (who stepped in to direct reshoots after Zack Snyder left the production) and producers Geoff Johns and Jon Berg....

‘Fantasia 2000’ And The Final Gasps Of The Disney Renaissance By Josh Spiegel/Oct. 22, 2019 8:00 am EST (Revisiting the Renaissance is a bi-weekly series in which Josh Spiegel looks back at the history and making of the 13 films of the Disney Renaissance, released between 1986 and 1999. In today’s final column, he discusses the 1999 film Fantasia 2000.)Ambition is the great historical throughline of the Walt Disney Animation Studios....

‘Foundation’ Trailer: Isaac Asimov’s Sci-Fi Classic Is Now An Apple TV+ Series By Ben Pearson/June 22, 2020 12:30 pm EST “People have been trying to make Foundation for over fifty years.” That’s a quote from Batman Begins screenwriter David S. Goyer, who has finally figured out a way to adapt author Isaac Asimov’s sweeping, seminal science fiction novel series for the screen. The new TV series, which stars Jared Harris and Lee Pace, is heading to Apple TV+ next year, and during today’s Apple keynote presentation, the company unveiled the first teaser trailer for the highly-anticipated adaptation....

‘Gemini Man’ Trailer: Can Will Smith Stop Will Smith? By Chris Evangelista/July 25, 2019 6:22 am EST Will Smith goes up against Will Smith in the latest Gemini Man trailer. Ang Lee helms this effects-filled action flick in which Will Smith has to fight a younger clone of himself. The premise is cool, but nothing new. The real draw here is the visual effects work, which has pulled out all the stops to create a younger-looking Will Smith....

‘Halloween Kills’ First Look Reveals Next Year’s Michael Myers/Laurie Strode Rematch By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 31, 2019 10:30 am EST Jamie Lee Curtis just delivered a Halloween treat by sharing a Halloween Kills first look behind-the-scenes video from the upcoming sequel. It’s a quick, fun glimpse of what awaits us next year when the first of two back-to-back sequels continue, and then conclude, the story of Laurie Strode and Michael Myers. Watch the Halloween Kills first look below....

‘Harpoon’ Review: A Hateful And Hilarious Boat Trip Into Hell [Fantasia Film Festival 2019] By Matt Donato/Aug. 6, 2019 7:00 am EST If you’re a cynical blackhearted comedy fan, Rob Grant’s Harpoon is your “Catch Of The Day.” At an airtight seventy minutes and change, this dangerously dysfunctional yachting expedition is meaner than your least favorite aunt after three too many glasses of wine. Exquisitely paced to surface tensions early, often, and volcanically....

By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 14, 2020 11:30 am EST Bad news for all you Helstrom-heads. Hulu has canceled the Marvel series after one season – a season you probably didn’t even realize had premiered already. The series, which drew on characters from Marvel Comics, is (or I guess we should say was) the last of the lingering non-Disney Marvel TV shows. The series followed “Daimon and Ana Helstrom, the children of a serial killer, hunt the worst of humanity....

‘Joker’ Trailer: Joaquin Phoenix Goes Crazy As The Clown Prince Of Crime By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 28, 2019 9:02 am EST Joaquin Phoenix gets the last laugh in the new Joker trailer. The highly-anticipated anti-comic book movie from director Todd Phillips takes the Clown Prince of Crime out of whatever crazy continuity currently exists in DC-based films, and lets him loose in his own standalone story. Rather than attempt to make your standard superhero-inspired movie, Phillips is going for something heavily influenced by the work of Martin Scorsese – Taxi Driver by way of The King of Comedy....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 11, 2020 1:30 pm EST Around the same time that Paramount Network pulled the plug on the long-running law-enforcement reality show Cops, A&E removed its biggest hit Live PD from its schedule “out of respect for the families of George Floyd and others who have lost their lives.” However, after it came to light that Live PD cameras filmed the 2019 police killing of a Texas man, Javier Ambler, A&E has decided to cancel Live PD altogether....

‘Scoob!’ Clip: Scooby-Doo And Shaggy Meet The Blue Falcon And Dynomutt By Ben Pearson/May 14, 2020 2:15 pm EST Warner Bros. Animation’s Scoob! will be available for rental tomorrow, but before the film arrives, you can check out a clip of mystery-solving pals Scooby-Doo (Frank Welker) and Shaggy (Will Forte) coming face to face with two heroes in their world: The Blue Falcon and Dynomutt. Scoob Clip In under 50 seconds, this Scoob!...

‘The Other Lamb’ Is A Beguiling And Rebellious Tale Of Female Oppression [Fantastic Fest 2019] By Marisa Mirabal/Sept. 30, 2019 7:00 am EST In Christianity, the lamb is symbolic of gentleness, innocence, and purity. The animal has also been used as a reference to Jesus Christ when the bible mentions “lamb of God.” There is a softness and delicate nature to the lamb, one that provides comfort in its shed fur used for blankets and clothing....

‘To All The Boys: Always And Forever’ Trailer: Netflix’s Romantic Comedy Franchise Is Coming To An End By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 13, 2021 10:30 am EST Netflix began a hit romantic comedy franchise in 2018 with To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, an adaptation of Jenny Han’s 2014 novel of the same name and they kept the story going with To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You in 2020....

31 Days Of Streaming Horror: ‘Terrified’ Lives Up To Its Name By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 20, 2019 9:00 am EST Welcome to 31 Days of Streaming Horror. Every day this October we’ll be highlighting a different streaming horror movie to help you get into the Halloween spirit. Today’s entry: Terrified (2018). Terrified Now Streaming on Shudder Sub-Genre: Horror Anthology Movie in DisguiseBest Setting to Watch It In: While sitting at the kitchen table with a corpseHow Scary Is It?...

Benny Safdie Lands A Major Role In Paul Thomas Anderson’s Next Movie By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 1, 2020 1:00 pm EST Uncut Gems co-director Benny Safdie has tried his hand at acting before, notably playing Robert Pattinson’s brother in Good Time, which he directed with his brother Josh Safdie. But Benny Safdie is stepping in front of the camera without his brother backing him, joining the cast of Paul Thomas Anderson’s new movie in a major role....

Charting The Cinematic Evolution Of Santa Claus: From Magic Elf To Boogeyman And Beyond By Scott Beggs/Dec. 24, 2019 10:00 am EST How far can you stretch an icon until the imagery shatters? What is the core essence of Santa Claus? Normally in this column we’d look at the evolution of an actor to see how their persona changed over time, but ’tis the season to examine the jolliest shape-shifter. The concept of Santa Claus is an amalgamation of mythologies that solidified in the United States at least a hundred years before film was invented....

Daily Podcast: Michael Keaton’s Batman Return, Joel Schumacher, Hamilton’s MPAA Rating, V/H/S 94 And Star Wars: Light Of The Jedi By Peter Sciretta/June 22, 2020 3:15 pm EST On the June 22, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and tv news, including the death of Joel Schumacher, Michael Keaton returns as Batman, Hamilton’s MPAA rating, V/H/S 94 and Star Wars: Light of the Jedi....

Eddie Murphy Joining Adam Sander, Billy Crystal & More For Feeding America Comedy Festival By Ethan Anderton/April 23, 2020 10:30 am EST Eddie Murphy is slated to make his triumphant return to stand-up comedy at Netflix sometime in the future, but before that, we’ll see him try his hand at stand-up again for a big charity comedy festival being put together to benefit Feeding America food banks during the coronavirus pandemic....

Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’: See What Doug Jones Would Have Looked Like As The Monster In The Film That Never Happened By Ben Pearson/Nov. 3, 2020 4:30 pm EST Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein movie, which never got made, is just one of many great “what if” Hollywood scenarios involving the cinephile director. He had been talking about making the movie as far back as 2008, but sadly, it never gained enough traction to get it to the starting line....

John Williams’ ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Score Is Now Streaming By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 10, 2019 3:00 pm EST Heads up: you can listen to John Williams’ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker score right now. Williams’ final Star Wars soundtrack is currently streaming on the Disney awards site. There’s a good chance Disney didn’t want this to get out to the general public this soon, so you might want to hurry up and listen to it before Bob Iger shows up at your house and demands you stop....