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‘The Rise Of Skywalker’ Book Reveals A Connection Between Lando And Jannah By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 23, 2019 8:30 am EST Despite their prominence in interviews and appearances pre-release, Billy Dee Williams and Naomi Ackie have relatively small parts to play in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Williams, returning as Lando Calrissian, has little more than a cameo in the film, while Ackie’s new character Jannah has a little bit more to do, but still not much....

‘WandaVision’ Early Buzz: Marvel’s Series Is Funny, Sharp, Bizarre And Unlike Anything In The MCU By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 9, 2021 9:25 am EST The first Disney+ series from Marvel Studios that takes place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is WandaViaion. The series starring Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany as the superhero couple Wanda Maximoff and Vision will debut with two episodes on January 15, but critics have already seen the first three episodes of the show and have taken to social media with their initial reactions to the series....

AMC Theatres Reaches New Debt Agreement To Stay Afloat Through 2021 By Ethan Anderton/July 13, 2020 10:30 am EST AMC Theatres has been the theater chain struggling the most with the closure of movie theaters due to the coronavirus pandemic. The chain suffered a roughly $2.2 billion quarterly loss, and there has been doubt that the company would be able to survive, even if theaters were allowed to open this summer....

Daily Podcast: Black Panther 2, Thor: Love And Thunder, Predator, Wonder Woman 1984, Disney, Scream And Transformers By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 23, 2020 1:30 pm EST On the November 23, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film Editor-in-Chief Peter Sciretta is joined by senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Black Panther 2, Thor: Love and Thunder, Predator, Wonder Woman 1984, Disney, Scream and Transformers....

Disney+ Has Raked In Over 25 Million Subscribers Since Launching Last Fall, But Will They Stick Around? By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 4, 2020 12:30 pm EST Disney is expected to announced that somewhere between 25 million and 30 million subscribers have signed up for Disney+ since launching in November last year (the investors call revealed that 28.6 million had signed up as of February 4). That’s a staggering achievement in such a short window, and a big part of their success is the result of a cross-promotion with Verizon that worked much better than Apple’s own deal for free Apple TV+ subscriptions....

Exploring The Legacy Of Former Disney CEO Bob Iger And How The Company Changed Under His Watch By Josh Spiegel/Feb. 27, 2020 12:00 pm EST Robert Iger served as the CEO of the Walt Disney Company for just under 15 years. It’s hard to emphasize exactly how massive an impact Iger made in his tenure at Disney, one which concluded quite abruptly on Tuesday, when he announced that he would immediately transition into a new role as executive chairman before stepping down permanently in 2021....

First ‘Black Widow’ Footage Reveals Setting After ‘Captain America: Civil War’ [Comic-Con 2019] By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 20, 2019 7:06 pm EST Black Widow is one of a handful of projects that we know is coming in the next era of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film has been shooting for over a month overseas with director Cate Shortland (Berlin Syndrome, Lore) at the helm and Scarlett Johansson back in the lead role as the SHIELD agent turned Avenger....

Let’s Spend Some Time Thinking About Salacious B. Crumb, The ‘Star Wars’ Galaxy’s Biggest Li’l Stinker By Evan Saathoff/Nov. 30, 2020 9:00 am EST (Welcome to The Galaxy-Wide Star Wars Character Guide, where we give proper due to the smaller figures in Star Wars history.)Imagine it’s 1983. A few years prior, you left the Star Wars galaxy with a couple doozies to consider. Not only did audiences learn Darth Vader was Luke Skywalker’s father, but their favorite rogue and smuggler, Han Solo, ended that film frozen in carbonate and captured by the bounty hunter Boba Fett....

Martin Scorsese Clarifies Marvel Movie Criticism And Concerns About Cinema, Hopefully Puts An End To This Conversation By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 28, 2019 10:30 am EST Martin Scorsese probably didn’t realize he was going to stir up an entire ongoing debate about the state of cinema and the value of superhero movies when he criticized the popular genre of films while out on the publicity tour for The Irishman. But here we are, over three weeks later, and Scorsese is still talking about his comments that put the internet into a tizzy....

Martin Scorsese Made A Short Film About His Lockdown Experience For BBC By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 27, 2020 11:00 am EST Are you bored in lockdown? Listless? Finding yourself with nothing but time on your hands? Isolation can be distressing for everyone, but rather than lounging around with nothing to do, legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese decided to take advantage of the extra time. Scorsese has already shot and edited a short film about his experience in lockdown for BBC, which will debut the short this week on BBC’s flagship arts program Front Row Late....

Pop Culture Imports: ‘La Haine,’ A Bollywood Historical Epic, A Trashy Spanish ‘Gossip Girl’-Style Series, And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 18, 2018 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best, wackiest, and weirdest foreign-language movies and TV shows streaming right now.) Remember when I promised you a horror-themed foreign streaming column? Never mind — there are too many other great foreign movies and TV shows to highlight every week....

Quibi Releases ‘Punk’d’ Reboot And ‘Thanks A Million’ Trailers, Offering A Year Free To T-Mobile Customers By Ethan Anderton/April 2, 2020 1:00 pm EST Quibi is still on track to debut on April 6, even in the face of a lawsuit trying to stop them, bringing a cavalcade of new movies (in chapters) and TV shows that you’ll be able to stream to your phone. You probably won’t be watching this stuff on-the-go as Quibi originally intended, at least not while the coronavirus outbreak is still spreading across the globe, but you can still check them out from the comfort of your own home....

Superhero Bits: ‘Joker’ Got An Eight Minute Standing Ovation, ‘New Mutants’ Distances Itself From X-Men & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 3, 2019 6:00 pm EST How long was the standing ovation for Joker at the Venice Film Festival? Which country created a statue in honor of Iron Man? Are Smallville stars appearing in Crisis on Infinite Earths or not? Did a new cut of New Mutants distance itself from X-Men? What would James Gunn add into an extended cut of Guardians of the Galaxy?...

Superhero Bits: ‘Titans’ Aren’t Joining ‘Crisis On Infinite Earths’, Garrison Kane Concept Art From ‘Deadpool’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 13, 2019 6:00 pm EST Want to see what Garrison Kane could have looked like in Deadpool? Did you believe the rumor that Titans were joining the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover? Who won the Daredevil costume in the Marvel Television auction? Which Marvel movies won big Teen Choice Awards? Did you catch the Groundhog Day Easter egg in Doctor Strange?...

The Morning Watch: ‘Legend Of The White Dragon’, Making The ‘Us’ Doppelganger Scenes & More By Ethan Anderton/July 17, 2019 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, learn how Jordan Peele’s Us crafted the doppelganger scenes to allows actors to play two characters in the same shot....

The Quarantine Stream: Christopher Guest’s ‘Best In Show’ Is Full Of Good Dogs And Even Greater Gags By Ethan Anderton/July 3, 2020 7:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movie: Best in ShowWhere You Can Stream It: HuluThe Pitch: The tension is palpable, the excitement is mounting, and the heady scent of competition is in the air as hundreds of eager contestants from across America prepare to take part in what is undoubtedly one of the greatest events of their lives – the Mayflower Dog Show....

Theme Park Bits: New FastPass Attractions At Disneyland, Tokyo’s New Monorail, And More By Josh Spiegel/Feb. 11, 2020 4:00 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Two Disneyland attractions are getting FastPass. Tokyo Disney Resort is getting a brand-new monorail. And more! At Disneyland, FastPass works in a much different way than it does at Walt Disney World. Once you’re on property, you can sign up for MaxPass and get your FastPasses right through your smartphone....

This Week In Trailers: The Booksellers, Sweat, Lost Bullet, Southern Survival, All I Can Say By Christopher Stipp/June 27, 2020 9:00 am EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Trailer Round-Up: ‘Clapboard Jungle’, ‘Breaking News In Yuba County’, ‘The Sinners’, ‘Adverse’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 18, 2021 5:00 pm EST Even without a bunch of movies coming to theaters, there are still many trailers to sort through. That’s why every now and then we put a trailer round-up together to call attention to some of the lesser known movies that might be worth seeking out. This time we’ve got a documentary about how difficult it is to get movies made, a dark comedy about a missing husband, another spin on the time loop formula, a prank gone horribly wrong, and more....

‘Barry’ Season 3 Delay Has Allowed Season 4 Scripts To Be Finished Ahead Of Schedule By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 8, 2021 9:30 am EST HBO’s assassin comedy series Barry starring Bill Hader was one of the many shows preparing to head into production just before the coronavirus pandemic shut everything down for most of last year. Though production on some movies and TV shows has picked back up with strict safety protocols in place, it sounds like the creators of Barry are being a little more cautious, because they haven’t started shooting the show’s third season yet....