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James Cameron Says Live-Action ‘Avatar 2’ Production Is Complete, ‘Avatar 3’ Almost Finished Too By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 27, 2020 11:00 am EST Towards the end of 2019, director James Cameron said the performance capture side of both Avatar 2 and Avatar 3 had been completed. At the time, he said they were mostly done with the live-action side of production too, but they had a couple more months of work to do that would be completed in the spring....

Martin McDonagh’s Next Movie Will Reunite His ‘In Bruges’ Stars By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 18, 2020 1:30 pm EST Three years after he shook up Hollywood and swept Oscar season with his 2017 hit Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, director Martin McDonagh is heading back home for his next film. In more ways than one: The British-Irish director’s next film, which will take place in his native Ireland, will reunite McDonagh with his In Bruges stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson....

Marvel Announces ‘Secret Invasion’, ‘Ironheart’, ‘Armor Wars’, And More Marvel Shows Coming To Disney+ By Ben Pearson/Dec. 10, 2020 5:47 pm EST During the Disney investor presentation this evening, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige dropped a metric ton of news about Marvel’s upcoming plans. The company is already developing several shows for Disney+ that we knew about, but here are a few that are new: Secret Invasion, Ironheart, Armor Wars, and I Am Groot will all be heading to the streaming service....

Netflix’s ‘Social Distance’ Series Cast Will Feature Danielle Brooks, Oscar Nunez, Mike Colter, Daphne Rubin-Vega, And Many More By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 27, 2020 8:30 am EST It’s inevitable that we’re going to be seeing more and more movies and TV shows that focus on the coronavirus, self-quarantining, and social distancing. Like it or not, this is where we are right now. And Netflix is seizing the moment with Social Distance, an eight-part anthology that was conceived, cast, executed entirely remotely during quarantine, and will feature actors with their real-life relatives on screen right alongside them....

Netflix Sets Up $100 Million Relief Fund For Production Workers By Ben Pearson/March 20, 2020 2:00 pm EST The effects of the coronavirus on the entertainment industry quickly became apparent over the past week or so, causing nearly every production to shut down and an estimated 120,000 crew members to lose their jobs. In response, Netflix is putting its seemingly never-ending supply of money to good use: the streaming service has announced a $100 million relief fund “to help with hardship in the creative community....

Superhero Bits: A Rap Anthem Demands The Snyder Cut, James Gunn Defends Marvel Movies & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 21, 2019 6:00 pm EST Want to make Deadpool chimichangas? Could Stargirl move from DC Universe to The CW? What did James Gunn say about Francis Ford Coppola’s recent Marvel movie remarks? Are you ready for a Hellboy Winter Special comic? Why the hell is there a rap anthem asking for Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice League?...

The Future Of ‘Stranger Things’: Where Season 3 Leaves The Characters And Where Season 4 Could Go By Amelia Emberwing/July 16, 2019 7:30 am EST (This post is full of major spoilers for Stranger Things season 3.)Stranger Things isn’t the first show to go through a season two slump, and it certainly won’t be the last. And while not every show manages to pull out of said slump – cue the Stranger Things theme music – this one did, with a third season that hits every single correct note....

Watch: Aaron Paul Takes You Through The High Points Of ‘Breaking Bad’ In Less Than Three Minutes By Ben Pearson/Oct. 10, 2019 12:30 pm EST It’s been six years since Breaking Bad went off the air, and if you haven’t had time to rewatch all five seasons in the lead-up to this week’s release of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, star Aaron Paul is here to help. He was a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, where he took the stage and delivered a quick recap of some of the show’s best moments to jog your memory....

By Ben Pearson/March 5, 2020 1:15 pm EST On the March 5, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about what they’ve been up to in the Water Cooler. Opening Banter:At The Water Cooler: What we’ve been Doing: Ben saw the L.A. touring version of Escape to Margaritaville, and regretted every second of it....

Why Does Sam Mendes Keep Making Movies That Feel Indebted To Christopher Nolan? By Josh Spiegel/Jan. 2, 2020 10:00 am EST If imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery, then there are a select few living filmmakers whose ears must burn on a regular basis. The frequency of imitation arguably heightens which directors truly are considered among the greatest, or at least the most influential, ever — not many directors would copy someone whose work isn’t up to par....

Wolverine Will Meet Star-Lord, Black Widow, And Hawkeye In New Marvel Podcast By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 22, 2019 2:30 pm EST Marvel has already taken over every other medium, so it was only a matter of time until they conquered podcasts as well. The Marvel Podcast Universe is well under way following the success of the iHeartRadio Award-winning Wolverine: The Long Night, which broke the dam for new scripted Marvel podcasts. Now Marvel is teaming up with SiriusXM to develop new solo podcast series for Wolverine, Hawkeye, Black Widow, and Star-Lord....

‘Antlers’ Is A Horror Movie About What It Feels Like To Live In America Today [Comic-Con 2020] By Chris Evangelista/July 25, 2020 1:58 pm EST Director Scott Cooper and producer Guillermo del Toro got together (virtually) at Comic-Con 2020 to discuss their creepy-looking, and delayed, horror flick Antlers. It’s Cooper’s first foray into the genre, although the director is no stranger to dark movies, having helmed the bleak anti-Western Hostiles. During the panel, Cooper and del Toro discussed how they came up with the film’s Wendigo-inspired monster, and more....

‘BoJack Horseman’ Creator Criticizes Netflix For Minimizing Credits, Disrespecting Creators By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 30, 2019 11:00 am EST Any Netflix user can tell you that once a movie or show is over, after a few seconds of rolling a small amount of the names who worked on the given film or series, the end credits are minimized into a small window in favor of teasing a Netflix original project. That’s frustrating to Raphael Bob-Waksberg, who finds it disrespectful and hopes to work with a distributor who doesn’t treat series creators and the creative minds responsible for making movies and TV shows so flippantly....

‘El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie’ Trailer: Jesse Pinkman Is Back By Ben Pearson/Sept. 22, 2019 7:51 pm EST It’s been nearly six years since Breaking Bad wrapped up with one of the most beloved series finales of the modern era. And while creator Vince Gilligan has been working in that world since then with the highly acclaimed spinoff series Better Call Saul, he’s also returning to one of Breaking Bad’s most beloved characters in El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, his feature directorial debut and a continuation of Jesse Pinkman’s storyline after the events of the series finale....

‘Fast And Furious 9’ Trailer Teaser: Vin Diesel Can’t Live Life A Quarter Mile At A Time Anymore By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 28, 2020 10:00 am EST Update: Universal has confirmed that the official title of this film is F9. Our original article follows below. The first trailer for Fast and Furious 9 (or Fast 9) is coming on January 31. It will be unveiled as part of a huge Fast and Furious fan event and concert down in Miami, Florida....

‘Grease’ Prequel Series Slides From HBO Max To Paramount+ By Ben Pearson/Oct. 16, 2020 1:30 pm EST Grease is the word over at Paramount+. The CBS All Access streaming service is changing its name to Paramount+ early next year, and it has just picked up a new show to add to its roster. Grease: Rydell High, a prequel series set before the events of the 1978 classic musical starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, has received some rebranding of its own: the show is now called Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, and it is moving from HBO Max over to Paramount+....

‘Harry Potter’ Star Daniel Radcliffe Shows Support For Transgender Community, Refutes J.K. Rowling’s Tweets About Gender Identity By Ben Pearson/June 9, 2020 3:30 pm EST “Transgender women are women.” That’s the (correct) personal stance of former Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, who has written a brief essay responding to a series of tweets written this past weekend by Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling which argue the contrary. Radcliffe’s support of the trans community prove once again that he’s a good dude, and in addition to that, his words about grappling with the stance of an auteur behind a popular piece of fiction are applicable in multiple cases across lots of different forms of media....

‘LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga’ Trailer Teases All Three Trilogies In Building Brick Form By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 30, 2019 6:00 am EST Now that the Skywalker is complete with the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, fans will soon be able to re-live all three trilogies with the help of LEGO. The release of LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga has been teased with the release of a new trailer highlighting some of the most memorable moments from all nine of the Star Wars films in the Skywalker saga, from The Phantom Menace through The Rise of Skywalker....

‘Let Them All Talk’ Trailer: Meryl Streep Stars In Steven Soderbergh’s Latest Film For HBO Max By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 15, 2020 11:00 am EST Remember when Steven Soderbergh was supposed to be retired? It seems like that never lasted very long, no matter how many times he said it. In the past few years, he’s directed Logan Lucky, Unsane, High-Flying Bird, and The Laundromat, and now he’s back with a new film for HBO Max called Let Them All Talk, starring Oscar winner Meryl Streep....

‘My Next Guest Needs No Introduction’ Season 3 Trailer: Robert Downey Jr., Dave Chappelle, Lizzo, And Kim Kardashian West Sit Down With David Letterman And His Huge Beard By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 6, 2020 2:00 pm EST David Letterman and his huge beard are back for an all-new season of My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman. The Netflix series has Letterman sitting down with influential figures for surprisingly intimate interviews, with this new season featuring Kim Kardashian West, Robert Downey Jr....