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Harry Styles Swims Away From ‘The Little Mermaid’ Remake By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 14, 2019 8:30 am EST Last month, word broke that Harry Styles was being sought to join The Little Mermaid remake cast as Ariel’s love interest Prince Eric. Yesterday, numerous outlets started claiming it was a done deal, and Styles would indeed be part of the cast. Not so fast! It looks like these reports were incorrect, and Styles is not in the movie after all....

LOL: Reggie Watts Has Been Part Of Every Episode Of ‘The Bold And The Beautiful’ Since 1987 By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 2, 2019 6:00 am EST Reggie Watts is known best as the bandleader on The Late Late Show with James Corden, and before that he brought his musical and comedic talents to Comedy Bang Bang for four seasons. But what you may not know is that those are merely side gigs for the eclectic talent, and his day job is something much more prestigious....

Long Before ‘The Mandalorian’, Dave Filoni Almost Blew His Chance To Work On ‘Star Wars’ By Ethan Anderton/May 4, 2020 8:00 am EST In honor of Star Wars Day, the first episode of the new documentary series Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian has arrived on Disney+. The series begins by profiling all of the directors who took on an episode in the first season of the live-action Star Wars series. The result is a collection of some entertaining anecdotes from long before The Mandalorian was even an idea, perspective on tackling something as big as Star Wars, and a peek at how the show was produced....

Pop Culture Imports: A Sleek Thai Teen Heist Film, The Best Romantic K-Drama Right Now, And A Gripping Palestinian Thriller By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 14, 2018 9:30 am EST (Welcome to Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best, wackiest, and weirdest foreign-language movies and TV shows streaming right now.) Hello lovers of subtitles and soapy Asian dramas! June is here, and that means a whole new batch of foreign-language titles are coming your way....

Sofia Coppola Is Making Her First TV Series At Apple TV+ By Chris Evangelista/May 13, 2020 10:00 am EST Sofia Coppola is sticking with Apple. The Lost in Translation filmmaker already has her Bill Murray reunion movie On the Rocks set up at A24 and Apple, and now she’s moving into episodic TV at Apple TV+ with Custom of the Country. The series will adapt the Edith Wharton novel of the same name, following a Midwestern girl who attempts to rise through the ranks of New York City society....

The Morning Watch: VFX Artists React To ‘Titanic’, Why ‘Terminator 2’ And ‘Aliens’ Are Great Sequels & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 6, 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....

‘Death On The Nile’ Trailer: ‘Murder’ Was Just The Beginning For Kenneth Branagh’s Mustachioed Detective By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 19, 2020 7:00 am EST Kenneth Branagh is back on the case in Death on the Nile, the follow-up to the filmmaker’s hit 2017 Agatha Christie adaptation Murder on the Orient Express. But Murder was just the beginning for Branagh’s mustachioed detective Hercule Poirot, who finds himself solving a mystery aboard a glamorous Egyptian river steamer with the sexiest cast of suspects, including Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Annette Bening, Rose Leslie, Letitia Wright, and more....

/Film Is Going Dark Today Because Black Lives Matter – Here Are Some Organizations And Causes That Need Your Help By Jacob Hall/June 2, 2020 5:00 am EST Over the past days, the staff at /Film has watched as the murder of George Floyd at the hands of white police officers has led to anger, protests, and our nation’s latest grapple with systemic racism. We have watched in horror, but also with hope: only so much blood can be spilled before something, anything, changes....

/Filmcast Ep. 600 - The Top Ten Films Of 2020 By Slashfilmcast/Jan. 5, 2021 8:00 pm EST It’s the 600th episode of the Slashfilmcast! Welcome to the year-end review where David, Devindra, and Jeff look back at 2020 and rate their favorites. Tune in to find out which movies moved the cast in this difficult year. The Slashfilmcast is launching a Patreon! Support us at http://patreon.com/filmpodcast Use #slashtag on Twitter to recommend a title for us to watch....

‘Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone’ Early Cut Was Nearly As Long As ‘Fellowship Of The Ring’ By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 2, 2020 5:30 pm EST In a recent interview with Collider, Columbus recalled just how much anxiety he felt, worrying that he was going to get fired every single day. The director said: But he made it to the end of the production, and when they were ready to screen the film for the first audience to ever see a Harry Potter movie, they went to Chicago....

‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’: Martin Scorsese Reportedly Uniting Leonardo DiCaprio And Robert De Niro By Chris Evangelista/July 30, 2019 5:30 pm EST Martin Scorsese is getting the band back together for Killers of the Flower Moon. The filmmaker is currently scouting locations for his true crime saga, and while it was previously reported that he would reunite with Leonardo DiCaprio for the flick, it’s now been revealed that Robert De Niro might be a part of the cast as well....

‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ First Look Offers A Glimpse Of Chadwick Boseman In His Final Role By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 1, 2020 10:00 am EST George C. Wolfe’s adaptation of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, based on the August Wilson stage play of the same name, was already on track to become one of Netflix’s major 2021 Oscar contenders. However, the tragic passing of star Chadwick Boseman in August has turned it into a memorial of sorts to the late actor, who makes his final feature film appearance in the film....

‘Resistance’ Trailer: Jesse Eisenberg Is A Mime During Wartime By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 9, 2020 1:00 pm EST Marcel Marceau was a legendary mime, and according to a new film, he also had a hand in the resistance during World War II. In Resistance, Jesse Eisenberg plays Marcel, an aspiring actor who ends up using his talents to go up against the Nazis. It almost sounds too strange to be true, but it did happen – and now it’s the subject of this upcoming film from writer-director Jonathan Jakubowicz....

‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’: New CBS All Access Series To Star Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, And Ethan Peck By Ben Pearson/May 15, 2020 8:30 am EST Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, and Ethan Peck are set to boldly go where no man has gone before in a new Star Trek spin-off series. The three actors, who appeared in the second season of Star Trek: Discovery, will headline a new CBS All Access series called Star Trek: Strange New Worlds....

‘Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge’ Trailer: It’s Like ‘Legends Of The Hidden Temple’ In The ‘Star Wars’ World By Chris Evangelista/May 27, 2020 10:00 am EST Remember Legends of the Hidden Temple, the Nickelodeon game show in which young contestants fought there way through an elaborate temple set, moving through rooms with names like “The Shrine of the Silver Monkey”? Well, Lucasfilm does, too. And now they have their own twist on the formula – Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge, a new game show that blends the Legends of the Hidden Temple scenario with all the Star Wars trappings....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Editor Reveals Which Scenes Were Part Of Reshoots By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 7, 2020 10:30 am EST Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker went through plenty of changes throughout the production process, especially in post-production. There are plenty of scenes and sequences, including an expanded role for Kelly Marie Tran as Rose Tico, that were left on the cutting room floor. But along with that, there were also a handful of scenes that were added in post-production thanks to a series of reshoots that took place over the summer, and thanks to The Rise of Skywalker editor Maryann Brandon, we know a few of those late additions....

‘Thor: Love & Thunder’ Will Give Natalie Portman A Different Version Of Thor’s Powers By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 2, 2020 10:30 am EST Unlike Iron Man and Captain America, the Thor franchise at Marvel Studios will continue beyond a trilogy of films. Thor: Love & Thunder is the next installment of the superhero franchise led by Chris Hemsworth, and production is getting underway imminently down in Australia with Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi back behind the camera....

‘Willow’ Sequel Series Eyes Actresses For Three Leading Roles By Ben Pearson/Nov. 30, 2020 1:00 pm EST Willow, the Disney+ series set years after the events of the 1988 fantasy movie, is currently negotiating with three actresses to play three primary roles in the upcoming show. Ellie Bamber (Nocturnal Animals), Cailee Spaeny (Pacific Rim: Uprising), and Erin Kellyman (Solo: A Star Wars Story) are all in talks to play the female leads, and you can read more about their characters below....

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A ‘Sin City’ TV Show Is Coming From Legendary, Robert Rodriguez In Talks By Ben Pearson/Nov. 15, 2019 1:42 pm EST The idea for a Sin City TV show has been kicking around Hollywood since 2013, but it looks like it’s finally going to happen. Frank Miller, who created the graphic novels on which the two hyper-stylized noir films were based, has signed a deal with Legendary Television to adapt the franchise into a TV show, and Robert Rodriguez – who co-directed the two Sin City movies alongside Miller – is in negotiations to come on board....