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‘Gotham City Sirens’ is officially on hold After the box office success of Suicide Squad and the breakout of Robbie’s Harley Quinn character, Ayer began developing a Gotham City Sirens movie. The film would have seen Harley Quinn lead a team of female supervillains, which may have included Poison Ivy. Birds of Prey teams her with Huntress (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), Black Canary (Jurnee Smollett-Bell) and Renee Montoya (Rosie Perez). After the negative critical reaction to Suicide Squad and other DCEU films, Warner Brothers changed directions on their attempt to build a shared universe like Marvel....

‘In The Shadow Of The Moon’ Review: A Genre Mash-Up Of Sci-Fi, Mystery, Horror, And Action [Fantastic Fest 2019] By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 22, 2019 9:00 am EST Hey, have you ever wanted to watch a movie that features nearly every single genre at once? If so, I’ve got just the film for you! It’s called In the Shadow of the Moon, and it’s a frenetic mash-up of sci-fi, mystery, horror, and action....

‘Muppets Now’ Arrives On Disney+ In July, And The Gang Can’t Decide Which Poster To Use By Ethan Anderton/May 20, 2020 9:00 am EST Not too long ago, we learned that Disney+ would finally be bringing a new project to the streaming library from The Muppets Studio. The new series is called Muppets Now, and the House of Mouse has finally announced that it will arrive on Disney+ in July. But it seems like the Muppets gang can’t decide which poster (or key art) is the best one to promote the show’s arrival....

‘Run’ Breaks A Hulu Record To Become The Most-Watched Movie In Its Opening Weekend By Ben Pearson/Nov. 24, 2020 3:00 pm EST Run, the newest film from Searching director Aneesh Chaganty, has already broken a couple of records for Hulu. A new report says the suspense thriller, which is about the increasingly fraught relationship between a mother (Sarah Paulson) and her teenaged daughter (Kiera Allen), has become the most-watched feature title ever during its opening weekend, taking the crown from the time loop comedy Palm Springs....

‘Saturday Night Live’ Adds Jennifer Lopez And Scarlett Johansson To December Hosts Line-Up By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 22, 2019 3:00 pm EST We already know Saturday Night Live will close out 2019 with a bang when Eddie Murphy returns to host the show for the first time since 1984. But before we get to the Christmas episode this season, there are still two other episodes arriving in December, and SNL has just announced two superstar hosts: Jennifer Lopez and Scarlett Johansson....

‘The Devil All The Time’ Director Antonio Campos On Midwestern Gothic, Assembling An Incredible Cast, And Working With Netflix [Interview] By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 16, 2020 9:00 am EST The Devil All the Time may have a ton of famous faces in it – including Spider-Man Tom Holland and new Batman Robert Pattinson – but it’s not exactly a mainstream picture. It’s dark, violent, and challenging. It’s the latest picture from Antonio Campos, who co-wrote the film with brother Paulo Campos, adapting the sprawling novel of the same name by Donald Ray Pollock....

‘The Empty Man’ Trailer: Here’s The Supernatural Horror Movie That Disney Is Quietly Dumping In Theaters This Month By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 16, 2020 2:00 pm EST Poor The Empty Man. A supernatural horror movie based on the Boom! Studios graphic novels, The Empty Man has been pushed back and buried in the Disney release schedule so many times that it’s been virtually forgotten. And even now, the 20th Century Studios release is getting dropped in theaters with little fanfare except for this (first!...

‘The Great British Baking Show’ Season 8 Trailer: New Episodes Arrive On Netflix This Week By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 21, 2020 2:00 pm EST The world can be cruel and harsh, especially these days. Which is why we need the almost painfully polite warmth of The Great British Baking Show now more than ever. New episodes of the beloved baking competition – which is called The Great British Bake-Off in the UK – are coming to Netflix starting this week....

‘The Hole In The Ground’ Review: A Supremely Scary Irish Horror Film About One Creepy Kid [Sundance] A24 Things go bump in the night, and then some, in Lee Cronin’s clanking, crashing, screeching Irish horror flick The Hole in the Ground. Perhaps relying a bit too heavily on extreme sound design, Cronin’s film nonetheless manages to scare the s*** out of you, building at atmosphere of dread so thick it might suffocate you....

By Ben Pearson/July 27, 2019 10:10 am EST The Lord of the Rings TV Writers & Crew Meet our Fellowship. pic.twitter.com/Npouu6ZlRt — The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) July 27, 2019 That is one hell of a lineup, and now we finally know who have been working in that security-heavy writers’ room with all the windows taped up. As a huge fan of Peter Jackson’s original trilogy and someone who absolutely hated his Hobbit trilogy, seeing this many smart people behind the scenes puts me a bit more at ease about this upcoming series....

Cage In The Park Will Stage ‘Face/Off’ Live, And In Iambic Pentameter, This Weekend By Chris Evangelista/July 12, 2019 4:30 pm EST Face/Off, perhaps the greatest achievement in cinematic history, is going live. Sort of. Cage in the Park, from Daily Show staff members Sebastian DiNatale and Zachary DiLanzo, is going to stage a live performance of the John Travolta/Nicolas Cage action classic, with a twist. The story will be transported to Ancient Rome, and the dialogue will be rewritten in iambic pentameter....

Daily Podcast: Comic Con, Tenet, Movie Theater Concessions, Back To The Future, Stephen King, Edgar Wright, And Horror Nights By Peter Sciretta/July 27, 2020 1:30 pm EST On the July 27, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall and senior writer Ben Pearson to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Tenet, Movie Theater concessions, Back to the Future, Stephen King, Edgar Wright, and Horror Nights....

David Ayer’s ‘Suicide Squad’ Director’s Cut “Would Be Easy To Complete,” Josh Trank Not Interested In ‘Fantastic Four’ Director’s Cut By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 26, 2020 1:00 pm EST This is the world we live in now: if you are loud enough about demanding a director’s cut on Twitter, it will come. After the mythic Snyder Cut earned its triumphant victory with an HBO Max release in 2021, the floodgates have opened for directors who want their original visions to be shown to rabid fans....

James Gunn’s ‘The Suicide Squad’ Has Recruited Sylvester Stallone, But Who Is He Playing? By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 15, 2020 9:00 am EST The Suicide Squad completed production back in February, and now director James Gunn is hard at work on post-production to finish the film for release in August 2021. But that hasn’t stopped the movie from picking up a new cast member. Sylvester Stallone has officially joined the cast of The Suicide Squad, and there’s a chance we know who he’s playing....

Krispy Kreme Is Releasing ‘Rick And Morty’ Doughnuts, But You’ll Have A Hard Time Getting Them By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 19, 2020 3:30 pm EST Krispy Kreme is now selling Rick and Morty doughnuts and a special milkshake inspired by the Adult Swim animated series. They include a Pickle Rick doughnut that thankfully doesn’t taste like pickles, and you can even get your hands on some Strawberry Smiggles without cutting open the gut of a leprechaun....

Pop Culture Imports: ‘Shoplifters,’ ‘A Separation,’ ‘Kung Fu Hustle,’ And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 21, 2019 8:00 am EST (Welcome to Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best foreign movies and TV streaming right now.) One of the best movies of 2018 is streaming now, and it’s got good company in this week’s jam-packed Pop Culture Imports. I’ll admit that I occasionally struggle to populate this column, but not so this week....

Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Was Originally Set On Tatooine Instead Of The New Planet Batuu By Ethan Anderton/April 29, 2020 9:30 am EST The Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge expansions at the Disneyland and Walt Disney World theme parks take attendees to another world with the canonical setting of the planet Batuu in a galaxy far, far away. However, in the early planning stages of the Star Wars theme park lands, Disney and Lucasfilm intended to have fans find themselves on Tatooine, the desert home planet of both Luke Skywalker and his father Anakin Skywalker....

The 80 Greatest Shots In Disney Animation History [Part Six] By Josh Spiegel/Nov. 17, 2020 10:00 am EST (Welcome to The Greatest Shots in Disney Animation History, a limited series where Disney expert Josh Spiegel selects and ranks the defining moments in one of the greatest, most important, and most influential collections of films ever made.) This part of the ongoing list covers entries 30 through 21. The Jungle Book: The last shot Mowgli’s journey in The Jungle Book has a definitive end point: he’s to be brought back to the man-village because it’s not safe for a human in the jungle....

The Morning Watch: ‘Toy Story 4’ Easter Eggs Revealed, ‘Joke-Her: A Gotham City Horror Story’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 11, 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, run through a bunch of Easter eggs you might have missed in Pixar Animation’s surprisingly great sequel Toy Story 4....

The Morning Watch: Revisiting Kevin Smith’s Movies, Daniel Radcliffe Gets Sauced On ‘Hot Ones’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 10, 2020 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, a new video essay from Patrick (H) Willems looks back at the films of Clerks and Chasing Amy director Kevin Smith to see how they hold up after all these years....