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Exclusive ‘Tenet’ Images Go Behind The Scenes Of Christopher Nolan’s Time-Bending Blockbuster By Chris Evangelista/July 6, 2020 1:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Everyone is waiting to see if Christopher Nolan’s Tenet will arrive this summer. The latest epic from Nolan was originally set for July 17, got moved to July 31, and is now scheduled for August 12. Time will tell if that date holds, but for now, we have two exclusive Tenet images from the upcoming book The Secrets of Tenet: Inside Christopher Nolan’s Quantum Cold War....

Former ‘The Great British Baking Show’ Host Sue Perkins Is Steering A New Netflix Travel Show By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 30, 2020 4:00 pm EST Deadline reports that Sue Perkins will be journeying through the Latin American countries of Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, and Brazil for a new Netflix travel show under the working title Perfectly Legal. The travel documentary series will be produced by British production company Rumpus Media, which makes travelogues like The Misadventures Of Romesh Ranganathan, in the company’s first commission for Netflix....

John Lithgow To Star Opposite Jeff Bridges In FX’s ‘The Old Man’ With ‘Spider-Man’s Jon Watts Directing By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 15, 2019 12:00 pm EST John Lithgow is the latest elderly gentleman to join The Old Man cast. Lithgow will be starring opposite Jeff Bridges in the FX thriller series The Old Man, with Spider-Man: Far From Home director Jon Watts set to helm the pilot episode. In the wake of the Disney-Sony feud, Jon Watts’ future with the Spider-Man may be getting a little sticky, but at least he’s got some old men to lean on....

Luca Guadagnino To Direct BBC’s ‘Brideshead Revisited’ Remake With Insanely Star-Studded Cast Including Andrew Garfield, Cate Blanchett By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 6, 2020 3:30 pm EST BBC is set to revisit Brideshead Revisited. But the British network’s new adaptation of the Evelyn Waugh classic novel has a few exciting things going for it: a prestigious director, Luca Guadagnino, who has just wrapped up his first TV project, and a star-studded ensemble led by Andrew Garfield that would feature a Carol reunion between fellow stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara....

Samuel L. Jackson To Play A Retired Hitman In New Movie, Finally Doing Something Different For Once By Ben Pearson/Feb. 16, 2020 11:00 am EST I always love it when actors test their limits and push themselves to try things they’ve never done before. That’s why I’m thrilled that Samuel L. Jackson will be playing – get this – a retired hitman in a new untitled movie from the directors of Focus....

The Morning Watch: ‘Star Wars: Galaxy Of Adventures’ Goes To Dagobah, Set Designing Mansions In Movies & More By Ethan Anderton/May 29, 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....

The Morning Watch: Making Of ‘Ad Astra’ VFX, ‘Jay And Silent Bob Reboot’ Scene Breakdown & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 14, 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, watch an extensive dive into the making of the visual effects for the moon sequences in the sci-fi thriller Ad Astra....

The Opening Dance Scene In ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Sums Up Why We Love These Movies By Evan Saathoff/Nov. 24, 2020 8:00 am EST (Welcome to Great Moments in MCU History, where we fondly recall great little bits that made us fall in love with the MCU.) Once upon a time, Guardians of the Galaxy was not a beloved corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe featuring characters that would become eventually become Avengers....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘The Castle Of Cagliostro’ Follows The Adventures Of A Gentleman Thief (And What More Do You Need?) By Ben Pearson/April 1, 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: Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of CagliostroWhere You Can Stream It: NetflixThe Pitch: The movie chronicles the adventures of a gentlemen thief named Arsène Lupin III....

The Radical Generosity Of ‘The Good Place’ Made It One Of The Greatest Modern TV Shows By Meredith Borders/Jan. 31, 2020 9:00 am EST Major spoilers for The Good Place follow.Imagine pitching a half-hour sitcom like so: our main character wakes up dead. She’s in heaven. But here’s the thing: she’s a real piece of crap. Of course, there’s so much more to Michael Schur’s The Good Place, the NBC comedy that ended its four-season run last night....

Water Cooler: Abominable, Gemini Man, Super Size Me 2, Peanut Butter Falcon, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, iPhone 11 Pro Max, Knotts Scary Farm & More By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 25, 2019 2:15 pm EST On the September 25, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler....

‘A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood’ Featurette Turns Tom Hanks Into Mr. Rogers By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 8, 2019 4:30 pm EST It’s no easy feat to transform yourself into one of the most recognizable figures in TV history, but leave it to Tom Hanks to make it work. Hanks takes on the role of Mr. Rogers in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, delivering a wonderful performance that pays tribute to Rogers while never dipping into impersonation territory....

‘Breaking Bad’ Pop-Up Experience Coming To Los Angeles Starting Next Week By Ben Pearson/Oct. 9, 2019 7:30 am EST Next Wednesday, October 16, 2019, Breaking Bad fans in L.A. will be able to visit 7100 Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood and check out the Breaking Bad Experience for themselves. Here’s how The Hollywood Reporter describes what it will be like: “It’s exciting to be able to give the folks who supported the show for all these years the chance to experience Walt’s world firsthand,” said Breaking Bad series creator and El Camino director Vince Gilligan....

‘Butcher: A Short Film’ Reveals What Happened To Billy At The Start Of ‘The Boys’ Season 2 By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 11, 2020 11:30 am EST Butcher A Short Film Wondering what Butcher’s been up to? Check out “BUTCHER: A Short Film” while you wait for tomorrow’s new episode 👀 pic.twitter.com/gays9sWf3b — The Boys (@TheBoysTV) September 10, 2020 In the 5-minute short film, Billy is on the run from the law after being named by the press for the murder of Vought Vice President Madelyn Stillwell (Elisabeth Shue)....

‘Cobra Kai’ Season 3 Trailer: Daniel LaRusso And Johnny Lawrence Have To Put Aside Their Rivalry By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 9, 2020 8:00 am EST Cobra Kai is back for a third season, but this time the dojo is over at Netflix after spending the first two seasons lost in the shuffle of YouTube’s original programming. The streaming service will allow a much larger audience to see how the Karate Kid legacy continues decades later as Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) continue to be at odds as adults....

By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 23, 2020 12:30 pm EST Finding Forrester – the movie that gave birth to “You’re the man now, dog!” – is headed to TV. NBC is developing a Finding Forrester TV series based on the 2000 Gus Van Sant movie about a reclusive J.D. Salinger-like writer who mentors a Black teenager from a prestigious private high school. The late Sean Connery starred in the movie along with Rob Brown....

‘How The Grinch Stole Christmas’ Stage Musical With ‘Glee’ Star Matthew Morrison Is Coming To NBC By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 10, 2020 5:00 pm EST Following in the footsteps of Peter Pan, Grease, A Christmas Story, Hairspray, and The Sound of Music, another stage musical is coming to network television this holiday season. This time, it’s an adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch Musical!, inspired by the classic story How the Grinch Stole Christmas, starring Glee star Matthew Morrison in the title role....

‘Lovecraft Country’ Featurette: At The Center Of The Horror Is A Story About Family By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 14, 2020 5:00 pm EST Lovecraft Country grapples with horrors both cosmic and real in the upcoming HBO series, which blends Lovecraftian horror with the disturbing racism of 1950s America. But the new HBO series from executive producers Misha Green, J.J. Abrams, and Jordan Peele, is more than just about the terrors that lurk around every corner in Jim Crow America....

‘Night Hunter’ Trailer: Henry Cavill And Ben Kingsley Try To Catch A Serial Killer By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 16, 2019 2:00 pm EST Night Hunter was stuck between a rock and a hard place: go with a tantalizing, vague title like Nomis that would probably get mispronounced to hell, or adopt a generic, hyper-masculine title like Night Hunter. The David Raymond film obviously went with the latter. The thing about a title like Night Hunter is that it’s both too specific and too vague — sure, it’s about a person who hunts at night, but what does that mean?...

‘Raya And The Last Dragon’ Is About Finding Trust In A Broken World By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 26, 2021 9:00 am EST Raya and the Last Dragon came together under unusual circumstances. Completed during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the team of hundreds of animators, directors, writers, and actors had to work on the Disney fantasy-adventure epic from home and had to trust in one another — a bond that would spill over into the film itself....