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This Week In Trailers: Pick It Up! Ska In The 90’s, Ready For War, Knives And Skin, Citizen K, Midnight Family By Christopher Stipp/Nov. 2, 2019 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?...

Video: See How Disney World’s Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Hotel Will Immerse Its Guests By Ben Pearson/Feb. 6, 2020 3:00 pm EST We’ve known for years that Disney’s plan for Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge was to make it as immersive as possible, and that they would eventually create a hotel that’s themed to look as if guests are actually staying on a spaceship. We got our first look at that hotel at last year’s D23 Expo, and today, the company released a video that basically presents all the relevant information about the upcoming hotel so far, as well as unveiling a new piece of concept art of the shuttle that will give fans the illusion of whisking them to a galaxy far, far away....

WarnerMedia Investigating ‘Justice League’ Production, Making This Movie Somehow More Controversial Than Ever By Ben Pearson/Aug. 20, 2020 3:03 pm EST Who could have imagined that a Justice League movie would still be generating this many headlines three years after its release? The film, which has for years been the center of a loud conversation about Zack Snyder’s “Snyder Cut,” is now also the subject of a retroactive investigation by WarnerMedia, the parent company of Warner Bros....

Whitney Houston Biopic In The Works From ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Screenwriter And ‘The Photograph’ Director By Ethan Anderton/April 23, 2020 3:30 pm EST Following the box office success and awards acclaim of Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman, another biopic about a legendary singer is in the works, this time focusing on the iconic Whitney Houston. The Whitney Houston Estate is teaming up with Primary Wave and legendary Grammy-winning music producer Clive Davis for a biopic called I Wanna Dance With Somebody, lifted from the singer’s chart-topping single from her 1987 album Whitney....

‘Crazy, Not Insane’ Trailer: A Look Into The Minds Of Serial Killers By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 27, 2020 5:00 pm EST The ever-prolific Alex Gibney has yet another documentary heading our way: Crazy, Not Insane. This HBO doc profiles psychiatrist Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis, who has devoted her career to studying serial killers and what makes them act the way they do. There’s a wealth of documentaries, and docuseries, devoted to serial killers, but so many of them tend to only focus on the crimes themselves rather than the root cause....

‘Digimon Adventure’ Is Still A Thrilling And Dark Kids Show 20 Years Later By Rafael Motamayor/Aug. 23, 2019 10:00 am EST (Welcome to Ani-time Ani-where, a regular column dedicated to helping the uninitiated understand and appreciate the world of anime.)If you were a kid in the ’90s, chances are your first anime show was either Pokémon or Digimon, and your parents would likely mix-up one with the other. To be fair, it isn’t hard to see why....

/Filmcast Ep. 587 - Dick Johnson Is Dead (GUEST: Stephen Tobolowsky) By Slashfilmcast/Oct. 7, 2020 8:34 pm EST Use #slashtag on Twitter to recommend a title for us to watch. Thanks to Mike C for building the Hashtag Slashtag website: https://hashtagslashtag.com/ Thanks to our sponsors this week: Lightstream, Feals, and PrettyLitter. Weekly Plugs David - David interviews Stephen Tobolowsky on Culturally Relevant Stephen - The Tobolowsky Files and One Day at a Time on CBS...

‘Hocus Pocus 2’ Confirmed For Disney+, So Stop Asking By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 10, 2020 4:09 pm EST For years now, fans have clamored for a sequel to the box office bomb Hocus Pocus. They’re getting it. Today, during the Disney Investor Day event, the House of Mouse confirmed that Hocus Pocus 2 will be headed to Disney+ from director Adam Shankman. The original film came out in 1993, and while it was not a hit at first, it’s developed a passionate cult following....

‘Jackass 4’ Release Date Pushed Back To July 2021 By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 23, 2020 8:30 am EST We’re going to have to wait more than a year to see Johnny Knoxville and company’s new antics. Paramount Pictures has pushed back the Jackass 4 release date to July 2021, four months after its slated March 2021 release date. The delay comes as Paramount reshuffles its release date schedule amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic....

‘Medical Police’ Trailer: This New Netflix Comedy Is About Doctors…Who Are Also Cops By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 19, 2019 5:30 pm EST Erinn Hayes and Rob Huebel are here to save lives and kick butts, and they’re all out of lives to save. This wouldn’t make them very good doctors, admittedly, so it’s a good thing they have another profession: cops. Childrens Hospital alums Hayes and Huebel create and star in the new Netflix comedy Medical Police, a new spin-off of the beloved Adult Swim series....

‘Platonic’ AppleTV+ Series Will Reunite ‘Neighbors’ Stars Seth Rogen And Rose Byrne By Ben Pearson/Oct. 27, 2020 4:00 pm EST Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne are heading back to television. The former Neighbors and Neighbors 2 co-stars are joining forces again for Platonic, a new AppleTV+ comedy series which hails from Neighbors director Nicholas Stoller. Get details about the new show below. Variety reports that Rogen and Byrne are set to star in Platonic, a half-hour series that’s received a ten-episode order at AppleTV+....

By Ben Pearson/Nov. 10, 2020 3:30 pm EST Deadline reports that Foxx will star in The Burial, which is being directed by Maggie Betts (Novitiate) and written by Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright (Quill). The outlet says the film is based on a true story, and describes the plot like this: “After a bankrupt funeral home owner decides to sue a rival businessman over a handshake deal gone wrong, the owner hires a flamboyant attorney to handle the case....

‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Will Get Jon Favreau Behind The Camera As Director By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 10, 2019 12:30 pm EST Disney and Lucasfilm are bringing the first season of The Mandalorian to the new Disney+ streaming service starting on November 12. It’s the first live-action Star Wars series ever, and after the first teaser trailer debuted during The D23 Expo last month, fans are extremely excited to see what the show has to offer, and that’s largely thanks to the passion of executive producer Jon Favreau....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 13, 2020 9:00 am EST The first four films to debut are The Lie, directed by writer/director Veena Sud (The Killing, 7 Seconds); Black Box, directed by up-and-comer Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr. (Born with It); Evil Eye, from directors Elan Dassani and Rajeev Dassani (A Day’s Work, Jinn); and Nocturne written and directed by filmmaker Zu Quirke (Zugzwang, Ghosting) in her feature film debut. The Lie and Black Box are both premiering on October 6, with Evil Eye and Nocturne following the week after on October 13....

‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Clips Take The Action To A Shopping Mall And The White House By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 23, 2020 12:00 pm EST Wonder Woman 1984 is nearly upon us. The movie will be the first blockbuster to arrive as part of the new Warner Bros. release strategy that sends movies to theaters and HBO Max on the same day. But whether you’re able to enjoy the movie in theaters or watch it from the comfort of your own home, you still have to wait until Christmas Day....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 19, 2020 1:00 pm EST The “rib” itself is “quite animal and is inspired by animals,” Bonetto said. “And so it gives a chance for the audience to really physically connect to this stadium.” “The eye now is so immured to cataclysmic computer graphics explosion nonsense, that it’s almost going to be just as kind of open and wide-eyed,” Pine teased, “and the revelation of seeing things actually happening on the screen, in-camera will be just as spectacular....

Ann Bembi’s New ‘Wonder Woman’ Posters Deliver The Hero We Need Right Now By Ethan Anderton/March 24, 2020 8:30 am EST With all the chaos happening in the world right now, we need heroes. Thankfully, there are plenty of those in the medical profession who are doing everything they can to save as many lives as possible. But it doesn’t hurt to take solace in fictional superheroes, especially when they’re crafted so majestically by a great artist....

Comic-Con: Avengers: Endgame, Walking Dead, The Witcher, Dark Crystal, Game Of Thrones, The Boys And Freaks By Peter Sciretta/July 20, 2019 9:16 am EST On the July 20, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by managing editor Jacob Hall and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to talk about the first day of San Diego Comic Con International 2019. We talk about Marcus and McFeely, Russo Brothers, The Walking Dead and Fear The Walking Dead, The Witcher, Dark Crystal, Game of Thrones, The Boys and Freaks....

Comic-Con At Home Failed To Generate Buzz, With YouTube Panels Averaging 15,000 Views By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 27, 2020 5:00 pm EST Take Comic-Con out of San Diego, and you’ll get a few YouTube Zoom Q&As that no one watches. Despite attempts to replicate the geeky joys of the massive annual fan convention with a series of virtual panels and trailer premieres, Comic-Con at Home was a bust. A new report reveals that social engagement was down 94% from last year’s live event, while the average views on YouTube for Thursday’s panels came around to a measly 15,000....

Contest: Win ‘Shutter Island’ On 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 11, 2020 10:30 am EST Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island comes to 4K this week, and we’re giving away three copies, because that’s how we roll. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Shutter Island is a gorgeous, gothic horror-melodrama following a U.S. Marshall (Leonardo DiCaprio) investigation the mysterious disappearance of an inmate of a secluded, island-bound insane asylum. It rules. It would be a mistake to call Shutter Island “underrated”, because it’s one of the biggest box office hits of Martin Scorsese’s career....