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Theme Park Bits: Haunted Mansion Dining, Low Disneyland Earnings, A Galaxy’s Edge Cookbook, And More By Josh Spiegel/Aug. 8, 2019 5:00 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: The 50th anniversary of The Haunted Mansion has a special menu at Disneyland. Our good friend Bob Iger comments on low attendance at Disneyland. Galaxy’s Edge will have a cookbook soon. And more! As you may know, this Friday, August 9, marks the 50th anniversary of The Haunted Mansion, which opened its doors first in Disneyland....

Theme Park Bits: New Disneyland FastPass, Cedar Fair Deal Isn’t Happening, And More By Josh Spiegel/Oct. 12, 2019 11:00 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Disneyland is testing a new FastPass option. Take a look at a redesigned Disney Cruise Line ship. Cedar Point and Six Flags won’t merge…for now. And more! You may recall that in our last Theme Park Bits column, I mentioned how there was a possibility – however remote – that Six Flags was going to buy Cedar Fair, the company behind theme parks like Cedar Point and Knott’s Berry Farm....

When ‘Space Jam 2’ Wrapped Production, LeBron James Gave A Touching Farewell Speech By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 17, 2020 7:30 am EST There’s been talk about Space Jam 2 since NBA superstar LeBron James signed a movie and TV deal with Warner Bros. back in the summer of 2015. Nearly a year later, the project started to become a reality with Star Trek Beyond director Justin Lin coming on board. The filmmaker didn’t stick with the project, which ended up being directed by Malcolm D....

‘Black Adam’ Will Hit Theaters In December 2021, First Poster Revealed By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 14, 2019 9:30 am EST Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has been attached to a Black Adam movie since at least 2007. Now, it’s finally happening. Johnson already confirmed production was set to begin soon. Now, the actor/muscular fellow has revealed a concept art poster and an official release date. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dwayne Johnson (@therock)...

‘Clouds’ Moves From A Warner Bros. Theatrical Release To Streaming On Disney+ By Chris Evangelista/May 14, 2020 4:00 pm EST In a surprising move, Clouds, a film that was originally supposed to be released theatrically by Warner Bros., will now go straight to Disney+. Moving a film from theaters to streaming isn’t the surprising part – we’re seeing a lot of that these days. But it’s curious that Warners would sell this off to another streaming service when they have their own streaming service – HBO Max – ready to launch this month....

‘Doctor Who’ Season 13 Has Begun Filming And Will Have Only 8 Episodes By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 12, 2020 12:00 pm EST In uncertain times like these, we need Doctor Who more than ever. And lo and behold, our favorite time-traveling alien has answered our prayers. The 13th season of Doctor Who has begun filming amid strict coronavirus (COVID-19) safety protocols and guidelines for a season that will be “fun filled and action packed as ever – with plenty of surprises,” BBC teases....

‘How To With John Wilson’ Renewed For Season 2 At HBO By Ben Pearson/Dec. 9, 2020 1:30 pm EST One of HBO’s best new shows is getting a second season. Today, the premium cable channel announced that How To With John Wilson season 2 is officially in the works, giving fans of the off-kilter and occasionally brilliant first season an early holiday gift that should help tide us over until next year....

‘Jumanji: The Next Level’ Star Alex Wolff On What He Learned From ‘Hereditary’ And Making His Directorial Debut [Interview] By Robert Kojder/Dec. 27, 2019 4:00 pm EST Alex Wolff can be seen in theaters now as Spencer in Jumanji: The Next Level, but the son of actress Polly Draper has a lot more going on equally worth talking about. He recently wrote and directed his debut film, The Cat and the Moon, an unflinchingly honest portrayal of rowdy teenagers with Wolff himself playing a troubled youth who moves to New York City to live with his father’s best friend following his mother’s admittance into rehab and the death of his musician father....

‘Lady And The Tramp’ Trailer: Watch Those Doggone Doggos Fall In Love In Live-Action [D23] By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 23, 2019 5:06 pm EST Disney continues their live-action remake trend with Lady and the Tramp, a title destined for their streaming service Disney+. You might think it’s a bit silly to take a movie about talking dogs and do it as live-action, but Disney’s gonna Disney, folks. Like the animated film from 1955, Lady and the Tramp follows an " upper-middle-class" dog who strikes up a romance with a street-living mutt....

‘Masters Of The Air’: Cary Joji Fukunaga Directing WWII Bomber Limited Series For AppleTV+ By Ben Pearson/Oct. 8, 2020 2:00 pm EST Cary Joji Fukunaga, who recently directed the forthcoming (and oft-delayed) James Bond film No Time to Die, is heading into the skies for his next directorial effort. Fukunaga will direct the first three episodes of Masters of the Air, a World War II limited series from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Television and Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman’s Playtone production company....

‘Waves’ Review: An Ambitious Saga Of A Family Crumbling Before Our Eyes [TIFF 2019] By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 7, 2019 10:00 am EST Few filmmakers working today know how to induce anxiety in their audience as masterfully as Trey Edward Shults. Even during scenes when things technically aren’t going wrong, Shults’s focus creates a palpable sense of dread. Yes, everything might be fine on screen for now…but it’s only a matter of time before some sort of Sword of Damocles drops and shatters everything, and everyone, to a million pieces....

‘Wrinkles The Clown’ Trailer: A New Documentary Profiles A Clown Hired To Scare Children By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 6, 2019 8:00 am EST Pennywise the Dancing Clown is horrifying audiences in theaters everywhere this weekend in IT: Chapter 2, but the people of southwest Florida have been terrified by a real life clown named Wrinkles, and it’s time for his story to be told. Wrinkles the Clown is a new documentary from director Michael Beach Nichols (Welcome to Leith) which focuses on this seemingly mythical clown who first went viral after supposedly being hired to scare the hell out of a kid whose parents decided this was the best way to punish him for misbehaving....

25 Years Ago, Pixar’s ‘Toy Story’ Changed Animation Forever By Josh Spiegel/Jan. 2, 2020 7:00 am EST (Infinity and Beyond is a bi-weekly series in which Josh Spiegel looks back at the history and making of every feature film in Pixar’s filmography. In today’s inaugural edition, he kicks off the column with the movie that started it all: 1995’s Toy Story.)There are only a handful of films released in the first century of cinema that can be categorized as truly influential to more than just a few young would-be filmmakers and/or critics....

Daily Podcast: Star Wars, Johnny Depp, Chris Nolan, Cinemark, Jordan Peele, 1Up & A Quiet Place 3 By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 9, 2020 2:15 pm EST On the November 9, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film Editor-in-Chief Peter Sciretta is joined by weekend editor Brad Oman and writer Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Star Wars, Johnny Depp, Chris Nolan, Cinemark, Jordan Peele, 1Up and A Quiet Place 3....

Even ‘Contagion’ Couldn’t Prepare Steven Soderbergh For How “Deeply Irrational” Everyone Is Acting During The Pandemic By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 22, 2020 3:30 pm EST Directing Contagion may have prepared Steven Soderbergh for a pandemic, but not for the deeply stupid human behavior that people have had in response to a pandemic. The filmmaker’s acclaimed 2011 thriller was ahead of the curve — showing the breakdown of society and difficulties of curbing the spread of a deadly virus long before coronavirus (COVID-19) even existed....

Greta Gerwig Is Currently Working On A Musical, Wants To Bring Back Tap Dancing By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 2, 2020 4:00 pm EST Greta Gerwig wants to bring tap dancing back. The Little Women director brought a fresh, modern edge to the beloved American classic by Louisa May Alcott, and now she’s determined to make tap dancing cool again. Gerwig revealed that she is currently working on a musical, and that it may or may not involve the footwork-heavy dancing style....

How ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Failed Kylo Ren And What It Could Have Learned From ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 23, 2019 11:30 am EST A reluctant hero faces off against a looming evil empire that has taken over the world. A heroine that comes from an unassuming village rises to become one of the most powerful figures in the fight against evil. A villain with a facial scar wrestles with the forces of light and dark at war inside of him....

Spoiler Discussion: The Ending Of ‘Devs’ By Peter Sciretta/April 20, 2020 11:50 am EST On the April 20, 2020 Episode of /Film Daily, Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film writer Chris Evangelista to discuss the ending of Devs. Opening Banter: Spoiler warning for Devs.In Our Feature Presentation: We discuss the ending of Devs. Thoughts on the show as a whole Brief thoughts on the last episode The idea of predicting the future Westworld vs....

The Morning Watch: ‘The Farewell’ Script Breakdown, ‘The Matrix’ Exposition In Action & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 23, 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, a new edition of Lessons from the Screenplay breaks down how the action of The Matrix allows for the easy unloading of exposition....

VOTD: Watch Taika Waititi’s Epic, Tearjerking Coca-Cola Commercial For Christmas By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 16, 2020 6:00 am EST Director Taika Waititi has brought us twisted mockumentary laughs in What We Do in the Shadows, delightful coming-of-age adventure in Hunt for the Wilderpeople, hilarious comic book spectacle with Thor: Ragnarok, and sharp satire in Jojo Rabbit. This year, before getting back behind the camera for Thor: Love & Thunder, Waititi decided that he wanted to make tears come out of our face with an epic new Coca-Cola commercial for Christmas....