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The Morning Watch: A Day In The Life At Pixar, How ‘Star Wars’ Trailers Weaponize Nostalgia & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 15, 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....

The Morning Watch: Stuntmen React To Driving Stunts In ‘Fast Five’, ‘WandaVision’ Trailer Easter Eggs & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 22, 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 edition of Stuntmen React from Corridor Crew focuses specifically on stunt driving sequences from movies like Fast Five, The French Connection, Ronin, and more....

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Director Says Spider-Man Splitting From Disney/Marvel Is A “Tragic Mistake” By Ben Pearson/Sept. 17, 2019 1:00 pm EST As the directors who introduced Tom Holland’s version of Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Anthony and Joe Russo know how hard Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige had to work to reach an agreement with Sony Pictures to share that character on the big screen. When word came out that that delicate deal fell apart earlier last month and Spider-Man would no longer be a part of the MCU, the Russos seemed resigned to it....

‘Bad Hair’ Review: ‘Dear White People’ Director Delivers A Horror Thriller For The Ages [Sundance 2020] By Ben Pearson/Jan. 24, 2020 5:30 pm EST Writer/director Justin Simien premiered his feature film debut Dear White People at Sundance in 2014, and later went on to adapt that movie into a Netflix streaming series. Now he’s back at the festival with something completely new: an ’80s-set horror thriller about a killer weave....

/Filmcast Ep. 591 - On The Rocks By Slashfilmcast/Nov. 4, 2020 9:10 am EST The Slashfilmcast is launching a Patreon! Support us at http://patreon.com/filmpodcast. It’s the night before the election in the United States. David, Devindra, and Jeff distract themselves by watching On the Rocks, the new comedy-drama written and directed by Sophia Coppola, now streaming on Apple TV+. Read up on what to do while waiting for election results here....

‘Frozen 2’ Sneak Peek Of New Song Takes Us “Into The Unknown”; Soundtrack Available For Pre-Order By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 30, 2019 8:30 am EST Are you ready for the new Frozen 2 song to be stuck in your head from now through eternity? Well too bad, because you’re going to be humming Idina Menzel’s vocals for the Frozen 2 new song “Into the Unknown” for at least two months until the soundtrack, which has been made available for pre-order now, hits shelves....

‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ Filming Safety Protocols Being Used As Model For Productions Amid Pandemic By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 13, 2020 1:30 pm EST Jurassic World: Dominion is one of the first major Hollywood studio films to resume filming amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and as such, has found itself the unwitting “guinea pig” for how a film production can work in a pre-vaccine world. The production for the Jurassic World sequel began in July in Pinewood Studios in the U....

‘Point Horror’ Anthology Series Headed To HBO Max By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 12, 2019 5:30 pm EST Point Horror, a series of young adult horror books penned by authors like R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike, is headed to the small screen. HBO Max is developing a Point Horror anthology series. Each episode of the show will be inspired by one of the original books, complete with a “nostalgic nod to the 1990s” – the era in which the books originated....

‘Scream 5’ Filming Continues, Despite Three Crew Members Testing Positive For COVID-19 By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 28, 2020 8:30 am EST Three crew members on the Scream revival have tested positive for COVID-19, but filming is pushing on. The crew members who tested positive will be immediately be quarantined and undergo more testing, with contact tracing put in place. But as the three affected crew members weren’t in the group in contact with the cast and director, production will continue....

By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 25, 2019 2:30 pm EST Apple TV+ hasn’t exactly been setting the world on fire, but that hasn’t stopped Apple from immediately renewing their original shows. The nascent streaming service already renewed titles like The Morning Show and Dickinson, and now you can add Servant to the list. The creepy series from creator Tony Basgallop and executive producer M. Night Shyalaman doesn’t debut until Thanksgiving, but Apple is ready to serve up a second course....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Sequence Expected To Debut On Disney’s Star Tours Rides By Ben Pearson/Sept. 3, 2019 1:30 pm EST Disney occasionally updates its Star Tours attraction with new locations from upcoming Star Wars films, and a fresh rumor claims that another new update is on the way, this time incorporating a sequence inspired by J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. WDWNT points us to the following tweet, which claims that a new The Rise of Skywalker Star Tours sequence is coming to Disneyland Paris early next year, timed with the Legends of the Force season:...

‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Character Featurettes Give A Spotlight To The Main Cast By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 9, 2019 4:30 pm EST Terminator: Dark Fate is stepping up its marketing campaign with the release of a set of five new featurettes spotlighting the main characters of the new Terminator sequel. While Sarah Connor and the T-800 need no introduction, the long gap in between Dark Fate and its canonical predecessor T2: Judgment Day requires a little explanation as to what they’ve been up to these past 28 years....

‘The Afterparty’ Is A Murder-Mystery Comedy From Chris Miller And Phil Lord By Chris Evangelista/June 24, 2020 5:30 pm EST Apple is still hoping you’ll pay attention to their original programming, and they might have just found the title to get you to do just that. The company just won the rights to The Afterparty, a comedy series about a murder mystery, created by none other than Phil Lord and Chris Miller....

‘The Batman’ Hires Newcomer Jayme Lawson Straight Out Of Juilliard Acting School By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 11, 2019 9:00 am EST Director Matt Reeves has filled up The Batman with an incredible assembly of talent surrounding Robert Pattinson as the new Dark Knight. But the latest addition to the cast is someone you’ve never heard of. Jayme Lawson, a fresh graduate from The Juilliard School, has landed “a notable role” in The Batman....

‘The Batman’ May Draw Inspiration From ‘Batman: Year One’ And ‘The Long Halloween’, Could Introduce The Flying Graysons [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 20, 2020 2:28 pm EST Update: Set photos have been posted online that appear to depict jack-o-lanterns on the set of The Batman, which lends credence to the long-held speculation that Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale’s beloved comic graphic novel Batman: The Long Halloween may serve as an inspiration for Reeves’ movie....

‘The Call Of The Wild’ Review: A Heartfelt Survival Story Buried In A Mush Of Uncanny CGI By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 21, 2020 12:00 pm EST Most attempts to adapt the works of Jack London to the big screen have, more often than not, resulted in a neutered final product. Chris Sanders’ live-action/computer-animated adaptation of The Call of the Wild falls firmly in this category. Gone is the savage romance of London’s short novel in all its untamed glory, instead, The Call of the Wild is a Disney-fied The Revenant — though it’s even less a survival film than it is a schmaltzy celebration of that bond between dog and human....

‘The Equalizer’ Trailer: Queen Latifah Is On A Mission To Fight Injustice By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 19, 2021 2:00 pm EST Back in 1999, Queen Latifah co-starred in the thriller The Bone Collector alongside Denzel Washington. In 2014 and 2018, Washington starred in The Equalizer and The Equalizer 2, big screen takes on the classic television series of the same name. And now, the gonzo trivia is complete, since Queen Latifah is now starring in a television reboot of The Equalizer, taking on the same role as her Bone Collector co-star....

‘The Irishman’ Drew 17 Million Viewers Over Its First Weekend, According To Nielsen By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 8, 2019 11:00 am EST Netflix is cagey when it comes to their viewership numbers, and they’ve previously stated they have no plans to release numbers for The Irishman, their new crime epic from Martin Scorsese. But thanks to ratings service Nielsen, we now have somewhat of an idea about how the movie did during its launch....

‘The Owners’ Trailer: Looks Like Maisie Williams Picked The Wrong House To Rob By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 7, 2020 5:30 pm EST Maisie Williams is an out-of-her-depth burglar in The Owners, a new horror-thriller that’s bound to give people flashbacks to Don’t Breathe. Williams plays a member of a group of young home invaders who get more than they bargained for when the wealthy owners of the house they busted into arrive home....

‘Total Recall’ 4K Release Will Get Your Ass To Mars This December By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 4, 2020 3:30 pm EST Total Recall, Paul Verhoeven’s sci-fi action classic that features Arnold Schwarzenegger getting his ass to Mars, is headed to 4K. This December, the movie arrives via a 3-disc 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and Digital) and Digital 4K Ultra HD courtesy of Lionsgate. For this release, Total Recall has been restored in 4K from a scan of the original 35mm negative and comes with multiple special features, which are listed below....