Raised by Wolves Trailer When you watch as many movies and TV shows as I do (it’s my job, don’t judge me!), you tend to thirst for something fresh and exciting. More often than not, even if I’m enjoying a film/TV series, there’s an “I’ve seen this before” approach to it all. There’s nothing new under the sun, as the saying goes. So whenever something comes along that looks genuinely different and unique, I tend to perk up....
‘Snow Blind’ Movie Starring Jake Gyllenhaal Sparks Bidding War By Chris Evangelista/June 9, 2020 3:00 pm EST Everyone wants a piece of Snow Blind. Studios are currently in a bidding war for the film adaptation of the graphic novel written by Ollie Masters and illustrated by Tyler Jenkins, with Jake Gyllenhaal attached to star for director Gustav Möller. Described as “Prisoners meets Running on Empty,” the story follows a teen who discovers that he and his family have secretly been in the Witness Protection Program for years, and now someone seeking revenge has tracked them down....
‘The Deuce’ Season 3 Teaser: The ’80s Bring About The End Of The Times Square Porn Industry By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 13, 2019 7:30 am EST The Deuce is going out with a bang. David Simon and George Pelecanos’ series about the Golden Age of Porn that began with the legalization and rise of the porn industry in New York City in the ’70s is about to face its worst enemy: the ’80s....
‘The Devil And Father Amorth’ Review: ‘Exorcist’ Director William Friedkin Smirks At The Devil By Chris Evangelista/April 18, 2018 9:00 am EST It’s been nearly 45 years since director William Friedkin first terrified audiences with The Exorcist, and now the filmmaker is ready to return to the taboo religious practice with the documentary The Devil and Father Amorth.The concept is too irresistible to pass up: here’s the director of The Exorcist making a documentary about a real exorcism....
‘The French Dispatch’ Poster And Images: Wes Anderson’s Newest Movie Gets A Charming One-Sheet Before Tomorrow’s Trailer [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 11, 2020 10:31 am EST Life’s a magazine cover, and all the cast members of Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch are merely animated caricatures of themselves. Searchlight Pictures has released a new poster for The French Dispatch, Anderson’s highly anticipated comedy-drama and the first live-action film for the director since 2014’s The Grand Budapest Hotel....
‘The Kissing Booth 2’ Opens For Business On Netflix This July By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 22, 2020 11:30 am EST The Kissing Booth 2 is opening up for business this summer. Netflix has set the release date for the sequel to its inexplicably popular teen rom-com hit The Kissing Booth, which hit the streaming service in 2018 at the height of its romantic-comedy explosion. The Kissing Booth 2 brings back Joey King, Jacob Elordi, and Joel Courtney for more romantic mishaps and heartbreaks....
‘The New York Times Presents’ Series Will Air On FX And Hulu Starting Tonight By Chris Evangelista/July 10, 2020 3:30 pm EST FX and Hulu are teaming for the documentary series The New York Times Presents, which will present standalone episodes focused on major stories from the newspaper of record. The series premieres today, July 10, with the first episode devoted to the COVID-19 pandemic. Episodes will air Fridays on both FX and Hulu....
2019 Halloween Horror Nights Tribute Store: Take A Tour Of Orlando’s INSANE Themed Horror Shop By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 10, 2019 1:00 pm EST Last week we traveled to Orlando Florida to experience Halloween Horror Nights 29 at Universal Orlando Resort. You can watch the video of our very first trip to the mecha of horror haunted houses in our previous post. Today we are taking you on a tour of the HHN 29 Tribute Store, which is insanely themed and filled with merchandise divided between Ghostbusters, Stranger Things and Universal Monsters....
Cool Stuff: Mysterio’s Iron Man Illusion From ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Is Now A Haunting Statue By Ethan Anderton/June 30, 2020 6:00 am EST One of the most memorable and visually arresting sequences from Spider-Man: Far From Home was the nightmare illusion sequence that Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) uses to disorient the webslinger. Easily the most haunting image from the tricky villain’s manufactured hallucinations is using a zombified Iron Man to scare the hell out of Peter Parker, who has been having a hard time dealing with the death of Tony Stark....
Daily Podcast: Spoiler Discussion Of ‘Watchmen’ Episode 5, “Little Fear Of Lightning” By Ben Pearson/Nov. 18, 2019 12:45 pm EST On the November 18, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall and writer Chris Evangelista to have a spoiler discussion about the fifth episode of HBO’s Watchmen, entitled “Little Fear of Lightning.” Opening Banter: In Our Feature Presentation: Start with a quick reader email Looking Glass’s origin story Hoboken, 1985 Squid Adrian Veidt Video message to Robert Redford reveals truth behind his squid plan What do you think about the way information from the comic has been doled out so far?...
Exclusive ‘The Gallows Act II’ Clip Hints At The Return Of The Hangman By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 14, 2019 7:30 am EST Remember The Gallows? It was a 2015 found-footage film that didn’t exactly score the best reviews but ended up hauling in $43 million worldwide on a $100,000 budget. That’s the type of hit that immediately earns a sequel, and sure enough, a Gallows sequel did get the greenlight in 2017....
Fantastic Fest And Fangoria Are Holding ‘Welcome To The Blumhouse’ Watch Parties And You Can Win Two Free Posters By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 8, 2020 9:30 am EST To celebrate the watch parties, Mondo has created two new double feature posters by artist Gary Pullin that /Film will be giving away to a lucky contest winner. Find out how to win our Welcome to the Blumhouse poster giveaway below. Genre film festival Fantastic Fest and the horror magazine Fangoria announced that they are holding watch parties for all four of the Welcome to Blumhouse thrillers this month, with exclusive post-screening Q&As with each filmmaker....
Hasbro PulseCon Coming This Week With ‘Star Wars’, Marvel, And ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Reveals & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 23, 2020 8:30 am EST This week will bring the first ever Hasbro PulseCon online for fans in the United States and Canada. It’s basically Hasbro’s virtual substitute for the lack of conventions available for them to announce the latest merchandise for properties like Star Wars, Marvel, Transformers, G.I. Joe, Power Rangers, Ghostbusters, Magic: The Gathering, and Dungeons & Dragons....
LOL: ‘Middle-Aged Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Turns The Heroes In A Half-Shell Into Depressing Adults By Ethan Anderton/April 13, 2020 6:00 am EST This past weekend, Saturday Night Live attempted their quarantined version of a new episode with the show’s cast providing sketches from the homes they’re currently stuck in. It was a delightfully fun experiment that will hopefully continue in the coming weeks that we’ll likely still be stuck at home....
Lynn Shelton, Director Of ‘Humpday’, ‘Mad Men’ And ‘GLOW’, Has Died At 54 By Ethan Anderton/May 16, 2020 1:30 pm EST Many notable names have passed away due to complications from coronavirus, but today brings the shocking and unexpected news of indie film and television director Lynn Shelton dying at 54 years old from other complications. The filmmaker worked on everything from mumblecore indie movies like Humpday and Your Sister’s Sister to hit television shows like Mad Men and GLOW, and sadly she unexpectedly died yesterday from a previously unidentified blood disorder....
Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ Series Will Be One Season And Begin Filming In 2021, According To Ewan McGregor By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 10, 2020 10:30 am EST An Obi-Wan Kenobi project has been floating around in the ether so long, it’s almost surreal when we get real concrete details. But star Ewan McGregor is eager to give updates on his highly anticipated Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ series, which he confirmed will be a single, standalone season....
Revisiting ‘Halloweentown’, Disney’s Answer To Harry Potter By Rafael Motamayor/Feb. 27, 2020 2:00 pm EST (Welcome to Out of the Disney Vault, where we explore the unsung gems and forgotten disasters currently streaming on Disney+.)There are few movies that manage to draw you into their world as instantly as the Harry Potter movies (stay with me here). Their themes of wanting a place to belong and wishing you were part of something magical, and their awe-inspiring wizarding world made millions of kids and grown-ups alike wish they could receive their Hogwarts letter one day....
Superhero Bits: ‘Dark Knight’ Trilogy Getting Re-Released In Hong Kong, Fala Chen Rumored For ‘Shang-Chi’ & More By Ethan Anderton/May 19, 2020 6:00 pm EST Want to see an unused Viking style design for Loki in Thor: Ragnarok? Is Aquaman coming to The Flash on The CW? Is there a Daredevil video game in the works? What are the new dates for Avengers: Infinity War and Ant-Man and the Wasp to hit Disney+?...
Superhero Bits: What Is AIM Doing In ‘Marvel’s Avengers’, Another ‘Justice League’ SnyderCut Teaser & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 21, 2020 6:00 pm EST Are the Talons involved in an upcoming new Batman video game? What is AIM doing in the Marvel’s Avengers video game? Which mutant almost made a cameo in The New Mutants? Are more alternate versions of DC Comics superheroes coming to The Flash along with Batman? Will Marvel Studios end up shifting some of their 2021 release dates?...
The Emperor Reborn: A Not-So-Brief History Of The Biggest ‘Star Wars’ Villain And Why He Matters By Adam Frazier/Nov. 5, 2019 7:00 am EST (Welcome to The Emperor Reborn, a three-part series examining the role of Sheev Palpatine and the long shadow he casts over the Skywalker Saga, including the upcoming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.)“No one’s ever really gone.” - Luke SkywalkerStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will be the ninth and final episode of the Skywalker Saga, according to director JJ Abrams and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy....
