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WTF: Julia Roberts Was Suggested To Play Harriet Tubman Back In The 1990s By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 20, 2019 1:30 pm EST Cynthia Erivo recently brought Harriet Tubman to life in Kasi Lemmons’ biopic Harriet. But back in the 1990s, things could’ve gone very, very differently. According to Harriet screenwriter Gregory Allen Howard, an attempt to get the movie made back in 1994 resulted in one studio executive suggesting Julia Roberts for the role of the African-American abolitionist....

You Need To Watch ‘The Big Sleep’ Before Seeing Rian Johnson’s ‘Knives Out’ By Kalyn Corrigan/Nov. 19, 2019 10:00 am EST (Welcome to Knives In, a series about the movies to watch before Rian Johnson’s Knives Out arrives in theaters.)Put on your murder-solving hat, because /Film has given me jurisdiction to dive deep into one film a day in preparation for the release of Rian Johnson’s Knives Out, which hits theaters next week....

‘A Secret Love’ Trailer: Netflix Documentary Reveals A Remarkable Six-Decade Lesbian Romance By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 23, 2020 3:00 pm EST Terry Donahue and Pat Henschel met when Donahue was 22 and playing as catcher for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League — the women’s pro organization that would inspire the 1992 Penny Marshall film A League of Their Own. But while Donahue was considered a trailblazer and feminist icon in the 1940s, she still had to hide her queer identity for the better part of 65 years....

‘Brittany Runs A Marathon’ Director Paul Downs Colaizzo On Telling A Story Of Self-Respect And Dignity [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Aug. 29, 2019 1:00 pm EST For Colaizzo, Brittany Runs a Marathon is a story about finding self-respect and dignity. Tired of being the funny sidekick and the overall state of her life, Brittany (Jillian Bell) decides to focus on self-improvement and starts running. The experience brings out confidence, insecurities, and an array of feelings Brittany grapples with as she struggles with her sense of self....

‘Cobra Kai’ Honest Trailer: Where Everyone Is A Bully, A Victim, And An Overnight Karate Master By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 22, 2021 6:00 am EST It’s nothing short of a miracle that a revival of The Karate Kid franchise somehow ended up being more significant than a Funny or Die sketch. What’s even more impressive is that not only did Cobra Kai survive as one of YouTube Premium’s original programs, but it’s actually pretty damn good....

‘Creepshow Animated Special’ Trailer: Two Animated Tales Of Terror By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 23, 2020 2:00 pm EST Shudder’s Creepshow series is coming back just in time for Halloween with an animated special. Our first official glimpse of the special arrived today in the form of a trailer teasing plenty of cartoony terror in the form of adaptations of stories from Stephen King and Joe Hill (who just happens to be Stephen King’s son, making this special a bit of a family affair)....

‘Dead To Me’ Renewed For Third And Final Season At Netflix By Chris Evangelista/July 6, 2020 12:00 pm EST The dark, shocking, and hilarious series Dead to Me will return for a third and final season. The Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini series from creator Liz Feldman will end its run just as Netflix signs a multi-year partnership with Feldman to creature future Netflix originals series to come. Dead to Me season 1 debuted in May 2019, while season 2 arrived in May of this year....

‘Fast & Furious 9’ Set Pic Brings The Family Together With New Addition John Cena By Chris Evangelista/July 15, 2019 10:30 am EST Fast and Furious 9 is now shooting, which means Vin Diesel and the Fast family are up to their old shenanigans again. It was co-star Michelle Rodriguez’s birthday the other day, and to celebrate, Nathalie Emmanuel who plays Ramsey in the franchise, shared a Fast and Furious 9 set pic that brings (most of) the family together again....

‘Godzilla Vs Kong’ Likely To Get A Streaming Release, Probably At HBO Max By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 28, 2020 10:00 am EST Following the recent decision by Warner Bros. Pictures to release Wonder Woman 1984 on HBO Max simultaneously with a theatrical release on Christmas Day, the floodgates are open for more studio blockbusters to take the streaming route. At least that might be the case for some of the big movies that Warner Bros....

‘High Fidelity’ TV Series Trailer: Zoë Kravitz Digs Back Into Her Top 5 Heartbreaks By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 19, 2020 4:00 pm EST In a new approach to Nick Hornby’s 1995 novel of the same name, Hulu’s High Fidelity TV series puts Zoë Kravitz (Mad Max: Fury Road) in the lead role of Rob Brooks as she takes a look back at the five biggest heartbreaks in her life, all so she can figure out why she keeps having her heart broken....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 22, 2020 3:00 pm EST Daria, the pinnacle of ’90s animated irony, is entering the modern age with a new animated spin-off series titled Jodie. Comedy Central has given a series order to Jodie, which will star Golden Globe winner Tracee Ellis Ross as the voice of the titular lead. Created and written by Grace Edwards (Insecure, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Jodie follows one of Daria’s friends in Lawndale High as she graduates college and enters the workforce....

‘The Boys’ Season 3: Jensen Ackles Recruited To Play The Original Superhero, Soldier Boy By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 17, 2020 11:30 am EST View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jensen Ackles (@jensenackles) View this post on Instagram View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jensen Ackles (@jensenackles) Soldier Boy was the original superhero in the comic book series by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, with the character becoming the first super celebrity after fighting in World War II....

‘The Godfather Part III’ Re-Edit Coming From Francis Ford Coppola And Paramount This December By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 3, 2020 10:00 am EST Just when you thought you were out, they pull you back in. Francis Ford Coppola hasn’t directed a new feature film in a few years, but he has gone back to tinker with some old ones. He recently released a recut version of The Cotton Club, and now he’s about to do the same thing with The Godfather Part III....

‘The Jesus Rolls’ Trailer: It’s A ‘The Big Lebowski’ Spin-Off That Looks Nothing Like ‘The Big Lebowski’ By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 6, 2020 12:30 pm EST The first real The Jesus Rolls trailer is here, and it looks…strange. This Big Lebowski spin-off clearly has nothing to do with The Big Lebowski, even though both films feature a similar character: Jesus Quintana, played by John Turturro. While Jesus was a minor supporting player in the Coen Brothers cult classic, he takes center stage here, leading a film full of lowlifes and rag-tag crooks up to no good....

‘The Lion King’ Music Video Debuts For Beyoncé’s Original Song; See Her Movie-Inspired Album Tracklist By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 17, 2019 6:30 am EST Whatever your feelings about the upcoming The Lion King remake, it’s hard to resist the star-studded cast behind the film’s soundtrack. Even harder to resist is the pull of Beyoncé, who is performing a highly-anticipated original song in the film and releasing an entire The Lion King-inspired album featuring collaborations from hitmakers like Pharrell, Kendrick Lamar, and Jay-Z....

‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Adds ‘Extraction’ Filmmaker Sam Hargrave As Second Unit Director By Ben Pearson/June 8, 2020 2:00 pm EST When 2020 began, Sam Hargrave was best known as a stunt performer and second unit director for several Marvel Studios movies. Now, he’s the director of Netflix’s most-watched original movie ever, the Chris Hemsworth-starring action thriller Extraction. But while he waits for the Extraction follow-up film to be written, Hargrave is heading to a galaxy far, far away: he’s revealed that he’s the second unit director on season 2 of the Disney+ series The Mandalorian....

‘The West Wing’ Will Be Streaming On HBO Max Next Year By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 15, 2019 5:30 pm EST HBO Max, the new streaming service from Warner Bros., is slowly building up its content. While many new streaming services are heavily focused on creating new original programming, HBO Max is happy to add pre-existing titles. They already have Friends and The Big Bang Theory locked down, and now they’re adding another popular show: The West Wing....

‘Tron: Legacy’ Soundtrack Getting A Deluxe Vinyl Edition From Mondo By Ben Pearson/Sept. 28, 2020 12:30 pm EST At this year’s Comic-Con at Home, Mondo revealed that they were working on a tenth anniversary re-release of Daft Punk’s propulsive score for Disney’s Tron: Legacy. Details were scarce at the time, but now a new report sheds some light on what fans can expect and shows off some of artist Matt Taylor’s artwork....

‘Unruly’ Will See Mahershala Ali Step Into The Ring As Legendary Boxer Jack Johnson By Chris Evangelista/June 30, 2020 3:00 pm EST Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali is set to play legendary boxer Jack Johnson in Unruly, a six-part limited series for HBO, from Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman’s Playtone. Dominique Morisseau is writing the script, based on the Geoffrey C. Ward book Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson, which was adapted into a PBS documentary from director Ken Burns....

‘We Are Little Zombies’ Trailer: Orphans Start A Band, But This Film’s Frenetic Style Is Its Big Draw By Ben Pearson/April 24, 2020 4:00 pm EST If you thought Edgar Wright captured a video game sensibility in his movie adaptation of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, just wait until you get a load of We Are Little Zombies, the debut feature film from director Makoto Nagahisa. This movie, which centers on a group of teenaged orphans who form a band, incorporates live-action, stop-motion, animation, and all manner of visual flair to create something that’s startlingly different from what we’re used to seeing in a movie....