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25 Years Ago, ‘Indiana Jones Adventure’ Redefined What A Theme Park Ride Could Be By Josh Spiegel/March 3, 2020 10:00 am EST As we embark upon a new decade, the concept of what “Disney” is will likely change on a wider scale than ever before. What does Disney mean to you? In the previous century, Disney might have meant family films, animation, or something friendly and comforting. Now, Disney could mean the action-heavy fare of Marvel, or the science-fiction worlds of Avatar or Star Wars, or the irreverent and adult comedy of The Simpsons, or the technologically daring storytelling of Pixar....

AMC Networks Streaming ‘The Walking Dead’, ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’, And More For Free By Chris Evangelista/April 6, 2020 5:30 pm EST AMC has decided to follow HBO’s lead and provide some free streaming content for folks stuck at home (AKA everyone). AMC Networks is now offering several programs to stream for free, including The Walking Dead, Mystery Science Theater 3000, Comedy Bang Bang, and more. So please, stay the hell home so we can flatten the curve and get beyond this current situation....

Ben Wheatley Says His Netflix ‘Rebecca’ Adaptation Is “Firmly Not” A Hitchcock Remake By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 3, 2020 11:00 am EST It’s always a risky idea to remake an Alfred Hitchcock movie, but when it comes to Ben Wheatley’s Rebecca, we have nothing to worry about. According to Wheatley himself, this is definitely not a remake of the 1940 Hitchcock film. Instead, Wheatley is turning towards the original source material – the novel by Daphne du Maurier....

Colin Trevorrow Met With Marvel Studios To Direct ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ By Ben Pearson/Sept. 17, 2019 7:30 am EST What would Guardians of the Galaxy have been like if James Gunn wasn’t involved? Filmmakers like Peyton Reed (Ant-Man) and Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Captain Marvel) were vying for that directing gig at the time, but there’s another filmmaker who was also in contention that we didn’t know about until now: Colin Trevorrow, the director of Jurassic World....

Cool Stuff: Blitzway Debuts ‘Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure’ Figures To Save The World By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 19, 2019 6:00 am EST Right now, production is underway on the eagerly anticipated Bill and Ted Face the Music, a third installment in the unlikely time traveling comedy film franchise that began with Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure in 1989. Since that movie doesn’t arrive until next August, you can pass some of the time by adding two new incredible sixth scale figures to your shelf from Blitzway that bring perfect likenesses of Ted “Theodore” Logan (Keanu Reeves) and Bill S....

Daily Podcast: New Spider-Man Updates, Jon Watts, Disney+, The Suicide Squad, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie By Ben Pearson/Aug. 26, 2019 1:45 pm EST On the August 26 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall and weekend editor Brad Oman to discuss the latest film and TV news, including the latest on the Spider-Man situation, news about Disney+, The Suicide Squad casting, and El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie....

By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 14, 2019 2:30 pm EST A group of talented horror creators are teaming up for a project that will either be ground-breaking or an absolute mess – I can’t decide which. Alexandre Aja, director of this summer’s fun killer gator fright flick Crawl, is teaming with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin to create an interactive haunted house movie. The choose-your-own-adventure-style film will be penned by Haunting of Hill House writer Jeff Howard, along with Nick Simon, and Aja, from an idea by Hill House director Mike Flanagan....

John Belushi Biopic Back In The Works With Adam Pally Playing The ‘Saturday Night Live’ Legend By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 24, 2020 3:00 pm EST A biopic about John Belushi has been in the works for years now. The most recent iteration had Broadway’s Beetlejuice star Alex Brightman in talks to lead the movie, and that was just this past December. But apparently that didn’t work out, because now Happy Endings star Adam Pally is in talks to take the role of the legendary Saturday Night Live cast member who would go on to steal the show in National Lampoon’s Animal House and rock the jailhouse in The Blues Brothers....

John Mulaney Gets Musical About Airport Sushi And Becomes A Meme On ‘Saturday Night Live’ By Ethan Anderton/March 1, 2020 11:00 am EST This weekend, John Mulaney became the first person to host a Leap Day episode of Saturday Night Live. But that wasn’t the only noteworthy moment to come out of this outstanding episode of the late night sketch series. This is the third year in a row that Mulaney has hosted SNL, and I hope this becomes a tradition that Lorne Michaels continues to honor....

1. Girl On The Third Floor Now Streaming on Netflix Matt: I believe it was filmmaker Joe Lynch on Twitter who dubbed Travis Stevens’ Girl On The Third Floor “moist,” and how fitting a descriptor. One ugly word that makes you shudder and recoil, fitting for a haunted house flick that’s “slimepunk” or “googorey” or whatever words you end up inventing. C.M. Punk aka Phil Brooks renovates a rundown fixer-upper for his “growing” family, but forms an unhealthy relationship with his new home sweet home....

Pop Culture Imports: ‘After The Storm,’ Live-Action ‘Bleach,’ A Sugary Sweet Bollywood Rom-Com, And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 21, 2018 8:00 am EST (Welcome to Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best, wackiest, and weirdest foreign-language movies and TV shows streaming right now.) Film festival season is in full swing, but so is extreme weather — which makes it the perfect time to throw on some foreign films. What better thing to do when weathering autumn storms than to watch Hirokazu Kore-eda’s After the Storm, just as the Japanese auteur scores another festival circuit hit with his new film Shoplifters?...

Revisiting ‘Disneyland Around The Seasons,’ One Of The Buried Gems On Disney+ By Josh Spiegel/Jan. 9, 2020 10:00 am EST (Welcome to Out of the Disney Vault, where we explore the unsung gems and forgotten disasters currently streaming on Disney+.)In its first couple of months, the Disney+ streaming service has offered its millions of subscribers a wealth of viewing options. If you like Star Wars, check out The Mandalorian or the many earlier films in the franchise....

Star Wars Bits: The Bad Batch Reports For Duty, Empire At 40, Alden Ehrenreich Talks Solo, A Doctor Aphra Audiobook, And More! By Adam Frazier/July 17, 2020 3:00 pm EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Disney+ Calls in the Troops with Star Wars: The Bad Batch Empire at 40: 15 Factoids About The Empire Strikes Back Alden Ehrenreich Talks Star Wars and Solo Sequel Potential Doctor Aphra Encounters Maz Kanata in Doctor Aphra: An Audiobook Original Amy Ratcliffe’s The Jedi Mind Explores Mindfulness in a Galaxy Far, Far Away And More!...

Superhero Bits: ‘Black Adam’ Production May Be Delayed, How Don Cheadle Was Offered War Machine & More By Ethan Anderton/April 13, 2020 6:00 pm EST How long did Don Cheadle have to decide if he would accept the role of War Machine? Want to learn how to draw Spider-Man from a Marvel artist? Who is Samuel L. Jackson’s favorite Avenger? What happened to George Miller’s Justice League: Mortal? Will Korg find love in Thor: Love & Thunder?...

The Cassian Andor Disney+ Series Will Shoot This Year, Diego Luna Says By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 12, 2020 9:30 am EST The long-awaited Cassian Andor TV series is finally kicking into gear, according to star Diego Luna. Luna revealed that he is preparing to start filming the Rogue One prequel series this year, making it likely that the Disney+ series will make its projected 2021 debut. One of the most successful elements of 2016’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story were the rich and appealing characters, with whom we could have spent hours....

The Infamous ‘Dolittle’ Dragon Fart Scene Was Apparently Robert Downey Jr.’s Idea By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 3, 2020 10:30 am EST The post-mortem for Universal’s big-budget disaster Dolittle continues, as the film continues to flounder at the box office and lose millions for the studio. More reports have emerged of the behind-the-scenes troubles that plagued Dolittle, which has struggled to break even with its costly $175 million budget. However, surprisingly, this wasn’t a case of too much studio interference or bad test screenings, but of a star who pitched the idea of a dragon farting in his face....

The Morning Watch: A Chef Reviews Down Cooking Scenes In Movies, ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ Book Comparison & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 19, 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: Vintage 1984 ‘Ghostbusters’ Featurette, Adam Savage’s ‘Magnolia’ Frog Props & More By Ethan Anderton/June 10, 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, watch a vintage 1984 featurette on the making of Ghostbusters, revealing funny behind the scenes footage, a look at the creating of sets and props, and more....

‘Boys From County Hell’ Review: A Fresh Take On Vampire Lore That Blends Horror And Comedy [Nightstream] By Marisa Mirabal/Oct. 19, 2020 10:00 am EST “Some things are older than science, older than God; the earth has its own secrets,” whispers a local Irishman named William. As two Canadian travelers carefully approach an ancient gravesite, William’s friend jumps out from around the tombstones scaring the hell out of the tourists who wanted to get a glimpse at a real piece of historic horror....

Philo is a Half-Blood The show’s first scene, where Vignette (Cara Delevingne) stares longingly at a photo of Philo, make it clear from the beginning that the Inspector is sympathetic to the plight of the fae (he’s been in love with one before, after all). What’s not immediately obvious, however, is that Philo’s connection to the fae goes beyond his love for Vignette; we find out in the third episode—a flashback to when he meets Vignette in Tirnanoc during his solider days—that Philo is a half-faerie passing as a full human, and that he has no idea who is real parents are....