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‘Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story’ Trailer: Amanda Peet Is A Homicidal Housewife By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 27, 2020 4:00 pm EST Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. And Betty Broderick may be one of the most famous real-life woman scorned. Dirty John, Bravo’s true-crime series based on the podcast of the same name about the twisted tale of con artist John Meehan, is back with a new criminal and a new network....

‘Jack Ryan’ Season 2 Trailer: Jack Is Back, With More Action Than Ever By Ben Pearson/July 29, 2019 12:30 pm EST Jack Ryan Season 2 Trailer Jack Ryan struggled a bit in its first season by taking the “we’re treating this as one long movie” approach – and it didn’t help that Krasinski’s lead character was one of the least interesting elements of the show. It wasn’t a perfect start for a series with a movie-sized budget, but it got enough attention that it earned a second season renewal relatively early and has already gotten the go-ahead for a third season....

‘Maestro’: Carey Mulligan Joins Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein Biopic By Ben Pearson/Sept. 22, 2020 1:30 pm EST Bradley Cooper’s upcoming biopic of famed composer Leonard Bernstein finally has a title…and a leading lady.Maestro, which will see Cooper playing the dynamic composer of films such as West Side Story, has cast Carey Mulligan (The Great Gatsby, Drive) as Bernstein’s wife. Read more about the movie below. Leonard Bernstein wrote the music for films like On The Town, On The Waterfront, and most famously, West Side Story, a remake of which is slated to hit theaters this December....

‘Miracle Workers: Dark Ages’ Trailer: Daniel Radcliffe Isn’t A Fan Of Medieval Times By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 10, 2019 11:30 am EST The first season of Miracle Workers focused on Daniel Radcliffe, Geraldine Viswanathan, and Karan Soni as employees in heaven trying to stop God (Steve Buscemi) from destroying Earth. Now the show is returning for a second season, but since it was crafted as an anthology series, it’s going in a completely different direction and has absolutely nothing to do with the story from the first season....

‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ Blu-Ray Releasing In December With Special Collector’s Edition By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 28, 2019 10:00 am EST At long last, we have word of the home media release of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. The latest film from Quentin Tarantino will hit digital in November and Blu-ray in December, and the latter comes in a special 4K collector’s edition loaded with a vintage poster, a vinyl record, and more....

‘Pretending I’m A Superman’ Trailer: How ‘Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater’ Reinvigorated Skateboarding By Ethan Anderton/July 12, 2020 11:00 am EST Back in the early 2000s, sports video games suddenly had a new best-selling title that shook up the annual arrival of the same football, baseball, basketball, soccer, and hockey games. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater became a huge when it launched in 1999, and it not only changed the video game scene for extreme sports, but it had a huge impact on the popularity of skateboarding overall....

‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Breakdown: The Details And History That Enrich “The Phantom Apprentice” By Bryan Young/April 24, 2020 10:00 am EST “The Phantom Apprentice”, the latest episode in the final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, hits the emotions like a blunt instrument. I’d be surprised if there was a dry eye anywhere it was being watched and part of that tension that causes sobbing tears is that this episode marches inexorably to the worst case scenario for the Jedi and for the clones....

‘The Mummy’ Spoiler Review: The Dark Universe Fails Instantly By Chris Evangelista/June 12, 2017 7:00 am EST (In our Spoiler Reviews, we take a deep dive into a new release and get to the heart of what makes it tick…and every story point is up for discussion. In this entry: Alex Kurtzman’s The Mummy.)Bad news: The Mummy has risen from the tomb, and it stinks! Universal Pictures bet big on the first film in their “Dark Universe” – a cinematic universe meant to capture the magic of the Marvel movies....

‘The Rock’ Honest Trailer: An Unstable Chemical Weapon Meets The Unstable Nicolas Cage By Ethan Anderton/July 15, 2020 6:00 am EST It’s hard to believe, but there was a time that Michael Bay made great action movies. Sure, they’re still several movies crammed into one unnecessarily long story, and they still don’t make a lot of sense, but Bay’s earliest movies have some truly incredibly directed action sequences and characters you love to see causing chaos....

‘Twister’ Reboot Coming From ‘Tron: Legacy’ Director Joseph Kosinski By Ben Pearson/June 24, 2020 2:19 pm EST Watch out for flying cows, because a Twister reboot is officially in the works. Universal is in talks with Joseph Kosinski, the filmmaker behind Tron: Legacy and the upcoming Top Gun: Maverick, to direct a reboot of the 1996 storm-chasing blockbuster that starred Bill Paxton and Helen Hunt. At the time, that film was hailed for its advanced visual effects, so it makes a certain amount of sense that Kosinski – a filmmaker known for his VFX work – is in discussions to tackle the reboot....

Cool Stuff: ‘Star Wars: Clone Wars’ Favorite Ahsoka Tano Finally Gets The Hot Toys Collectible Figure She Deserves By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 26, 2020 12:30 pm EST Undoubtedly the best thing to come out of Star Wars: The Clone Wars is the introduction of Ahsoka Tano. The former Padawan of Anakin Skywalker evolved from a stubborn student of the Jedi into an important leader who believed her path laid outside of the traditional Jedi teachings....

Daily Podcast: Hear The Oral History Of ‘Avengers: Endgame’s Final Battle By Ben Pearson/Nov. 1, 2019 11:14 am EST On the November 1, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson presents an oral history of Avengers: Endgame’s epic final battle. In Our Feature Presentation: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Final Battle Oral History: How the Biggest Scene in Comic Book Movie History Came Together Other Articles Mentioned:All the other stuff you need to know:...

Daily Podcast: Tenet’s Release Date Delay, Hawkeye, Grease Prequel & Netflix’s Most Popular Original Movies. By Peter Sciretta/July 20, 2020 1:15 pm EST On the July 20, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and tv news, including what Tenet’s release date delay might mean for US movie theaters, Hawkeye, Grease prequel, and Netflix’s most popular original movies....

Katee Sackhoff On The Thrill And Challenges Of Returning To ‘Star Wars’ As Bo-Katan In ‘The Mandalorian’ [Interview] By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 25, 2020 8:00 am EST Katee Sackhoff made her triumphant return to Star Wars by reprising her role as Bo-Katan Kryze in live-action for the first time in a recent episode of The Mandalorian. Though we got the jump on the character’s move from the animated side of Star Wars to live-action, seeing Bo-Katan fly into action wearing her full Mandalorian armor was quite a treat....

Marvel Studios Confirms ‘Fantastic 4’ Movie Coming From ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Director Jon Watts By Jacob Hall/Dec. 10, 2020 5:24 pm EST The Fantastic Four, Marvel’s “First Family,” have been done dirty on the big screen not once, not twice, but three times. Four times if you include the infamously never-released film from the ’90s. However, Marvel Studios is looking to polish this gem of a superhero team with a new take set firmly within the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

MoviePass Is Now A Zombie That Charges Your Cards From Beyond The Grave By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 18, 2019 11:30 am EST Beyond the real ghosts, witches, and zombies you’ll have to fear this Halloween, former MoviePass users may have to be on the watch for spectral credit card charges from the zombified remains of the ticket-buying company. Several former users have reported MoviePass charging cards and bank accounts even after the service was officially terminated last month....

New Netflix Comedy To Feature Awkwafina And Sandra Oh Playing Sisters By Ben Pearson/Oct. 30, 2020 1:30 pm EST Awkwafina (Crazy Rich Asians, The Farewell) and Sandra Oh (Killing Eve, Sideways) are set to star in a new untitled comedy from Netflix. The two actresses will play sisters in the movie, and they’ll both produce alongside comedy legend Will Ferrell. Get some plot details about the new project below.Collider brings word about this Awkwafina Sandra Oh pairing, which does not have an official title yet....

Quentin Tarantino’s 10th Film Could Be Horror If He Comes Up With A “Terrific Story” By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 9, 2019 4:30 pm EST Quentin Tarantino has long said that his 10th film would be his final film. But with the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood director looking beyond to Star Trek, it’s become less clear what kind of movie this all-important 10th film will be. But Tarantino has an inkling, and it’s in a genre he’s never fully explored before: horror....

Revisiting ‘Sky High,’ Disney’s Family-Friendly Superhero Film That Was Ahead Of Its Time By Rafael Motamayor/Dec. 4, 2020 11:00 am EST (Welcome to Out of the Disney Vault, where we explore the unsung gems and forgotten disasters currently streaming on Disney+.)For over a decade now, Disney has dominated the superhero film market thanks to the colossal success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But in the early 2000s, the thought of audiences getting not one, but multiple superhero movies each year was unthinkable, and a superhero movie that connected to a larger world of other heroes was but a mere wishful thought....

By Chris Evangelista/April 30, 2020 2:00 pm EST A movie adaptation of Stephen King’s The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon has been on the periphery for years, with the late George A. Romero once attached to write and direct. And while Romero is sadly no longer with us, Tom Gordon lives on. Last year, word broke that a Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon movie was still in the works, with Romero’s former wife Christine Romero....