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‘Star Wars’ Black Series Packaging Gets A Makeover As New ‘Star Wars Rebels’ And ‘The Mandalorian’ Figures Arrive By Ethan Anderton/May 29, 2020 6:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Hasbro’s Star Wars Black Series line of figures have been a hit with collectors of all ages. But the packaging for the 6-inch action figures inspired by the movies and TV shows of Star Wars always left something to be desired....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Trailer Brings The Skywalker Saga To An End By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 21, 2019 6:49 pm EST It’s been a long time coming, but the end of the Skywalker Saga is almost here. That’s not to say there will be no more Star Wars projects – Disney is already cooking up a bunch for their streaming service Disney+, and there are movies involving David Benioff and D....

‘Sumo’ Comedy Coming From ‘Veep’ Creator Armando Iannucci By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 23, 2020 11:00 am EST Veep creator Armando Iannucci will executive produce a new film about amateur Sumo wrestling, which is a sentence I never thought I’d have to type. The comedy Sumo tells the story of an overweight kid who trains for the US Sumo Open, with Natalie Bailey – who has worked with Iannucci on Avenue 5 – set to direct and Death of Stalin producer Yann Zenou producing alongside Iannucci, Emily Leo, Oliver Roskill, Ado Yoshizaki Cassuto, and Gianluca Chakra....

‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Could Spell Judgment Day For The Franchise After Bombing At The Box Office By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 4, 2019 8:30 am EST Terminator: Dark Fate’s title might become a self-fulfilling prophecy for the franchise. The sixth Terminator film (third chronologically) bombed at the box office on its opening weekend, taking the No. 1 spot on the charts but raking in a measly $29 million in North America and $102 million overseas — not nearly enough to make back its $185 million budget....

‘The Magicians’ Sets The Stage For Its Series Finale With “Be The Hyman” By Vanessa Armstrong/March 23, 2020 8:00 am EST We only have three weeks left of The Magicians, and the eleventh episode, “Be The Hyman,” is one of those connector episodes, responsible mostly for setting the stage for what will be the climatic finale to the series. This type of episode is often enjoyable but not too meaty; what makes this one better than average, however, are not only some good moments and some fun cameos, but also the exploration about the lengths the gang will go to do what they think is right....

Cool Stuff: ‘Captain Marvel’ Pager, Iron Man’s Last Arc Reactor, And Spider-Man’s Drone Get Life-Size Replicas By Ethan Anderton/July 23, 2019 4:00 pm EST During Comic-Con, a life-size replica of Tony Stark’s first arc reactor from the original Iron Man was revealed by Hot Toys. But the high-end collectible company has even more prop replicas of cool gadgets from the Marvel Cinematic Universe on the way. Hot Toys has unveiled a trio of prop replicas that will be available for purchase in the near future: the pager from Captain Marvel, Spidey’s spider drone from Spider-Man: Far From Home, and Tony Stark’s final arc reactor from Avengers: Endgame....

Cool Stuff: ‘Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer’ Gets A Blood-Smeared Vinyl Soundtrack By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 18, 2021 6:00 am EST This year marks the 35th anniversary of the psychological horror thriller Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer, starring Michael Rooker and Tom Towles in a story loosely based on real life serial killers Henry Lee Lucas and Otis Toole. In honor of the milestone anniversary, Waxwork Records is releasing a deluxe vinyl soundtrack featuring the synth-fueled score by Robert McNaughton, Steven A....

Daily Podcast: Are Interactive Movies In Theaters A Good Idea? Joker, Star Wars, RoboCop Returns, & Mindhunter By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 15, 2019 11:40 am EST On the August 15 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and TV news, including Joker, Star Wars, an Interactive Haunted House movie, RoboCop Returns, and Mindhunter season 2. Opening Banter: Chris talks Rocketman swag....

Daily Podcast: Prepare For Award Season With The Best Movies Of The Toronto International Film Festival By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 11, 2019 12:15 pm EST On the September 11, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film writer Chris Evangelista to discuss the best films he saw at the Toronto International Film Festival. Opening Banter: Chris has returned! Why should people care about the films that play at the Toronto International Film Festival?...

De-Aging Technology And Fully CGI Characters “Raises Some Serious Issues,” Andy Serkis Says By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 19, 2019 4:30 pm EST As technology advances and digitally de-aged actors begin to look less shiny and more human in big blockbuster movies, it’s becoming an exciting or a disheartening time for cinema, depending on who you ask. Are fully CG characters, like the digital recreations of Peter Cushing and Carrie Fisher in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, a touching homage to their legacies or cinematic sacrilege?...

Exclusive ‘Little Joe’ Clip: This Pretty Plant Is About To Create Some Trouble By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 6, 2019 9:00 am EST Little Shop of Horrors gave us a man-eating venus fly trap, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes delivered exactly what the title promised, and The Happening had trees that made people want to kill themselves. Now, director Jessica Hausner is giving us a new deadly plant to fear in a haunting thriller called Little Joe....

Jason Momoa Has Seen The Snyder Cut Of ‘Justice League’, And He Has A One-Word Review By Ben Pearson/Aug. 19, 2019 12:30 pm EST Over the past two years, something has become undeniably clear: director Zack Snyder’s “Snyder Cut” of Justice League actually does exist. It’s not a finished version of the movie that could have been released in theaters, and whether the DC fans who have been loudly clamoring for it will ever get to see it themselves remains an open question....

Martin Scorsese Is Okay With You Watching ‘The Irishman’ On An “A Big iPad, Maybe” But Not On Your Phone, You Monster By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 2, 2019 2:00 pm EST Where do you stream movies? The best possible choice would be a TV, but there are some people out there – lunatics, I call them – who stream movies and TV shows on their phones. The Irishman, Martin Scorsese’s masterful epic, debuted on Netflix over the Thanksgiving holiday, and since it’s streaming, that means someone, somewhere, probably watched this nearly four-hour movie on their phone....

Martin Scorsese Remembers ‘The Last Waltz’ Over 40 Years Later By Jason Gorber/Nov. 28, 2019 1:00 pm EST IMAGE From his work on assembling Woodstock 50 years ago through to his latest doc on Bob Dylan, Martin Scorsese has played as much of a role shaping documentary cinema as he has with his fiction projects. His 1978 film The Last Waltz is one of the greatest rock-docs of all time, showcasing the extraordinary final shows of The Band at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom in November 1976....

New ‘Star Wars’ Movie Coming From ‘Sleight’ Director And ‘Luke Cage’ Writer By Ben Pearson/Feb. 21, 2020 3:04 pm EST According to a new report, Lucasfilm has hired Sleight and Sweetheart director J.D. Dillard and Luke Cage and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. writer Matt Owens to develop a new Star Wars movie. Here’s what we know so far. The Hollywood Reporter brings word that a new Star Wars movie is in the works from Dillard and Owens....

Sequel Bits: ‘Frozen 3’, ‘Pineapple Express 2’, And What Could Have Been The Sequel To ‘Atlantis: The Lost Empire’ By Ben Pearson/June 12, 2020 4:00 pm EST In this edition of Sequel Bits: Josh Gad talks about a possible Frozen 3 Judd Apatow isn’t giving up on a Pineapple Express sequel What audiences would have seen in a sequel to Disney’s Atlantis: The Lost Empire Despite the second film’s box office success, Disney has not officially announced plans to make a third Frozen film....

That ‘Kitty Pryde’ Movie From Director Tim Miller Is Dead By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 4, 2019 5:00 pm EST Last year, word broke that Deadpool director Tim Miller was developing a Kitty Pryde movie with writer Brian Michael Bendis. The project was going by the working-title 143, a reference to Uncanny X-Men No. 143, one of the first solo Kitty Pryde stories, in which the character goes head to head against a demon inside the X-Mansion....

The Best Movies And Shows Leaving Netflix In April 2020 By Chris Evangelista/March 20, 2020 5:00 pm EST The month is drawing to a close, and everything is on fire. We all have to stay the heck inside for the time being – which means we should have more time to sit back and watch Netflix. But you better hurry up on some titles, because as the month ends and April begins, several great movies and TV shows are hitting the road....

The Morning Watch: How To Make Harley Quinn’s Egg Sandwich, Homemade ‘Back To The Future’ Ride & More By Ethan Anderton/March 31, 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....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Cursed Films’ Is A Fascinating Look At Disastrous Film Productions And The Science Of Belief By Jacob Hall/May 16, 2020 10:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Series: Cursed FilmsWhere You Can Stream It: ShudderThe Pitch: This documentary series explores “cursed” film productions, shoots that were plagued with deaths, accidents, and other catastrophes....