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Daily Podcast: 2020 Emmys, Ms Marvel, She-Hulk, DC Universe, Chris Rock, WandaVision, & The Mandalorian By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 21, 2020 1:15 pm EST On the September 21, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and senior writer Ben Pearson to discuss the latest film and tv news, including the 2020 Emmys, Ms Marvel, She-Hulk, DC Universe, Chris Rock, WandaVision, and The Mandalorian....

Exclusive ‘The Wolf Of Snow Hollow’ Clip: A Small-Town Sheriff Hunts For A Werewolf By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 6, 2020 8:00 am EST Jim Cummings’ microbudget indie comedy Thunder Road won the Grand Jury prize at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival and since then, lots of movie fans have been wondering what he would do next. The filmmaker-actor managed to nab Oscar nominee Robert Forster for his follow-up film, The Wolf of Snow Hollow, and sadly, it would turn out to be Forster’s final feature film role....

Kevin Feige’s Fight To Change Marvel Studios From The Inside Almost Cost Him His Job By Ben Pearson/Feb. 24, 2020 9:30 am EST After more than a decade of success with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Kevin Feige is currently riding high as the Chief Creative Officer of Marvel Entertainment, overseeing the company’s film, television, and publishing branches. But according to a new interview with MCU actor Mark Ruffalo, Feige nearly lost his job while taking a stand for more inclusion and diversity in the movies he was developing....

Sequel Bits: Power Rangers 2, Fantastic Beasts 3, Scooby-Doo 3, Girls Trip 2 & More By Ethan Anderton/April 12, 2020 12:30 pm EST View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sanit Klamchanuan (@spicythaidesign) View this post on Instagram View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sanit Klamchanuan (@spicythaidesign) Weta Workshop artist Sanit Klamchanuan posted this drawing of what the Green Ranger might have looked like if he ended up getting introduced in a Power Rangers sequel that was teased in a mid-credits sequence....

Star Wars Bits: The High Republic, Battlefront II Updates, The Art And Imagery Of The Mandalorian, Clone Wars Declassified, And More! By Adam Frazier/March 6, 2020 1:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Star Wars: The High RepublicStar Wars: The High Republic, previously referred to as “Project Luminous”, is a new Star Wars publishing initiative that will feature interconnected stories told through multiple voices in novels, children’s books, and comics from a variety of publishers including Disney Lucasfilm Press, Del Rey, IDW Publishing, and Marvel....

Superhero Bits: Black Mask Heading To ‘Batwoman’, Martian Manhunter Confirmed For Zack Snyder’s ‘Justice League’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 13, 2021 6:00 pm EST Would you believe there’s another Batman: Year of the Dragon clip that’s been released? Want to see Loki and Jane Foster team up in Marvel Comics? Did you hear Black Mask is coming to the second season of Batwoman? What did Kevin Feige have to say about the return of The Avengers to the big screen?...

The ‘Turner And Hooch’ Reboot Your Dog Begged For Is Heading To Disney+ As An Original Series By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 17, 2019 10:30 am EST The 1989 buddy cop comedy Turner and Hooch starred Tom Hanks as a detective and Beasley the Dog as a French mastiff left in his custody after one of his longtime friends is found dead, resulting in one of the more recognizable crime-solving duos of the ’80s....

The Morning Watch: ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Chess Analysis, Stuntmen React To ‘Hard Target’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 20, 2021 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, listen to a world chess champion analyze some of the chess scenes from the Netflix miniseries The Queen’s Gambit....

This Week In Trailers: The Climb, Jamtara, The Truth, High Fidelity, Journeys Through French Cinema By Christopher Stipp/Dec. 28, 2019 9:00 am EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

By Ethan Anderton/July 9, 2020 12:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Following the success of the Michael Jordan and Chicago Bulls documentary The Last Dance earlier this year, ESPN fast-tracked several more sports documentaries to help fill the void left by the absence of the regularly scheduled sports seasons this summer. Now HBO Sports is jumping on the bandwagon later this year with the two-part documentary series Tiger, a look at the rise, fall and surprising triumphant return of one of the greatest golfers of our time, Tiger Woods....

TV Bits: ‘I’m In Love With The Dancer From My Bat Mitzvah’, New ‘Witcher’ Season 2 Casting, Liv Tyler Leaves ‘9-1-1’, And More By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 3, 2020 11:00 am EST In this edition of TV Bits: The CW is developing a romantic mystery from executive producer Rachel Bloom. Sling TV is getting in on that watch party action. Liv Tyler has left 9-1-1: Lone Star. Sex Education season 3 adds Jason Isaacs, Jemima Kirke, and Dua Saleh....

‘Angel Has Fallen’ Trailer: Can Gerard Butler Save The Summer Movie Season? Probably Not, But We Can Dream By Chris Evangelista/July 25, 2019 11:00 am EST The summer movie season is almost over, and thank heavens for that! Before it goes away, though, we’ll be blessed (?) with yet another adventure in the Has Fallen series. Gerard Butler’s xenophobic Secret Service Agent Mike Banning is back, and this time the thing that Has Fallen is his reputation....

‘Black 5’: Michael Bay Will Direct New Action Film For Sony By Ben Pearson/Aug. 27, 2019 12:44 pm EST Michael Bay has lined up his next directing gig. The Transformers and Armageddon filmmaker will direct a new action film called Black 5 for Sony Pictures, reuniting him with that studio for the first time since Bad Boys II in 2003. Variety reports that Bay is set to direct Black 5. The outlet doesn’t have any information about the plot or content of the movie, other than the fact that it’s supposed to be “high on action....

‘Nine Perfect Strangers’: Melissa McCarthy Joins Nicole Kidman In Hulu Adaptation Of ‘Big Little Lies’ Author’s Novel By Ben Pearson/Jan. 8, 2020 5:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. That’s the name of the fictional health-and-wellness facility in Nine Perfect Strangers, an upcoming Hulu series based on the latest novel from Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty. Big Little Lies veteran Nicole Kidman has already been cast as the overseer of the facility, and McCarthy will play one of nine people who show up searching for a little R&R…only to discover that things may not be quite what they seem....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 7, 2020 11:30 am EST Saint Maud is doomed for release date purgatory. A24 has pulled its religious horror movie from release once again, postponing the theatrical Saint Maud release date indefinitely after pushing it from its initial April release date for July 17. A24 is very determined that its movies hit theaters. At some point. The distributor kept Saint Maud in limbo for months after pulling it from its April release date before finally announcing last month that the Rose Glass-directed horror film would hit theaters on July 17, apparently encouraged by a Tenet July release and the planned re-openings of theaters....

‘Snake Eyes’ Movie Casts ‘The Expanse’ Actor As Title Character’s Father By Ben Pearson/Dec. 2, 2019 5:30 pm EST Hey, remember Snake Eyes? No, not the Nicolas Cage movie. The G.I. Joe character who never takes his mask off and rarely speaks? I’d totally forgotten about this, but Paramount is giving that character his own spin-off film, with Crazy Rich Asians and Last Christmas star Henry Golding playing the lead role....

‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Finally Initiates Order 66 In The Heartbreaking “Shattered” By Caroline Cao/May 1, 2020 8:00 am EST In the penultimate episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, former Jedi Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein) doesn’t know she and the Jedi Order are in Darth Sidious’ trap. Palpatine is tightening his grip and we know from the films that he will succeed. Last episode, the timeline of Revenge of the Sith was infused into the dread of the entire story, leaving Ahsoka to mull over the prospective truth of Anakin Skywalker’s fall into Sidious’ clutches....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ And ‘The Mandalorian’ Details Revealed From Triple Force Friday Announcements By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 26, 2019 12:30 pm EST Today brought the Triple Force Friday announcements for the first merchandise that will be released next week on October 4. While most of the fun was centered on toys of our favorite characters from the new trilogy, as well as some new ones, there were some Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker details revealed, as well as a tidbit from the upcoming Disney+ series The Mandalorian....

‘The Father’ Trailer: Anthony Hopkins Gets His Wires Crossed By Ben Pearson/Sept. 17, 2020 4:00 pm EST The Father earned rave reviews out of the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and from all accounts, it seems as if Anthony Hopkins is going to be in contention for another Academy Award thirty years after he won the trophy for playing Hannibal Lecter in 1991’s The Silence of the Lambs. In this movie, Hopkins plays an elderly man who slowly begins to lose his grip on reality, while fellow Oscar winner Olivia Colman (The Favourite) plays the daughter who’s trying to make sure he’s properly cared for....

‘The Human Voice’ Review: Tilda Swinton Burns Up The Screen In Pedro Almodóvar’s English-Language Debut [NYFF 2020] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 23, 2020 9:00 am EST In his 40-year career, Pedro Almodóvar was never tempted by the allure of the Hollywood lights to direct an English-language film, like so many of his international compatriots. The Spanish auteur’s unique brand of candy-colored kitsch, of bold colors and even bolder emotions, would only be neutered under a Hollywood studio, which Almodóvar was probably well aware of....