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CBS All Access Will Officially Rebrand As Paramount+ In 2021 By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 15, 2020 8:30 am EST Farewell CBS All Access, we hardly knew you. ViacomCBS is officially rebranding its streaming service from CBS All Access to Paramount+, joining the many streaming platforms that have added a plus sign to their name. The name change will be official by early 2021. As if the streaming wars couldn’t get complicated enough, companies have to frequently change the titles of their platforms and confuse us further....

Daily Podcast: Is Morbius Part Of The MCU? Uncharted, Parasite, Ex Machina And Super Nintendo World By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 14, 2020 1:15 pm EST On the January 14, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss the Morbius trailer and how the movie connects to the MCU, a new Uncharted director, more details on the Parasite HBO series, Bryan K Vaughan’s Ex Machina movie, and Universal’s Super Nintendo World....

Doug Liman’s ‘Lockdown’ Cast Adds Ben Stiller, Lily James, Stephen Merchant, And More By Ben Pearson/Sept. 30, 2020 2:30 pm EST Director Doug Liman’s new heist movie just got an injection of new cast members. Ben Stiller (Tropic Thunder), Lily James (Baby Driver), Stephen Merchant (Logan), and more are the latest names to join Lockdown, a pandemic-themed heist film which already had Anne Hathaway (Les Miserables) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (Doctor Strange) on board in the lead roles....

First Look: Zack Snyder’s ‘Army Of The Dead’ Cast Suits Up For Zombie Heist Thriller By Ben Pearson/July 21, 2019 2:00 pm EST Director Zack Snyder has a presence at San Diego Comic-Con this year, even though the filmmaker himself isn’t attending the convention. Some of his fans have organized an effort to convince Warner Bros. to release the Snyder Cut of Justice League, going as far as to hire a plane to fly over the convention center with that messaging on it yesterday....

Francis Ford Coppola Calls Marvel Movies “Despicable” While Martin Scorsese Holds His Beer By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 20, 2019 10:30 am EST Martin Scorsese threw fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe into a tizzy recently when he said that the films of Marvel Studios and other superhero movies alike were not what he considered cinema. Instead, he equated them to theme park rides and even took it a step further by saying movie theaters needed to support what he called “narrative films” instead of superhero movies....

Gucci Murder Movie From Ridley Scott Will Be Lady Gaga’s First Post-‘Star Is Born’ Acting Gig By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 1, 2019 1:00 pm EST If you’ve been wondering if and when Lady Gaga would land another high-profile acting gig after her Oscar-nominated turn in A Star Is Born, wonder no more. The singer and actresses will star in a new film for Ridley Scott about the Gucci fashion dynasty and the murder of the grandson of founder Guccio Gucci....

Hero Complex Gallery’s NYCC 2019 Artwork For ‘Lost Boys’, ‘Harry Potter’, ‘Seinfeld’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 15, 2019 6:00 am EST New York Comic-Con 2019 has come to a close, but if you weren’t able to make it to the Big Apple for the pop culture convention, you can still get your hands on some of the outstanding artwork that debuted there. This year’s collection from Hero Complex Gallery included pieces paying tribute to The Lost Boys, Seinfeld, Starship Troopers, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Hellraiser, Halloween, Big Trouble in Little China, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Ghostbusters, and more....

Michael Winterbottom Series ‘This Sceptred Isle’ Will Feature Kenneth Branagh As Boris Johnson By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 25, 2021 5:00 pm EST Kenneth Branagh is on course to slap on a goofy wig for This Sceptred Isle, a new five-part drama that will see the actor playing UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The series, which will air on Sky, comes from The Trip series director Michael Winterbottom, and “will chart the events surrounding the U....

Movie Theaters Considering Variable And Dynamic Pricing Models After Success Of Discount Tuesdays By Ethan Anderton/July 25, 2019 2:30 pm EST Most movie theater chains around the country have adopted a “discount Tuesday” price drop in order to get more butts in the seats on a day that traditionally isn’t very popular with moviegoers. The result has seen an uptick in movie ticket admissions on Tuesdays, and it’s even been quite beneficial for mid-tier films that audiences don’t deem as must-see titles on opening weekend....

Star Wars Bits: The Clone Wars Returns, WWE Superstar Sasha Banks To Appear In The Mandalorian, An Excerpt From The Upcoming Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker Novelization, And More! By Adam Frazier/Feb. 18, 2020 5:00 pm EST Star Wars: The Clone Wars returns this Friday on Disney+ The seventh and final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars arrives on Disney+ on February 21. ScreenCrush has an 11-minute recap of everything you need to know about the previous six seasons of the beloved animated series before its returns....

Superhero Bits: ‘Marvel’s Avengers’ Next Gen Release Delayed, Deadpool Becomes Ghost Rider & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 20, 2020 6:00 pm EST Did you know there was a Superman short where Perry White was pissed that his Corn Flakes were missing? What do critics think of Helstrom on Hulu so far? What’s the working title for Zack Snyder’s Justice League reshoots? When will Black Adam start shooting? Will Fantastic Four debut in Ant-Man 3?...

The ‘Black Widow’ Fight Scenes Won’t Be Your Typical Superhero Movie Fight Scenes By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 2, 2019 2:30 pm EST Black Widow has always stood apart from the rest of the Avengers, not just by virtue of being the only woman on the team. She was unafraid to get her hands dirty — which made her the perfect foil for Chris Evans’ noble Steve Rogers. And her solo movie, starring Scarlett Johansson as the titular superspy, will stand apart from other Marvel films for that same reason....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Friends’ Is My Go-To Sitcom Comfort Show By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 20, 2020 7:00 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: FriendsWhere You Can Stream It: HBO MaxThe Pitch: Six attractive twenty-somethings struggle through life and love in New York City.Why It’s Essential Quarantine Viewing: Like many millennials growing up in the ’90s, I learned about sex through Friends....

This Week In Trailers: Hyperdrive, Empathy, Inc., Green Frontier, Coppers By Christopher Stipp/Aug. 4, 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?...

TV Bits: ‘Money Heist’, Marie Kondo, ‘The Mandalorian’, ‘The Walking Dead’, And More By Chris Evangelista/April 4, 2020 11:00 am EST In this edition of TV Bits: Watch a teaser for Money Heist: Part 4. Netflix just announced new unscripted shows, including a new Marie Kondo series. Giancarlo Esposito broke a bunch of darksabers while filming The Mandalorian. Danai Gurira says goodbye to The Walking Dead. Family Guy characters have their own podcast now....

VOTD: Iceland’s Real Eurovision Song Contest Contestant Finally Plays “Jaja Ding Dong” By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 10, 2020 6:00 am EST Ever since Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga debuted on Netflix, people have been making demands by shouting, “Play ‘Jaja Ding Dong!’” at the top of their lungs (or as loud as text allows them to be). It’s all inspired by one vocal fan who yells endlessly about wanting to hear the catchy tune sung by Lars Erickssong and Sigrit Ericksdóttir (Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams) as the band Fire Saga....

Water Cooler: Wonder Woman 1984, Tenet, His House, Hunter Hunter, Soul, Flight Attendant, Sylvie’s Love, Trial Of The Chicago 7, Death To 2020 & More By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 30, 2020 2:45 pm EST On the December 30, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler....

Zack Snyder’s ‘Justice League’ Reshoots Will Result In Only A Few Minutes Of New Footage By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 14, 2020 12:00 pm EST When news of Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice League coming to HBO Max was first announced, it was said that the director wouldn’t be bringing back any cast members to shoot new scenes. But the streaming service changed their mind as we learned back in September that Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, and Ray Fisher would be coming back as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Cyborg to shoot footage for the director’s cut of the DC Comics superhero movie....

/Filmcast Ep. 536 - Ad Astra By Slashfilmcast/Oct. 1, 2019 6:53 pm EST The boys are back in town! David tastes the bread of an “Icelandic geothermal bakery” while Jeff returns to the movie theater… to watch sports. The cast reviews Ad Astra, the latest film by James Gray starring Brad Pitt. Tune in to find out whether the science fiction epic is totally rad or completely sad. Listen and subscribe to David’s newest podcast Culturally Relevant....

/Filmcast Ep. 559 - Onward, Giri/Haji, Freaks, Love Is Blind, The Outsider By Slashfilmcast/March 15, 2020 8:36 pm EST Jeff manages to catch the latest Pixar movie Onward in theater while the rest of the cast stay in and watch some streaming content, as studios pull big releases from theaters. For more information on how to confront a pandemic, take a listen to the NYTimes podcast The Daily. -Confronting a Pandemic -Learning to Live with the Coronavirus Thanks to our sponsors this week: Hello Fresh and Native....