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Superhero Bits: ‘Avengers’ Video Game Reveals Beta Footage, Two New Flies Named After Deadpool And Stan Lee & More By Ethan Anderton/July 29, 2020 6:00 pm EST Want a bunch of new footage and details from the upcoming Avengers video game? What kind of upgrades is Nightwing getting in the third season of Titans? What did Australia name two new flies after Deadpool and Stan Lee? Did you know there are big, winged, bat-like creatures in the Avengers: Endgame final battle?...

Superhero Bits: ‘Batman: Death In The Family’ Clip, ‘Supergirl’ And Other DC Shows Pause Production & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 30, 2020 6:00 pm EST Want to see a clip from Batman: Death in the Family? Why are Batwoman and Supergirl pausing production so soon after restarting? Will John Wesley Shipp return to The Flash despite his Crisis on Infinite Earths fate? Why does Peter Parker look younger in Spider-Man: Remastered for the PlayStation 5?...

The Morning Watch: Jason Momoa Reveals His True Form, ‘Ford V Ferrari’ Sound Editing And Mixing Explained & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 3, 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 Shocking Ending Of ‘The Boy’ Featured An Impressive Visual Effect That You Never Noticed By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 7, 2020 10:00 am EST Next month brings the sequel to the satisfying and surprising horror movie The Boy. Director William Brent Bell and writer Stacey Menear are back for Brahms: The Boy II, and so is the creepy doll that terrified everyone in the first movie. /Film was lucky enough to be invited to visit the set of the horror sequel last year to meet Brahms and visit his historical home, and we’ll have more on that later this week....

This Week In Trailers: Claire, Bill Burr: Paper Tiger, Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates, Lucky Day, Gary Gulman: The Great Depresh By Christopher Stipp/Aug. 31, 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?...

Video: We Experience Star Wars: Rise Of The Resistance At Disneyland For The First Time! By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 17, 2020 9:30 am EST Rise of the Resistance opens today in Disneyland’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. Yesterday we were invited to a special sneak preview of the new e-ticket attraction before it opened to the public. After the jump, you can watch our vlog from the press preview, which also includes a sneak preview of some new snack and drink options coming to Batuu west....

WB Delays Release Dates For ‘The Matrix 4’, ‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’, ‘Tom & Jerry’ And More By Ben Pearson/June 12, 2020 6:23 pm EST Warner Bros. decided to wait until the end of the week to wreak havoc on the industry’s release calendar, delaying Christopher Nolan’s Tenet by two weeks and bumping Wonder Woman 1984 back to October. But the studio wasn’t done yet – later on Friday evening, they announced release date changes for The Matrix 4, Godzilla vs....

Zack Snyder Is Hosting A ‘Man Of Steel’ Watch Party And Online Q&A By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 18, 2020 3:00 pm EST It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s another online watch party. But this one will surely rally some of the most vocal people online. Zack Snyder is hosting a Man of Steel watch party on Vero to “celebrate the ultimate symbol of hope.” The director will be doing live commentary and answering audience questions submitted online....

‘Inside Pixar’ Trailer: New Disney+ Documentary Series Debuts This Week By Ben Pearson/Nov. 11, 2020 1:30 pm EST Intellectually, we all know that many hours of work go into making our favorite movies and TV shows. But having a vague sense of that work in the back of your mind is much different than actually seeing the work being done by the artists and creatives who do it. For those who are looking for a bit more insight into how Pixar movies are made, a new documentary series called Inside Pixar is coming to pull back the curtain....

‘Joker’ Honest Trailer: A Mumblecore Riff On Martin Scorsese About The World’s Saddest Clown By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 22, 2020 6:00 am EST There’ no denying that Joker took pop culture by storm. It made over $1 billion at the box office, and it got plenty of people worked up before the movie even came out, so much that it probably helped advertise the movie more than the actual marketing campaign ever could....

‘Tenet’ Trailer: Christopher Nolan’s Mysterious Thriller Wants To Save Movie Theaters By Chris Evangelista/May 21, 2020 5:11 pm EST Can Christopher Nolan save the movies with Tenet? Everyone sure hopes so, and they’re looking to Nolan’s latest action mind-bender to jumpstart movie-going after so many theaters have been shut down. As is usually the case with a new Nolan movie, we don’t know much about it – save for the suggestion that the story involves some way to alter time while not being a time travel movie....

‘The Irishman’ Might Be 210 Minutes Long, And That Shouldn’t Be A Bad Thing By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 28, 2019 10:30 am EST Last night, the New York Film Festival website let slip that Martin Scorsese’s crime epic The Irishman might be very epic indeed. According to the site, Scorsese’s new film clocks in at 210 minutes, making it over 3 hours long. This news was met with a mixture of glee and derision....

‘The United States Vs. Billie Holiday’ Trailer: Andra Day Goes To Court Over “Strange Fruit” By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 11, 2021 4:30 pm EST Andra Day transforms into “Lady Day” in The United States vs. Billie Holiday, the upcoming Lee Daniels biopic about the iconic Blues singer that will debut on Hulu this February. Watch The United States vs. Billie Holiday trailer below. The United States vs. Billie Holiday Trailer Lee Daniels’ biographical drama, The United States vs....

‘Tiger King’ Zoo Now Belongs To Big Cat Rescue Owner Carole Baskin By Ethan Anderton/June 3, 2020 2:30 pm EST The kingdom of The Tiger King continues to crumble. The wild and crazy story of Joe Exotic and his Greater Wynnewood Zoo in Oklahoma City was chronicled in the popular Netflix true crime series Tiger King. After a series of legally questionable decisions and business deals, Exotic found himself at the center of a trademark lawsuit laid on him by Carole Baskin, owner of a Florida animal sanctuary called Big Cat Rescue....

‘Uncle Frank’ Trailer: Paul Bettany And Sophia Lillis Star In An LGBTQ Dramedy From ‘American Beauty’ Writer Alan Ball By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 15, 2020 5:00 pm EST Paul Bettany has been able to carve out a second wave in his career thanks to a much-needed boost from Marvel. But in the years since he put on red face make-up and a yellow cape, Bettany hasn’t really gotten a chance to showcase his long-dormant leading man talents....

‘Valley Girl’ Music Video Teases The Vibrant Musical Remake Of The 1983 Romantic Comedy By Ethan Anderton/April 25, 2020 11:00 am EST Valley Girl is a 1983 romantic comedy starring Julie Richman as the title character, who has good looks, popularity, and a handsome, cool boyfriend. The only problem is Tommy is kind of a douchebag, so after a trip to the mall with her friends, she decides to break up with him and falls for a Hollywood punk named Randy, making for a star-crossed lovers kind of story loosely inspired by Romeo and Juliet....

‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ Getting A Reboot With ‘Supernatural’ Star Jared Padalecki By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 23, 2019 3:30 pm EST Because your grandma isn’t satisfied by reruns anymore, CBS is rebooting Walker, Texas Ranger. Running for eight seasons from 1993 through 2001, the original Walker, Texas Ranger followed Chuck Norris as a member of the Texas Ranger Division, a U.S investigative law enforcement agency with jurisdiction in all of Texas, based in the capital city of Austin....

2020 PGA Award Nominations Include ‘Parasite’, ‘Joker’, ‘The Irishman’ And More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 7, 2020 12:00 pm EST Hot on the heels of the Writers Guild of America chiming in with their award nominations for the films of 2019, the Producers Guild of America is revealed the nominees for their 31st annual awards ceremony. There aren’t really any surprises among the nominees for film with Ford v Ferrari, The Irishman, Jojo Rabbit, Joker, Knives Out, Little Women, Marriage Story, and Parasite all landing a nomination for the PGA’s equivalent of Best Picture....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 2, 2020 9:30 am EST When a film has such a storied production history as Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker — original director Colin Trevorrow leaving, The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams coming back on board to wrap up the trilogy — fans can’t help but wonder what could have been. And with Trevorrow and his co-writer Derek Connolly receiving a story credit for the film, fans also wondered if any of Trevorrow’s original vision made it into the final Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker script....

Daily Podcast: J.J. Abrams, The Mandalorian, Invisible Woman, The Fugitive, Hulk Vs. Wolverine By Ben Pearson/Nov. 27, 2019 10:45 am EST On the November 27, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film writer Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and TV news, including J.J. Abrams, Elizabeth Banks’s new Invisible Woman movie, The Fugitive remake, and Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk movie pitches. Opening Banter: In The News: Ben: J....