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The ‘Warcraft’ Trilogy That Never Was: Director Duncan Jones Reveals Planned Story Arc By Ethan Anderton/July 17, 2019 4:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Warcraft hit theaters back in 2016, and it didn’t arrive with much fanfare. The Legendary Pictures film only managed to get a 27% on Rotten Tomatoes, and it only made $47 million domestically. Granted, the movie made another $386 million around the globe, but for a movie that cost around $160 million to make, that’s not exactly enough to warrant a major franchise....

The Definitive Ranking Of ‘Fast & Furious’ Films (Including ‘Hobbs And Shaw’) By Ben Pearson/July 31, 2019 1:00 pm EST Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw is coming to theaters this week (read our review here), so it’s time to rev up a new ranking of the entire Fast franchise that includes the new spin-off. So peel out, hit your NOS button, defy some physics, and read on to learn the definitive, inarguable order of these ridiculous but lovable #family films....

The Morning Watch: Brie Larson’s Elf On The Shelf, Pittsburgh Penguins Do ‘The Santa Clause’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 25, 2019 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 Christmas edition, Captain Marvel star Brie Larson becomes an Elf on a Shelf to help deal with some of those pesky holiday problems that bug everyone each year....

The Morning Watch: The Vehicles Of ‘Westworld’ Season 3, How Rats Are Trained For Movies & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 20, 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. In this edition, get a close look at the futuristic vehicles that were designed for the third season of HBO’s series Westworld....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Grumpy Old Men’ Brings Back The Magic Of Jack Lemmon And Walter Matthau By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 24, 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: Grumpy Old MenWhere You Can Stream It: HBO MaxThe Pitch: John Gustafson (Jack Lemmon) and Max Goldman (Walter Matthau) are two curmudgeonly neighbors who have been at each other’s throats for years....

By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 22, 2020 11:00 am EST First up, we have good news for everyone who was annoyed that Apple TV+ was going to exclusively have the rights to the popular Peanuts holiday specials A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and A Charlie Brown Christmas. Apple has teamed up with PBS to offer both of the holiday specials on television for all those who don’t have an Apple TV+ subscription. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving will air on PBS and PBS KIDS on November 22 at 7:30 P....

‘Alien Nation’ Update: Jeff Nichols Turned His Film Remake Into A 10-Episode TV Pitch By Ben Pearson/Jan. 25, 2021 12:30 pm EST According to Nichols, he has converted his movie screenplay into a series of scripts for a 10-episode television show, and Disney is currently deciding if they’re going to move ahead with this version of the story instead of the movie. Read his quotes below. Nichols and his cinematographer Adam Stone were guests on a recent episode of the Team Deakins podcast, in which Oscar-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins and his wife and collaborator James Deakins interview fellow filmmakers, and Nichols was asked if he would ever work on a TV show or miniseries....

‘Don’t Breathe 2’ Has A New Director By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 17, 2020 3:15 pm EST Looks like Don’t Breathe 2 is finally moving forward – with a new director. While original filmmaker Fede Alvarez is still on board as producer and co-writer, he’s handing directorial duties to Rodo Sayagues, who co-wrote the first film. Stephen Lang will return as the surprisingly deadly Blind Man, although plot details are still a mystery....

‘El Camino’ Behind The Scenes Featurette: Inside The ‘Breaking Bad’ Reunion With Bryan Cranston By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 12, 2020 3:30 pm EST AMC has been playing a marathon of Breaking Bad in preparation for the on-air debut of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie this Sunday, but nothing hits that nostalgia harder than Bryan Cranston in a bald cap, warmly talking about reuniting with his longtime co-star Aaron Paul. Netflix has released a new El Camino featurette ahead of the film’s AMC debut, which comes four months after the Breaking Bad movie premiered on the streaming service in October....

‘Friedkin Uncut’ Trailer: William Friedkin’s Career Comes Into Focus In This New Documentary By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 19, 2019 4:00 pm EST Legendary filmmaker William Friedkin – you know, the guy who directed Jade! – gets the documentary treatment with Friedkin Uncut. A cavalcade of talented folks, including Francis Ford Coppola, Quentin Tarantino, Willem Dafoe, Wes Anderson, Matthew McConaughey, and more, are all on hand to talk about what makes Friedkin so special....

‘Gnomes & Goblins’ Trailer: Jon Favreau’s VR Game Takes You Into A Fantasy World This September By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 4, 2020 4:00 pm EST Back in 2016, the short Gnomes and Goblins Preview teased a chance to step into a fantasy world created by none other than The Lion King director Jon Favreau. It was a fantasy adventure VR simulation that earned tons of buzz and excitement. It took nearly 4 years for a full-fledged PC virtual reality game to be developed by XR developers Wevr, but the full Gnomes & Goblins VR game is finally coming to PC headsets this September....

‘High Life’ Review: Robert Pattinson Gets Weird In Space With Claire Denis By Chris Evangelista/April 5, 2019 6:30 am EST (This review originally ran during our coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival in 2018. High Life is in theaters today.) In High Life, Claire Denis heads to space, and brings Robert Pattinson with her. The result is a strange, surreal, often indecipherable trip into the darkest recess of the galaxy, and beyond....

‘Jurassic World’ Short Film ‘Battle At Big Rock’ Coming To FX This Weekend From Colin Trevorrow By Ben Pearson/Sept. 10, 2019 2:30 pm EST You won’t have to wait until 2021 to see the next chapter of the Jurassic World story, because a new short film is coming to TV in just a few days. Colin Trevorrow, who directed 2015’s Jurassic World and is returning to the director’s chair for the upcoming Jurassic World 3, announced that a live-action Jurassic World short film called Battle at Big Rock is debuting on FX this Sunday, September 15, 2019....

‘Locked Down’ Director Doug Liman On Shooting A Movie About The Pandemic During The Pandemic [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Jan. 15, 2021 1:00 pm EST Liman shot the heist movie, which is more of a relationship drama, during the ongoing lockdown in London. There is a third act heist involving the garish Harrods department store, but it’s not the main focus of the HBO Max release. The first 90 minutes of Locked Down are a suitably, dizzyingly claustrophobic experience that depicts a couple crumbling during the pandemic....

‘Mangrove’ Trailer: Letitia Wright Rallies The People In The First Movie Of Steve McQueen’s ‘Small Axe’ Anthology By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 7, 2020 10:00 am EST Mangrove Trailer After Letitia Wright stole the show in Black Panther, big things seemed to be in store for the rising young star. And she proves her star power and more with her lead role in Mangrove, which tells the story of the march of 150 protesters of West Indian, African, and South Asian heritage in Notting Hill, West London who protested police harassment in their communities....

‘Night Wolf’: STX And Kevin Hart Will Bring Us A “New Twist On The Superhero Genre” By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 16, 2019 9:30 am EST Just when you thought the superhero genre had been done to death, Kevin Hart and his HartBeat Productions are coming through with a film that will supposedly bring a “new twist” to superhero movies. HartBeat Productions is teaming up with STX Entertainment to develop Night Wolf, a superhero comedy in the style of Meet the Parents....

‘Snowpiercer’ Showrunner Graeme Manson Shares What Bong Joon-Ho Liked About The TV Adaptation Of His Film [Interview] By Fred Topel/May 22, 2020 11:00 am EST Snowpiercer finally premiered on May 17 after a very long development. Scott Derrickson directed a pilot for creator Josh Friedman, but TNT asked for revisions, neither returned. Graeme Manson redeveloped the series based on Bong Joon-Ho’s 2013 film, which was itself based on a French graphic novel....

‘The Defenders’ Spoiler Review: Marvel’s Latest Team-Up Is A Big Disappointment By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 21, 2017 7:30 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: the first season of Marvel’s The Defenders.)When the entire world needs saving, the Avengers are the team you probably want on the job (if this particular world exists in the MCU, that is)....

‘The Invisible Man’ Clips: Elisabeth Moss Tries To Escape An Abusive Relationship By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 18, 2020 5:30 pm EST Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions have released two clips from director Leigh Whannell’s remake of the classic monster movie The Invisible Man. The remake takes the sci-fi concept of a man rendered invisible to the world, and turns it into a metaphor for domestic abuse, with Elisabeth Moss’ Cecilia unable to escape her abusive ex — figuratively and literally....

‘Unhinged’ Trailer: This Russell Crowe Thriller Wants To Be The First New Movie You See When Theaters Reopen By Chris Evangelista/May 12, 2020 1:00 pm EST In a somewhat questionable attempt to both beat Tenet’s potential July release and to lay claim to the title of the first new movie released in theaters in months, here comes Unhinged, a Russell Crowe thriller you probably never heard of until today. The selling point for this flick doesn’t seem to be the presence of Crowe, who is playing a crazy guy targeting a woman he encountered in a traffic jam, but rather that this will be the first new movie to hit theaters since March....