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Disneyland’s Oogie Boogie Bash Has Been Canceled By Ben Pearson/July 24, 2020 2:43 pm EST 2020 has been a great year so far: the U.S. is experiencing a booming economy, a period of zero political turmoil, civil unrest is at an all-time low, and everyone in the country miraculously seems to be happy, healthy, and all on the same page about the basic necessity of wearing masks if, God forbid, something like a deadly pandemic were to ever break out here....

Nightstream Is A New Virtual Film Festival For Horror Fans By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 13, 2020 11:30 am EST Film festivals have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, and while some are attempting to compensate with limited capacity events, others have just flat-out been canceled for the year. But rather than give up, the organizers behind the Boston Underground Film Festival (MA), Brooklyn Horror Film Festival (NY), North Bend Film Festival (WA), the Overlook Film Festival (LA), and Popcorn Frights Film Festival (FL) are joining forces for Nightmstream, a virtual film festival that will run in October....

Quentin Tarantino Teaming With Sony TV For ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ Film Series By Chris Evangelista/July 16, 2019 11:30 am EST Quentin Tarantino and Sony TV are ready to celebrate the release of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood with a film series featuring 10 films personally curated by Tarantino himself. The movies will air on the Sony Movie Channel, which is apparently a real thing, even though I’ve never heard of it....

HBO Max HBO Max is fresh in our minds at the moment because WarnerMedia just held an exhausting event where they detailed what’s in store. A complete list of all their programming can be found here, but here are some basic details of what you can expect from this service. 10,000 Hours of Premium Content. A library content from Warner Bros., New Line, DC, CNN, TNT, TBS, truTV, Turner Classic Movies, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Crunchyroll, Rooster Teeth, Looney Tunes and more....

Superhero Bits: ‘Black Widow’ Prelude Comic Coming, ‘Joker’ Turns Bronx Stairs Into Tourist Attraction & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 24, 2019 6:00 pm EST Want to see some alternate designs for Spider-Man’s new webwings? Are you interested in a Black Widow prelude comic? What did Ken Loach have to say about Marvel movies? What’s so cool about a new variant cover for the 100th issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? How did Benedict Cumberbatch react to Martin Scorsese’s Marvel movie criticism?...

Superhero Bits: Abandoned ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Video Game, ‘The Room’ Meets ‘Avengers: Endgame’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 1, 2019 6:00 pm EST Did you know there was a video game planned to go along with The Dark Knight Rises? Why did someone mash-up The Room with Avengers: Endgame? When is Black Adam supposed to start shooting? Which character do Anthony & Joe Russo think Keanu Reeves should play in the MCU?...

The Best TV Shows & Movies Leaving Netflix In August 2019 By Ethan Anderton/July 26, 2019 11:00 am EST The end of the month is nearly upon us, which means it’s almost time for another monthly purge of titles from the Netflix streaming library. This time there’s a good mix of action comedies, Oscar-winning dramas, crime thrillers, sci-fi adventures and more that are leaving. Most of them have been around the streaming block time and time again, but it might be good to know which TV shows and movies are leaving and when so you can watch them as soon as possible....

The CW’s ‘Crisis On Infinite Earths’ Crossover Brings In ‘Batman: The Animated Series’ Voice Actor Kevin Conroy As Bruce Wayne By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 5, 2019 8:00 am EST DC Comics fans have long argued over who is the best Batman. The kids these days think Christian Bale is the ultimate Dark Knight, but plenty will argue that Michael Keaton is the definitive version of the Caped Crusader. But there’s an even more passionate group of fans who think Kevin Conroy, the voice of the world’s greatest detective on Batman: The Animated Series, is the best Batman....

The Haunted Mansion Turns 50 Today And It’s Still The Pinnacle Of What A Disney Theme Park Ride Can Be By Josh Spiegel/Aug. 9, 2019 9:00 am EST You don’t have to look too far amidst the theme-park discussions online, in forums and on Disney Twitter (which you can scoff at, but it’s very real and often very acrimonious), to find a number of common phrases thrown around. One of the big ones is about the late Walt Disney: “Walt wouldn’t have done it this way” or “Walt would do it this way”....

The Quarantine Stream: The Keira Knightley ‘Pride And Prejudice’ Is Good, Actually By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 16, 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 Movie: Pride and PrejudiceWhere You Can Stream It: NetflixThe Pitch: As headstrong Elizabeth Bennet (Keira Knightley) faces mounting pressure from her parents to marry, she is introduced to the rich, upper-class gentleman Mr....

Werewolf Western Coming From ‘Tigers Are Not Afraid’ Director Issa López And Guillermo Del Toro By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 30, 2019 5:30 pm EST Issa López’s Tigers Are Not Afraid is earning raves from everyone who sees it – including filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. Now, López and del Toro are teaming up for a werewolf Western. If that doesn’t excite you at least a little, you should probably check your pulse. And while I’m sure the movie will be classier than just a series of scenes where werewolves wear cowboy hats and fire six-shooters, I wouldn’t complain if that’s all it turns out to be....

‘Beyond Good And Evil’ Movie: Adaptation Of Video Game Coming From ‘Detective Pikachu’ Director By Ben Pearson/July 31, 2020 3:00 pm EST After directing last year’s Pokémon Detective Pikachu movie, director Rob Letterman is sticking in the world of video games for his next film. A new report says Letterman will direct a Beyond Good and Evil movie for Netflix, which is based on Ubisoft’s 2003 video game that’s built a small cult following since its release....

‘Bruce’, A Musical About The Making Of Steven Spielberg’s ‘Jaws’, Swims To Stage In 2021 By Ben Pearson/March 27, 2020 5:30 pm EST This year marks the 45th anniversary of Jaws, director Steven Spielberg’s iconic film that ushered in the modern era of Hollywood blockbusters. But before the retrospective pieces begin rolling in, let’s look ahead to 2021, because that’s when a stage musical called Bruce, named after the constantly-malfunctioning mechanical shark which plagued Spielberg’s set, is set to open at New Jersey’s Paper Mill Playhouse....

‘Fast And Furious’ Male Stars Go To Ludicrous Lengths To Make Sure They Don’t Seem Weak On Screen By Ben Pearson/Aug. 1, 2019 2:30 pm EST In the early 1980s, William Goldman spent a considerable portion of his beloved screenwriting book Adventures in the Screen Trade writing about how important it was in that era to protect a movie star’s image and cushion their egos, giving them the best lines and making sure they always seem like the heroes....

/Filmcast Ep. 500 - The 500th Episode Extravaganza By Slashfilmcast/Jan. 15, 2019 7:00 pm EST Thank you for tuning in… Click to listen to the full episodes of David’s most memorable conversation, Devindra’s favorite guest appearance, and Jeff’s top moment of the show. See Jeff’s description on what it’s like to listen to podcast. Credits: Our music sometimes comes from the work of Adam Warrock. You can download our theme song here....

‘Hair Love’ Director Matthew A. Cherry Signs Deal With Warner Bros. TV By Chris Evangelista/June 18, 2020 2:45 pm EST Matthew A. Cherry, the writer and director of the Oscar-winning animated short Hair Love, just signed a first-look deal with Warner Bros. TV. Under the deal, Cherry will create, develop, and produce new material for multiple platforms. In the past, Cherry has directed episodes of CBS’ The Red Line and ABC’s Whiskey Cavalier (remember that show?...

‘His Dark Materials’ Walks Into The Light With Its Season 1 Finale ‘Betrayal’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 23, 2019 7:00 pm EST Well, this is it folks. We have come to the end of the first season of His Dark Materials. It’s been a journey full of ups and downs as the HBO fantasy series attempted to forge its own identity and grapple with reading ahead. And while it’s uncertain whether His Dark Materials was able to set itself apart from the rest of the prestige fantasy series pack, it was at least interesting and — at-times — outright weird....

By Chris Evangelista/July 24, 2020 5:30 pm EST One day, I won’t have to write a non-stop stream of stories about things being delayed due to COVID-19 – but today is not that day. The latest: production on Killing Eve season 4 has been delayed indefinitely. The series shoots in Europe, and filming on the latest season was supposed to begin in August. Now, that’s off the table, and no one knows when things will be able to officially start....

‘Lost’: Damon Lindelof And Carlton Cuse Answered Fan Questions 10 Years After The Finale [NYCC] By Ben Pearson/Oct. 10, 2020 5:27 pm EST Ten years after the emotional and divisive series finale of ABC’s Lost, MTV’s Josh Horowitz hosted a New York Comic Con panel looking back on the phenomenal sci-fi adventure series. Showrunners Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse dropped by to confirm a new piece of canon and address how the show would be different if they were making it in 2020, what aspect of working on the series they’re most nostalgic for, and much more....

‘Star Wars Squadrons’ Video Game Trailer Lets Players Fly For The Empire And The Rebel Alliance By Ethan Anderton/June 15, 2020 9:00 am EST Even though Star Wars Battlefront and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order have been satisfying extensions of the Star Wars saga, there has been a distinct lack of modern video games that let players hop in the cockpit of their favorite starfighters. But that’s about to change with a new video game called Star Wars: Squadrons, and the first trailer has arrived for the game that sounds a lot like a space combat version of Call of Duty....