‘The Crown’ Casts Dominic West As Prince Charles For The Final Two Seasons By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 20, 2020 9:30 am EST Dominic West is heading from one Affair to another. Netflix’s The Crown has tapped The Affair actor to play Prince Charles in seasons 5 and 6, covering the period of the 1990s and early 2000s when the crown prince split from Diana and embarked on an affair with Camilla Parker-Bowles....
‘The Kissing Booth 3’ Was Filmed In Secret And Will Arrive On Netflix In 2021 By Ben Pearson/July 27, 2020 11:30 am EST Netflix’s popular teen romantic dramedy film franchise The Kissing Booth is full of soapy twists, but here’s one surprise fans may not have seen coming: The Kissing Booth 3 was filmed in secret alongside The Kissing Booth 2, and the third movie is set for release next year....
‘The Tragedy Of Macbeth’, New Joel Coen Movie With Denzel Washington And Frances McDormand, Was Shot In Black-And-White By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 14, 2021 4:30 pm EST The Tragedy of Macbeth, Joel Coen’s first movie without brother Ethan, doesn’t have a release date yet, but here’s hoping we can see it this year. As we wait for some sort of release announcement (and a trailer, please?), we now have some news: the film was shot in black-and-white by cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel....
62: Women Were Nominated for an Oscar A record-breaking number of women were nominated for an Oscar this year, accounting for one-third of nominees at the 92nd Academy Awards. Though they were shut out of the major categories like Best Director (more on that later), women dominated many others like documentaries, and other below the line technical categories. 52: John Williams Becomes Most-Nominated Living Person John Williams was nominated for his 52nd Oscar nomination — making him the most nominated single person after Walt Disney and the most-nominated living person....
Part 4: The Return of the Great Adventure – Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and The Adventures of Tintin MacGuffins, Saucermen From Mars, and Cities of the Gods It’s easy to think of the Indiana Jones franchise as Steven Spielberg’s baby. But the idea for the series sprung forth from the mind of George Lucas, and was practically given to Spielberg by Lucas as a gift on that Hawaiian beach back in 1977....
31 Days Of Streaming Horror: ‘Mother!’ And The Horrors Of Uninvited Guests By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 27, 2019 9:00 am EST Welcome to 31 Days of Streaming Horror. Every day this October, we’ll be highlighting a different streaming horror movie to help you get into the Halloween spirit. Today’s entry: mother! (2017). mother! 31 Days Of Streaming Horror: ‘Mother!’ And The Horrors Of Uninvited Guests By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 27, 2019 9:00 am EST...
45th Saturn Awards Nominations: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Leads With 14 Nods, ‘Game Of Thrones’ Tops TV Category By Ethan Anderton/July 16, 2019 8:15 am EST The 45th Saturn Awards nominations have been announced. Normally the Saturn Awards winners are held in June, but this year, the genre-loving awards have been revamped thanks to shifting the presentation of the awards themselves to September. As part of this revitalization, the awards will also be partnering with a streaming site in order to get more exposure, and an announcement will be coming soon with information about where fans can watch the broadcast....
A ‘Harry Potter’ TV Series Is In Early Development At HBO Max By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 25, 2021 9:30 am EST HBO Max is working a little magic to bring back the Boy Who Lived. A Harry Potter TV series is reportedly in early development at HBO Max, with WarnerMedia talking to potential writers to hash out the subject of an HBO Max series set in the Wizarding World. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that HBO Max is in the process of developing a live-action Harry Potter TV series for the streamer, with “multiple conversations with potential writers exploring various ideas....
HBO’s ‘The Last Of Us’ Loses ‘Chernobyl’ Director, Hires ‘Beanpole’ Filmmaker As Replacement By Ben Pearson/Jan. 15, 2021 2:00 pm EST HBO’s highly anticipated television adaptation of the mega-hit video game The Last of Us has made a change behind the camera. Johan Renck, the Chernobyl and Breaking Bad director who was previously hired to helm the pilot for this series, apparently had to drop out due to a scheduling conflict....
Judd Apatow Working On A Documentary About Legendary Comedian George Carlin By Ethan Anderton/June 9, 2020 10:30 am EST Judd Apatow is best known for directing R-rated comedies like The 40-Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and Trainwreck. But his passion for comedy also extends into the world of stand-up. Not only has he taken the stage himself plenty of times throughout his career, but he shined a light on the late Garry Shandling with an extensive two-part HBO documentary called The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling....
Lorne Balfe Replaces Alexandre Desplat As ‘Black Widow’ Composer Late In Post-Production By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 1, 2020 7:30 am EST Black Widow may have a new composer. As the release of the comic book film remains in limbo amid the growing coronavirus pandemic, Marvel Studios has reportedly replaced initial Black Widow composer Alexandre Desplat with Mission: Impossible – Fallout and Bad Boys for Life composer Lorne Balfe. According to Film Music Reporter, Lorne Balfe will be scoring the music for Black Widow....
Robert De Niro, Mike Myers, Timothy Olyphant, Michael Shannon, Chris Rock, Anya Taylor-Joy, More Join David O. Russell’s Mystery Film By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 15, 2021 7:30 am EST Deadline reports that Robert De Niro, Mike Myers, Timothy Olyphant, Michael Shannon, Chris Rock, Anya Taylor-Joy, Andrea Riseborough, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Alessandro Nivola have joined the star-studded ensemble for the new David O. Russell movie. The yet-untitled film, which is based on an original idea from the Oscar-nominated director, already stars a cast of heavy-hitters including Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington, with Rami Malek and Zoe Saldana recently boarding the project as well....
Superhero Bits: Kids Hospitalized After Trying To Be Like Spider-Man, New ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Images & More By Ethan Anderton/May 28, 2020 6:00 pm EST What did Dafne Keen do to Hugh Jackman that made him want to cast her in Logan? How did three kids in Bolivia try to be like Spider-Man and ended up hospitalized? Will there be a lot more Jim Gordon in Zack Snyder’s Justice League? Which X-Men were supposed to cameo in The New Mutants?...
Superhero Bits: Xfinity Dunks On ‘Dark Phoenix’, Mahershala Ali Passed On Commissioner Gordon & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 9, 2019 6:00 pm EST Why did a little girl get escorted to school by Batman? What advice did Robert Downey Jr. give to Tom Holland? What recent record did Avengers: Endgame just break? Could Captain Marvel make an appearance in the Shang-Chi movie? Is Mysterio really dead or could he return as part of Sinister Six?...
By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 19, 2020 3:11 pm EST Hollywood’s biggest night might be postponed. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are considering pushing back the 2021 Oscars, which are set to be held in February, due to concerns over the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The 93rd annual Academy Awards may not happen next year due to ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Variety reports that the Academy is considering postponing the annual movie awards ceremony, the telecast for which is currently set for February 28, 2021 on ABC....
The Morning Watch: Reviewing Drumming Scenes In Movies, ‘They Live’ Movie Comparison & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 5, 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, a professional drummer analyzes drumming scenes from movies like Whiplash, Drumline, Wayne’s World, and more....
Water Cooler: Onward, The Platform, Happy Death Day, Better Call Saul, Sanjuro, Drunken Angel, The Mask Of Zorro, The Count Of Monte Cristo By Peter Sciretta/April 8, 2020 1:15 pm EST On the April 8, 2020 Episode of /Film Daily, Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler....
Weekend Box Office: Audiences Hit Snooze On ‘Doctor Sleep’ By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 11, 2019 5:00 pm EST Has the Stephen King movie adaptation bubble burst? Or was opening a big horror movie a week after Halloween a huge misstep? In any case, Doctor Sleep, Warner Bros.’ big sequel to The Shining, failed to generate much steam over the weekend. The Mike Flanagan-directed King adaptation was tracking toward a $25 million opening weekend, but the real result was an underwhelming $14....
What Netflix’s ‘Earthquake Bird’ Gets Right About The Experience Of Living In Japan As A Foreigner By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 19, 2019 1:00 pm EST Netflix’s Earthquake Bird, which hit the streaming service last Friday, uses expat life in Tokyo as the backdrop for a murder mystery. Scored by Atticus Ross, the film stars Alicia Vikander, Riley Keough, Jack Huston, and Japanese actors Naoki Kobayashi and Kiki Sukezana—the latter of whom recently played the central antagonist in AMC’s The Terror: Infamy....
Which Scores Aren’t Eligible For Oscars This Year? ‘Sound Of Metal,’ ‘Judas And The Black Messiah,’ ‘One Night In Miami,’ And More By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 22, 2021 4:30 pm EST It’s awards season, I guess! Which means it’s time to find out what films are eligible for which awards and which will get shut out in the cold. Best Score is always a tricky field for the Oscars (and their British counterpart the BAFTAs) because in order for a musical score to qualify it has to be primarily original....
