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Cool Stuff: ‘The Godfather’ Finally Gets The Sleepy Don Vito Corleone Collectible You’ve Always Wanted By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 4, 2020 6:00 am EST There have been plenty of collectibles and artwork paying tribute to cinema’s greatest mob boss, Don Vito Corleone from The Godfather. But most of them hone in on the intimidating version of the man in a tuxedo discussing dark deeds and deals with the shades drawn. The collectible creators at Damtoys are taking a different approach with a new 1/6 scale figure of a much more casual, even sleepy, version of Vito Corleone, labeled as the “Golden Years Edition” of the character....

Cool Stuff: Gabz Created An Epic ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Trilogy Poster To Rule Them All By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 9, 2020 6:00 am EST After giving us outstanding artwork for both Star Wars and Indiana Jones, the artist Gabz is back with another piece of cinematic trilogy art for The Lord of the Rings movies directed by Peter Jackson. Paying tribute to The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and Return of the King, the Gabz Lord of the Rings trilogy poster from Bottleneck Gallery features all of your favorite characters in a triptych style poster, complete with the fiery, watchful eye of Sauron looking down upon them and one ring to rule them all prominently right in the middle....

Cool Stuff: New ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Funko POPs Include Ben Solo, All-The-Jedi Rey & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 20, 2021 6:00 am EST Over a year after Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker brought the Skywalker saga to an end, there’s a new wave of Funko POPs bringing some of the biggest spoilers to life. As part of this month’s Funko Fair 2021 reveals, the collectible toy creators have unveiled a couple different versions of Rey inspired by two of the character’s climactic moments in the movie....

Daily Podcast: Assassin’s Creed TV Shows, The Conjuring 3, Jon Stewart, Y: The Last Man, The Suicide Squad By Ben Pearson/Oct. 28, 2020 2:15 pm EST On the October 28, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and TV news, including a new suite of Assassin’s Creed TV shows, Jon Stewart’s return to the small screen, The Conjuring 3, Y: The Last Man, The Suicide Squad, and more....

Darren Aronofsky Developing ‘Boss Of The Beach’ TV Series Based On A Wild True-Crime New York Magazine Article By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 6, 2020 10:30 am EST Darren Aronofsky is going to have to shed his signature scarf to make his next project. The mother! director is developing a TV series with Searchlight Television based on the New York Magazine article “Boss of The Beach,” which recounts the crimes of the boss of New York’s lifeguard corps....

Disney’s Live-Action ‘Peter Pan’ Remake Finds Its Peter And Wendy By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 11, 2020 4:30 pm EST Disney has found its Peter Pan and Wendy. Newcomers Alexander Molony and Ever Anderson have been cast as Peter and Wendy, respectively, in Disney’s live-action Peter Pan remake, titled Peter Pan & Wendy. The pair will be the latest to take on the role after a recent resurgence in Peter Pan films, including Benh Zeitlin’s Wendy and Brenda Chapman’s Come Away....

Fred Willard, Legendary Comedian And Star Of ‘A Mighty Wind’, Has Died At 86 By Ethan Anderton/May 16, 2020 12:30 pm EST Following the passing of Jerry Stiller this past week, the world has unfortunately lost another brilliant comedic talent. Fred Willard, a longtime comedy star with entertainment roots going all the way back to 1960 and best known for his roles in Christopher Guest mockumentary movies such as A Mighty Wind, Best in Show, and For Your Consideration, has passed away at 86 years old....

Jeff Wadlow Shares His Plan For Abandoned ‘X-Force’ Film Trilogy, Begs Marvel For A Job By Ben Pearson/March 3, 2020 1:00 pm EST An X-Force movie seemed like a sure thing for a little while, but after Disney’s acquisition of Fox, that certainty turned to shakiness. X-Force comic creator Rob Liefeld referred to the movie as a “victim of the merger” and implied that it was no longer happening, and while there’s always a chance that Marvel Studios decides to make one now that those X-Men-adjacent characters have reverted back to their control, let’s take a brief glimpse into an alternate universe in which X-Force became not just one movie, but a trilogy from director Jeff Wadlow (Kick-Ass 2, Fantasy Island)....

Paramount Picks Up ‘Harbinger’ Comic From Sony, Possibly Killing The Planned Valiant Comics Movie Universe By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 12, 2019 9:30 am EST Back in 2015, DMG Entertainment made a huge investment in Valiant Comics in an effort to support their desire to build a cinematic universe based on their own comic book characters. It seemed like Sony Pictures would become the home for this cinematic universe since they picked up the rights to Harbinger and Bloodshot, and those two movies would eventually lead into a crossover event movie called Harbinger Wars....

Pixar Director Lee Unkrich Once Made A Secret Pitch That Sounds Eerily Like ‘The Secret Life Of Pets’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 14, 2020 3:00 pm EST When The Secret Life of Pets came out in 2016, more than a few people pointed out the similarities between the Illumination Entertainment animated comedy and Pixar’s Toy Story. But there’s nothing wrong with copying a tried-and-true formula, or emulating an all-time animated classic. However, it does raise a few more eyebrows now that Toy Story 3 director Lee Unkrich has revealed that he had pitched a Pixar film about pets living in a Manhattan apartment at least a decade before The Secret Life of Pets hit theaters....

Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, Disney’s Immersive Hotel Experience, Launches In 2021 By Ben Pearson/Dec. 4, 2019 9:00 am EST Last night, Disney announced that Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, the company’s immersive Star Wars hotel experience, will open at Walt Disney World in 2021. The studio also released a couple of new pieces of concept art, and you can learn more below about how the experience of visiting the hotel will flow directly into Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge....

Steven Soderbergh Releases His 2020 Watchlist, Teases Upcoming 4K Box Set Featuring ‘Kafka’ And Six Other Films By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 5, 2021 4:00 pm EST Every year, filmmaker Steve Soderbergh releases a list of everything he watched and read the previous year. It’s a fun little distraction that gives us some insight, however minor, into Soderbergh’s habits. This year’s list also comes with the news that late in 2021, Soderbergh is planning on releasing a 4K box set featuring seven of his films: Kafka, Schizopolis, Gray’s Anatomy, Full Frontal, Bubble, The Girlfriend Experience, and And Everything is Going Fine....

Superhero Bits: ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Reshoots Underway, Marvel Arcade Cabinet Up For Pre-Order & More By Ethan Anderton/July 24, 2019 6:00 pm EST Who is playig the Anti-Monitor in the Arrowverse? Will Kid Flash be returning for the sixth season of The Flash? Why might the Wikipedia page for the Snyder Cut of Justice League get deleted? Want your own Marvel arcade cabinet? Is The Eternals set being built in London?...

The Clock Tower: Our All-Time Favorite Moments From The Arrowverse By Amelia Emberwing/Jan. 3, 2020 10:00 am EST (Welcome to The Clock Tower, where we’ll break down the goings on of the The CW network’s Arrowverse. We’ll touch on things like themes, cultural impact, lead-ins to major events, ships, and more every week! Warning: this Clock Tower is filled with spoilers. Proceed at your own risk.)As we get closer to the second half of Crisis on Infinite Earths, we also quickly approach the ending of Arrow....

The Morning Watch: VFX Artists React To ‘His Dark Materials’, Chris Hemsworth Breaks Down ‘Extraction’ Scene & More By Ethan Anderton/April 28, 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....

Theme Park Bits: Rise Of The Resistance Queue Changes, Galaxy’s Edge Wins A Grammy, And More By Josh Spiegel/Jan. 29, 2020 5:00 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Changes are coming to the attractions in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. Disney’s new theme-park land has won a Grammy. And more! Now that both coasts’ versions of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge are up and running, it’s not time for Walt Disney Imagineering to sit on their laurels and let things unfold without making some tweaks....

‘13 Reasons Why’ Season 3 Trailer: A New Crime Unfolds At Liberty High By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 1, 2019 8:30 am EST There have been a lot of bad things happening at Liberty High, and in the third season of Netflix’s series 13 Reasons Why, it’s only going to get worse. This time a new crime has unfolded, resulting in the disappearance of a football player, and since Clay (Dylan Minnette) was working to expose the corrupted culture of the high school and its favor of wealthy jocks over the average student, he’s on the police’s radar....

‘20/20’ Episode ‘Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute For A King’ Now Streaming On Disney+ By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 4, 2020 12:30 pm EST The 20/20 episode Chadwick Boseman A Tribute for a King has made its way to Disney+. The special aired on August 30 in remembrance of the Black Panther actor, who died on August 28 from colon cancer. Boseman had kept his illness a secret from the world, and his sudden, unexpected death at the age of 43 sent shockwaves throughout the world....

‘A Time Lost’: Millie Bobby Brown And Sister Paige Brown Developing Drama Film For Netflix By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 10, 2019 5:30 pm EST Millie Bobby Brown may be a rising starlet with only one feature film and a Netflix mega-hit series under her belt, but the 15-year-old actress is already getting into the producing game. Brown is teaming up with her sister Paige Brown to develop their original drama film, A Time Lost, for Netflix, marking the first re-team between the Stranger Things star and the streaming giant....

By Ben Pearson/June 3, 2020 3:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In January of 2019, we learned that legendary Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki and his filmmaker son, Goro Miyazaki, were working on new movies. The elder Miyazaki’s film still has years of work left before it will be completed, and the younger’s movie was previously shrouded in mystery. All we knew about it was that it would be a rare all-CG movie for the venerated Studio Ghibli, and that it was based on an English book about “a very wise girl....