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James Wan’s Secret Horror Film Casts Its Two Leads, Gets Possible Title [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 23, 2019 11:02 am EST Update: Variety reports that up-and-coming British actor George Young (Containment) has been cast as the male lead in Wan’s secret movie, which is now tentatively titled Silvercup. Our original article about the film’s initial casting announcement continues below. James Wan’s secret horror movie has found its star in Annabelle Wallis....

Mondo’s ‘The Mandalorian’ Vinyl Soundtrack Box Set Will Be Available For Pre-Order This Week, And You’ll Need A Lot Of Beskar To Buy It By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 24, 2020 1:00 pm EST The Mandalorian score by Ludwig Göransson stands out from the rest of the music of the Star Wars saga in a thrilling, hypnotic way. And this week, you’ll be able to pre-order the entire soundtrack from the first season in the form of a new The Mandalorian vinyl soundtrack box set from Mondo and Walt Disney Records....

Roland Emmerich’s ‘Moonfall’ Will Star Patrick Wilson By Ben Pearson/June 12, 2020 3:00 pm EST Roland Emmerich, the master of cinematic disaster, is gearing up for another big-budget disaster movie called Moonfall, and now he’s found his leading man.Patrick Wilson (The Conjuring, Aquaman) has been cast as the film’s protagonist, and he’ll play a disgraced astronaut who’s called back into action when the moon is suddenly put on a crash course with Earth....

Small-Screen Stream: 13 Great Superhero Shows You Can Stream Right Now By Amelia Emberwing/Aug. 22, 2019 10:00 am EST (Welcome to Small-Screen Stream, a feature where we share the best television shows streaming and where you can watch them.)Hi nerds! I’m happy to announce that I’ll be taking over the Small-Screen Stream column from here on out. We’ve had a bit of a hiatus, which means the world of streaming has gotten even bigger since we last visited it over here at /Film!...

The Best TV Shows & Movies Coming To Netflix In May 2020 By Chris Evangelista/April 24, 2020 2:00 pm EST These are best TV shows and movies coming to Netflix in May 2020. Uncut Gems This is how you win: by watching Uncut Gems on Netflix. Adam Sandler turns in one of his best performances as a Diamond District salesman with an obsessive gambling problem. Sandler’s addiction to gambling gets him into trouble from the beginning of the film all the way until the explosive climax, and directors the Safdie Brothers milk the character’s plight for all its worth, crafting an almost unbearably tense, bleakly hilarious saga....

The Canceled 2020 Telluride Film Festival Announces Its Lineup Anyway, Including ‘Ammonite’, ‘Nomadland’, And More By Ben Pearson/Aug. 3, 2020 4:00 pm EST Thanks to COVID-19, the 2020 Telluride Film Festival has been canceled. The festival organizers made that decision a few weeks ago. But just because the fest isn’t actually happening this year, doesn’t mean they can’t still shine a light on the movies that would have played there if this godforsaken pandemic hadn’t thrown the world into turmoil....

The Morning Watch: Discover Chewbacca’s Backstory In ‘Star Wars’, One-Woman ‘Beauty And The Beast’ Re-Creation & More By Ethan Anderton/April 27, 2020 5:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. 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 Morning Watch: The Road To ‘El Camino’, ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Easter Eggs & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 4, 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 edition, take a deep dive behind the scenes of the making of El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie with the original series creator, head writer, executive producer, and director Vince Gilligan and more....

This Week In Trailers: Fanny Lye Deliver’d, Fan Level Midnight: Devoted To The Office, Superhuman: The Invisible Made Visible, Tommaso By Christopher Stipp/June 6, 2020 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?...

VOTD: Sleepy Skunk’s 2020 Movie Trailer Mash-Up Makes The Best Of This Movie-Deprived Year By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 31, 2020 6:00 am EST It’s no secret that this year has been a nightmare all around. Any excitement we had to see movies in theaters was squashed by the end of March, and with the exception of Tenet and Wonder Woman 1984, all the other blockbusters were pushed to next year. But even so, the reliable Sleepy Skunk delivered his 2020 Movie Trailer Mash-Up, and he certainly made the best out of what we’ve been given....

Will Netflix Break An Oscars Record For The Most Best Picture Nominees From A Single Studio? By Ben Pearson/Nov. 24, 2020 5:30 pm EST Netflix has been gunning for the Best Picture Academy Award for years, funneling lots of money and resources into the dream of standing on stage at the Dolby Theatre and accepting the top prize of the film world. We’re obviously in the middle of a very strange film year and what is shaping up to be a strange awards season, but it could end up working out in Netflix’s favor....

‘13 Reasons Why’ Season 4 Trailer: The Final Season Of The Teen Mystery Drama Brings Closure By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 20, 2020 8:04 am EST When 13 Reasons Why debuted on Netflix in 2017, it presented itself as an important and nuanced depiction of the rippling effects of teen suicide. Since the series moved past the beloved book it was adapting, it’s become something else entirely…a murder mystery. Misfortune seems to plague the teens of Liberty High, but the fourth and final season of 13 Reasons Why may finally bring the closure they — and we — are all craving....

‘Ammonite’ Trailer: Saoirse Ronan And Kate Winslet Begin A Forbidden Love Affair By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 25, 2020 8:30 am EST After making waves in Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Little Women last year, Saoirse Ronan is back with more period drama in Ammonite, and Kate Winslet is coming with her. Intended as one of the official selections for both the 2020 Cannes Film Festival and 2020 Telluride Film Festival, Ammonite is now slated to premiere at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival....

‘Betaal’ Trailer: A Zombie Curse Is Unleashed In Netflix’s Indian Horror Series By Ben Pearson/May 8, 2020 12:30 pm EST If you’ve been hungry for some fresh zombie-related entertainment, Netflix is here to help satisfy your craving with Betaal, an Indian horror thriller series from Blumhouse Television. Check out the new trailer below, which features a squad of police officers unwittingly releasing a horde of blood-thirsty zombie redcoats. Betaal Trailer...

‘Dirty Money’ Season 2 Trailer: Kushner Real Estate Fiascos, Wells Fargo Fraud, And Other Terrible Things By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 27, 2020 5:30 pm EST In case you needed another reminder of how corrupt and downright evil the corporate world can be, here comes Dirty Money season 2. The series “provides an up-close and personal view into untold stories of scandal, financial malfeasance, and corruption in the world of business,” and this new season features some familiar, much-loathed faces — like Jared Kushner, son-in-law to the President of the United States, and the possible inspiration for Brahms from Brahms: The Boy 2....

‘Godzilla: King Of The Monsters’ Storyboards Reveal Unfilmed Mothra Twins Scene By Chris Evangelista/July 12, 2020 12:00 pm EST View this post on Instagram A post shared by Michael Dougherty (@instamikedougherty) View this post on Instagram View this post on Instagram A post shared by Michael Dougherty (@instamikedougherty) If you weren’t paying close attention, you might have missed a moment in Godzilla: King of the Monsters where the famous Mothra Twins show up....

‘Honey Boy’ Trailer: Shia LaBeouf Exorcises Some Demons In This Harrowing Autobiographical Drama By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 8, 2019 7:30 am EST One of the breakout films of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival was Honey Boy, the harrowing tale of a child actor (Noah Jupe) stuck in an abusive relationship with his manipulative, alcoholic father, and the toll it takes on his life when he’s an adult movie star (Lucas Hedges) making millions....

‘Impeachment: American Crime Story’ Casts Clive Owen As President Bill Clinton By Ben Pearson/Nov. 15, 2019 11:00 am EST As our current embarrassment of a president is bracing for possible impeachment, FX is moving forward with Impeachment: American Crime Story, which dramatizes the 1998 impeachment of President Bill Clinton. And now the show’s producers have found their president: Clive Owen (Children of Men) will step into the shoes of the former Arkansas governor, and we’ll be eagerly waiting to hear if Owen tries to imitate Clinton’s distinctive Southern accent....

‘It: Chapter Two’ IMAX Trailer Features A Very Hungry Pennywise By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 16, 2019 1:30 pm EST We’re mere weeks away from It: Chapter Two, the highly-anticipated sequel to 2017’s hit adaptation of Stephen King’s novel. As you await the return of Pennywise the Clown, why not feast your eyes on a new It Chapter Two IMAX trailer below, featuring some new footage, including a jump-scare moment that will scare the bejesus out of you....

‘John Wick’ Director Chad Stahelski Eyes High Concept Car Movie From ‘A Quiet Place’ Producers By Ben Pearson/March 3, 2020 5:30 pm EST Director Chad Stahelski has John Wick: Chapter 4 on the docket for next year, but he may have already found his next project beyond that. A new report says Stahelski is eyeing a high concept car movie at Paramount from two of the writers of Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol and the producers of both A Quiet Place movies....