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California Announces Strict Guidelines For Disneyland, Universal And More Theme Parks To Reopen By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 20, 2020 1:00 pm EST California has issued guidelines that will allow Disneyland, Universal Studios Hollywood, and other theme parks in the Golden State to reopen in the age of coronavirus. As has been the case, it all has to do with California’s tier system. The announcement today included instructions for how to reopen smaller theme parks and them parks in general tied into the color-coded system....

Don’t Worry, The World’s First Vertical Blockbuster Will Complete Production Remotely During The Coronavirus Outbreak By Ben Pearson/March 19, 2020 4:00 pm EST As the coronavirus shuts down film and TV productions and cinemas (among many, many other businesses) around the world, director/producer Timur Bekmambetov is finding a way around social distancing restrictions to keep hope alive for his World War II film V2. Escape From Hell. A new report says the Russian filmmaker will continue production on his war epic remotely, directing his lead actor in a dogfight scene using the Microsoft Teams collaboration platform....

Mourn The End Of The ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ Trilogy With An Art Exhibit In L.A. By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 10, 2019 11:00 am EST Don’t let anyone tell you that animated films aren’t art. Dean DeBlois’ beautiful How to Train Your Dragon trilogy is getting the art museum treatment with an exhibit coming this month to Los Angeles, featuring more than 200 works of art including sketches, digital renderings, and video installations....

Nick Offerman Is Selling Comedy Specials Online To Benefit America’s Food Fund By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 29, 2020 7:30 am EST Nick Offerman is appealing to America’s funny bone to feed people in need. The actor, writer, comedian, producer and woodworker is putting three of his comedy specials for sale on his website, with 100% of the proceeds set to benefit America’s Food Fund, which aids people struggling with food scarcity during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic....

Original 1933 ‘King Kong’ Returning To Theaters For The First Time In Nearly 65 Years By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 18, 2020 12:30 pm EST The King Kong that most audiences are familiar with today is probably Peter Jackson’s remake from 2005. But the original King Kong from 1933 is a much bigger milestone in cinematic history, bringing a larger than life story to the big screen with old school movie tricks and special effects....

Pedro Almodóvar’s First English-Language Project Is A Short Film Starring Tilda Swinton By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 12, 2020 4:00 pm EST The power of Tilda Swinton can convince many an international director to make the foray into English-language features. Swinton has partnered with Bong Joon-ho and Luca Guadagnino in English-language projects, and now she has worked her ethereal magic on Pedro Almodóvar, who will make his first English-language project in his 46-year career with a short film starring the actress and a dog....

The Morning Watch: ‘The Mandalorian: Raising Baby Yoda’, ‘Power Rangers’ Movie Costume Collection & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 24, 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, see the difficulties The Mandalorian has raising Baby Yoda in the modern world in an amusing short film....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Bar Rescue’ Looks, Sounds And Smells Like A Bad TV Show, So Why Can’t I Stop Watching It? By Jacob Hall/June 4, 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: Bar RescueWhere You Can Stream It: The Paramount Network website (or, if you haven’t cut your cord yet, it plays constantly on the actual Paramount Network when they’re not otherwise airing ads for Yellowstone)....

This Week In Trailers: Below, Sputnik, Dirt Music, Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art, The Short History Of The Long Road By Christopher Stipp/May 23, 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?...

Water Cooler: Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, The Farewell, Lady Snowblood, Love Antosha, Glow, Parasite, Addams Family, Good Time, Doctor Sleep, Magic Live & More By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 12, 2019 12:49 pm EST On the August 12 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler....

‘Another Round’ Trailer: Mads Mikkelsen Gets Drunk For Science By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 11, 2020 4:30 pm EST During uncertain times like this, it’s tempting to stay drunk all the time. So Mads Mikkelsen has the right idea in the upcoming Danish-Swedish comedy-drama Another Round, which follows a group of high school teachers who decide to get a little bit buzzed every day…for science. Watch the Another Round trailer below. Another Round Trailer...

‘Borderland’ Cast Includes John Boyega, Jack Reynor, Jodie Turner-Smith, And Felicity Jones By Chris Evangelista/July 6, 2020 3:00 pm EST Borderland – not to be confused with the video game adaptation Borderlands – has lined-up a very impressive cast. The IRA thriller will star John Boyega, Jack Reynor, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Felicity Jones, with the Guard Brothers, who were behind the Tale of Two Sisters remake The Uninvited, set to direct from a script they co-wrote with Ronan Bennett....

‘Community’ Will Be Available On Both Netflix And Hulu For The Next Few Years By Ethan Anderton/March 17, 2020 11:30 am EST While many streaming services have been spending exorbitant amounts of money to pick up the exclusive streaming rights to a variety of popular shows like Friends and South Park, sometimes they don’t mind sharing the rights to certain shows. For example, the next few years will see Netflix and Hulu sharing the domestic streaming rights to the comedy series Community....

‘Deputy’ Executive Producer David Ayer On Los Angeles, Crime, And Style [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Jan. 27, 2020 2:00 pm EST This year, there are two more projects from Ayer set in L.A, starting with Fox’s new drama, Deputy. The Stephen Dorff-led cop series is executive produced by Ayer, who directed the pilot and another episode. While the network drama is not as brutal as Ayer’s crime movies, the story, character, and world are very familiar to him....

‘Falling To Earth’ Movie Will Find Ben Affleck Going Up Against A Tornado By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 18, 2019 5:30 pm EST Having put his crime-fighting days behind him by vacating the role of Batman, Ben Affleck’s new big enemy is mother nature. The actor will have to face down a tornado in a Falling to Earth movie adapted from the novel of the same name. The story concerns a man who becomes shunned by his community after being the only local spared the destruction of a deadly tornado....

‘Fleabag’s Andrew Scott To Play ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ In Showtime Series From ‘The Irishman’ Writer By Ben Pearson/Sept. 26, 2019 10:30 am EST All eight episodes of Ripley will be written and directed by Oscar winner Steven Zallian, the writer behind films like Schindler’s List, Gangs of New York, Moneyball, and The Irishman. And this won’t be his first time working in television: In 2016, he created and directed The Night Of, an HBO prison drama starring Riz Ahmed....

‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ Trailer: Titans Clash In A Massive Blockbuster Battle By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 24, 2021 9:02 am EST Even after Wonder Woman 1984 arrived in December, audiences are still hungry for massive blockbuster action. Thankfully, Warner Bros. Pictures and HBO Max will be giving it to us throughout the year, both in theaters and on the WarnerMedia streaming service. One of the first huge blockbusters out of the gate under this new deal will be Godzilla vs....

‘Home Alone’ Reboot At Disney+ Adds ‘SNL’ Alums Kenan Thompson, Chris Parnell & More By Ethan Anderton/July 16, 2020 9:30 am EST Just because production on Hollywood movies and TV is shut down right now doesn’t mean studios have given up on developing projects that were in the works before the coronavirus pandemic hit. Though it’s not clear when production might resume, Disney+ is rounding up more cast members for the Home Alone reboot in the works for the streaming service....

‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Novel Is Called ‘The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes’ By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 4, 2019 8:00 am EST This past summer, we learned Lionsgate was already keen on returning to the world of The Hunger Games by adapting the forthcoming prequel novel from author Suzanne Collins. Now we have more specifics on the story this book will tell, and we also have a title: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes....

‘Knives Out 2’: Don’t Expect To Learn About Benoit Blanc’s Backstory By Ben Pearson/Feb. 20, 2020 3:29 pm EST If you were mesmerized by Daniel Craig’s Southern detective Benoit Blanc in Knives Out and thought to yourself, “I really hope a possible sequel sheds more light on where that character came from,” I have some bad news. Writer/director Rian Johnson, who is hard at work on a follow-up that will reunite him with Craig, says he’s not interested in exploring Benoit Blanc’s backstory in future movies....