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‘Stranger Things’ Getting A Temporary Bonus Attraction In Universal Studios Florida By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 30, 2019 3:00 pm EST Theme Park University noticed this post on Twitter from a Halloween Horror Nights attendee in Florida: Not sure what @UniversalORL has planned, but we spotted this at the Horror Store (old T2 store) during @HorrorNightsORL. @Stranger_Things #HHN29 #StrangerThings pic.twitter.com/t8Y9WnGQr3 — Laura_L (@Laura_L_Edits) September 27, 2019 If you look at the photos, you’ll see it’s some kind of machinery made to look like it belongs in the lab of Hawkins National Laboratory, which is where the experiments regarding Eleven and a gateway to the Upside Down originated....

‘The Irishman’ Clip: Never Keep Al Pacino Waiting By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 28, 2019 5:00 pm EST No one in their right mind would keep Al Pacino waiting, but that’s what Stephen Graham’s Anthony Provenzano does in a recently released clip from Martin Scorsese’s mob epic, The Irishman. And understandably, he gets chewed out by Pacino’s powerful Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa in a monologue that speaks profoundly to the soul of every punctual person....

‘The King’s Man’ Trailer: Ralph Fiennes Helps Create The First Secret Intelligence Agency By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 15, 2019 6:31 am EST Before there was the Kingsman, there was the King’s Man. And who else better to play that singular person than Ralph Fiennes? Fiennes stars as a World War I soldier who helps create the very first independent intelligence agency in The King’s Man, the confusingly titled prequel to Kingsman: The Secret Service and its sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle....

‘The Nutty Professor’ Remake Coming From The ‘Scream’ Reboot Team By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 24, 2020 11:30 am EST How many reboots of Eddie Murphy reboots does the world need? Enough to fuel the workload of Project X Entertainment, the team behind the upcoming Scream revival which has set its eyes on a piece of classic comedy IP: The Nutty Professor. Project X Entertainment’s James Vanderbilt, William Sherak, and Paul Neinstein are looking to develop another The Nutty Professor remake, the latest version of the classic Jerry Lewis comedy that Murphy rebooted in the ’90s....

‘The Predator’ Finds Humor In Alien Mayhem [TIFF] By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 7, 2018 6:20 am EST Who knew Predators could be so funny? Shane Black’s The Predator takes the Predator franchise and turns into a full-blown comedy. Sure, there’s action and sci-fi mayhem. But humor is the most constant factor here. And it doesn’t always work. While there have been a handful of amusing moments in the Predator franchise as a whole, no single film goes for as many wall-to-wall jokes as Shane Black’s The Predator....

‘The Simpsons’ Joke Video Game ‘Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge’ Is Now Real, And Playable By Chris Evangelista/June 19, 2020 12:00 pm EST One of the most memorable Simpsons gags is Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge, a throwaway joke about an impossibly nerdy video game that no one wants to play. The game itself wasn’t real – until now. Someone went ahead and made a real, playable version of Lee Carvallo’s Putting Challenge, and it’s just as comically boring as the game shown on The Simpsons all those years ago....

‘Thor: Love And Thunder’: Karen Gillen Confirms Nebula Is Back, Matt Damon May Have Joined The Cast By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 19, 2021 8:00 am EST Thor: Love and Thunder may be spreading the, ahem, love to potential new cast members.Karen Gillan, who starred as reformed assassin Nebula in the Guardians of the Galaxy movies and Avengers: Endgame, and Matt Damon, who previously had a cameo role in Thor: Ragnarok, are reportedly joining the Thor: Love and Thunder cast, as both stars were revealed to have touched down in Sydney, Australia, were the Marvel Studios sequel is filming....

By Ben Pearson/July 7, 2020 3:00 pm EST In We Are Who We Are, those two people are American teenagers who live on a military base in Italy with their parents. The series “explores friendship, first-love, identity, and immerses the audience in all the messy exhilaration and anguish of being a teenager – a story which could happen anywhere in the world, but in this case, happens in this little slice of America in Italy....

A Full Mandarin-Subtitled Version Of ‘The Farewell’ Is Coming To Theaters This Weekend By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 6, 2019 4:00 pm EST The Farewell is returning to theaters for a special Grandparents Day release. This weekend, The Farewell Mandarin version is coming to theaters, with the entire film subtitled in Mandarin for the film to reach an audience that will get to see themselves in the movie. A24 is releasing a complete bilingual version of the critically acclaimed drama The Farewell, with full Mandarin subtitles for the entire film....

A24 And Netflix Dominate 2019 Gotham Awards With ‘The Farewell,’ ‘Uncut Gems,’ ‘Marriage Story’ Leading Nominations By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 24, 2019 12:30 pm EST See how awards season could start shaping up with a look at the full list of Gotham Awards 2019 nominees. A24 is the darling of the Gotham Awards, with a leading 14 nominations overall, according to Deadline. Ari Aster’s horror film Midsommar scored two nods for Best Actress for star Florence Pugh and Screenwriting for Aster, while The Lighthouse earned a Best Actor nomination for Willem Dafoe....

Apple TV+ Launch Date Set For November With Lowest Cost Of Any Major Streaming Service By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 10, 2019 10:30 am EST Apple has been leading up to their own streaming subscription service for a long time now. It’s been nearly two years since Apple started hiring big names like Steven Soderbergh, Reese Witherspoon, Steven Spielberg, and more to create original programming for what they hope will be a major competitor for Netflix, Hulu and the forthcoming Disney+ and HBO Max streaming services, not to mention the countless other subscriptions coming down the road....

Cool Stuff: ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Joins Mondo’s Marvel Vinyl Soundtrack Line-Up By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 4, 2019 6:00 am EST Mondo is continuing to expand their vinyl collection of soundtracks from the movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. So far, the recent releases of Ant-Man and the Wasp and Black Panther have been given the Mondo vinyl soundtrack treatment. Now the score for Thor: Ragnarok by composer Mark Mothersbaugh is next in line, and you can even get your hands on this one in time for Christmas in several different editions....

Daily Podcast: Let’s Take A Look At Quibi’s Launch Line-Up Of Shows By Peter Sciretta/March 27, 2020 1:15 pm EST On the March 27, 2020 Episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson to discuss Quibi’s first-month line-up. In Our Feature Presentation: Everything Coming to Quibi in April, Including ‘50 States of Fright’, ‘Dishmantled’, and Much More Quibi Offering 90-Day Free Trial For Potential Subscribers All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm....

Ethan Hawke To Play The ‘Moon Knight’ Villain, Opposite Oscar Isaac By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 15, 2021 1:54 pm EST Ethan Hawke has been in Hollywood long enough to see himself become the villain. The Marvel villain, that is. The Good Lord Bird star will reportedly cross swords (or whatever weapons Moon Knight uses) with Oscar Isaac as the Moon Knight villain.The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Ethan Hawke has closed a deal to play the villain opposite Oscar Isaac in Moon Knight, Marvel Studios’ upcoming Disney+ series about a psychologically unstable mercenary who may or may not communicate with a lunar god who bestows the powers of super strength....

Ezra Miller’s The Flash Makes A Cameo On The CW’s ‘Crisis On Infinite Earths,’ Connecting The Movie And TV Universes By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 15, 2020 7:00 am EST The CW’s Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover just got a whole lot bigger. The multiverse-spanning crossover event, which was the Arrowverse’s most ambitious enterprise yet, had already pulled off cameos from beloved TV properties like Smallville, Batman: The Animated Series, and had Brandon Routh pulling double duty as a Kingdom Come-inspired Superman....

John Boyega Gets Brutally Honest About His ‘Star Wars’ Franchise Experience By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 2, 2020 10:00 am EST John Boyega became a huge star thanks to his casting as one of the main characters in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Almost any actor would kill to get such a high caliber role to further their career, and Boyega was undoubtedly excited about having the biggest role given to a Black actor in the Star Wars saga…until he wasn’t....

Kirk Douglas, Star Of ‘Spartacus’ And A Hollywood Icon, Dead At 103 By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 6, 2020 9:00 am EST He was Spartacus. And a military officer. And a boxer. And an icon of Hollywood history. Kirk Douglas, who left an indelible mark on Hollywood and cinematic history with his portrayal of chiseled, noble-browed heroes in Spartacus, The Bad and the Beautiful, and Champion, has died. He was 103. Kirk Douglas, a Hollywood legend and one of Classic Hollywood’s last living movie stars, died Wednesday in Los Angeles, his son and fellow actor Michael Douglas announced....

New ‘Tiger King’ Episode In The Works At Netflix, Will Focus On Siegfried & Roy By Chris Evangelista/May 11, 2020 3:30 pm EST Netflix is more than happy to turn Tiger King into a brand name. So much so that they’re already working on a new episode of the series that will focus on a completely different topic. Rather than touch on the strange story of Joe Exotic, this new Tiger King episode will focus on the 2003 tiger mauling attack during a Siegfried & Roy show....

New On Blu-Ray: ‘Joker’, ‘The Lighthouse’, ‘Brick’, ‘Body Parts’ By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 8, 2020 12:00 pm EST It’s time again to take a look at the latest in physical media. This week finds Joaquin Phoenix dancing up a storm, Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe farting, Rian Johnson’s first attempt at a mystery, and some cursed body parts. These are the new Blu-ray releases you should check out this week Joker...

Paul Thomas Anderson’s Next Movie Adds Bradley Cooper By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 3, 2020 12:00 pm EST Paul Thomas Anderson’s still-untitled next film may have just found its first official cast member: Bradley Cooper (The Midnight Meat Train). Cooper is in talks to join Anderson’s movie, a coming-of-age drama set in a high school in the San Fernando Valley in the 1970s. Plot details remain very hush-hush, but the project is said to involve multiple storylines like Anderson’s Boogie Nights and Magnolia....