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‘Nomadland’ Oscar Nominations Could Be A First In Academy Award History By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 31, 2020 3:00 pm EST Believe it or not, a woman has never been nominated for Best Actress and Best Picture (via being a producer) in the same exact year. That very well might be about to change, though – with Nomadland. Star Frances McDormand is also a producer on the Chloé Zhao-directed flick, and almost everyone who tracks the Oscars seems to think she’s a shoo-in for Best Actress and that the film will surely get a Best Picture nod....

‘Saint Maud’ Is A Perfect Fit For The Misunderstood A24 Horror Cannon [Fantastic Fest 2019] By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 20, 2019 8:30 am EST The slow, burning, ever-mounting dread. A scenario that always seems slightly off, as if the world itself has somehow become askew. And a climax that cranks the terror up to 11. These are the familiar trappings of the A24 horror movie – The Witch, It Comes At Night, Enemy, Hereditary, Midsommar, even the upcoming The Lighthouse....

‘Searching 2’ In The Works At Sony’s Stage 6 Films, Original Creative Team Is Returning [Update] By Ben Pearson/Aug. 14, 2019 11:31 am EST Update: Searching director Aneesh Chaganty has shared a bit more information about the film. Check it out below.Searching, last year’s indie hit starring John Cho as a father who desperately tries to find his missing daughter, is getting a follow-up. A new report says Searching 2 is in the works – although it appears the new movie will not follow the ongoing adventures of the Kim family, because Cho and his co-stars from the original film apparently won’t be coming back to reprise their roles....

‘The Personal History Of David Copperfield’ Review: A Delightful Dickens Adaptation From Armando Iannucci [TIFF 2019] By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 6, 2019 7:00 am EST Armando Iannucci is responsible for the acidic, acerbic dark humor that prevails in In the Loop, The Death of Stalin, and Veep. But anyone expecting more of that nasty, cutting comedic bite from Iannucci’s latest work is in for a pleasant surprise. Working with co-writer Simon Blackwell, Iannucci has taken the autobiographical Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield and spun forth a film bustling with wit, grace, slapstick comedy, and one big beating heart....

‘TRON Legacy’ Director Talks About The Possibility Of ‘TRON 3’ Ever Coming Together At Disney By Ethan Anderton/April 15, 2020 4:30 pm EST Even though the reception to TRON Legacy was mixed, there’s still a vocal contingent of fans who want to return to the grid with yet another sequel in the Disney sci-fi franchise. Even though development on a third movie has been stagnant, we recently learned there was a TRON series in development for Disney+, but it was scrapped before it was ever announced....

‘Westworld’ Episode 4 Promo Teases The Return Of The Man In Black By Chris Evangelista/March 30, 2020 2:00 pm EST So far, Westworld season 3 hasn’t given us any time with William, AKA the Man in Black, played by Ed Harris. But that’s about to change with episode 4, which brings the character back – and shows that he’s in pretty poor shape. In the Westworld episode 4 promo below, Dolores talks about justice, the Man in Black stumbles around a messy room, and Maeve looks on as stuff explodes....

‘Westworld’ Season 3 Poster: Free Will Is Not Free By Ben Pearson/Feb. 12, 2020 11:15 am EST After an almost two year break, Westworld is returning to HBO next month for its third season, which is expected to shake things up dramatically from what we saw in its underwhelming second season. We’ve seen a couple of trailers for the new episodes already, but today, HBO’s marketing department released a new Westworld season 3 poster which recalls one of the most famous images from George Miller’s sci-fi action classic Mad Max: Fury Road....

‘Yankee Comandante’ Will Reunite Adam Driver And ‘Midnight Special’ Director Jeff Nichols By Chris Evangelista/April 30, 2020 4:30 pm EST Jeff Nichols, one of the more underrated directors working today, is reuniting with Adam Driver for Yankee Comandante. The film will tell the true story of a man from Ohio who “rose to the rank of comandante during the Cuban Revolution” alongside Che Guevara. Nichols and Driver previously worked together on the criminally underseen Midnight Special....

Daily Podcast: Will We Ever See An Uncharted Movie? Plus, D23’s Preview Night Announcements By Ben Pearson/Aug. 23, 2019 2:45 pm EST On the August 23 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall to discuss the latest film and TV news, including the Uncharted movie losing another director, and several preview night announcements from the D23 Expo. In The News: Jacob - The ‘Uncharted’ Movie Loses Director Dan Trachtenberg Jacob - Epcot is Getting a ‘Moana’ Attraction as Part of a Plan to Become “More Disney” [D23] Ben - Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Hotel: Step Aboard the Halcyon [D23] Jacob - The Marvel Land at Disney California Adventure is Called Avengers Campus – Check Out New Concept Art, Models, and More [D23] Other Articles Mentioned:All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm....

How ‘Watchmen’ Uses Superheroes To Explore The Complexity Of Being Black In America By Monique Jones/Oct. 31, 2019 9:00 am EST I didn’t know what I was expecting when I was settling in to watch the first two episodes of Watchmen, “It’s Summer and We’re Running Out of Ice” and “Martial Feats of Comanche Horsemanship.” But boy, was I shocked. Consider me immediately entranced. I don’t just like the show because it’s entertaining....

More Disney Theatrical Movies Could Go Direct To Disney+, But Don’t Expect Big Tentpole Films, Says Bob Iger By Chris Evangelista/April 7, 2020 2:00 pm EST No one can predict the future, but movie studios and theater owners across the globe are all hoping that movie theaters will re-open sometime soon. As a result, most studios are hesitant to move any of their potential theatrical releases directly to digital. Universal made this controversial decision with Trolls: World Tour, and Disney recently did so with Artemis Fowl, announcing it would go directly to Disney+....

Oprah Winfrey And Lionsgate To Adapt New York Times’ ‘The 1619 Project’ For Film And TV By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 8, 2020 5:00 pm EST In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement and global protests that are shaking up the current political landscape, Oprah Winfrey is teaming up with Lionsgate and Pultizer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones to adapt Hannah-Jones landmark examination of racism in the U.S., The 1619 Project, for the screen....

Quibi Almost Had An Even Worse Name Than “Quibi” By Ben Pearson/June 15, 2020 4:00 pm EST One of the worst things about Quibi is its name. The mobile streaming platform was already fighting an uphill battle just in explaining the concept of its app to prospective users, but then it went and threw a nonsensical fake word – short for “quick bites” – into the mix on top of that....

Second ‘Euphoria’ Special Episode Hits HBO In January By Ben Pearson/Dec. 7, 2020 1:30 pm EST Euphoria returned to HBO last night with its first of two planned special episodes, focusing on Emmy-winner Zendaya’s character Rue as she dealt with the fallout of what happened on the train platform at the end of the show’s first season. Now fans know when they’ll be able to see the second Euphoria special episode: HBO has revealed that the episode will arrive late next month....

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: Marc Guggenheim Has A Secret DC Project, ‘New Mutants’ Test Screenings & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 28, 2019 6:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Lis Wonder is a cosplayer who looks uncannily like Gal Gadot when she gets suited up as Wonder Woman. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lis Wonder (@lis....

Taylor Swift’s ‘Cats’ Video Diary Goes Behind The Scenes Of The Feline Fun, Features A Hairless Cat By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 17, 2019 3:00 pm EST Millions will venture out this weekend to see how Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker sends off the primary saga storyline in the sci-fi adventure franchise. Meanwhile, an entirely different group of people will see if they’re immune to nightmares by checking out Tom Hooper’s big screen adaptation of the award-winning, long-running stage musical Cats....

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Officially Surpasses ‘Avatar’ As The Highest Grossing Movie Of All-Time By Ethan Anderton/July 21, 2019 8:30 am EST Even though it seemed like the numbers wouldn’t add up for Avengers: Endgame to surpass James Cameron’s Avatar as the highest grossing movie of all-time, Kevin Feige announced that Marvel Studios would soon be taking the crown during their presentation at Comic-Con yesterday. But Walt Disney Studios chairman and chief creative officer Alan Horn made it even more official by releasing a statement announcing that Avengers: Endgame was taking the top spot....

‘Cherry’ Clip: Tom Holland Phones Home In The New Film From The Russo Brothers By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 22, 2021 5:30 pm EST Tom Holland has an uncomfortable phone call with Ciara Bravo in the latest clip from Cherry, the upcoming movie from the Russo Brothers. Holland plays a mixed-up guy who joins the army – a move that eventually leads to PTSD, which then leads to drug addiction, which in turn leads to bank robbery....

‘Dark Waters’ Trailer: Mark Ruffalo Unearths A Deadly Cover-Up In This True Story By Ben Pearson/Sept. 18, 2019 3:30 pm EST When he’s not acting, Mark Ruffalo (Avengers: Endgame, Spotlight) is an activist and environmentalist. But now all three of those interests are colliding in Dark Waters, a new film from Carol director Todd Haynes that’s based on a true story. Ruffalo plays a lawyer who discovers that American company DuPont was responsible for dumping chemicals into the water near its factories, wreaking havoc on not only the livestock, but the human residents in the area....

‘Indiana Jones 5’ Screenplay No Longer In David Koepp’s Hands By Chris Evangelista/June 15, 2020 1:30 pm EST Let’s recap: when Indiana Jones 5 was first announced, David Koepp was on board to handle the script. Then, word surfaced that Jonathan Kasdan (Solo: A Star Wars Story) and Dan Fogelman (This Is Us, Tangled) would both be working on the script. And then script duties fell back into Koepp’s lap, with the writer stating in September of last year: “I’m working on it again....