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Colin Trevorrow ‘Star Wars’ Script Leaks, Reveals A Very Different Movie Called ‘Star Wars: Duel Of The Fates’ By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 15, 2020 7:17 am EST Here’s something I don’t think any of us expected: the now-unused Star Wars script from Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly sounds…good? Details from the script, which has the title Duel of the Fates, have leaked – and it sounds…good? Or, at the very least, it sounds very different than J....

Cool Stuff: Hasbro’s New ‘Power Rangers’ 1/6 Scale Figures Are More Affordable Than Hot Toys By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 18, 2020 6:00 am EST It’s morphin’ time! They’ve got a power and a force that you’ve never seen before, and now you can bring the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers to your shelves as a set of new collectible 1/6 scale figures that are ready for action. Hasbro and Threezero have teamed up to make a set of 12-inch Mighty Morphin Power Rangers action figures that are essentially much more affordable versions of the high quality Hot Toys figures that always look so good....

Director Of The CGI James Dean Movie Is Somehow Shocked At The Backlash By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 8, 2019 1:30 pm EST Finding Jack directors Anton Ernst and Tati Golykh believed they had struck gold. Unable to find the perfect actor for a role in their Vietnam War drama, they decided to use cutting edge technology to resurrect one of Hollywood’s greatest legends, James Dean. Using digital technology, the co-directors would cast a CGI James Dean in a major supporting role in their adaptation of the novel by Gareth Crocker....

If You Wanted A Cyberpunk ‘47 Ronin’ Sequel Set 300 Years In The Future, We Have Good News By Ben Pearson/Aug. 12, 2020 3:10 pm EST Typically, when a movie performs so poorly that it earns a reputation as one of the biggest box office bombs of a given year, it’s a good sign that the film in question won’t be getting a sequel. But inexplicably, that maxim does not seem to apply to the 2013 Keanu Reeves film 47 Ronin, because that movie is getting a cyberpunk sequel set 300 years in the future....

New ‘Mortal Kombat’ Movie Officially Begins Production, Full Roster Of Fighters Revealed By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 16, 2019 12:30 pm EST Mortal Kombat was already given the big screen treatment back in 1995 when the controversial video game was at the height of its popularity. The movie may have been a big hit, but it certainly wasn’t what you would call good. But Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema are ready to give the video game franchise another shot on the big screen for a proper adaptation, and production has just begun on the movie....

Sequel Bits: ‘A Nightmare On Elm Street’, ‘Insidious’, ‘Bad Boys For Life’ And More By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 8, 2019 10:00 am EST In this edition of sequel bits: Patrick Wilson is down for more Insidious movies. Wes Craven’s estate is taking new Nightmare on Elm Street pitches. Behold a very colorful Bad Boys For Life poster. Edward Furlong was “bummed out” about his Terminator: Dark Fate cameo. Tell your mom: there’s already a Downton Abbey sequel in the works....

Superhero Bits: How Popeye’s Made It Into ‘Supergirl’, ‘The Avengers’ Video Game Updates Coming Soon & More By Ethan Anderton/May 27, 2020 6:00 pm EST Will anymore DC Universe shows coming to HBO Max like Doom Patrol? How did a Popeye’s chicken restaurant make it into the Supergirl movie? When will Marvel’s The Avengers video game be debuting some new gameplay footage? How would James Gunn feel about David Ayer releasing his version of Suicide Squad?...

Superhero Bits: See A Custom Wonder Woman Lightsaber, ‘Batwoman’ Season 1 Hits Blu-Ray In August & More By Ethan Anderton/July 24, 2020 6:00 pm EST Want to take a look at a custom Wonder Woman lightsaber? Did you hear Oscar Isaac is creating a graphic novel? What are Doctor Strange and Ironheart doing together? How would you like to win a New Mutants poster? Did you know Taika Waititi makes another appearance in Thor: Ragnarok besides voicing Korg?...

TCM Classic Film Festival And The Found Footage Festival Holding Special At-Home Editions By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 25, 2020 9:30 am EST Film festivals have long been a place where movie lovers can congregate and share their love of cinema together, often in a ritzy theater where a movie star may make an appearance. But the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has all but halted the film festival season, and many have been forced to postpone or cancel completely to curb the spread of the virus....

The De-Aging In ‘The Irishman’ Isn’t Perfect, But It Is Essential By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 30, 2019 8:00 am EST Digital de-aging is either the scourge of cinema or an exciting new tool for filmmakers, depending on whom you ask. But the effects in Martin Scorsese’s new gangster epic The Irishman lie somewhere in between. This conversation comes on the heels of the technology’s busiest year yet, with studios smoothing out the faces of their stars in Captain Marvel, It Chapter 2, and Ang Lee’s upcoming Gemini Man....

The Greatest Female Characters Of The Decade By Kristen Lopez/Dec. 25, 2019 11:00 am EST (This article is part of our Best of the Decade series.)There are so many amazing female characters who have burrowed their way into our hearts over the last decade that to come up with a list of just a few is painful. Cobbling together this list was a chronic process of killing one’s darlings and I want to reiterate this is by no means a definitive list....

The Key To Making ‘Once Upon A Snowman’ Was To “Let Olaf Be Olaf” [Interview] By Jacob Hall/Oct. 23, 2020 10:00 am EST If you have questions about the Frozen universe, Becky Bresee and Peter del Vecho can answer them. She was a supervising animator on the first film and the head of animation on the second. He is the producer of the entire franchise. Now, she’s the head of animation and he’s a producer and creative consultant for Once Upon a Snowman, a new prequel short film about Olaf the talking snowman’s first day of existence....

The Morning Watch: ‘Zombieland: Double Tap’ Bloopers, Meet The New Featured Players Of ‘SNL’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 21, 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, watch some of the hilarious outtakes from the horror comedy sequel Zombieland: Double Tap....

The Quarantine Stream: Justice For Nurse Ratched In ‘One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest’ By Ben Pearson/Sept. 28, 2020 8:00 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 Movie: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s NestWhere You Can Stream It: NetflixThe Pitch: Repeat offender R.P. McMurphy (Jack Nicholson) enters a mental institution and clashes with Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher) as he shakes up the status quo and tries to inspire his fellow patients to live instead of just existing....

The Quarantine Stream: Netflix’s Dating Show ‘Love On The Spectrum’ Will Open Your Eyes And Touch Your Heart By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 2, 2020 10:00 am EST Very quickly, it becomes clear that people on the autism spectrum deal with many of the same problems that people without autism deal with everyday, especially when it comes to dating. Though autism can make dating a little more difficult, the series shows that autism doesn’t automatically mean people on the spectrum are incapable of expressing emotions or feeling love, something commonly used as a hurdle in various movies and TV shows with autistic characters....

TV Bits: Netflix Cancels ‘Insatiable’ While In Talks To Renew ‘Lucifer,’ ‘The Last OG’ Season 3, And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 20, 2020 5:00 pm EST Netflix seems to have lost its taste for Insatiable. The dark revenge comedy starring Debby Ryan, Dallas Roberts, and Alyssa Milano has been cancelled after two seasons, reports Deadline. The series — which follows Ryan’s overweight Patty after an accident leaves her skinny, newly popular, and with a taste for revenge — had been greeted with controversy over its “body-shaming” ever since it debuted its first trailer....

Water Cooler: Birds Of Prey, McMillions, Good Place, Little America, Terminator, Doctor Sleep, Underwater, Hateful Eight, Joker, 1917, Emma And More By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 6, 2020 2:15 pm EST On the February 6, 2020 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....

By Ben Pearson/April 28, 2020 5:00 pm EST Some of the planet’s biggest and most prestigious film festivals are teaming up to bring this event to life, including Cannes, NYFF, TIFF, Tribeca, Venice, and more. Lincoln Center, the home of the New York Film Festival, unveiled the news about this “unprecedented” digital global film festival on their official website. The list of organizations involved in curating the content reads like a who’s who of terrific international festivals: the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, Guadalajara International Film Festival, International Film Festival & Awards Macao (IFFAM), Jerusalem Film Festival, Mumbai Film Festival (MAMI), Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, Marrakech International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, San Sebastian International Film Festival, Sarajevo Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival, Tokyo International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, and more are all part of the curation team....

‘Force Of Nature’ Trailer: Mel Gibson Fights Crooks During A Hurricane By Chris Evangelista/May 22, 2020 5:00 pm EST Mel Gibson has entered Grumpy Old Man territory with Force of Nature, a movie that looks to be a combination of a disaster movie and a heist movie. When a group of thieves shows up during a Category 5 hurricane, Gibson’s retired cop character teams with a disgraced cop (Emile Hirsch) and others to save the day while pointing guns in every direction....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Spin-Off ‘House Of The Dragon’ Confirmed For 2022, First Footage From ‘The Nevers’ Revealed By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 18, 2020 7:00 am EST HBO Max may have begun with a botched rollout earlier this year, but it’s starting the new year on a new page, and with far too many anticipated original titles and blockbusters to count. The WarnerMedia streaming service released a new teaser showing off new shows coming to HBO and HBO Max alike, including the Gossip Girl reboot, the Joss Whedon-created The Nevers, and Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon, as well as teasing the Warner Bros....