‘John Wick 4’, ‘Spiral’, And More Lionsgate Movies Get New Release Dates By Chris Evangelista/May 1, 2020 3:00 pm EST Just the other day we ran a story stating that John Wick Chapter 4 was all but guaranteed to move from its May 21, 2021 release. Sure enough, Lionsgate just shuffled a whole bunch of upcoming release dates, and John Wick 4 was one of them. The Keanu Reeves sequel won’t arrive in theaters now until 2022....
‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ Extended Preview Provides A Look At The Opening Minutes Of Quentin Tarantino’s Latest By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 26, 2019 7:30 am EST The first seven(ish) minutes of Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood are now online via an extended preview, so why not kick-back and revisit the opening of one of the best films of the year? In the clip, you get Leonardo DiCaprio feeling insecure, Brad Pitt knocking back a Bloody Mary, Margot Robbie getting off a plane, and Al Pacino absolutely killing it in a brief but memorable role....
‘Peninsula’ Trailer: The ‘Train To Busan’ Sequel Goes Full ‘Mad Max’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 16, 2020 12:30 pm EST A crazy new trailer for Peninsula has been revealed ahead of the Train to Busan sequel’s summer theatrical premiere. The trailer celebrates the film’s official selection in this year’s cancelled Cannes Film Festival, following in the footsteps of the 2016 genre hit Train to Busan, which got its start at the 2016 Cannes as a midnight screening, kicking off a buzzy run that would end in it becoming a global success....
‘Rub And Tug’ Will Now Feature A Trans Actor In Lead Role Instead Of Scarlett Johansson; Will Be A Series Instead Of A Movie By Ben Pearson/July 21, 2020 3:00 pm EST Rub and Tug, which tells the story of massage parlor kingpin Dante “Tex” Gill and his run-ins with the mafia in 1970s Pittsburgh, is being reworked from a movie into a TV series, and the producers have hired a trans writer to write the pilot script....
‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Character Posters Might As Well Be Bubble Gum Trading Cards By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 20, 2019 8:51 am EST The posters of the Star Wars franchise have been some of the best that studio marketing has to offer. Much of that has to do with the beautiful illustrations of Drew Struzan, and in recent years, fans have been missing his artistic touch. It’s not that the posters for the new Star Wars trilogy have been terrible, but they feel like shiny Photoshop jobs as opposed to works of art....
‘The Pink Cloud’ Review: A One-Night Stand Turns Into A Years-Long Quarantine [Sundance 2021] By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 29, 2021 4:00 pm EST Welcome to a world where people are stuck inside, quarantined against something deadly lurking beyond their doors and windows. No, it’s not the story of COVID-19 – it’s The Pink Cloud, a film shot in 2019, before many of us had any idea what the coronavirus even was; before the idea of self-quarantining for a long period of time became the new normal....
‘Valley Girl’ Clip: Head To The Mall With The Musical Update Of The ’80s Favorite By Chris Evangelista/May 3, 2020 10:00 am EST Valley Girl, the 1983 teen rom-com that starred Deborah Foreman as a rich girl from the Valley, and Nicolas Cage as the punk from Hollywood she falls in love with, now has itself a musical remake arriving this month. The film’s plot remains mostly the same – it’s even still set in the ’80s....
HBO Is Giving Away Huge Cardboard Boxes To Help College Students Regain Some Privacy By Ben Pearson/Nov. 6, 2019 8:30 am EST HBO, often associated with the best of the best when it comes to television, cares about the viewing experience – specifically, the viewing experience for college students who may be sharing a dorm room with roommates who don’t mind their own business. The network has designed a new product called The HBO Box to help combat this apparently rampant problem, and as you can see in this slickly-produced video, it’s basically a viewing enclosure that you can slide into so you can watch HBO content in peace....
HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ May Only Be One Season, Damon Lindelof Suggests [New York Comic-Con 2019] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 4, 2019 4:08 pm EST Tick-tock. Time is of the essence for Damon Lindelof’s upcoming Watchmen series, which continues the story of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ groundbreaking 1986 graphic novel. Set in modern day, the HBO Watchmen series imagines what would happen in the aftermath of the world-shattering event at the end of the original graphic novel....
New ‘G.I. Joe’ Movie In The Works From ‘Mission: Impossible’ And ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Writers By Jacob Hall/Aug. 9, 2019 1:38 pm EST You’d think “movie about a team of badass soldiers saving the planet based on a long-running media franchise with a passionate fanbase” would be easy to crack, but G.I. Joe has proven anything but. Still, the modest-at-best success of the previous two films based on the toys, comics, and animated adventures of those real American heroes hasn’t deterred Paramount and Hasbro, who are now working on another live-action film....
Regal Cinemas Responds To Universal, Says They Won’t Screen Any Movies Which Break The Theatrical Window By Ben Pearson/April 29, 2020 11:30 am EST Tensions have been brewing for years, but war was officially declared last night between movie theater exhibitors and Hollywood studios. AMC Theatres and Universal Pictures have become mortal enemies thanks to comments made in the wake of Trolls World Tour’s VOD success, and Regal Cinemas has now lobbed its own hand grenade into this battle....
Sequel Bits: ‘Chungking Express 2’, More ‘Spenser Confidential’, The ‘Boss Baby’ Gets Down To Some ‘Family Business’, The Future Of ‘National Treasure’, And More By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 26, 2020 11:00 am EST In this edition of Sequel Bits: Spenser Confidential 2 is “definitely” happening, so everyone please relax. Gabrielle Union says a Bring It On sequel is “absolutely going to happen.” Kevin Hart’s Quibi series is getting a sequel. The Boss Baby: Family Business announces its voice cast....
Snyder Cut Alert: Zack Snyder Shares Photo Of Henry Cavill’s Superman In Black Suit By Ben Pearson/Dec. 12, 2019 11:30 am EST Before we begin: in the spirit of the holiday season, can we all agree to not turn this into a debate about whether the Snyder Cut will ever be seen commercially? Cool. Now, on with the story. Zack Snyder frequently shares images from his planned version of Justice League on Vero, his social media platform of choice....
Sony Is Making A ‘Crossfire’ Movie Adaptation (But Don’t Get Too Excited, Because It’s Not About The Board Game) By Ben Pearson/Feb. 13, 2020 5:30 pm EST Now Sony has decided to make a Crossfire movie, but it’s not a futuristic sci-fi feature set in a world where life or death is decided by who wins the game. (Where’s that movie, Hollywood?) Instead, the studio’s upcoming Crossfire movie is an adaptation of the mega-popular video game, which, not long ago, was the most-played game in the world....
Spike Lee Is Getting His Very Own Funko Pop By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 25, 2021 3:00 pm EST Spike Lee is joining that privileged group of auteurs who have their own Funko Pop. The Da 5 Bloods director is getting his own figurine via Funko’s popular Pop! line, which will hit stores this May. See the first look at the Spike Lee Funko Pop below. Spike Lee Funko Pop The vinyl Spike Lee Funko Pop figure (via The Hollywood Reporter) is approximately 4....
Spoiler Discussion: The Mandalorian Chapter 14 “The Tragedy” By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 4, 2020 2:15 pm EST On the December 4, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film Editor-in-Chief Peter Sciretta is joined by weekend editor Brad Oman and special guest Bryan Young (from Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com and Full of Sith podcast) for a spoiler-filled conversation about the fifth episode of Disney+’s The Mandalorian season two, entitled “The Tragedy”. In Our Spoiler Discussion: The Mandalorian Chapter 14 Feedback from previous episodes Brief thoughts on “The Tragedy” Beat by beat breakdown Speculation All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm....
Steve Martin And Martin Short To Star In True Crime Comedy On Hulu By Ben Pearson/Jan. 17, 2020 4:15 pm EST Martin co-created the show with John Hoffman (Grace & Frankie, Looking), and those two will executive produce the untitled series alongside Short and the This is Us duo of Dan Fogelman and Jess Rosenthal. As for previous collaborations, Martin and Short co-starred in the 2018 Netflix special An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest Of Your Life, which came and went with little fanfare....
Superhero Bits: Behind The Scenes Of ‘Iron Man VR’, HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ Wins A Peabody Award & More By Ethan Anderton/June 11, 2020 6:00 pm EST What might the next animated Batman movie be from Warner Bros. Animation? Want to see Sportsmaster and Tigress in the next episode of Stargirl? Care to take a glimpse behind the scenes of Iron Man VR? Is Beyoncé contributing to the Black Panther 2 soundtrack? Want to read some Marvel Comics titles from black creators for free?...
The ‘Raya And The Last Dragon’ Team Appreciates Your Comparisons To ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 26, 2021 7:30 am EST To fans of a certain beloved Nickelodeon animated series, Raya and the Last Dragon may look oddly familiar. A younger version of the Disney film’s main character Raya (voiced by Kelly-Marie Tran) bears an uncanny resemblance to the character of Katara in Avatar: The Last Airbender, right down to the hairstyle and blue tunic....
The Quarantine Stream: ‘The Black Cauldron’ Lives Up To Its Reputation As The Movie That Almost Killed Disney Animation By Ben Pearson/July 5, 2020 10:00 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: The Black CauldronWhere You Can Stream It: Disney+The Pitch: In a far-flung fantasy world, a young assistant pig keeper discovers that his pig has the power to see the future....
