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‘Fast & Furious: Spy Racers’ Season 3 Trailer: Yep, This Show Is Still On (And They’re Racing In The Desert Now) By Ben Pearson/Dec. 2, 2020 3:30 pm EST Have you ever wondered what a Fast & Furious animated show might look like if things were A) even more wild than the regular insanity of the live-action movies and B) more than half of the mouth movements don’t align with the characters’ dialogue?...

/Filmcast Ep. 584 - I’m Thinking Of Ending Things By Slashfilmcast/Sept. 16, 2020 8:00 pm EST The Slashfilmcast avoids Tenent while movie goers in China reject Mulan. For the feature review, David, Devindra, and Jeff watch I’m Thinking of Ending things, the newest Charlie Kaufman film on Netflix. Tune in to find out which cast member was thinking of ending the movie. Thanks to our sponsors this week: BetterHelp, Quip, and LightStream....

‘Harley Quinn’ Season 2 Arriving In April On The DC Universe Streaming Service By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 24, 2020 8:30 am EST Harley Quinn, the ultra-violent, ultra-vulgar, ultra-funny animated series from DC Universe, is getting a second season – and it’s arriving surprisingly soon. The first season premiered in November 2019, and we’re not even going to have to wait a full year to see more – season 2 is dropping in April....

‘Little Monsters’ Trailer: It’s Lupita Nyong’o Vs. Zombies In Hulu’s Horror Comedy By Ben Pearson/Sept. 12, 2019 3:30 pm EST Have you ever wanted to see Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o smash some zombie skulls with a shovel? Look no further than the trailer for Little Monsters, a new horror comedy in which she plays a kindergarten teacher who must fight to save her students when a zombie outbreak happens during a field trip....

‘Prop Culture’ Trailer: Disney+ Series Features Props From ‘Pirates’, ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’, ‘Mary Poppins’, And More By Ben Pearson/April 14, 2020 4:00 pm EST Last summer, reports circulated that Disney+ would be releasing new episodes of its original shows once a week instead of using the binge model popularized by Netflix. But after months of sticking to that model, the Disney streaming service is switching things up with Prop Culture, a new show that will release each of its eight episodes all at once early next month....

‘Songbird’, The Pandemic Thriller From Producer Michael Bay, Adds Cast Members Bradley Whitford & Jenna Ortega By Chris Evangelista/July 8, 2020 3:15 pm EST Songbird, a pandemic thriller that’s beginning principal photography today (in the midst of a real pandemic), has added two new cast members. Bradley Whitford (Get Out) and Jenna Ortega (Jane the Virgin) have come on board the film, which also stars Demi Moore, Craig Robinson, Paul Walter Hauser, and Peter Stormare....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ TV Spot: Let The Final Battle Begin By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 30, 2019 10:03 am EST New footage from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker just keeps on coming with every new TV spot that Disney and Lucasfilm are putting out there. Thankfully, even with more and more snippets from the movie surfacing online, they seem to be holding back a lot of the third act of this movie, especially when it comes to the return of Emperor Palpatine....

‘Star Wars Resistance’ Review: The Citizens Of The Colossus Are In Trouble In “Hunt On Celsor 3” By Caroline Cao/Oct. 27, 2019 6:30 pm EST “Hunt on Celsor 3” is the first Star Wars Resistance episode of the season that puts front-and-center how the Colossus citizens are faring. While the previous two episodes signaled a natural deterioration of resources while the Colossus space station hides from the First Order, the background residents have mostly been seen occupying themselves with drinks and revelry at Aunt Z’s bar as if being uprooted and hurled into space is not much of the biggie....

‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Will Show The Consequences Of A Critical Moment In ‘T2’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 16, 2019 12:30 pm EST Ask a person to summarize the Terminator timeline, and you might just drive them insane enough to create a world-destroying AI technology. James Cameron’s first 1984 sci-fi/horror movie and its 1991 sequel, T2: Judgment Day, were straightforward enough action movies with some admittedly loose approaches to time travel. But things went downhill from there — both creatively and canonically — as sequels, spin-offs, and reboots fudged the timeline up even more....

‘The Croods 2’ Moves Up To Thanksgiving, Putting It Head-To-Head With ‘Soul’ And Bond (For Now) By Ben Pearson/Sept. 16, 2020 3:00 pm EST The time has come, America. It’s finally time to dust off your Croods Halloween costumes, start planning some fun Croods-themed finger foods for your next family gathering, and perfect your old Grug impression, because seven years after the original animated movie came out, The Croods 2 is finally hitting the big screen....

The Suicide Squad Cast Confirmed on Instagram View this post on Instagram A post shared by James Gunn (@jamesgunn) As for returning cast members, we already knew Margot Robbie was reprising her role as Harley Quinn from Suicide Squad. Joining her is Jai Courtney as Captain Boomerang, Viola Davis as Amanda Waller and Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flagg. But that seems to be the only cast members from the original movie who are returning....

Cool Stuff: New ‘Ghostbusters’ Action Figure Two-Pack Ruins Louis Tully’s Tax Deductible Party By Ethan Anderton/July 22, 2020 4:00 pm EST Hasbro is now in possession of the license for Ghostbusters toys, and they started things off with a bang this year by introducing the “Plasma Series” of figures inspired by the original 1984 movie. Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, Egon Spengler and Winston Zeddemore were all included, along with a possessed Dana Barrett and the flat-topped Gozer the Gozerian....

Cynthia Erivo To Star In Film Adaptation Of Her Sci-Fi Thriller Podcast ‘Carrier’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 12, 2020 1:00 pm EST Fresh off her Oscar nods for Harriet, Cynthia Erivo is heading to the sci-fi genre. The Oscar-nominated actress, who has lent her voice to Carrier, a hit sci-fi thriller podcast created by audio studio QCode and Dan Blank, will now be starring in a feature film adaptation of that podcast for Amblin Partners....

Daily Podcast: Cathy Yan On Birds Of Prey, Plus: Best Picture Frontrunner, Chris Pratt Going Back To TV, And More By Ben Pearson/Feb. 4, 2020 1:30 pm EST On the February 4, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss the latest film and TV news, including the favorite to win Best Picture at the Oscars, Chris Pratt returning to television, AppleTV+ and Disney+ subscription numbers, and Chris Rock’s Saw reboot getting a title....

Edgar Wright’s Advice For Film Lovers During Coronavirus: Support Your Cinemas With Gift Cards Or Memberships By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 20, 2020 12:30 pm EST But not on Edgar Wright’s watch. The Baby Driver director put out a plea to movie lovers to save their favorite local cinemas. While the CDC recommendation against gatherings of 50-plus people, and subsequent government restrictions, prevents us from actually seeing movies at the theater, there are other ways for cinephiles to support movie theaters, Wright says....

Lifetime Beating Hallmark To The Punch With LGBTQ Holiday Movie By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 4, 2020 5:30 pm EST Happy Holidays! I hope you’re all prepared for a good old fashioned quarantined Christmas, because that’s what’s coming our way. But don’t worry: you’ll always have holiday movies to distract you from the end times. Lots and lots of holiday movies. Every year, both Lifetime and Hallmark pump out holiday originals, and this year, Lifetime is beating Hallmark to the punch with its first-ever LGBTQ holiday movie, called The Christmas Set Up....

Long-Delayed ‘Chaos Walking’ With Tom Holland And Daisy Ridley Set For January 2021 Release By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 8, 2020 11:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The last time we heard about Chaos Walking starring Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley was last April. The adaptation of Patrick Ness’ novel The Knife of Never Letting Go was “deemed unreleasable,” and millions were going to be spent on reshoots for the film from Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman....

Ridley Scott’s Napoleon Film ‘Kitbag’ Starring Joaquin Phoenix Heads To Apple By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 14, 2021 11:00 am EST Ridley Scott has got his new movie in the bag, with Apple Studios acquiring Kitbag, a Napoleon Bonaparte epic set to star Joaquin Phoenix as the French emperor and military leader. Deadline reports that Apple has committed to finance and produce Kitbag, which is set to begin production in early 2022. The film, which takes its title from the saying, “There is a general’s staff hidden in every soldier’s kitbag,” will star Phoenix hot off his Oscar win for his turn in 2019’s Joker....

Rocket Raccoon’s Past Will Be A “Big Part” Of ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3,’ James Gunn Teases By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 8, 2020 11:00 am EST When James Gunn introduced his lovable band of misfits to the world in 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy, each character proved rich and interesting enough to warrant a whole origin movie. But while the past two movies have mostly focused on Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) and Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....

Sequel Bits: ‘Alien’, ‘Spider-Man’, ‘Wedding Crashers’, ‘Mallrats’, ‘Scream’, ‘The Invisible Man’, ‘My Name Is Bruce’ By Chris Evangelista/July 3, 2020 5:00 pm EST In this edition of Sequel Bits: Walter Hill wrote a 50-page treatment for a new Alien movie with Ripley, but Sigourney Weaver doesn’t seem interested. David Koepp had different plans for Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy. He also opens up about leaving Indiana Jones 5. David Dobkin says there might be a Wedding Crashers sequel for some reason....