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‘The Witcher’ Season 2 Begins Production With New Cast Members, Including ‘Game Of Thrones’ Alum Kristofer Hivju By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 21, 2020 7:30 am EST Toss a coin to your Witcher, because the hit fantasy adventure series is coming back for season 2. Netflix has announced that The Witcher season 2 has begun production in the U.K., with a planned launch date in 2021. Henry Cavill returns in the title role of the gruff monster hunter, and is joined by his unlikely band of misfits: Anya Chalotra as the sorceress Yennefer, Freya Allan as the orphaned princess Ciri, and Joey Batey as everyone’s favorite bard Jaskier....

By Marshall Shaffer/Oct. 14, 2019 10:00 am EST Inspiration, creation, sharing. As the late Agnès Varda put it herself, these are the three key tenets of her filmmaking process. Varda’s final film, an encapsulation of her decades-spanning career through the lens of her masterclass seminars, brilliantly distills her ethos into a documentary. Despite being made with clear knowledge of her own mortality, Varda by Agnès never feels like a somber mausoleum for her talents....

Comic-Con At Home Details: An Online Exhibit Hall, Virtual Panels, Gaming, And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 10, 2020 12:00 pm EST It doesn’t feel like summer without the blockbuster movie season and without thousands of geeks crowding into the hallowed halls of the San Diego Convention Center. But maybe we can get a little taste of that with Comic-Con at Home, the virtual experience that will be replacing this year’s San Diego Comic-Con after the convention was canceled due to the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic....

Daisy Ridley Responds To The Divisive Reactions To ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’: “Where’s The Love Gone?” By Ethan Anderton/April 14, 2020 8:30 am EST It’s April in the year 2054, and we’re still talking about Star Wars: The Rise of the Skywalker. The reaction from fans feels like it’s not quite as divisive as The Last Jedi, but it still resulted in plenty of heated debates. But how does the star of the franchise feel about the fan reaction?...

Göteborg Film Festival’s The Isolated Cinema Invites You To Watch Movies In A Lighthouse On A Remote Island By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 8, 2021 11:30 am EST In-person film festivals have taken a big hit due to COVID-19, and even though there’s a vaccine, there’s still no clear indication as to when most non-virtual fests can get back up and running. But the Göteborg Film Festival has come up with a unique solution: watching movies like a remote lighthouse island....

HBO Offering Multiple Movies, Original Series, And More, For Free By Chris Evangelista/April 2, 2020 4:30 pm EST Hey, have you always wanted to catch up on HBO originals, but haven’t wanted to sign up for an HBO subscription? Well, your time is now. Starting this Friday, April 3, HBO is launching something they call the #StayHomeBoxOffice, which will make a plethora of content available for free – no HBO subscription required....

Jon Favreau Is “Cautiously Optimistic” About Spider-Man’s Return To The Marvel Cinematic Universe By Ben Pearson/Sept. 5, 2019 3:30 pm EST The year is 2019, and The Great Spider-Crisis rages on. Despite an early report which suggested that Spider-Man would remain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as long as Far From Home made more than a billion dollars at the box office, and despite the fact that that movie did indeed cross that financial threshold, Disney and Sony could not come to an agreement on the future of the character....

Jordan Peele And Issa Rae Jump Into ‘Sinkhole’ At Universal Pictures By Ethan Anderton/July 29, 2020 11:30 am EST Jordan Peele has quickly become an acclaimed filmmaker thanks to his films Get Out and Us, and Issa Rae has turned into an in-demand star thanks to her Emmy-nominated HBO series Insecure. Now the two are bringing their sizzling talents together for a new movie that sounds like it could easily be an episode of The Twilight Zone....

Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ Is Coming To Universal Studios’ Halloween Horror Nights By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 7, 2019 9:16 am EST Universal Studios Hollywood is bringing back the funhouse with its Us-themed maze for this year’s Halloween Horror Nights. The maze, based on Jordan Peele’s hit sophomore outing, will be the theme park’s biggest haunted walkthrough attraction at this year’s wildly popular annual Halloween event. Halloween Horror Nights Us Maze Teaser Jordan Peele realized the true horror of a mirror with Us, his 2019 follow-up to his Oscar-winning Get Out that blew away anyone expecting a sophomore slump....

Marvel’s ‘WandaVision’ Poster Teases A Dual Reality [D23] By Ben Pearson/Aug. 26, 2019 7:30 am EST WandaVision is shaping up to be one of the most interesting titles of Marvel Studios’ Phase 4. During the Disney+ panel at this year’s D23 Expo, we learned that the show will be half MCU epic and half sitcom, and its first poster teases both of those aspects…though you’ll have to look closely to see the superhero part among the 1950s-inspired, Leave It to Beaver-style sitcom aesthetic....

Superhero Bits: Rumored Catwoman Contenders For ‘The Batman’, Clark Kent’s New Job & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 3, 2019 6:00 pm EST What is Clark Kent’s new job in Crisis on Infinite Earths in the Arrowverse? Who are the rumored contenders to play Catwoman in The Batman? What’s the latest in the Deadpool 2 stunt death investigation? Has Gwyneth Paltrow seen Spider-Man: Homecoming yet? Ready to play Marvel Realm of Champions?...

Taron Egerton’s ‘Tetris’ Movie Lands At Apple By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 19, 2020 1:00 pm EST After slowly dropping from a great height and rotating in the air a few times, the Tetris movie has fit snugly into place at Apple. To be clear: this isn’t a film based on the game itself. Rather, it’s about the creation of the game and its licensing around the world. Taron Egerton is set to star as Henk Rogers, the Dutch video game designer who was the first to secure the rights to distribute Tetris on consoles....

The 100 Best Movies Of The Decade [Part Three] By /Film Staff/Dec. 18, 2019 7:00 am EST (Welcome to /Film’s countdown of The 100 Best Movies of the Decade, examining the absolute best movies that were released between 2010 and 2019. This is part three of a five-part series and part of our Best of the Decade series.) Last week, the /Film team sat down for an extended two-part podcast to narrow down the 100 best films of the past decade....

The Emperor Reborn: What Palpatine’s Return Means For ‘The Rise Of Skywalker’ By Adam Frazier/Nov. 7, 2019 7:00 am EST (Welcome to The Emperor Reborn, a three-part series examining the role of Sheev Palpatine and the long shadow he casts over the Skywalker Saga, including the upcoming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.) In this final chapter of The Emperor Reborn, we examine how Palpatine’s shadow looms large over the sequel trilogy and what his return in the new movie could mean....

The Morning Watch: ‘Godzilla: King Of The Monsters’ VFX, Looking Back At ‘Freakazoid’ & More By Ethan Anderton/June 11, 2020 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, check out a breakdown of some of the visual effects created for the blockbuster monster movie Godzilla: King of the Monsters....

The Morning Watch: ‘Incredibles 2’ Storyboard Comparison, Obsessed With The Horror Of ‘Cats’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 12, 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, see a comparison between the storyboards for a family dinner scene from Incredibles 2 and the final animation....

The Morning Watch: How To Make Slurm From ‘Futurama’, Analyzing The ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Romance & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 24, 2020 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....

The Morning Watch: Jennifer Aniston Surprises ‘Friends’ Fans, ‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ On TikTok & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 27, 2020 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 as Jennifer Aniston surprises Friends fans partaking in a photo opportunity on the actual television set at Warner Bros....

Theme Park Bits: Epic Universe Announcement, Disneyland Holiday Plans, And More By Josh Spiegel/Aug. 3, 2019 9:00 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Disneyland and Walt Disney World are announcing their holiday plans. Universal Studios Orlando announced the arrival of a third theme park. And more! Are you ready to get epic? Even if that word has arguably lost most, if not all, meaning over the last decade?...

Theme Park Bits: Rise Of The Resistance Merch, DuckTales At Epcot, And More By Josh Spiegel/Dec. 7, 2019 11:00 am EST This week is a very exciting one for Disney theme-park fans, because it heralds the arrival of Rise of the Resistance, the second E-Ticket attraction at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in Disney’s Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort. (All of us Disneyland fans will have to wait until January 17 of 2020 for the attraction to open there....