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‘Joker’ Is Now The Most Profitable Comic Book Movie Of All Time, Inching Closer To $1 Billion Worldwide By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 8, 2019 12:30 pm EST There was a time when everyone thought an origin movie about Batman’s arch nemesis The Joker was a bad idea. Now that director Todd Phillips has given us that movie with Joker, there are some who still stand by that judgment. But as the box office for the R-rated comic book movie starring Joaquin Phoenix has shown, audiences have been curious and captivated by this unsettling version of how the Gotham City criminal came to be....

‘No Time To Die’ Trailer: Let’s Try This Again, Shall We? By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 3, 2020 5:47 am EST Well, here we go again! No Time To Die, the final entry in Daniel Craig’s run as James Bond, was supposed to open in April. But then the coronavirus started to spread, and No Time To Die was one of the first – but certainly not one of the last – movies to be pulled from release as a result....

‘Saturday Night Live’ Adds A Sixth Consecutive Episode For The Weekend After The Election By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 24, 2020 12:00 pm EST When Saturday Night Live announced their return for the beginning of October, it came with news that they would be having five consecutive weekends of shows throughout the entire month. It’s the longest back-to-back run of episodes that I can remember, and executive producer Lorne Michaels has decided to extend that run adding another consecutive episode to follow the weekend after the 2020 election....

‘Scream 5’: Neve Campbell Confirms She’s Had Conversations About Returning To The Franchise By Chris Evangelista/May 6, 2020 4:30 pm EST It would be weird to have a Scream sequel without Neve Campbell, and thankfully, the makers of Scream 5 realize that. Campbell has revealed she’s had “conversations” about returning for the latest Scream movie, which is in the hands of Ready or Not filmmakers Matthew Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. And while Campbell has reservations about doing a Scream movie without Wes Craven, she’s not entirely against the idea....

By Chris Evangelista/July 13, 2020 12:00 pm EST Servant, the spooky slow-burn Apple TV+ series from M. Night Shyamalan, has already been renewed for a second season. But has it been renewed beyond that? It sure sounds like it, at least according to Shyamalan. According to the filmmaker, a writer’s room for Servant season 3 and season 4 has already been assembled. And while this may not mean Apple TV+ has officially given an order for those seasons, it confirms that Shyamalan and company are planning ahead....

‘The Bourne Stuntacular’ Footage Shows Off Universal’s Next-Gen Theme Park Stunt Show By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 17, 2020 8:30 am EST Stunt peformers rarely get their due in Hollywood, but Universal Studios Orlando is giving these acrobatic artists their time to shine with The Bourne Stuntacular show, a new stunt show which replaces the long-running Terminator 2 3D: Battle Across Time. The theme park held the soft opening for the show this week, giving guests a peek at the technical rehearsals, where the live actors showed off their balletic stunts and interacted with stunning live effects and projection-mapping LED screens....

‘The Hunt’ Trailer: The Controversial Blumhouse Film Gets A New Release Date By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 11, 2020 9:30 am EST The Hunt was all set to open in September…and then everything changed. Word that the film was about “elites” hunting “deplorables” trickled-out, leading to intense backlash from several people, including a certain constantly-angry American president who loves to shout on Twitter all damn day. Blumhouse and Universal buckled to the criticism and pulled the film from release....

‘The Making Of’: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Blake Lively, Richard Gere, And Diane Keaton To Star In Rom-Com By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 27, 2020 11:30 am EST The Toronto International Film Festival is getting closer, and while the major awards circuit stop will look dramatically different this year — holding a mostly virtual edition amid the ongoing pandemic — there are still a few things you can always expect: star-studded projects going up for sale....

‘Tigertail’ Review: In The Mood For A Moving Immigrant Drama, But A Muddied Father-Daughter Story By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 13, 2020 10:00 am EST “There are many things I never told you,” Tzi Ma’s Pin-Jui tremulously tells his daughter (Christine Ko) in Alan Yang’s moving immigrant drama Tigertail, the Emmy-winning Master of None writer’s feature directorial debut. It’s the emotional catharsis, the eye-opening reveal of an aging father’s untold life and memories, in Yang’s generations-spanning immigrant tale....

31 Days Of Streaming Horror: ‘Train To Busan’ Proves There Are Still Original Zombie Movies Out There By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 6, 2019 9:00 am EST Welcome to 31 Days of Streaming Horror. Every day this October we’ll be highlighting a different streaming horror movie to help you get into the Halloween spirit. Today’s entry: Train to Busan (2016). Train to Busan Now Streaming on Netflix and Shudder Sub-Genre: Gut-wrenching, gut-munching zombie train movieBest Setting to Watch It In: On a train with great WiFi and no zombiesHow Scary Is It?...

Cool Stuff: ‘The Mandalorian’ Gets A Super-Sized Funko POP With The Child And A Gentle Giant Bust By Ethan Anderton/June 15, 2020 6:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There are plenty of Funko POPs inspired by the live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian, but the biggest of them all is yet to come. A super-sized 10-inch Funko POP of The Mandalorian is on the way, and he even has his shimmering Beskar armor with a chrome finish....

Daily Podcast: Let’s Discuss The 2020 Oscar Nominations By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 13, 2020 12:15 pm EST On the January 13, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss the 2020 Oscar Nominations. In Our Feature Presentation: 2020 Oscar Nominations: ‘Joker’ Leads the Pack With 11 NominationsBest Picture Ford v Ferrari The Irishman Jojo Rabbit Joker Little Women Marriage Story 1917 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Parasite Best Director The Irishman – Martin Scorsese Joker – Todd Phillips 1917 – Sam Mendes Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino Parasite – Bong Joon-ho Ht – Snub: Greta Gerwig for Directing Little Women Brad – Snub: Taika Waititi for Best Director Ht – Snub: Portrait of a Lady on Fire for…Also Anything at All Best Actor Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Adam Driver – Marriage Story Joaquin Phoenix – Joker Jonathan Pryce – The Two Popes Brad – Snub: Eddie Murphy for Dolemite is My Name Brad – Snub: Adam Sandler for Uncut Gems HT – Snub: Taron Egerton for Rocketman Best Actress Cynthia Erivo – Harriet Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story Saoirse Ronan – Little Women Charlize Theron – Bombshell Renee Zellweger – Judy Brad – Snub: Lupita Nyong’o for Us (mention Us getting snubbed entirely) HT – Snub: The Farewell for Anything at All 2020 Oscar Snubs and Surprises: Who Landed the Unlikely Nods and Who Was Overlooked?...

Dan Aykroyd And Ernie Hudson Confirm They Will Appear In ‘Ghostbusters 2020’ By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 17, 2019 1:30 pm EST If there’s a Ghostbusters project brewing, you better believe that Dan Aykroyd will be involved with it in some capacity. Out of everyone involved with the original film, Aykroyd is the biggest cheerleader, spending the last few decades preaching from the holy book of all-things-Ghostbusters. Which means it was only a matter of time before we learned Aykroyd would appear in Ghostbusters 2020, the upcoming Ghostbusters sequel/reboot from Jason Reitman....

Limited Edition ‘Twin Peaks’ Box Set Coming In December; Here’s What’s Included In The 21-Disc Collection By Ben Pearson/Aug. 21, 2019 11:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Here’s something that diehard Twin Peaks fans are going to want even more than a cup of coffee and a piece of cherry pie. A massive, 21-disc Blu-ray box set called Twin Peaks: From Z to A is on the way, and this baby will include basically everything any Twin Peaks fan could ever desire: the original TV show, the entirety of Showtime’s Twin Peaks: The Return, never-before-released making-of content for The Return, the film Fire Walk With Me (complete with its deleted scenes), and more....

Lionsgate Picks Up ‘Video Nasty’, Which Sounds Like ‘Last Action Hero’ For 1980s Slasher Fans By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 12, 2020 10:00 am EST In Last Action Hero, a kid gets sucked into the world of his favorite action movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. But what if you ended up trapped in a horror movie instead? That’s exactly what Lionsgate will ask with their acquisition of the original horror script Video Nasty....

New Jersey Judge Denies AMC, Cinemark, Regal & Theatre Owners Request To Allow Movie Theater Reopening By Ethan Anderton/July 15, 2020 11:30 am EST Last week, AMC Theatres, Cinemark and Regal Cinemas, along with the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO), filed a lawsuit that claimed New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy was infringing upon their First Amendment rights by forcing movie theaters to remain closed while churches, libraries and other venues were allowed to reopen....

The New ‘Scream’ Movie Will Pay Respect To The Previous Four Films By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 24, 2020 1:00 pm EST It certainly seems like the new Scream movie (which is the fifth film in the franchise but confusingly just called Scream again) is going to be a direct sequel to the previous four films and not a reboot. Even though the sequel angle was apparent due to returning cast members like Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, and David Arquette, there was always a chance that the new Scream could follow in the footsteps of 2018’s Halloween, which was both a direct sequel to the original Halloween and a reboot because it ignored all the subsequent sequels....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Chopped’ Fills That Food Competition Show Craving By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 6, 2020 7:00 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 Series: ChoppedWhere You Can Stream It: HuluThe Pitch: There are three rounds. Mandatory mystery ingredients for each course. If your dish doesn’t cut it, you will be chopped.Why It’s Essential Viewing: Until recently, food competition shows had a reputation for being cutthroat television, edited for maximum drama and intensity....

Video: We Rode Walt Disney World’s Newest Ride ‘Mickey And Minnie’s Runaway Railway’ By Peter Sciretta/March 4, 2020 6:00 am EST Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway opens at Walt Disney World’s Hollywood Studios, giving Walt Disney’s original creation his first ever theme park ride. We got the opportunity to be some of the first people to ride the new attraction. Hit the jump to watch our video and get our first reaction....

Watch John Mulaney Audition Actors For His Children’s Special ‘John Mulaney And The Sack Lunch Bunch’ By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 12, 2019 3:00 pm EST Just in time for the holidays, John Mulaney has made a “children’s special” – John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch. As you might imagine, it’s not your normal TV kid’s show. But it is funny as hell, and full of toe-tapping dancing numbers. In a teaser below, Mulaney auditions both adults and kids for his special, and hilarity ensues (along with All That Jazz references)....