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Daily Podcast: Martin McDonagh’s In Bruges Reunion, Gremlins: Secrets Of The Mogwai, Escape From New York Remake, And More By Ben Pearson/Feb. 18, 2020 2:15 pm EST On the February 18, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss the latest film and TV news, including Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, Leigh Whannell’s Escape from New York remake, The Saint reboot director, and Martin McDonagh’s new movie....

Disney Announces Major Reorganization, Primary Focus Will Be On Streaming By Ben Pearson/Oct. 12, 2020 2:30 pm EST A new press release contains a potentially intriguing roadmap for The Walt Disney Company’s future. Today, Disney announced a reorganization within the company – mostly boring stuff about who reports to whom. But amid all of the financial buzzwords and internal mumbo jumbo about new entertainment groups within the corporate hierarchy, one line stuck out: “Under the new structure, the Company’s three content groups will be responsible and accountable for producing and delivering content for theatrical, linear and streaming, with the primary focus being the Company’s streaming services....

Disneyland’s Mickey And Minnie’s Runaway Railway Delayed By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 2, 2020 10:30 am EST More than 90 years after Walt Disney introduced his beloved creation to the world, Mickey Mouse finally got a theme park attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in the Walt Disney World Resort with Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway. A companion ride was set to follow at Disneyland Park, with Disney Parks setting a 2022 debut date for the Disneyland Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway attraction....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 7, 2021 4:00 pm EST The team on the Spamalot movie remains mostly the same, with Broadway veteran and original Spamalot choreographer Casey Nicholaw still on board to direct and the show’s book writer Eric Idle still attached to pen the screenplay. Idle will serve as producer alongside Dan Jinks, while Jon Gonda and Mike Ireland are executing producing the project for Paramount. The studio plans to begin casting and push production efforts this year....

Pop Culture Imports: ‘Slumdog Millionaire,’ ‘Unorthodox,’ ‘Les Misérables,’ And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 5, 2020 10:00 am EST (Welcome to Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best foreign movies and TV streaming right now.) As we head into May, we should try to resist the calls of the warm weather and stay safe inside. And what better way to distract yourself from the cheery birds signaling the start of spring than with some international movies?...

Quarantine Podcasts, TV Shows & Live Streams Coming From Simon Pegg & Nick Frost, Amy Schumer, The Comedy Store & More By Ethan Anderton/April 19, 2020 11:00 am EST With all of the traditional movies, TV shows and various other media productions currently shut down, entertainers are taking matters into their own hands by creating projects from the comfort of their home. Since distributors need new content to push to consumers, many of them are getting picked up for mass consumption, and we’ve got a new line-up of TV shows, live streams, and podcasts on the way featuring the likes of Simon Pegg & Nick Frost, Amy Schumer, The Comedy Store, Cedric the Entertainer, and more....

The Morning Watch: The Chrome Ball On Movie Sets Explained, A Historic Tiebreaker On Jeopardy! & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 25, 2021 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, find out what that shiny ball is that you see on the sets of blockbuster movies and how it helps visual effects artists....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘The Legend Of Korra’ Is An Ambitious Sequel With An Identity Crisis By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 19, 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 Series: The Legend of KorraWhere You Can Stream It: NetflixThe Pitch: Roughly 70 years after the events of Avatar: The Last Airbender, hotheaded Southern Water Tribe teenager Korra takes her first steps in her journey as the peacekeeping Avatar....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Young Justice’ Is Way More Than Just An Edgier Spin On ‘Teen Titans’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 5, 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: Young JusticeWhere You Can Stream It: HBO MaxThe Pitch: The sidekicks of the world’s finest heroes team up to form their own superhero team, going on covert missions that the high-profile Justice League can no longer do, all while juggling teenage angst and adolescence....

Theme Park Bits: Galaxy’s Edge After Hours With A Dark Twist, Disney Channel Fan Fest, And More By Josh Spiegel/Feb. 25, 2020 5:00 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Rise of the Resistance won’t be available at an upcoming after-hours event. Walt Disney World transportation options are seeing increased prices. And more! August 27 is a long way from now, but some diehard Star Wars fans were fast on the button to buy tickets to the Disneyland After Dark event happening that night....

This ‘El Camino’ Music Video Reminds You Of All The Suffering Jesse Pinkman Went Through In ‘Breaking Bad’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 10, 2019 9:30 am EST Breaking Bad should be renamed Breaking Jesse for the amount of emotional (and physical!) torture poor Jesse Pinkman goes through. As we near the release of the highly anticipated El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, Netflix is here to remind you just how much suffering Aaron Paul’s extremely unlucky meth cook went through with a music video recapping Jesse’s arc through Breaking Bad....

The Best 2020 Democratic Debate – It’s night and day when you compare the kind of satire SNL is able to produce when mocking the Democratic side of politics nowadays. If you need anymore evidence of that, just compare this outstanding debate sketch with a plethora of new and returning guest stars as the candidates to the cold open with Alec Baldwin and Donald Trump, where not even Will Ferrell could elevate the sketch that was dead on arrival But we’ll get to that....

‘Dune’ Director Denis Villeneuve Spent A Year Perfecting The Sandworm Design By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 19, 2020 10:30 am EST There has not yet been a truly successful adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal sci-fi classic Dune. Directors have tried and failed to bring Herbert’s dense sci-fi novel to the small and big screen, but ended up stumbling over the more audacious and weirder parts of his story. That is why Denis Villeneuve is working hard to get every little detail right about the sandworms for his upcoming feature film adaptation....

‘Glee’ Actress Naya Rivera Confirmed Dead At Age 33 By Ben Pearson/July 13, 2020 2:30 pm EST Last Wednesday, Rivera took her four-year-old son to Lake Piru. She rented a boat, and the two went swimming – but only the young boy, who was wearing a life jacket, managed to return to the boat. The boy says his mother boosted him back up into the boat, but when he turned around, he watched his mom disappear into the water....

‘Gremlins 3’ Will Stick With Puppets Instead Of Using CGI (If It Ever Gets Made) By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 23, 2020 11:00 am EST Fans of Gremlins have been asking for Gremlins 3 for a long time. In fact, it’s been 25 years since Gremlins 2: The New Batch arrived, and it’s about time those little monsters made a comeback. Though there’s an animated series coming to HBO Max, that’s a prequel story, and fans want something new with the same style as the original....

‘Halloween Kills’ Image: Michael Myers Is Back In A Sequel About “Paranoia, Misinformation And Crowd Panic” By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 20, 2021 12:00 pm EST Michael Myers is stepping out in the latest Halloween Kills image. The iconic, immortal slasher, known to his friends and family as The Shape, returns in the upcoming sequel to 2018’s Halloween. Jamie Lee Curtis is back again as Laurie Strode, and the sequel will be picking up immediately after the previous film’s conclusion....

‘Into The Dark: Pilgrim’ Trailer Brings You The Horrors Of Thanksgiving By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 21, 2019 3:30 pm EST Horror movies built around holidays are a time-honored tradition, from Black Christmas to Halloween to My Bloody Valentine, and beyond. But one holiday that is often overlooked in the genre is Thanksgiving, which can lay claim to terrible trash like Thankskilling and not much else. Enter Into the Dark, the Hulu horror anthology series from Blumhouse....

‘Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey’ Trailer: Forest Whitaker Is A Festive Toymaker By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 5, 2020 2:00 pm EST The deluge of Netflix holiday movies featuring curiously star-studded casts has begun, and Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey may be the most star-studded of them all, featuring Oscar winner Forest Whitaker playing a festive toymaker whose latest, greatest invention catches the eye of his longtime rival (Keegan-Michael Key). But not if his granddaughter (newcomer Madalen Mills) has anything to say about it....

‘Stardust’ Trailer: This Is Not The David Bowie Movie You’ve Been Waiting For By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 28, 2020 12:00 pm EST David Bowie passed away nearly five years ago after giving us a life full of incredible music, mesmerizing style, and endless inspiration. He’s a legend who deserves the ultimate biopic about his life and career. Unfortunately, the upcoming movie Stardust starring Johnny Flynn as the iconic recording artist doesn’t look like the kind of cinematic tribute that fans are waiting for....

‘The Christmas Chronicles 2’ Is Playing In Cinemark Theaters For One Week By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 19, 2020 5:00 pm EST Happy Holidays! I can’t advise you to return to movie theaters right now, but if you want to chance it, here’s some good news…I guess? The Christmas Chronicles 2, the Netflix movie that brings back Kurt Russell as a cool silver fox Santa Claus, will be playing in select Cinemark theaters for a week in three markets, including Dallas and San Francisco....