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‘Loki’ Trailer: Tom Hiddleston’s God Of Mischief Finds Himself At The Center Of A Crime Thriller By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 10, 2020 5:06 pm EST To borrow a famous line from one of the supporting stars in Loki: everyone knows that Loki died in Avengers: Infinity War. What this presupposes is maybe…he didn’t? Marvel Studios has released the first trailer for Loki, the limited series which sees Tom Hiddleston reprising his role as the God of Mischief, in a surreal time-hopping series that finds Loki trapped in “his own crime thriller....

‘Outside The Wire’ Trailer: Anthony Mackie Is An Android In The Latest Netflix Action Movie By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 14, 2020 5:00 pm EST After The Old Guard and Extraction, it looks like Netflix has found a formula for their action titles: some sort of outsider gets mixed up with someone who is seemingly indestructible and there are lots of quick cuts to make all the fighting and explosions kind of confusing....

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Behind-The-Scenes Photos Show Andy Serkis Crying Over A Snoke Prop And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 19, 2020 7:30 am EST Star Wars: The Last Jedi and its incredible throne room scene remains burned in our minds, even three years after the polarizing film’s release. Now, as we sit twiddling our thumbs and scrolling through Twitter during our self-quarantines, The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson is dropping a few behind-the-scenes photos from that scene, as well as a sweet candid image of Carrie Fisher....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Featurette: The Cast Celebrates Friendship Across The Generations By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 7, 2019 1:32 pm EST Prepare to get emotional over Star Wars again. Lucasfilm and Disney have released a new Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker featurette to remind us that this is the end of an era — not just for the Skywalker Saga, but for the cast and crew who have been staples of this franchise for over 40 years....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Unveils Some New Footage [D23] By Ben Pearson/Aug. 23, 2019 12:30 pm EST We’re expecting to learn some new information about Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker during tomorrow’s Disney movies panel at the D23 Expo, but Lucasfilm surprised attendees by unveiling a quick glimpse of new footage today. Here’s a breakdown of what was shown. The Rise of Skywalker New Footage Description During an introductory montage video preceding this morning’s Disney Legends Ceremony, fans got a super quick look at The Rise of Skywalker new footage....

‘The Batman’ Will Have A Darker, Brooding Defender Of Gotham, Confirms Co-Star Andy Serkis By Ethan Anderton/May 11, 2020 2:00 pm EST The Batman is currently waiting to resume production after DC Comics movie starring Robert Pattinson as The Caped Crusader was put on hiatus due to concerns about the spread of coronavirus. But that’s not stopping Andy Serkis, who is playing the new incarnation of Bruce Wayne’s caretaker and butler Alfred Pennyworth, from teasing what fans can expect from the new Dark Knight being crafted by War for the Planet of the Apes director Matt Reeves....

‘The Hunchback Of Notre Dame’ Was Disney Animation At Its Riskiest And Most Daring By Josh Spiegel/Aug. 27, 2019 8:00 am EST (Revisiting the Renaissance is a bi-weekly series in which Josh Spiegel looks back at the history and making of the 13 films of the Disney Renaissance, released between 1986 and 1999. In today’s column, he discusses the 1996 film The Hunchback of Notre Dame.)In the mid-1980s, when Jeffrey Katzenberg sat down to watch an early cut of The Black Cauldron, one of the concerns he had was that the film was too dark....

‘The Old Guard’ Video Game Wants To Help You Win 83 Years Of Free Netflix By Chris Evangelista/July 16, 2020 1:30 pm EST The Old Guard, a new action flick about butt-kicking immortals, wants to help you win an “immortal” Netflix account. And by that, I mean 83 years of free Netflix. A new Old Guard game will give players the chance to score 1000 months of free Netflix if they’re able to rack up the most points....

‘The Trial Of The Chicago 7’ Adds Michael Keaton, Sets Awards Season Release In 2020 By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 27, 2019 12:30 pm EST Nearly a year ago, pre-production on Aaron Sorkin’s long-gestating true story of The Trial of the Chicago 7 was suddenly shut down in order to allow the acclaimed writer some time to work on his Broadway adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird. But a few months later, the movie was getting back together with a stacked cast assembling....

‘The Underground Railroad’ First Look: Barry Jenkins’ First TV Series Is Unveiled By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 30, 2020 1:30 pm EST The Underground Railroad First Look “It’s the toughest thing I’ve ever done, not because it was difficult to make physically, but just emotionally,” Jenkins said. “I’ve never cried on set with anything I’ve made. On this one, at least once every two weeks somebody would be like ‘you alright man?’ I would have to walk… off the set for 10 or 15 minutes because I was just distraught....

Apple TV+ Series Review Round-Up: How Are ‘See’, ‘The Morning Show’, ‘Dickinson’ And ‘For All Mankind’? By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 28, 2019 8:30 am EST The first reviews of the new shows that will be available when the Apple TV+ streaming service launches at the end of the week have hit the web. The four big shows that Apple will have available at launch include the sci-fi epic See, the news business drama The Morning Show, the period comedy Dickinson, and the show which imagines what happens if the space race never ended, For All Mankind....

Buy Weed From Jay And Silent Bob, Then Watch A Feature-Length Documentary About The Making Of ‘Tusk’ By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 26, 2019 3:00 pm EST Jay and Silent Bob Reboot isn’t getting a traditional theatrical release like its predecessor, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Instead, the comedy sequel from writer/director Kevin Smith will be released as a Fathom Event on both October 15 and October 17, 2019. If you can’t make it to the theater on either of those days, you might try your hand at attending one of the many Reboot Roadshow dates that will be hosted all over the United States....

X-Men Cartoon Theme Song Man Sues Marvel Claiming ‘X-Men’ Cartoon Theme Song Was Stolen From A Hungarian TV Series; Listen To Both And Compare For Yourself By Ben Pearson/Oct. 10, 2019 12:00 pm EST X-Men Cartoon Theme Song Linda Opening Theme Song That does sound pretty similar, but I’m not sure if the two sound close enough for there to be a winning legal case here – but I’m pretty confident that the person who filed the suit is asking for way more than he thinks he can get....

New ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Footage: We’re All In This Until The End By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 19, 2019 10:30 am EST If you’re trying to stay away from seeing any new Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker footage, today is the day you need to start being more careful online and while watching television. A new promo for the forthcoming Star Wars sequel has arrived, and it features just enough new footage to get us even more excited for the film’s release next month....

Star Wars Bits: Arcade Cabinet Game For Sale, More Galaxy’s Edge Details, The Mandalorian, And More By Ben Pearson/Aug. 2, 2019 3:00 pm EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is even more immersive than I initially thought Jon Favreau gives a brief update on The Mandalorian You can pre-order a Star Wars arcade game cabinet that’s more than five feet tall Check out some very cool Jedi cosplay photos shared by Mark Hamill And more!...

Superhero Bits: ‘Dark Phoenix’ Hits HBO This Weekend, Marvel Future Fight Updates & More By Ethan Anderton/March 20, 2020 6:00 pm EST Who’s trying to help struggling comic book shops during these difficult times? Why is Daredevil wearing Iron Man armor? Want to watch X-Men: Dark Phoenix on HBO NOW this weekend? How did Robert Downey Jr. break his ankle while shooting Iron Man 3? Want to get a voicemail from Jake Johnson as Peter B....

Superhero Bits: DC Universe’s ‘Stargirl’ Trailer, Thomas Lennon Joins ‘Supergirl’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 11, 2019 6:00 pm EST What’s happening in Marvel Contest of Champions for the fifth anniversary of the game? Who is Thomas Lennon playing in this season of Supergirl? Want to see the first trailer for the new DC Universe series Stargirl? What was the most Googled movie of 2019? What does Thanos creator Jim Starlin think of the weird, recent political use of Thanos by Donald Trump’s campaign?...

This Week In Trailers: 76 Days, Russian Raid, Mayor, Girls Can’t Surf, Muscle By Christopher Stipp/Dec. 5, 2020 9:00 am EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Watch Gameplay Footage From A Canceled 2012 ‘Avengers’ Video Game By Ethan Anderton/June 4, 2020 11:00 am EST This fall, Marvel and Square Enix are releasing the most in-depth and expansive Avengers video game that we’ve ever seen. But back in 2011, there was another Avengers video game title in the works that was intended to be released in 2012 around the same time as the first movie was hitting theaters....

Water Cooler: Tenet, Mulan, The Vow, Cuties, You Can Not Kill David Arquette, The Nice Guys, #Alive, The Devil All The Time, The Trip To Greece, Avengers Station, Star Trek, Doctor Who By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 11, 2020 2:15 pm EST On the September 11, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler....