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New ‘Evil Dead’ Movie Is “Going To F**k Up A City This Time,” According To Bruce Campbell By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 2, 2020 3:30 pm EST To quote the poet Taylor Swift, “Are we out of the woods yet?” There’s a new Evil Dead movie (call it a reboot or a sequel if you must) coming our way courtesy of The Hole in the Ground director Lee Cronin. Cronin was handpicked by original Evil Dead director Sam Raimi, and while Bruce Campbell won’t be back to star, he’s still producing – and he just dropped some interesting info about the project....

New ‘Star Wars: Galaxy Of Adventures’ Animated Shorts Turn To The New Trilogy By Ethan Anderton/March 15, 2020 12:00 pm EST Star Wars: Galaxy of Adventures is a series of animated shorts made to capture the attention of younger kids who maybe aren’t ready for the live-action Star Wars movies. They introduce kids to characters, give them abridged scenes and story arcs from the movies with stylish animation, and a new season has kicked off online....

Olivia Wilde To Direct ‘Perfect’ Sports Biopic About Olympic Gold Medal Gymnast Kerri Strug By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 14, 2020 12:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Even if you’re not a fan of the Olympics, it’s likely that you heard about the triumph of gymnast Kerri Strug and her incredible gold medal-winning final vault at the 1996 summer Olympic games. At the very least, you’ve probably seen the famous image of coach Béla Károlyi carrying her to the medals podium since the gymnast had torn two ligaments in her ankle, not to mention damaging her tendons, which she did just before that victorious final vault....

Peter Stults Lando Calrissian Trilogy Posters The first installment of The Calrissian Chronicles obviously features Billy Dee Williams in the role of Lando Calrissian. It would also have prominent roles for Tamara Dobson, Ron O’Neal and Moses Gunn. But the best tidbit here is that Shirley Bassey would play Lando’s beloved droid counterpart L3-37. The second installment looks to have somewhat of an Asian influence with the addition of Tatsuya Nakadai and Meiko Kaji joining the cast....

Pre-Order One Year Of HBO Max For 20% Off, Get HBO Now While You Wait For Launch By Ethan Anderton/May 3, 2020 12:00 pm EST HBO Max doesn’t arrive until May 27, but WarnerMedia is allowing prospective subscribers to sign up for their first year of the new subscription streaming service for a discounted price of $11.99 per month. That’s 20% off the standard $14.99 per month, less than a year of Netflix’s standard high-definition streaming plan at $12....

Read All Of /Film’s Best Of The Decade Lists And Features By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 1, 2020 2:00 pm EST It’s the first day of a new year and a new decade, and what better way to usher in 2020 than with a look back at the past 10 years of movies, TV shows, and everything in between? The pop culture landscape has shifted tremendously in the years since 2010, and our favorite movies of the past decade reflect that....

Revisiting ‘Strange Magic,’ Lucasfilm’s Bizarre, Sometimes Dazzling, Animated Jukebox Musical By Rafael Motamayor/Oct. 26, 2020 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to Out of the Disney Vault, where we explore the unsung gems and forgotten disasters currently streaming on Disney+.)George Walton Lucas Jr. will forever be remembered for Star Wars. His non-Star Wars work, however, is about as fascinating and inconsistent in quality as his more famous work. For every Labyrinth and Indiana Jones, there was a Howard the Duck, and also Strange Magic....

Rumor: Marvel And Lucasfilm Already In Production On A Secret ‘Star Wars’ Show About Doctor Aphra By Ben Pearson/Dec. 13, 2019 3:30 pm EST According to a new rumor, a secret Star Wars show centered on the comic character of Doctor Aphra has not only been given the greenlight, but it’s apparently already filming. The production is supposedly a collaboration between Lucasfilm and Marvel, and it will be debuting on Disney+ potentially within the next year....

Superhero Bits: ‘Lucifer’ Final Season First Look, ‘Star Wars’ Fans Prefer Marvel Comics & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 7, 2020 6:00 pm EST Want a first look at the final season of Lucifer? Did you hear details have emerged from a leaked pilot script for Superman & Lois? Is there a post-credits scene for Birds of Prey? Could the future of the DC Extended Universe be brighter than the MCU? What does Scott Derrickson think of Sam Raimi replacing him on Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness?...

Superhero Bits: Marvel Almost Took Spider-Man Name From Miles Morales, ‘Batman: Death In The Family’ Blu-Ray Details & More By Ethan Anderton/July 31, 2020 6:00 pm EST Why didn’t the X-Men get costumes closer to their comic design in the first movie? Did you know Marvel almost took the Spider-Man title away from Miles Morales? Why was the original X-Men cast forced to confront Bryan Singer on set? When does the Batman: Death in the Family Blu-ray arrive?...

The Clock Tower: Superman’s Birthday, A ‘Supernatural’ Crossover, And More By Amelia Emberwing/April 23, 2020 8:00 am EST (Welcome to The Clock Tower, where we’ll break down the goings on of the The CW network’s Arrowverse. We’ll touch on things like themes, cultural impact, lead-ins to major events, ships, and more every week! Warning: this Clock Tower is filled with spoilers. Proceed at your own risk.)Listen. I know I said I’d see you next week and then I didn’t!...

The Morning Watch: ‘The Mandalorian’ DeepFake Touches Up Luke Skywalker, ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Stunts By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 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. In this edition, watch the digitally de-aged Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker from the second season finale of The Mandalorian get a DeepFake makeover to improve on some of its shortcomings....

This Week In Trailers: Netflix Vs. The World, King Of The Cruise, Autonomy, When Lambs Become Lions, Stuffed By Christopher Stipp/Oct. 26, 2019 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?...

This Week In Trailers: Your Honor, Lost Girls & Love Hotels, Rebuilding Paradise, The Mole Agent, Blood Quantum By Christopher Stipp/Aug. 15, 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?...

TV Bits: ‘Star Trek: Picard’, ‘Promised Neverland’, ‘Harlots’, And More By Ben Pearson/June 12, 2020 5:00 pm EST Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, the newly-announced spin-off of Star Trek: Discovery, will have a familiar face behind the camera: Jonathan Frakes, who played William T. Riker on The Next Generation and has directed more Star Trek series than anyone else. (He also has two Trek movies under his belt.) Speaking with SyFy Wire, he talked about his interactions with the cast of Strange New Worlds:...

Universal Wants More Jordan Peele Movies, And Who Can Blame Them? By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 1, 2019 1:30 pm EST After Get Out and Us, Universal wants more Jordan Peele movies – and I can’t say I blame them. Peele just inked a five-year first-look deal with Universal, which will result in two films that Peele plans to write, produce, and direct. Peele’s films with Universal have both been acclaimed and hauled in a total of $500 million at the box office, so the studio would be crazy to lose him at this point....

‘Black Widow’ Featurette: Scarlett Johansson Finally Digs Into A Character She’s Played For 10 Years By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 14, 2020 7:30 am EST Ever since Black Widow debuted in Iron Man 2 back in 2010, fans have wanted to see the SHIELD agents and assassin go solo with a movie of her own. Now, 10 years later, the newly double-Oscar nominated Scarlett Johansson finally gets to dig into the character who has been an integral part of The Avengers....

‘Clarice’ Trailer: The ‘Silence Of The Lambs’ Sequel Series Teases The Return Of Clarice Starling By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 8, 2020 1:30 pm EST Nearly 20 years after she was last seen onscreen, Clarice Starling is back. The FBI agent introduced in Thomas Harris’ 1988 novel The Silence of the Lambs was the blueprint for many characters across the spectrum of popular culture — from Dana Scully to Emily Blunt’s rookie agent in Sicario....

‘College Republicans’: Logan Lerman And Asa Butterfield Will Play Baby-Faced Karl Rove And Lee Atwater By Ben Pearson/Aug. 12, 2020 5:30 pm EST James Schamus, the former head of Focus Features and writer of films like The Ice Storm and Lust, Caution, has found his next directing project: College Republicans, a script which topped the Black List a decade ago but has taken on new significance thanks to the corruption in the Republican party that’s played out over the past few years....

/Filmcast Ep. 574 - Hamilton By Slashfilmcast/July 8, 2020 8:00 pm EST Devindra praises the start-up Carvana while David trashes the app Quibi. For the feature review, the cast finally streams Hamilton, the sensational Broadway musical created by Lin Manuel Miranda, now available on Disney Plus. Read Christopher Nolan’s position on chairs on set here. Read Vulture’s feature about Quibi here. Thanks to our sponsor this week: Feals. Become a member today by going to Feals....