‘No Time To Die’ TV Spot Kicks A Few Faces, Reveals A Few Plot Details By Chris Evangelista/March 3, 2020 12:30 pm EST Excuse me, do you have time to die? If not, I understand – but you might want to make time to watch this No Time to Die TV spot, because it’s loaded with new footage. That footage includes Ana de Armas kicking some fool in the face – and honestly, isn’t that enough?...
‘Scoob!’ Heading To HBO Max Very Soon – Could This Speedy Turnaround Be The New Normal? By Ben Pearson/June 18, 2020 1:30 pm EST Scoob!, the feature-length animated origin story of how Scooby-Doo and Shaggy helped established Mystery, Inc., that iconic group of teenage crime-solvers, debuted on paid video on demand services just over a month ago on May 15, 2020. Today, WarnerMedia announced that Scoob! will have its exclusive streaming premiere on HBO Max....
‘Snowpiercer’ Trailer: The TNT Sci-Fi Series Chugs Along To Its Much-Delayed May Premiere Date By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 23, 2020 9:00 am EST It’s possible no other TV production has had as many troubles and delays on the road to the small screen than Snowpiercer, TNT’s upcoming adaptation of the acclaimed Bong Joon-ho 2013 film and Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette’s graphic novel Le Transperceneige. Snowpiercer has weathered showrunner departures, network changes, and director exits....
‘Spider-Woman’ Movie Coming From Sony And ‘Booksmart’ Director Olivia Wilde By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 20, 2020 7:30 am EST Olivia Wilde has been tapped to spin a new superhero tale for Sony’s universe of Marvel characters. Wilde is set to direct a female-led Marvel movie for Sony, which will reportedly be centered on Spider-Woman. This new project will be the latest film in Sony’s Spider-Man spin-off universe including Venom and Morbius....
‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Footage Teases A Dark Turn And A New Lightsaber For Rey [D23] By /Film Staff/Aug. 24, 2019 10:51 am EST Every Star Wars film – yes, even the Star Wars Holiday Special – has been leading to this moment. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will usher in the end of the Skywalker Saga, concluding what George Lucas started in 1977. The Force Awakens director J....
‘The Force’ Movie: Matt Damon Reunites With Director James Mangold For Don Winslow Crime Thriller By Ben Pearson/Jan. 22, 2020 5:00 pm EST Author Don Winslow’s 2017 novel The Force earned Hollywood’s attention before it was even published. But now the project is gaining steam, because a new report says that Matt Damon (Jason Bourne) is set to reunite with his Ford v Ferrari director James Mangold to star in an upcoming movie adaptation....
‘The Hunt’ May Still Get Released Sometime In The Future Despite Controversy By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 19, 2019 4:30 pm EST When asked in an interview with Vulture, if there was a possibility the film could be released in the future, Blum responded that there was “definitely a chance. I hope so.” “I learned a lot of lessons,” Blum, who produced The Hunt through his Blumhouse Productions, added. “If I was offered the choice to make the movie again, I would say yes....
‘The Imagineering Story’ Director Leslie Iwerks On The Culture Of Imagineering, The Definitive Disney Attraction, John Lasseter, And More [Interview] By Ben Pearson/Nov. 12, 2019 7:00 am EST Leslie is the granddaughter of Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney’s original business partner and the co-creator of Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Her father was Don Iwerks, a former Disney executive and Oscar winner for his technical contributions to the film industry....
‘The Mandalorian’: See Photos Of Pedro Pascal And Gina Carano’s Costumes [D23] By Ben Pearson/Aug. 22, 2019 6:25 pm EST /Film’s Peter Sciretta is on the ground at this year’s D23 Expo, Disney’s company-wide fan convention that’s slated to bring us tons of news about Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, and more over the next three days. But before the onslaught of news begins, Peter was able to snag a few photos of The Mandalorian costumes on the convention show floor, giving us a closer look at the clothing worn by Pedro Pascal and Gina Carano’s characters in the first live-action Star Wars TV Show....
‘The New Mutants’ Tickets Go On Sale; Watch A New Video Introducing The Cast Of The Latest X-Men Movie By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 18, 2020 11:00 am EST To usher in the forthcoming theatrical release, The New Mutants has debuted a new cast featurette introducing the mutant characters of the X-Men spin-off. Plus, there are two new posters that continue to give off the horror vibe of the movie, and advance tickets have officially gone on sale for whichever theaters will be playing The New Mutants on the big screen....
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Trailer: Tom Cruise Feels The Need For Speed Once Again By Ben Pearson/July 18, 2019 12:27 pm EST Paramount surprised the crowd at San Diego Comic-Con crowd by bringing superstar Tom Cruise out onto the Hall H stage and dropping a surprise trailer for Top Gun: Maverick, the highly-anticipated sequel to Tony Scott’s 1980s classic. Thankfully, that trailer has also been officially released online for the rest of us to see, so check it out below and read some of Cruise’s comments from the stage....
Adam McKay Is Already Developing An HBO Limited Series About The Search For A Coronavirus Vaccine By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 28, 2020 12:30 pm EST Deadline reports that Adam McKay and HBO have optioned the rights to The First Shot, a non-fiction narrative book by The Atlantic and New York Times writer Brendan Borrell that tells the “story of the global coronavirus vaccine race.” The yet-to-be-published book was sold at auction to publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for Sugar23 Books and will reportedly “explore the companies and individuals putting everything on the line to save lives, the science that it is based on, and the challenges playing out around politics, access, and safety....
Christopher Nolan Is “Worried” Studios Are Drawing The Wrong Conclusions From ‘Tenet’ Release By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 4, 2020 9:00 am EST Once upon a time, Tenet was going to be the movie that saved movie theaters. To be fair, no one directly involved with the movie actually said that out loud. But it was an assumption that set in – an assumption that the film would open in the summer and revitalize the coronavirus-stricken box office....
Daily Podcast: Snyder Cut Released, Mandalorian, Spider-Verse, Steven Soderbergh, Coronavirus And Ruby Rose Leaving Batwoman By Peter Sciretta/May 20, 2020 3:15 pm EST On the May 20, 2020 Episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Mandalorian, Snyder Cut, Spider-Man, Steven Soderbergh, Coronavirus and Ruby Rose leaving Batwoman....
Disney+ Vs Apple TV+: Comparing The Two Newest Combatants In The Streaming Wars By Josh Spiegel/Nov. 14, 2019 11:00 am EST What do you want out of a new streaming service? What matters most to you if you’re being wooed to drop a few more dollars a month on some new digital toy? For some of you, the answer might be a smooth, easy-to-navigate layout. Others might want a rich library of titles....
Florence Pugh To Star In ‘The Maid,’ An Agatha Christie-Style Murder Mystery For Universal By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 17, 2020 7:00 am EST Florence Pugh is cleaning up at Hollywood. The rising star, who stole the show in Greta Gerwig’s Little Women and is set to enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Black Widow, has been cast in Universal’s Agatha Christie-style murder mystery, The Maid. Pugh will play, you guessed it, the maid....
Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Nightmare Alley’ Has Wrapped, Will Hit Theaters Late Next Year By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 14, 2020 3:30 pm EST Nightmare Alley, Guillermo del Toro’s first feature film since winning a bunch of Oscars for The Shape of Water, has finally wrapped. Principal photography on the pic began in January 2020, but everything had to shut down in March due to the coronavirus. Filming resumed in September, and now del Toro himself has announced that the production has wrapped and that the finished product will arrive in one year....
Joel Schumacher, Director Of ‘Batman Forever’, ‘The Lost Boys’, And More, Dead At 80 By Ben Pearson/June 22, 2020 12:00 pm EST Joel Schumacher, the director of movies like A Time to Kill, The Lost Boys, and more, has died at the age of 80. He’s probably best known for making Batman Forever and Batman & Robin in the 1990s (and putting the Batman franchise on ice for a while in the process), but he had a long, incredibly varied, and fascinating career beyond those two films....
Live-Action ‘Warhammer 40,000’ TV Show Coming From ‘The Man In The High Castle’ Creator By Ben Pearson/July 17, 2019 12:30 pm EST According to Deadline, Spotnitz (who also wrote for The X-Files) will serve as the showrunner for Eisenhorn, which marks the first live-action TV show based on the novels, board games, and miniatures in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. I’d never really heard of this property before, but Warhammer 40,000 (or Warhammer 40k, if ya nasty) is a miniature wargame – players assemble and paint their own miniature figures and wage fictional battle on pre-sold terrain models or custom-made creations on a tabletop, rolling dice and simulating combat....
Magnolia Pictures And Shudder Make Black Documentaries Like ‘I Am Not Your Negro’ And ‘Horror Noire’ Available For Free By Ethan Anderton/June 5, 2020 9:30 am EST As protests continue to march across the United States (and even the entire globe) in support of Black Lives Matter, movie distributors are amplifying the voices of black filmmakers in an effort to not just show solidarity, but educate the general public on why these protests are so necessary....
