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‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Appears To Give The Classic Ghost Trap A Little Modification By Ethan Anderton/April 21, 2020 1:30 pm EST The coronavirus pandemic has pushed back the release of Ghostbusters: Afterlife from the previously set July release date this summer to a spring release in 2021. However, since there were already merchandise plans in place for the upcoming sequel to the original Ghostbusters franchise, an interesting little detail about one of the ghostbusting gadgets has come to light by way of a Hallmark Keepsake Christmas ornament originally intended to be released this year....

‘Killing Eve’ Season 3 Trailer: Time For More Killer Romance By Chris Evangelista/April 3, 2020 11:30 am EST We just got a Killing Eve season 3 trailer last week, but hey, one more won’t hurt. The BBC/AMC series is returning this month with all new cat and mouse games between enemies and would-be lovers Villanelle (Jodie Comer) and Eve (Sandra Oh). Season 2 ended with Villanelle thinking she had killed Eve – but of course, Eve is still alive, and that’s going to complicate things....

‘Mulan’ Opening Scenes Now Available Online By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 3, 2020 5:30 pm EST Disney’s live-action remake of Mulan is eventually coming to Blu-ray and digital, as well as available for premium purchase on Disney+. Things didn’t exactly work out exactly the way Disney wanted with the epic – they had hoped to release Mulan everywhere theatrically and ride to box office glory. Instead, because of the coronavirus, the film ended up going to Disney+ in the U....

‘Primal’ Clip: Genndy Tartakovsky’s New Animated Series Looks Pretty, Bloody, Cool By Jacob Hall/Sept. 27, 2019 3:00 pm EST Genndy Tartakovsky is coming home. The master animator behind Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack and the original Star Wars: The Clone Wars is returning to Cartoon Network with Primal, a miniseries about a caveman and the dinosaur he hunts with. While that premise may sound like something for a younger audience, consider putting the kids to bed before you hit play on this one....

‘Risk’ TV Series In The Works From ‘House Of Cards’ Creator Beau Willimon By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 12, 2021 10:30 am EST Battleship brought the Milton Bradley strategy board game to life on the big screen with an alien invasion twist, and now Hasbro and their Entertainment One studio are working on turning another one of their iconic games into a TV series. Hasbro has brought in House of Cards creator Beau Willimon to develop a TV series adaptation of the classic strategy board game Risk....

‘Saturday Night Live’ Bringing Back John Mulaney And Daniel Craig As Hosts By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 7, 2020 2:00 pm EST This weekend brings RuPaul to host Saturday Night Live for the first time, hopefully giving us something better than last week’s disappointing episode, where NFL player J.J. Watt made his hosting debut. But for the spring, SNL will bring back a couple previous hosts, one a seasoned SNL veteran, and the other with just one hosting stint under their belt....

‘Spree’ Review: A Desperate Rideshare Driver Kills His Customers For The ‘Gram [Sundance 2020] By Ben Pearson/Jan. 26, 2020 5:00 pm EST To quote Broken Lizard’s 2001 stoner comedy Super Troopers, “desperation is a stinky cologne,” – and Kurt Kunkle (Joe Keery) is absolutely drenched in it. After runing the gamut on Stranger Things from a despicable jock to an affable cool kid, Keery takes a hard left turn in a new techno-horror thriller called Spree as Kurt, aka KurtsWorld96, a pathetic loser who’s thirsty for social media attention....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Concept Art Reveals A Change To The Ending And Alternate Dark Reys By Ethan Anderton/May 7, 2020 8:30 am EST Even though the Art of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker book provides some fascinating insights into the creation of various characters, ships, props and locations of the movie, due to the sensitive nature of certain elements in the final chapter of the Skywalker saga, it’s missing concept art that fans have really wanted to see....

‘The Girls I’ve Been’: Millie Bobby Brown To Star In And Produce Netflix’s Con Artist Thriller By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 29, 2020 2:30 pm EST Millie Bobby Brown continues to be Netflix’s darling, with the Stranger Things breakout star signing on to star in an adaptation of Tess Sharpe’s YA novel The Girls I’ve Been that she’ll also produce alongside Ozark’s Jason Bateman. Described as a “twisty” con artist thriller, The Girls I’ve Been is just the latest Netflix project for the rising star....

‘The Mandalorian’ Adds ‘Game Of Thrones’ Star Natalia Tena, Comedian Bill Burr By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 16, 2019 3:30 pm EST As we near the premiere of the Disney+ series The Mandalorian, two more actors have revealed that they have joined the highly anticipated Star Wars series. Natalia Tena, of Game of Thrones and Harry Potter fame, and comedian Bill Burr, best known for his role in Breaking Bad, confirmed that they have boarded The Mandalorian cast, as two characters we might have already gotten a glimpse of in the latest trailers....

‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2: The Darksaber Will Play A Key Role In The New Season, Says Giancarlo Esposito By Ben Pearson/July 29, 2020 5:00 pm EST Giancarlo Esposito picked up an Emmy nomination yesterday for his work on the Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian, where we last saw his Moff Gideon character holding an ancient weapon known as the Darksaber. Anyone who watched the series without first watching the Star Wars animated shows probably saw that glowing black blade and thought, “Cool, a new lightsaber!...

‘The Overlook Hotel’: Mark Romanek Provides Info On His Abandoned ‘Shining’ Prequel By Chris Evangelista/May 1, 2020 3:30 pm EST HBO Max is moving forward with Overlook, a TV series spun-off from The Shining. But at one point we could’ve had a completely different piece of entertainment bearing the Overlook name. That was The Overlook Hotel, a Shining prequel that was supposed to be directed by Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo) and written by Glen Mazzara....

‘The West Wing’ Reunion Special To Get Out The Vote In October On HBO Max By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 23, 2020 2:30 pm EST Only the greatest political emergency can bring the Bartlet administration back together for the first time in 17 years — and this election year definitely qualifies. The cast of Aaron Sorkin’s beloved political drama The West Wing are reuniting in an HBO Max special, which will premiere on the platform on October 15, just two weeks before the November presidential elections....

‘Welcome To Marwen’ Review: Robert Zemeckis Creates An Absolute Disaster By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 19, 2018 9:00 am EST It takes a special kind of talent to make a film as shockingly bad as Welcome to Marwen, and Robert Zemeckis is up for the challenge! What the hell happened to Zemeckis, a director responsible for several legitimately great movies? The filmmaker has always embraced cinematic innovation, pushing the envelope by adopting new technologies – for better and worse....

Elisabeth Moss Will Star In ‘Run Rabbit Run’ For ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Director Daina Reid By Chris Evangelista/June 11, 2020 12:00 pm EST Elisabeth Moss, one of our best working actresses and the queen of playing women in terrible emotional and/or physical distress, is reuniting with The Handmaid’s Tale director Daina Reid for Run Rabbit Run. Moss will play a fertility doctor whose entires notions of life and death are challenged due to issues with her own daughter....

HBO Making Every Episode Of ‘Watchmen’ Available For Free This Weekend To Honor Juneteenth By Ethan Anderton/June 18, 2020 8:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Last year, HBO’s Watchmen series from executive producer Damon Lindelof blew us all away by not only being a riveting sequel to the groundbreaking comic series, but a searing indictment of systemic racism, both in law enforcement and American society at large....

Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange 2’ And ‘The Eternals’ Are Still Forging On With Remote Production By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 27, 2020 9:30 am EST Virtually every major Hollywood production has shut down or been delayed in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. But some productions are finding a way to forge ahead through virtual means. Two Marvel productions still going are Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and The Eternals, which are getting pre-production and VFX work done, respectively, through remote means....

The Best Movies Streaming Right Now Booksmart Now Streaming on Hulu Release Date: 2018Genre: ComedyDirector: Olivia WildeCast: Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Jessica Williams, Lisa Kudrow, Will Forte, Jason Sudeikis, Billie LourdOlivia Wilde’s coming-of-age comedy Booksmart is one of 2019’s best films – a funny, charming, sweet portrait of two friends during one wild night. Studios Molly (Beanie Feldstein) and Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) have spent their entire high school experience sticking to the books and avoiding any ounce of fun....

Pop Culture Imports: Unlikely South Korean And Indian Romances, A Familiar Swedish Sci-Fi Series, And Netflix’s Newest Anime Anthology By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 10, 2018 9:00 am EST (Welcome to Pop Culture Imports, a column that compiles the best, wackiest, and weirdest foreign-language movies and TV shows streaming right now.) A new month, a new batch of foreign movies and TV shows to please the ears and eyes! That’s right, subtitle lovers, it’s time for a new Pop Culture Imports, in which we all huddle inside during the hottest month of the summer to watch the best new foreign movies, dramas, animes, and everything in between....

Spoiler Discussion: The Mandalorian Episode 5 “The Gunslinger” By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 6, 2019 1:15 pm EST On the December 6, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman, to have a spoiler discussion of The Mandalorian episode 5 “The Gunslinger.” Opening Banter: Bryan Young couldn’t join us today.In Our Feature Presentation: The Mandalorian Chapter Five: “The Gunslinger"Other Articles Mentioned: Bryan’s ‘The Mandalorian’ Returns to a Familiar Planet in “The Gunslinger,” an Episode That May Prove Controversial Among Fans Josh’s ‘The Mandalorian’ Uses One of Cinema’s Oldest Techniques to Bring Its Characters to Life Peter’s videos: Rise of the Resistance in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is AWESOME Rise of the Resistance Ride-Through & New Galaxy’s Edge Merch on Opening Day All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm....