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‘Darkwing Duck’ Reboot Might Be Headed To Disney+ With Executive Producer Seth Rogen By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 13, 2020 3:00 pm EST A Darkwing Duck reboot is destined for streaming service Disney+, and hopefully, it’ll be really gritty and violent (it won’t). The original show ran from 1991-1992 and featured Drake Mallard/Darkwing Duck as he balanced his home life with his crimefighting. While the series was assumed by everyone (including me) to be a spin-off of DuckTales, creator Tad Stones said in 2016 that he believes the shows exist in different universes, because nothing makes sense anymore....

‘Lusty Crest’ Is Hilarious, Absurd, And Feels Like A Wild Live-Action Anime [SXSW] By Amelia Emberwing/April 14, 2020 9:00 am EST (The SXSW Film Festival may have been cancelled, but our coverage will go on with reviews of films and TV shows made available to our critics.)There’s something strange afoot at the lecherous hotel Lusty Crest. Humans and the supernatural alike come together to have their darkest desires satisfied in Lusty Crest’s ridiculous and fun pilot, and it’s up to Kasha (Erica Dasher) to get to the bottom of the sexy mystery....

‘Pacific Rim’ Anime First Look Images Return To The World Of Giant Monsters And Robots By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 27, 2020 8:30 am EST Guillermo del Toro’s sci-fi action blockbuster Pacific Rim took inspiration from many anime series that came before it. The idea of giant monsters taking on massive human-controlled robots is an integral part of the Japanese animation arena, and now Pacific Rim will head directly into that territory with Pacific Rim: The Black, a new anime series coming to Netflix in 2021....

‘Portrait Of A Lady On Fire’ Streaming On Hulu Tonight At Midnight PST By Chris Evangelista/March 26, 2020 12:30 pm EST Surprise! Portrait of a Lady on Fire will be streaming on Hulu tonight. The critically acclaimed historical drama/lesbian romance film from Céline Sciamma will drop onto the streaming service at midnight PST, so let’s all agree to stay up very late and watch it together. Noémie Merlant and Adèle Haenel star in the story of an artist and her reluctant subject....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 29, 2020 11:30 am EST Hold up! Where is Zack Morris, you ask? The popular fourth wall-breaking student has apparently landed himself a job as California governor, though Mark-Paul Gosselaar won’t be appearing much in the series except for in a recurring role. But Berkley Lauren and Lopez should be able to serve up plenty of nostalgia, as their characters still inexplicably hang around Bayside High — Slater works as the gym teacher at Bayside, chaperoning a dance and reminiscing about his own high school glory days, while Jessie looks to be a teacher or counselor of sorts, who specializes in warning students of the dangers of caffeine pills....

‘Secret Society Of Second-Born Royals’ Trailer: Disney+ Gives Us Royal Teen X-Men By Ethan Anderton/May 28, 2020 2:00 pm EST So far, Disney+ hasn’t made much of a splash with their original movies. The remake of Lady and the Tramp, the holiday comedy Noelle, the nature adventure Togo, the family comedy Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, and the adaptation of Stargirl (not the DC Comics character) all came and went without much pomp and circumstance....

‘Star Wars’ Has Long Toyed With The Idea Of Ancient Aliens And It’s Time For Us To Properly Meet Them By Donna Dickens/Oct. 21, 2019 10:00 am EST (Welcome to A Different Point of View, a column where we explore the supporting characters, planets and objects of the Star Wars universe and discuss why they deserve more time in the spotlight.)Last week’s column dived deep into the mysterious moon of Jedha and all the secrets it could be hiding....

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’: 1990 Film’s Writer Wants Another Sequel Set In That Universe By Ben Pearson/Nov. 3, 2020 12:30 pm EST Will audiences ever see a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sequel set in the same continuity as the original live-action trilogy? Bobby Herbeck, one of the screenwriters of the 1990 film, is trying to make that happen. In a new interview, Herbeck reveals that he’s had conversations about a potential continuation with director Steve Barron and Brian Henson of the Jim Henson Creature Shop, the company that created the anthropomorphic turtle costumes for the original movie....

By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 22, 2020 7:30 am EST Sorry, fans of puppets and/or crystals. Netflix has canceled The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance after only one season. The Jim Henson Company-produced show served as a prequel to the 1982 Jim Henson cult film The Dark Crystal and earned critical acclaim. It also just won itself a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Children’s Program at this year’s 72nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards....

‘The Flash’ Will Feature The Birth Of The Cinematic Multiverse, And Batman Makes Barry Allen A New Suit [DC FanDome] By Ben Pearson/Aug. 22, 2020 12:39 pm EST The Flash has been the subject of two television shows, multiple video games, and several movie appearances over the years, but the Scarlet Speedster has not received a solo live-action film…yet. That’s about to change in 2022 with Warner Bros.’ The Flash, which will see It and It Chapter Two director Andy Muschietti put the spotlight directly on Ezra Miller’s socially awkward iteration of Barry Allen....

‘The Mandalorian’ Goes On A Wild, Funny And Icky Side Quest With “The Passenger” By Bryan Young/Nov. 6, 2020 8:00 am EST Naturally, there are spoilers here.Peyton Reed (Ant-Man) directs the tenth installment of The Mandalorian, the second episode of the second season. It picks up almost exactly where the previous episode left off, promising that we might have a more direct and linear arc for this season. The Recap...

The Wanting Mare Trailer Wow, what the heck is this? I watched The Wanting Mare trailer before I read up on the film, and when I learned after the fact that practically everything here, save for the actors, is created digitally. This isn’t the first time a film has done this, of course, but unlike other digital background films like Sin City or Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, everything here looks real – while also seeming slightly dreamy and off....

‘White Snake’: Seeding The Future Of Chinese Animation In The East And West By Caroline Cao/July 18, 2019 1:00 pm EST The White Snake legend is one of the Four Great Chinese Folk Tales, shape-shifting into abundant texts, operas, movies, and television across China ever since it was published during the Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644). While the tale is not eminent in Western pop culture, the 2019 computer-generated film White Snake may introduce the tale to Western eyes in its own style....

‘You Should Have Left’ Review: This Kevin Bacon Haunted House Movie Should Have Been Better By Chris Evangelista/June 18, 2020 9:00 am EST There’s an entire cottage industry devoted to horror movies where characters go to a new location – rented house, big old hotel, etc. – to get away from it all, only to end up dealing with things that go bump in the night. There’s nothing wrong with trodding over familiar ground – there are approximately ten billion adaptations of Dracula, after all – but if you’re going to construct a getaway horror story, you’d be well-served to give viewers something fresh to view....

Alamo Drafthouse Won’t Open Theaters In Texas Despite State Easing Coronavirus Rules By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 28, 2020 11:30 am EST Although the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic shows no sign of easing up any time soon, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has begun easing stay-at-home rules for the state, announcing that businesses like restaurants, retail stores, museums, and movie theaters can reopen starting Friday. But in the face of Abbott’s controversial (and potentially dangerous) decision, major movie chain Alamo Drafthouse Cinema has announced that its Texas movie theater locations will remain shut....

Amy Poehler And Tina Fey Will Return As Golden Globes Hosts In 2021 By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 12, 2020 3:00 pm EST At the Golden Globes last weekend, host Ricky Gervais kept talking about how this was the last time he would be on stage for the awards ceremony, and he didn’t care about it at all. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has taken him at his word, and next year they’ll bring back two talents who have proven to be much more beloved in their hosting duties....

Cool Stuff: Diamond Select’s ‘The Iron Giant’ Action Figure And Sculpture Are Both Superman By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 28, 2020 6:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It’s been over 20 years since The Iron Giant blasted onto the big screen, delivering one of the last great 2D animated movies. The film from director Brad Bird has a classic sci-fi feel with touches of E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, and it’s been much more appreciated in the years since it was released than when it was in theaters....

Cool Stuff: Harry Potter Makes Christmas Magical With New Light And Sound Hallmark Ornaments By Ethan Anderton/April 12, 2019 6:00 am EST So far we’ve seen the new Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments inspired by Pixar Animation, Marvel and DC Comics, and the revered sci-fi franchises of Star Wars and Star Trek. Now Christmas is getting truly magical with a new series of Harry Potter Hallmark ornaments. Not only are there new ornaments joining the ongoing collection, but Hallmark is giving the Harry Potter franchise the same light and sound treatment that they gave to some of their Star Wars ornaments....

Daily Podcast: Being Funny In 2019 Without Insensitivity? Matrix 4, Masters Of The Universe, Inland, Gemini Man, Megalopolis By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 10, 2019 11:15 am EST On the October 10, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and tv news, including The Matrix 4, Masters of the Universe, Inland, Gemini Man, Megalopolis and Joker....

Edward Norton Originally Pitched Marvel Two ‘Incredible Hulk’ Movies By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 7, 2019 1:30 pm EST Back before Mark Ruffalo became Bruce Banner and his big, green alter ego the Hulk in the MCU, Edward Norton briefly inhabited the role in The Incredible Hulk. Norton was replaced by Ruffalo for The Avengers, and there have been rumblings that the actor didn’t get along with MCU head honcho Kevin Feige behind-the-scenes....