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‘The Boy Behind The Door’ Review: A Traumatic And Terrifying Tale Of Enduring Friendship [Fantastic Fest 2020] By Marisa Mirabal/Oct. 1, 2020 9:00 am EST According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, an estimated 460,000 children go missing every year in the United States. Kids can disappear in the blink of an eye and are sometimes never found. It’s a terrifying and heartbreaking concept that writer/director team David Charbonier and Justin Powell tackle with sharp and savage precision....

‘The End Of The F***ing World’ Season 2 Trailer: Facing The World Alone By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 30, 2019 10:30 am EST Facing the end of the world is hard enough, but facing it alone is even tougher. In the case of Netflix’s surprise smash hit The End of the Fing World, it’s of course a metaphorical end of the world, but that doesn’t make its follow-up season, which follows Jessica Barden’s Alyssa as she deals with the “fallout” of the events of the first season on her own, any less depressing....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 28, 2020 1:00 pm EST But it soon won’t be the only genre epic hanging out in New Zealand, as Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop is slated to resume shooting next. The live-action adaptation of the classic anime space western series was a couple of episodes into shooting its first season last fall when it was forced to halt due to star John Cho’s knee injury. But its 7-9 month hiatus extended into nearly a year when the pandemic shut down productions worldwide....

By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 15, 2019 12:30 pm EST Crawl was a nice summer movie surprise. A fun, no-frills, no-nonsense horror movie about killer alligators invading a home during a hurricane. Crawl swims onto Blu-ray this week, and in honor of the release, we’re giving away a prize pack that includes an autographed copy of the movie. Learn how to enter the Crawl contest below! Are you ready to swim like hell?...

Cool Stuff: You’ll Like The Odds When Playing With ‘The Mandalorian’ Playing Cards By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 28, 2020 6:00 am EST Last year, following the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, fans were treated to two sleekly designed packs of collectible playing cards inspired by the light and dark side of the Force. One year later, Star Wars is stronger than ever thanks to The Mandalorian, and the stylish, high quality playing cards manufacturers at Theory 11 have delivered a pack of cards inspired by the Star Wars series on Disney+....

Disney Made A Ridiculous Amount Of Money At The Box Office In 2019 By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 3, 2020 1:30 pm EST Last year saw the indomitable slate of blockbusters from almost every division of the company, breaking the record for the most movies to surpass $1 billion worldwide in a calendar year, according to Variety. Those include Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel ($1.13 billion) and Avengers: Endgame ($2.8 billion); Disney’s live-action remakes Aladdin ($1....

Here’s Why J.J. Abrams Turned Down A $500 Million Deal From Apple By Ben Pearson/Sept. 16, 2019 2:30 pm EST Last week, it was announced that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker director J.J. Abrams signed a contract to move his Bad Robot Productions over to WarnerMedia, where he’ll write, produce, and direct films and TV shows for Warner Bros., HBO, and the upcoming streaming service HBO Max. Now some additional information has emerged about the terms of that deal, which explain why Abrams rejected a reported $500 million offer from Apple and chose to take much less money to work with WarnerMedia instead....

Independent Spirit Awards Adds TV Categories To 2021 Ceremony By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 30, 2020 3:30 pm EST After 35 years of awarding independent film, the Spirit Awards is expanding to the small screen. Film Independent has added five television categories to the upcoming 36th edition Spirit Awards, which will be held in 2021. Variety reports that the Independent Spirit Awards are expanding into television, with five new categories that award excellence in TV and episodic work....

International ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Poster Confirms Porgs Are In The Movie, And Isn’t That What Matters Most? By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 21, 2019 9:30 am EST The new Star Wars movies are notorious for their secrecy. Disney and Lucasfilm play things very close to the vest, striving hard to maintain an element of surprise. As a result, we’re often left in the dark regarding what to expect. For instance: there have been zero Porgs shown in the marketing for this film, and I was starting to get worried....

Phil Lord And Chris Miller To Produce High Concept Comedy Starring The Lucas Brothers By Ben Pearson/Aug. 19, 2020 2:30 pm EST Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the brains behind The LEGO Movie and the 21 Jump Street movies, will produce this mysterious new Lucas Brothers movie, which will reunite the two duos for the first time since the brothers appeared in Lord and Miller’s 22 Jump Street back in 2014....

Quibi’s ‘Reno 911!’ Sneak Peek Brings Back The Whole Squad For A New Season By Ethan Anderton/March 18, 2020 9:30 am EST After 11 years off the air, Reno 911! is coming back for an all-new season. However, the show won’t be arriving in the form of 22-minute episodes like when it was airing on Comedy Central. Instead, the forthcoming bite-sized entertainment subscription service Quibi is reviving the series with episodes arriving in roughly 10-minute increments....

Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Droids, Vehicles, Action Figures & More Coming To Target In August By Ethan Anderton/July 21, 2020 9:30 am EST The most satisfying thing about Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disney theme parks is how it immerses you in the universe of Star Wars. But the second most satisfying thing is all the exclusive merchandise that’s available there so fans can bring a little bit of that magic home with them....

Superhero Bits: ‘Spider-Man 3’ Rumors, New Set Photos From ‘The Batman’, ‘Blade’ On 4K & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 13, 2020 6:00 pm EST Who are the latest names rumored to be in Spider-Man 3? Wanna get your hands on the Blade trilogy in 4K Ultra HD? Which character will make a surprising return in the third season of The Boys? How much of a pay increase did Gal Gadot get for Wonder Woman 1984?...

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: ‘The Boys’ Season 2 Arriving In 2020, ‘Ironheart’ And ‘Thunderbolts’ Rumors & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 8, 2019 6:00 pm EST Research for a thing. pic.twitter.com/JQOS7qbx7s — Tom King (@TomKingTK) November 7, 2019 DC Comics writer Tom King appears to be working on something tied to Watchmen, but it’s not clear what yet. The creators of next year’s Avengers video game talked about how Stan Lee influenced their work on the project....

Superhero Bits: New ‘Suicide Squad’ Characters Coming, Joaquin Phoenix Leaves ‘Joker’ Interview & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 23, 2019 6:00 pm EST Would you believe Batwoman is leading freshman broadcast shows in awareness and demand? Want to see two new characters joining Suicide Squad in DC Comics? What has the cast of Arrow learned since making the show? Could Dan Stevens be in The Eternals? Why did Joaquin Phoenix leave in the middle of an interview for Joker?...

The Channing Tatum ‘Gambit’ Movie Was Supposed To Feature X-Men Villain Mister Sinister By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 29, 2020 2:00 pm EST During a watch-along even of X-Men: Days of Future Past with with IGN, Kinberg dropped some trivia about the future plans for 20th Century Fox’s now-dead X-Men franchise. Kinberg revealed that the end credits sequence from X-Men: Apocalypse was supposed to set up Mister Sinister, a notorious gene-splicing villain who has frequently clashed with the X-Men:...

VOTD: How Marvel’s ‘Iron Man 2’ Should Have Ended By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 22, 2020 6:00 am EST Since there are almost zero blockbusters for How It Should Have Ended to mess around with, they’re reaching back an entire decade to take a look at Marvel’s lackluster sequel Iron Man 2. With 10 years to think about the issues with the second installment of the Iron Man franchise, they should have plenty of fuel for the fire, including quite an untimely demise for Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr....

Water Cooler: Soul, The Crown, Freaky, Wolfwalkers, Game Of Thrones, Young Justice Outsiders, Resident Evil, Bringing Up Baby By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 11, 2020 3:15 pm EST On the November 11, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler....

What It’s Like To Run The Walt Disney World Marathon By Alex Arabian/Feb. 12, 2020 10:00 am EST I ran the Walt Disney World Marathon on Sunday, January 12, 2020. Before delving into the magic of the runDisney weekend and event, the five-park course (Epcot, Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, and one of the water parks), the Disney characters and exhibits set up for picture-taking every few miles, classic Disney clips and tunes played on screens and speakers throughout the course, and exclusive memorabilia, many readers may be wondering why anyone not named Pheidippides, carrying the timely news of the Persians’ defeat to the Athenians, would run a marathon to begin with....

Why Did It Take So Long For Don Cheadle To Host A Hilarious ‘Saturday Night Live’? By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 17, 2019 10:00 am EST Seriously, why did it take so long for Don Cheadle to host Saturday Night Live? The star of such films as Ocean’s 11, Hotel Rwanda, Boogie Nights and more has long been known to have stellar comedic chops to go with his acclaimed dramatic performances. And as he proved in this weekend’s new episode of Saturday Night Live, he has no problem hamming it up on live TV and acting like a complete goofball....