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Netflix And Theater Chains Are Struggling To Strike A Deal For ‘The Irishman’ Theatrical Release By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 21, 2019 10:30 am EST Another year, another battle between Netflix and movie theater chains over a possible awards contender getting a wide theatrical release. Last year, it was Roma that didn’t play in any major theater chains due to Netflix’s desire to get the film on streaming as soon as possible but still meet the desires of director Alfonso Cuarón, who wanted his movie to play on the big screen....

Noah Hawley’s ‘Star Trek’ Movie Will Be A Return To Traditional ‘Trek’ [TCA 2020] By Fred Topel/Jan. 10, 2020 7:30 am EST Paramount surprised Star Trek fans when they announced Noah Hawley would write and direct a new movie set in the iconic science fiction universe. This came after plans for a fourth Star Trek with Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto to be directed by S.J. Clarkson fell through. Quentin Tarantino also expressed interest in making a Star Trek movie, but Hawley has the gig for now....

Superhero Bits: Details On Old ‘Justice League Dark’ Script, ‘Harley Quinn’ Animated Movie Possible & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 2, 2020 6:00 pm EST Want to know more about the new TRACK suit in Spider-Man: Miles Morales? Are Black Panther and the Inhumans coming to Marvel’s Avengers soon? Want to hear about Guillermo del Toro’s script for the Justice League Dark movie? Have there been talks of maybe doing an animated Harley Quinn movie?...

Syd Mead, ‘Blade Runner’ Artist And Visual Futurist, Dies At Age 86 By Ben Pearson/Dec. 30, 2019 5:30 pm EST Syd Mead, the visual futurist and artist who helped influence the look of films like Blade Runner, Tron, and Star Trek: The Motion Picture, has died. He passed away in Pasadena, California on Monday due to complications from lymphoma. Read on for an appreciation of Mead’s incredible career.Variety brings the sad news that Mead passed away at the age of 86, just a few months after his announcement in September that he was retiring after spending 60 years in the design field....

The ‘Green Hornet’ Reboot That Someone, Somewhere Must Want Brings In Writer David Koepp By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 10, 2020 11:30 am EST The Green Hornet reboot, titled The Green Hornet and Kato, has a new writer: David Koepp. Koepp needs no introduction – he’s been writing screenplays for big movies for decades, and every now and then he directs some films, too. The Green Hornet reboot was announced at the start of this year, and in April, Universal Pictures picked the film up....

The ‘Hellboy’ Reboot Failed Because Of Angry Fans Of The Guillermo Del Toro Movies, According To David Harbour By Chris Evangelista/March 26, 2020 3:00 pm EST David Harbour is a charming guy, a good actor, and a genuinely beloved figure. So it pains me to see him talkin’ crazy about his failed Hellboy reboot. According to Harbour, the film’s failure was primarily due to fans of the Guillermo del Toro movies who were angry about a reboot....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade’ And ‘The Mask Of Zorro’ Make For The Perfect Swashbuckling Double Feature By Jacob Hall/April 12, 2020 9:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movies: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and The Mask of Zorro (1998)Where You Can Stream Them: NetflixThe Pitch: Two blockbuster films from a bygone era when all you needed was a dashing leading man, a lighthearted spirit of adventure, and a bunch of well-directed, two-fisted action sequences to make a movie a blockbuster....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Wounds’ Is Nasty And Frustrating And Doesn’t Care About Satisfying You In The Slightest And I Love It By Jacob Hall/June 24, 2020 7:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movie: WoundsWhere You Can Stream It: HuluThe Pitch: Armie Hammer is an underachieving New Orleans bartender who finds an abandoned phone in the aftermath of a barroom brawl....

Tokyo Disneyland And Tokyo DisneySea Will Both Re-Open On July 1 By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 23, 2020 5:00 pm EST Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea are the latest Disney theme parks to set a July re-opening date. Both parks, operated by the Oriental Land Company, are set to re-open on July 1, 2020 with new ticket sales set to begin at midnight local time on June 25. Tokyo Disney Resort has set the Tokyo DisneySea and Tokyo Disneyland re-opening date for July 1....

Warner Bros. Made Patty Jenkins Change ‘Wonder Woman’ Ending At The Last Minute By Ben Pearson/Dec. 22, 2020 1:00 pm EST Patty Jenkins’ 2017 blockbuster Wonder Woman is a terrific film that suffers from a climactic battle that sticks out like a sore thumb. While the rest of the movie’s fight scenes felt tactile and personal, the final battle devolved into a CGI-heavy slog which left a bad taste in some viewers’ mouths....

‘Alpha Gang’ Assembles A Very Attractive Cast For All Your Thirst Needs By Chris Evangelista/June 19, 2020 2:30 pm EST Alpha Gang, a new sci-fi comedy from sibling directing team David and Nathan Zellner, has put together a ridiculously good looking cast. Andrea Riseborough, Jon Hamm, Nicholas Hoult, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Mackenzie Davis, Sofia Boutella, and Steven Yeun are all set to star in the film, which is about aliens who come to conquer the planet, only to have a change of heart....

‘Archenemy’ Trailer: Joe Manganiello Plays A Character Named Max Fist By Ben Pearson/Oct. 7, 2020 9:30 am EST Joe Manganiello is built like a comic book character. He’s played one before, popping up very briefly as Deathstroke in the post-credits scene of Justice League – a tease which, through no fault of his, will likely never pay off. Now he’s toying with the superhero genre again in Archenemy, a new film in which he plays an alcoholic and homeless character who may or may not be a hero from another dimension....

‘Blade Runner 2049’ Honest Trailer: Is Every Ryan Gosling Character Actually A Replicant? By Ethan Anderton/May 19, 2020 6:00 am EST Since we’re all living in our own somewhat post-apocalyptic hell right now, it’s the perfect time for Honest Trailers to take a look back at the visually stunning, slow burn sci-fi thriller sequel that is Blade Runner 2049. While some expected the sequel to land as a blockbuster reboot, director Denis Villeneuve gave us a contemplative, thoughtful follow-up to the original movie that digs even deeper into the idea of what it means to be human....

‘Die Kinder Der Toten’ Review: You’ve Never Seen A Zombie Movie Like This [Fantastic Fest 2019] By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 22, 2019 1:00 pm EST One of the highlights of Fantastic Fest is coming across movies you would otherwise never see anywhere else. Movies that make you question your very sanity, as well as your choices. “What have I gotten myself into?” you ask during movies like this. And: “Just what the hell is this?...

‘Doctor Who’ Tries To Resolve Its Identity Crisis With The Mostly Solid “Revolution Of The Daleks” By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 4, 2021 10:00 am EST For the past two seasons, Doctor Who has been going through an identity crisis. What kind of show is Doctor Who now? What kind of character is Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor? The answer has constantly eluded us, even 22 episodes into showrunner Chris Chibnall’s era. Russell T. Davies’ era was the campy family soap....

‘Saw’ Reboot Release Date Moves To The Terrifying Month Of May By Chris Evangelista/July 23, 2019 3:00 pm EST The Saw movies used to be a tradition every Halloween season. A new sequel would roll around every October, to the point where they adopted the somewhat nonsensical tagline “If it’s Halloween, it must be Saw!” The new Saw reboot, from the twisted mind of Chris Rock, was originally set for an October release date as well – October 23, 2020....

‘Steven Spielberg’s Director’s Chair’, ’90s Computer Game Where You Make A Movie Starring Quentin Tarantino, Is Now Available Online By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 11, 2020 4:00 pm EST When I was a youngster, Steven Spielberg’s Director’s Chair was a huge deal. It was one of the first, and only, games I owned for our huge, bulky Gateway computer, and, most important of all, it featured Steven Spielberg. As a budding young cinephile, Steven Spielberg was like a god to me (which probably explains why I now spend all my free time putting together a podcast about his movies), and the prospect of playing a game where you got to make your own movie with Spielberg’s guidance was too cool to ignore....

‘The Movies That Made Us’, A Spin-Off Of ‘The Toys That Made Us’, Coming To Netflix By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 16, 2019 5:30 pm EST If you’re a fan of Netflix’s docu-series The Toys That Made Us, you might be interested to know that it’s getting a spin-off. That show is called The Movies That Made Us, which will use the same format as Toys but focus on the world of film....

‘Unhinged’, ‘Bill & Ted Face The Music’ And ‘Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse’ Release Dates Delayed By Ethan Anderton/June 27, 2020 11:00 am EST Christopher Nolan’s Tenet and Disney’s remake of Mulan have been pushed back into August, which has shaken up how soon movie theaters will be reopening. That means several more movies are shifting their release dates too. The thriller Unhinged starring Russell Crowe and the return of Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter in Bill and Ted Face the Music have each been pushed back slightly, but Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse starring Michael B....

‘WandaVision’ Will Feature A Comics-Accurate Scarlet Witch, Tackle The Stigma Of Mental Illness, Says Elizabeth Olsen By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 21, 2020 11:30 am EST WandaVision looks like it will be one of the most unique things to come out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe — a trippy, reality-bending series that pays homage to decades of American sitcoms, and may or may not be all a product of a disturbed Wanda Maximoff’s mind....