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‘The Invisible Man’ Director Leigh Whannell Strikes A Two-Year First Look Deal With Blumhouse By Ethan Anderton/March 1, 2020 1:00 pm EST Director Leigh Whannell is having an outstanding weekend. Not only is the filmmaker’s remake of the classic Universal monster movie The Invisible Man at the top of the box office with a $29 million debut on a budget of just $7 million, but now he’s striking a two-year first look deal with the film’s producer Jason Blum and his horror movie factory Blumhouse....

‘The Mandalorian’ Special Look Released Ahead Of Disney+ Launch By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 11, 2019 7:48 pm EST Mere hours before The Mandalorian is set to make its debut on Disney+, Disney has released a new special look at the Star Wars live-action series. Anticipation is at an all-time high for The Mandalorian, and Disney has been playing it safe with the marketing thus far, showing thrilling action sequences and lots of ominous shots of Werner Herzog narrating, but revealing precious little about the plot of the space western series....

‘The Saint’: ‘Rocketman’s Dexter Fletcher To Direct Paramount’s Thriller Remake By Ben Pearson/Feb. 18, 2020 2:30 pm EST Since 2016, Paramount Pictures has been interested in producing a new version of The Saint, which began as a series of novels before becoming a TV series starring future James Bond actor Roger Moore and then a big budget movie in 1997 starring Val Kilmer. Now Paramount has finally found its The Saint remake director: Dexter Fletcher, the filmmaker behind last year’s Elton John musical Rocketman....

‘Tiger King’ Sequel On The Way From Investigation Discovery By Chris Evangelista/April 6, 2020 2:00 pm EST Everyone is still talking about Tiger King, Netflix’s utterly bonkers docu-series about a group of terrible people. With Tiger King hype at a fever pitch, and rumors of a new episode arriving on Netflix this week, it was only a matter of time before someone else got in on the action. That someone is ID, aka the Investigation Discovery channel....

‘Twister’ Honest Trailer: Welcome To The Exciting World Of Wind Science By Ethan Anderton/June 4, 2020 6:00 am EST As if there wasn’t enough to worry about right now, don’t forget that it’s tornado season. And since there aren’t any new blockbusters hitting theaters, there’s no better time to take a look at Twister, one of the biggest hits of 1996. Tornadoes are destructive cyclones that can tear apart entire buildings, but before they form, there’s just some regular old weather in the sky, doppler radars to check, and wind to stare at....

‘Watchmen’ Featurette: “The Truth Unwraps Itself Slowly” By Ben Pearson/Sept. 9, 2019 2:30 pm EST How do you feel about heroes? That’s the question showrunner Damon Lindelof (Lost, The Leftovers) asks in Watchmen, his new HBO show that picks up decades after the events of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ seminal superhero comic series. But in a new featurette which showcases some brand new footage, Lindelof says potential audiences don’t need to have read the original graphic novel to understand what’s happening in this series....

‘Zombieland’ Honest Trailer: The Louder, Dumber, American ‘Shaun Of The Dead’ By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 16, 2019 6:00 am EST Zombieland: Double Tap is coming to theaters this week, but it’s been 10 years since the original movie hit theaters. That means it’s time for the folks behind Honest Trailers to do what they do best. For a movie called Zombieland,you might be surprised at just how few zombies there are in a world that was supposedly ravaged by them in just a couple months....

10 Reasons To Watch ‘Braven,’ The ’90s Action Movie Throwback You Need Right Now By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 2, 2018 8:00 am EST Jason Momoa stars in Braven, a film with a dumb name and a whole lot of heart. Braven feels like an anomaly – it’s the type of action movie that was more prevalent in the late ’80s and early ’90s; the type of action movie that used to star Jean-Claude Van Damme....

Exclusive: Watch A ‘Brahms: The Boy II’ Deleted Scene And Win A Copy Of The Movie On Blu-Ray By Ethan Anderton/May 12, 2020 7:30 am EST Brahms: The Boy II was lucky enough to open in theaters before the coronavirus pandemic shut them all down. But the horror sequel will find more of an audience at home now that it’s available on digital and is set to arrive on Blu-ray/DVD next week....

Movie Theaters In New York City And Los Angeles Close Due To Coronavirus Concerns By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 16, 2020 7:00 am EST The lights are going out in the movie theaters of two of the biggest cities in the country. New York and Los Angeles movie theaters are closing in response to the coronavirus pandemic. It will be the first time in history that movie theaters have shuttered en masse over an issue that is not weather-related....

Oscars Going Hostless Again This Year, ABC Jokes Baby Yoda Should Host Emmys [TCA 2020] By Fred Topel/Jan. 8, 2020 2:30 pm EST The 2019 Oscar ceremony went without a host. It was a somewhat last minute decision. The Academy hired Kevin Hart to host the show, but then asked him to apologize for old tweets making homophobic jokes. Two days later, Hart stepped down as host leaving the Academy and network little time to find a replacement....

Stephen King Short Story ‘The Revelations Of Becka Paulson’ Being Turned Into CW Series By Chris Evangelista/July 21, 2020 4:30 pm EST In the mad-dash to cash-in on the big Stephen King adaptation revival, producers are having to go far and wide to find fresh tales of terror that have yet to find their way to the screen (or they’re just shrugging their shoulders and remaking older stuff). The CW wants to get in on this King action, and they’ve gone to a very unlikely source: “The Revelations of ‘Becka Paulson,” an obscure short story that has yet to be collected into any of the King short story collections published so far....

Super Bowl Movie Trailers: Higher Costs For Commercial Time Means Fewer Trailers, But Here’s What We Expect To See By Ben Pearson/Jan. 29, 2020 4:30 pm EST I remember when it was a big deal that a 30-second ad slot at the Super Bowl cost $1 million. But in the twenty-plus years since then, the price has climbed to new heights: this year, every 30-second spot during the game itself will cost $5....

By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 29, 2020 1:30 pm EST One of the best parts of Frozen II is when Olaf has to recap the events of the first movie for the Northuldra and a troop of Arendelle soldiers who have been trapped in an enchanted forest for decades. Now, to help motivate people to vote in the 2020 election, Josh Gad has taken it upon himself to recap the entire Star Wars franchise as Olaf, starting with the prequel trilogy in just eight minutes....

The Biggest Surprises And Snubs Of The 2020 Emmy Nominations By /Film Staff/July 28, 2020 12:00 pm EST Ah, yes. Another major awards show, another chance to pick apart the nominations! The 2020 Emmy Nominations were announced this morning and, as usual, there were a number of surprises (some positive, some negative). And of course, there were plenty of folks who were left out of the party. So let’s dispense with the pleasantries and wade into the muck of it all....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Magnetic’ Follows Extreme Sports Junkies Who Are Addicted To Thrills By Ben Pearson/Aug. 13, 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: MagneticWhere You Can Stream It: NetflixThe Pitch: A film crew travels around the world documenting extreme sports junkies performing adrenaline-pumping feats, including skiing down a nearly-sheer mountain face, surfing massive waves, and more....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘When Harry Met Sally’ Is The Perfect Romantic Comedy All Others Aspire To Be By Ethan Anderton/June 13, 2020 10:00 am EST The conversations between Harry and Sally that kick off the movie set the stage for what’s to come throughout the rest of the story. As the two run into each other by happenstance several times over the next decade, their relationship evolves from being mere acquaintances to best friends, seemingly disproving Harry’s theory on men and women being friends....

This Week In Trailers: A Life On The Farm, The Peasants, Nail In The Coffin: The Fall And Rise Of Vampiro, Agents Of Chaos, Never Gonna Snow Again By Christopher Stipp/Aug. 29, 2020 9:00 am EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

‘I Know This Much Is True’ Review: Mark Ruffalo Delivers Two Great Performances In An Increasingly Bleak Drama By Chris Evangelista/May 11, 2020 8:00 am EST I Know This Much is True has the bad luck of arriving at a time when the majority of potential viewers are extra stressed and extra depressed. Because of the situation we now find ourselves in, I Know This Much is True is going to seem like an uphill battle for many, simply because it’s so damn bleak....

‘Into The Dark’ Kicks Off Season 2 With ‘Uncanny Annie’ And A Strong Start By Matt Donato/Oct. 18, 2019 11:00 am EST (Blumhouse Television and Hulu have partnered for a monthly horror anthology series titled Into The Dark, set to release a full holiday-themed feature the first Friday of every month. Horror anthology expert Matt Donato will be tackling the series one-by-one, stacking up the entries as they become streamable.)Welcome back, Into The Dark fans!...