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‘Star Wars: The High Republic’ Reveals How Jedi Perceive The Force Differently And New Modified Lightsabers [NYCC] By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 9, 2020 7:00 am EST Star Wars: The High Republic will kick of the next era of Star Wars stories as a new publishing initiative from Lucasfilm. Set 200 years before the events of the Skywalker saga, the galaxy is at peace, but an event known as The Great Disaster is about to unfold, threatening many planets across space....

Tesla Trailer The trailer for Tesla at first plays out like any old biopic. Stuffy men in period clothes holding meetings in stuffy rooms by candlelight, while the tortured genius goes unappreciated for his vision. But wait, is that Eve Hewson talking about Google? Is Ethan Hawke holding a modern-day microphone? Several anachronisms don’t line up with the 19th century setting of Tesla, but that is Almereyda’s intention: to inject a little electricity into the old-fashioned biopic....

By Ben Pearson/May 12, 2020 12:30 pm EST Star Wars fans can put their The Mandalorian season 2 coronavirus concerns to rest, because Disney’s new CEO Bob Chapek has promised that the upcoming season will not be delayed by the ongoing global pandemic. Read his comments below. In an interview with CNBC, Chapek explained that while the coronavirus pandemic has impacted several of Disney’s planned productions, there is still work that can be done before and after principal photography:...

‘The Matrix 4’: Joe Pantoliano Really Wants To Return As Cypher By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 24, 2020 1:30 pm EST Joe Pantoliano really wants to be in The Matrix 4. The actor starred in the 1999 The Matrix as the treacherous Cypher, but hasn’t received the call from Lana Wachowski, who returns to direct the long-awaited The Matrix 4, which brings back original trilogy stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss. Despite that — and the fact that his character kind of kicked the bucket in the first film — Pantoliano has put in several calls to Wachowski with his ideas how Cypher can return....

‘The Simpsons’ Considered Nicolas Cage For The Voice Of Frank Grimes By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 25, 2020 11:30 am EST Once upon a time, The Simpsons was a great show. And one of its very best episodes was season 8’s “Homer’s Enemy,” in which hard-working guy Frank Grimes lands a job at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and grows horrified at the constant buffoonery of Homer Simpson, the plant’s safety inspector who is perpetually drunk, stupid, or taking a nap in a radiation suit still hung on a hook....

‘Thor: Love And Thunder’ Will Begin Filming In January By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 19, 2020 10:30 am EST While movie release dates are constantly in flux, Hollywood isn’t content to just sit around waiting to start shooting new stuff. Spider-Man 3 is currently shooting in New York. Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness is expected to start shooting after that. And now, plans are underway to start shooting Thor: Love and Thunder in January....

‘WeCrashed’ TV Series, Based On The Podcast About The Rise And Fall Of WeWork, Will Star Jared Leto By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 16, 2020 3:00 pm EST Apple TV+ is developing a WeCrashed TV series based on the podcast of the same name, and Jared Leto is in talks to star. This Is Us directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa are set to helm the series, which tells the true story of WeWork, a commercial real estate company once valued at $47 billion dollars until it all came crashing down due to mismanagement and a general lack of vision....

Amanda Seyfried Says David Fincher Required A Week’s Worth Of Takes For One ‘Mank’ Scene By Chris Evangelista/June 17, 2020 1:30 pm EST David Fincher is known for shooting many, many, many takes until he gets what he wants. And it looks like he hasn’t changed. Fincher’s return to feature directing, Mank, is due out on Netflix this year, and according to star Amanda Seyfried, one of her scenes required – at least in Fincher’s eyes – 200 takes and about an entire week to film....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 24, 2019 3:30 pm EST Ghost in the Shell director Rupert Sanders will be laying the foundation for Apple TV+’s highly anticipated adaptation of an Isaac Asimov science-fiction classic. Apple has tapped Sanders as the Foundation director for the pilot episode of the 10-episode series starring Lee Pace and Jared Harris. Rupert Sanders is the latest feature filmmaker to make the move to TV with Apple TV+’s ambitious adaptation of Foundation....

Cool Stuff: The Maps Of Movieland Deliver Wonderful Cinematic Topography By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 12, 2019 6:00 am EST Wouldn’t it be great if all the characters, creatures and places we loved from movies existed in one complete cinematic world? Last Action Hero tried to bring us close to that ideal, as did Ready Player One in some capacity. But cinephile David Honnorat wanted to pack even more movies into a fictional world....

Cool Stuff: You Don’t Have To Be Tony Stark To Build This LEGO ‘Iron Man’ Helmet By Ethan Anderton/June 9, 2020 6:00 am EST Tony Stark built an arc reactor in a cave. With a box of scraps. But he wouldn’t have been able to build this LEGO Iron Man helmet based on the armored suit he used to become a superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Now you can build your own Iron Man helmet from the comfort of your home thanks to the new LEGO line of building brick busts....

Daily Podcast: Steven Spielberg’s Star Wars, Darren Aronofsky’s Batman, Rogue One, The Shining, Myst And More By Peter Sciretta/April 17, 2020 1:15 pm EST On the April 17, 2020 Episode of /Film Daily, Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Rogue One, The Shining, Myst, Darren Aronofsky’s Batman and Steven Spielberg’s Star Wars....

Here’s How ‘Black Panther’ Director Ryan Coogler Contributed To Pixar’s ‘Soul’ By Ben Pearson/Dec. 14, 2020 8:00 am EST If you pay close attention during the closing credits of Pixar’s Soul, you’ll spot one name that may come as something of a surprise: Ryan Coogler. The director of Black Panther and Creed was never announced as part of the creative team for this film, so what did he do to earn a “special thanks” credit in Pixar’s newest movie?...

On Friday Night, A Comedian Died In New York While Rorschach and The Comedian died in the graphic novel, we know that Nite Owl and Doctor Manhattan are very much alive. And of course, we have already seen Ozymandias and Silk Spectre II.The only character from the novel who actually had superpowers, Doctor Manhattan, is briefly seen where we last saw him in the graphic novel — living on Mars in some giant structure that looks like a castle....

How The ‘Charlie’s Angels’ Franchise Became An Accidental Ode To Feminism And Female Sexuality By Kristen Lopez/Nov. 20, 2019 12:00 pm EST With the arrival of a new millennium, Hollywood believed they had to go further with their filmmaking. Gone was the simplicity of ’90s filmmaking and in their place stood films that epitomized the nature of the word “extreme,” flash and whizbang with messages that were going to get inside your head even if they had to be beaten in....

Magnolia “Influential Women” Giveaway: Win Digital Download Codes For ‘RBG,’ Iris,’ ‘Kusama: Infinity,’ And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 25, 2020 1:00 pm EST Just as Saoirse Ronan so emphatically says in Little Women, “Women!” And in honor of women and the best female-centric documentaries in their library, Magnolia Pictures is hosting a giveaway of digital download codes with /Film. If you would like a free digital download code to films like RBG, the ultra-cool deep dive into Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life; or Iris, Albert Maysles’ tribute to eclectic interior designer Iris Apfel; or Kusama: Infinity, about game-changing Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama; and more, enter /Film’s contest....

The Best Movies Streaming Right Now Raging Bull Now Streaming on Netflix Release Date: 1980Genre: BiopicDirector: Martin ScorseseCast: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty Next month, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Martin Scorsese will reunite for the highly-anticipated The Irishman. As you await that film, why not go back to the first movie that brought this trio together: Raging Bull. A beautiful yet brutal portrait of boxer Jake LaMotta, Raging Bull finds De Niro playing the paranoid pugilist who is constantly lashing out both in and out of the ring....

Phase 5 Of The Marvel Cinematic Universe Is Already Planned, Next ‘Avengers’ Team Will Be “Very Different” By Ethan Anderton/July 23, 2019 8:30 am EST The Marvel Studios panel at San Diego Comic-Con revealed Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, unlike the previous phases, this one didn’t culminate with a big event movie like The Avengers. Kevin Feige explained why that’s the case not long after the panel concluded, and part of the reason might be to allow for a bigger lead-up to what’s coming in Phase 5....

POTD: ‘Modern Family’ Flashes Back 10 Years To The First Cast Table Read By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 5, 2019 6:00 am EST Modern Family is coming to an end with the final season premiering this fall. In honor of the show’s upcoming conclusion, ABC flashed back to the first photo of the entire cast of the comedy when they assembled for the show’s table read and juxtaposted it with the cast together for the final first table read for the last season....

Quibi Executives Will Take A 10% Pay Cut After The Streaming Platform’s Less-Than-Stellar Launch By Ben Pearson/June 4, 2020 12:00 pm EST When a mysterious new startup founded by Hollywood mainstay Jeffrey Katzenberg earned the support of every major movie studio and secured over a billion dollars in funding before it even had a name, it turned a lot of heads. But when that name was revealed to be “Quibi,” the company became the butt of jokes – and despite convincing several top-tier filmmakers and actors to make content for it, the service was never able to shake the target off its back....