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‘Fatman’ First Look: Mel Gibson Is Santa Claus And Walton Goggins Wants To Kill Him By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 9, 2020 2:00 pm EST Hitman Walton Goggins is going to try to kill Santa Claus, played by Mel Gibson, in Fatman, which has just been picked up by Saban Films. The dark comedy comes from writers-directors Eshom and Ian Nelms (Small Town Crime, Waffle Street, Lost on Purpose), and follows a hitman who decides to bump off Old St....

‘Infinity Train’ Review: Cartoon Network’s New Show Is A Wild Triumph By Caroline Cao/Aug. 13, 2019 11:00 am EST Infinity Train is a promising Cartoon Network project that comes our way courtesy of Owen Denis, previously a writer and storyboard artist for Regular Show. You might have caught it as a hatchling in its 2016 pilot. But in 2019, it has unraveled into a 10-episode miniseries that is a must-see for animation fans....

‘MacGruber’ Series Finally Ordered At Peacock, Ya Friggin’ Turds By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 10, 2020 11:30 am EST The game has changed. But the players are the same. MacGruber is officially coming back as a TV series exclusively on NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock. The series was said to be in development back in January, and now it’s officially been given a series order. Peacock announced the MacGruber series order at NBCUniveral’s Television Critics Association virtual press day today, nearly eight months after the series went into development....

‘Once Were Brothers’ Giveaway: Win The Blu-Ray, The Band’s 50th Anniversary Box Set, And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 18, 2020 11:30 am EST Daniel Roher’s documentary Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band offers an intimate, never-before-seen look into the early years of the Bob Dylan-backing band that would become musical legends in their own right. After debuting to positive reviews at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, Once Were Brothers hit limited theaters in February 2020....

‘Saturday Night Live’ Promotes Ego Nwodim To Series Regular For Season 46 By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 9, 2020 4:00 pm EST Saturday Night Live is gearing up for its 46th season this fall. Though the show ended their last season with a series of episodes remotely produced and recorded from the homes of the show’s cast, the late night sketch comedy staple is planning a return to the studio with proper safety protocols and precautions in place....

‘Sesame Street’ Heads To HBO Max With Deal For Five New Seasons, Four Spin-Off Shows & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 3, 2019 4:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. HBO Max just found the way to Sesame Street, and they’re going to be very comfortable there for at least a few years. Today, HBO Max and Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit media and educational organization behind the long-running children’s program Sesame Street, announced a new deal that will bring the program to the forthcoming streaming service for five new seasons....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Bloopers Show A Sillier Side To The First Order By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 12, 2020 8:30 am EST Sometimes when you’re leading an evil military dictatorship, you just gotta let loose. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is full of baddies who scowl and stride around in their black uniforms a lot, but when the First Order’s General Hux and Allegiant General Enric Pryde are done glowering at each other, they have a little fun....

‘The Continental’ TV Series Probably Won’t Air Until After ‘John Wick 4’ [TCA 2019] By Fred Topel/July 29, 2019 12:00 pm EST After the success of John Wick: Chapter 2, Starz announced plans to develop a TV series in the world of John Wick. The Continental would be set in and around the hotel chain for assassins from the films. Franchise creators Chad Stahelski, David Leitch and Derek Kolstad are involved, with Stahelski set to direct the pilot....

‘The School For Good And Evil’ Adaptation Headed To Netflix With Director Paul Feig By Chris Evangelista/May 28, 2020 1:30 pm EST Paul Feig is headed to Netflix to enroll in The School For Good And Evil. Feig will helm the adaptation of Soman Chainani’s book of the same name, which is the first in a series of six books where students of the titular enchanted school are trained to become fairytale heroes or villains....

‘The Vanished’ Trailer: Thomas Jane And Anne Heche Search For Their Missing Daughter By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 24, 2020 3:00 pm EST Thomas Jane and Anne Heche are a real-life couple who have worked together before, last starring in the HBO series Hung, which ran from 2009 to 2011, as a divorced couple. And they team up together again to play parents of a kidnapped daughter in The Vanished. Watch The Vanished trailer below....

‘Unfit’ Trailer: A New Documentary Asks Whether Donald Trump Is Fit To Hold The Office Of President By Ethan Anderton/July 16, 2020 7:30 am EST President Donald Trump makes headlines every day simply by posting on Twitter. But his excessive tweeting is just a small part of what makes this man a menace, not just to the United States, but the world at large.Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump is a new documentary focusing on the behavior, psyche, condition and stability of the President of the United States of America....

‘Vader Immortal’ Coming To PlayStation VR This Month By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 6, 2020 3:30 pm EST Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series is coming to PlayStation VR this month. The three-episode VR series is currently available on Oculus Quest, and by the end of the month, you’ll be able to experience it on PlayStation VR as well. The VR game lets players head to Mustafar, the world where Darth Vader hangs out in his big spooky castle, like Dracula....

‘What We Do In The Shadows’ Season 2 Trailer: More Undead Hijinks And Celebrity Guest Stars By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 19, 2020 12:30 pm EST FX has been offering us little morsels of the second season of What We Do in the Shadows, with promises of more undead hijinks and more celebrity guests. We get a peek of one more big guest star in the official What We Do in the Shadows season, with comedian Craig Robinson staking his claim for best guest appearance....

‘Women Who Kick Ass’ Panel Talks Going Beyond The “Strong Female Character” Trope [Comic-Con 2019] By Vanessa Armstrong/July 21, 2019 1:30 pm EST The “Women Who Kick Ass” panel is a San Diego Comic-Con staple. Entertainment Weekly has hosted the event in Hall H for several years in a row, and this year brought together five accomplished actresses to share their stories of working in Hollywood and what they’ve learned from their years in the business....

Alan Menken Achieves EGOT With Daytime Emmy Win For Best Original Song By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 27, 2020 7:30 am EST Only 16 people in history have achieved EGOT status, and Disney Legend Alan Menken has finally joined their ranks. The longtime Disney composer behind the scores and songs for films like The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin has scored the coveted EGOT (winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award) with a Daytime Emmy Award for Disney Channel’s Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure....

Another ‘Hamilton’ Special Is Dropping On Disney+ Tomorrow By Ben Pearson/July 9, 2020 3:00 pm EST Before the filmed version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway hit Hamilton debuted on Disney+, The Walt Disney Company announced that a documentary about the show would also be premiering on the streaming service. Now, there’s news that a second Hamilton special, called Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You, will be dropping on Disney+ tomorrow....

Cineworld Officially Closing All Regal Cinemas And U.K. Theaters This Week, Odeon In The U.K. Closing On Weekdays By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 5, 2020 11:30 am EST Over the weekend, Cineworld confirmed that they were considering temporary closure of all their Regal Cinemas locations in the United States as well as all of the theaters they own in the United Kingdom. At the time, it was merely an option they were considering in the wake of No Time to Die officially opting out of being released in theaters this year and shifting to a new date in April 2021....

Cool Stuff: New Funko POPs Coming For ‘The Mummy’, ‘The Goonies’, ‘Dracula’, ‘Cool Runnings’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 26, 2021 6:00 am EST In case you haven’t heard, the Funko Fair 2021 has been unfolding for a few days now. The collectible toy creators have been revealing new Funko POPs and other assorted items that are on the way, and yesterday brought a new wave of vinyl figures inspired by some of our favorite movies....

COVID-19 Could Double The Length Of Film And TV Productions By Ben Pearson/June 25, 2020 2:30 pm EST With coronavirus cases spiking in Los Angeles County, safety has never been more important to film and TV productions. Hollywood was given the green light to resume filming on June 12, and guilds and unions joined together to unveil new production protocols to combat the virus that same day. But according to a new report from Vanity Fair, “most movies and TV shows remain stalled and nearly paralyzed, struggling to figure out how and when to safely return to work....

Daily Podcast: The Russo Brothers Talk About 21 Bridges, Happy Endings, Life After Avengers: Endgame, And More [Interview] By Ben Pearson/Nov. 28, 2019 9:00 am EST On the November 28, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson introduces an interview from Jack Giroux, /Film’s interviewer-at-large, with Anthony and Joe Russo, the producers of the Chadwick Boseman action thriller 21 Bridges. Opening Banter: In Our Feature Presentation: ‘21 Bridges’ Producers the Russo Brothers Want to Keep Challenging Themselves in a Post-Avengers: Endgame World [Interview] The Russo Brothers Want to Release Their Directorial Debut ‘Pieces’ One Day Why ‘Happy Endings’ Continues to Endure, According to the Russo Brothers Other Articles Mentioned:All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm....