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‘Hobbs And Shaw’ Writer Chris Morgan Reveals What Dwayne Johnson And Jason Statham Wanted In The Script [Interview] By Ben Pearson/Aug. 2, 2019 8:00 am EST Chris Morgan has written every single Fast and Furious movie since 2006’s The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, and he’s back as a writer/producer of the franchise’s first spin-off, Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw. But while Morgan had previously written all of his entries solo, this time he has a co-writer in the form of Drew Pearce (Iron Man 3, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation)....

‘Lost Ollie’ First Look: Meet The Adorable Ragdoll In The New Netflix Series From ‘Spider-Verse’ Director Peter Ramsey By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 6, 2020 11:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Director Peter Ramsey was one of the three filmmakers who brought us the innovative and electrifying Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. However, he’s stepping outside of the world of comics for a live-action/computer animated hybrid series at Netflix called Lost Ollie, based on William Joyce’s children’s book Ollie’s Odyssey....

‘Shazam!’ Honest Trailer: Finally, A Family Movie That Scares The Hell Out Of Kids By Ethan Anderton/July 23, 2019 6:00 am EST There are plenty of superhero movies out there for kids to enjoy nowadays. But what we’ve been missing a superhero movie with some truly frightening monsters that will make them never want to see a superhero movie ever again. All you have to do is say, Shazam!. The Shazam Honest Trailer has arrived to show us that not only can movies made for families be absolutely terrifying, but Marvel and DC Comics aren’t all that different....

‘Star Wars: The High Republic’ Details Revealed: First Story Is A Race Against Time, And The New Villains Sound Especially Dangerous By Ben Pearson/Sept. 22, 2020 1:00 pm EST Early this year, Lucasfilm finally pulled back the curtain on a mysterious project they’d been working on which was codenamed “Project Luminous.” The company announced Star Wars: The High Republic, a medium-spanning storytelling initiative comprised of books, comics, and potentially even video games, TV shows, and movies....

‘The Predator’ Co-Writer Discusses Troubles Behind The Scenes, Altered Third Act & More By Ethan Anderton/July 15, 2019 4:30 pm EST When The Predator arrived last year, it was to mostly mixed responses. While there was plenty of bloody action to behold and a great ensemble to revive the sci-fi action franchise, there was something about the final cut of the movie that felt slapped together, almost like pieces of the movie were missing....

‘Totally Under Control’ Trailer: Oscar Winner Alex Gibney Made A Coronavirus Documentary In Secret By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 4, 2020 3:00 pm EST It’s no secret that the coronavirus pandemic is deadly, but despite all the headlines and reports providing new details on how COVID-19 has killed infected millions and killed hundreds of thousands, there’s still a lot we don’t know about how this crisis has been handled. But Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) teamed up with directors Ophelia Harutyunyan and Suzanne Hillinger to find out everything they could about what made this catastrophe far worse than it needed to be....

‘Truth Be Told’ Featurette: Octavia Spencer May Have Helped Put An Innocent Man Behind Bars By Ben Pearson/Nov. 26, 2019 3:00 pm EST Is there a point where the personal fallout from a quest for truth and the consequences of uncovering long-buried secrets become so detrimental that the quest itself should be stifled? That seems to be a question at the heart of Truth Be Told, a new AppleTV+ show that stars Oscar winner Octavia Spencer as a podcaster who might have contributed to an innocent man (Aaron Paul) being put in jail....

Charlie Kaufman “Stopped Caring” About Directing After ‘Anomalisa’ Flopped By Ben Pearson/Sept. 2, 2020 4:00 pm EST 2015’s Anomalisa sounds like it nearly broke Charlie Kaufman. Well, not the movie itself, but more the reaction to it – or, even more specifically, the lack of reaction to it. The filmmaker, who directed 2008’s Synecdoche, New York, 2015’s Anomalisa, and is back with this year’s I’m Thinking of Ending Things, says he “just stopped caring” about directing after Anomalisa flopped at the box office....

Christian Bale Is The Villain In ‘Thor: Love And Thunder’ By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 6, 2020 12:36 pm EST Christian Bale might be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Dark Knight Trilogy actor is reportedly in talks to join the cast of Thor: Love and Thunder for director Taika Waititi. Bale would be joining returning franchise actors Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, and Natalie Portman. The big question is: who would Bale be playing?...

Daily Podcast: How Many Trailers Is Too Many? 2019 Emmy Awards, Kylo Ren, A Christmas Carol, Breaking Bad & More By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 23, 2019 1:45 pm EST On the September 23, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman, and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss the latest film and tv news, including the 2019 Emmy Awards, Kylo Ren, A Christmas Carol, Breaking Bad, and Movie Trailers....

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Lands An Overall Deal With Apple To Develop And Star In New Projects By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 17, 2020 4:30 pm EST Apple is continuing to build their roster of talent with exclusive deals, and this time they’ve added a big comedic talent. Seinfeld star Julia Louis-Dreyfus, fresh off her Emmy-winning run as the lead of the HBO comedy series Veep, has signed a multi-year overall deal with Apple to develop, executive produce and star in projects exclusively for Apple TV+....

Listen: Michael Giacchino’s First Single From His Debut Solo Album By Ben Pearson/Oct. 5, 2020 2:30 pm EST Earlier this year, we saw the first short film from Oscar and Emmy-winning composer Michael Giacchino, entitled Monster Challenge. Now he’s pushing into new creative territory again, this time by releasing his first-ever non-soundtrack album. It’s a concept album called Travelogue Volume 1, and you can listen to the jazzy first single below....

Netflix Won’t Add A Disclaimer To ‘The Crown’ Deeming It A “Work Of Fiction” By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 7, 2020 12:00 pm EST For three seasons, Peter Morgan’s drama series The Crown has received praise and accolades for its complex character work and lavish depiction of the British royal family. But then season 4 hit Netflix, introducing the popular Princess Diana (played by newcomer Emma Corrin) to the fray. And it stirred up enough controversy that snowballed into the U....

Superhero Bits: ‘Agents Of SHIELD’ Final Season Trailer, ‘The Suicide Squad’ Getting Finished In Genuine 4K & More By Ethan Anderton/April 28, 2020 6:00 pm EST Want to see the trailer for the final season of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD? What is the ESRB rating for Marvel’s Avengers video game? Did you hear The Suicide Squad is being finished in 4K? Did you know Michael Jackson once wanted to buy Marvel?...

Theme Park Bits: FastPass+ For Mickey And Minnie, Give The Carousel Of Progress A Hand, And More By Josh Spiegel/Feb. 12, 2020 5:00 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway is getting FastPass+. A Disney ride got an unexpected…amputation of sorts. And more! Thanks to a well-known Super Bowl halftime performance, we all know about the phrase “wardrobe malfunction”. Such malfunctions can even befall the best and most dedicated performers at the Walt Disney World Resort....

‘American Horror Story’ Season 10 Poster Arrives With ‘American Horror Stories’ Details By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 12, 2020 4:00 pm EST Sooner or later we need to have a serious discussion about how we, as a society, allowed American Horror Story to last for 10 seasons. Not only that, but the show will now have its own spin-off – American Horror Stories. Ahead of the premieres of both shows, creator Ryan Murphy has revealed a fang-filled new American Horror Story season 10 poster along with American Horror Stories details....

‘Onward’ Footage Reaction: Chris Pratt And Tom Holland Go On A Fantasy Adventure To Reunite With Their Father [D23] By /Film Staff/Aug. 24, 2019 11:56 am EST Disney/Pixar is pumping the brakes on sequels, and its next movie is a totally original animated fantasy adventure called Onward. As usual, the cast is wildly impressive: Chris Pratt, Tom Holland, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Octavia Spencer star, and Dan Scanlon (Monsters University) is the writer/director behind the new feature....

By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 19, 2019 4:00 pm EST Here we go again! The fourth entry in the rebooted Star Trek series appears to be back on track, and it’s found a new writer-director. Noah Hawley, who created the acclaimed Fargo TV series and directed the not-so-acclaimed film Lucy In the Sky, will write and direct Star Trek 4, which will reportedly bring back crew members Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho, and Karl Urban....

‘The Adam Project’: Time Travel Movie Adds Mark Ruffalo As Ryan Reynolds’ Dad, Catherine Keener As Villain By Ben Pearson/Nov. 23, 2020 5:30 pm EST Ryan Reynolds is about to meet his maker in a new sci-fi adventure time travel movie called The Adam Project.Shawn Levy, the filmmaker behind Real Steel and the Night at the Museum franchise, has hired Mark Ruffalo (Avengers: Endgame, Zodiac) to play Reynolds’ character’s father, and Catherine Keener (Get Out, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) as the film’s villain....

‘The Adam Project’ First Look: Ryan Reynolds Reteams With Shawn Levy For A Netflix Time Travel Flick By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 30, 2020 11:30 am EST Ryan Reynolds is a busy guy. Between starring in phone commercials and wrapping up filming for the high-octane action movie Red Notice, Reynolds has started shooting a new project with director Shawn Levy, even as their previous collaboration, Free Guy, waits to hit theaters. But time waits for no theatrical release to show whether this Reynolds-Levy partnership will prove fruitful, so Reynolds is diving into the time-travel flick The Adam Project for Netflix....