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‘The Mandalorian’ Puts The Pieces In Place For An Explosive Season Finale With “The Believer” By Bryan Young/Dec. 11, 2020 8:30 am EST Naturally, there are spoilers here.The penultimate episode of The Mandalorian’s second season, written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa, brings us to the very brink of a confrontation with Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito). In order to get a bead on where Gideon’s cruiser might be, Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) employs the help of Cara Dune (Gina Carano), Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison), and Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen), to spring Mayfeld (Bill Burr) out of a New Republic scrap prison....

‘The Patrick Star Show’, A ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Spin-Off Series, In The Works At Nickelodeon By Ben Pearson/Aug. 11, 2020 3:30 pm EST The hit animated children’s series SpongeBob SquarePants continues to be a massively important property for ViacomCBS – so much so that yet another spin-off show is in the works. The Patrick Star Show, an animated talk show starring SpongeBob’s best pal, is reportedly in the works at Nickelodeon, and deals are currently being finalized for creative forces behind the scenes, including longtime Patrick voice actor Bill Fagerbakke....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 27, 2020 8:30 am EST Toss a coin to the very first Witcher, who will be the star of the forthcoming prequel series The Witcher: Blood Origin. Netflix announced the six-part live-action The Witcher spin-off series, which will further expand the grim and violent world of its hit fantasy series alongside the upcoming anime film. Netflix announced the live-action prequel series The Witcher: Blood Origin, which will take place in an “elven world” 1,200 years before the events of the Henry Cavill-starring The Witcher....

‘Thirst’: HBO Is Developing A Hip-Hop Vampire Drama Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 18, 2020 6:30 pm EST This week in “projects that sound like they’ve been put together through a game of Mad Libs,” we’ve got a hip-hop vampire drama that is in the works at HBO. Yes, you read that right. Titled Thirst, the original supernatural drama series comes from Macro Television Studios and former Empire writers Leah Benavides Rodriguez and Carlito Rodriguez, and tells the story of a cocky Atlanta rapper who discovers that hip-hop’s hottest group is actually a secret cabal of vampires....

‘Uncut Gems’ Returns Theaters With A Special Post-Screening Q&A With Adam Sandler (That He Didn’t Know About) By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 4, 2020 4:30 pm EST Uncut Gems may not be winning any Oscars, but this is how we (as a collective society) win: with a theatrical re-release that features a special post-screening Q&A filmed without star Adam Sandler’s knowledge. Uncut Gems is coming back to theaters, courtesy of A24 and directors Josh and Benny Safdie, who are tacking on another surprise gift for those seeing their crime thriller again....

By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 20, 2020 11:28 am EST We’ve heard rumblings of a Willow TV series, and now it’s official. Jon M. Chu, director of Crazy Rich Asians and In the Heights, is set to direct a Willow TV series for Disney+, with Willow star Warwick Davis returning as Willow Ufgood. Ron Howard, who directed the film, is also on board as executive producer. Released in 1988, the fantasy epic Willow came from a story by George Lucas, and while it was not the huge blockbuster Lucasfilm was hoping for, it turned a profit – and developed a strong following thanks to home video....

31 Days Of Streaming Horror: ‘The Autopsy Of Jane Doe’ Shows How Scary A Simple Scenario Can Be By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 22, 2019 3:00 pm EST Welcome to 31 Days of Streaming Horror. Every day this October, we’ll be highlighting a different streaming horror movie to help you get into the Halloween spirit. Today’s entry: The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016). The Autopsy of Jane Doe Now Streaming on Netflix...

A Year In Disabled Criticism: What It’s Like To Write About Movies When You Have A Disability By Kristen Lopez/Dec. 3, 2019 9:00 am EST Earlier this year, I made the life-altering decision to move from my sleepy hometown of Sacramento and finally live in Los Angeles. Being disabled has always been a challenge I’ve navigated throughout my life and my assumption was that moving to Los Angeles would have little difference....

Comedian Tom Segura On Always Improving And Why Auditioning Is The Worst [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Nov. 7, 2019 4:00 pm EST Tom Segura is one of the best comedians out there right now. The Cincinnati native released his first Netflix special, Completely Normal, back in 2014, and in the five years since, his skills as a storyteller have only sharpened. Segura’s jokes continue to grow longer and funnier, making for some of the most consistently funny Netflix comedy specials available....

Attack Peter Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Prints These are what are known as linoleum block prints, which are created by using a printmaking technique where the image is carved out of a sheet of linoleum and then impressed on to paper by either hand or machine. For these four prints, Attack Peter designed, carved, and printed each piece by hand, using a roller to apply ink to the linoleum and then printing each directly to achieve his signature style....

Freeform’s 31 Nights Of Halloween Lineup Released, Event Kicks Off With Immersive Drive-Through Experience By Ben Pearson/Sept. 1, 2020 5:00 pm EST The world is admittedly a hellscape right now, but at least the Halloween season is coming up to potentially take our minds off things for a little while. And if Halloween is just around the corner, you know what that means: it’s almost time for Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween, a month-long programming stretch of spooky films leading up to All Hallow’s Eve....

Hugo Weaving Explains Why He Won’t Appear In ‘The Matrix 4’, Talks About His New Take On Shakespeare With ‘Measure For Measure’ [Interview] By Steven Prokopy/Sept. 10, 2020 8:00 am EST Modern updates of Shakespeare are always a mixed bag. But for the most part, they have a tendency to open up the Bard’s work to a new generation of viewers, especially if the story being adapted keeps the basic plot but swaps out Shakespeare’s dense language for something more contemporary....

LOL: Conan O’Brien Roasts Adam Sandler During AARP’s Annual Movie Awards By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 30, 2020 6:00 am EST First of all, yes, we’re as surprised as you are to learn that the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) has an annual awards ceremony called the Movies for Grown Ups Awards. Quite literally, this is your father’s awards show. It’s also your grandfather’s awards show, not to mention your grandmother and your mother....

Matt Reeves And ‘Paranormal Activity’ Producer Team For 1940s Horror Movie ‘Switchboard’ By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 6, 2020 1:00 pm EST Director Matt Reeves (above) is currently hard at work on the latest iteration of The Dark Knight with the forthcoming movie The Batman. Unfortunately, we’ll be waiting until 2022 before we get to see it, but in the meantime, Reeves is dipping his toes back into horror by producing a new movie called Switchboard with Paranormal Activity producer Steven Schneider....

Superhero Movie ‘Ball And Chain’ Will Reunite Dwayne Johnson And Emily Blunt [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 7, 2020 7:30 am EST Update: Netflix has announced that the streaming giant has acquired Ball and Chain, making this their second collaboration with Dwayne Johnson after the upcoming action film Red Notice. Our original article follows below.Jungle Cruise co-stars Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt are dipping their toes into a new project. Johnson and Blunt, who play bickering romantic foils in the upcoming Disney adventure movie, will reunite in Ball and Chain, but this time as a bickering married couple who gain superpowers in a film penned by The Big Sick co-writer Emily V....

The Morning Watch: ‘Outside The Wire’ VFX Breakdown, The Cinematography Of Genndy Tartakovsky & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 26, 2021 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, take a look at the visual effects in Netflix’s new sci-fi action movie Outside the Wire starring Anthony Mackie....

Bad Education (Special Presentations) Before “Operation Varsity Blues” netted Felicity Huffman and Lori Laughlin earlier this year, there were other high-profile scams that took schools for suckers. Bad Education tells the tale of one of them, an embezzlement racket that took place in the early ’00s out on Long Island. Rather than get into the details and potentially ruin the fun of the film, I’ll just throw out some members of the cast and let those names speak for themselves....

Water Cooler: Borat, Mulan, Seduced, Wind Of Change, Les Diaboliques, Wolf, Friends, The Vow, Hades By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 23, 2020 1:15 pm EST On the October 23, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler....

‘Alita: Battle Angel’ Honest Trailer: A 26th Century Movie That Plays Like It Never Left The 90s By Ethan Anderton/July 31, 2019 6:00 am EST Alita: Battle Angel is the second movie starring Christoph Waltz that featurs some very prominent big eyes. But it’s the only one that takes place in the 26th century where X-Games style sports are still all the rage and a robot girl called Alita (Rosa Salazar) who loves chocolate can defy death at the hands of an endless array of cybernetically enhanced humans with knifes for limbs....

‘Chucky’ TV Series Production Delayed Until Next Year By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 4, 2020 9:30 am EST It appears that you can keep a Good Guy down. The Chucky TV series, spun-off from the Child’s Play film franchise, was supposed to start shooting soon. But, due to the coronavirus, the show has been pushed until 2021. The plan was to start film Chucky this fall in Toronto, but because of the current situation involving COVD-19, production has moved to next year....