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‘Borderlands’ Film Recruits Kevin Hart As Action Hero Roland – Does This Signal A New Direction For His Career? By Ben Pearson/Jan. 26, 2021 12:00 pm EST I wonder if anyone sat around playing the video game Borderlands when it debuted in 2009 and thought to themselves, “Man, the guy who directed Hostel should turn this into a movie that stars Galadriel from The Lord of the Rings and that funny guy from those Seltzer/Friedberg spoof films....

‘Doctor Sleep’ Is Rated R For “Disturbing And Violent Content”, So Please Leave Your Loud Kids At Home By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 22, 2019 12:00 pm EST If you were worried that Doctor Sleep would be watered down when it hits theaters in November, worry no more. The official Doctor Sleep rating is in, and as you might have guessed, it’s rated R. Director Mike Flanagan confirmed the rating for his sequel to Stephen King’s The Shining, so please, for the love of god – leave your bratty kids at home....

‘For All Mankind’ Season 2 Trailer: Apple’s Science Fiction Series Wages A Cold War In Space By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 15, 2021 1:30 pm EST It’s the ’80s and the Cold War is silently raging. But a different kind of Cold War is about to be waged in For All Mankind, Apple TV+’s acclaimed alternate-history space drama, which premieres its second season this February. Watch the For All Mankind trailer below....

‘Halloween Kills’ Is “The Quintessential Slasher Film”, According To John Carpenter By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 26, 2020 10:30 am EST Look, whenever someone involved with a movie says that particular movie is good, that’s really not news. Of course someone with a vested interest in a product will proclaim its superiority – that’s just how stuff works. But there are exceptions. For example – John Carpenter is famous (or maybe infamous?) for not mincing words....

‘Here Comes The Flood’: Jason Bateman In Talks To Direct Netflix Heist Film By Ben Pearson/July 31, 2020 3:30 pm EST Jason Bateman might be ready to orchestrate a heist. The actor/director is reportedly in early talks to direct Here Comes the Flood, a heist film written by X-Men franchise writer/producer Simon Kinberg. The movie is for Netflix, where Bateman has been working on the streaming drama Ozark; earlier this week, he earned his third straight Emmy nomination for his work on that series....

‘Jurassic World Evolution’ Video Game Will Soon Let You Run The Original ‘Jurassic Park’ By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 18, 2019 6:00 am EST Have you heard of Jurassic World: Evolution? In the tradition of theme park simulators, the video game lets players create their own dinosaur theme park where they have to bioengineer dinosaurs that think, feel and react intelligently to the park around them, create entertainment and security for guests, and keep the park up and running without any dinosaurs escaping and wreaking havoc....

‘Monos’ Review: Unsettling, Authentic, And One Of The Best Films Of 2019 By Kalyn Corrigan/Sept. 13, 2019 11:00 am EST A group of child soldiers kick a can around in a makeshift game of soccer atop a misty mountain. Blindfolded, arms out, wandering haphazardly around the foggy peak, their little hands nearly tickle the clouds. Suddenly, a messenger arrives on horseback and runs his “monos” through a standard series of military drills....

‘Morbius’ Trailer: Jared Leto Is The Blood-Sucking Spider-Man Villain By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 13, 2020 8:51 am EST Jared Leto is not joking around with Morbius. The Suicide Squad actor is totally fine with Joker’s leading Oscar nominations this morning because he has an official trailer for the Sony comic book movie in which he stars as a living vampire. The next film in Sony’s Spider-Man-adjacent universe (after Venom), Morbius follows a scientist who accidentally turns himself into a vampire....

By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 27, 2020 7:30 am EST Just what is this “unfathomable mystery” on Royal Abbott’s land!? The horror fan in me thinks this sounds like the perfect recipe for some sort of weird, cosmic horror. But I’m guessing that’s not the case, or else they’d be calling this a horror series. Other than that slim bit of info above there’s next to nothing out there about Outer Range, so feel free to use your imagination and make up an entire show in your mind....

‘Star Wars’ Concept Art: A Death Star Rises From The Jakku Desert By Ben Pearson/July 29, 2019 2:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In early January of 2013, a few months after The Walt Disney Company had purchased Lucasfilm, a meeting was called to establish concept art for the film that would become Star Wars: The Force Awakens. This was long before a script was in place, and even a few weeks before J....

‘Star Wars: The High Republic’ Introduces New Jedi Padawans, Including A Wookiee With A Huge Lightsaber By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 21, 2020 10:30 am EST We’ve already met some of the new Jedi who will be trying to keep peace and order when a galaxy-wide crisis strikes in the upcoming Lucasfilm publishing initiative Star Wars: The High Republic. But those are the skilled Jedi who have plenty of experience. What about the up and coming Padawans?...

‘The Final Girl Support Group’: Upcoming Grady Hendrix Slasher Movie Homage Novel Being Turned Into A Series By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 16, 2020 3:30 pm EST Annapurna has scooped up the rights to The Final Girl Support Group, an upcoming novel from Grady Hendrix, and plan to turn it into a series. The book is an homage to slasher movies, following a group of “final girls” clearly inspired by the surviving female characters from titles like Friday the 13th, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Halloween, and A Nightmare on Elm Street....

‘The Little Mermaid Live’ Will Blend Live-Action Songs With The Original Animated Film [TCA 2019] By Fred Topel/Aug. 6, 2019 9:00 am EST ABC announced to the Television Critics Association that it would air The Wonderful World of Disney Presents: The Little Mermaid Live on November 5. This isn’t exactly a live musical like Grease: Live or the ill-fated Rent: Live. There is a Broadway musical of The Little Mermaid, but this is not a production of that....

‘The Vow Part Two’ Will Continue To Explore NXIVM With More Episodes In 2021 By Ben Pearson/Oct. 16, 2020 11:00 am EST The Vow is making a new promise: it will be back for more next year. The HBO documentary series about the headline-grabbing NXIVM cult is set to air its season finale this weekend, and the premium cable channel has just announced that the series will return in The Vow Part Two, a second installment of episodes which will air in 2021....

‘The Walking Dead: World Beyond’ Crossover Possibilities And Tie-Ins Explained By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 8, 2020 4:00 pm EST The Walking Dead: World Beyond is taking the zombie drama franchise in a different direction when it arrives on AMC sometime early this year. The series takes place roughly 10 years into the zombie apocalypse, which puts it around the same time that the 10th season of The Walking Dead would be taking place after the show’s most recent time jump....

‘Tower Of God’ Trailer: The Crunchyroll Original Adapts The Beloved Fantasy-Adventure Webtoon By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 18, 2020 3:30 pm EST Crunchyroll announced just last month that it was wading into the original content game, after years of being the premiere streaming website for anime. And it seems like it’s going to start strong right out the gate, with the upcoming Tower of God, a fantasy-adventure anime based on the beloved Korean webtoon that already has a following around the globe....

Billy Joel Songs Inspire A New Anthology Series For MGM TV By Ben Pearson/Sept. 25, 2019 12:00 pm EST Nearly fifty years of Billy Joel songs will provide the basis for a new anthology series that’s currently in development at MGM TV, and the title of the show is taken from Joel’s favorite song from his entire discography. Learn more about the concept below. The Hollywood Reporter brings word about the new Billy Joel-inspired series, which will be called Scenes From an Italian Restaurant....

Daily Podcast: Star Wars, Marvel TV, Searching 2, Star Wars, Snake Eyes, CBS/Viacom Merger & Angry Birds 2 By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 14, 2019 1:18 pm EST On the August 14 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by senior writer Ben Pearson, and writer Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and TV news, including Marvel television, Paddington 2, Searching 2, Star Wars, Snake Eyes, CBS/Viacom, and Angry Birds 2....

Earlier Cuts Of ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Explained Palpatine’s Backstory By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 3, 2020 8:00 am EST A lot goes unexplained in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, so much that director J.J. Abrams and co-writer Chris Terrio have gone on an explanation press tour of sorts, clarifying plot reveals and twists. But earlier versions of the final film in the Skywalker Saga may have given a better picture of some of the most baffling twists....

Exclusive ‘Emma.’ Clip Praises The Cast Of The Costume Comedy By Chris Evangelista/May 14, 2020 8:00 am EST Emma. is now on digital, and to help spread the word, we’re sharing an exclusive clip from Autumn de Wilde’s acclaimed Jane Austen adaptation. The clip below has de Wilde talking about assembling the perfect cast for the film – a cast that includes Anya Taylor-Joy, Johnny Flynn, Josh O’Connor, Callum Turner, Mia Goth, Miranda Hart, and Bill Nighy....