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‘Y: The Last Man’ Update From Brian K. Vaughan: “The Series Is In Excellent Hands” By Ben Pearson/Aug. 7, 2019 4:30 pm EST After a decade in development, first as a film and then as a television series, I’ll believe that a Y: The Last Man series exists only after I see a full episode with my own eyes. But author Brian K. Vaughan, who wrote the superb comic series on which the upcoming FX series is based, has some good news....

A Texas Theater Has Converted Its Parking Lot Into A Temporary Drive-In And Keeps Selling Out Shows By Chris Evangelista/March 31, 2020 1:30 pm EST Things are rather bleak for the movie theater industry right now, but here’s some good news for a change. A Texas theater has converted itself into a temporary drive-in – and the result has been a smashing success. An EVO Entertainment theater located in Schertz, TX (trivia: the hometown of /Film managing editor Jacob Hall) set up a drive-in option in its parking lot, and has been selling out every single show since opening last Friday....

Apple TV+ Hopes To Release Some Original Movies In Theaters Before Sending Them To Streaming By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 27, 2019 1:30 pm EST Netflix has been hellbent on shaking up the traditional theatrical release model for years, always opting for a release of just a few weeks instead of the usual three months. It’s been pissing of the major theater chains, and most recently it resulted in Martin Scorsese’s new movie The Irishman not getting as wide of a release as hoped....

Daily Podcast: Jaws, Dragon’s Lair, Mad Max, & What Happens To The Oscars & Golden Globes This Year? By Peter Sciretta/March 30, 2020 1:15 pm EST On the March 30, 2020 Episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Jaws, Dragon’s Lair, Mad Max, and a bunch of Coronavirus updates. Opening Banter: Is it still March?...

Decades Later, ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’ And ‘Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein’ Make For A Sublime And Fascinating Double Feature By Bryan Young/Aug. 8, 2019 11:00 am EST In 1992, when Francis Ford Coppola released Bram Stoker’s Dracula, his tragically romantic take on the gothic horror story was well-liked enough. Audiences responded to what Roger Ebert called the “feverish excess” of the film. It’s a film that takes the classic vampire tropes that we expect and examines them through two lenses: one of gothic romance and another that hews closer to the original source material than we’d ever really seen before....

Jimmy Kimmel Is The 2020 Emmy Awards Host, But He Has No Idea How The Ceremony Will Happen By Ben Pearson/June 16, 2020 2:45 pm EST While the next Oscars ceremony was just delayed by two months, this year’s Emmy Awards is currently scheduled to air on ABC on Sunday, September 20, 2020. But there are still plenty of questions about exactly how the ceremony is going to take place in the COVID-19 era, and neither Kimmel nor ABC have any answers yet....

Marvel Cinematic Universe Stars React To The Ongoing Spider-Man Deal Debacle By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 27, 2019 4:00 pm EST The more time goes by, the more it seems like Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios (and The Walt Disney Company) won’t be coming to a new agreement to share the big screen rights to Spider-Man, leaving the webslinger outside of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Tom Holland and Kevin Feige were very diplomatic in addressing the Spider-Man deal at The D23 Expo over the weekend, but some of the other stars of the MCU were asked about the situation too, resulting in varying answers, some sad yet hopeful and others downright perplexed and hilarious....

By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 21, 2021 11:30 am EST Chris Rock is best known for being one of the best comedians in the business, but he’ll soon expand his career in a surprising way by starring in the serial killer thriller Spiral: From the Book of Saw, a quasi-reboot of the popular Saw franchise. Originally intended for release in May of 2020, Spiral: From the Book of Saw is now slated to arrive in May this year due to the coronavirus pandemic delaying a bunch of big Hollywood movies....

Superhero Bits: ‘The Boys’ Showrunner Explains Release Schedule, ‘Batwoman’ Casts Safiyah Sohail & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 11, 2020 6:00 pm EST Want to see the schedule so for the virtual New York Comic-Con in October? Why did The Boys second season switch to a weekly release schedule? Who is playing Safiyah Sohail in the second season of Batwoman? Why did Zachary Levi think Dwayne Johnson would make him miss out on being cast in the Shazam!...

Superhero Bits: See Matthew McConaughey As Ego, Rumored ‘WandaVision’ Details & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 15, 2019 6:00 pm EST What was Ryan Reynolds doing at Marvel Studios? Will Stephen Amell become Spectre in the final season of Arrow? Want to see what Matthew McConaughey could have looked like as Ego in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2? Did Zoe Kravitz hint at her casting in The Batman last month? Could Thor: Love & Thunder used Jane Foster’s cancer storyline?...

Taika Waititi’s Soccer Movie ‘Next Goal Wins’ Recruits Elisabeth Moss By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 11, 2019 2:30 pm EST Next Goal Wins is a sports dramedy inspired by the 2014 British documentary of the same name, focusing on the perpetually losing national football team of American Samoa and their coach as the team tries to qualify for the FIFA World Cup. Michael Fassbender is already on board to play the team’s coach, and now Elisabeth Moss is in talks to join the cast too....

By Ben Pearson/Nov. 10, 2020 2:00 pm EST We’ve spent the last eight months writing about how the coronavirus pandemic has affected Hollywood, and how it will have lasting effects across the entire entertainment industry. Now Jason Blum, one of the town’s most successful producers, has applied a numeric value to the extra costs that are being added to making movies because of the ongoing pandemic. In his words, “it ain’t cheap....

When Will California Movie Theaters Reopen? By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 28, 2020 3:15 pm EST California has been hard-hit by the coronavirus, so there’s been a lot of questions about when the state might be able to reopen its movie theaters. Now, Governor Gavin Newsom has announced strict guidelines for indoor movie theaters in California to reopen in the upcoming months. In other words, don’t expect an easy solution here where all theaters across the state miraculously reopen at once....

‘A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood’ Featurette Celebrates Mr. Rogers By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 24, 2019 5:30 pm EST In these trying times, we could all use a little more Mr. Rogers in our lives. Unfortunately, the beloved children’s television host has long since passed away. But director Marielle Heller and actor Tom Hanks are trying to give us the next best thing: A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, a film that celebrates how gosh-darn nice Fred Rogers was....

‘A Christmas Carol’ Musical With Ryan Reynolds And Will Ferrell Is Headed To Apple By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 8, 2019 4:30 pm EST Unlike Ebeneezer Scrooge before his ghost-inspired transformation, Apple isn’t afraid to spend tons of money. The company has won a bidding war for a new take on A Christmas Carol from Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell. Netflix, Warner Bros., and Paramount were all vying for the movie, but it was Apple who emerged the victor, agreeing to large chunks of change for Reynolds and Ferrell, ensuring that they’ll both have happy holidays....

‘Avatar’ Sequels: Sigourney Weaver Goes Underwater (As A New Character) By Ben Pearson/Sept. 10, 2020 1:00 pm EST You may have forgotten that sci-fi movie queen Sigourney Weaver is playing a new character in James Cameron’s long-delayed Avatar sequels. That’s what happens when casting news is released in 2014 and the movie hasn’t come out yet. Instead, Cameron said “she’s playing a different and in many ways more challenging character in the upcoming films,” and now there are some new set photos of Weaver donning an underwater stunt....

‘Big Mouth’ Renewed For Three More Seasons Of Raunchy Comedy At Netflix By Ethan Anderton/July 26, 2019 12:16 pm EST Netflix isn’t usually one to renew shows for multiple seasons, but apparently they have a special place in their heart for the raunchy animated comedy Big Mouth. The show created by Nick Kroll, Andrew Goldberg, Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett has just been renewed for three more seasons at the streaming service, and the quartet’s newly founded animation production company Brutus Pink has signed a multi-year deal to produce even more TV shows and movies for Netflix....

‘Black Mirror’ Season 6 On Hold Due To The Real World Being A Constant Waking Nightmare By Chris Evangelista/May 6, 2020 10:30 am EST Since we’re already living in an endless, real-life Black Mirror episode, it’s probably a good time for Black Mirror to take an extended vacation. Charlie Brooker, the show’s creator, gets that, and that’s why the inevitable Black Mirror season 6 is on hold for now. Brooker revealed in a new interview that since society appears to be collapsing all around us on a daily basis, audiences might not be in the mood to watch such a bleak show....

‘Black Narcissus’ Featurette Dives Into The Making Of FX’s Limited Series Starring Gemma Arterton By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 22, 2020 10:00 am EST The first trailer for Black Narcissus released back in September didn’t do much to convince us that the three-part limited series adaptation of the best-selling novel by Rumer Godden would be worth watching this winter instead of just revisiting 1947 movie from Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. But now a new “first look” featurette dives a little more into the story and reveals some details about the making of the project starring Gemma Arterton....

‘Hobbs And Shaw’ Cameos Are Officially Being Used To Sell The Movie, So Here They Are By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 10, 2019 12:00 pm EST If you went into Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw expecting to get some cameos from the cast of the primary Fast and Furious franchise, then you walked away mostly disappointed. But if you went in not expecting a couple key cameos from two of Hollywood’s biggest stars, then you may have left the theater satisfied....