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Netflix Orders Another Korean Zombie Series, ‘All Of Us Are Dead’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 14, 2020 5:30 pm EST Netflix has gotten a hunger — you might even say they’re ravenous — for all things undead. Specifically, Korean zombie shows. After the incredible success of the medieval Korean zombie series Kingdom, Netflix has picked up yet another Korean zombie title, All Of Us Are Dead, a series based on the popular webtoon Now At Our School....

Netflix To Stream All Studio Ghibli Films — But Only Outside The U.S. By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 20, 2020 8:30 am EST Studio Ghibli has been notoriously resistant to streaming — until three months ago, when HBO Max scooped up the U.S. streaming rights to all of the classic anime films from Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and more. But what about the Studio Ghibli movies streaming rights for everywhere else? Netflix, ever the opportunist, has snapped up those global streaming rights, debuting all 21 Ghibli features on its streaming service this February in every country except the U....

New ‘Tenet’ Teaser Features New Footage And An Introduction From Christopher Nolan By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 6, 2020 9:00 am EST Even though it feels like it’s been a long journey for Tenet to arrive in theaters, in reality, it’s only been a few weeks since the movie was supposed to be released on the big screen. All of the hullabaloo was about whether or not the movie would actually get released this summer by Warner Bros....

Regal Cinemas To Re-Open With Beloved Classics Like ‘Star Wars’ And ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ Trilogy By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 25, 2020 4:00 pm EST Regal Cinemas is bring back some of your old favorites to bring audiences back to theaters. With studios playing chicken over who will open first July, by which time most theater chains expect to be almost 100% open, there aren’t many new movies to play in the theaters that are slowly opening across the nation....

By Ben Pearson/Oct. 26, 2020 4:00 pm EST In 2009, Eddie Murphy was set to star in a Richard Pryor biopic for Dreamgirls director Bill Condon. Years later, Mike Epps was supposed to play Pryor for filmmaker Lee Daniels. Neither of those versions never ended up happening, but Hollywood is still itching to mine comedic and dramatic glory from Pryor’s whirlwind life. Black-ish creator Kenya Barris is the latest person to take a swing at a Pryor biopic....

The Best Movies And Shows Leaving Netflix In June 2020 By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 22, 2020 1:00 pm EST Summer is fast approaching, and with nationwide lockdowns looking to extend into the sunniest months, there’s no better time to catch up on movies and shows before they leave Netflix next month. These are the TV shows and movies leaving Netflix in June 2020. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off John Hughes’ 1986 classic is an exuberant teen comedy with a wistful edge....

The Morning Watch: ‘The Mandalorian’ Theme Gets Some Silly Lyrics, The Failure Of ‘A Christmas Story 2’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 22, 2020 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....

The Morning Watch: Lighting Scenes In Animated Movies, How ‘1917’ Was Written As A Single Shot & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 6, 2020 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....

The Morning Watch: Men In Black International VFX Before & After, ‘The Boys’ Easter Eggs & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 16, 2019 5:00 am EST In this edition, see how a variety of Men in Black International VFX shots looked before visual effects were completed. Plus, run through over five dozen different Easter eggs and comic book references from the first season of The Boys, and check in with director Richard Linklater as he breaks down his career behind the camera....

The Morning Watch: Stuntwoman Reviews ‘Mission: Impossible’ Stunts, ‘Tangled’ Storyboard Comparison & More By Ethan Anderton/May 20, 2020 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, watch as a stuntwoman reviews and explains how some stunts were pulled off for action movies like Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and blockbuster sci-fi comedies like Ghostbusters: Answer the Call....

Unfinished ‘Rick And Morty’ Season 5 Clip Introduces Rick’s Nemesis, Season 6 Already Being Written By Ethan Anderton/July 26, 2020 3:00 pm EST With Comic-Con at Home making the world’s biggest pop culture convention a virtual event, we’ve been covering as much as we can from the pre-recorded panels for all the movies and TV shows who decided to participate. However, Adult Swim decided to have their own virtual shindig outside of Comic-Con at Home, and Rick and Morty was among the shows having panels to tease upcoming episodes....

Watercooler: HBO Max, Space Force, Lord Of The Rings, The High Note, Run, Devs, The Trip, Darkside Of The Ring, What We Do In The Shadows, Lance, Solo, Paper Girls By Peter Sciretta/May 29, 2020 2:15 pm EST On the May 29, 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....

‘Ad Astra’ Trailer: Tommy Lee Jones May Be Hiding In Space, And Brad Pitt Has To Find Him By Ethan Anderton/July 18, 2019 7:12 am EST When a peculiar cataclysmic event creates chaos on Earth, astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt) is tasked with trying to figure out what went wrong. That’s the set-up for the new movie Ad Astra, in which NASA and the military thinks this Earth-shattering event is somehow tied to a secret mission that Roy’s father (Tommy Lee Jones) embarked on 20 years ago....

‘Connected’ First Look: Phil Lord And Chris Miller Take On The Smartphone Revolution By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 20, 2020 2:30 pm EST Phil Lord and Chris Miller have managed to turn a LEGO figure into a goofy hero, and helped a team of Spider-Men win an Oscar. Now the filmmakers are revealing their next project, a sci-fi comedy about an ordinary family who face a robot — er, smartphone — uprising. Formerly titled The Mitchells Vs The Machines, check out the Connected first look images below....

‘Dear…’ Trailer: Fan Letters Reach The Celebrities That Inspired Them In Apple TV+ Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 25, 2020 2:00 pm EST A whole show centered around celebrities reading fan mail may strike an odd tone right now — especially after the infamous “Imagine” debacle — but Dear…, the new Apple TV+ series, is presenting itself as more than a self-congratulatory show about celebrity culture. Oprah Winfrey, Gloria Steinem, Spike Lee, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and more get emotional as they read letters onscreen from fans who were inspired by their works....

‘Joker’: Aurora Shooting Victims’ Families Send Letter To WB Hoping To Spur The Company Into Action, Filmmakers Respond To The Movie’s Violence [Updated] By Ben Pearson/Sept. 24, 2019 11:00 am EST In 2012, a person who dyed his hair and referred to himself as “the Joker” walked into a theater in Aurora, Colorado and murdered twelve moviegoers with a gun during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises. (Update: Apparently the whole “Joker” connection to the shooter stemmed from this ABC News article, which I thought was legitimate but may have been inaccurate....

‘Lisey’s Story’ Cast Adds Clive Owen Alongside Julianne Moore, Giving Us The ‘Children Of Men’ Reunion We’ve All Been Waiting For By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 10, 2019 2:55 pm EST The Apple TV+ miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s Lisey’s Story has added a new cast member. Clive Owen will appear alongside Julianne Moore, whom he appeared alongside in Children of Men. Owen’s role is likely to be a bit limited since his character is dead by the time the story starts (that’s not a spoiler, I promise)....

‘Little Joe’ Trailer: Genetically Engineered Plants Turn Sinister By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 28, 2019 3:30 pm EST Keep this strange, beautiful red flower at an ideal temperature, feed it properly, speak to it regularly, and the genetically engineered “happy plant” will boost its owner’s mood. There’s no “no feeding it after midnight” rule, but something does go wrong in the care of the plant at the center of Jessica Hausner’s eerie sci-fi film that plays like Gremlins meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers....

‘Project Power’ Trailer: A Mysterious Pill Unlocks Superpowers In This New Netflix Movie By Chris Evangelista/July 15, 2020 7:30 am EST Project Power feels like a film that came out of nowhere. Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt both star in this Netflix pic, which is set to arrive next month, and yet this almost seems like it’s the first time we’re even hearing about it. To be fair, the project was previously going under a different name – Power....

‘Run’ Review: Sarah Paulson And Kiera Allen Are Equally Strong In Aneesh Chaganty’s Relentless Thriller By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 16, 2020 10:00 am EST Sarah Paulson gives new meaning to the overprotective mother in Run, the latest from Searching director Aneesh Chaganty. In a thriller that seems at least partially inspired by the true story of Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose Blanchard, Paulson plays Diane, a smothery mom from hell – a woman who will stop at nothing to keep her daughter from the outside world....