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Oscars Will Lock Best Picture Nomination Number At 10 Films As Academy Plans New Representation And Inclusion Standards By Chris Evangelista/June 12, 2020 10:00 am EST Today, the Academy announced big changes in store for the future of the Oscars. “While the Academy has made strides, we know there is much more work to be done in order to ensure equitable opportunities across the board,” said Academy CEO Dawn Hudson. “The need to address this issue is urgent....

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: ‘The New Mutants’ Creator Isn’t Happy About The Movie, ‘Harley Quinn’ Soundtracks Available & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 28, 2020 6:00 pm EST Consider this when deciding whether to brave COVID to see THE NEW MUTANTS: the filmmakers couldn’t even be bothered in the 3 years it sat on a shelf to spell co-creator Bob McLeod’s name correctly. pic.twitter.com/gBim4oKh3g...

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: Comic-Con At Home Panels Mostly Pre-Recorded, ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Barbie Dolls & More By Ethan Anderton/July 7, 2020 6:00 pm EST Marvel paid tribute to the real heroes helping us during the coronavirus pandemic: all the nurses and doctors. POW! Entertainment is teaming with Genius Brands to create a Stan Lee Universe of non-Marvel characters. Todd McFarlane shared a video showing off the new character who is coming to Spawn comics in #308....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Frozen II’ Is An Improvement Over The First Film In Just About Every Way By Jacob Hall/May 29, 2020 7:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Series: Frozen IIWhere You Can Stream It: Disney+The Pitch: The sequel to the definitive modern Disney film continues the story of Elsa, Anna, Olaf and the rest of the crew in a new musical adventure....

The Unsung Gems Of TIFF 2019: Three Under-The-Radar Films You Should Know About By Marshall Shaffer/Sept. 20, 2019 1:00 pm EST The festival scene rolls on past Toronto, with Fantastic Fest kicking off this week and New York Film Festival gearing up for next week. It’s easy to focus on the big winners – Joker, Jojo Rabbit – and the losers – The Goldfinch, Lucy in the Sky – and completely lose sight of why these festivals exist in the first place....

Universal Hopes ‘The Monster Mash’ Movie Will Be A Graveyard Smash By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 7, 2020 3:00 pm EST Remember The Monster Mash? You know – the hit novelty song in which a bunch of monsters get together to have a graveyard smash? Well, it’s becoming a movie. Universal Pictures, who seem to be taking a grab-bag approach to their classic monsters at this point, are gearing up to make a Monster Mash movie to serve as the feature debut of music video director Matt Stawski....

‘Altered Carbon’ Season 2 Teaser: Anthony Mackie Is Done Chasing After Ghosts By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 4, 2020 11:00 am EST Takeshi Kovacs is back, and he’s ready to stop chasing his ghosts. The former soldier turned investigator returns in the second season of Netflix’s Altered Carbon, wearing yet another body. After Joel Kinnaman played the character originally depicted by Will Yun Lee, Anthony Mackie is taking over as Takeshi Kovacs in Altered Carbon season 2....

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Producer Offers Details On Jeremy Renner’s ‘Hawkeye’ As Talks With Hailee Steinfeld Move Forward By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 25, 2019 11:30 am EST It seems that Marvel is moving forward with the Hawkeye series starring Jeremy Renner — for now. Avengers: Endgame producer Trinh Tran gave a very positive update on the series, whose status has been in question recently following some troubling reports about its star. In a vague description of the Hawkeye plot details, Tran revealed the series will deal with the impact of Endgame on all its characters and introduce a new Hawkeye who may or may not be played by Hailee Steinfeld....

‘Code 8’ Trailer: A World Where Superpowers Are Outlawed By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 31, 2019 5:00 pm EST In Code 8, people with superpowers aren’t uncommon. In fact, 4% of the world is born with them. But those superpowers are outlawed, and the people who have them face discrimination and live on the outskirts of society. One such superpowered individual, played by Robbie Amell, ends up having to use his abilities to pull off a series of crimes, all in the name of paying for treatment for his sick mother....

‘Lucifer’ Season 5 Trailer: Watch Out, World – The Devil Has A Twin Brother By Ben Pearson/July 13, 2020 1:00 pm EST The Devil is back – or is he? In Netflix’s new Lucifer season 5 trailer, the rug is pulled out from under the characters when it’s revealed that the Devil (Tom Ellis), who has returned from hell, isn’t actually Lucifer – instead, it’s his twin brother, Michael, posing as the big guy and trying to take over Lucifer’s life....

‘Star Trek: Picard’ Trailer Breakdown: Boldly Going Through The New Footage Shot-By-Shot By Vanessa Armstrong/July 24, 2019 8:00 am EST Reactions to the release of the much-anticipated Star Trek: Picard trailer at last weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con have been overwhelmingly positive, giving fans an injection of nostalgia, while also dropping some tantalizing clues as to what’s in store for the new series. Read on for a detailed breakdown of the trailer, including speculation on what it could mean for the 2020 show....

‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Season 7 Trailer: The Animated Series Continues In February On Disney+ By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 22, 2020 7:00 am EST Ever since it was announced that new episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars were on the way, fans have been chomping at the bit to return to the prequel-era animated series. We got a taste of what’s to come at Star Wars Celebration last spring, and next month the episodes will finally arrive....

‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Box Office Tracking Suggests A $200 Million Opening Weekend By Jacob Hall/Nov. 27, 2019 10:30 am EST Breaking news: a Star Wars movie is poised to make a lot of money. Shocking, I know! Snark aside, early projections for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker have director J.J. Abrams’ saga-concluding chapter making between $175 and $200 million during its opening weekend. That’s a number that most studio executives would sacrifice a child or three to have happen on their watch, even if it’s just a tad low for a modern Star Wars movie....

‘The Orange Years’ Clip: Nickelodeon Doc Looks Back At The Weirdness Of Artie, The Strongest Man In The World By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 16, 2020 2:00 pm EST Tomorrow brings the release of The Orange Years, a documentary looking at the influential and strange history of Nickelodeon, dubbed “the cable network for kids.” During the 1990s, some of the weirdest and wildest content arrived on Nickelodeon, and not only would it shape the minds of generations of creators to come, but it changed the landscape of what entertainment for children could be....

‘To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You’ Trailer: Lara Jean Is Caught In A Love Triangle By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 23, 2020 8:30 am EST Lara Jean is busy thinking about boys. The endearing heroine of Netflix’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before seemed to have it all figured out at the end of the 2018 surprise hit. She had put aside her unrequited feelings for her schoolgirl crush and made official her fake relationship with the class dreamboat, Peter Kavinsky....

Coronavirus Outbreak Has Put Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Contagion’ In The Top 10 On iTunes By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 29, 2020 3:30 pm EST Contagion, the excellent and terrifying Steven Soderbergh film where Gwyneth Paltrow has her face peeled down in graphic detail during an autopsy, is back in the top 10…for horrifying reasons. As news of the deadly Coronavirus continues to spread, people have been inspired to revisit Soderbergh’s anxiety-inducing thriller about a Chinese-born virus that spreads worldwide, resulting in the film ending up in the top 10 on the iTunes movie rental chart....

Daily Podcast: Netflix’s Comedy Festival, Stranger Things 4, Saint Maud Screening Series, Paranormal Activity 7 By Ben Pearson/March 3, 2020 1:45 pm EST On the March 3, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and writer Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and TV news, including Netflix’s first comedy festival, Stranger Things 4, AMC’s Saint Maud screening series, and Paranormal Activity 7....

Daily Podcast: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Captain Marvel 2, Justice League, The Matrix 4 And Much More By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 24, 2020 1:15 pm EST On the January 24, 2020 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 Obi-Wan Kenobi, Captain Marvel 2, Justice League, The Matrix 4 and more more....

HBO Max Is Now On Xfinity X1 And Flex (But Still Not Roku, So Don’t Ask) By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 15, 2020 12:30 pm EST UPDATE: At the time this story ran, HBO Max was not available on the PlayStation 5. That’s changed – it’s now available on PS5. Still no Roku, though. The original story continues below. Ever since the launch of HBO Max, one question has come up again and again: when will the app be available on Roku?...

Hear An Exclusive Track From The ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 4 Soundtrack By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 12, 2019 2:30 pm EST Mr. Robot composer Mac Quayle won an Emmy for his work on the first season of Sam Esmail’s acclaimed USA hacker series, and his work has not slowed down since. Quayle’s dark, dissonant, synth-heavy score lends to the oppressive environment of Esmail’s techno-opera about a hacker (Rami Malek) battling an evil corporation and his own personal demons in the form of the titular Mr....