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‘The Invisible Man’ Is At The Top Of The Box Office Again By Chris Evangelista/June 17, 2020 3:00 pm EST First thing’s first: the box office as we know it doesn’t really exist right now, since the majority of movie theaters are still shut down. However, some films are playing out there, and as a result, The Invisible Man – a movie that opened in February, and is already on digital and Blu-ray – ended up at the top of the box office yet again....

‘The Magicians’ Grapples With The Shocking Climax Of Season 4 With “Do Something Crazy” By Vanessa Armstrong/Jan. 16, 2020 7:00 am EST This post contains spoilers for the season 5 premiere (naturally), but also the season 4 finale.Last season’s finale of The Magicians was a doozy for fans; Quentin Coldwater (Jason Ralph), one of the main characters of the show, dramatically sacrifices himself in order to save his friends and bring magic back into the world....

‘Thor 4’ Coming From Director Taika Waititi As Live-Action ‘Akira’ Is Put On Hold Indefinitely By Chris Evangelista/July 16, 2019 11:07 am EST Taika Waititi is coming back for more Thor. The Thor: Ragnarok director will return to the MCU to helm Thor 4, the first fourth film in a series that Marvel Studios has committed to so far. Waititi will write and direct the fourth installment in the Thor franchise, which will presumably once again see Chris Hemsworth’s God of Thunder charming us all with his impeccable abs and comedic timing....

AMC Announces Latest ‘Walking Dead’ Spin-Off Premiere Date And More [TCA 2020] By Fred Topel/Jan. 17, 2020 7:30 am EST AMC Networks announced the premiere date for The Walking Dead: World Beyond, along with premiere dates for its returning shows in their Television Critics Associations session. Better Call Saul season 5, Ride with Norman Reedus and the new series Dispatches from Elsewhere were part of those announcements. The third Walking Dead series has a premiere date...

Martin Ansin Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Print This is one of the coolest Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse prints that we’ve seen. Front and center is Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), along with Peter B. Parker (Jake Johnson), Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld), Noir Spider-Man (Nicolas Cage), Spider-Ham (John Mulaney), and Peni Parker (Kimiko Glenn) leaping into action. Above them we have Kingpin (Liev Schreiber) looking menacing, as well as The Prowler (Mahershala Ali) and Doc Ock (Kathryn Hahn) behind him....

Cool Stuff: Hasbro Adds Kit Fisto And Asajj Ventress Lightsabers To The Force FX Elite Line-Up By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 4, 2019 6:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Hasbro has been releasing a great line of quality lightsaber replicas in their Star Wars Force FX Elite line-up of elegant weapons from a more civilized age. While several versions of lightsabers for main characters like Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Kylo Ren have been released over the years, some characters are just now having their weapons released for fans to collect....

Daily Podcast: Oscars Diversity Rules, Tenet, Mulan, Borat 2, Godfather 3, Mission Impossible 7 & The Batman By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 9, 2020 1:15 pm EST On the September 9, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and tv news, including Tenet, Mulan, Borat 2, Godfather 3, The Oscars adds diversity rules, Mission Impossible 7, and The Batman....

Freeform’s 25 Days Of Christmas Marathon Kicks Off Today – See The Full Schedule By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 1, 2020 10:30 am EST It’s here. When the clock struck midnight on December 1, something stirred over at the Freeform offices, where they readied themselves for another 25 days of their now-iconic Christmas marathon. It happens every year, and they play (mostly) the same movies every year, but there’s something especially comforting about the Freeform 25 Days of Christmas Marathon, which offers us the respite of sentimental classics and beloved cartoons....

Freeform’s 31 Nights Of Halloween Is Basically 26 Days Of ‘Hocus Pocus’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 30, 2019 11:30 am EST But what you most need to know is that the Freeform programming team really loves Hocus Pocus. The beloved 1993 fantasy-horror film is featured on here more than 20 times (I lost count twice), making Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween more akin to 26 Days and Nights of Hocus Pocus....

Movie Mixtape: 6 Movies To Keep Noirvember Going By Scott Beggs/Nov. 28, 2019 7:00 am EST Noirvember, an excuse to spend a month watching all kins of film noir, ends in a few days, and it will last all year. That’s because it’s a spirit. An ethos. A perfect month-based pun that also happens to occur at the dimmed, icy time of year perfect for the genre. In other words, keep this list handy for a bright, sunny day in Spring when you want to stay indoors with a soul-darkening picture filled with great actors playing bad people....

Netflix Scores Bradley Cooper’s ‘A Star Is Born’ Follow-Up, An Untitled Leonard Bernstein Film By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 21, 2020 1:00 pm EST Bradley Cooper’s follow-up to A Star is Born is heading to Netflix. The streaming giant has acquired the rights to the an untitled Leonard Bernstein film, which Cooper is set to direct, star in, and produce from a script he co-wrote with Oscar-winning Spotlight writer Josh Singer. After a superb showing with this year’s Oscar nominations for The Irishman and Marriage Story, Netflix is already looking to next year’s award’s season with a prestige-packed project led by Bradley Cooper....

New ‘Star Wars’ Books Offer A Glimpse At The Galaxy After ‘The Rise Of Skywalker’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 7, 2019 12:30 pm EST The time after Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker seems so far, far away for now. But it could be getting closer with the release of new Star Wars books and comics that will feature events beyond the Skywalker Saga. While we know little of the Star Wars future beyond Episode 9, which will close out the Skywalker Saga this December, a top-secret new book project announced at this year’s New York Comic-Con may reveal more....

Sequel Bits: ‘Jurassic World’, ‘Frozen 2’, ‘Baby Driver 2’, ‘Zombieland’ By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 4, 2019 10:00 am EST In this edition of Sequel Bits: There’s a chance the original three Jurassic Park leads will be in Jurassic World 3. Maybe. Frozen 2 will be more grown-up. Ansel Elgort thinks Baby Driver 2 will happen soon. Emma Stone wants to do a Zombieland sequel every 10 years. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom brought back Jeff Goldblum for a very brief cameo, leaving fans of the original Jurassic Park a little miffed....

Superhero Bits: ‘The Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child’, New ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Funko POPs & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 13, 2019 6:00 pm EST Was the Marvel and DC Comics crossover from a long time ago considered canon? What Batman story is Frank Miller telling next? Was Leonardo DiCaprio ever actually considered to play Joker? Where will production for The Suicide Squad take place? How old was Captain America at the end of Avengers: Endgame?...

Superhero Bits: New ‘Avengers’ Video Game Trailer, Extensive Gameplay Footage & More By Ethan Anderton/June 24, 2020 6:00 pm EST Want to see the new trailer for the upcoming Avengers video game and a bunch of gameplay footage? When in 2021 will Zack Snyder’s Justice League arrive? What to see a mock-up of what Michael Keaton could look like when he returns as Bruce Wayne? What happened when a comedian realized he was roasting Zack Snyder?...

The Morning Watch: ‘Just Shoot Me’ Virtual Reunion, Looking Back At ‘Biker Mice From Mars’ & More By Ethan Anderton/June 25, 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 the virtual reunion of the cast of the NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me, including David Spade, Wendie Malick, Laura San Giacomo, George Segal, Enrico Colantoni, and more....

The Morning Watch: VFX Artists React To ‘Casper’, ‘Smallville’ Cast Reunion At NYCC & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 12, 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 visual effects artists react to the big screen debut of Casper from 1995....

Up-And-Coming Teenage Comedian John Mulaney Is Joining The Writing Staff Of ‘Late Night With Seth Meyers’ By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 13, 2020 12:00 pm EST It’s always nice when an up-and-coming comedian with promising talent gets an opportunity to really break into the industry. And that’s exactly what’s happening with young buck John Mulaney. The stand-up comedian is going straight from his first communion to the writing staff of Late Night with Seth Meyers, giving him a lot less time to see if Addams Family Values is available at Blockbuster Video....

‘Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret’ Lands At Lionsgate By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 3, 2020 10:30 am EST Lionsgate has answered the prayers of Judy Blume fans who have been long awaiting a feature film adaptation of Blume’s coming-of-age classic Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret. The studio has won a multi-studio and streamer auction for the rights to the Are You There God It’s Me Margaret movie, which will be directed by The Edge of Seventeen’s Kelly Fremon Craig....

‘Back To The Future’ Reunion Prompts A Follow-Up Call From An Angry Fan, And There’s Something Very Familiar About This By Ethan Anderton/May 14, 2020 5:30 pm EST Earlier this week, Back to the Future fans were treated to a reunion of the time travel trilogy’s cast and filmmakers thanks to Josh Gad’s nostalgic, retrospective series Reunited Apart. The reunion featured Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, and some other cast members, as well as director Robert Zemeckis and writer Bob Gale....