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‘Downton Abbey’ Featurette Reminds You Who’s Who In The Massive Ensemble By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 4, 2019 5:30 pm EST In case you haven’t been keeping up with the Crawley’s in the Emmy Award-winning British period soap Downton Abbey, a new Downton Abbey featurette is here to remind you of who’s who ahead of the feature film. And you’re going to have to keep a little more in your head than simply referring to Hugh Bonneville as “Mr....

‘Limetown’ Trailer: The Mysterious Podcast Becomes A TIFF-Selected Facebook Watch Series By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 6, 2019 11:30 am EST It’s kind of wild that entertainment has reached a point where we’re getting a show based on a podcast that will be premiering on Facebook. But here we are with Limetown, a new series which tells a fictional story through the perspective of a radio journalist who investigates why 326 people have disappeared without a trace at a neuroscience research community in Tennessee....

‘The Imagineering Story’ Trailer: Disney+ Documentary Dives Deep Into Theme Park Magic By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 17, 2019 12:30 pm EST We’re under a month away from The Walt Disney Company entering the streaming wars with their Disney+ streaming service. The full roster of programming coming to the Disney+ was recently revealed, but it looks like one of their launch day shows was left out of the mix. The Imagineering Story is a new documentary series, coming exclusively to Disney+, that will take a look behind the scenes of all the theme park magic that happens at Disneyland, Disney World, and more....

‘Uncharted’ First Look Photos: See Tom Holland As Nathan Drake And Check Out A Mysterious Artifact By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 22, 2020 9:00 am EST After being in development for years, the big screen adaptation of the Uncharted video game franchise is finally on the way. Once slated to star Mark Wahlberg in the lead role of adventurer Nathan Drake, the movie now stars Spider-Man franchise lead Tom Holland, and the first photo of the actor looking as ruggedly handsome as possible has been revealed....

‘Venom 2’ Cinematographer Robert Richardson Explains Why He Joined The Sequel, Confirms Return Of Woody Harrelson By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 26, 2019 3:00 pm EST When acclaimed cinematographer Robert Richardson signed on to shoot Venom 2, lots of people (including yours truly) were surprised. Richardson, who shot Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, along with several other Quentin Tarantino films, hasn’t filmed a superhero movie before, and in a new interview, he explains what drew him to Venom 2....

‘Vivarium’ Trailer: Jesse Eisenberg And Imogen Poots Are Trapped In A Freaky Forever Home By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 23, 2020 2:00 pm EST Home-buying can be torture, but Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots are going to learn just how tortuous it can be. Eisenberg and Poots star in Vivarium as a couple looking to buy a home when their real estate agent takes them to a strange suburban neighborhood full of identical houses....

‘Zombieland: Double Tap’ Review: A Wonderful Cast Keeps This Sequel Mostly Fresh By Josh Spiegel/Oct. 16, 2019 7:00 am EST Zombieland: Double Tap, like its 2009 predecessor, is a triumph of casting and style over substance. As the original was, Double Tap has the slick sheen of the highest-end marketing campaign, looking polished and buffed even as it depicts the blood-soaked world in which a zombie apocalypse has taken over and a few human stragglers fight their way towards survival....

5 Great Films From The New York Film Festival 2019 By Siddhant Adlakha/Oct. 22, 2019 10:00 am EST The New York Film Festival has always played host to a multitude of perspectives, from its globe-spanning Main Slate, to its experimental Projections programme, to the more recent, virtual reality-centric Convergence. The 57th iteration of city’s premiere film event unfolded across two weeks at Lincoln Center, with this year’s proceedings dedicated to the late Agnès Varda, an NYFF mainstay (her final film, Varda by Agnès, was also featured)....

A Very Brady ‘WandaVision’ Expands The Family And Deepens The Mystery By Evan Saathoff/Jan. 22, 2021 7:00 am EST Hello all, and welcome to your weekly recap of whatever wildness occurred on the latest episode of WandaVision. These are meant to be read after watching, so they will go deep into spoiler territory. You have been warned! Last Time on WandaVision… A whole heck of a lot. And also…not much we can say for sure....

Cassian Andor Disney+ Series Hires ‘Rogue One’ Writer Tony Gilroy To Write And Direct By Ben Pearson/Oct. 15, 2019 3:40 pm EST Tony Gilroy is heading back to a galaxy far, far away. After being hired to reshape Lucasfilm’s 2016 prequel film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story by rewriting the script and leading the charge on the film’s extensive reshoots, Gilroy has now been hired to write the pilot for the new Cassian Andor TV series that will air on Disney+, an espionage thriller which follows the earlier adventures of Diego Luna’s rebel spy and his droid buddy K-2SO (Alan Tudyk)....

Christopher Nolan Loves The ‘Fast And Furious’ Movies, Especially The Original By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 11, 2020 5:30 pm EST Christopher Nolan is one of the most acclaimed blockbuster filmmakers in the game, and he has a vibe that sometimes feels a little stuffy, even if he’s not necessarily cold in real life. For example, many were shocked to learn that Nolan is a huge fan of the goofy comedy MacGruber, so much that he even sent an e-mail wishing luck to everyone when production on Peacock’s sequel series pilot began....

Cool Stuff: ‘The Mandalorian’ Dark Troopers Are Activated As A New Hot Toys Figure By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 21, 2021 4:00 pm EST The Mandalorian transformed the Child, better known to everyone around the world as Baby Yoda, into merchandise giant. The little guy was turned into everything from plushes to action figures to hoodies, and even a Chia Pet. But now that he’s been officially named Grogu, the shine has worn off, and fans need the next cool thing to adorn their shelves....

Daily Podcast: Avengers Campus In Disneyland, Dracula, Spider-Man, Song Of The South By Peter Sciretta/March 11, 2020 1:15 pm EST On the March 11, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and TV news, including Dracula, Spider-Man, Song of the South and Disneyland’s plans for Avengers Campus....

Hong Kong Disneyland Slated To Begin Reopening On June 18 By Ethan Anderton/June 15, 2020 8:30 am EST Even though nearly two dozen states have recently seen a rise in coronavirus cases in the United States as the country attempts to reopen, countries overseas are having more luck containing the spread of the pandemic. Over the past week, Hong Kong has seen either one or zero cases daily, which is why Hong Kong Disneyland is preparing to reopen later this month on June 18....

Max Minghella To Direct ‘Shell’, A Horror Satire Set In The Health And Beauty Industry By Ben Pearson/July 9, 2020 1:30 pm EST Actor Max Minghella, who you may recognize from his work in The Social Network or The Handmaid’s Tale, made his feature directorial debut in 2018 with a pop-music fueled drama called Teen Spirit. Now he’s heading to HBO Max to direct his second feature, a horror satire called Shell....

New Lucasfilm Animation Logo Features A Familiar Helmet From A Galaxy Far, Far Away By Ben Pearson/Sept. 11, 2019 8:30 am EST Sound the Rogue One Klaxon: Lucasfilm Animation has a new logo. The company, which was first established back in 2003, seems to be changing its logo for the first time in over a decade, when it used its old logo on the Star Wars: The Clone Wars theatrical feature film....

New Six Flags Policy Suggests The Future Of Theme Parks Post-Pandemic By Ben Pearson/May 5, 2020 4:30 pm EST While theme park executives wait for a time when the coronavirus pandemic potentially recedes enough that they can reopen their gates to the public, one park has put a policy in place that will likely become the new normal for all post-pandemic theme parks in the months to come. Theme Park Insider points us to the operating hours pages of Six Flags parks nationwide, which are all now emblazoned with the following message: IMPORTANT: ALL VISITORS (INCLUDING PASS HOLDERS AND MEMBERS) MUST MAKE ADVANCE RESERVATIONS TO VISIT THE PARK....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 8, 2020 12:30 pm EST The new Quibi reality series Memory Hole has been accused of plagiarism by the VHS art collective Everything is Terrible! The art collective, which launched its own VHS clip variety show also titled Memory Hole in 2014, accused Quibi’s Memory Hole creator Scott Vrooman of ripping off the concept and logo from their series. Quibi launched this week to less-than-great fanfare, debuting a host of scripted and non-scripted shows that were mostly greeted with an ambivalent shrug....

ScreenPlus Allows Theaters To Create Personalized VOD Platforms, Which Could Help Them Survive During The Coronavirus By Ben Pearson/April 7, 2020 3:30 pm EST We’ve documented the hardships of movie theaters as this pandemic has essentially put the entire industry on hold. Bailout programs have been put in place and organizations are collecting money to make sure theaters are able to turn the lights back on when everything returns to normal, but now a potential new revenue stream has presented itself as another way to help in the short term....

Superhero Bits: ‘Suicide Squad’ Creator Appears In New Movie, ‘Justice League’ Controversy Continues & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 2, 2020 6:00 pm EST Want to see artwork from an abandoned DC Comics and Star Wars crossover by Alex Ross? When is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles returning to theaters for its 30th anniversary? What’s the latest on the Justice League controversy between Ray Fisher and Joss Whedon? Which DC Comics TV director wants a shot at directing Blade?...