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The Morning Watch: The Sound Design Of Harry Potter, ‘Robin Hood’ Teaches Medieval Slang & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 16, 2018 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, a video essay dives into the difficult task of sound design on the Harry Potter franchise....

Theme Park Bits: Sleeping Beauty Castle Unveiled, Tokyo DisneySea Expansion And More By Josh Spiegel/May 23, 2019 5:30 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Tokyo DisneySea’s expansion is announced. Lightsaber prices at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge are out of this world. Disney’s Animal Kingdom is getting ready for the holidays. And more! Whether or not you’re going to be at the grand opening of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge on May 31 at Disneyland, or you might just be stopping by over the summer, you already know that you’re probably going to spring for some merch....

‘Avatar’ Sequels Will Send Edie Falco To Pandora, Seemingly As A New Villain By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 6, 2019 9:10 am EST The cast of the Avatar sequels just got a major upgrade. Edie Falco, of The Sopranos and Nurse Jackie fame, will head to Pandora as new character General Ardmore. Falco is a phenomenal actress, and her presence in James Cameron’s CGI-enhanced world is surely welcomed. It’s not clear which of the sequels Falco will be appearing in – both Avatar 2 and Avatar 3 have wrapped filming with the main cast, and while Avatar 4 and Avatar 5 are both greenlit, neither have begun filming yet, as Cameron and company are waiting to see if 2 and 3 will make a splash at the box office....

‘Avengers 4’: Things Are “Only Going To Get Worse,” Warns Elizabeth Olsen By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 15, 2018 11:30 am EST The ending of Avengers: Infinity War was so devastating that Marvel even held grief counseling sessions for fans too distraught over the Marvel Studios film. But prepare your tissues, because Elizabeth Olsen warns that Avengers 4 is going to be even worse. Spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War below. Things weren’t looking great for Earth’s Mightiest Heroes at the end of Avengers: Infinity War....

/Filmcast Ep. 104 - The A-Team And The Karate Kid (GUEST: Katey Rich From Cinema Blend) By Slashfilmcast/June 14, 2010 8:15 pm EST In this week’s /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley praise the directorial talents of the Duplass Brothers, decry the way the Hollywood system objectifies women, appreciate the low-budget directing talents of Vincenzo Natali, and fail to get excited for a Les Grossman film. Special guest Katey Rich joins us from Cinema Blend....

/Filmcast Ep. 139 - Paul By Slashfilmcast/March 22, 2011 7:30 pm EST This week, Dave, Devindra, Germain and Adam chat about the films of Kim Ji-Woon, feel lukewarm about Limitless, ponder what is going through Darren Aronofsky’s mind, and wonder if a sequel to The Fighter could be any good. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Join us for our next live broadcast on Sunday, March 27 at Slashfilm’s live page where we’ll be discussing Sucker Punch....

‘Iron Fist’ Canceled At Netflix, But The Marvel Series May Not Be Dead By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 13, 2018 10:00 am EST Despite reviews praising the recently released second season of Marvel’s Iron Fist series as a vast improvement over the mostly panned first season, Netflix won’t be bringing back the mystical warrior for a third season. Netflix and Marvel Television made a joint announcement about Iron Fist canceled after only two seasons, but they also teased that fans haven’t seen the last of Finn Jones as Danny Rand....

‘Mastering Your Past,’ From Director Of Sundance Darling ‘Sweetheart,’ Lands At Legendary By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 13, 2019 4:30 pm EST Legendary beat out other competitors for the rights to Mastering Your Past, a thriller that landed Dillard a seven-figure deal to co-write the script with Matt Owens (Luke Cage, The Defenders) and another seven figures to direct. This right off the heels of the rave reviews for his latest Sundance darling, Sweetheart....

‘Pokémon: The First Movie’ Honest Trailer: It’s Somehow Against Pokémon Fighting By Ethan Anderton/May 1, 2019 6:00 am EST Detective Pikachu is coming to theaters later this month, but let’s not forget that back in 1998, the craze for Pokémon was so big that it demanded a big screen adventure imported from Japan.Pokémon: The First Movie brings Ash Ketchum and his little buddy Pikachu to the big screen in the movie that introduces the genetically engineered psychic Pokémon called Mewtwo....

‘Rambo 5’, Officially Titled ‘Rambo 5: Last Blood’, Adds Paz Vega To Cast By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 9, 2018 10:48 am EST Rambo 5 is currently filming, and the Sylvester Stallone sequel now has an official title and a new cast member. The latest, and possibly final, entry in the series now goes by the name Rambo 5: Last Blood. In addition to that, The OA actress Paz Vega has joined the cast as a reporter....

‘Rocky IV’ Honest Trailer: How Many Training Montages Does This Movie Have? By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 21, 2018 6:00 am EST With Creed II heading to theaters this week, the folks over at Honest Trailers have reached deep into their vault to pull out one of their classic episodes from all the way back in 1985 when Rocky IV was all the rage. It was a different time, when America wasn’t going to put up with Russia bossing us around, and it was up to Rocky to teach the Soviet Union a lesson so that Russia would never mess with us again....

‘Sharp Objects’ Creator Marti Noxon Heads To Netflix By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 13, 2018 4:30 pm EST Netflix has scored its latest high-profile TV creator. Hot off the heels of her acclaimed HBO miniseries Sharp Objects, Marti Noxon has signed a multi-year overall deal with the streaming giant. The Emmy-nominated writer, producer, and director may not be a huge household name, but Marti Noxon has accumulated such an impressive resume stretching back from cult series Buffy the Vampire Slayer to the Emmy-nominated UnReal that it’s no wonder Netflix snapped her up....

‘Speed Kills’ Trailer: John Travolta Is The Fastest Man On The Seas By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 28, 2018 1:00 pm EST After his memorable turn in the blockbuster Gotti, John Travolta is back as the Cigarette Boat King in Speed Kills! The film is based on the true story of Don Aronow, a speed boat racing champion who lead a double life. The latest Speed Kills trailer has Travolta speeding through the waters of Miami, running drugs and making a whole bunch of money....

‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Sequel May Jump Ahead Two Years By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 14, 2019 10:30 am EST Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is still in theaters right now, so if you haven’t caught the animated adventure featuring both Peter Parker and Miles Morales, not to mention a bunch of other spider-powered superheroes, you should rectify that immediately. As for the rest of us, we’re excited for the sequel that’s already in the works, and a hint as to how the story of Miles Morales will continue may have just come from the film’s directors....

‘Star Wars’ Film From ‘Game Of Thrones’ Showrunners Confirmed To Follow ‘The Rise Of Skywalker’ By Chris Evangelista/May 14, 2019 8:38 am EST It’s official: the next Star Wars film following The Rise of Skywalker will come from Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. Benioff and Weiss were already announced as being involved with a new Star Wars trilogy outside of the Skywalker Saga, but it wasn’t clear which series would come next – the one from Beniof and Weiss, or the one from Rian Johnson....

‘The Current War’ Trailer: Benedict Cumberbatch And Michael Shannon Go Electric By Chris Evangelista/June 25, 2019 1:30 pm EST Benedict Cumberbatch and Michael Shannon are ready to do the electric slide in The Current War, the delayed film about the battle between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse. The Current War debuted at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, only to be pulled from the release calendar following the many allegations against producer Harvey Weinstein....

‘The Hustle’ Review: Anne Hathaway And Rebel Wilson Are Great Partners In A Criminally Mediocre Comedy By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 9, 2019 9:30 am EST Riding in on the wave of gender-swapped remakes, The Hustle is a comedy whose timing is late in every sense of the word. Based on the 1988 film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which is itself a remake of 1964 Bedtime Story, The Hustle attempts to reboot the story of two wildly different con artists for the modern age with a female-led cast, but instead ends up feeling painfully out of date....

‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette?’ Trailer: Cate Blanchett Is About To Kick The Hell Out Of Life By Ethan Anderton/May 10, 2019 9:24 am EST Whenever director Richard Linklater digs into the hardships of life, it’s time to pay attention, especially when it involves Cate Blanchett as a wife and mother who gets a second wind in her life and tries to reclaim her passions after shoving them aside for years in service of her family....

A ‘Nashville’ Musical Is Headed To Broadway With An All-New Score By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 5, 2019 5:00 pm EST Nashville is coming to Broadway. The country music-themed series, which found second and third lives on CMT and Hulu after cancellation on ABC, has found a fourth live on the Great White Way, with a Nashville musical adaptation in the works from Broadway producer Scott Delman. Delman, the president of Blue Spruce Productions and producer of Tony Award-winning fare like Book of Mormon, Hello, Dolly!...

By Ben Pearson/Jan. 8, 2019 9:15 am EST The Marvel Cinematic Universe is packed with references and homages to staples of several different genres, from Three Days of the Condor (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) to Inception (Doctor Strange). One would be forgiven for assuming that with all of the characters wandering around the MCU in metal suits, the 1987 sci-fi action classic RoboCop would have been a mainstay reference in that conversation as well, but it seems like the upcoming Captain Marvel is the first MCU movie to be heavily inspired by Paul Verhoeven’s satirical masterpiece....