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The Morning Watch: The Making Of ‘Home Alone Again’, ‘Drunk History’ Does Charles Dickens & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 24, 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, go behind the scenes of Google’s recent Home Alone Again commercial starring Macaulay Culkin....

The Next ‘Purge’ Movie Will End The Franchise By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 24, 2018 9:30 am EST The Purge started with quite the enticing and unique concept: a 12-hour period where all crime is legal. While the first film squandered the premise a bit with your standard home invasion thriller, the sequels that followed took it in a more interesting direction, even if they still haven’t taken full advantage of the possibilities within The Purge universe....

Universal Drops ‘Fast And Furious’ Producer Neal Moritz From ‘Hobbs And Shaw’ And All Future Sequels By Ethan Anderton/May 8, 2019 12:30 pm EST After nearly two decades of dealing with producer Neal Moritz on the Fast and Furious franchise, Universal Pictures has apparently had enough with their contentious relationship. The studio has dropped Moritz as a producer on the upcoming Hobbs & Shaw spin-off starring Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, and they’re also keeping him from working on an other Fast and Furious movies that may come in the future, including Fast and Furious 9, which starts shooting in a few weeks....

Watch Out Disney: The Studio Behind ‘Sharknado’ And ‘Transmorphers’ Is Making Their Own ‘Aladdin’ Movie By Siddhant Adlakha/Jan. 8, 2019 12:00 pm EST With Disney’s live-action Aladdin remake arriving in May, here’s a bit of news that ought to surprise both no one and everyone. Indie studio The Asylum, responsible for such straight-to-DVD knock-off “classics” as Transmorphers and Snakes on a Train are now working on their own Aladdin movie, and it starts shooting in Los Angeles this week....

/Filmcast Ep. 348 - The Hateful Eight By Slashfilmcast/Dec. 31, 2015 12:00 pm EST David, Devindra, and Jeff discuss the disappointments of Point Break, the beauty of Carol, and the pleasures of the music biopic Love and Mercy. Be sure to read up on Quentin Tarantino’s use of the N-word and Matt Zoller Seitz’s review of The Hateful Eight. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

‘Four Weddings And A Funeral’ TV Series Cast Adds Jessica Williams And More By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 26, 2018 3:15 pm EST The 1994 comedy Four Weddings and a Funeral is being reimagined as a limited series on Hulu from Mindy Kaling, and the series has found its cast. Jessica Williams (2 Dope Queens), Nikesh Patel (Indian Summers), Rebecca Rittenhouse (Into the Dark: The Body) and John Reynolds (Search Party) will all star in the series, due to arrive in 2019....

‘Jumanji’ Sequel Cast Adds Awkwafina In A Key, Significant Role By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 3, 2019 3:30 pm EST The Jumanji sequel cast is growing. Awkwafina, who had a very good 2018, is set to join Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart and Karen Gillan in the upcoming follow-up to 2017’s surprise hit Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. The actress’ role is being kept underwraps at the moment, but it’s apparently both “key” and “significant....

‘Paradise Hills’ Trailer: This Candy-Colored Fairy Tale Is One Of 2019’s Most Visually Dazzling Movies By Ben Pearson/July 12, 2019 9:32 am EST While there have been some notable exceptions, 2019 hasn’t exactly been a great year at the movies. If you’ve been feeling like you’ve been slowly drowning in a sea of mediocre blockbusters, take solace in the fact that you can soon burst back above the surface and gulp down a breath of fresh air in the form of a new indie called Paradise Hills, a visually stunning fairy tale which marks the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Alice Waddington....

‘Phantom Tollbooth’ Movie Gets A New Director By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 24, 2018 2:30 pm EST Game of Thrones director Matt Shakman was set to make his feature debut with The Phantom Tollbooth movie adaptation, but now animation filmmaker Carlos Saldanha will take his place. Saldanha directed Rio, Ferdinand and one of the Ice Age films, and will make his live-action feature debut with the film adaptation of Norton Juster’s classic children’s book about a boy who travels to a magical land....

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Trailer Breakdown: The World Needs A New Iron Man By Ethan Anderton/May 6, 2019 9:45 am EST While fans are still recovering from Avengers: Endgame, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is going full steam ahead with Spider-Man: Far From Home. The impending arrival of the movie resulted in a lot of fans questioning when the movie took place, especially after Spider-Man got dusted in Avengers: Infinity War. But the new Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer doesn’t waste anytime showing us that this movie takes place after the events of Avengers: Endgame, and it looks like Peter Parker is going to have a lot on his plate....

Apple TV Streaming Service To Launch In More Than 100 Countries Across The Globe By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 24, 2018 8:30 am EST The streaming service, which is either a standalone app or within the existing Apple TV app, will launch first in the U.S. before expanding to more than 100 countries after a few months of availability. The Information also reports that Apple plans to make its streaming service free for iOS device owners, as well as automatically added to the home interface of its Apple TV line....

Cool Stuff: Ape Meets Girl’s ‘The Muppet Show’ Print Is Sensational [Exclusive NYCC Sneak Preview] By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 2, 2018 9:00 am EST If you know anything about me, you know I’m a Muppets fanatic. And judging by the walls in my home, you can see I’m a huge fan of artist Kevin M. Wilson, better known as Ape Meets Girl. We’ve featured many of his prints on the site over the years, and he will have a few new releases at New York Comic-Con, including this spectacular The Muppet Show print....

Cool Stuff: Pick Up Jason Edmiston’s New ‘Halloween’ Eyes Without A Face Prints By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 30, 2018 5:30 am EST Jason Edmiston is one of the most renowned pop culture artists working today thanks to his famous Eyes Without a Face series of paintings and prints that focus in on the eyes of various characters from film, television, video games and more. Some of his most coveted work has been created in honor of the original Halloween, and now he’s released two new prints in his ongoing series that pay tribute to the new Halloween that has won the box office two weekends in a row....

Exclusive ‘Searching’ Clip: Changing The Language Of Film By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 27, 2018 8:00 am EST Searching, the latest film to employ the ScreenLife method of having all the action take place on various computer and phone screens, hits Blu-ray this week. The film, from writer-director Aneesh Chaganty, stars John Cho as a man trying to locate his missing daughter. It’s one of the best examples of how this method of movie making can be employed, and worth checking out....

Kevin Feige Wants Keanu Reeves In The MCU, Says Venom/Spider-Man Crossover Movie Is “Likely” By Chris Evangelista/June 20, 2019 7:30 am EST I just want what’s best for Keanu Reeves, and so does Kevin Feige. The Marvel Studios president was recently asked if Reeves would ever pop up somewhere in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and according to Feige, there’s nothing he’d like more. But he has to find the “right way to do it” first....

Movie Mixtape: 6 Movies To Watch With ‘Bad Times At The El Royale’ By Scott Beggs/Oct. 12, 2018 11:00 am EST Drew Goddard’s Bad Times at the El Royale is a buffet of noir. The music. The language. The location. The lies. The genre is poured on thick as crude oil on a moonless night with a side of extra pulp to chew on. It’s also a follow-up to Cabin in the Woods, so the twists are conveniently layered on top of the turns....

Production Updates: Cameras Roll On Rian Johnson’s ‘Knives Out’ As Toni Collete Joins Cast; ‘Call Of Duty’ Could Film Next Year By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 30, 2018 10:30 am EST Here’s some quick news regarding two very different productions. While taking a break from a galaxy far, far away, Rian Johnson is making the star-studded mystery movie Knives Out. Shooting has just begun on the film, as evident from a tweet from Johnson himself....

Superhero Bits: Jeopardy Contestants Bomb Spider-Man Question, New Darkseid Art & More By Ethan Anderton/July 3, 2019 6:00 pm EST Want a new glimpse at what Darkseid might have looked like in Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice League? How did three Jeopardy contestants not know who plays Spider-Man in the MCU? Did you hear there a big Batman Experience and a Jim Starlin panel coming to Comic-Con? Will some Avengers be coming to Anthony & Joe Russo’s SDCC panel?...

The /Filmcast: Bonus Ep. - San Diego Comic-Con 2014 By Slashfilmcast/July 30, 2014 5:00 am EST David, Jeff, Russ, and Germain chat about their highest highs, lowest lows, and their biggest surprises from this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. Be sure to read up on all of /Film’s coverage of Comic-Con this year. Also, read Germain’s thoughts on Hollywood and Comic-Con, as well as how Marvel became the envy (and scourge) of Hollywood....

The ‘Halo’ TV Series Wants To Be ‘Game Of Thrones’ Without The Incest By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 5, 2019 10:30 am EST The Halo TV series has been long in the making, with the video game’s developer 343 Industries working with Showtime to bring the project to life for nearly 5 years now. But maybe Halo has just been waiting for a Game of Thrones-sized hole to be vacated. According to the 343 Industries transmedia chief, the Halo TV series could be the heir to the HBO fantasy series — except without the incest....