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Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator’ Sequel Will Take Place Over Two Decades After The Original By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 14, 2019 2:30 pm EST The Gladiator sequel is still heading back to the Coliseum, though it may be one a little worse for wear than the glorious one we saw in Ridley Scott’s Oscar-winning 2000 film. Scott is apparently still plugging away at that sequel, with new details emerging about the film’s potential plot and setting....

Spotify Premium Now Includes Free Hulu, While Supplies Last By Chris Evangelista/March 12, 2019 1:30 pm EST Do you have Spotify Premium? If so, congrats – you now have Hulu, too! If you sign up for it, that is. Now through June, Spotify Premium subscribers can sign up for Hulu’s ad-supported plan for no additional cost. And if you already have Hulu, you can still qualify through a few simple steps....

Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker Theories, Discussion, And News Breakdown By Peter Sciretta/April 16, 2019 1:40 pm EST On the April 16 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by managing editor Jacob Hall and Senior writer Ben Pearson to talk about the latest Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker news. We’ll also discuss Peter’s theory based on one shot from the trailer. And we’ll answer your mailbag questions about the final chapter of the Skywalker saga....

The Morning Watch: ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ VFX Breakdown, The Broken Formula Of Music Biopics & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 19, 2019 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, see how the visual effects of Alita: Battle Angel came together to create the titular cyborg character....

Theme Park Bits: A New Character Breakfast In Disneyland, The New Home For An Old Pixar Ride, And More! By Josh Spiegel/Feb. 4, 2019 5:30 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: The Disney princesses have an exciting (and expensive) new character-breakfast home at the Disneyland Resort. New details about the Jurassic World-themed water attraction have emerged. Heimlich’s Chew Chew Train has a new resting place after having been shut down....

‘Alien: Awakening’ Could Return To Alien Home World, If It Gets Made At All By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 14, 2018 8:00 am EST I know this is a crazy opinion, but I genuinely enjoyed Alien: Covenant. I wasn’t such a big fan of Prometheus, but with Covenant, I think Ridley Scott finally hit his stride with his strange Alien prequel universe. It was a gothic-infused work of body horror with a great performance from Michael Fassbender, and I was looking forward to see where Scott would go with the next film....

‘Critters: A New Binge’ Director On Giving The Crites More Dialogue And Leaning Into Comedy [Interview] By Fred Topel/March 21, 2019 10:00 am EST Last year, we interviewed director Jordan Rubin at the winter Television Critics Association press tour when Warner Brothers’ Blue Ribbon Content introduced his new series, Critters: A New Binge. Today, that series premieres on the Shudder streaming service and we had a chance to catch up with Rubin again....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Showrunners Knew How The Series Would End Five Years Ago By Ethan Anderton/April 9, 2019 10:30 am EST Game of Thrones is coming to an end this year. The first of the final six episodes airs this weekend, and just five weeks after tha,t HBO’s hit fantasy series will be over on May 19. While fans have been itching to see how this epic series will come to an end (especially since author George R....

‘Luther’ Season 5 Trailer: Idris Elba And His Trench Coat Are Back For More Bloody Mysteries By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 29, 2018 8:30 am EST Idris Elba just can’t say goodbye to Luther. Even though season 3 (or series, if you’re in the UK) more or less wrapped things up, Elba returned for a two-episode season 4. And now he’s back yet again with season 5. The latest season finds Elba’s DCI John Luther back yet again, donning his famous gray trench coat, and dealing with creepy serial killers....

‘Rocketman’ Images Offer New Look At Taron Egerton As Elton John By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 5, 2019 12:00 pm EST Touch down has brought us round again to find some new Rocketman images, showing star Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service) in character as Elton John. Egerton certainly looks the part, and hopefully this will make everyone forget about that Robin Hood movie that bombed last year. See the latest Rocketman images below as you wait a long long time (or at least 4 months) for the movie’s release....

‘Terminator’ Co-Creator Gale Anne Hurd Thinks The Tech Industry Should Take A Hippocratic Oath To Avoid The Robot Apocalypse By Fred Topel/Oct. 22, 2018 3:30 pm EST Judgment Day was supposed to happen in 1997 according to Terminator 2: Judgment Day. The cautionary tale began in 1984’s The Terminator, which wasn’t the first science fiction tale to warn about artificial intelligence. Terminator co-writer and producer Gale Anne Hurd said that science fiction and other genres have been ahead of the curve on these matters, and she hopes real science catches up soon....

‘Three From Hell’ Trailer: Rob Zombie Brings ‘The Devil’s Rejects’ Back From The Dead By Chris Evangelista/June 10, 2019 8:30 am EST Rob Zombie is bringing back the killers from House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects for one more splatter-fest: Three From Hell. Just how this works out remains a mystery, since the characters ended up being shot to death at the end of the last movie. But hey, in Rob Zombie’s world, anything goes....

Boba Fett Movie Would’ve Featured The Other Bounty Hunters From ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 29, 2018 11:30 am EST The Boba Fett movie is no more, but had it happened, Fett wouldn’t have been the only bounty hunter in the spotlight. The film was going to feature the bounty hunters who appeared alongside Fett in The Empire Strikes Back as well. Whether or not this would’ve lead to an exciting Star Wars spin-off film will remain a mystery, though....

Cool Stuff: Celebrate 10 Years Of Marvel Studios With John Guydo’s Heroes And Villains Prints By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 9, 2019 7:00 am EST It’s hard to believe that we’ve had 10 years of Marvel Studios movies, beginning with Iron Man back in 2008 and running through Ant-Man and the Wasp at the end of last summer. With Avengers: Endgame bringing this era of Marvel Cinematic Universe movies to an end, what better way to celebrate than with a pair of two incredible prints by artist John Guydo featuring nearly all of the heroes and villains from the first 10 years of Marvel Studios movies....

Cool Stuff: Star Wars Celebration 2019 Exclusives From Funko, LEGO, And Hasbro By Ethan Anderton/March 22, 2019 6:00 am EST Star Wars Celebration is right around the corner, which means we’ll be getting plenty of news about Star Wars Episode 9, The Mandalorian, and plenty more from a galaxy far, far away. But let’s not forget that this is also a Star Wars convention. And what’s a convention without some cool exclusives for fans to get their hands on?...

Netflix Plans To Buy Hollywood’s Egyptian Theater; Next Step: World Domination By Chris Evangelista/April 9, 2019 9:46 am EST Netflix is getting into the movie theater business in a big way. The streaming giant has entered into talks with American Cinematheque to buy the historic Egyptian Theater on Hollywood Blvd. On the surface, this looks like the latest step in Netflix’s overarching plan to be taken seriously by the film industry, since many in the business still cringe at Netflix’s streaming-based model....

Superhero Bits: ‘Black Panther’ Is Most Googled Movie Of 2018, ‘Spider-Verse’ Box Office Projections & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 12, 2018 6:00 pm EST Want to see what’s in store for Arrow, Supergirl and The Flash when all the shows return in January? What is Aquaman’s Rotten Tomatoes score? How much might Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse make this weekend? What is one fan trying to accomplish with the address AvengersEndgame.com? Want to hear a track from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse?...

Superhero Bits: Tobey Maguire Praises Other Spider-Men, Mark Strong Almost Played An X-Men Villain & More By Ethan Anderton/April 5, 2019 6:00 pm EST Want to check out some horror movie variant covers for the upcoming DCeased comic event at DC Comics? What does Tobey Maguire think of Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland as Spider-Man? Which Marvel character would Anthony & Joe Russo still like to tackle in the MCU? What did Robert De Niro have to say about the connection between Joker and Martin Scorsese?...

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 105 - Watching Trailers And The Quest For Consensus By Slashfilmcast/June 27, 2010 2:20 pm EST The /Filmcast: After Dark is a recording of what happens right after The /Filmcast is over, when the kids have gone to bed and the guys feel free to speak whatever is on their minds. In other words, it’s the leftover and disorganized ramblings, mindfarts, and brain diarrhea from The /Filmcast, all in one convenient audio file....

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 37 - Push Vs. Jumper (GUEST: Steve/Frosty From Collider) By Slashfilmcast/Feb. 15, 2009 1:52 pm EST The /Filmcast: After Dark is a recording of what happens right after The /Filmcast is over, when the kids have gone to bed and the guys feel free to speak whatever is on their minds. In other words, it’s the leftover and disorganized ramblings, mindfarts, and brain diarrhea from The /Filmcast, all in one convenient audio file....