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The New ‘Mortal Kombat’ Movie Will Be Rated R, Just As The Gods Of Outworld Intended By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 12, 2019 1:30 pm EST Get ready to see some real violent fatalities in the new Mortal Kombat movie. Warner Bros. is taking another stab at adapting the popular fighting video game franchise by allowing a little more stabbing (and ripping and tearing and disemboweling) this time. While the previous Mortal Kombat feature films have stuck strictly to a PG-13, the new Mortal Kombat rating will be a hard R, according to screenwriter Greg Russo....

Theme Park Bits: ‘Toy Story’ Land Christmas, Rumored Opening Date For ‘Star Wars:’ Galaxy’s Edge In Florida By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 22, 2018 5:30 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: What’s the best guess for when the Florida version of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will open next year? See a preview for the first-ever Christmas overlay in Toy Story Land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. One daring couple has traveled across time zones to visit six Disney parks in the same 24 hours....

‘A Quiet Place 2’ Will Explain How That Whole Monster Situation Happened By Chris Evangelista/June 13, 2019 5:00 pm EST Story details about A Quiet Place 2 have been kept very…well…quiet. But new cast member Brian Tyree Henry is willing to risk it all and make some noise revealing what the John Krasinski sequel will involve. According to Henry, A Quiet Place 2 is going to answer some lingering questions about those noise-driven monsters, while also introducing new survivors....

‘Arrested Development’ Season 5, Part 2 Is Coming To Netflix Next Month By Ben Pearson/Feb. 19, 2019 8:59 am EST Shows like Mad Men and Breaking Bad previously split their seasons in half, and now a Netflix comedy is doing the same thing. Arrested Development season 5 part 2 is arriving on the streaming platform in less than a month – I just wish we were more excited about it....

‘Black Widow’ Set Photos Reveal The Film May Have A Different Timeline Than Previously Thought By Ethan Anderton/July 1, 2019 2:30 pm EST Considering that Black Widow met her demise in Avengers: Endgame, we’ve assumed that her forthcoming standalone movie from Marvel Studios would be a prequel. However, many have assumed the film would take place further in the past, and rumors have pegged the film as taking place sometime in the 1990s....

‘Captain Marvel’ Trailer: Brie Larson Is Here To Save The Galaxy By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 3, 2018 6:48 pm EST Get ready to go higher, further and faster with Brie Larson as she sets out to save the galaxy in Captain Marvel. Larson leads Marvel’s first female-driven superhero film, and it’s safe to say the hype is already through the stratosphere. Unlike the other MCU films before, Captain Marvel is a prequel, taking us back to the good old days of 1990s, when Blockbuster Video reigned supreme, acid wash jeans were a thing, and fanny packs were in style....

‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile’ Clip: Ted Bundy Claims He’s Been Framed By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 28, 2019 1:30 pm EST Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile was one of the buzziest titles to come out of the Sundance Film Festival, due to its sordid subject matter and what’s been dubbed a “career-best performance” by star Zac Efron. But this Ted Bundy biopic will take a while before it hits U....

/Filmcast Ep. 215 - The Last Stand By Slashfilmcast/Jan. 21, 2013 6:54 pm EST Dave, Devindra, and Adam discuss the solid John Dies at the End and lament/celebrate Kim Jee-Woon’s first American film, which coincides with Arnold Schwarzenegger’s return to the big screen. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Download or Play Now in your Browser: Subscribe to the /Filmcast: SHOWNOTES...

/Filmcast Ep. 235 - The Lone Ranger By Slashfilmcast/July 7, 2013 11:00 pm EST Dave, Devindra, and Russ reflect on how many great coming-of-age films are being released this year, praise HBO’s customer retention strategies, and explain why they think Jim Carrey can do or say whatever the hell he wants. Be sure to read up on why The Lone Ranger is bad for our society and check out Jim Carrey’s video on gun control....

‘Hotel Transylvania 4’ Will Be Open For Business In Christmas 2021 By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 27, 2019 7:30 am EST Sony Pictures Animation is celebrating its historic Oscar win by greenlighting…Hotel Transylvania 4. The billion-dollar franchise that features Adam Sandler as a hapless version of Dracula that runs an elite hotel for monsters, will be getting a fourth film. Sony has set the Hotel Transylvania 4 release date for Christmas 2021, three years after last year’s successful Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation....

‘Penny Dreadful’ Spin-Off Adds Nathan Lane As A Veteran Cop By Ben Pearson/Feb. 26, 2019 1:30 pm EST Tony and Emmy Award winner Nathan Lane is about to take a trip back to 1930s Los Angeles. Lane (The Producers, The Lion King) is the latest actor to join Penny Dreadful: City of Angels, Showtime’s spin-off that’s being described as a “spiritual descendant” of the original series, which saw public domain characters from Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Picture of Dorian Gray share the screen....

‘The Dirt’ Trailer: Hair Metal Band Mötley Crüe Rocks Out In Netflix Biopic By Ben Pearson/Feb. 19, 2019 5:30 pm EST Mötley Crüe, the hair/glam metal band that became a sensation in the 1980s with songs like “Kickstart My Heart,” “Dr. Feelgood,” and “Girls, Girls, Girls,” released a book in 2001 called The Dirt that recounted their excessive off-stage exploits in graphic detail. That book has been in development as a movie for years: Borat director Larry Charles once wanted to make an NC-17 adaptation, but now it’s finally been brought to life by Jackass director Jeff Tremaine....

A ‘Dance Dance Revolution’ Movie Will Try To Save The World By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 3, 2018 2:30 pm EST Apparently Dance Dance Revolution is still a popular enough video game craze that Hollywood wants to turn it into a movie. The newly launched Stampede production banner from producer Greg Silverman is behind the effort to turn the dance video game from Konami into a feature length film. But how exactly can you turn a game about hitting the right combination of dance moves into a movie?...

Alexandre Aja On Not Making A Typical Monster Movie With ‘Crawl’ And Whether There Will Be A Sequel [Interview] By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 12, 2019 10:00 am EST Alexandre Aja learned firsthand the difficulties of making a water-based movie with 2010’s Piranha 3D, a well-received loose remake of 1978 horror classic. But nine years later, and the French filmmaker learned that all over again, the hard way. “When I did Piranha, I got firsthand experience on…everything that was told about the making of Jaws was true and how like a nightmare it was to shoot with water on the water,” Aja said at the press junket for Crawl held at the Long Island Aquarium....

Break Out The Pop Rocks And Soda: ‘Urban Legend’ Blu-Ray Coming From Scream Factory By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 16, 2018 4:00 pm EST The people demanded it, and now it’s here. Urban Legend, the 1998 horror flick that rode the post-Scream wave of slasher movie revivals, is headed to Blu-ray from the good folks at Scream Factory. As an added bonus, the boutique Blu-ray label is also releasing the sequel I bet you forget even existed: Urban Legends: Final Cut....

Dwayne Johnson Explains Why He Couldn’t Host The Oscars This Year By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 7, 2019 11:30 am EST For the first time in 30 years, the Oscars won’t have a host this year. Comedian Kevin Hart was previously slated to act as master of ceremonies, but some controversy arose following some old jokes on Twitter, and he decided to step down. But Kevin Hart wasn’t even the first choice to host the Oscars....

FilmAid Broadcast Part 5 - Matt Singer And C. Robert Cargill By Slashfilmcast/July 24, 2013 11:24 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In Part 5 of our FilmAid broadcast, Matt Singer and C. Robert Cargill join us to discuss what it’s like to go from being a film critic to being a screenwriter. Cargill’s Sinister is out on Blu-Ray and DVD. You can find Matt Singer’s work at The Dissolve....

How Studio Ponoc Is Carrying On The Spirit Of Studio Ghibli With ‘Modest Heroes,’ According To Producer Yoshiaki Nishimura [Interview] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 7, 2019 1:00 pm EST An underwater fantasy epic. A slice-of-life drama about a kid suffering from an egg allergy. An invisible man who becomes an unlikely hero. All three of these stories are segments from Studio Ponoc’s Modest Heroes, an anthology film following up the animation studio’s highly anticipated inaugural feature film, Mary and the Witch’s Flower....

Small-Screen Stream: True Crime, ‘Sex Education,’ and The Reign Of Netflix By Lindsey Romain/Jan. 24, 2019 11:00 am EST (Welcome to Small-Screen Stream, a feature where we share the best television shows streaming and where you can watch them.)Netflix has been the talk of the town these last few weeks. In December, its original movie Bird Box became its most-streamed ever, and the company – once notoriously private about ratings – has started slowly releasing viewership information....

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 29 (GUESTS: Laremy Legel And Myles McNutt) By Slashfilmcast/Dec. 13, 2008 7:28 am 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....