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‘Session 9’ Director Brad Anderson Will Go ‘In Search Of Captain Zero’ By Chris Evangelista/June 30, 2019 1:00 pm EST Brad Anderson, director of Session 9, The Machinist and more dark, brooding films, is taking on something considerably lighter. His new film In Search of Captain Zero is based on the true story of a surfer who sold all his possessions and headed off to find his missing friend, who had vanished somewhere in Central America....

‘The Nightmare Gallery’ Trailer: Amber Benson Goes On A Dark Journey Into The Occult By Ethan Anderton/June 4, 2019 10:30 am EST Amber Benson has already dealt with dark forces in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but in the new horror film The Nightmare Gallery, she’s dealing with something even more sinister. When a renowned anthropology professor (Benson) investigates the disappearance of her star pupil, a collection of occult artifacts takes her on a dark journey that will reveal the evil lurking in the shadows....

‘The Rescuers Down Under’ Remains The Weird Speed Bump Between Two Disney Masterpieces By Josh Spiegel/June 18, 2019 9:00 am EST (Revisiting the Renaissance is a bi-weekly series in which Josh Spiegel looks back at the history and making of the 13 films of the Disney Renaissance, released between 1986 and 1999. In today’s column, Spiegel takes a look at the oft-forgotten sequel The Rescuers Down Under.)The 1990s were an exceptionally successful period for the Walt Disney Company....

‘Toy Story 4’ Has More In Common With Classic Horror Movies Than You May Realize By Kristen Lopez/June 25, 2019 11:30 am EST (Welcome to Classically Contemporary, a series where we explore the ways in which new releases echo classic Hollywood or how classic Hollywood continues to influence modern filmmaking.)It’s hard to believe we’re still talking about Toy Story movies in 2019 and yet we are. The latest installment, Toy Story 4, charts the (presumably) final pairing between the heroes that started this series: cowboy doll Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks) and space ranger Buzz Lightyear (voiced by Tim Allen)....

‘Transformers: War For Cybertron’ Animated Series Will Explore The Origins Of The Autobot And Decepticon Battle By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 15, 2019 10:45 am EST When Bumblebee hit theaters towards the end of last year, one of the most exhilarating sequences for fans of the original Transformers was finally seeing Cybertron in all its wartorn glory. Helping that sequence stand out was an assembly of Autobots and Decepticons with their G1 character designs intact....

Barry Pepper On Battling Imaginary Alligators And Internal Demons In ‘Crawl’ [Interview] By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 12, 2019 3:00 pm EST “Here’s a little Easter egg for you guys,” Barry Pepper said without preamble to our table at the Crawl press junket in the Long Island Aquarium. The actor launched into a biblical passage for MATT 725, which is the license plate for his character Dave’s truck in the film. “‘And the rain descended and the floods came, and the wind blew and beat upon the house, and it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock,’” he read from a notebook....

Corey Stoll And Billy Magnussen Are The Latest Wiseguys To Join ‘Sopranos’ Prequel Movie Cast By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 15, 2019 4:00 pm EST The Many Saints of Newark is set in against the backdrop of the Newark riots in the 1960s. David Chase, who created The Sopranos, is writing the script. “I became interested in Newark, where my parents came from, and where the riots took place,” Chase said. “I started thinking about those events and organized crime, and I just got interested in mixing those two elements....

Daily Podcast: Biggest Film Pet Peeves, Movie Marathons, Mr. Mom, Fantasy Island, Rookie Of The Year & Apple By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 11, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the October 11 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film Weekend Editor Brad Oman and Senior Writer Ben Pearson to talk about the latest film and tv news, including Mr. Mom, Fantasy Island, Rookie of the Year and Apple....

Elizabeth Debicki Joins Robert Pattinson In Lead Roles For Christopher Nolan’s Next Movie [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 20, 2019 11:10 am EST Update: Elizabeth Debicki is joining the cast of Christopher Nolan’s untitled next movie, signing on to play the female lead role opposite Robert Pattinson and John David Washington. Variety reports that Pattinson is also confirmed to star as co-lead with Washington. Our original story follows below.Robert Pattinson may have found his next auteur to work with....

Legendary Working On ‘Wizard Of Oz’ TV Series Set In The World Of L. Frank Baum’s Books By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 21, 2019 7:11 am EST There have been plenty of projects over the years inspired by the classic film The Wizard of Oz. Some have taken direct cues from the 1939 movie, while others put their own spin on the world created by author L. Frank Baum. Now Legendary Entertainment is doing the latter with a new TV series that will be set in the Land of Oz, but their hope is to introduce stories and characters who have yet to be brought to the screen....

Matt Reeves’ ‘The Batman’ Arrives In 2021 Without Ben Affleck, ‘Suicide Squad 2’ And ‘DC Super Pets’ Coming Too By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 30, 2019 5:11 pm EST After today’s updates about Matt Reeves’ gestating new Batman movie, Warner Bros. has staked out a 2021 release date for the sequel. Even bigger news is that Ben Affleck will not be returning as The Caped Crusader, and the movie will instead focus on a younger Bruce Wayne....

New ‘Harry Potter’ LEGO Sets Expand Hogwarts, Bring Back The Knight Bus, Cast A Patronus & More By Ethan Anderton/April 30, 2019 6:00 am EST LEGO is keeping their new Harry Potter line of building brick playsets going strong with an addition of five more buildable scenes inspired by Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. New Harry Potter LEGO sets include another section of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry that connects to one of the previously released sections of the castle, Hagrid’s Hut, one of the tasks from the Triwizard Tournament, a signature vehicle from the third Harry Potter film, and an all-too-important scene involving Harry’s godfather Sirius Black....

Sylvester Stallone Bashes ‘Escape Plan 2’, Shares Unchoreographed Fight Scene From ‘Escape Plan 3’ By Ben Pearson/July 1, 2019 5:30 pm EST Shade. Grudge Match. Reach Me. Sylvester Stallone has been in some major duds over the course of his nearly 50-year career in Hollywood, but according to him, none were handled worse than last year’s Escape Plan 2: Hades, a sequel to the 2013 prison break film that teamed up with his former frenemy Arnold Schwarzenegger....

Tarantinoesque, Spielbergian And Several Other Movie-Related Words Have Been Added To The Dictionary By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 9, 2018 12:00 pm EST Language is fluid, ever changing, always evolving. Case in point: the Oxford English Dictionary just added a slew of new movie-related words that people have been unofficially using for a while now. In fact, the OED has added: “over 100 words and phrases as part of this update to increase the OED’s own stock of film terms....

VOTD: VFX Artists React To ‘Air Force One’, ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ & More Visual Effects By Ethan Anderton/June 24, 2019 6:00 am EST There are times when you look at visual effects in a movie and you just know that they don’t look good. However, it can be hard to specifically explain why certain visual effects don’t look good when you don’t know the many tools, terms and work that goes into creating them....

Watch: ‘Game Of Thrones’ Premiere Featured Cameos From Martin Starr And Rob McElhenney, George Lucas Visited The Set, And More By Ben Pearson/April 15, 2019 5:00 pm EST Game of Thrones is back, but even those who are watching closely may have missed a couple of high-profile cameos in last night’s season premiere. Did you catch Martin Starr (Silicon Valley, Party Down, Freaks and Geeks) and Rob McElhenney (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) in small roles?...

‘Apocalypse Now: Final Cut’ Trailer: The Horror Returns In A Bold New Form By Chris Evangelista/May 1, 2019 3:30 pm EST Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now: Final Cut is coming to theaters and 4K Blu-ray this August. Can’t wait that long? Maybe this trailer will hold you over until then. Coppola went back and reworked his acclaimed Vietnam War epic, putting together something that’s longer than the theatrical cut, but shorter than the Apocalypse Now Redux edition....

‘Captain Marvel’ Clips: Brie Larson Flies An F-16 And Is A Training Marvel In Behind-The-Scenes Looks By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 27, 2019 4:15 pm EST It takes a lot of work to be Captain, and barring an actual military promotion, Brie Larson did all that work and more. Marvel has released new motivational clips of the star of Captain Marvel training to be the titular superhero, whether it be flying an F-16 or undergoing vigorous workouts to get in shape....

By Ben Pearson/May 17, 2019 4:00 pm EST Five years ago, we wrote about how Disney was developing a live-action/CG animation hybrid version of a Chip ’n Dale Rescue Rangers movie, based on the chipmunk pals who solve crimes with a few other pals like Gadget, Zipper, and Monterey Jack. Progress has been slow, but now the movie has a rather unexpected director. Akiva Schaffer, the Lonely Island member and director of films like Hot Rod, The Watch, and Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, has been hired to direct the movie, which is taking an unusual approach in its story....

/Filmcast Ep. 266 - Noah (GUEST: Jeff Cannata From DLC) By Slashfilmcast/March 30, 2014 4:36 pm EST David and Devindra discuss the simple brilliance of Cheap Thrills, the importance of catching up on The Good Wife, the terribleness of Sabotage, and the Transformers-inspired nature of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles trailer. Special guest Jeff Cannata joins us from DLC. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....