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‘The Highwaymen’ Trailer: Costner And Harrelson Chase Down Bonnie And Clyde By Ben Pearson/Feb. 20, 2019 8:00 am EST Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson have both been acting in Hollywood for almost forty years, but so far, they only have one credit in common: a 1990 TV event called The Earth Day Special – and they don’t even share the screen together. (Side note: scroll through that special if you have the time…there’s a lot going on in it....

‘The Meg’ Honest Trailer: The Movie So Nice It Happens Twice By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 14, 2018 6:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. There seems to be a new movie with a killer shark in it at least every other year, and it’s up to the filmmaker whether that movie is going to be good like Jaws, bad like Jaws: The Revenge or so bad it’s good like Deep Blue Sea....

‘Trading Paint’ Trailer: John Travolta Is A Washed-Up Race Car Driver By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 23, 2019 5:00 pm EST John Travolta’s film choices have become increasingly, let’s say…interesting. After the 2018 two-fer that was Gotti and Speed Kills, the actor is ringing in 2019 with Trading Paint, a sports drama in which he stars as a washed-up race car driver for whom it’s “been a long time” since he was “somebody....

‘Triple Frontier’ Clip: Ben Affleck And Oscar Isaac Encounter A Bump In Their Heist By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 5, 2019 4:00 pm EST Family matters in Netflix’s forthcoming action thriller Triple Frontier. And it matters in more ways than one in the latest Triple Frontier clip. A new clip from the J.C. Chandor heist thriller starring Oscar Isaac, Ben Affleck, Pedro Pascal, Charlie Hunman, and Garret Hedlund has been released just one day before Triple Frontier is set to premiere on Netflix....

‘Willow’ Sequel Is A “Lucasfilm Project,” Director Ron Howard Currently Not Involved By Fred Topel/Oct. 30, 2018 1:30 pm EST While he was on the press circuit for Solo: A Star Wars Story this summer, Ron Howard revealed that Lucasfilm was considering a follow-up to Willow, the 1988 fantasy Howard directed for George Lucas. This weekend, American Cinematheque screened Willow at a tribute to Howard’s career and Howard gave a Q&A along with screenwriter Bob Dolman....

Black List Crime Comedy ‘Coffee And Kareem’ Recruits Ed Helms And Taraji P. Henson At Netflix By Ethan Anderton/March 8, 2019 1:00 pm EST Every year the Black List names the best unproduced screenplays that are still being kicked around Hollywood, just waiting for a greenlight to go into production. One of the scripts that made the cut on the lower end of the list in 2014 was a crime comedy called Coffee and Kareem that teams up a cop with his girlfriend’s kid (for some reason) to help take down a ruthless drug lord....

Marvel’s ‘The Eternals’ Looking To Add Salma Hayek By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 27, 2019 7:30 am EST Salma Hayek is the latest high-profile actress to circle Marvel’s ambitious ensemble superhero movie The Eternals. Hayek, who can recently be seen in films like The Hitman’s Bodyguard and How to Be a Latin Lover, is in talks to join The Eternals cast in an unknown role.The Wrap reports that Hayek is in discussions to join the Eternals cast in a role that is being kept under wraps....

New Disney Legends Include Robert Downey Jr., Ming-Na Wen, Hans Zimmer By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 16, 2019 8:30 am EST Robert Downey Jr., Ming-Na Wen, and Hans Zimmer are among the 11 people this year who have been named legends. Disney Legends. A title bestowed upon the best and brightest stars at the Walt Disney Company, and their various subsidiaries like Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, and Pixar, Disney Legend is one of the coolest honors that an actor or creative could receive....

Quibi Adds Paul Feig To Its High-Profile Roster Of Filmmakers By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 13, 2019 4:30 pm EST Quibi, the strangely-named mobile streaming service that suddenly emerged as a frontrunner of the streaming battles after a partnership with Steven Spielberg, has brought another high-profile filmmaker on board. Paul Feig is joining Jeffrey Katzenberg’s upcoming streaming venture to develop original content for the shortform service. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paul Feig is developing some projects for Quibi, an upcoming streaming service that intends to set itself apart by offering “quick bites of captivating entertainment, created for mobile by the best talent, designed to fit perfectly into any moment of your day....

Seeing Double: ‘Terminal Velocity’ Vs ‘Drop Zone’, 1994’s Dueling Movies About Irresponsible Skydiving By Rob Hunter/June 3, 2019 9:00 am EST (Welcome to Seeing Double, a series where two strangely similar films released around the same time are put head-to-head. This time, we look skyward for falling objects that are closer than they appear.) The premise of this column is to take a closer look at those not-so rare instances where two competing film studios raced to theaters with remarkably similar projects....

The Morning Watch: ‘Stranger Things 3’ Shot-By-Shot, ‘Wet Hot American Midsommar’ & More By Ethan Anderton/July 10, 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, watch as Stranger Things cast members break down a suspenseful sequence from the recent third season of the show....

The Morning Watch: Making Of ‘Missing Link’, Peter Sciretta Hits Up Collider Movie Talk & More By Ethan Anderton/April 12, 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, go behind the scenes of LAIKA’s latest stop-motion animated adventure Missing Link....

The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter Introduces The Dark Arts With New Light Show By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 28, 2019 12:30 pm EST No need to defend against the Dark Arts at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. The Universal theme park is teaching the dark magic to its visitors with a brand new “Dark Arts at Hogwarts Castle” light show that will illuminate Hogwarts castle starting April 13, 2019. It’s the first sight of the darker side of the Wizarding World that we’re getting at the theme parks at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort....

TV Bits: ‘Happy!’, ‘Game Of Thrones’, ‘Therapy Dog’, ‘One Day At A Time’, ‘The Last O.G.’, ‘Twilight Zone’, ‘Watchmen’, ‘Treadstone’ By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 26, 2019 12:00 pm EST Syfy’s demented series Happy! is adding another weird character – voiced by none other than “Weird Al” Yankovic. The parody song artist will voice an animated character named Smoking Man Baby, described (via TV Line) as “toxic masculinity in a diaper” and a “jealous, volatile baby blowhard with full tats and a cigarette always dangling from his mouth....

‘Bumblebee’ Clip: ‘Bot Brawl! Bumblebee Battles Blitzwing, Baby! By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 20, 2018 4:00 pm EST Almost everyone who has seen it seems to agree that Bumblebee is indeed the best Transformers movie (make of that what you will!). Michael Bay is out of the director’s chair, and Travis Knight is in. Knight’s take on the material is different than Bay’s, and that’s paid off. Ahead of Bumblebee’s impending release, watch a new Bumblebee clip below where Bumblebee brawls with the Decepticon Blitzwing....

‘Cobra Kai’ Star Xolo Mariduena Talks Miguel’s New Skills And A New Romance In Season 2 [Interview] By Fred Topel/April 23, 2019 11:00 am EST Cobra Kai became an instant hit on YouTube Premium because millions of viewers wanted to see where Johnny Lawrence and Daniel Larusso are today. But while watching 10 episodes of Cobra Kai, fans became equally invested in the new generation of high school students training in Karate, especially Miguel, played by Xolo Mariduena....

/Filmcast Ep. 114 - The Kids Are All Right By Slashfilmcast/Aug. 31, 2010 8:07 pm EST This week, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley remember the passing of a too-young talent, discuss the nature of biopics, reflect on the state of the Mission: Impossible series, and share memories of a Blockbuster long gone. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Join us next week on Sunday night at 10 PM EST on Slashfilm’s live page as we review Machete....

‘Ford V. Ferrari’ Trailer: Christian Bale And Matt Damon Try To Win A 24-Hour Race By Chris Evangelista/June 2, 2019 5:59 pm EST Christian Bale and Matt Damon are out to build a Grand Prix-winning car in Ford v. Ferrari, the latest from Logan director James Mangold. Based on the true story of Ford’s attempt to build a car to beat Ferrari at the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France, the biographical drama also stars Caitriona Balfe, Jon Bernthal, Josh Lucas, Tracy Letts and Noah Jupe....

‘Men In Black: International’ Set To Launch To $40 Million On Opening Weekend By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 23, 2019 2:00 pm EST Men in Black: International is counting on audiences not wanting to get their memories zapped after they see the fourth film in the Men in Black franchise. The Men in Black International box office tracking numbers suggest that the sci-fi action film starring Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson will open to a $40 million debut, less than half of its $110 million budget....

‘The Informer’ Trailer: Joel Kinnaman Becomes An FBI Snitch For Rosamund Pike By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 4, 2019 4:00 pm EST Earlier this year, a Joel Kinnaman-starring crime thriller directed by Italian filmmaker Andrea Di Stefano was set to hit theaters before it was quietly pushed back. But with a new August release date set, a second The Informer trailer teases the story of a tortured ex-military man played by Kinnaman who is caught in the crosshairs of a battle between the mob, the NYPD, and the FBI as he seeks to escape to save his family....