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Road To Endgame: ‘The Avengers’ Changed Cinema And Avoided The Mistakes Of Past Marvel Movies By Siddhant Adlakha/April 1, 2019 8:00 am EST (Welcome to Road to Endgame, where we revisit all 22 movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and ask, “How did we get here?” In this edition: The Avengers changed studio filmmaking, though not before ticking off The Pentagon.)The Avengers is as close as you can get to a quintessential blockbuster experience....

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: ‘Doctor Strange’ Prop Saved From Fire, Batkid Is Cancer-Free & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 16, 2018 6:00 pm EST io9 points out how the Spider-Man PlayStation 4 game wants to remind players that Peter Parker is hot. Venom cinematographer Matthew Libatique was released from jail without charge after an arrest in Poland. The latest episode of DC Daily goes behind the scenes of the Doom Patrol from the recent Titans episode....

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 15 (GUEST: Myles McNutt) By Slashfilmcast/Sept. 5, 2008 10:59 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 ‘Good Omens’ Opening Credits Are Divinely Cool – Watch Them Now By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 14, 2019 4:30 pm EST Gaiman is marking his first time as series showrunner with the adaptation of his and Terry Pratchett’s satirical fantasy novel, but it was still a question of how much of that signature Gaiman gothic flair would make it to the series. Based on the Good Omens opening credits: plenty. Good Omens Opening Credits The elaborate title sequence is seeing a comeback recently, with True Detective turning it into an art form, and series like Chilling Adventures of Sabrina making it a stunning homage to the source material....

The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen That Take Place Over One Night By Rob Hunter/March 8, 2019 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Best Movies You’ve Never Seen, a series that takes a look at slightly more obscure, under-the-radar, or simply under-appreciated movies. This week we head into the night for films that start near dusk and end before dawn.) Movies that take both characters and viewers on a short journey through a single night aren’t exactly rare....

The Morning Watch: The History Of The Tesseract In The MCU, The Comedy Layers Of ‘Broad City’ & More By Ethan Anderton/March 14, 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....

The Russo Brothers Will Have A Hall H Panel At This Year’s Comic-Con By Chris Evangelista/June 25, 2019 12:30 pm EST The Russo Brothers, blockbuster filmmakers and experts at explaining every single thing that happened in their movies, are done with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But that doesn’t mean they can’t still talk about it. While the Russos have no MCU films on their horizon, they’ll be partaking in a Hall H panel at this years’s Comic-Con....

Theme Park Bits: Universal Studios On New Year’s Eve, The Disney Skyliner, Mickey’s 2019 Celebration, And More By Josh Spiegel/Dec. 3, 2018 5:30 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: The Disney Skyliner at Walt Disney World has an opening date. Knott’s Berry Farm has announced a new rushing-rapids attraction. Walt Disney World will introduce automated cameras at some meet-and-greet locations next year. Shanghai is now home to two major theme parks, with a rival to Disney opening recently....

Voices From The 20th Mumbai Film Festival: #MeToo, Affordable Art And 5 Great Films By Siddhant Adlakha/Nov. 13, 2018 9:00 am EST The Mumbai Film Festival began as a modest affair, though with the sponsorship of Fox’s Star network and telecom giant Reliance Jio in recent years, it’s exploded into a prestigious destination for cinema the world over. This year, the festival’s 20th, saw both premieres of Indian art-house films as well as arrivals of various 2018 festival darlings — Cannes, Berlin, Venice, you name it — but what separates the Mumbai Film Festival (MAMI for short, after parent organization Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image) from most festivals with such a vast selection is affordability....

VOTD: Let This Pixar Fireplace Bring Animated Joy To Your Home For The Holidays By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 21, 2018 6:00 am EST Around the holidays, families love getting cozy around the fireplace, whether they’re roasting chestnuts or not. However, there are some families who just don’t have a fireplace. Thankfully, our advanced technology and readily available access to streaming video has made life without a fireplace not so terrible because we can have a video loop of a toasty fireplace playing in our living rooms....

‘Aquaman’ Sequel Already Being Planned By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 6, 2018 1:00 pm EST Aquaman has yet to swim into theaters, but that won’t stop Warner Bros. from planning for his future. Early ticket sales have been so promising that the folks at WB are already in talks for a sequel that will bring Jason Momoa’s aquatic hero back for another fishy adventure. While sequels can often seem inevitable to any and all superhero movies, poor reaction to previous Warner Bros....

/Filmcast: Bonus Ep. - Oscar Nominations And Golden Globes Post-Mortem By Slashfilmcast/Jan. 15, 2016 7:00 pm EST David, Jeff, and Angie Han discuss this year’s Oscar nominations and Golden Globe awards. Be sure to read the nominations at /Film, what the biggest snubs were, what a completely nonwhite set of acting nominees would look like, and whether or not Leo screamed and cried good enough. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

‘Making Waves’ Review: Remember To Bow To Your Sound Masters, Film Students [Tribeca] By Caroline Cao/May 5, 2019 5:41 pm EST When I was going through film school, I grimaced when I was assigned the audio position. Whether I held the recorder or the boom mic, I remember feeling low. But soon, I learned that gathering sound was integral as I hovered the boom mic to an air vent or the whistling grass....

‘Mortal Kombat’ Reboot Casts ‘The Raid’ Star As Sub-Zero By Chris Evangelista/July 9, 2019 1:30 pm EST In case you forgot (I did!), there’s going to be a new Mortal Kombat movie! While that news alone may not be enough to get you excited, this first bit of casting might. Actor and martial artist Joe Taslim, who starred in the action extravaganza The Raid, has joined the cast as Sub-Zero. At the very least, this implies the Mortal Kombat reboot is aiming to have some thrilling fight scenes....

‘The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs’ Trailer: Things Have A Way Of Escalating Out In The Old West By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 5, 2018 7:30 am EST Awards season is heating up, and that means the movies making the push for Academy Awards are starting to hit theaters. Even Netflix is bringing some of their movies to theaters again in the hopes that they’ll catch they eye of Academy voters this time....

‘Thunder Force’ Will Turn Octavia Spencer And Melissa McCarthy Into Superheroes For Netflix By Chris Evangelista/April 1, 2019 4:30 pm EST A superhero movie starring Octavia Spencer and Melissa McCarthy? Yes, sign us up. Spencer and McCarthy are close to closing deals to star in Thunder Force, a Netflix superhero flick from writer-director Ben Falcone. Falcone is the wild card here. Spencer and McCarthy are both capable of great things, but Falcone’s track-record is a little spotty....

Cool Stuff: New ‘E.T. The Extra Terrestrial’ And ‘Jaws’ T-Shirts Celebrate Summer In Style By Ethan Anderton/July 4, 2019 6:00 am EST It’s summer time, which means people are hitting the beach, heading to theme parks, and hopefully enjoying movies. And when you’re doing those things, you want to put on your best wardrobe. That means the coolest movie t-shirts you have in your closet, and the folks at Fright Rags have just released a handful of awesome summer shirts inspired by Steven Spielberg’s classic films E....

Podcast Interview: Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse Directors Talk Deleted Scenes By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 26, 2019 12:18 pm EST On the February 26, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in Chief Peter Sciretta is joined by senior writer Ben Pearson, and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to talk about the latest film and tv news, including a Gremlins animated series, Rotten Tomatoes, A Quiet Place 2, The Eternals and the future of the MCU....

Reese Witherspoon, J.J. Abrams, Jordan Peele, And More Take On Time’s Up Challenge To Hire Female Directors By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 29, 2019 12:30 pm EST 2018 saw a dramatic dip in female directors working in Hollywood — an already low-statistic that can’t afford to take any more hits. This in spite of the work of the Time’s Up and Me Too movements that have taken Hollywood by storm, making accountable the powerful men and abusers who had eluded justice before....

Sequel Bits: ‘A Quiet Place 2’, ‘Back To The Future’, ‘Jay & Silent Bob Reboot’, ‘Zombieland 2’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 5, 2019 11:00 am EST First up, John Krasinski talked to Deadline about development on A Quiet Place 2, where he says that he end up being “mind-tricked” into writing the sequel instead of letting someone else take it over: However, even though Krasinski is writing the sequel, he may not end up directing this time....