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‘Hanna’ Season 1 Teaser Gives Us Our First Look At The Unlikely Teen Assassin By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 7, 2019 7:00 am EST Hanna Season 1 Teaser Esme Creed-Miles (Mister Lonely) will step into the title role of the pint-sized assassin originally played by Ronan. While Ronan left some big shoes to fill, Creed-Miles’ icy stare and impressive fighting skills suggest that she is up to the task. The teaser, titled “Fugitive Fakeout” follows a mysterious man as he walks the streets of some anonymous European city, following a young girl while a woman describes on a radio, “Escaped asset is extremely dangerous....

‘John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum’ Footage Reaction: Yeah, We’re Thinkin’ He’s Back…Again [CinemaCon 2019] By /Film Staff/April 4, 2019 3:19 pm EST Even though some moviegoers are anxious to see their favorite Avengers get back in action on the big screen this summer, others are only concerned with one, and his name is John Wick. John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum brings back Keanu Reeves as the titular assassin who was forced back into action after some jerks killed his dog....

By Chris Evangelista/April 18, 2019 5:30 pm EST Her Smell director Alex Ross Perry wants in on the ongoing Stephen King adaptation boom. The filmmaker will write and direct Rest Stop, based on a King story of the same name. King’s tale follows a mystery writer who intervenes in an act of domestic violence unfolding at a rest stop. The story is very brief, and even a bit anticlimactic, so you can expect Perry to take some liberties with his adaptation....

Daily Podcast: Avengers Endgame Trailer Reaction/Analysis, How Captain Marvel Might Be Connected To Captain America, And Much More By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 7, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the December 7, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to talk the latest film and tv news, including Crazy Rich Asians, Aquaman 2, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, Kevin Hart, Plastic Man, and we’ll take a closer look at the Avengers: Endgame and Captain Marvel trailers....

Daily Podcast: Is A Funko Pop Movie A Ridiculous Concept? Is The LEGO Movie Sequel Awesome? And The Death Of The Dark Universe By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 29, 2019 5:30 pm EST On the January 29, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss the latest film and tv news.You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it)....

Dave Bautista Is All Good With Disney Now Following James Gunn’s Rehiring By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 12, 2019 9:30 am EST James Gunn’s number one fan Dave Bautista has made his peace with Disney. Most of the cast of Guardians of the Galaxy had publicly spoken out against the company following Gunn’s firing from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 last year, but none spoke more loudly than Bautista, who had threatened to leave the franchise altogether....

Halsey Hosts An Average ‘Saturday Night Live’ That Doesn’t Rely On The Usual Tropes By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 10, 2019 12:45 pm EST This weekend brought one of those rare instances where the host of Saturday Night Live also doubles as musical guest. Chart-topping singer Halsey joined the ranks of Justin Timberlake, Paul Simon, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus and more with her hosting debut this weekend, where she also performed two songs....

Is Netflix Starting To Produce Proper Special Features? By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 5, 2018 5:00 pm EST Nestled in the “Trailers and More” section on the Netflix page for Orson Welles’ long-awaited The Other Side of the Wind, is a 40-minute special feature that delves into the making of Welles’ lost, incomplete film. Titled A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making, it’s an intriguing mini-documentary that could have earned a whole Netflix page of its own....

New Blu-Ray Releases: ‘Creed II’, ‘The Favourite’, ‘The Craft’, ‘Burning’, ‘Skinner’, ‘The Standoff At Sparrow Creek’, ‘Between Worlds’ By Chris Evangelista/March 5, 2019 11:00 am EST Last month, Samsung announced they would no longer produce Blu-ray players. It gave physical media fans – like me, and presumably you, if you’re reading this column – pause. The reasoning could be because Samsung’s 4K technology has been subpar in compared to others. Or it could spell the beginning of the end – a sign that Blu-ray will soon go the way of VHS....

New Blu-Ray Releases: ‘Us’, ‘The Beach Bum’, ‘Ghostbusters’ & ‘Ghostbusters 2’ 4K, ‘Night Of The Creeps’, ‘Under The Silver Lake’ By Chris Evangelista/June 18, 2019 11:00 am EST In this week’s Blu-ray round-up, Jordan Peele’s latest horror masterpiece comes home. Along with that we have a gorgeous stoner comedy, two comedy classics, a horror-comedy showcase for Tom Atkins, and a neo-noir that’s sure to develop cult status sooner rather than later....

Star Wars Bits: The Animated Princess Leia Has Been Recast, Ewan McGregor Might Be Returning, And Rumors About A Whole New World For Episode IX By Rosie Knight/Jan. 4, 2019 12:00 pm EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Has General Leia Organa secretly been recast? Which iconic piece of Star Wars memorabilia sold for over $200,000 at auction? Will Ewan McGregor return as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Episode IX? Can John Willams grab two Grammy’s at this year’s ceremony?...

Tell Him Something Pretty: The 10 Greatest ‘Deadwood’ Moments By Josh Spiegel/May 29, 2019 8:00 am EST If you’re a diehard Deadwood fan, then you might be amazed that the day has finally come. The day, of course, is the arrival of new Deadwood, in the form of a two-hour movie premiering on HBO this Friday, May 31. Yes, it’s real, despite years of promises and failed plans to bring something to light....

The Internet Is Raising Money For The Only Sympathetic Person In Netflix’s ‘Fyre’ Documentary By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 24, 2019 1:30 pm EST Fyre, one of the two Fyre Festival documentaries that dropped last week, is a wall-to-wall showcase for frustrating to downright loathsome people. But there’s one truly sympathetic figure at the center of it all: Maryann Rolle, a restaurant owner who was hired to prepare food for the infamous, disastrous event....

Tom Cruise Really Was Supposed To Step Aside After ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 13, 2019 3:30 pm EST It seems to have slipped from the public consciousness now, but at one point, Tom Cruise’s career was in trouble. The problems arose after Cruise went on The Oprah Winfrey Show, and expressed wild enthusiasm for his new relationship with Katie Holmes. Cruise got so excited that he literally jumped up and down on the couch....

Will Miles Morales Appear In The MCU After ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’? By Ben Pearson/July 4, 2019 11:00 am EST We know that Miles Morales, the half-black/half-Latino kid who will one day become Spider-Man, exists in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In Spider-Man: Homecoming, Donald Glover’s low-level criminal Aaron Davis obliquely references Miles during an interrogation scene, saying that he doesn’t want weapons on the neighborhood streets because his nephew lives around there....

‘Cruising’ Vinyl Soundtrack Being Released For The Very First Time Via Waxwork Records By Chris Evangelista/March 1, 2019 10:30 am EST In 1980, William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist, The French Connection and more, released Cruising, starring Al Pacino. The film was already controversial before anyone had actually seen a single frame. The plot involves Pacino’s character, a cop named Steve Burns, going undercover in New York’s S&M spots, trying to track down a serial killer preying on gay men....

‘Escape Room 2’ Will Bring More Deadly Puzzles To Theaters In Spring 2020 By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 26, 2019 8:30 am EST Even though it may have been released in the dumping ground month of January, Escape Room has become a hit film for Sony Pictures (and it wasn’t half-bad either). The film only cost $9 million to produce, and it raked in nearly $119 million at the box office. In Hollywood, that’s grounds for a sequel, and the studio is making moves to release Escape Room 2 in the spring of 2020....

‘Marvel’s Runaways’ Showrunners On How They Chose New Comic Book Characters For Season 2 [Interview] By Fred Topel/Dec. 21, 2018 11:00 am EST One of the new seasons of TV available for holiday binge-watching is Marvel’s Runaways season 2. Hulu’s Marvel series picks up when the sons and daughters of parents in The Pride actually run away. Season 2 introduces their new home, The Hostel, and some familiar faces from the comic books....

‘Saturday Night Live’ Taps ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ And ‘Glass’ Stars As January Hosts By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 14, 2019 4:00 pm EST Not too long ago, Rachel Brosnahan’s portrayal of Mrs. Maisel was impersonated by Cecily Strong, and there’s a chance we might see the two together on the same stage. After all, Rachel Brosnahan couldn’t have been more thrilled about being the target of mockery on the iconic NBC series:...

‘Shrek’ And ‘Puss ‘N’ Boots’ Reboots Coming From ‘Despicable Me’ Creator By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 6, 2018 7:36 am EST Shrek is coming back from far, far away. The franchise starring Mike Myers as the most meme-able ogre is getting revived with a Shrek reboot and a Puss ’n’ Boots reboot from Despicable Me creator Chris Meledandri. Somebody once told Variety that Illumination chief Chris Meledandri is reviving Dreamworks’ animated fantasy comedy Shrek, with reboots of both Shrek and the Antonio Banderas-starring spin-off Puss ’n’ Boots planned....