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‘Pennyworth’ Trailer: Here’s What Happened To Alfred Before He Became Batman’s Butler By Ben Pearson/June 12, 2019 11:06 am EST The first Pennyworth teaser, which debuted back in March, gave us little more than some quick flashes of the upcoming Epix show about the early days of Batman’s butler. But a full trailer has now arrived, and it paints a much fuller picture of the world that Gotham showrunner Bruno Heller and his team have created here....

‘Pet Sematary’ Actress Jeté Laurence Had Fun Playing A Murderous, Undead Child [Video Interview] By Chris Evangelista/April 3, 2019 11:00 am EST Young actress Jeté Laurence had a difficult task ahead of her when she joined the Pet Sematary cast. Her character, Ellie Creed, goes through a lot over the course of the film, starting off as a sweet, innocent kid before dying, then coming back to life as an evil, undead killer....

‘Rocketman’ Featurette Lets Taron Egerton Sing As Elton John By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 19, 2019 9:30 am EST Hollywood can’t say no to a musical biopic. They’re usually hits, and more often than not, they score Oscar noms – even if they’re not very good (cough cough Bohemian Rhapsody cough cough). But the upcoming Rocketman, which tells the story of Elton John, might end up being a pleasant surprise. For one thing, it’s being sold as a “musical fantasy”, not a straightforward biopic....

‘Supergirl’ Casts ‘Two And A Half Men’ Star Jon Cryer As Lex Luthor By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 16, 2018 2:00 pm EST Many DC Comics fans were shocked when Jesse Eisenberg was cast as Lex Luthor in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, but that’s nowhere near as shocking as who The CW series Supergirl has cast in the iconic villain role. Supergirl executive producers Robert Rovner and Jessica Queller have announced Two and a Half Men, and Pretty in Pink star, Jon Cryer will be playing Lex Luthor when the character is finally introduced in the current fourth season of The CW series set in the overarching Arrowverse....

‘The Righteous Gemstones’ Will Reunite Walton Goggins With Danny McBride By Chris Evangelista/April 12, 2019 8:30 am EST The Vice Principals team of Danny McBride and Walton Goggins are set to reunite as part of The Righteous Gemstones cast. The comedy series about a world-famous televangelist family stars McBride and John Goodman, and is set to premiere sometime this year. While news of the show, and its main cast, had already been released, word just arrived that Goggins would be appearing in a recurring role as well....

‘Wrong Turn’ Remake In The Works Only 15 Years After The First Movie By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 15, 2018 5:00 pm EST Get ready to head back to the wilderness of West Virginia with a Wrong Turn remake. Alan McElroy, who wrote the original 2003 film, will return to pen the remake, which will presumably once again focus on unlucky travelers stumbling upon a family of inbred cannibals. The 2003 film resulted in two sequels and three prequels, and now here we are again....

First Look: Speeder Bike From ‘The Mandalorian’ By Ben Pearson/April 11, 2019 12:12 pm EST Star Wars Celebration is currently underway in Chicago, and we’ll be bringing you plenty of coverage from the biggest panels over the next few days. But in the meantime, /Film’s weekend editor Ethan Anderton is on the ground checking out the show floor and just sent over some photos of a brand new speeder bike from The Mandalorian, the first live-action Star Wars TV series....

How ‘Furious 7’ Helped James Wan Get His Feet Wet For ‘Aquaman’ And Why He’d Like To Make A Rom-Com [Interview] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 18, 2018 10:00 am EST After the release of Aquaman (out December 21, 2018), director James Wan will no longer be just “that horror guy.” The Warner Bros. superhero film has a humorous and light-hearted tone that more often than not transforms into full-blown kitsch, anchored around an effortlessly charismatic performance from Jason Momoa....

LOL: ‘Saturday Night Live’ Turns Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ Into A Discover Card Commercial By Ethan Anderton/March 31, 2019 10:00 am EST Jordan Peele’s latest film Us has been talked about endlessly since hitting theaters over a week ago. The film is a layered, terrifying allegory for, well, a lot of different issues facing our society today. And what’s great is that there are so many interpretations of the movie out there which make perfect sense....

More Than Half Of Netflix’s New Library Titles In 2018 Were Original Content By Ethan Anderton/March 21, 2019 3:00 pm EST A new report by research firm Ampere Analysis has revealed that among all the releases available in the United States that went live throughout the year 2018, 51% of them were Netflix originals. However, when it comes to the entirety of the Netflix library, the streamer still has a long way to go in order to meet their goal....

‘Crank Yankers’ Is Returning To Comedy Central With More Than Prank Calls By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 13, 2019 11:30 am EST Ever since caller ID came along and people started blocking unfamiliar phone numbers on their cell phones, prank calling became a relic of the past. But Comedy Central doesn’t think so, because they’re bringing their prank call series Crank Yankers back to cable with an order for a 20-episode revival....

/Filmcast Ep. 430 - Detroit By Slashfilmcast/Aug. 10, 2017 5:15 pm EST David, Jeff, and Devindra discuss Kathryn Bigelow’s newest film, Detroit. Be sure to check out Angelica Jade’s review, Jason Bailey’s review, and Zeba Blay’s review. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, like us on Facebook! Download or Listen in BrowserSubscribe to the /Filmcast: SHOWNOTES What We’ve Been Watching Slashfimcourt (31:30) Featured review: Detroit (44:10) SPOILERS (1:00:45) Credits Our sponsor this week is Casper....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 8 Photos: What Can We Learn From These New Looks? By Ben Pearson/Feb. 6, 2019 12:45 pm EST HBO has been ultra-secretive about the final season of its mega-hit fantasy series Game of Thrones, so it’s not too surprising that this new batch of photos doesn’t reveal much about what Jon, Dany, Arya, Tyrion, and the rest of the gang are up to. But there may be one little hint about what’s to come that’s hiding in plain sight....

‘Happy Death Day 2U’ Trailer: Dying Was The Easy Part By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 30, 2018 8:10 am EST The Blumhouse scare machine has pumped out another fright fest: Happy Death Day 2U, the sequel to 2017’s Happy Death Day. In the first film, a college student found herself in a Groundhog Day-like scenario in which she kept reliving the same day over and over again. That’s bad enough as-is, but to make matters worse, she also kept being murdered over and over again as well....

‘News Of The World’, The Paul Greengrass Western Starring Tom Hanks, Heads To Universal By Chris Evangelista/April 10, 2019 5:30 pm EST Based on the novel by Paulette Jiles, News of the World is set “in 1870, revolving around a road trip through the untamed West taken by unlikely traveling partners. On the one hand is Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd, a Texan who travels from town to town to read the news to locals who would otherwise not know what is going on in the world....

‘The Mountain’ Trailer: Jeff Goldblum Wants To Give You A Lobotomy By Chris Evangelista/May 12, 2019 12:00 pm EST Would you let Jeff Goldblum give you a lobotomy? The answer is probably yes – he’s so charming! But in Rick Alverson’s surreal new film The Mountain, Goldblum’s lobotomy practices are growing increasingly controversial. The actor plays a doctor in the 1950s, working with a young photographer (Tye Sheridan) on an asylum tour....

2019 SAG Award Winners: ‘Black Panther’ Wins The Top Prize, And Takes Home Stunts Award For Good Measure By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 28, 2019 6:00 am EST Marvel’s Black Panther walked away with the award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, the SAG equivalent of Best Picture. The film beat out BlacKkKlansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Crazy Rich Asians and A Star Is Born. And that’s not even the only award that Black Panther took home....

Ben Pearson’s Top 10 Movies Of 2019 So Far By Ben Pearson/July 4, 2019 7:00 am EST 2019 has not exactly been a banner year for mainstream American films. I still have plenty of foreign titles to catch up on before the year ends, and thankfully I caught a few worthwhile indies at this year’s Sundance Film Festival to make this list a bit more interesting that it would have been otherwise....

Cool Stuff: Incredible ‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Art Show At Gallery Nucleus By Peter Sciretta/June 30, 2019 6:00 pm EST The licensing agreement between Disney and Sony over Spider-Man means that Disney makes the majority of the merchandising sales, which gives no incentive for Sony to create cool merchandise for the Spider-Man films. This is a shame, especially with Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, which was my favorite film of 2018. Thankfully Gallery Nucleus in Los Angeles has teamed with Grey Matter art to present an official tribute exhibition for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse....

Everything We Learned From The New ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Photos [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 22, 2019 8:00 am EST Update: The original source claiming that Kylo Ren was fighting the Knights of Ren and that Allegiant General Pryde is Hux’s father has changed.Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is the end of an era. But fittingly, the ninth and final film in the Skywalker Saga is bringing things full circle....