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Peter Jackson Would Be Very Happy To Be Disgusting Again By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 4, 2019 3:30 pm EST Peter Jackson is mostly known now for his Lord of the Rings epics, but he launched his career creating ultra-gory horror-comedies that turned him into a kind of cult legend. Jackson hasn’t returned to the horror genre since 1996’s The Frighteners (unless you want to count King Kong as horror) but that doesn’t mean his gross-out days are done....

Sophia Takal Is The First Female Blumhouse Horror Director, But Not The Last By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 7, 2018 4:30 pm EST With all the horror movies Blumhouse has released, they’ve never had a female director for a horror film. Until now. Sophia Takal, director of the amazing indie horror film Always Shine, will become the first female Blumhouse director with New Year New You, a feature-length entry in the Blumhouse/Hulu anthology series, Into the Dark....

Superhero Bits: Finn Jones Reacts To ‘Iron Fist’ Cancellation, ‘Doctor Strange 2’ May Shoot This Winter & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 15, 2018 6:00 pm EST What did Finn Jones have to say about the cancellation of Iron Fist? What was the last line Chris Evans said as Captain America during Avengers 4 reshoots? How did the cast of Ant-Man and the Wasp find out about The Snappening? Who did Thanos creator Jim Starlin see as the Mad Titan before Josh Brolin was cast?...

The /Filmcast: Bonus Episode - Reflections On Sundance (GUESTS: Neil From FSRejects, Alex From Firstshowing, Laremy From Film.com) By Slashfilmcast/Jan. 31, 2009 4:35 am EST In this special, bonus episode of the /Filmcast, David Chen and Peter Sciretta chat about this year’s Sundance Film Festival with a who’s who of online film webmasters. For this episode, we’re joined by special guests Alex Billington from Firstshowing.net, Neil Miller from Filmschoolrejects, and Laremy Legel from Film....

This Week In Trailers: Bacurau, Leto, Mari, Monos, Happy Winter By Christopher Stipp/May 11, 2019 9:00 am EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

‘Age Of Resistance’: Marvel’s Next ‘Star Wars’ Comic Miniseries Will Give Us Some Snoke Backstory By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 20, 2019 3:30 pm EST Star Wars fans curious about Supreme Leader Snoke didn’t get to find out much about him before he was suddenly struck down in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. But a new Star Wars comic will reveal a small glimpse of the villain’s backstory. Age of Resistance, Marvel’s latest collection of anthology tales on the heels of Age of Republic and Age of Rebellion, spotlights the characters of the final three films of the Skywalker Saga....

‘Amy Schumer: Growing’ Trailer: Netflix Comedy Special Introduces A Grown Up, But Still 100% Amy Schumer By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 26, 2019 3:30 pm EST Amy Schumer is going through some growing pains, in more ways than one. The comedian performed her second Netflix comedy special while pregnant and used it to reflect on her current experience as a newlywed going through her first pregnancy. The comedy special, aptly titled Amy Schumer: Growing, was taped during some recent performances in Chicago and has a trailer out now....

‘Aquaman’ Crosses $1 Billion Worldwide But Loses Fourth Weekend To ‘The Upside’ By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 14, 2019 12:30 pm EST Aquaman has only been in theaters around the world for over a month, but the blockbuster comic book movie has already crossed the $1 billion mark. It’s the first DC Extended Universe movie to reach that box office milestone, and it’s only the 37th film in history to cross that threshold....

‘Bill And Ted 3’ Will Have An Excellent Adventure In Summer 2020 By Chris Evangelista/March 20, 2019 10:30 am EST Holy crap, it’s actually happening! After years of rumors and speculation, Bill and Ted 3 is finally a reality. And it has a release date, too! Stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter took to social media to release a charming, goofy video thanking fans for their support, and confirming the threequel – titled Bill and Ted Face the Music – is officially a go....

‘Fighting With My Family’ Trailer: Florence Pugh Heads To The WWE With The Rock As Her Mentor By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 14, 2018 9:30 am EST Did you ever dream of becoming a professional wrestler when you were a kid? Well, in the new comedy Fighting with My Family, British siblings Paige (Florence Pugh) and Zak (Jack Lowden) certainly did, and it’s not something that they’ve given up even as they’ve grown into adults....

/Filmcast Ep. 63 - District 9 (GUEST: Fanboys Director Kyle Newman) By Slashfilmcast/Aug. 18, 2009 8:00 pm EST In this week’s /Filmcast, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley get flummoxed by Bryan Singer’s decision to reboot Battlestar Galactica, discuss some recent Avatar news, assess the greatness of Ponyo, and try to make sense of some fascinating Superman IP law. Special guest Kyle Newman, the director of Fanboys and the upcoming Emo Boy, joins us for this episode....

‘Missing Link’ Trailer: Laika’s Newest Movie Is An Enchanting Stop-Motion Fantasy By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 8, 2018 5:29 am EST Laika, the studio behind Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings, has released the Missing Link trailer for its highly anticipated fifth feature film. The acclaimed animation studio adds its trademark dark whimsy to the stop-motion animated fantasy following an investigator of myths and monsters. Missing Link Trailer Written and directed by Chris Butler (ParaNorman), Missing Link stars Hugh Jackman as a bullish Sir Lionel Frost, a little-believed mythical investigator who seeks to prove his peers wrong by finding the one legendary creature that has never been found: The Missing Link....

‘Song Of Parkland’ Trailer: Drama Students Band Together In The Wake Of The School Shooting By Ben Pearson/Jan. 22, 2019 1:00 pm EST On February 14, 2018, a gunman entered Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida and killed seventeen people and injured another seventeen. A drama class was in the middle of rehearsal for a musical when they heard shots being fired, so it’d be totally reasonable if everyone wanted to abandon the show once they returned to school....

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Details: Nick Fury Meeting Peter Parker And The Dimension-Ripping Snap By Ethan Anderton/June 6, 2019 11:30 am EST Spider-Man: Far From Home is still a little over a month away from hitting theaters, but some new details on what fans will get from the webslinging sequel have surfaced. First up, some fans have been wondering why Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) is introducing himself to Peter Parker (Tom Holland) in Spider-Man: Far From Home when they were both present at Tony Stark’s funeral at the end of Avengers: Endgame....

‘The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil’ Remake Coming From The Sylvester Stallone By Chris Evangelista/May 7, 2019 6:30 am EST Sylvester Stallone plans to remake the South Korean thriller The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil, and he’s keeping the original star. Train to Busan’s Ma Dong-seok, aka Don Lee, will reprise his role from the Korean film in the American remake. In the original film, a gangster and a cop team up to catch a serial killer....

‘The Good Fight’ Season 1 Airing On CBS This Summer To Make The Case For CBS All Access By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 30, 2019 3:30 pm EST The Good Fight is making the case for CBS All Access by returning to broadcast TV. The critically acclaimed CBS All Access The Good Wife spin-off is airing its first season on CBS this summer in an effort to drive more viewership to the network’s streaming service....

‘The Professor And The Madman’ Trailer: The Movie Mel Gibson Doesn’t Want You To See By Ethan Anderton/March 26, 2019 4:30 pm EST Mel Gibson and Sean Penn have both had their fair share of headline-making controversies in Hollywood, and now the two are teaming up to don some epic beards and write the Oxford English Dictionary in a new period drama called The Professor and the Madman. However, the movie itself had a controversy of its own that resulted in a legal battle over whether it would actually see the light of day....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 4, 2019 8:30 am EST Mattel is getting serious about the movie business, with adaptations of its iconic toy lines for Barbie, Hot Wheels, Masters of the Universe, and more in the works. But what could possibly be next? Apparently, a Magic 8 Ball…horror movie? That’s right, the fortune-telling device will be getting its own feature film adaptation courtesy of Blumhouse Productions, which is teaming up with Mattel to bring the Magic 8 Ball movie to the big screen....

Daily Podcast: Should You Go To College To Become A Filmmaker? Blumhouse, Fast & Furious, Real World, Annabelle 3 & They Live 2 By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 17, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the October 17 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and tv news, including Blumhouse, Fast & Furious, Real World, Annabelle 3, and They Live 2....

Decoding Westworld S1E02 - Chestnut By Slashfilmcast/Oct. 12, 2016 12:33 am EST David Chen and Joanna Robinson are launching a new podcast about the HBO original series WestWorld! In this episode, they review the second episode of the first season, “Chestnut.” Find more episodes of the podcast at decodingwestworld.com. Feel free to email us your theories at decodingwestworld(AT)gmail.com. Play Now in your Browser: Subscribe to Decoding Westworld: Decoding Westworld S1E02 - Chestnut...