/Filmcast Ep. 414 - The Fate Of The Furious By Slashfilmcast/April 14, 2017 12:01 am EST David, Devindra and Jeff are joined by Ben Pearson to discuss The Fate of the Furious, and what makes a good Fast and Furious movie these days. Be sure to check out Ben’s article ranking the most ridiculous moments in the series.You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....
‘Hobbs And Shaw’ Super Bowl Trailer: The Rock And Jason Statham Save The World By Jacob Hall/Feb. 3, 2019 4:08 pm EST Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham are such huge personalities that an ensemble franchise simply couldn’t contain them. Although created for the Fast and Furious series, their characters are getting their own spin-off in Hobbs and Shaw, where the world’s toughest super-cop teams up with the world’s toughest spy-turned-crook. The villain: a literal super-powered baddie played by Idris Elba....
‘Ralph Breaks The Internet’ Review: A Perfectly Fine And Charming Sequel That Feels A Bit Too Familiar By Josh Spiegel/Nov. 14, 2018 9:00 am EST Over the last few years, the Walt Disney Company has become marked by its willingness to, essentially, cannibalize itself. The animated films that serve as the building blocks for the massive conglomerate we know today are now fodder for live-action or computer-animated remakes. Couple that with the company’s predilection in the late 1990s and early 2000s to churn out direct-to-video sequels, and it’s almost surprising to consider that, in 81 years, Walt Disney Animation Studios has only created three in-canon sequels....
‘The Division’, Based On The Tom Clancy Video Game, Heads To Netflix With Jake Gyllenhaal And Jessica Chastain By Chris Evangelista/June 10, 2019 3:30 pm EST A film adaptation of Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy’s The Division was first announced back in 2016, but the movie failed to materialize. Perhaps the delay had something to do with the fact that video game movies continue to flounder on the big screen. Case in point: 2016 was the same year the Assassin’s Creed movie, based on another Ubisoft property, hit theaters – and we all know how that turned out....
Industrial Light & Magic Launches ILM TV, Which Will Handle Visual Effects For ‘The Mandalorian’ By Ben Pearson/Nov. 7, 2018 3:30 pm EST Award-winning visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic announced today that they’ve launched a brand new division. ILM TV will, as the name suggests, serve the “streaming and episodic television market” and expand the ILM brand beyond theaters and the VR projects of ILMxLab. The first shows that ILM TV are slated to work on are SyFy’s Superman prequel series Krypton and Disney Play’s upcoming live-action Star Wars show The Mandalorian....
Kevin Hart To Host The 2019 Academy Awards By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 5, 2018 7:00 am EST We finally have our 2019 Oscars host. Actor-comedian Kevin Hart is officially set to host the 91st annual Academy Awards ceremony. Kevin Hart took to Instagram to confirm that he is the official 2019 Oscars host, following reports that the Night School star was being eyed by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science to host the February ceremony....
By Ben Pearson/May 1, 2019 1:00 pm EST Update: We’ve heard from a source close to the production that some of this rumored information is inaccurate. Read on for the details. Last year, we found out that David Koepp, who wrote Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, was being replaced by Solo: A Star Wars Story’s Jonathan Kasdan as the Indiana Jones 5 writer. Kasdan reportedly started from scratch on a new draft, bumping the film’s release date back in the process....
Superhero Bits: Stan Lee’s Coffee, ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Spoiler Revenge, ‘Swamp Thing’ Posters & More By Ethan Anderton/May 7, 2019 6:00 pm EST How did a fan get revenge on someone who spoiled Avengers: Infinity War for them last year? What’s one thing that Infinity Gauntlet writer Jim Starlin wanted in the Avengers movies? Want to get some Stan Lee inspired coffee? What was Charlize Theron’s reaction to being offered a certain role in Wonder Woman?...
The Oscars Should Prioritize Stunt Awards, Not Popular Film, Christopher McQuarrie Says By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 27, 2018 11:30 am EST When the Academy made a misguided attempt to appeal to the masses with a “Best Achievement in Popular Film” category, it sent film fans into an uproar. In the face of the controversy, the Academy quickly did away with the plans and hopefully will never speak of it again. But that doesn’t mean Mission: Impossible – Fallout director Christopher McQuarrie isn’t furious that they considered it in the first place....
Theme Park Bits: DCA Updates, Disney World Holiday Plans, And More By Josh Spiegel/June 7, 2019 12:00 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: A redesign may be coming to Disney California Adventure’s Hollywood Land. Meet the lead of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge. Get ready for the holidays at Walt Disney World this year. And more! If you’re visiting the Disneyland Resort this week, you might have noticed construction walls up around part of the Hollywood Land section of Disney California Adventure....
Video: We Spent $600 In Oga’s Cantina In ‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge’ By Peter Sciretta/June 7, 2019 8:30 am EST Continuing our video coverage from Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, Peter returns to Batuu with Kitra and his friends to try out some of the food and drinks that have avoided him, and in the process, they somehow spent almost $600 in Oga’s Cantina. Check out the video below. This video features three things: First, we finally try the Outpost Mix popcorn snack sold in the Marketplace....
VOTD: ‘The Grinch’ Debuts Tyler The Creator’s New Rendition Of ‘You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch’ By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 29, 2018 6:00 am EST When Illumination Entertainment’s hit animated comedy Despicable Me arrived in theaters, it came with a theme song produced and performed by none other than chart-topping recording artist Pharrell. So of course they had to find another performer that all the kids would love to hear perform a new version of the classic holiday song “You’re a Mean One, Mr....
Yes, Steven Spielberg Is Still Unhappy About Netflix By Chris Evangelista/March 1, 2019 5:00 pm EST Hey, did you know Steven Spielberg is not a fan of Netflix? You should, because he’s voiced his displeasure with the streaming service several times. It’s not so much that Spielberg thinks Netflix makes bad movies. It’s that he doesn’t approve of their release model, since Netflix tends to skip theaters entirely. In the mind of Mr....
‘Anna And The Apocalypse’ Trailer: The Zombie Musical Everyone Keeps Singing About By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 11, 2018 6:30 am EST How many genres and sub-genres can one film pack in? How about a comedy, that’s also musical, that’s also a zombie film, and also a holiday movie as well? That’s the case with Anna and the Apocalypse, a new zom-com that’s riding a wave of positive festival buzz. A new Anna and the Apocalypse trailer has arrived to offer a better look and the film, while revealing some toe-tapping tunes....
‘Apocalypse Now: Final Cut’ Release Date Revealed For Both Theaters And 4K Blu-Ray By Chris Evangelista/April 30, 2019 5:00 pm EST Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now has been released (and unreleased) in various forms. But the filmmaker recently put together what he considers to be the final cut, and screened it at the Tribeca Film Festival. If you were unable to attend Tribeca, and still want to witness what Coppola has in store, you’re in luck: an Apocalypse Now: Final Cut release date has been set for both theaters and Blu-ray the summer....
‘Cobra Kai’ Season 2 Trailer: Step Back Into The Dojo By Ben Pearson/March 7, 2019 12:42 pm EST Time marches on, but sometimes old wounds heal slowly. The YouTube Premium series Cobra Kai re-ignited the rivalry from the 1984 movie The Karate Kid, and now Daniel and Johnny are facing off again in the second season, passing their martial arts knowledge to a younger generation but still dealing with plenty of bad blood of their own....
‘Dark Phoenix’ Review: The X-Men Franchise Ends Not With A Bang, But With A Feeble Flicker By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 4, 2019 10:00 pm EST In Dark Phoenix, the weight of the film is placed on legacy. It is, after all, the capper for a nearly two decade-old franchise that helped catapult the superhero genre to the world-dominating standing it enjoys today. But ultimately, the only legacy of this corner of the X-Men franchise may be its wasted cast....
‘Elden Ring’ Trailer: New Video Game From George R.R. Martin And The Creator Of ‘Dark Souls’ By Ben Pearson/June 10, 2019 5:00 pm EST When HBO’s Game of Thrones came to an end, author George R.R. Martin shared a message on his personal blog about the show’s finale…but it contained a fascinating tease about something else he was working on (aside from The Winds of Winter, that is). Martin teased that he “consulted on a video game out of Japan” – and now the trailer for that game has arrived....
‘Fighting With My Family’ Director Stephen Merchant On Stepping Beyond Comedy And Into The Wrestling Ring [Interview] By Steven Prokopy/Feb. 21, 2019 10:30 am EST Through his years of work as a writer, director, and producer (and eventually performer) on such television series as The Office, Extras, Life’s Too Short, and Hello Ladies, Stephen Merchant has proven to be not just one of the great makers of comedy currently working, but also a craftsman of awkward moments....
/Filmcast Ep. 385 - The Magnificent Seven By Slashfilmcast/Sept. 27, 2016 8:00 pm EST In this episode, David, Jeff, and Devindra reunite to discuss what happens when you break a blood oath to watch The Force Awakens with a loved one, praise the brilliance of OJ Simpson: Made in America, and get moderately excited about the debuts of High Maintenance and Easy. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....
