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By Ben Pearson/Feb. 19, 2019 12:00 pm EST Salke elaborated in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter: “You’ll see less of the three month window, and you’ll see different variations…In some cases, it’ll be important for us to get the movie quickly to the service, while still following through with a theatrical release that feels much shorter, two weeks even, two to eight weeks. And then in other cases, we’ll allow, where it makes sense, a wider release strategy....

Cool Stuff: Disney’s Classic ‘Steamboat Willie’ Mickey Mouse Short Is Becoming A LEGO Set By Ethan Anderton/March 18, 2019 12:00 pm EST Last year, Mickey Mouse celebrated his 90th anniversary. The cartoon rodent debuted in the black and white animated short Steamboat Willie all the way back in November of 1928, along with his lifelong companion Minnie Mouse. The short would kick off a legacy that still stands strong today as Disney has become a powerhouse not only in animation, but entertainment at large....

Daily Podcast: Shang-Chi Gets A Director, Marvel Asks What If, Sony’s Overwhelming Spider-Man Plans And More By Peter Sciretta/March 13, 2019 12:15 pm EST On the March 13, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in Chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and writer Chris Evangelista, to discuss the latest film and tv news, including a Marvel What If tv series, Sony’s plans for the Spider-Man universe, an abandoned Captain Marvel post-credits scene, Annapurna losses, and breaking news: Marvel’s Shang-Chi has found a director....

Dan Aykroyd Has Written A ‘Ghostbusters’ Prequel Series Set In 1969 By Ethan Anderton/May 21, 2019 1:30 pm EST Back when Ghostbusters: Answer the Call was first announced, it was revealed that the original Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman and co-writer, co-producer and star Dan Aykroyd were teaming up to start a production company called Ghost Corps. that would focus on developing projects with different takes on the paranormal investigator franchise. And while we’ve heard of a handful of possible projects in the years since then, none of them have gotten off the ground....

Decoding Westworld S1E10 - The Bicameral Mind By Slashfilmcast/Dec. 5, 2016 11:19 pm EST Joanna and David recap the season finale of the 1st season of Westworld, “The Bicameral Mind.” Thanks for listening to this season of Decoding Westworld. David and Joanna a new year-round podcast! Check it out at genpopshow.com, and support it at patreon.com/genpopshow. Check out Joanna’s recap of the episode, Jacob Hall’s review of the episode, and James Poniewozik’s article about Westworld....

Despite Hopes To Save It, ‘Whiskey Cavalier’ Season 2 Isn’t Happening By Chris Evangelista/May 24, 2019 3:30 pm EST Calling all Whiskey Cavalier stans: the recently cancelled series is officially dead. ABC pulled the plug on the comedy-drama starring Scott Foley and Lauren Cohan, but the network had entered talks with Warner Bros. to possibly revive it. But it sounds like Whiskey Cavalier season 2 isn’t in the cards anymore....

First Look: ‘GLOW’ Season 3 Heads To Sin City, Arrives On Netflix In August By Ben Pearson/May 31, 2019 9:30 am EST The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling are almost back, and now we have a first look at season 3, an official synopsis of the new season, and a release date announcement. While the first two seasons of GLOW were about the eponymous group of outcast performers learning the ropes and perfecting their wrestling characters in a scrappy independent operation in Los Angeles, season 3 is going to change the dynamic by shifting the location to Las Vegas, where they’re the headlining act at a hotel/casino....

How Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge Will Enforce The Four Hour Time Limit In The First Month Of Operation By Ethan Anderton/May 9, 2019 11:30 am EST Thousands of lucky people will be visiting Disneyland in order to explore Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge in the first month of operation later this month and through most of June. However, it sounds like the early birds will be at somewhat of a disadvantage when it comes to the amount of time they’re able to spend on Batuu, because a colored wristband will help dictate when you’ll be asked to leave the Star Wars theme park expansion....

Step Into The Worlds Of ‘It’, ‘The Shining’, ‘Beetlejuice’, And More In Multi-Sensory Art Installation By Ben Pearson/Feb. 15, 2019 2:30 pm EST Have you ever wondered what Pennywise’s lair smells like? You’ll soon have the chance to find out. An immersive, multi-sensory art installation will begin touring the country this April that will allow visitors to enter the worlds of several of Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema’s classic horror films, including It, The Shining, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and more....

Swing Like Spider-Man In Free VR Game, And Check Out His Suits In Augmented Reality By Ben Pearson/June 28, 2019 5:00 pm EST If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to swing through the streets of New York City as its friendly neighborhood web-slinger, a new Spider-Man VR game is here to approximate that experience. I say “approximate” because this is far from a perfect recreation of Spidey’s abilities or the city in which he operates, but considering it’s a free VR game, beggars can’t exactly be choosers....

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 54 - Good Theater Seating And Zoo (GUEST: Katey Rich From Cinemablend And C. Robert Cargill From Aint It Cool News) By Slashfilmcast/June 13, 2009 8:57 am 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 /Filmcast: Bonus Episode - IFFBoston And Tribeca Wrap-Up (GUESTS: Katey From Cinemablend, Matt From IFC, Russ From CHUD) By Slashfilmcast/May 3, 2009 12:39 pm EST In this special bonus episode of the /Filmcast, David Chen speaks with Katey Rich from Cinemablend, Matt Singer from IFC News, and Russ Fischer from CHUD about the Tribeca film festival and Independent Film Festival Boston. The four of them discuss some of their favorite movies from the festival, their disappointments, and what the festival experience was like this year....

You Can Read The Entire ‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Script Online For Free Now By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 31, 2018 8:00 am EST The buzz around Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is at an all-time high, and Sony is taking advantage of that hype to release the entire script for the comic book movie for free online. Written by Rodney Rothman, who co-directed the eye-popping animated movie, and Phil Lord, one half of the high-profile Lord and Miller duo, the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse script gives us a small taste of the final dazzling product....

/Filmcast Ep. 64 - Inglourious Basterds (GUEST: Nicholas Jasenovec, Director Of Paper Heart) By Slashfilmcast/Aug. 25, 2009 8:04 pm EST In this week’s /Filmcast, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley debate the merits of Terry Gilliam’s 12 Monkeys, reflect on the Avatar trailer/hype, try to figure out what a new director means for the Bioshock film, and lament the financial state of the entertainment industry. Special guest director Nicholas Jasenovec joins us for this episode....

‘Isn’t It Romantic’ Director Todd Strauss-Schulson’s Next Movie Is Comedy ‘Silent Retreat’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 16, 2019 10:00 am EST Todd Strauss Schulson is feeling the love for his latest film Isn’t It Romantic, which saw modest box office success on its Valentine’s Day opening, and the director has already signed onto his next project. Schulson is set to helm the comedy Silent Retreat for Miramax, which he co-wrote with The Lego Movie 2 writer Matthew Fogel....

‘Our Planet’ Proves That Netflix Can Make Nature Documentaries That Are As Good, And Maybe Even Better, Than Everyone Else By Josh Spiegel/April 5, 2019 2:00 pm EST As Netflix continues to grow to a behemoth-like size, the presumption is that they have everything that regular TV and theatrical films can offer to audiences, if not more. They’ve got big-budget fare from A-list filmmakers, Oscar-winning foreign films, award-winning sitcoms, crime dramas, HBO-style mature thrillers, children’s programming, talk shows, and more....

‘Resolution’ Proves All The New ‘Doctor Who’ Needed Was An Old Villain By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 2, 2019 10:00 am EST The 11th season of Doctor Who ended with something of a whimper, so it was up to the New Year’s Day special to wrap up Jodie Whittaker’s first year as the 13th Doctor with a bang. Thankfully, “Resolution” more than delivers. The newly established New Year’s Day special already had a high bar to leap after the BBC sci-fi series moved from its beloved Christmas Day slot that it occupied for 13 years....

‘Too Old To Die Young’ Clip: Miles Teller Wants To Kill Some Bad People By Chris Evangelista/May 12, 2019 11:00 am EST Too Old to Die Young Clip Rather than release a clip loaded with action, or violence, Too Old to Die Young has instead released a clip of…pregnant pauses. In the series, “a grieving police officer who, along with the man who shot his partner, finds himself in an underworld filled with working-class hit men, Yakuza soldiers, cartel assassins sent from Mexico, Russian mafia captains and gangs of teen killers....

Cool Stuff: Batman And Superman Battle Predator And Aliens In NECA’s New Action Figure Packs By Ethan Anderton/June 3, 2019 6:00 am EST It’s crazy to think that there’s more than one Alien vs Predator movie out there. But did you know that the Predator and the Xenomorph faced even deadlier enemies in comic books? Back in 1991, Dark Horse and DC Comics teamed up to have the deadly Predator face-off with the Caped Crusader himself in Batman vs Predator....

Emergency Podcast: Directors Announced For The Star Wars Live-Action TV Series ‘The Mandalorian’ By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 4, 2018 6:44 pm EST On yet another Emergency Podcast episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by Steele Wars Podcast host Steele Saunders to talk about the latest Star Wars news: directors announced for the Jon Favreau-produced Star Wars live-action series The Mandalorian.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)....