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The Morning Watch: ‘Creed II’ Edition: The Drago Family Breaks Stuff, ‘Rocky IV’ Gets A ‘30 For 30’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 28, 2018 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows....

What Horror Movie Is Your State Obsessed With? By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 21, 2018 11:00 am EST Streaming Observer has done the dark lord’s work and compiled a list of each state’s favorite horror movie. Here’s how they compiled the data: The results are interesting. For one thing, some movies – The Silence of the Lambs, Shaun of the Dead, and The Exorcist, for example – rank as #1 in multiple states....

Why ‘Castle Rock’ Is Set In Modern Day Instead Of The Era Of The Books By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 12, 2018 4:15 pm EST The majority of Stephen King’s Castle Rock stories are set in the ’80s and ’90s, but the Hulu series Castle Rock brings the cursed town into the present day. While that may seem like a no-brainer to some, it changes the dynamic considerably. And that’s the point. In a new Castle Rock featurette, the creative team behind the series explains why everyone decided to bring Stephen King’s Castle Rock into the present....

Zack Snyder Wanted To Kill Batman At Some Point In The DC Extended Universe By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 1, 2018 11:30 am EST Whether fans like it or not, the DC Extended Universe as Zack Snyder envisioned will never fully come to fruition. Following the disappointing box office performance of Justice League, the slate of DC Comics movies on the way is starting to branch out from building a cinematic universe and trying out some new things, like the origin movie for The Joker starring Joaquin Phoenix....

‘Breaking Bad’ Mobile Game Will Make Fans The Ones Who Knock (On Their Phones) By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 13, 2019 11:00 am EST Soon, you can be the one that knocks — on your phone screen. A Breaking Bad mobile game is on its way to teach fans of the AMC drama the inner workings of the empire business and test the limits of their moral codes. The free-to-play mobile game is titled Breaking Bad: Criminal Elements and is expected to launch later this year....

/Filmcast Ep. 243 - The Spectacular Now By Slashfilmcast/Sept. 8, 2013 5:08 pm EST Dave and Devindra discuss the gruesomeness of Hannibal, the beauty of The Grandmaster, the shininess of the Robocop, and how The Weinstein company is destroying Asian cinema. Be sure to read up on how The Grandmaster was hacked up for US release and Bong Joon Ho’s comments about Snowpiercer. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

‘GLOW’ Season 3 Trailer: The Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling Hit Vegas By Chris Evangelista/June 17, 2019 8:30 am EST One of Netflix’s best original shows returns with GLOW season 3. The comedy-drama about the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling in the 1980s finds itself in a new location for its third season: Vegas, baby. But as is usually the case, problems arise, tensions flair, and ample amounts of hairspray is put to use....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Actor Michael Rooker Will Have ‘Monster Problems’ With ‘The Maze Runner’ Star Dylan O’Brien By Ben Pearson/March 21, 2019 1:15 pm EST Back in 2012, Shawn Levy (Stranger Things, Night at the Museum) was gearing up to direct a film called Monster Problems, a post-apocalyptic coming-of-age story based on a script by Brian Duffield (Insurgent, Jane Got a Gun). Time passed, and that version of the movie fell away into the gaping maw of Hollywood’s endless “what if” scenarios....

‘Hellboy’ Will Tackle The Complexity Of A Hero As A Killer, Reveals New Image From The Reboot By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 28, 2018 5:00 pm EST Even though plenty of Hellboy fans were anxious to see director Guillermo del Toro finish out the franchise he started for the unlikely Dark Horse Comics hero, Universal Pictures simply didn’t want to take a risk on spending millions of dollars to bring it to an end....

‘The Patient Who Nearly Drove Me Out Of Medicine’: Ryan Reynolds Adapting Reddit Horror Story By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 6, 2018 2:30 pm EST Buried within all the nightmarish drivel clogging up Reddit is the occasional genuinely creepy short story, commonly referred to as “creepypasta.” Hollywood has caught on to creepypasta in the last few years, snapping up film and TV rights to these message board tales of terror. Ryan Reynolds is the latest person who wants in on this Reddit movie action, and will produce a film version of the story The Patient Who Nearly Drove Me Out of Medicine....

Exclusive: The Original ‘RoboCop’ Poster Was Actually A Painting, And Now You Can Buy It As A Metallic Print By Ethan Anderton/March 18, 2019 12:42 pm EST Part man, part machine, all cop. That’s the tagline you’ll find on the original teaser poster for the 1980s favorite RoboCop. The poster is a classic, and any fan can immediately picture RoboCop stepping out of the Detroit Police car, the lights flashing bright red as your imagination runs wild with the prospect of having a robot police officer taking care of justice on the streets....

How ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Echoes Hollywood’s Long Obsession With European Vacations By Jason Gorber/July 5, 2019 12:00 pm EST In Spider-Man: Far From Home, Peter Parker and his fellow students head to Europe, following a long line of Americans for generations that have headed abroad to expand their horizons. Naturally things go awry, travel plans get askew, and Parker cannot run far away from the obligations that his powers have committed him to....

Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular To Undergo Renovation, Should Be Updated In Time For ‘Indiana Jones 5’ By Ben Pearson/March 15, 2019 2:30 pm EST Walt Disney World’s Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! opened in 1989, and it’s finally getting an overhaul. A new report says the attraction, which is based in Disney’s Hollywood Studios in their Florida theme park, is set to experience a renovation and should be completed by the time Disney and Lucasfilm’s Indiana Jones 5 arrives in theaters....

Interview: Kevin Feige Talks ‘Captain Marvel’ Spoilers, The Future Of Goose, Stan Lee’s Tribute, And Disney+ TV Shows By Peter Sciretta/March 12, 2019 11:00 am EST A couple of weeks ago, I got an opportunity to chat with Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige about Captain Marvel. We discussed the Avengers: Infinity War after credits scene, if Captain Marvel was originally supposed to appear in that movie, how Carol’s powers won’t break the MCU, Stan Lee’s tribute and cameo, the whereabouts of Goose, why Nick Fury hasn’t used the pager before Infinity War, and the upcoming live-action Marvel television series for Disney+....

New ‘Doom Patrol’ Trailer Reveals Every Member’s Tragic Backstory By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 14, 2019 11:30 am EST Robotman, Negative Man, Elasti-Woman, and Crazy Jane, and Cyborg — all wildly different superheroes that you wouldn’t expect to see teamed up. But in Doom Patrol, they become a team of misfit heroes whose superhuman abilities are both a blessing and a curse. The latest DC Universe original series is getting positive notices from critics for being a wacky and weird departure from the serious tone plaguing many superhero shows, but the latest Doom Patrol trailer has a pretty dark tone to it....

By Ethan Anderton/May 19, 2019 11:00 am EST A new crack at adapting the fighting video game Mortal Kombat for the big screen has been in the works for years. Now the project finally sounds like it’s becoming a reality. Not only did South Australia Premier Steven Marshall earlier this month that the film would shoot in Adelaide, Australia later this year, but Warner Bros. Pictures has given the new Mortal Kombat movie a spring 2021 release date....

The /Filmcast: Bonus Ep. - The Sony Hack (GUEST: Drew McWeeny From HitFix) By Slashfilmcast/Dec. 21, 2014 3:19 pm EST David chats with Drew McWeeny from Hitfix about his new piece on the Sony hacks, “What we lose when we let fear win over art.” 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 Play Now in your Browser:Subscribe to the /Filmcast: Here are some of the other pieces we referred to during this podcast episode: President Obama says Sony made a mistake Gore Verbinski reacts An open note to the heads of Sony Sony to release interview on Crackle for free George Clooney Interview...

The ‘True Detective’ Season 3 Main Character Was Written As White, Until Mahershala Ali Fought For The Part By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 4, 2018 11:00 am EST Mahershala Ali won an Academy Award for his amazing work in Moonlight, but he still had to fight to land a lead role recently. The actor is the star of the upcoming True Detective season 3, playing a part that was originally written as a white person....

Why ‘Shadow And Bone’ Could Be Your Next Big Netflix Obsession By Donna Dickens/Feb. 26, 2019 11:00 am EST In American pop culture, when people think of the fantasy genre, they usually think of the same things: magic, wizards, elves, orcs, fairies, dragons, a European Middle Ages setting. Despite the genre predating these concepts, the unprecedented influence of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings has so thoroughly wedged itself in our collective consciousness that it can seem impossible to disentangle....

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Spoilers Are Fair Game Starting On Monday, According To The Directors By Chris Evangelista/May 2, 2019 1:45 pm EST Rejoice: the spoiler wars are almost at an end. People have been downright militant when it comes to avoiding Avengers: Endgame spoilers. But it looks like even directors the Russo Brothers are realizing enough is enough. According to the filmmakers themselves, this is the last weekend to be strict about spoilers....