/Filmcast Ep. 168 - Hugo (GUEST: Eric D. Snider From Film.com) By Slashfilmcast/Dec. 6, 2011 9:26 pm EST This week, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley chat about the virtues of the Elite Squad films, praise Puss in Boots as a film better than its marketing would suggest, and try not to lose all hope in John Carter and the live action Akira remake. Special guest Eric D. Snider joins us from Film....
‘Four Weddings And A Funeral’ Reunion On The Way For Red Nose Day Charity Special By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 5, 2018 11:00 am EST Last year, the Christmas romantic comedy Love Actually got a sequel in the form of a short film created in conjunction with the charity campaign Red Nose Day. And this year, they’re taking another beloved British romantic comedy and giving it a big reunion. Four Weddings and a Funeral is a beloved 1994 romantic comedy written by Love Actually director Richard Curtis, who also happens to be the co-founder of Red Nose Day....
‘LA’s Finest’ Will Feature ‘Bad Boys’ Easter Eggs And Characters [TCA 2019] By Fred Topel/Feb. 8, 2019 10:30 am EST Spectrum invited the Television Critics Association to the set of their first original series, L.A.’s Finest. The show is a spinoff of the Bad Boys movies, starring Gabrielle Union as her character Syd Burnett from Bad Boys II. Speaking with the cast and producers, /Film learned about several connections to Bad Boys the show will retain....
‘Queer Eye’ Season 3 Trailer: The Fab Five Are Back To Make You Cry Again By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 4, 2019 3:30 pm EST It feels like it’s been forever, but the Fab Five are finally coming back into our lives. The group of lifestyle gurus are returning in a Queer Eye season 3 trailer that packs such an emotional gut punch that we’re crying into next week — or at least until the series returns on March 15, 2019....
‘Sex And The City’ Sequel Show In The Works, But The Original Cast Might Not Return By Ben Pearson/March 28, 2019 3:00 pm EST Paramount TV is developing a Sex and the City sequel series based on an upcoming book from author Candace Bushnell, who wrote the book that inspired the mega-hit HBO show and two feature films. But it seems unlikely that the original show’s cast will reunite for this follow-up story....
‘The Last Laugh’ Trailer: Chevy Chase And Richard Dreyfus Embark On A Geriatric Comedy Tour By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 1, 2019 3:00 pm EST Even though a lot of people in Hollywood have horror stories about working with the comedy legend that is Chevy Chase, apparently that didn’t scare Richard Dreyfus from getting together for a comedic two-hander on Netflix. The Last Laugh follows Chevy Chase as retired talent manager Al Hart who finds himself reunited with his first client, a comedian named Buddy Green (Richard Dreyfus) who left the business 50 years ago to become a podiatrist....
‘The Umbrella Academy’ Trailer: It’s Like ‘X-Men’, But Weirder By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 24, 2019 8:32 am EST Welcome to The Umbrella Academy, an institution that’s sort of like the X-Mansion from X-Men, but a lot more quirky. The new Netflix series, adapted from the comic created by My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way, follows a family of dysfunctional superheroes who are tasked with preventing the apocalypse (naturally). Watch The Umbrella Academy trailer below....
‘Toy Story 4’ Super Bowl Trailer: The Toys Are Back In Town By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 3, 2019 7:12 pm EST The toys are out of the box yet again in the latest Toy Story 4 preview, which debuted tonight after the big game. The fourth entry in the long-lasting Pixar series finds Woody, Buzz and all the others on yet another adventure, because heaven forbid we let these poor toys take a break....
Abandoned ‘Captain Marvel’ Post-Credits Scene Almost Tied Back To ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Instead By Ethan Anderton/March 13, 2019 9:00 am EST After Avengers: Infinity War only gave us one credits scene, Captain Marvel returns to the Marvel Studios standard of having both a mid-credits scene and a post-credits scene. As we discussed last weekend, the mid-credits scene is a big set-up for Avengers: Endgame, and the post-credits scene is a fun little coda following the events of Captain Marvel....
Daily Podcast: Is Going To The Movies Considered Hanging Out? Ghostbusters 3, Netflix, A Star Is Born, Origin, Alien, George RR Martin By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 14, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the November 14, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and senior writer Ben Pearson to talk about the latest film and tv news, including Ghostbusters 3, Netflix, A Star is Born, Origin, Alien: Awakening, and George RR Martin....
Freddie Mercury Biopic ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ On Track For A $30 Million Opening Weekend By Ben Pearson/Oct. 12, 2018 6:30 am EST Is this the real life? Well, it’s not a fantasy – a new report says that early tracking numbers for Fox’s Bohemian Rhapsody suggest the long-in-the-works biopic of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury could make as much as $30 million in its opening weekend. That would be enough to make it the second-highest opening ever for a music biopic....
GKIDS Acquires Its First Chinese Animated Film ‘White Snake’ For U.S. Distribution By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 10, 2019 5:30 pm EST GKIDS has been fast establishing itself as one of the premiere movie distributors for high-quality animated films. And with China beginning to dip its toes into the animated movie market, it was only a matter of time before the two would meet. GKIDS, which has distributed for U.S. release award-winning fare like The Breadwinner and the works of Studio Ghibli, has picked up its very first Chinese animated film, White Snake, a sumptuous fantasy epic loosely based on the ancient Chinese folk tale of the same name....
Sequel Bits: ‘Space Jam’, ‘Saw’, ‘Ghostbusters’, ‘Coming 2 America’, ‘Gremlins’, ‘Iron Sky’, ‘The Boy’, ‘Bill And Ted’ By Chris Evangelista/June 29, 2019 11:00 am EST In this edition of Sequel Bits: Yes, Space Jam 2 really is happening, folks. That new Saw movie with Chris Rock is going to start shooting next week. The new Ghostbusters movie connects to the first film in a new way. Coming 2 America adds a new cast member....
The Classic Hollywood Touches In ‘Dumbo’, From ‘The Greatest Show On Earth’ To ‘The Best Years Of Our Lives’ By Kristen Lopez/April 3, 2019 10:00 am EST (Welcome to Classically Contemporary, a series where we explore the ways in which new releases echo classic Hollywood or how classic Hollywood continues to influence modern filmmaking.)In 1941, in the midst of World War II, the Walt Disney Studios put out a movie about a little elephant with big ears....
Theme Park Bits: 2019 Food And Wine Festival Dates, Disney’s Hollywood Studios Preparing To Turn 30, And More By Josh Spiegel/April 4, 2019 5:00 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Disney’s Hollywood Studios is getting set for its 30th anniversary. Universal Studios is introducing new churro flavors. Meet the Disney Villains after-hours at Walt Disney World this summer. And more! Hard as it may be to believe, Disney’s Hollywood Studios is mere weeks away from celebrating its 30th anniversary....
Theme Park Bits: Animal Kingdom’s Christmas Tasting, A Harry Potter Hype Video, And More By Josh Spiegel/Dec. 10, 2018 5:30 am EST Would it surprise you to learn that Disneyland is expecting big crowds for the opening of its new land, Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge? Probably not. But theme park experts are predicting insanely big numbers for its opening, of more than 200,000 people. Two hundred thousand! And the genuinely excellent Touring Plans website–I say this with no affiliation to the website, but you need to try it if you’re traveling to either continental Disney resort–predicts lines of 8-10 hours just to get in....
Theme Park Bits: New Harry Potter Ride Details, E.T. Lawsuit, Disney World Ticket Prices And More By Josh Spiegel/March 17, 2019 9:00 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Universal has announced details of its new Harry Potter attraction, including an opening date. Walt Disney World ticket prices have gone up again. The family of a boy who suffered an injury on Universal’s E.T. ride is suing. The Indiana Jones stunt show is getting an update....
VOTD: The 2018 Cinema Supercut Will Rock You Into The New Year By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 28, 2018 6:00 am EST With just one weekend left until the new year is upon us, we’re running out of time to catch the movies of 2018. Then again, we can watch any of the movies released this year at anytime, so maybe it’s not really a big deal. But if this 2018 Cinema Supercut is any indicator, there are plenty of movies that you’ll want to see from this year in film, and you don’t want to fall too far behind before the movies of 2019 start hitting theaters in just a few short days....
By Ethan Anderton/June 5, 2019 9:30 am EST The Hollywood Reporter has word on SyFy canceling both Happy! and Deadly Class. The options on the casts for each of the shows was up at the end of the month, so a decision had to be made. But just because SyFy is done with the shows doesn’t mean someone else doesn’t want to keep them alive. First off, Happy! (seen above) has a decent number of fans, both among the general public and over at SyFy....
‘Perry Mason’ TV Series Casts ‘The Americans’ Star Matthew Rhys, Who Replaces Robert Downey Jr. By Ben Pearson/Jan. 14, 2019 4:30 pm EST Step aside, Robert Downey Jr. – there’s a new Perry Mason in town, and it’s The Americans star Matthew Rhys. Downey was all set to play the fictional defense attorney in a movie several years ago, but that project morphed into a limited series at HBO. Now the show is finally going to happen, but since Downey’s film commitments have gotten in the way, Rhys is taking over in the lead role....
