‘The Simpsons’ Are Moving To Disney+, With The First 30 Seasons Available On Day One By Chris Evangelista/April 11, 2019 5:12 pm EST Meet the new streaming home of The Simpsons: Disney+. Up until now, the series was streaming on the FXX Simpsons streaming app, with new episodes on Hulu. Now, Disney+ will be the exclusive streaming home of the series. The first 30 seasons available on day one to stream....
‘Victory’ Remake In The Works From ‘Unknown’ Director Jaume Collet-Serra By Ethan Anderton/March 13, 2019 2:00 pm EST Director Jaume Collet-Serra is best known for delivering action thrillers with Liam Neeson that are more than a little unbelievable. Unknown, Non-Stop, Run All Night and The Commuter all hail from the Spanish filmmaker, but it seems like he’s switching gears in his career a little bit. Coming up, we’ll see what Collet-Serra can do with Disney and Dwayne Johnson in the theme park ride adaptation Jungle Cruise, and soon he’ll be tackling a hybrid sports drama and prison escape remake called Victory at Warner Bros....
‘Westworld’ Season 3 Adds Lena Waithe, Won’t Air Until 2020 By Ben Pearson/April 15, 2019 1:30 pm EST But after a frustrating second season, the show is making all the right moves to hook me all over again. Multi-hyphenate Lena Waithe (Ready Player One) has joined the cast for Westworld season 3, which will air on the premium cable channel sometime in 2020. According to Deadline, Lena Waithe “will appear” on Westworld during its third season, though the extent of her participation remains unclear....
A ‘Between Two Ferns’ Movie Is Secretly Already Filming, And Nothing Makes Sense Anymore By Ben Pearson/Dec. 4, 2018 1:30 pm EST Zach Galifianakis’ awkward web series is getting its own film at Netflix. Yes, a Between Two Ferns movie has already secretly begun filming for the streaming service, and no, we have no idea why they’d choose to make a movie instead of just making more individual episodes. Learn more about the film version below....
Captain Marvel’s Comic Book Origin Story Has Been Revamped To Match The Movie By Ben Pearson/Oct. 18, 2018 11:30 am EST Some comic book characters’ backstories are simple. Batman’s parents are murdered in front of him, inspiring him to become The Dark Knight. Superman’s home planet explodes and he crash lands on Earth, etc. The Captain Marvel origin story is…well, it’s considerably more complicated than that. But now Marvel Comics has decided to tweak it just a few months before the character takes center stage in her own solo movie – and the changes in the pages of the comic books now reflect Brie Larson’s movie version....
Daily Podcast: Our Third And Final Spoiler Discussion Of Jordan Peele’s Us Including Listener Mail By Peter Sciretta/March 29, 2019 12:28 pm EST On the March 29, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to have our final discussion about Jordan Peele’s Us spoilers, including getting to all your emails in the Mail Bag....
Daily Podcast: Stranger Things 3, Sandman, Hellraiser, Avengers: Endgame, And More By Ben Pearson/July 1, 2019 2:45 pm EST On the July 1, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and TV news, including the live-action Little Mermaid, a Sandman TV series, Avengers: Endgame tidbits, a few theme park updates, a Hellraiser TV series, and an early review of Stranger Things 3....
Final ‘Kingdom Hearts 3’ Trailer Is Full Of Disney And Pixar Cameos, And Angst By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 17, 2018 1:30 pm EST This is it, everyone. The wait is finally over. How do we know? The final Kingdom Hearts 3 trailer is out, putting an end to the constant stream of trailers (but no release date) that Square Enix has been dropping for the past five years. We’re a little more than a month out from the release of the long-awaited Kingdom Hearts 3 and to celebrate that momentous occasion, Square Enix has debuted the most cameo and spoiler-filled trailer yet....
Iconic Superman Villain Lex Luthor Is Heading To ‘Supergirl’ In Season 4 By Ben Pearson/Oct. 18, 2018 2:30 pm EST Heads up, National City: a criminal mastermind is coming your way. Iconic Superman villain Lex Luthor is going to appear in a recurring capacity in the fourth season of The CW’s Supergirl. The Hollywood Reporter says that a casting search has begun for an actor to fill the shoes of Lex Luthor, one of the most famous comic book villains in history:...
John Boyega And Letitia Wright Join Sci-Fi Romance ‘Hold Back The Stars’ By Ben Pearson/Nov. 9, 2018 12:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The project is being described as “Romeo & Juliet meets Gravity,” and with those actors and that description, I’m already hooked. Learn more about the new movie below. He looks around, but there’s nothing out here: nothing but the bottomless black universe on their left, the Earth suspended in glorious Technicolor to their right....
Superhero Bits: More ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Toy Leaks, Arrowverse Shows Likely To Leave Netflix & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 12, 2019 6:00 pm EST Why might the Arrowverse shows leave Netflix? Which DC’s Legends of Tomorrow cast member will recur on upcoming Arrow episodes? Will Jessica Jones and The Punisher eventually be canceled at Netflix too? Which Batman villain is Jack Black down to play? What did Chris Pratt have to say about Ellen Page’s criticism about his church?...
Superhero Bits: Trevor Noah’s Sneak ‘Black Panther’ Joke, ‘Arrow’ May Be Ending Soon & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 26, 2019 6:00 pm EST Are Arrow and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow on the verge of ending? Could Supergirl get canceled in favor of a Superman show? What got cut off during the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Oscars acceptance speech? Was Marvel Ultimate Alliance a terrible video game? What joke did Trevor Noah slip by audiences during his Black Panther presentation at the Oscars?...
The Morning Watch: How ‘Frasier’ Inspired M. Night Shyamalan, ‘Vice’ Anatomy Of A Scene & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 21, 2019 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. In this edition, director Adam McKay breaks down a key scene from his satirical Dick Cheney biopic Vice....
VOTD: How ‘Free Solo’ Filmed The Treacherous Rock Climb Without Ropes By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 14, 2019 6:00 am EST Have you heard of Free Solo? There’s a chance you might have since there’s a lot of buzz about this documentary that follows rock climber Alex Honnold as he attempts to complete a free solo climb (which is without any ropes, harnesses or other safety equipment) up the 3,000-foot vertical rock formation known as El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in California....
Welcome To The Jam: Don Cheadle Joins ‘Space Jam 2’ Cast By Ben Pearson/July 11, 2019 3:05 pm EST Don Cheadle (Avengers: Endgame) knows it’s time to slam now, and there’s a real jam going down over at Warner Bros. in the form of Space Jam 2, a sequel to the awful-yet-somehow-beloved live-action/animation hybrid from the 1990s which featured basketball legend Michael Jordan teaming up with the Looney Tunes. Current NBA superstar LeBron James has been trying to get a sequel off the ground for years, and he’s actually managed to make it happen – and now Cheadle is the latest addition to the cast....
‘Avengers 4’ Is Currently Three Hours Long, Says Director Joe Russo By Ben Pearson/Nov. 8, 2018 3:37 pm EST How long does it take to defeat Thanos? If director Joe Russo is to be believed, the answer might be three full hours. That’s the current runtime of Avengers 4, next year’s Marvel Studios team-up that Russo is co-directing with his brother Anthony. In a new Q&A, Joe offered some updates about their progress on the massively-anticipated sequel....
‘Black Mirror’ Season 5 Trailer: Miley Cyrus And Anthony Mackie Will Make You Depressed About Technology By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 15, 2019 6:32 am EST Black Mirror delights in shocking its viewers, but the biggest shock it pulled happened before its upcoming fifth season actually hits Netflix. The Black Mirror season 5 trailer reveals that the upcoming season will only consist of three episodes, down from the usual six-episode run. But those three episodes will possibly be the most star-studded Black Mirror has seen yet, with Miley Cyrus, Anthony Mackie, Andrew Scott, and Topher Grace among the big names starring in the anthology series....
‘Captain Marvel’ Favorite Goose The Cat Gets The Purrfect Funko POP Figures By Ethan Anderton/March 17, 2019 10:00 am EST Captain Marvel is only in its second weekend at the box office (which added considerably more cash to the movie’s haul), but it’s already a certified hit. Even though Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Mendelsohn are the stars, there’s one breakout character that fans can’t get enough of, and they’re not human....
/Filmcast Ep. 171 - The Top 10 Movies Of 2011 By Slashfilmcast/Jan. 3, 2012 5:24 pm EST This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam count down their top 10 movies of 2011 and reflect on this past exciting year in pop culture. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. We’ll be broadcasting again on January 15, 2012 at 10 PM EST / 7 PM PST at slashfilm’s live page....
‘How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’ Review: A Sincere, Soaring End To One Of The Best Animated Franchises By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 22, 2019 8:00 am EST The narrative is a little thin for the emotional weight that it carries. Though it’s a natural next step in the escalation in the dragon and human conflicts, it also hits many of the same beats as How to Train Your Dragon 2: the villain is a ruthless dragon hunter who also uses dragons for his own purposes, Berk is threatened, everyone wants a piece of Toothless....
