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‘Mandy’ Is Doing So Well In Theaters It Has Forced The Distributor To Rethink Its Release Strategy By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 4, 2018 5:00 pm EST People can’t get enough of Nicolas Cage and the Cheddar Goblin. Mandy, an acid-trip of a movie that burns itself into your brain, is drawing audiences to the theater at an unexpected rate, even though the film is also available on VOD. The Mandy box office success has been so great that RLJ Entertainment have decided to rethink their release strategy, and keep the film in select theaters until November....

‘Mortal Engines’ Featurettes: Peter Jackson Praises The World Of Traveling Cities By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 1, 2018 10:00 am EST Peter Jackson and producing partner Philipa Boyens accomplished quite the task by bringing J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved fantasy world of Middle-earth to life in the incredible Lord of the Rings trilogy, and to a lesser extent, The Hobbit trilogy. Now the producing team is trying to kickstart another literary saga in the form of Mortal Engines, based on the book series of the same name by author Philip Reeve....

New Mutants Trailer Should the powers that be finally get these reshoots going, New Mutants, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Maisie Williams, Alice Braga, Charlie Heaton, and Henry Zaga, will open on August 2, 2019. ‘New Mutants’ Reshoots Haven’t Happened Yet, Might Be R-Rated After All By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 2, 2018 12:30 pm EST When Josh Boone’s New Mutants was pushed not once, but twice, for reshoots, one could’ve logically assumed said reshoots were well underway by now....

‘Outlaws’ Trailer: A24 Dives Into The World Of Australian Biker Gangs By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 21, 2018 3:00 pm EST After playing the Toronto International Film Festival back in 2017, the Australian biker gang drama formerly known as 1% is finally coming to theaters, but with a new title and an early 2019 release date. The film from director Stephen McCallum is now known as Outlaws, and it follows Matt Nable as the Copperheads motorcycle club leader Knuck who has been busy doing a three-year stint in prison....

‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Concept Art: Miles, Spider-Gwen, And A Naked Peter Parker By Ben Pearson/Dec. 19, 2018 5:00 pm EST When I spoke with producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller about Sony’s spectacular Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Miller told me about the filmmakers’ stylistic approach to the movie. “The idea was, you always see these amazing ‘art of’ books that have these very stylistic, impressionistic paintings that are so beautiful, and then they go through a pipeline and become a CG movie that looks similar to other CG movies....

‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 Trailer: Change Is Coming To Hawkins By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 20, 2019 5:33 am EST After long, tortuous months of waiting, Netflix is finally feeding us with the first official Stranger Things season 3 trailer. Part 3 of Netflix’s hit sci-fi/horror show is set to debut on the streaming service this summer, but we’ve learned little about it in the past year and a half since Stranger Things Part 2 first premiered....

‘Supernatural’ To End After A Record-Setting 15 Seasons On The CW By Ben Pearson/March 22, 2019 3:00 pm EST Supernatural, the longest-running live-action fantasy TV series in American television history, is coming to an end. The cast of The CW show has announced that the series will be concluding after its upcoming fifteenth season. “We just told the crew that though we’re very, very excited about moving into our fifteenth season, it will be our last,” star Jensen Ackles said in a video addressed to the show’s fans....

‘Toy Story 4’ TV Spot Introduces Keanu Reeves As Duke Caboom, The Canuck With All The Luck By Ethan Anderton/May 2, 2019 8:30 am EST When it comes to voice acting, Keanu Reeves’ experience has been pretty limited. Previously, Reeves has only voiced animated versions of live-action characters like Neo in The Animatrix or Ted Logan in the Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure animated series. Plus, he also kinda’ voiced himself in the form of the titular cat in Key & Peele’s movie Keanu....

‘Venom’ China Box Office Will Make This Monster Hit Even Bigger By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 9, 2018 4:00 pm EST It’s official: the world loves Venom. The superhero film is already a big hit, and this weekend, it’s opening in China – and it’s opening big. So big, in fact, that it’s on track to earn as much, or even more, worldwide than all of Sony’s other Spider-Man- related movies. People just can’t get enough of Venom and his big, slimy tongue!...

HBO Hires Intimacy Coordinators To Oversee Sex Scenes In All Of Its Productions By Ben Pearson/Oct. 26, 2018 2:30 pm EST Systemic problems in Hollywood can be so widespread that they feel too big to overcome. But sometimes, change can be sparked by just one person speaking up. The Deuce actress Emily Meade has inspired HBO to hire intimacy coordinators on all of its productions to serve as an intermediary between the actors, directors, producers, and crew during intimate scenes and ensure a safe and protected working environment....

How ‘Star Wars Episode 9’ Responds To ‘The Last Jedi,’ According To J.J Abrams By Ethan Anderton/April 9, 2019 1:00 pm EST Star Wars: The Last Jedi was divisive for some fans of the sci-fi saga. While some saw it as an innovative and exciting leap forward for the franchise with compelling character arcs, others thought it misused legacy characters and went in a drastically different direction than they hoped. Therefore, director J....

Let’s Talk About The Ending Of Netflix’s ‘Russian Doll’ By David Chen/Feb. 20, 2019 9:00 am EST Netflix’s Russian Doll really surprised me. At first I thought it was just a warmed over Groundhog Day rehash with characters that I wasn’t really a fan of, but episodes three and four throw into focus the true arc of the series. From that point on, I was hooked and couldn’t stop until I got to the end....

MoviePass Goes Back To Their Movie-Per-Day Plan, Refuses To Die By Ethan Anderton/March 19, 2019 10:30 am EST Somehow MoviePass is still a thing that exists. After a long history of constantly changing subscription plans and the rules users had to follow in order to be able to use it, not to mention the significant loss of money and severe hits to their reputation, you would think MoviePass would be dead....

Superhero Bits: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Updates Coming To Marvel Games, ‘Shazam!’ Deleted Scenes Details & More By Ethan Anderton/April 19, 2019 6:00 pm EST Even though the Hellboy reboot bombed, is David Harbour’s portrayal better than Ron Perlman? Ready for some Avengers: Endgame updates for your favorite Marvel mobile games? Did Johnny Depp really try to have Amber Heard fired from Aquaman? What can we expect from Shazam! deleted scenes? What comic book answer won the new Jeopardy record holder another round?...

Superhero Bits: Green Lantern Hints On ‘Arrow’, ‘Fortnite’ Event Features Avengers Weapons & More By Ethan Anderton/April 24, 2019 6:00 pm EST Is there a post-credits scene for Avengers: Endgame? Why is someone else playing Catwoman in the Gotham series finale? Could John Diggle become the Green Lantern of the Arrowverse? Which DC Comics movie star is hosting the MTV Movie & TV Awards? Are you ready for a new Fortnite event with Avengers weapons?...

The Criterion Channel: Criterion Launches Independent Streaming Service In The Wake Of FilmStruck’s Demise By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 16, 2018 1:10 pm EST The Criterion Collection and WarnerMedia have announced the launch of The Criterion Collection as a new independent streaming service. That’s great news for cinephiles that have been mourning the demise of FilmStruck, the niche but well-beloved movie subscription service that WarnerMedia unceremoniously axed last month. However, this happy news for movie lovers seems like it translates to one sad thing: FilmStruck is probably dead....

/Filmcast Ep. 384 - Blair Witch By Slashfilmcast/Sept. 19, 2016 8:00 pm EST In this episode, David and Devindra are joined by Matt Singer from ScreenCrush to discuss Matt’s favorite (and least favorite) films of the Toronto International Film Festival. Also, Devindra shares thoughts on Snowden and Atlanta. Be sure to read Britt Hayes’ interview with Adam Wingard and Matt’s review of Blair Witch. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

‘Jessica Jones’ Season 3 Featurette: Krysten Ritter Steps Into The Director’s Chair For The Final Season By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 4, 2019 7:35 am EST There will be no more supervillains telling Krysten Ritter to smile, now she’s telling people what to do. The star of Jessica Jones makes her directorial debut in the third and final season of the Marvel-Netflix comic book series to direct an episode centering on Rachael Taylor’s Trish....

‘Marvel’s Wolverine The Lost Trail’ Trailer: The Second Season Of The Wolverine Podcast Takes Logan To New Orleans By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 20, 2019 6:31 am EST The long night is over, but The Lost Trail is just beginning. Following the success of Marvel’s first foray into the scripted podcast world with the iHeartRadio Award-winning Wolverine: The Long Night, a second season is set to follow this March. Titled Marvel’s Wolverine: The Lost Trail, the second season finds Logan (Richard Armitage) braving the Louisiana bayou on the search for his ex-lover....

‘Spider-Man’ Director Jon Watts Reveals Who He Wants As The Webslinger’s Next Villain By Ethan Anderton/July 8, 2019 7:30 am EST Spider-Man: Far From Home just hit theaters last week, but franchise director Jon Watts has already been thinking about the next film in the webslinger’s story. There’s quite the long list of villains that Spider-Man has contended with in Marvel Comics, but if the filmmaker has his choice, there’s one baddie that could be a lot of fun....