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Theme Park Bits: New Spider-Man Ride Details, An ‘Awesome’ Epcot Movie, And More By Josh Spiegel/March 24, 2019 12:00 pm EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Details of the new Spider-Man attraction heading to Disney California Adventure are available. Epcot is bringing a brand-new film to its park. The PeopleMover at Disney World is the source of a new lawsuit. And more! As reported at Slashfilm and at other locations, there’s some exciting new information available about the upcoming Spider-Man attraction coming to both Disney California Adventure in Anaheim and Walt Disney Studios in Disneyland Paris....

‘Any Person, Living Or Dead’: Kumail Nanjiani Will Gather Historic Heroes In New Movie (With Unexpected Results) By Ben Pearson/April 4, 2019 6:30 am EST If you had the ability to travel through time and unite some of the most famous minds in history to solve the world’s problems, what do you think might happen when they met? Kumail Nanjiani is about to find out. He’s scored the lead role in a new movie called Any Person, Living or Dead with that premise....

‘Christopher Robin’ Screenwriter Allison Schroeder On Writing Pooh-Isms And The Works Of A.A. Milne [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Nov. 9, 2018 11:00 am EST Writer Allison Schroeder sure knows how to write a real deal feel-good movie. The screenwriter behind last year’s monster hit, Hidden Figures, and the co-writer of this year’s delightful Disney reimagining, Christopher Robin, can seamlessly pull at the heart strings with big or small fireworks, whether in a major tearjerker scene or during a tender moment between two characters sitting on a log....

/Filmcast Ep. 190 - Brave (GUEST: Jen Yamato From Movieline) By Slashfilmcast/June 25, 2012 7:00 pm EST This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam discuss the crappiness of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, explore the pleasures of male stripping, and ponder the mediocrity of Brave. Special guest Jen Yamato joins us from Movieline. 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 reviewing Magic Mike next week....

‘Ozark’ Season 3 Is Officially Happening, And Jason Bateman Is Worried By Ben Pearson/Oct. 10, 2018 8:57 am EST Byrde, Byrde, Byrde, Byrde’s the word. The Byrde family will be coming back to Netflix for Ozark season 3, according to a new announcement by star, executive producer, and frequent director Jason Bateman. That sounds like good news, so you’ll have to keep reading to find out why Bateman is “concerned.”...

‘Playmobil: The Movie’ Trailer: It’s Like ‘The LEGO Movie’ With Fewer Bricks By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 16, 2018 1:00 pm EST It was only a matter of time before the makers of Playmobil took a look at those LEGO Movie box office numbers and said: “Why not us?” The figures, which originated in Germany, are kind of like LEGOs, but with a lot fewer pieces. And now they have their own movie!...

By Chris Evangelista/April 2, 2019 7:30 am EST Ready to return to the Umbrella Academy? Netflix has given the anti-superhero series a second season, which will no doubt please fans of the series. Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, and Justin Min are all set to return, with new cast members being announced at a later date. More on The Umbrella Academy season 2 below....

‘Wu-Tang: An American Saga’ Drama Series Heading To Hulu By Ben Pearson/Oct. 11, 2018 5:00 pm EST Prepare yourselves: a Wu-Tang Clan TV show is coming to Hulu. Wu-Tang: An American Saga, which hails from Alex Tse (Superfly) and original Wu-Tang Clan member and filmmaker The RZA, is heading to the streaming service. Here’s the interesting part: this won’t be a docuseries, but instead a 10-episode drama that will “explore and expand the world” of the influential hip-hop group....

A Cast Of Kings - Series Retrospective By Slashfilmcast/May 29, 2019 9:00 pm EST David Chen and Joanna Robinson reflect on this epic, touching, improbable, and divisive series that is Game of Thrones, plus this podcast that they have made to accompany it. Thank you for listening. Listen and subscribe to David’s new podcast - Culturally Relevant - where he talks with authors, filmmakers, and other culturally relevant figures. You can also listen to his other podcasts Slashfilmcast and Write Along ....

Alamo Drafthouse Finally Announces Opening Date For L.A. Location By Ben Pearson/June 19, 2019 10:06 am EST People of Los Angeles, rejoice: the Alamo Drafthouse is coming to Downtown L.A.! No really, I’m serious this time – I know they’ve been promising that for years, but today the theater chain has finally, officially, definitively, concretely announced that the L.A. location will be opening in early July, just a couple of weeks from now....

AMC Theatres Plans To Improve Its A-List Program, Raises Prices For “Discount Tuesday” By Ben Pearson/May 14, 2019 6:30 am EST Last summer, AMC Theatres introduced its AMC Stubs A-List subscription service for movie tickets. On a recent corporate earnings call, the company’s CEO laid out a plan to improve that service for its users, specifically highlighting how they’ll be opening it up to users too young to obtain a driver’s license....

BAFTAs Take Back Bryan Singer’s Director Nomination By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 6, 2019 2:30 pm EST Bohemian Rhapsody is nominated for several BAFTA awards, which are like the British version of the Oscars. One of those nominations was for director Bryan Singer, but in the wake of multiple sexual misconduct accusations against the filmmaker, the BAFTAs have decided to rescind his nomination. This is the latest bit of controversy surrounding the Freddie Mercury biopic, which has had to move through awards season dodging questions about Singer and his behavior....

Ep. 239 - Elysium (GUEST: Jeff Cannata From Newest Latest Best) By Slashfilmcast/Aug. 11, 2013 8:57 pm EST Dave, Devindra, and Jeff Cannata discuss Werner Herzog’s incredible new PSA, the moving documentary Kings of Pastry, and the state of celebrity Kickstarters. Check out the state of Spike Lee’s Kickstarter, read up on shushers, and learn more about Jeff’s new show at his blog. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

James Cameron Says ‘Avatar 2’ Story Goes To ‘Dark Places’, Calls The Four Sequels An ‘Emotional Rollercoaster’ By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 18, 2019 10:30 am EST Did you hear? There are several Avatar sequels coming out! It feels as if we’ve been talking about them for almost a decade…because we have. But James Cameron’s big, expensive, expansive sci-fi epics will soon begin rolling out in theaters, and we’re learning more and more about them as time marches on....

Jonah Hill Joins The Five-Timers Club In An Energetic But Clumsy ‘Saturday Night Live’ By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 4, 2018 12:00 pm EST With his directorial debut Mid90s in theaters now, Jonah Hill headed to Saturday Night Live to host the late night sketch comedy show for a fifth time. That meant it was time for him to join the famed Five-Timers Club, but as you’ll see below, the exclusive club has changed in the years since the #MeToo movement came along....

New ‘John Wick’ And ‘Predator’ Video Games Are On The Way By Ethan Anderton/May 10, 2019 12:30 pm EST John Wick and Predator may both be action franchises, but with the exception of high body counts, blood and bullets, they couldn’t be more different from each other. But soon enough they’ll both have one more thing in common: they’re getting the video game treatment. That’s right, there are new Predator and John Wick video game adaptations on the way, and much like they film franchises themselves, they could not be more different from each other....

Road To Endgame: ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ Introduces A Selfless Hero In A Politically Muddled Movie By Siddhant Adlakha/March 29, 2019 8:30 am EST (Welcome to Road to Endgame, where we revisit all 22 movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and ask, “How did we get here?” In this edition: Captain America: The First Avenger attempts to establish Marvel’s moral compass.)Steve Rogers is the moral center of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a dynamic that holds true even for films he doesn’t appear in....

By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 28, 2019 10:00 am EST In addition to Mindy Kaling in the lead and Emma Thompson as her witty and snarky new boss, the cast also includes Reid Scott (Veep), Paul Walter Hauser (I, Tonya), Hugh Dancy (Hannibal), Max Casella (Jackie), John Early (The Disaster Artist), and more on the writing staff. Other cast members include Ike Barinholtz, Amy Ryan and John Lithgow. We were lucky enough to catch Late Night at Sundance, and while our own Chris Evangelista and Ben Pearson weren’t impressed with it as much as the overall crowd at the festival, yours truly found a lot to love about the movie, In my review, I wrote:...

The Morning Watch: Paul Rudd Is The ‘King Of Wishful Thinking’, Remembering Luke Perry & More By Ethan Anderton/March 6, 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, ABC News remembers Luke Perry after the actor’s sudden death earlier this week....

TNT Executive Explains ‘Snowpiercer’ Showrunner Shuffle [TCA 2019] By Fred Topel/Feb. 11, 2019 4:22 pm EST One year ago, TNT ordered a series based on Snowpiercer, the French comic that was adapted into a movie by director Bong Joon-ho. Doctor Strange filmmaker Scott Derrickson directed the pilot and Avatar 2 writer Josh Friedman signed on to run the show, but just weeks later, both Derrickson and Friedman were out. Orphan Black co-creator Graeme Manson is now running Snowpiercer....