Biggest IMAX Screen Ever Set To Open In Germany Next Year By Chris Evangelista/April 13, 2019 12:00 pm EST Bigger isn’t always better, unless you’re going to see a movie in IMAX. In the spirit of bigness, Germany is going to unleash the biggest IMAX screen ever. A screen wider than a Beoing 737, and over 72 feet high. Not only will this be the biggest IMAX screen ever, it will also be the world’s widest theater screen....
Final ‘Voltron: Legendary Defender’ Season 8 Trailer Teases The Epic Series Finale By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 14, 2018 3:00 pm EST Battle-scarred and weary, our favorite Paladins ready themselves for the one last great battle in the final Voltron Legendary Defender season 8 trailer. The trailer for the final season of the acclaimed Netflix and Dreamtworks TV animated series boasts footage that was initially shown at New York City Comic Con 2018, and it makes sense now why Netflix was holding back on it for so long: It’s stunning....
Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind’ Is Being Adapted Into A Kabuki Play By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 16, 2018 9:00 am EST Hayao Miyazaki early on established himself as a master of his craft with his second feature and the inaugural Studio Ghibli film, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. But while the 1984 anime classic helped establish the world-renowned animation studio, no one has dared to touch Miyazaki’s creation — until now....
How A Nintendo 64 Pokémon Game Helped Set The Stage For ‘Detective Pikachu’ By Rafael Motamayor/May 15, 2019 9:00 am EST Those maniacs went ahead and did it. They finally made a life-action Pokémon movie that brings the world of Pikachu, Bulbasaur and even the nightmare-inducing Mr. Mime to life. It’s been 21 years since both the first games, Pokémon Red and Blue, and the anime premiered in the US in September 1998....
Live-Action ‘Akira’ Still Happening, Taika Waititi Still On Board To Direct By Chris Evangelista/April 2, 2019 3:00 pm EST It looks like the live-action Akira is still a go, and that Taika Waititi is still the most likely candidate to direct. A recent story revealed that the Leonardo DiCaprio-produced film had just scored $18.5 million in tax credits, indicating some form of production is coming down the track, and fast. Hollywood has been trying to bring a live-action adaptation of the 1988 Japanese animated film (and the manga of the same name) for several years now....
Paramount To Adapt Atlas Comics Properties Into Movies, Akiva Goldsman To Lead Yet Another Writers’ Room By Ben Pearson/May 16, 2019 3:00 pm EST For years, Paramount Pictures has a handful of franchises that have kept them afloat: Transformers, Mission: Impossible, Terminator, and a few scattered others. But the studio is perpetually in need of major intellectual property – and in today’s Hollywood, that means they especially need source material for comic book movies....
Spielberg, Scorsese, Nolan And More Are Trying To Save FilmStruck By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 15, 2018 8:30 am EST The saga to save FilmStruck has taken an interesting turn. In the wake of a popular petition hoping to save the soon-to-close streaming service, a huge list of big names in the movie biz have banded together to plead with Warner Media Group and change the minds of the powers that be. Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Paul Thomas Anderson, Christopher Nolan, Rian Johnson, Christopher McQuarrie, Karyn Kusama, and many, many more have thrown their considerable weight behind FilmStruck....
Superhero Bits: Stan Lee’s Final Animated Appearance, Lady Sif Rumored For Disney+ Series & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 14, 2019 6:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Want to see Stan Lee’s final animated appearance in a Marvel series? Is Lady Sif getting her own series on Disney+? Want to see what happens when Thanos stops by The Simpsons opening couch gag? What’s the long range box office tracking for Captain Marvel?...
The Only Thing That Can Defeat John Wick Is An Army Of Cats By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 13, 2019 5:00 pm EST The titular assassin of the upcoming John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum is a force of nature. Through the past two movies, he’s plowed through all manner of low-level thugs, assassins, and bosses of assassins. But there’s one thing that can stop John Wick in his tracks: cats. It’s well known that Keanu Reeves’ John Wick is a dog lover — the loss of his adorable puppy is what set him off on this three-film spanning blood-soaked path....
Watch Rian Johnson And Edgar Wright Directed New Star-Studded Music Videos For LCD Soundsystem & Beck By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 30, 2018 9:00 am EST Rian Johnson and Edgar Wright are the latest in a long line of famous directors to cross over the musical field, adding their signature visual styles to music videos for LCD Soundsystem and Beck, respectively. But for Wright, that crossover is old news. The Baby Driver director famously honed his distinct visual style in the early days of his career by directing music videos like Mint Royale’s “Blue Song,” which went on to inspire Wright’s 2017 heist film....
Why Will Smith Turned Down ‘The Matrix’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 14, 2019 4:00 pm EST It’s a well-known piece of film trivia that Will Smith turned down The Matrix. It’s up there on the list of other famous almost-casts: Molly Ringwald could have been in Pretty Woman, Eric Stoltz was Marty McFly for a few weeks of filming. But Smith missing out on the role of Neo in The Matrix always seemed especially tragic considering he turned it down to star in the biggest bomb of his early career, Wild Wild West....
‘Black Widow’ Cast Adds Rachel Weisz, David Harbour Alongside Scarlett Johansson And Florence Pugh By Chris Evangelista/April 3, 2019 11:05 am EST Marvel’s Black Widow movie is slowly coming together. After promising to make the standalone film for years, Marvel Studios is forging ahead, picking up exciting cast members as they go. The latest: Rachel Weisz, who is good in just about everything, and Stranger Things and Hellboy actor David Harbour, will now both appear alongside mainstay player Scarlett Johansson and recent cast addition Florence Pugh....
‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Editor Myron Kerstein On The Universal Messages Of Rom-Coms And Mahjong [Interview] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 26, 2018 11:00 am EST Myron Kerstein wants audiences to know that romantic-comedies are back. The editor of Crazy Rich Asians is no stranger to the genre, having cut together rom-com staples like Garden State and Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, but in the aftermath of Crazy Rich Asians, it feels more important than ever for Kerstein to reiterate that....
‘The Girl In The Spider’s Web’ Clip: Lisbeth Salander Stirs Up Trouble At The Airport By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 26, 2018 10:30 am EST Even though the end of the year brings plenty of awards season titles to the table, that doesn’t mean everything else goes into hiding. There are still plenty of movies coming over the next couple months bringing chills, thrills, excitement and laughs. The release of Sony’s The Girl in the Spider’s Web, a reboot of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo franchise, might be a little light on the latter when it hits theaters in a couple weeks....
‘The Righteous Gemstones’: The Family That Prays Together Hates Each Other By Ethan Anderton/May 2, 2019 11:51 am EST Danny McBride, Jody Hill and David Gordon Green have teamed up on the outstanding HBO comedies Eastbound & Down and Vice Principals, making baseball and high school more twisted and vulgar than usual. Now they’re bringing that same sensibility to the place that needs it the most: church.The Righteous Gemstones stars Danny McBride, John Goodman and Adam DeVine as a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed and charitable work....
Daily Podcast: The Best Movie Moments Of 2018 Part 1 By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 4, 2019 5:30 pm EST On the January 4, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by the whole /Film team, including managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista, in the first part of a discussion to determine the top 50 movie moments of 2018....
Disney+ Animated Shorts Coming From ‘Moana’, ‘Zootopia’, ‘Frozen’, ‘Big Hero 6’ Animators In 2020 By Chris Evangelista/May 17, 2019 7:30 am EST Disney recently unveiled a whole slew of original programming for Disney+, their upcoming streaming service. But they’re by no means done. The House of Mouse just dropped info on three new animated shorts that will debut next year. The shorts come from people who worked on Disney pics like Bolt, Big Hero 6, Wreck-It Ralph, Frozen, Zootopia, Moana, and Ralph Breaks the Internet, and more....
Jock Rounds Out His Luke Skywalker Trilogy With ‘Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi’ Poster For Mondo By Ben Pearson/Dec. 21, 2018 8:30 am EST Acclaimed artist Jock, who has worked with the famous pop art gallery Mondo for years, has finished his Luke Skywalker trilogy. Jock’s new Star Wars: Return of the Jedi poster, entitled “I Am a Jedi, Like My Father Before Me,” is available for everyone to pre-order today only....
Netflix Officially Grabs Soderbergh’s ‘The Laundromat’ As More Actors Join By Ben Pearson/Oct. 9, 2018 5:00 pm EST This past summer, we heard Netflix might be interested in acquiring Steven Soderbergh’s The Laundromat, the prolific filmmaker’s upcoming movie which tells the true story of the publication of the Panama Papers, the largest leak of corporate data in history. It turns out the streaming platform’s interest was real, because Netflix is now officially on board to finance and release the movie....
Superhero Bits: ‘Aquaman’ Breaks China Box Office Records, NASA Wants To Help Tony Stark & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 10, 2018 6:00 pm EST How much did Aquaman make in its opening weekend in China? Could Superman get his own series on The CW? When can we expect a new trailer for Shazam!? What comic book movies landed LA Film Critics Society awards? What does NASA have to say about Tony Stark being lost in space?...
