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‘Shazam’ Sequel Bringing Back First Film’s Writer; Director David F. Sandberg Expected To Return As Well By Chris Evangelista/April 8, 2019 3:16 pm EST Shazam exceeded box office expectations, which meant it was only a matter of time before Warner Bros. went ahead and started thinking about the sequel. Sure enough, word is out that Henry Gayden, who wrote the first film, is set to write the Shazam sequel as well....

‘What We Do In The Shadows’ Season 2 Is Officially Coming To FX By Ben Pearson/May 7, 2019 3:30 pm EST What We Do in the Shadows is currently in the midst of its first season, and it will debut its second season on FX in 2020. Nick Grad, one of FX’s original programming presidents, released the following statement: A spin-off of Waititi’s movie about a group of vampires who live together in a city of humans, the What We Do in the Shadows TV show shifts the setting from Wellington, New Zealand to Staten Island, New York....

Daily Podcast: Fantastic Beasts, Devil May Cry, Disneyland, Star Wars, Cereal Monsters & YouTube By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 19, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the November 19, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to talk about the latest film and tv news, including Fantastic Beasts, Devil May Cry, Disneyland, Star Wars, Cereal Monsters, and YouTube.You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it)....

How ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Sets Up Some Unexpected MCU Movies By Ben Pearson/July 2, 2019 10:00 am EST At first glance, Spider-Man: Far From Home may seem somewhat inconsequential in the grand scheme of MCU movies. After all, its primary plot involves Peter Parker (Tom Holland) trying to express his feelings for MJ (Zendaya) while on an international school trip, but he’s continually distracted by being called upon to fight new threats popping up around the globe....

Netflix Action Movie ‘Kate’ Will Have Mary Elizabeth Winstead Playing A Poisoned Assassin By Chris Evangelista/April 28, 2019 2:00 pm EST Someone poisoned Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and now she’s going to kill them. In a movie, that is. Winstead will star in the Netflix action movie Kate, about a female assassin on the hunt for the person that poisoned her. This premise is reminiscent of Crank, but with Mary Elizabeth Winstead instead of Jason Statham....

New Contest Will Pay You $1,000 To Binge Watch 20 Marvel Movies By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 25, 2019 4:30 pm EST You may not be able to fly or punch a planet, but you could prove to have the endurance of a superhero with a Marvel movie marathon that could earn you $1,000. In anticipation of the release of Avengers: Endgame, Cable.TV.com is offering people the chance to earn $1,000 and a ton of Marvel swag — if they can watch 20 movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe nonstop....

Now Scream This: Horror Movies To Stream This Halloween By /Film Staff/Oct. 24, 2018 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to Now Scream This, a column where horror experts Chris Evangelista and Matt Donato tell you what scary, spooky, and spine-tingling movies are streaming and where you can watch them.)Matt: Each week, my recommendations unlock a little piece of what makes “Matt Donato” tick, but with Halloween’s party atmosphere in mind, I wanted to go “Full-Force Donato....

One More ‘Booksmart’ Red Band Trailer Prepares To Get Consensually Bashed By Ethan Anderton/May 21, 2019 8:30 am EST This weekend, the raucously hilarious R-rated high school comedy Booksmart starts hitting theaters. Lauded as a female Superbad, this looks like it should be the sleeper hit of the summer, assuming of course people actually know that the movie is in theaters and pay for a ticket to see it. Booksmart stars Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein as two best friends and high school seniors who spent their entire school career studying their asses off and getting the best grades they could in order to get into the college of their dreams....

Star Wars Bits: Celebration Updates, Galaxy’s Edge, Episode 9 Leaks, And More By Ben Pearson/March 8, 2019 9:30 am EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Mark Hamill talks about Carrie Fisher’s impact in Star Wars: Episode IX The Phantom Menace is getting a 20th anniversary panel at Star Wars Celebration – plus several newly-announced guests One fan spent more than a year building a LEGO version of The Last Jedi’s Crait battle Tons of updates from Disney’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Plot rumors about Episode IX And more!...

The /Filmcast: After Dark - An In-Depth Discussion About Synecdoche, New York (GUESTS: Angie Han And Matt Singer) By Slashfilmcast/April 4, 2009 5:34 am EST In this special episode of the /Filmcast: After Dark, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley devote 80 minutes to discussing Charlie Kaufman’s frustrating, enigmatic, and brilliant film, Synecdoche, New York. Special guests Matt Singer from IFC and Angie Han join us. Have any feedback? You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 100 - Reflecting On 100 Episodes By Slashfilmcast/May 23, 2010 8:14 am EST The /Filmcast: After Dark is a recording of what happens right after The /Filmcast is over, when the kids have gone to bed and the guys feel free to speak whatever is on their minds. In other words, it’s the leftover and disorganized ramblings, mindfarts, and brain diarrhea from The /Filmcast, all in one convenient audio file....

Walt Disney World’s Epcot Getting A New Pavilion, Completely Redesigned Entrance By Jacob Hall/Feb. 22, 2019 11:30 am EST I’m not exaggerating when I say that Walt Disney World’s Epcot theme park is one of my favorite places on the planet. But I’m not blind to the fact that it’s in desperate need of some TLC, an injection of fresh imagination…and a ton of money to fix the cracks and tighten the gears....

Water Cooler: Game Of Thrones, Bosch, Homecoming, Police Story, Tolkien, Formula 1, Vlogging Disneyland, B.P.R.D., Cuphead By Peter Sciretta/April 22, 2019 2:06 pm EST On the April 22 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, senior writer Ben Pearson, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about what they’ve been up to at The Water Cooler.You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it)....

/Filmcast Ep. 101 - MacGruber (GUEST: Dan Eckman, Director Of Mystery Team) By Slashfilmcast/May 25, 2010 7:12 pm EST In this week’s /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley compare and contrast Lost with Battlestar Galactica and Shattered Glass. Special guest Dan Eckman joins us for this episode. Dan’s new film Mystery Team is out on DVD today. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

/Filmcast Ep. 163 - 50/50 (GUEST: Katey Rich From CinemaBlend) By Slashfilmcast/Oct. 4, 2011 8:45 pm EST This week, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley muster some enthusiasm for the new Arrested Development series/movie, try to make some sense of Terra Nova, run down some anime films, and reflect on the prospects of a new Mortal Kombat film. Special guest Katey Rich joins us from Cinemablend. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

‘Fyre’ Trailer: Netflix Takes You Inside The Greatest Party That Never Happened, The Fyre Festival By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 10, 2018 4:00 pm EST The Fyre Festival was sold as a luxury music festival hosted on a private island where guests could live like rock stars – for a hefty price. Once attendees arrived, however, chaos reigned. Instead of fancy villas and gourmet meals, they were greeted with tents and – perhaps worst of all – cheese sandwiches....

By Ethan Anderton/April 16, 2019 9:30 am EST The Loudest Voice Trailer Russell Crowe is playing the man who would give rise to the darker side of not just cable news but the Republican Party, complete with lots of prosthetic make-up and a fat suit. The series is based on Gabriel Sherman’s book The Loudest Voice in the Room, which thankfully isn’t a biography celebrating what Ailes did to cable news and politics....

‘The OA Part II’ Early Buzz: Season 2 Doubles Down On The Crazy Ambition That Made Brit Marling’s Netflix Series So Weird And Wonderful By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 15, 2019 3:30 pm EST When Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij debuted their passion project The OA on Netflix in 2016, critics raved about the dizzying, dazzling, divisive sci-fi series that followed a young blind woman who returned after a mysterious disappearance with her sight restored....

‘Us’ Spoiler-Free Video Reaction: A Tense, Well-Directed Horror Film With Some Unexpected Twists By David Chen/March 22, 2019 11:00 am EST As a result, I was really looking forward to seeing Peele’s follow-up, Us. This week, I watched the film with Peter Sciretta at the Hollywood Arclight and we recorded a video reaction about the film immediately afterwards. You can view our spoiler-free video reaction below, in which we grapple with how well we felt the movie explained certain plot elements and whether we like the film more than Get Out (we have also provided a transcription if you’d rather read it)....

‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Redefines The Notion Of A Hero’s Journey, Chris Pine Talks About The Return Of Steve Trevor By Ben Pearson/June 7, 2019 1:00 pm EST Earlier this week, director Patty Jenkins debuted a jaw-dropping poster for Wonder Woman 1984 on her Twitter feed, but the only footage that’s been shown so far was what played at Comic-Con last year and the additional brief look we saw at CinemaCon this April....