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Daily Podcast: What Songs Do We Want To Hear In Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3? L.A. Studio Tours, The Handmaid’s Tale S3, Love Simon, And More By Ben Pearson/May 29, 2019 12:15 pm EST On the May 29, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss the latest film and TV news and answer a couple of questions in the mailbag....

Entire ‘Joker’ Script Was Continuously Rewritten During Filming By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 28, 2019 2:30 pm EST When it comes to making movies, it’s common for certain scenes to be rewritten during filming. Sometimes, films will even start shooting without a finished script (see: most of the Mission: Impossible sequels). But it looks like Todd Phillips’ Joker script took things to the next level, with the entire film being rewritten during filming....

Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’ Has Already Broken A Box Office Record By Ben Pearson/March 22, 2019 3:30 pm EST After winning an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for 2017’s Get Out, writer/director Jordan Peele is back with Us, a new tale of terror that’s a totally different type of movie. And it seems like audiences are curious about what Peele is bringing to the table, because the film has only been out for less than a day and it’s already broken a box office record....

Looking Back At The Music Of The Bourne Films By Slashfilmcast/Aug. 12, 2012 5:32 pm EST One of the most disappointing elements of The Bourne Legacy was its score (Germain was a fan of the film overall, but I was not). John Powell had created such a rich, unique sound in the first three Bourne films and it was sad for me to see James Newton Howard deliver a lackluster soundtrack (and even more sad that that was probably one of the least of the film’s problems)....

Mickey And Minnie’s Runaway Railway, A New Mickey Mouse-Themed Attraction, Officially Coming To Disneyland By Ben Pearson/April 19, 2019 12:00 pm EST During the 2017 D23 Expo, we learned that Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway, the first-ever Mickey Mouse-themed ride-through theme park attraction, was coming to Walt Disney World. The ride was supposed to be ready by this fall to help with crowd management from Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, but it’s been delayed six months and won’t open in Florida until spring of 2020....

Mondo Sets ‘Twin Peaks’ Art Show During This Year’s SXSW By Ben Pearson/Feb. 12, 2019 4:00 pm EST Twin Peaks is so cerebral and otherworldly that it almost seems designed to be impossible to fully comprehend, so it’s fitting that the name of this show is The Art of Greg Ruth: A Twin Peaks Interpretation. I wouldn’t trust anyone who claims they’ve unlocked the definitive true meaning of the show, but we can all attempt to interpret it, and artist Greg Ruth’s interpretation appears to include incredibly lifelike depictions from the series....

Rian Johnson Doesn’t Mind If J.J. Abrams Retcons ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ With ‘Episode 9’ By Chris Evangelista/April 5, 2019 1:30 pm EST Rian Johnson seems like a pretty chill guy. Not only does he have to put up with trolls shouting at him on Twitter over Star Wars: The Last Jedi, he also doesn’t mind if Episode IX helmer J.J. Abrams goes ahead and retcons the twists revealed in the previous film....

Superhero Bits: Batman Officially Joins Twitter, Balder The Brave Was Almost In ‘Thor: The Dark World’ & More By Ethan Anderton/June 4, 2019 6:00 pm EST Would you believe Batman now has his own Twitter account? Will the Supergirl movie really shoot sometime early next year? Did you know Thor’s brother Balder the Brave was almost considered for Thor: The Dark World? Are fans really petitioning for Iron Man to come back in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?...

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 142 - Critic Filmmakers And The Ending Of Source Code By Slashfilmcast/April 17, 2011 1:00 pm 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....

The Morning Watch: Nick Kroll And Conan Teach Sex Ed, THR’s Producers Roundtable & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 11, 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, Big Mouth creator and star Nick Kroll teaches sex ed to high schoolers with Conan O’Brien....

The Muppets Promise A “Big Surprise” In 2019, But What Could It Be? By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 31, 2018 2:00 pm EST Right now, Disney is sitting on the rights to some of the most famous puppets in history: Jim Henson’s The Muppets. However, they haven’t been able to figure out what to do with them for years now (even Frank Oz agrees with that), and it feels like they’re just collecting dust....

By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 6, 2018 12:30 pm EST The moment in Avengers: Infinity War when Thanos turns half the universe to dust is commonly referred to as the snap. After all, it was the snap of Thanos’ gauntlet-clad fingers that did the trick. But rather than just settle for that common label, Marvel has created not one, but two different official names for the event. And neither of them are very good!...

‘Captain Marvel’ Bits: Rejecting Her “Bathing Suit” Costume, Larson Fought For A More Inclusive Press Tour, And More By Ben Pearson/Feb. 14, 2019 3:30 pm EST With Captain Marvel debuting soon, we’ve rounded up a few stories related to the upcoming female-fronted Marvel Studios movie. Read on to read Kevin Feige’s comments about the comic character’s “bathing suit” costume, how Brie Larson fought for a more inclusive press tour, get a look at a new Captain Marvel-inspired line of clothing, and read between the lines of a new interview that could potentially hint at who may be the next Captain Marvel after Larson hangs up her suit....

‘Climax’ Is Director Gaspar Noé’s Exotic Vision Of Hell [Mumbai Film Festival] By Siddhant Adlakha/Nov. 12, 2018 3:00 pm EST Climax is a tragedy in the form of intoxicating sensory experience. An allegory for the collapse of modern society, as several critics have noted, Gaspar Noé’s dance-infused explosion of warring psyches and writhing bodies (backed by the French tricolor) may be, at once, his most abstract work and his most direct....

‘Destroyer’ Trailer: Nicole Kidman Is A Cop On The Edge By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 21, 2018 11:30 am EST A quick, intense Destroyer trailer has arrived just before the holidays. Karyn Kusama directs Nicole Kidman in this riveting, twisty thriller about a cop at the end of her rope trying to solve a crime while reconciling with her past. It’s one of the year’s best films, featuring Kidman giving a performance unlike any she’s delivered before....

/Filmcast Ep. 244 - Prisoners By Slashfilmcast/Sept. 24, 2013 4:00 pm EST Dave and Devindra discuss Children of Men in preparation for Gravity, praise the work of Neil Marshall, and get baffled by the new Sleepy Hollow. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, like us on Facebook! Download or Play Now in your Browser: Subscribe to the /Filmcast: SHOWNOTES What We’ve Been Watching (4:10) Dave: Children of Men Devindra: Brooklyn Nine Nine, Sleepy Hollow, Legend of Korra S2, The Grandmaster News Discussion (32:00) Neil Marshall remaking Troll Hunter Featured Review (35:45) Prisoners (51:45) SPOILERS Credits A big thanks to our sponsor, Audible....

‘Serenity’ Director Steven Knight Doesn’t Want To Put His Movies In A Genre [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Jan. 24, 2019 2:00 pm EST Serenity is probably not the movie audiences are expecting. Steven Knight’s third feature as a director is a bonkers thriller, both old-fashioned and modern, that defies expectations. Nobody could ever call this movie predictable. Knight says he’s not a fan of the constraints of any given genre, and it shows in Serenity, a movie not tied down to the rules of a thriller....

‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Almost Cast Tobey Maguire As Older Peter Parker By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 5, 2018 9:00 am EST A major part of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is about the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man we’ve known and loved for the past two decades, Peter Parker, passing the mantle to the younger Miles Morales (Shameik Moore). So wouldn’t it have been fitting for Peter Parker to be played by the first actor to bring the character to life on the big screen?...

‘Spies In Disguise’ Trailer: Will Smith Is A Super Spy-Turned-Pigeon By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 2, 2019 7:30 am EST You know what kids love? Will Smith as a super spy who gets accidentally turned into a pigeon, apparently. Spies in Disguise is an upcoming movie starring Smith and Spider-Man: Far From Home’s Tom Holland that still baffles the mind every time that twist comes up in a trailer. But it may just be so ridiculous that it’s genius....

‘Star Trek: Discovery’: “If Memory Serves” Is The First Truly Sad Episode Of The Season By Monique Jones/March 8, 2019 10:00 am EST Finally, in Star Trek: Discovery’s eighth episode of the season, “If Memory Serves,” we get Ethan Peck as Spock. As a huge Spock fan, I found it pitch perfect.There were actually several pitch perfect moments in this hour, even though the entire episode hit a depressing chord overall....