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Concept Art: Tokyo DisneySea’s “Fantasy Springs” Looks Like Pandora Without ‘Avatar’ By Ben Pearson/May 21, 2019 4:30 pm EST Today, The Oriental Land Company, which owns the Tokyo Disney Resort and licenses its theme park imagery from The Walt Disney Company, announced that its expansion of Tokyo DisneySea will be called Fantasy Springs. The new land will feature Tangled, Frozen, and Peter Pan-related areas, and now they’ve released some concept art which reveals how the park also seems to be taking inspiration from Disney’s Pandora – The World of Avatar land…only without any Banshees or Na’vi in sight....

Gabby Gabby Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) is voicing Gabby Gabby, a pull-string doll from the 1950s. However, Gabby Gabby has a manufacturing defect in her pull-string voice box, making her sound “anything but adorable.” Because of that, she’s spent 60 years stuck in a cluttered antique shop. It looks like she’s the bad guy in this movie, complete with a squad of voiceless ventriloquist dummies acting as her henchman. But deep down, Gabby Gabby just wants to get a working voicebox so someone will finally want her....

New ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ First Order Vehicle Revealed At Star Wars Celebration By Jacob Hall/April 12, 2019 12:00 pm EST Every new Star Wars movie brings with it new characters, new droids, new aliens, new planets, and, of course, new vehicles. After all, a sequel needs to put something fresh into the universe…and the toy companies need something new to sell us. And now, we have a close look at one of the new vehicles introduced in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – the First Order Treadspeeder, which was on display at Star Wars Celebration in Chicago....

Seeking Pleasure In The Painful Direct-To-Video ‘Hellraiser’ Sequels [Part 2] By Rob Hunter/Oct. 29, 2018 1:00 pm EST (Welcome to DTV Descent, a series that explores the weird and wild world of direct-to-video sequels to theatrically released movies. In this edition, we continue and conclude, for now, our descent into hell for the eighth, ninth, and tenth films in Clive Barker’s Hellraiser franchise.) Clive Barker’s imagination gifted horror fans with the monsters of Midian, the hook-handed Candyman, and the child-eating god named Rawhead Rex, but his most ubiquitous creation will undoubtedly be Pinhead and the cenobites of Hellraiser (1987)....

Superhero Bits: DC Universe Gets Over 2,700 New Comics, ‘Arrow’ Spin-Offs Could Be Coming & More By Ethan Anderton/April 8, 2019 6:00 pm EST How many new comics were added to DC Universe this week? What big superhero movie did Captain Marvel pass at the global box office? Want a closer look at Hawkeye’s new Ronin costume in Avengers: Endgame? Want a new look at Morbius the Living Vampire? Has anyone guess the ending of Avengers: Endgame yet?...

The Best, Weirdest, And Wildest Movies Of Fantastic Fest 2018 By /Film Staff/Oct. 4, 2018 12:00 pm EST Over eight jam-packed days, the /Film team saw dozens of amazing, crazy, and unforgettable movies at Fantastic Fest 2018. The largest genre film festival in the United States is always a good time, but this year was especially wonderful. The programming was just killer: a diverse blend of major blockbusters, wild indies, and international oddities....

The Best TV Shows & Movies Coming To Netflix In February 2019 By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 23, 2019 1:00 pm EST It’s pretty cold out there, so it’s a good time to stay cooped up in your home and streaming movies from the comfort of your couch. Even though it’ll warm up a bit in February, you’ll still want to spend plenty of time inside the house, so it’s good that Netflix has a new line-up of movies and TV shows coming to the streaming library next month, including some anticipated Netflix original movies and TV shows....

‘Clifford The Big Red Dog’ Set For Fall 2020, ‘Rugrats’ Pushed Back, ‘Are You Afraid Of The Dark?’ Disappears By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 28, 2019 5:30 pm EST Paramount Pictures has shuffled around their release date calendar for a bunch of their family programming coming in the next couple years, including two Nickelodeon movies. Clifford the Big Red Dog has been set for a fall 2020 release date. It’s taking the weekend that was previously slated for the new Rugrats movie, which has now been pushed back a few months to early 2021....

‘Creed II’ Featurette Introduces Viktor Drago, Son Of Ivan Drago By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 7, 2018 4:00 pm EST At 6'4" and 245 pounds, Florian Munteanu’s Viktor Drago somehow makes the none-too-shabby Michael B. Jordan looks small. At least, that’s what the new Creed II featurette makes him out to be, introducing the Romanian boxer and actor, and all of his intimidating attributes, in all his glory. MGM released the clip ahead of the upcoming release of Creed II later this month, which sees Adonis Creed readying himself for a fight for not just his legacy, but for his life....

/Filmcast Ep. 457 - Red Sparrow By Slashfilmcast/March 9, 2018 11:23 pm EST David, Devindra, Jeff, and Kristy discuss the Lawrences’ (Jennifer and Francis – no relation) latest collaboration. Also, David and Kristy discuss Derren Brown’s reprehensible new special, The Push. Check out Kristy’s review of it here. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, follow us on Twitter or like us on Facebook....

‘Frankenstein’s Monster’s Monster, Frankenstein’ Trailer: David Harbour Plays Himself By Chris Evangelista/July 3, 2019 1:00 pm EST David Harbour has more than Stranger Things hitting Netflix this month. The actor also stars in Frankenstein’s Monster’s Monster, Frankenstein, a truly strange mockumentary in which Harbour plays himself, and also his own father. Harbour sets out to gain insight into his father by studying a TV production of Frankenstein unlike any created before....

‘Irresistible’ May Let Jon Stewart Direct ‘The Daily Show’ Alumnus Steve Carell By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 4, 2018 4:00 pm EST Before Steve Carell went on to become an actor nominated for Oscars, Emmys and Golden Globes, he was a contributor on Comedy Central’s news satire program The Daily Show with former host Jon Stewart. Now the two will collaborate again, this time for the big screen. Jon Stewart will get back in the director’s chair for a new film called Irresistible, a political satire based on an original idea from the comedian himself....

‘Perfect’ Trailer: Steven Soderbergh-Produced Sci-Fi Movie Imagines The Horrors Of A Perfect World By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 27, 2019 11:00 am EST Would horrors lie in store in a perfect world? It turns out, quite a few do in Perfect, the hypnotic sci-fi thriller set to debut worldwide on the film and music distribution portal app Breaker. Directed by up-and-coming filmmaker Eddie Alcazar, Perfect is an ambitious outing for a former video game developer making his feature debut that notably has the blessing of executive producer Steven Soderbergh....

‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Could’ve Had A Scene With Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, And Tom Holland By Ben Pearson/Jan. 22, 2019 12:00 pm EST In early December, we wrote about how former Spider-Man star Tobey Maguire was once in consideration to play Peter B. Parker in Sony’s Oscar-nominated animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. That role as an older, out of shape web-slinger eventually went to New Girl actor Jake Johnson, but Maguire wasn’t the only former Spider-Man to be on a wishlist for the acclaimed animated feature....

‘Stan & Ollie’ Featurette: John C. Reilly And Steve Coogan Bring Hollywood’s Famous Comedic Duo To Life By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 2, 2018 10:00 am EST Laurel & Hardy were one of the most famous duos of all time. While their antics on-screen were light, fun and hilarious, behind the scenes, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy had some serious drama between them as they came to terms with the end of their careers....

‘The Little Mermaid’ Remake Finds Its Ariel In Halle Bailey By Chris Evangelista/July 3, 2019 12:58 pm EST Singer-actress Halle Bailey wants to be where the people are, so she’s joined Disney’s Little Mermaid remake cast. Bailey will play lead character Ariel, who really wants to get away from her undersea kingdom and hang out with us lousy land-dwelling humans. The cast for Disney’s latest live-action remake is coming together quickly, with Melissa McCarthy, Jacob Tremblay, and Awkwafina all in talks to dive into the project....

‘The Secret Life Of Pets 2’ Trailer: How About One More Look At This Sequel? By Chris Evangelista/May 16, 2019 5:00 pm EST There have been approximately 400 Secret Life of Pets 2 trailers, but I guess one more won’t hurt. The sequel to the 2016 animated hit once again will show viewers what our pets get up to all day when we’re not at home. The answer: murder. Okay, I’m kidding, that’s not what happens....

2019 Critics’ Choice Awards: ‘Roma,’ ‘The Americans,’ ‘Mrs. Maisel’ Earn Top Prizes, Lady Gaga And Glenn Close Tie For Best Actress By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 14, 2019 7:00 am EST Rotten Tomatometers and Metacritic aggregation can only show a sliver of what critics think about films, but the Critics Choice Awards is the definitive proof. The Broadcast Film Critics Association and Broadcast Television Journalists Association bestowed their annual Critics’ Choice Awards to the best in movies and TV over the past year, awarding a few festival and awards circuit favorites while mostly passing over The Favourite, despite the Yorgos Lanthimos film’s 14 nods — the most of any film....

Charlotte Rampling Is The Latest Addition To Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’ By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 16, 2019 9:30 am EST Denis Villeneuve continues to add respected and talented actors to his ever-growing Dune cast. The latest: arthouse cinema royalty Charlotte Rampling. Rampling will play Reverend Mother Mohiam in the sci-fi epic that also stars Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Dave Bautista and Stellan Skarsgard. Adapted from the massive novel by Frank Herbert, Villeneuve’s Dune is likely to be a huge production, and follows in the footsteps of David Lynch’s much-maligned attempt to adapt the novel in 1984....

Employee Picks: Halloween-Themed Alternatives To Every New Release By Jacob Knight/Oct. 12, 2018 2:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. (Welcome to Employee Picks, a series where Jacob Knight uses his day job expertise as a video store manager to recommend unique and often overlooked alternative options to the big movies hitting theaters and home video.) Seeing how October’s my favorite month of the year (Season of the Witch!...