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‘This Giant Beast That Is The Global Economy’ Trailer Features Doomsday Prep, Artificial Intelligence, And More By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 19, 2019 9:00 am EST Kal Penn and director Adam McKay want to teach you about the global economy. That doesn’t sound very exciting at first, but just wait – the This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy trailer goes to great lengths to make all of this sexy, funny, and, well, kind of scary....

‘What We Do In The Shadows’ TV Series Teasers Bring Vampires To Staten Island By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 31, 2018 10:00 am EST FX is getting into the Halloween spirit by releasing two very quick What We Do in the Shadows TV series teasers. Based on the hilarious horror-comedy from Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement, the series follows a group of vampires living together in Staten Island. Watch the What We Do in the Shadows TV series teasers below....

Cool Stuff: Matt Ferguson’s ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Print Gets The Gang Back Together By Ethan Anderton/May 29, 2019 6:00 am EST Pop culture artist Matt Ferguson already gave Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 the perfect poster with a nod to the classic art for The Empire Strikes Back. It went perfectly with his first poster for the original Guardians of the Galaxy designed in the style of the classic Star Wars poster artwork....

Is Sabine Wren From ‘Star Wars Rebels’ In ‘The Mandalorian’? By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 13, 2018 2:45 pm EST Is a character from Star Wars Rebels going to pop up in the upcoming live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian? That’s the latest unconfirmed rumor. Word on the intergalactic street is that the helmet of Sabine Wren, a dropout of the Imperial Academy and a former bounty hunter who appeared on Rebels, is being used in The Mandalorian in some capacity....

The Morning Watch: How Alfonso Cuarón’ Shot The Beach Scene In ‘Roma’, Meet Jeff Bridges’ Stand-In & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 25, 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....

The Morning Watch: Tom Hanks Becomes ‘Shazam’, ‘Inside Out’ Storyboard Comparison & More By Ethan Anderton/March 19, 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, see how Riley’s first day of school in Inside Out compares to the storyboards used to plan the scene....

This Week In Trailers: Jay Myself, Phil, Metal Heart, Share, Gwen By Christopher Stipp/June 22, 2019 9:00 am EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Wes Anderson’s ‘The French Dispatch’ Cast Adds Christoph Waltz By Chris Evangelista/April 16, 2019 5:30 pm EST Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch cast is already stacked, but a few more names won’t hurt. Anderson recently revealed Christoph Waltz has a small part in the film, marking the first time the actor has worked with Anderson. Anderson also revealed some new plot details, stating that the film focused on an American journalist in France....

‘Beautiful Boy’ Clip: Timothée Chalamet And Steve Carell Have A Tense Lunch By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 13, 2018 1:00 pm EST Beautiful Boy Clip The scene plays out much like you’d expect: Carell’s David meets his teenage son Nic at their former favorite diner after they hadn’t seen each other for months due to Nic’s crippling addiction. Nic pleads for money, assuring that it’s for his rehab, but those pleas fall on deaf ears, as David only wants Nic to come home....

‘Bumblebee’ Featurettes: Meet Hailee Steinfeld And John Cena’s Human Characters By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 13, 2018 4:00 pm EST When you watch a Transformers movie, you’re not exactly going in for the people. But in Bumblebee, the prequel revolving around the beloved yellow Autobot, the human characters are just as important as the robotic ones. Paramount Pictures has released two new Bumblebee featurettes that spotlight two of those human characters brought to life by Hailee Steinfeld and John Cena....

/Filmcast Ep. 144 - Hobo With A Shotgun By Slashfilmcast/April 26, 2011 9:58 pm EST This week, Dave, Devindra, Russ, and Adam get in a heated discussion over the merits of Mesrine, discuss the tricks of Morgan Spurlock, and debate whether or not they’d spend $30 to watch Hall Pass two months after its theatrical release. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

‘Glass’ Trailer: “People Are Going To Get Hurt” In M. Night Shyamalan’s New Movie By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 11, 2018 12:30 pm EST Everyone’s trapped under one roof in the latest Glass trailer. M. Night Shyamalan’s sequel to both Unbreakable and Split brings characters from both of those films together, and sets them loose inside a mental hospital. This new trailer leans heavily on Samuel L. Jackson’s ominous narration, as his character Elijah Price, AKA Mr....

‘Happy Death Day 2U’ Release Date Moved Up One Day After Request From Parkland Victim’s Parent By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 17, 2019 8:00 am EST Happy Death Day 2U, the sequel to the surprisingly enjoyable Happy Death Day, was all set for a February 14 release date. While most of us immediately associate that date with Valentine’s Day, it also has a far more tragic connotation. February 14, 2019 will mark the one-year mark of the tragic Parkland shooting, where 17 people were killed at Stoneman Douglas High School....

‘The Perfection’ Director Richard Shepard On Wanting To Make A Beautiful Wacko Movie [Interview] By Jack Giroux/May 28, 2019 9:00 am EST Richard Shepard’s The Perfection is probably not a movie anyone would call predictable. It twists and turns, but more importantly, always reveals more underneath the star cellists of the movie, played with real intensity by Allison Williams and Logan Browning. They keep a movie grounded even as it quickly goes from gross to horrific to funny and to tragic, always keeping the audience on its toes....

Anthony Mackie Learned About Falcon’s Storyline In ‘Avengers: Endgame’ From Another Cast Member By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 6, 2019 4:30 pm EST Marvel kept a super tight on spoilers for Avengers: Endgame, so much so that most of the cast didn’t even know what happened in the movie. Fake scripts and false endings abounded so as to make sure the more spoiler-prone cast members (read: Tom Holland and Mark Ruffalo), wouldn’t let anything spill....

Daily Podcast: Free Ad-Supported Movie Tickets, Harry Potter’s Growing Pains, Forrest Gump 2, Gambit, He-Man, Three Musketeers & More By Peter Sciretta/March 21, 2019 12:21 pm EST On the March 21, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and tv news, including a new Free way to see movies, The Invisible Man, Forrest Gump 2, Masters of the Universe casting and Netflix’s Three Musketeers....

Exclusive ‘First Man’ Blu-Ray Clip Highlights Filming At NASA By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 22, 2019 2:30 pm EST When all is said and done, First Man may be one of the most underrated movies of 2018. Even I myself was slightly lukewarm on it until I watched it a second time, and was won over. First Man hits 4K, Blu-ray and DVD today, January 22, and in honor of the home video release, we have an exclusive First Man clip....

Hear An Exclusive Track From The ‘Star Trek Discovery’ Season 2 Soundtrack By Chris Evangelista/July 3, 2019 12:30 pm EST Jeff Russo, a composer whose credits include the Fargo TV series, Legion, and more, is also the artist behind the Star Trek Discovery soundtrack. The score for the show’s second season is arriving this month, and we’re debuting an exclusive track to mark the occasion. Hear “Time Traveler” from the Star Trek Discovery 2 soundtrack below....

How ‘The Haunting Of Hill House’ Pulled Off That Long Take Episode By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 5, 2018 4:00 pm EST The most-talked-about episode of The Haunting of Hill House is episode 6, “Two Storms.” Director Mike Flanagan shot the episode to look as if it was done in series of lengthy takes, and the result is stunning. In a series of recent tweets, Flanagan broke down the complicated methods he employed to create one of the year’s most memorable hours of television....

How Going Family-Friendly Helped Tim Burton’s ‘Dumbo’ Take Flight [Set Visit Report] By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 11, 2019 9:00 am EST Tim Burton is distracted. He’s in the middle of directing the live-action adaptation of Dumbo, an ambitious, big-budget production that requires balancing fantastical and elaborate sets with even more fantastical visual effects. But I got the feeling that this harried appearance was just part of Burton’s nature — a million thoughts racing at once while he attempts to answer press questions....