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‘Captain Marvel’ Clip: Get A Taste Of That Brie Larson And Samuel L. Jackson “Buddy Cop” Duo By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 6, 2019 7:30 am EST Captain Marvel is coming to theaters this week, which means the release of a slew of clips to get us hyped for Marvel’s first solo female superhero movie. The latest clip focuses mostly on Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury, who finds himself in a bit of a familiar bind — on the run from his boss and S....

‘Godzilla: King Of The Monsters’ Director Wants To Make A Prehistoric ‘Godzilla’ Film By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 7, 2019 3:00 pm EST Humanity is just a speck of dust to the god-like monsters of the Godzilla franchise, including the King himself. In Legendary’s MonsterVerse franchise, the kaiju creatures have only emerged recently, but the long-dormant monsters are the kinds that can only have existed since the dawn of time. So, Godzilla: King of the Monsters director Mike Dougherty asks, why not go back to that time?...

By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 28, 2018 1:30 pm EST Some people love coming up with fan theories after they take in a particular type of entertainment, but here’s one fan theory everyone is going to have to let go. Mike Flanagan, director of Netflix’s fantastic The Haunting of Hill House, is officially putting to bed a popular fan theory about the show’s ending. Read about the Haunting of Hill House ending fan theory below, and of course, beware of spoilers....

‘Yesterday’ And The Weirdest, Wildest Use Of Beatles Music In The Movies By Jason Gorber/June 28, 2019 12:00 pm EST Danny Boyle’s film Yesterday asks a provocative question – how would the world be different if the Beatles had never existed for anyone else around you? Would playing them these songs elicit the same emotional response these tunes have had for decades, or would they be considered merely a bunch of twee melodies suitable for background enjoyment?...

Devourer Of Planets: Dissecting The Nuance-Free Yet Brilliant Filmmaking Of Adam McKay’s ‘Vice’ By Siddhant Adlakha/Feb. 13, 2019 7:00 am EST Vice bides its time, at least at first. It opens with a brief, Paul Greengrass-style glimpse of the Situation Room on 9/11. Accompanying this cinéma vérité are snippets of all the war and torture that would follow; Adam McKay, now on a roll after The Big Short, is as much a documentarian or video essayist as he is a fiction filmmaker, setting the stage for events that we, the public, are all too familiar with....

Junkie XL Launches SCORE Academy For Aspiring Composers By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 31, 2019 11:00 am EST Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL, is preparing to teach a whole new generation of film composers. The composer behind the scores of films like Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Mad Max: Fury Road, and Deadpool, is launching the SCORE Academy, an annual year-long program that offers emerging composing talents the chance at hands-on instruction with him....

Mail Bag: Framing Movie Posters, Great 4K Blu-Rays, Multiverse Possibilities, Crying In Movies, Single-Player Board Games By Peter Sciretta/May 10, 2019 1:07 pm EST On the May 10, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Chris Evangelista to answer some long lingering questions in the Mail Bag. 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)....

Observations On The Music Of Breaking Bad By Slashfilmcast/Sept. 18, 2012 11:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. I love Breaking Bad and Dave Porter’s score for the series, so I was excited to get my hands on the Breaking Bad original score when it was released recently. The score contains highlights from throughout all five seasons, and demonstrates Porter’s resourcefulness and skillfulness in cobbling together a unique aural identity for the now-iconic series....

Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge Unveils Quality, Custom Lightsabers, Incredible Prop Replicas & More By Ethan Anderton/April 16, 2019 6:00 am EST Star Wars Celebration 2019 is over, but before the convention honoring a galaxy far, far way came to an end, Disney and Lucasfilm offered up one final look at some of the incredible merchandise coming exclusively to Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge when the Disney Parks expansion opens this summer. And the last round revealed the custom, high quality lightsabers fans will be able to build themselves on Batuu, as well as the collection of prop replicas and collectibles inspired by the films over the years....

Superhero Bits: Patty Jenkins Regrets Pushing Back ‘Wonder Woman 1984’, Possible Man-Thing Easter Egg & More By Ethan Anderton/May 21, 2019 6:00 pm EST Where is Avengers: Endgame on the domestic box office chart now? Is there a Man-Thing Easter egg in Guardians of the Galaxy? Want to watch the first part of a new Marvel Comics online documentary series about the X-Men? Who was originally also considered for Lois Lane in Man of Steel?...

‘Deadpool 2’ PG-13 Cut Now Called ‘Once Upon A Deadpool’, New Scenes Were Shot In One Day By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 5, 2018 1:30 pm EST According to Deadline, the much-hyped Deadpool 2 PG-13 cut now goes by the monicker Once Upon a Deadpool, and the new cut will have a limited release – running in theaters from December 12 till Christmas Eve. As we previously reported, Ryan Reynolds came in to shoot new scenes – but don’t expect anything drastic....

‘Fast & Furious 9’ Cast Officially Adds John Cena By Ben Pearson/June 7, 2019 2:44 pm EST John Cena (Blockers, Bumblebee) has put the pedal to the metal and become the newest member of the Fast & Furious 9 cast. Franchise star Vin Diesel hinted at Cena’s involvement in an Instagram video back in April, but now Universal Pictures has made the casting official. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Vin Diesel (@vindiesel)...

/Filmcast Ep. 187 - Men In Black 3 By Slashfilmcast/May 27, 2012 9:52 pm EST This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam discuss Wes Anderson’s delightful Moonrise Kingdom, try to figure out what went wrong with G.I. Joe Retaliation, and tell you whether the new Men in Black is worth seeing or not. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Download or Play Now in your Browser: Your browser does not support the audio element....

Chucky Fans Show Up In Costume For ‘Child’s Play’ Cosplay Screening By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 20, 2019 7:00 am EST As if seeing a homicidal doll wielding a knife on the big screen wasn’t terrifying enough, attendees of a special Child’s Play cosplay screening in Austin, Texas were treated to several life-size Chucky dolls running around in matching overalls and eerie face masks. Except they weren’t Chucky dolls — they were fans of the infamous doll who dressed up in Chucky’s iconic outfit to celebrate the opening of the Child’s Play remake directed by Lars Klevberg....

George R.R. Martin’s ‘Nightflyers’ Sets Binge-Style Premiere Across All Syfy Platforms By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 5, 2018 5:00 pm EST Even cable network shows are trying to make themselves as binge-able as possible. Syfy has set a unique multi-platform rollout for its new series Nightflyers, based on the novella by George R.R. Martin. Ahead of the first episode’s premiere at New York Comic-Con today, Syfy announced that the 10-episode series will series will be available to binge online as soon as Nightflyers premieres on TV, according to Deadline....

New ‘Game Of Thrones’ Preview And Photos Reveal The Aftermath Of “The Long Night” By Ben Pearson/May 1, 2019 1:45 pm EST The Long Night is over in Westeros, but a usurper still sits on the Iron Throne. HBO has released a Game of Thrones preview and a new batch of photos which give us a glimpse into the fallout from last weekend’s humongous Battle of Winterfell. But there are still three super-sized episodes left before the series rolls its credits for the final time, so it seems that the pieces are shifting around the board once again for what’s shaping up to be the last confrontation of the series....

Producers Wanted Alfonso Cuarón To Change The ‘Gravity’ Ending By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 18, 2019 4:00 pm EST Spoilers for Gravity follow.Alfonso Cuarón won a Best Director Oscar for Gravity, so it’s safe to assume he knew what he was doing when he made the science fiction thriller starring Sandra Bullock. And yet, the studio really wanted the filmmaker to change the picture’s ending. According to Cuarón’s pal Guillermo del Toro, producers tried to make Cuarón tack on a needless rescue scene during the Gravity ending, but Cuarón stuck to his guns – and took home an Academy Award for his troubles....

Read John Mulaney’s Idea For A ‘Spider-Ham’ Solo Movie By Ben Pearson/Dec. 19, 2018 11:15 am EST Now Mulaney, the former Saturday Night Live writer and Emmy Award-winning stand-up comic, has revealed his idea for a Spider-Ham movie, and he’s interested in exploring the character’s alter-ego, Peter Porker. We recently got an update about the future of the animated Spider-Verse, and in the Vanity Fair article that provided the basis for that update, producer Amy Pascal spoke fondly about the idea of a Spider-Ham spin-off: “Of course!...

Sarah Paulson Will Sit Out ‘American Horror Story’ For The First Time In 8 Seasons By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 8, 2019 3:30 pm EST The ninth season of the series, titled American Horror Story: 1984 is slowly losing its iron grip on the Murphy regulars. On the heels of fellow series mainstay Evan Peters announcing that he would not star in season 9 of American Horror Story, Variety reports that Sarah Paulson will not appear in a significant role in American Horror Story: 1984....

Seeing Double: ‘Mission To Mars’ Vs ‘Red Planet,’ 2000’s Competing Sci-Fi Adventures By Rob Hunter/Feb. 26, 2019 1:00 pm EST (Welcome to Seeing Double, a series where two strangely similar films released around the same time are put head-to-head. This time, we leave the safety of Earth behind and head towards Mars in search of adventure, the future of the human race, and some intergalactic mediocrity.) Original movies come out of Hollywood – it’s true!...