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First ‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 8 Photo, Producer Teases “Haunting” Final Season By Ben Pearson/Nov. 1, 2018 7:00 am EST The wait for the final season of HBO’s mega-hit Game of Thrones will continue into next year, but today, we have our first official season 8 photo courtesy of a new Entertainment Weekly cover. Jon Snow and Daenerys Targaryen share an embrace, while stars Kit Harington and Emilia Clarke and co-executive producer Bryan Cogman share some details about the making of one of the biggest seasons of television in history....

Hoai-Tran Bui’s Top 10 Movies Of 2018 By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 3, 2019 9:00 am EST 2018 has come and gone, and we’re 84 years older for it. But enough of my opining about what a terrible year it was (you’ll probably get plenty of that in everyone else’s pieces). I’m here to talk about the things I loved in 2018, and that was movies. I don’t ascribe to the belief that there are “good” or “bad” years for movies, there are just the movies that personally speak to you every year....

Jordans Unite: Michael B. Jordan And Jordan Vogt-Roberts To Make A Monster Movie Together By Ben Pearson/March 19, 2019 3:30 pm EST Here’s an unexpected but exciting pairing: director Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kong: Skull Island) is teaming up with Black Panther star Michael B. Jordan to make a monster movie. Plot details are hard to come by, but read on to find out what we know so far. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the two Jordans will be uniting to make a mysterious monster movie that will be set in Vogt-Roberts’ hometown of Detroit, Michigan....

By Ben Pearson/May 3, 2019 3:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Legendary composer John Williams is returning to provide the score for J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker later this year, but first, he’s given us a new track that will play in Batuu, the Outer Rim planet outpost that serves as the setting for Disney’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge theme park land....

Now Scream This: Say Goodbye To Valentine’s Day With These Horror Movies By /Film Staff/Feb. 19, 2019 5:00 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: Valentine’s Day was last week, but why not present your sweetheart the greatest gift of all this week? A night of zero complications, pajamas, and streaming horror movies with an emphasis on love, crushes, and content that’d make Cupid cringe....

Pixar’s ‘Bao’ Director Domee Shi Will Make Her Feature Debut By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 29, 2018 11:30 am EST Domee Shi has already made history as the first female director to helm a Pixar short, and now she’ll be shattering a few more glass ceilings at the notoriously male-run animation studio. The director behind the lovely, Oscar-contending Pixar short Bao confirmed that she is working on her feature film debut with Pixar’s backing....

Trailer Round-Up: ‘Dogman,’ ‘Love And Saucers,’ ‘Woman At War,’ ‘We Die Young’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 21, 2019 4:00 pm EST Another week, another batch of trailers that we’re rounding up for you here at /Film. Whether they be trailers for foreign films, or indie flicks that might have flown under the radar, make sure not to miss the trailers for these films. Below, check out the trailers for Dogman, Love and Saucers, Woman at War, and We Die Young....

Water Cooler: Godzilla, 4Dx, Rocketman, Aladdin, Always Be My Maybe, Strangers On A Train, Overlook Film Festival, Oculus Quest & More By Peter Sciretta/June 4, 2019 1:15 pm EST On the June 4, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler....

We Saw Footage Of ‘Sonic The Hedgehog’ And His Very Muscular Legs [CinemaCon 2019] By /Film Staff/April 4, 2019 11:27 am EST You want a Sonic the Hedgehog footage reaction? Well, you’ve come to the right place. We’re all on board with the Detective Pikachu movie at this point, right? But what about the other CGI-enhanced video game film hitting theaters this year? You know – Sonic the Hedgehog? Unlike Pikachu, no Sonic footage has been released to the public yet....

Yoda Actor Frank Oz Reuniting With ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Director Rian Johnson To Act In ‘Knives Out’ By Ben Pearson/March 12, 2019 9:00 am EST “We had a magical night where Frank came and puppeteered the Yoda,” Johnson told us when The Last Jedi came out. “He’s down there underneath the boards with the headset on watching the monitor down there and doing his magic. And we shot the scene the way they would have back when they did Empire....

‘Chernobyl’ Trailer: HBO Paints A Haunting Picture Of The Worst Nuclear Disaster In History By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 28, 2019 4:30 pm EST Just the name “Chernobyl” is enough to evoke a sense of dread. The new HBO miniseries Chernobyl is diving deep into why that dread exists. Written and executive produced by Craig Mazin in The Hangover writer’s first foray into drama, and starring Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgard and Emily Watson, Chernobyl is a five-part miniseries that dramatizes the 1986 nuclear disaster that devastated the small, now-abandoned Ukrainian town of Pripyat and released radioactive material across Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine and as far as Scandinavia and western Europe....

By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 4, 2018 8:30 am EST Lots of people wanted to watch hot zaddy Santa Kurt Russell in The Christmas Chronicles. According to Netflix, their holiday movie was viewed by 20 million people in one week. That’s a pretty impressive number. How impressive? Well, according to Netflix, that’s the equivalent of a $200 million opening week. Netflix might want to check their math there, though, because that’s not accurate at all....

/Filmcast Ep. 479 - Blindspotting And Christopher Robin By Slashfilmcast/Aug. 7, 2018 8:08 pm EST David, Devindra, Jeff, and Kristy discuss the fun of Teen Titans Go! To The Movies, the enjoyability of HBO’s Succession, and the riveting Netflix documentary, The Staircase. Also, Jeff gets disappointed by modern Blu-ray special features. 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....

/Filmcast Ep. 514 - The 2019 Summer Movie Wager By Slashfilmcast/April 23, 2019 7:00 pm EST ‘Tis the season to count down the top 10 films of summer 2019! David, Devindra, Jeff, and Peter round up to predict the domestic box office totals. To enter, everyone chooses their 1-10 ranked films, plus three dark horses. The person with the most points wins: Getting number 1 or number 10 dead-on gets you 13 points (each) 10 points for numbers 2-9 dead-on 7 points if your pick was only one spot away from where it ended up 5 points if it was two spots away 3 points if your pick is anywhere in the Top 10 1 point for each dark horse that makes it into the Top 10 Your can play along with us by submitting your list on thesummermoviewager....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 8 Teasers: Fight Together Or Die By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 2, 2019 7:35 am EST Season 8 of Game of Thrones is less than two weeks away, and HBO is bringing the hype for the final season of its flagship series. HBO has released two new Game of Thrones teasers jam-packed with new and old footage. Watch the Game of Thrones season 8 teasers below. Game of Thrones Season 8 Teasers...

‘Teen Spirit’ Trailer: Elle Fanning Becomes A Pop Star By Ben Pearson/Dec. 27, 2018 12:30 pm EST Our culture loves rags-to-riches stories about normal people who perform under extraordinary circumstances and become superstars – we’ve seen it in everything from Rocky to A Star is Born. It’s a time-honored premise, so it’s no surprise that another film has come along to put its own spin on that idea. Teen Spirit is the directorial debut of actor Max Minghella, who has appeared in shows like The Handmaid’s Tale and movies like The Social Network....

‘The Kid Who Would Be King’ Trailer: A Kid And King Arthur’s Sword Must Save The World By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 27, 2018 7:30 am EST There aren’t many live-action adventures for kids to enjoy in theaters nowadays, but Attack the Block director Joe Cornish is trying to inject some excitement back into the family film formula with his latest film. The Kid Who Would Be King takes the classic Sword in the Stone story but brings it into modern day as a young British boy (Louis Ashbourne Serkis) finds himself inheriting King Arthur’s mythical sword, making him the only line of defense between the world and the villainous enchantress Morgana (Rebecca Ferguson)....

‘The Prom’ Broadway Musical Is Getting A Netflix Movie Adaptation From Ryan Murphy By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 12, 2019 2:30 pm EST No one wants to go back to high school, except for perhaps Ryan Murphy. The American Horror Story and American Crime Story creator is using his lucrative exclusive streaming deal with Netflix to return to high school with a movie adaptation of The Prom, an ongoing Broadway musical that “tells the story of an Indiana high schooler barred from bringing her girlfriend to the prom—and the group of eccentric Broadway folk who infiltrate the town in an earnest, misguided attempt to fight the injustice....

‘The Twilight Zone’ Season Finale Trailer: Seth Rogen And Zazie Beetz Face ‘Blurryman’ By Chris Evangelista/May 25, 2019 10:00 am EST The first season of The Twilight Zone reboot is drawing to a close, and it looks like they saved the creepiest episode for last. In “Blurryman”, a writer finds herself haunted by a mysterious figure. Zazie Beetz, Seth Rogen and Betty Gabriel star, with Simon Kinberg directing. Watch the Twilight Zone season finale trailer below....

All The British Men Are Starring In Sam Mendes’ World War I Drama ‘1917’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 28, 2019 2:30 pm EST Make way for British Men: The Movie. No, that’s not actually the name of this new movie, but it may as well be judging by the sheer amount of pale white skin and sharp cheekbones that its cast shares. The film is Sam Mendes’ latest effort, a World War I drama titled 1917, which takes place on a single day at the height of the Great War....