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‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Could Swing A $150 Million-Plus Debut By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 14, 2019 9:00 am EST Spider-Man: Far From Home is going to get real friendly with the box office when it swings into theaters on July 4 weekend. The long holiday weekend debut should see a great box office performance for the superhero sequel, which follows up the 2017 hit Spider-Man: Homecoming. According to the Spider-Man Far From Home box office tracking, the comic book movie could earn more than $150 million during the six-day holiday weekend....

‘Toy Story 4’ Will Make You Ugly Cry Again, According To Tim Allen By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 27, 2018 2:30 pm EST Toy Story and tearjerker go together like peanut butter and jelly, but it seemed impossible for Toy Story 4 to pass the emotional heights of Toy Story 3. Toy Story 3 is perfect and cathartic, and yet longtime franchise star Tim Allen promises that you will ugly cry again once you see Toy Story 4....

Animated ‘Scooby-Doo’ Movie Adds Zac Efron And Amanda Seyfried As Fred And Daphne By Ethan Anderton/March 23, 2019 12:00 pm EST The animated Scooby-Doo movie in the works over at Warner Bros. Animation Group is picking up steam as the rest of Mystery Inc. has been cast. Fans of Scooby-Doo were a little shocked when Will Forte stepped up to voice Shaggy, replacing live-action Scooby-Doo movie star Matthew Lillard, who has been voicing the character in cartoons and animated movies since then....

Exclusive ‘Dumbo’ Clip: Tim Burton And Colin Farrell Are Armed With A Great Partnership In Blu-Ray Bonus Feature By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 21, 2019 10:30 am EST Dumbo flies onto home video release next week, so /Film has an exclusive clip to debut from the impressive collection of bonus features for the Tim Burton Disney remake. Watch the exclusive Dumbo clip below. Dumbo Clip If the entirety of Dumbo’s bonus features are full of Tim Burton and Colin Farrell gushing over each other’s talents, then it may just be worth the Blu-ray or Digital purchase....

Let’s Grade Each Of Those Rumored ‘Star Wars’ Disney+ Spin-Offs By Ben Pearson/Feb. 19, 2019 1:00 pm EST Over the past couple of days, a pair of rumors cropped up claiming that nine Star Wars Disney+ spin-off shows are in early stages of development. We have not been able to verify these rumors, but Disney+ is going to need content and Star Wars is one of the most popular properties around, so it’s not completely unreasonable to think that a few of these ideas may actually be kicking around in the halls of the Mouse House....

Superhero Bits: ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Concept Art, John Cena’s Cryptic Captain America Instagram & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 5, 2018 6:00 pm EST Would you have liked to see a more comic accurate Iron Spider suit in Avengers: Infinity War? How about a black Spider-Man suit instead? What does Kevin Smith think about the Joker origin movie? Is John Cena trying to hint at something with a recent Captain America centric post on Instagram?...

The /Filmcast: Bonus Ep. - Breaking Bad: Season Four Wrap-Up (GUEST: Myles McNutt From Cultural Learnings) By Slashfilmcast/Oct. 14, 2011 3:30 pm EST In this bonus episode, Dave Chen and Adam Quigley chat with Myles McNutt from Cultural Learnings about the spectacular season finale of Breaking Bad. Plus, thoughts about the journey this season and where the show might be heading in the future. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

The ‘Wicked’ Movie This Way Comes To Theaters In December 2021 By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 8, 2019 12:30 pm EST Wicked is defying gravity — and years of false starts — with an official release date. Universal has set the Wicked release date for December 2021, finally bringing the hit musical to the big screen. The feature adaptation of Winnie Holzman and Stephen Schwartz’s Tony Award-winning musical was originally set to fly into theaters in 2019, but its release date was taken over by Tom Hooper’s Cats....

The Transgender Drama ‘Girl’ Is Earning Awards Season Buzz – Here’s Why It’s Infuriating Trans Critics By Danielle Solzman/Dec. 7, 2018 9:00 am EST When Girl, a film about a transgender woman who aspires to be a ballerina, premiered this past May at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, it did so to a great deal of debate in the transgender community. For starters, the film was from a cisgender filmmaker who chose to cast another cisgender male actor in the role of a transgender female....

Trailer Round-Up: ‘AMI’, ‘Wrestle’, ‘Chasing Bullitt’, ‘Discarnate’, ‘Boo!’, ‘Every Time I Die’, ‘Combat Obscura’ By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 22, 2019 7:30 am EST If a trailer for a Marvel movie, or a film about wars in the stars, pops up, we tend to devote a whole post to it. But sometimes, trailers for small films need love to. That’s where a trailer round-up comes in handy. Below, catch trailers for AMI, Wrestle, Chasing Bullitt, Discarnate, Boo!...

Trailer Roundup: ‘Run The Race’, ‘The Golem’, ‘Wild Rose’, ‘Maiden’, ‘Out Of Blue’ And More By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 1, 2019 5:00 pm EST Worried that trailers for some smaller films might have fallen through the cracks? Worry no more! The following trailer roundup gathers together the odds and ends of the movie preview world, and brings them together in one convenient location. Talk about a deal! Indie comedies, documentaries, biopics, horror and more all await you below....

VOTD: VFX Artists React To And Analyze The CGI Of The ‘Star Wars’ Prequels By Ethan Anderton/June 17, 2019 6:00 am EST In the grand scheme of cinema, digital visual effects are still a relatively new endeavor. As technology has advanced over the years, so have visual effects. But sometimes it’s fun to look back at now-dated used of computer generated imagery (CGI) of the past, and there’s no one better to do it that a group of expert visual effects artists....

Win ‘A Simple Favor’ On Blu-Ray Along With The Vinyl Soundtrack By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 12, 2018 10:30 am EST A Simple Favor is one of 2018’s most pleasant surprises – a stylish, funny, twisty dark comedy featuring two killer performances from Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick. The Paul Feig-directed flick is now available on digital, and hitting 4K Ultra Combo Pack, Blu-ray Combo Pack, and DVD on December 18, 2018....

/Filmcast Ep. 164 - Real Steel (GUEST: Armond White From CityArts) By Slashfilmcast/Oct. 11, 2011 8:43 pm EST This week, Dave Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley discuss some great Quentin Tarantinos films now out on Blu-Ray, attempt (and fail) to find meaning in a Farmville movie, and chat about one of Guillermo Del Toro’s earlier works. Special guest Armond White joins us from CityArts. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

/Filmcast Ep. 44 - Monsters Vs. Aliens (GUEST: Matt Singer From IFC) By Slashfilmcast/March 31, 2009 7:28 pm EST In this episode of the /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley debate the retitling of The Karate Kid, praise the tremendous new trailer for Spike Jonze’s Where the Wild Things Are, ridicule the changed subtitles of Let the Right One In’s home video release, and delve into the merits of Universal Soldier: The Return....

‘Miss Bala’ Review: Gina Rodriguez Is An Action Star Deserving Of A Better Vehicle By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 1, 2019 8:00 am EST To say Gina Rodriguez was born to be an action star would be a misnomer. Up until last year, Rodriguez was best known as the star of the satirical CW comedy Jane the Virgin, winning a Golden Globe for her infinitely charming performance as the plucky title character. But an action star is what Rodriguez seems destined to be, and that’s all right by me....

‘Ralph Breaks The Internet’ Tops Box Office, ‘Robin Hood’ Can’t Steal From The Rich, ‘Creed II’ Does Great Too By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 26, 2018 12:30 pm EST Thanksgiving is always a huge weekend at the box office, with a bunch of new titles packed into theaters while families are together for the holidays. This year was no exception, with Ralph Breaks the Internet raking in enough dough to land the second largest Thanksgiving box office haul ever across the five-day holiday weekend....

10 Things We Learned On The Set of ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 9 [Set Visit Report] By Candice Frederick/Oct. 4, 2018 8:00 am EST As The Walking Dead zombie crawls to season 9, the question that’s been on many fans’ minds is how the series will keep things fresh and exciting after so many years. Turns out, the answer is completely turning everything we know about this apocalyptic world on its head....

The Dark Knight Poster by Juan Carlos Ruiz Burgos Bottleneck Gallery is proud to present this “chaotic collage of characters, moments, and Gotham,” which has the composition of a Drew Struzan poster, but with an entirely different illustration style. It’s a little bit busy, but that’s kind of the idea. At the very least, that illustration of Christian Bale as Batman at the very top looks incredible on its own....

Cool Stuff: The Grandmaster And The Collector Are Together At Last In Marvel Legends SDCC Exclusive Two-Pack By Ethan Anderton/June 24, 2019 4:00 pm EST San Diego Comic-Con is inching closer and closer, and every week, plenty of new exclusives are being revealed that fans will only be able to get their hands on at the convention. Hasbro consistently brings great stuff to Comic-Con, and fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be very happy with an exclusive Marvel Legends two-pack featuring the two cosmic siblings known as The Grandmaster and The Collector, as portrayed by Jeff Goldblum and Benicio del Toro in Thor: Ragnarok and Guardians of the Galaxy respectively....