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Disney’s ‘Cruella’ Eyes Craig Gillespie To Direct By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 4, 2018 3:48 pm EST Cruella, Disney’s live-action spin-off of 101 Dalmatians, may have found a new director. I, Tonya filmmaker Craig Gillespie is in talks to helm the movie, with Emma Stone set to play one of Disney’s most dastardly villains – Cruella da Vil, who wants to turn a huge litter of puppies into a fur coat. Gillespie and Stone have hard work ahead of them: how do you make an entire movie about such a terrible character?...

Exclusive: The ‘Breaking Bad’ Movie Will Be A Sequel Following Jesse After The Series Finale, Aaron Paul To Return By Jacob Hall/Nov. 7, 2018 10:30 am EST Over the course of five incredible seasons, Breaking Bad put its cast of characters through the wringer. But no one suffered quite like Aaron Paul’s Jesse Pinkman, the meth-dealing loser who lost everything (and everyone) that mattered to him simply because he was unfortunate enough to enter the orbit of Walter White....

Netflix Has Hired A New Screenwriter To Pen An ‘Alice In Wonderland,’ ‘Wizard Of Oz’ Crossover By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 8, 2019 6:30 am EST When you’ve run out of toy franchises to adapt or remakes to greenlight, where else to turn to but the public domain — a veritable playground of decades-old characters ripe for the big or small screen? It’s why we’ve had a million Robin Hood reboots and why we’ll keep seeing the Wicked Witch’s story retold on Broadway....

The Best Movies Streaming Right Now The Master Now Streaming on Netflix Release Date: 2012Genre: DramaDirector: Paul Thomas AndersonCast: Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams The last film Paul Thomas Anderson made with the late, great Philip Seymour Hoffman features one of Hoffman’s very best performances – and that’s saying something. This haunting saga – inspired loosely by the life of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard – has a deranged, captivating Joaquin Phoenix playing a wild drunk suffering from PTSD who befriends the leader (Hoffman) of a new philosophical movement....

Stephen King Was Fine With That Major ‘Pet Sematary’ Plot Change By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 20, 2019 2:30 pm EST Fans of Pet Sematary were surprised when the most recent trailer for the upcoming remake revealed a major plot change. Some people (like me!) were fine with it, but others felt it diverged too sharply from Stephen King’s source material. But what about King himself? What does the Master of Horror think about such a departure?...

Superhero Bits: Long Range ‘Aquaman’ Box Office Forecast, ‘Titans’ Almost Didn’t Have Robin & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 29, 2018 6:00 pm EST Is Lewis Tan playing Batman in the Titans universe? What are the long range box office forecasts for Aquaman right now? Which other Marvel franchise does Karl Urban want in on? Did you know Titans almost didn’t feature Dick Grayson at all? Have you heard about what Tim Burton’s version of Batman Forever would have been like?...

Talkin’ ‘Tolkien’ With Director Dome Karukoski [Interview] By Ben Pearson/May 10, 2019 4:00 pm EST During a recent trip to London, /Film sat down with Finnish director Dome Karukoski to discuss his newest film, Tolkien, a biopic of the author who created The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Karukoski had just finished making a different biopic when this project came his way, so he was resistant to it at first....

The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 26 (GUEST: Angie Han) By Slashfilmcast/Nov. 22, 2008 3:14 pm EST The /Filmcast: After Dark is a recording of what happens right after The /Filmcast is over, when the kids have gone to bed and the guys feel free to speak whatever is on their minds. In other words, it’s the leftover and disorganized ramblings, mindfarts, and brain diarrhea from The /Filmcast, all in one convenient audio file....

The Morning Watch: ‘Girl In The Spider’s Web’ Fight Breakdown, Michael Bay: A True American Auteur (Part 2) & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 12, 2018 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....

Theme Park Bits: Harry Potter Has A New Store, Margaritaville Is Finally Real, And More! By Josh Spiegel/Dec. 25, 2018 2:00 pm EST Disneyland’s newest restaurant, the Tropical Hideaway, just had its soft opening. And as Disney theme-park buff Matthew Gottula noted on Twitter, it’s possible that if you explore some of the details of this new locale, you’ll find clues to upcoming attractions at the Disneyland Resort. You see, the oars on display at the Tropical Hideaway mostly pay homage to Disney’s past, but if you dig enough, you might find a hint or two to the company’s future....

This Week In Trailers: The Brink, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, One Nation Under Stress, Watergate By Christopher Stipp/March 16, 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?...

Tickets For ‘How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’ Early Screenings Go On Sale Today By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 15, 2019 12:00 pm EST Fandango is inviting How to Train Your Dragon fans to its hidden world three weeks early. The ticketing company is teaming up with DreamWorks Animation to offer How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World early screenings on February 2, nearly a month before the film is set to hit theaters, with tickets going on sale today....

Which Streaming Service Has The Most Good Movies? Batman, Lisa Joy, Zack Snyder, Hot Wheels, Us By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 30, 2019 5:30 pm EST On the January 30, 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 Flarsky, The Batman, Lisa Joy, Zack Snyder, Hot Wheels, Us and Netflix.You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it)....

‘Avengers: Endgame’ Sold Five Times More Tickets Than ‘Infinity War’ In The First Week At Fandango By Ethan Anderton/April 10, 2019 11:30 am EST Avengers: Endgame is on track to be one of the biggest box office hits of all-time. Not only did the first day of pre-sales shatter records previously set by Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but early box office projections think it could have the biggest opening weekend ever....

‘Dogs’ Trailer: Netflix Wants To Make You Cry Over Some Very Good Dogs By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 29, 2018 4:00 pm EST Dogs! They’re the best! Human beings are terrible, various wild animals are fine, and cats are okay, I guess. But canines reign supreme, without question. They’re adorable, goofy, energetic nap-monsters who love you unconditionally and are genuinely happy to see you when you come home. What’s not to love? Netflix’s new docu-series Dogs is devoted to these very good dogs, telling six stories of pups and their human friends....

/Filmcast Ep. 156 - Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes (GUEST: Matt Singer From IFC) By Slashfilmcast/Aug. 10, 2011 9:01 pm EST This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam rage against Cowboys and Aliens, discuss the point (or lack thereof) of The Killing, and take another look at Guillermo Del Toro’s first American film. Special guest Matt Singer joins us from IFC. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....

/Filmcast Ep. 246 - Gravity (GUEST: Tasha Robinson From The Dissolve) By Slashfilmcast/Oct. 8, 2013 7:12 pm EST Dave and Devindra praise the brilliance of Short Term 12, chat about the incredible making of Wadjda, and debate whether or not rewatchability equals excellence. Special guest Tasha Robinson from The Dissolve joins us for this episode. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. Also, like us on Facebook!...

‘In The Heights’ Movie Will Star ‘Hamilton’ Actor Anthony Ramos By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 10, 2018 2:00 pm EST Anthony Ramos, who has appeared in Hamilton, can currently be seen in A Star is Born, and who has appeared in productions of the In the Heights stage production, is in talks to star in the In the Heights movie. The film is an adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s pre-Hamilton musical set over the course of three hot summer days in the neighborhood of Washington Heights....

‘Leprechaun Returns’ Trailer: The Mean Green Menace Is Back For More Silliness By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 15, 2018 3:30 pm EST The wise-cracking killer Leprechaun is back with Leprechaun Returns, a sequel that ignores all the other Leprechaun films, which is probably for the best. At the very least, this film seems to be having fun with its goofball premise, by unleashing the pint-sized killer on a hapless sorority house. So lock up your gold, hide the sharp objects, and be careful what you wish for as you watch the Leprechaun Returns trailer below....

‘Runaways’ Season 2 Review: Marvel’s YA Drama Pulls Off One Of The Biggest Season-To-Season Improvements Ever By Trey Mangum/Dec. 14, 2018 9:00 am EST With the universally-acclaimed first season of Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger premiering earlier this year on Freeform setting a standard for the Marvel YA drama, Runaways had a huge task on its hands for its sophomore season.The first season of Runaways was a pretty bumpy ride. It started off with lots of promise, but soon lagged like most Marvel television adaptations, with too much exposition and too many episodes....