‘Game Of Thrones’ May Be Over, But These Books Will Scratch Your Fantasy Itch By Vanessa Armstrong/May 24, 2019 1:00 pm EST This Sunday saw the end of HBO’s Game of Thrones. No matter what your feelings are about the finale, one thing is certain: our time with the show’s many characters, one way or another, is over.But while we’ve had to say goodbye to the world of Westeros (this version, at least; George R....
‘Mary Queen Of Scots’ Trailer: Ronan V. Robbie: Dawn Of Justice By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 4, 2018 4:30 pm EST It’s the battle of the century! The 16th century, that is. Mary Queen of Scots pits Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie against each other as two queens vying for power. Ronan is Mary Stuart, the widowed Queen of France who returns to Scotland to claim her rightful throne. But Scotland falls under the rule of Mary’s cousin, Elizabeth I (Robbie), who is in no hurry to relinquish any of her power....
‘New Line Horror Movies Stake Out September Release Dates Through 2022 By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 5, 2018 5:30 am EST After dominating the box office last month with the release of The Nun, as well as the huge release of IT in 2017, it should come as no surprise that Warner Bros. and their New Line Cinema arm are eager to keep staking out the early September release window for the next few years....
‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Reboot Coming From Producers Of Previous ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Reboot By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 14, 2019 1:30 pm EST Fuller chimed in: “Did you just give something away? We did the preceding two Turtle movies, but I didn’t know that we were saying that we’re making [another one], but that’s good to know.” Based on what Form says, this isn’t another Ninja Turtles sequel from Platinum Dunes....
Ep. 176 - Certified Copy (GUEST: Scott Mendelson From Mendelson’s Memos) By Slashfilmcast/Feb. 14, 2012 8:33 pm EST This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam discuss the mediocrity of Safe House, despair for the next generation of digital natives, offer up some thoughts on the OSS 117 films, and try to make sense of Certified Copy. Special guest Scott Mendelson joins us from Mendelson’s Memos. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....
Oscars 2019 Updates: Queen Will Perform At A Three-Plus Hour Show Which Won’t Include Those Awful “Everyday People” Bits By Ben Pearson/Feb. 18, 2019 11:30 am EST After a lengthy period of tumultuous development, this year’s Academy Awards finally seem to be finding their sense of identity. All it took was an uprising from half of Hollywood and backtracking on several key decisions to get them there. A new batch of Oscars 2019 updates has arrived thanks to an interview with the ceremony’s lead producer, Donna Gigliotti....
Pixar’s Animated Fantasy ‘Onward’ Announces Voice Cast With Chris Pratt, Tom Holland & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 12, 2018 9:39 am EST Pixar Animation has announced the first four cast members in their upcoming animated fantasy adventure Onward, the story of two teenage elf brothers who embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there. Marvel Cinematic Universe fans will be excited to hear that Guardians of the Galaxy frontman Chris Pratt and Spider-Man: Homecoming star Tom Holland will be voicing the two lead characters in the film, but they’re not the only cast members announced for the film....
The ‘Joker’ Poster Wants You To Put On A Happy Face, First Trailer Arriving Tomorrow By Chris Evangelista/April 2, 2019 9:05 am EST The first poster for the Joaquin Phoenix-starring Joker movie is here, and it’s appropriately unsettling. The message director Todd Phillips has been constantly pushing is that this won’t be your standard comic book movie, and sure enough, the first poster looks as if it’s advertising a thriller, or even a horror film....
The Morning Watch: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Trailer Easter Eggs, Why Many Movie Posters Look The Same & More By Ethan Anderton/March 15, 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, check out some Avengers: Endgame Easter eggs and plot hints you might have missed in the most recent trailer....
Theme Park Bits: ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Wizard Wands, Meet Captain Marvel And Wreck-It Ralph, Tiki Bird Flies Solo By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 4, 2018 9:00 am EST In both Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood, new wands replicating the ones used by characters in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald are available till January at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. As Inside Universal notes, these $46 wands are so detailed that the one for Newt Scamander “features bite marks and nicks, from his handling of magical creatures....
Theme Park Bits: Disney Animatronic Stolen, A Sneak Peek At Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, Animal Kingdom’s New Ambassadors, And More By Josh Spiegel/Dec. 29, 2018 10:00 am EST In this edition of Theme Park Bits: Take a look behind the scenes of Universal Orlando’s nighttime spectacular Disney has released a sneak peek at the experience of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge A petition is gaining steam, attempting to relieve Disney of the trademark for “Hakuna matata” Disney World’s Top of the World lounge is being used for paid DVC events moving forward Has one of Epcot’s old Audio-Animatronic figures been stolen?...
‘Avengers: Endgame’ Suggests The MCU Has A Problem With Captain Marvel’s Power By Chris Evangelista/May 2, 2019 7:00 am EST Captain Marvel is an entertaining film. It’s not one of the best entries in the MCU, but it’s fun to watch, and Brie Larson makes for a great, sarcastic, no bullshit superhero. Larson’s Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel is, in short, a great new addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But the MCU has a serious Captain Marvel problem: they don’t know what to do with her....
‘Cobra Kai’ Season 2: Is That Character Gone? And Will That Other One Come Back? By Fred Topel/April 26, 2019 10:00 am EST If you’ve made it to the end of Cobra Kai season two, you’ve probably got as many questions as we did about where it leaves things off. The creators and stars of the show answered some of those questions, under the condition that the stories ran after the season premiered and with lots of spoiler warnings....
‘Documentary For The Recently Deceased: The Making Of Beetlejuice’ Sneak Peek: Crowdfunded Documentary Examines Tim Burton Classic By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 22, 2018 10:00 am EST It’s showtime! With a Beetlejuice musical out, it was only a matter of time before a documentary dove into the making of the Tim Burton cult classic. But it will take more than saying “Beetlejuice!” three times to conjure up this documentary. The feature-length documentary, titled Documentary for the Recently Deceased: The Making of Beetlejuice, is currently running a crowdfunding campaign and will need a little monetary magic to pull through....
/Filmcast Ep. 125 - 127 Hours (GUEST: Nathan Rabin From AV Club) By Slashfilmcast/Dec. 2, 2010 8:48 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. In this mini-episode of the /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar and Adam Quigley review Danny Boyle’s newest film, 127 Hours. Special guest Nathan Rabin joins us from AV Club. Check out Nathan’s newest book, My Year of Flops. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993....
/Filmcast Ep. 202 - A Morning With Rian Johnson, Director Of Looper By Slashfilmcast/Oct. 7, 2012 2:32 pm EST In this special episode, Dave, Devindra, and Adam chat extensively with writer/director Rian Johnson about his inspirations for Looper, the making/distribution of the film, and some of its most contentious plot points. Be sure to check out Charlie Jane’s great article about messy time travel, as well as Dave Chen’s Skype profile photo....
‘Iron Man VR’ Trailer: Step Into The Armor Of Tony Stark On PlayStation 4 By Ethan Anderton/March 26, 2019 12:30 pm EST At Sony’s first State of Play livestream event, a new Iron Man VR video game for PlayStation 4 was revealed, complete with a trailer that puts players inside Tony Stark’s armor so they can soar through the sky and blast enemies. Watch the Iron Man VR trailer below....
‘Mary Poppins Returns’ Sneak Peek Conjures Up Magical New Footage By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 22, 2018 6:52 pm EST Mary Poppins Returns is destined to be another Disney hit, because it continues to look overwhelmingly charming. The sequel to Disney’s 1964 classic finds Emily Blunt taking up the umbrella as magical nanny Mary Poppins, who once again has to help the constantly troubled Banks children. Lin-Manuel Miranda co-stars, along with Meryl Streep and more, with director Rob Marshall at the helm....
‘Saints Row’ Movie Coming From Director F. Gary Gray By Chris Evangelista/April 30, 2019 1:00 pm EST F. Gary Gray is headed to Saints Row. The Men In Black: International director will helm a Saints Row movie based on the video game series. Greg Russo, writer of the upcoming Mortal Kombat reboot, is handling the script, which will follow a gang known as the Third Street Saints. The game series was launched in 2006, and became progressively weirder and sillier with subsequent installments....
Shrek Retold Trailer This feels like something you’d see on Adult Swim late at night, or maybe in an episode of Ren and Stimpy or something like that. The trailer feels like a stream of consciousness version of Shrek that you’d see in your own head if you were totally blitzed at a rave. Shrek Retold weaves in and out of a wide variety of animation styles, ranging from totally amateur to semi-professional, and then there are live-action scenes with actors wearing makeshift costumes, or sometimes no costumes at all....
