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‘Tell Me A Story’ Trailer: Fairy Tales Meet Horror In This CBS All Access Show By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 9, 2018 3:00 pm EST Happy Halloween, here are some of your favorite fairy tales, made sexy and scary. Created by The Vampire Diaries creator Kevin Williamson, the CBS All Access Show Tell Me a Story reimagines three classic fairy tales, The Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, and Hansel and Gretel in a “dark and twisted psychological thriller....

‘The Sopranos’ Series Finale Almost Had A Much Different Ending By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 9, 2019 2:30 pm EST The Sopranos marks its 20th anniversary this week, and everyone is still talking about the series finale, some 12 years after it aired. Love it or hate it, the Sopranos finale was unforgettable, particularly for its now-infamous final scene in which (spoilers) the screen cut to black, and held there, leaving the fate of Tony Soprano ambiguous, and spouting many theories in the process....

‘Unbreakable’ Honest Trailer: Featuring The Power Of Long, Meaningful Staring By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 9, 2019 6:00 am EST After The Sixth Sense and before going downhill fast with as the years went on, M. Night Shyamalan delivered one of the most grounded and gritty comic book movies of all time, and he did it before comic book movies were all the rage. Unbreakable focuses on a simple security guard named David Dunn (Bruce Willis) who slowly discovers that he has superpowers....

‘Zombieland 2’ Double Taps Luke Wilson To Join The Cast By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 22, 2019 11:05 am EST Zombieland: Double Tap may be tapping into its nostalgia with the return of original original cast members Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg, and Abigail Breslin, but the Zombieland sequel has added its fair share of new actors as well. The latest actor to join the Zombieland 2 cast is Luke Wilson, who is playing a thus-far unknown role....

Apple Teams With A24, Distribution Company Behind ‘Moonlight’ And ‘Hereditary’, For New Movies By Ben Pearson/Nov. 15, 2018 1:19 pm EST Apple has joined forces with A24 – the company behind films like Moonlight, Spring Breakers, Hereditary, Lady Bird, and many more – to produce a new slate of movies. Read more about the Apple A24 deal below. The Hollywood Reporter says that Apple has signed a multi-year agreement with A24 to produce “a slate of multiple films,” though no details have been released yet as to what those films could entail....

Live-Action ‘Minecraft’ Movie Finally Sets Spring 2022 Release Date By Ethan Anderton/April 17, 2019 9:30 am EST It’s been a long road to the big screen for the popular world-building video game Minecraft. Warner Bros. Pictures landed the rights back in 2014, and since then directors like Shawn Levy (Stranger Things) and Rob McElhenney (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) have come and gone from the project. More recently, Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist director Peter Sollett signed on to helm the Minecraft movie, and now the studio has given it an official release date....

Now Scream This: Prepare For Spring With These Streaming Horror Movies By /Film Staff/March 26, 2019 1:00 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: As April showers wash away winter blues, it’s time for another seasonal to do: spring cleaning! Just as one might tidy up messy garages or reorganize bookshelves, you can also knock a few watches off your ever-growing streaming queue....

The ‘Boomerang’ TV Series Could Feature A Halle Berry Cameo At Some Point [TCA 2019] By Fred Topel/Feb. 12, 2019 1:30 pm EST In 1992, Boomerang was considered a comeback vehicle for Eddie Murphy. Coming to America had only been released four years prior, but the hype of Harlem Nights made its ultimate performance a disappointment, exacerbated by the fact that he wrote and directed it. The underperformance of Another 48 Hours and a two year gap from movie screens meant Murphy needed a comedy comeback, and Boomerang provided it....

‘Avatar’ Sequels Add Michelle Yeoh To The Sprawling Cast By Ben Pearson/April 15, 2019 11:00 am EST Michelle Yeoh is heading to Pandora. The legendary actress, who recently earned critical acclaim for her roles in Star Trek: Discovery and last year’s Crazy Rich Asians, is the latest person to join the sprawling cast of James Cameron’s mega-budget science fiction sequels to the highest-grossing movie in the world. Find out who she’ll play below....

‘Avengers: Endgame’: All The Shots Manipulated In Trailers And Cut From The Movie By Ethan Anderton/May 1, 2019 10:00 am EST Before Avengers: Endgame hit theaters, directors Anthony & Joe Russo confirmed that the trailers and TV spots were already misleading viewers with manipulated shots that wouldn’t appear in the final movie as they do in the marketing campaign. That wasn’t surprising since one of the cornerstone shots of Avengers: Infinity War marketing was one of The Avengers charging into battle in Wakanda that never actually appeared in the movie....

‘Creed II’ Director Steven Caple Jr. On Satisfying ‘Rocky’ And ‘Creed’ Fans Alike [Interview] By Fred Topel/Nov. 20, 2018 9:00 am EST Sylvester Stallone may have really thought he was saying goodbye to Rocky when he wrote, directed and starred in Rocky Balboa. Then Ryan Coogler came along with the idea for Creed. It seemed to energize Stallone again and as soon as Creed came out, he started teasing ideas for a sequel that would bring back Ivan Drago from Rocky IV....

‘CRSHD’ Review: The Millennials Are All Right In A Charming Collegiate Rom-Com [Tribeca] By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 2, 2019 2:00 pm EST Emojis and Tinder are the order of the day in CRSHD, an ode to millennial romance that juggles silliness and sincerity, though it occasionally drops the ball. Written and directed by Emily Cohn, the romantic-comedy follows a familiar formula: a group of close girlfriends vow to find love, especially for the ditzy protagonist who wants to lose her virginity before summer break, and find themselves getting into a series of hijinks over the course of one wild, booze-filled night....

/Filmcast Ep. 330 - Fantastic Four By Slashfilmcast/Aug. 6, 2015 10:00 pm EST It’s clobberin’ time, as David and Jeff rip into the soul-less, non-sensical waste of time that is the new Fantastic Four. 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! Download or Play Now in your Browser:Subscribe to the /Filmcast: SHOWNOTES Featured Review Fantastic Four (29:36) SPOILERS Credits Our sponsor this week is Squarespace....

/Filmcast Ep. 338 - Bridge Of Spies By Slashfilmcast/Oct. 20, 2015 8:00 pm EST David, Devindra, and Jeff welcome the return of Nathan For You, praise the beauty of Crimson Peak, and get excited about a whole new season of Fargo. 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! Download or Play Now in your Browser:Subscribe to the /Filmcast:...

/Filmcast Ep. 88 - Shutter Island (GUEST: C. Robert Cargill From Aint It Cool News) By Slashfilmcast/Feb. 23, 2010 9:12 pm EST In this week’s episode of the /Filmcast, David Chen, Devindra Hardawar, and Adam Quigley discuss the difficulty in crafting a good Comic-Con documentary and the virtues of Brett Ratner. Special guest C. Robert Cargill (AKA Massawyrm) joins us from Aint It Cool News. Also, special thanks to /Filmcast listeners Daniel G....

‘Ghostbusters’ 35th Anniversary One-Shot Comics Kick Off With A Journey Into Atlantis By Ethan Anderton/April 2, 2019 2:30 pm EST This year marks the 35th anniversary of Ghostbusters. After the kind of celebration there was for the 30th anniversary, this doesn’t feel like quite as thrilling of a milestone, even though we did just get the exciting announcement of a new Ghostbusters sequel following up with the original franchise in the summer of 2020....

‘Haunted’ Trailer: Netflix Wants To Creep You Out With True Ghost Stories By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 10, 2018 8:00 am EST It’s Halloween season, and Netflix wants to give you the creeps with Haunted, a new series that delves into true tales of the paranormal. In Haunted, real people sit down with friends and family to share true stories of ghosts and the paranormal, re-created via re-enactments. The series hails from executive producers of the Purge franchise and Lore, who know a thing or two about horror....

‘Mirai’ Director Mamoru Hosoda On Bringing Fantasy Into Fatherhood [Interview] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 27, 2018 9:00 am EST Mamoru Hosoda has laid his life out bare on the silver screen — though at first glance it doesn’t seem obvious. The 51-year-old Japanese filmmaker exclusively directs in anime films, garnering critical acclaim for his deeply affecting, achingly human fables such as The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, The Wolf Children, and The Boy and the Beast....

‘Star Wars: Episode 9’ Title Revealed: ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ By Jacob Hall/April 12, 2019 10:13 am EST Very little is known about the plot of Star Wars: Episode 9, the third installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy and the final installment of the Skywalker saga. But despite the veil of secrecy that has shrouded the production, we have at last learned one thing: the title. Yep, the new Star Wars film is titled Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker....

A Third ‘Star Wars’ TV Show May Be In Production By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 25, 2019 8:00 am EST A third as-yet-unannounced series may follow The Mandalorian and the Cassian Andor series as the next Star Wars TV show set to stream on Disney+. New reports suggest that production has begun on a mystery project in the U.K. that has been registered to Disney. While these are just rumors for now, this does make the build-up to Star Wars Celebration in April much more interesting....