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‘Our House’ Clip: Weird Things Have Been Happening In That House [Exclusive] By Matt Donato/July 25, 2018 8:30 am EST In the Spring of 2016, writer/director Anthony Scott Burns became an overnight genre sensation thanks to the Tribeca premiere and subsequent release of horror anthology Holidays. His “Father’s Day” segment pulsated with atmosphere and it wasn’t long before fans were demanding Burns be offered his feature-length due – which, given how it’s July of 2018, didn’t take all that long....

A Dolly Parton Netflix Series Is On The Way By Chris Evangelista/June 6, 2018 4:00 am EST Netflix is trying something new with their latest original series. The streaming service just ordered an anthology series where each episode is based on a song by Dolly Parton. Parton will serve as singer/songwriter, executive producer, and will also appear in the series. “As a songwriter, I have always enjoyed telling stories through my music,” Parton said....

Channing Tatum To Voice An R-Rated George Washington In Netflix Animated Film By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 31, 2017 3:00 pm EST Channing Tatum is rated-R for Revolutionary…War, which the first President of the United States, George Washington, fought in for independence from Britain. Jokes (or whatever that was) aside, Tatum will be actually be starring as Washington in Netflix’s first animated feature, an R-rated revisionist historical film, America: The Motion Picture.Deadline reports that Tatum will be voicing the lead character, George Washington, in America: The Motion Picture, Netflix’s first original animated film and an R-rated, fictional take on the founding of the United States....

Chris Pratt Gives A ‘Cowboy Ninja Viking’ Update By Jack Giroux/April 28, 2017 11:30 am EST For almost three years now, Chris Pratt has been attached to star in Cowboy Ninja Viking. Pratt is still set to play Duncan, a hero with the personalities and powers of a Cowboy, Ninja, and Viking, given to him by a bizarre government experiment. According to Pratt, the Cowboy Ninja Viking movie, based on A....

Daily Podcast: MCU Phase 3 Timeline Explained, Whedon Leaves Batgirl, Star Wars TV Show, & More By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 22, 2018 5:30 pm EST In the News: In Our Feature Presentation: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm....

DC’s ‘Doom Patrol’ Casts Timothy Dalton As The Chief By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 5, 2018 11:30 am EST Call him Chief. The Chief. Former 007 Timothy Dalton has been cast as the leader of the DC Universe’s newest band of superpowered misfits in the streaming TV series, Doom Patrol. Dalton will lead a cast that includes Brendan Fraser, Alan Tudyk, Diane Guerrero, and more in the series set to debut on DC’s digital platform....

First Look Video Inside Disneyland’s Guardians Of The Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT! By Ben Pearson/May 23, 2017 2:00 pm EST There are only a few more days until Disneyland opens the doors to its first Marvel attraction. Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT! is in the same location as the theme park’s beloved Tower of Terror ride, and it’s been completely revamped from the inside out to look like a fortress that belongs to The Collector, the eccentric character played by Benicio Del Toro in the Marvel Studios films....

By Ben Pearson/June 20, 2018 7:55 am EST

LOL: ‘Dodgeball’ Stars Ben Stiller & Vince Vaughn Reunite For Charity By Ethan Anderton/June 16, 2017 5:00 am EST It’s a little hard to believe that it’s been 13 years since Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story hit theaters. The goofy comedy had Vince Vaughn attempting to raise $50,000 to pay the mortgage for his gym, all while a blowhard gym owner played by Ben Stiller is trying to take it over in order to turn it into another link in the corporate Globo-Gym chain....

Mondo Announces New Disney-Themed Gallery Show ‘Never Grow Up’ By Jacob Hall/March 28, 2017 10:30 am EST Just when you thought you could put your wallet away and stop fretting over the dwindling wall space in your home, Mondo has to go ahead and announce a new gallery show built around Disney animated movies. A collaboration between the ever-popular pop culture art company and Cyclops Print Works, Never Grow Up: A Disney Art Show will open to the public next month....

Neill Blomkamp’s Oats Studios Gets A Second Teaser Trailer, Now With Sigourney Weaver By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 6, 2017 10:30 am EST The offerings from Neill Blomkamp’s Oats Studios looks more bonkers by the minute. The experimental short film studio from the director of District 9, Elysium and Chappie dropped a second teaser trailer Monday, and it’s chock full of new footage of creepy aliens, gory bodies, and Sigourney Weaver. Hey, since we’re not getting Blomkamp’s Alien 5, I’ll take it....

Is This a Smart Investment for Netflix? Besson’s 2017 sci-fi extravaganza Valerian didn’t perform well financially, but the creative method with which he financed that project meant he and EuropaCorp didn’t bear the brunt of the loss. Still, last time we heard, the company was $285 million in debt. An acquisition might be the best thing for them right now. EuropaCorp has produced 8 of the 20 highest-grossing hits in France since the year 2000, and they’ve had plenty of breakout international hits as well, including franchise-starters like Taken and The Transporter and the Scarlett Johansson vehicle Lucy, which was a surprise smash at the box office....

See How The ‘T2: Trainspotting’ Trailer Compares Visually To Danny Boyle’s Original Film By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 7, 2016 6:30 am EST Last week, the first teaser trailer for T2: Trainspotting arrived, giving a glimpse into the sequel that director Danny Boyle has been talking about for years. We finally get to see what Renton (Ewan McGregor), Spud (Ewen Bremner), Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller) and Begbie (Robert Carlyle) are up to all these years later....

Steven Spielberg’s ‘Close Encounters Of The Third Kind’ Returns To Theaters This Fall By Ethan Anderton/July 25, 2017 11:30 am EST This year marks the 40th anniversary of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the first time Steven Spielberg tinkered with the idea of life from another planet coming to Earth. To celebrate, the sci-fi classic is coming back to theaters. Following a cryptic teaser not too long ago, Columbia Pictures has officially announced the return of Close Encounters of the Third Kind in theaters in September, and they’ve debuted an ominous trailer to tease the film’s return....

Superhero Bits: Fans Campaign For Jimmy Gunnbergo, ‘The Flash’ Will Shoot In February & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 7, 2018 6:00 pm EST Do you think Jimmy Gunnbergo should take over Guardians of the Galaxy? Which Deadpool 2 joke did Ryan Reynolds think he’d have to defend to the MPAA? Which real people inspired Tom Hardy’s take on Eddie Brock and Venom? Which will be the first Marvel Studios movie exclusively available on the Disney streaming service?...

A Young Holly Gennero is in the Script Bonnie Bedelia has not appeared in a Die Hard movie since Die Hard 2. She’s waiting for John to call her at the end of Die Hard with a Vengeance, and the sequels had Lucy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and Jack (Jai Courtney) fulfill the role of estranged family using their mother’s maiden name Gennero to distance themselves from John.Wiseman said that the Die Hard: Year One script, which tells parallel stories in the ’70s and present day, features young Holly in the flashback scenes....

‘Big Mouth’ Trailer: Nick Kroll Gets Gross About Puberty In Netflix Animated Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 12, 2017 3:00 pm EST Puberty is the worst, but at least you can laugh about it thanks to Nick Kroll’s new animated comedy series, Big Mouth. The Netflix comedy follows the pitfalls of growing up as a teen dealing with raging hormones in the American suburbs, and features some of today’s funniest comedians voicing the animated teenagers....

‘Black Panther’ Tracking For A Record-Setting $165 Million Opening Weekend By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 13, 2018 8:30 am EST Black Panther is on track to make history — in more ways than one. Marvel Studios’ first solo black superhero movie has been steadily gathering buzz through advance ticket sales, critical acclaim, and good old word-of-mouth…and the hype is starting to manifest in its box office tracking numbers. Early estimates for Black Panther’s opening weekend box office put the film at a strong $120 million....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Theme Park Ride May Feature Jeff Goldblum’s Grandmaster By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 12, 2017 12:00 pm EST Jeff Goldblum’s first official appearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe may be in the upcoming Thor: Ragnarok, but fans who stuck around for the after-credits scenes in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 may have noticed a tiny cameo by the Grandmaster, brother of Benicio del Toro’s The Collector — a character who played a key role the first Guardians of the Galaxy....

‘Saturday Night Live’ Bringing Back 30-Minute ‘Weekend Update’ Spin-Off This Summer By Ethan Anderton/March 14, 2017 11:30 am EST Saturday Night Live is the only late night sketch series that is broadcast live on network television, with each episode put together in just a week to ensure that it’s as topical and relevant as possible. This is especially important for the one constant segment that accompanies every episode of Saturday Night Live, and that’s Weekend Update....