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‘Brigsby Bear’ Teaser Poster Introduces Kyle Mooney’s Favorite Childhood TV Show Star By Ethan Anderton/May 15, 2017 12:00 pm EST One of the standout movies from the 2017 Sundance Film Festival was an indie comedy called Brigsby Bear. The film is led by Saturday Night Live cast member Kyle Mooney, who stars as a twentysomething young man named James Pope who has spent his life growing up in a bunker, raised by his parents and watching a kids TV show known as Brigsby Bear, the only form of entertainment available to him....

‘Inner Workings’ Teaser Trailer: Get A Sneak Peek At The Disney Short Playing With ‘Moana’ By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 22, 2016 8:30 am EST Pixar Animation already covered what happens with our emotions with Inside Out last year. Now Walt Disney Animation is taking a crack at showing us what happens inside our bodies with their latest animated short. Inner Workings hails from a story artist at Disney named Leo Matsuda, who previously worked on Big Hero 6 and Wreck-It Ralph....

‘La La Land’ Featurette: How The Musical Blends Classic Moviemaking With Contemporary Style By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 12, 2017 7:30 am EST Last weekend, La La Land won all of the Golden Globes it was nominated for, setting a new record for the most Golden Globes won by a single film with seven trophies taken home. There’s a good chance that the movie, including stars Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, will get plenty of Oscar nominations when they’re announced on January 24th too....

‘Luke Cage’ Season 2 Photo: First Look At Misty Knight’s Bionic Arm By Jack Giroux/Aug. 29, 2017 1:00 pm EST NYPD cop Misty Knight (Simone Missick) is returning to Luke Cage with a new weapon. Following the events of Marvel and Netflix’s new show, The Defenders, Knight has undergone some changes. Like the character in the comic, she now has a bionic arm in the 13-episode second season of Luke Cage....

‘Mortal Engines’ Featurette Takes You To A World You’ve Never Seen By Chris Evangelista/June 28, 2018 5:00 pm EST A new Mortal Engines featurette takes you behind the scenes of the Peter Jackson produced film, introducing you to the characters and the epic scope of the post-apocalyptic story. Watch the Mortal Engines featurette below. Mortal Engines Featurette After the Harry Potter films became so huge, studios were engaged in a mad blitz to adapt more and more YA books to the big screen....

‘Robin Hood: Origins’ Will Be The ‘John Wick’ Of Bow-And-Arrow Action, Says Producer By Jack Giroux/Feb. 1, 2017 4:30 pm EST We’ve seen quite a few Robin Hood films. The last one, which Sir Ridley Scott directed, was grim and serious and didn’t have the greatest sense of adventure. There wasn’t much bravura or spirit to that 2010 film, but the producer behind Robin Hood: Origins, which stars Taron Egerton, describes the next depiction of the character as a much more livelier affair — partly because it was inspired by John Wick....

‘Star Wars: Episode 9’ Will Use Existing Footage Of Carrie Fisher To Bring Back General Leia By Ethan Anderton/April 8, 2017 10:00 am EST Last year, Hollywood was hit hard with the death of Carrie Fisher, leaving Star Wars fans mourning for the loss of Princess Leia. After grief had passed, many wondered how the saga would proceed without Carrie Fisher able to return to the franchise. The actress had already completed her shooting for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, but what would happen to Leia without Carrie Fisher around to give her a proper send-off?...

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Has More Practical Creatures Than Any ‘Star Wars’ Film By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 15, 2017 9:00 am EST Star Wars: The Last Jedi has double the practical effects of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Not only that, but Star Wars creature designer Neal Scanlan reveals that there has never been a Star Wars movie with more practically created effects. While speaking with Scanlan, I learned more about how the Last Jedi practical creatures, droids, and visual effects came into being....

‘Stranger Things 3’ Cast Adds Maya Thurman-Hawke, Increases Priah Ferguson’s Role By Chris Evangelista/March 2, 2018 12:26 pm EST Stranger Things 3, the third season of the hit Netflix series, is growing. Maya Thurman-Hawke, daughter of Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke, has joined the cast, and Priah Ferguson, who stole numerous scenes in season 2 as Lucas’ little sister, will return for a recurring role. We’re still in the dark regarding the full plot of Stranger Things 3, but some new casting details hint at what’s to come....

‘The Boss Baby’ Teaser Trailer: Starring Alec Baldwin As A Cute Widdle Baby By Angie Han/Oct. 17, 2016 6:40 am EST It’s a familiar joke that the baby is the real head of the household. Family life revolves around the whims of its youngest, most unpredictable member, and all the attention in the room immediately goes to him or her. But what if the baby weren’t just a metaphorical boss? What if the baby were a real boss, with a tiny business suit and a mean coffee addiction and the voice of Alec Baldwin and everything?...

‘The Crown’ Trailer: Peter Morgan And Stephen Daldry Reunite For Queen Elizabeth II By Jack Giroux/Oct. 31, 2016 3:40 pm EST Once again, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Peter Morgan adapts his stage work. Morgan, who previously adapted his play Frost/Nixon, is bringing The Audience to Netflix with director Stephen Daldry (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close). The story of Queen Elizabeth II’s (Claire Foy) rise is now called The Crown, and season one of the English period drama debuts this Friday on Netflix....

2018 Independent Spirit Awards Winners: ‘Get Out’ Wins The Night By Ethan Anderton/March 3, 2018 5:59 pm EST The 2018 Independent Spirit Awards winners were announced Saturday night, and Get Out came away with the big prize for Best Feature. In addition, Jordan Peele won Best Director. But the film wasn’t able to come away with Best Screenplay. Instead, that honor went to Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird. Check out the rest of the 2018 Independent Spirit Awards winners below....

Antoine Fuqua Explains The Relevance Of A ‘Scarface’ Remake By Jacob Hall/Sept. 20, 2016 1:30 pm EST It’s hard to get too worked up about Antoine Fuqua remaking Scarface. After all, Brian DePalma’s 1983 crime classic is a remake of Howard Hawks’ 1932 crime classic and, aside from the plot revolving around the rise and fall of a dangerous criminal, they couldn’t be more different from one another. Honestly, if someone wants to make a new Scarface ever 30 years or so to reflect the changing landscape of crime in America, I’d say just go for it....

Chris Pratt On The Fallout Of James Gunn’s Firing: “It’s Not An Easy Time” By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 15, 2018 8:30 am EST As the fallout of the James Gunn firing stretches on, the Guardians of the Galaxy cast stand by their director. Soon after Disney fired Gunn over old offensive tweets, the cast members of the first and second Guardians of the Galaxy films penned a letter to Disney in support of Gunn and his reinstatement as director....

Cool Stuff: Alfred Hitchcock Gets His Own Funko POP Vinyl Figure In Black And White By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 1, 2018 6:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Alfred Hitchcock has directed some of the most iconic movies of all time. Psycho, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Rear Window, The Birds, Dial M for Murder and the list goes on and on. That’s enough to ensure that he gets added to the growing number of filmmakers being turned into the stylized vinyl collectible figures known as Funko POPs....

Cool Stuff: Eric Tan’s Jungle Book Letterpress And Byron Howard’s Summer In Zootopia By Peter Sciretta/May 5, 2017 10:45 am EST Cyclops Print Works is releasing two cool print releases today: Summer in Zootopia by Byron Howard, the director of Zootopia as well as Eric Tan’s Jungle Book letterpress. Cyclops Print Works has given us the exclusive debut of both of these new prints. Hit the jump to see the pieces and find out how you can own one or both of these....

Cool Stuff: Mondo’s Alien Day 2017 Offerings Include A Tyler Stout Vinyl Release & More By Ethan Anderton/April 25, 2017 11:00 am EST Though there will be plenty of Alien: Covenant reveals, product tie-ins and more, Alien Day is just as much about celebrating the franchise as a whole. That’s why Mondo has a handful of limited edition items they’ll be selling in honor of both the original Alien and the sequel Aliens....

Daily Podcast: Avatar, Quentin Tarantino, Jumanji, Avengers 4, Star Wars, Lady Bird & Zack Snyder By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 27, 2017 6:34 pm EST On the November 27, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest news, including Lady Bird’s record-breaking reviews, the future of Avatar sequels is in doubt, the first Jumanji reviews, a Zack Snyder cut of Justice League probably doesn’t exist, why Quentin Tarantino doesn’t like Netflix, Avengers 4 and 20 years of Marvel movies planned, and Rian Johnson’s new Star Wars trilogy....

Daily Podcast: Netflix Will Soon Produce All Of The Original Content In The World, Last Of Us, M Night, Silver Surfer, Mark Millar, Wrinkle In Time By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 27, 2018 5:00 pm EST At The Water Cooler: In the News: 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....

By Fred Topel/Aug. 8, 2017 12:00 pm EST “We have had preliminary conversations with Greg [Daniels] and Mike [Judge],” Walden said after her executive session. “I would like to explore that. We had a very preliminary conversation given what’s going on in the country, I think they had a point of view about how those characters would respond. Again, it was one meeting and I hope to revisit it.” “The meeting was probably two months ago, two and a half months ago,” she said....