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‘Arrival’ Trailer: Can Amy Adams Stop The World From Going To War With Aliens? By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 20, 2016 9:30 am EST It’s a good time to be a sci-fi fan. Sure, there’s all the comic book and superhero movies out there right now, but more importantly there are shows like Westworld on HBO and movies like Arrival on the way. After premiering to rave reviews at the Toronto International Film Festival, the new sci-fi drama from Prisoners director Denis Villeneuve is on the way next month, and one quick final trailer gives us one more tease of what’s in store....

‘Boondocks Saints’ Director Troy Duffy Will Make ‘The Blood Spoon Council’ By Jack Giroux/June 28, 2017 4:30 pm EST 18 years after making his directorial debut, Troy Duffy only has two movies under his belt, and they’re both Boondock Saints movies. In the eight years since the last sequel, Boondock Saints: All Saints Day, he’s worked on a few projects, including another Saints sequel and a TV series based on his cult ’90s movie....

‘Elle’ Trailer: Paul Verhoeven Teams With Isabelle Huppert To Push Your Buttons By Jacob Hall/Sept. 19, 2016 12:30 pm EST Paul Verhoeven has a unique talent for getting a rise out of audiences. RoboCop is a goofy action movie…that is also about the inner rot eating away at American culture. Starship Troopers is a wild science fiction action movie…that is also a vicious parody of fascism and military propaganda. Basic Instinct is a sexy psychological thriller…that leaves you feeling disgusted with yourself on just about every level....

‘Fantastic Beasts’ Tracking For $75 Million Debut By Angie Han/Oct. 27, 2016 1:00 pm EST It’s rare for a school textbook to serve as the basis of a box office hit, but when the school in question is Hogwarts and the textbook promises to reveal everything you’ve ever wanted to know about magical creatures, well, the usual rules go flying out the window. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is reportedly on track to open at around $75 million in the U....

‘Heathers’ TV Show Trailer: A Modern Reimagining Of An ’80s Cult Classic By Jack Giroux/Aug. 29, 2017 4:00 pm EST Heathers is the latest classic film title to get adapted into a television series. What was originally going to be a half-hour TV Land comedy series based on the 1988 cult classic was turned into an hour-long comedy for the Paramount Network, which will soon take the place of Spike TV....

By Jacob Hall/Jan. 15, 2018 5:00 pm EST The CW has found a great deal of success by giving slightly less iconic superheroes the spotlight. Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, and Legends of Tomorrow have created a DC universe that is more coherent and fun than anything in theaters. So why not bring one of the best and lesser known (at least to non-comics fans) characters of the ’90s to the small screen?...

‘Isle Of Dogs’ Video: Meet The Good Dogs Of Wes Anderson’s Stop-Motion Animated Move By Ethan Anderton/March 14, 2018 3:30 pm EST There are plenty of featurettes released every week that have talking heads from directors, actors, producers and other crew members to help explain to audiences what’s so special about the movie they’re working on. Every now and then, one comes along that does something a little different, and this time it’s director Wes Anderson and his stop-motion animated adventure Isle of Dogs....

‘John Wick: Chapter 3’ Will Shoot You In The Face On May 17, 2019 By Jacob Hall/Sept. 14, 2017 3:56 pm EST “People keep asking if I’m back and I haven’t really had an answer…but yeah, I’m thinking I’m back.” Seven months after John Wick: Chapter 2 arrived in theaters and promptly blew everyone’s faces off with its distinctive blend of action movie mania, Lionsgate has set a release date for John Wick: Chapter 3....

‘Legion’ Episode 4 Trailer: Empathy, Fear, And An Assault On Summerland By Jacob Hall/Feb. 23, 2017 11:00 am EST This week’s episode of Legion ended with a bit of a cliffhanger: Dan Stevens’ David Haller found himself in a bit of a psychic pickle while his new allies barely escaped from his subconscious mind after being assaulted by his literal inner demons. It was wild and creepy and inventive, everything we’ve come to expect from this series so far....

‘Maleficent’ Sequel Casts Ed Skrein As Its Villain By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 18, 2018 10:30 am EST Ed Skrein may be the next actor to face off against Angelina Jolie’s fallen fairy in the Maleficent sequel. The Deadpool actor is in final talks to play the Maleficent 2 villain in the film helmed by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales director Joachim Ronning. Skrein is in final negotiations to play a “key role” as the villain in Maleficent 2, Variety reports....

‘Men In Black’ Reboot Reteams ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Warrior Tessa Thompson With Chris Hemsworth By Ethan Anderton/March 21, 2018 12:44 pm EST After teaming up to take down Hela as Thor and Valkyrie in last fall’s Thor: Ragnarok, superhero stars Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson will reunite to save the Earth from the scum of the universe. The Men in Black reboot in the works at Sony Pictures already had Thor franchise star Chris Hemsworth on board to lead the new installment of the sci-fi comic book franchise, and now Tessa Thompson (Creed) has been recruited to star alongside him....

‘Midnight Sun’ Trailer: This Isn’t A Nicholas Sparks Movie, But It May As Well Be By Ben Pearson/Dec. 1, 2017 3:30 pm EST 17-year-old Katie Price (Bella Thorne) is finally asked out by her secret crush, Charlie (Patrick Schwarzenegger, son of the Governator). Great news, right? There’s only one problem: Katie can’t ever go outside during the day because she has a rare genetic condition that gives her extreme sensitivity to sunlight....

‘Star Wars’ Novel Reveals Luke Skywalker (Maybe, Possibly) Pulled Down A Star Destroyer With The Force By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 10, 2017 1:00 pm EST Just how powerful is Luke Skywalker? Apparently, very powerful. In a new canonical Star Wars novel The Legends of Luke Skywalker, it’s revealed that Luke once used the Force to pull-down a massive Star Destroyer like a boss. This reveal makes one wonder if we’ll be seeing any of that massive power in The Last Jedi....

‘The Kitchen’ Movie Cast Adds Elisabeth Moss Alongside Tiffany Haddish And Melissa McCarthy By Chris Evangelista/March 20, 2018 5:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Kitchen movie adaptation cast continues to grow, and what an interesting cast it is. Mad Men and The Handmaid’s Tale star Elisabeth Moss is the latest addition to the film, which also stars Tiffany Haddish and Melissa McCarthy.The Kitchen, based on the Vertigo comic book of the same name, tells the tale of a group of mobster wives who take over their husband’s crime empire after the men wind up in jail....

‘Tomb Raider’ Casts ‘Into The Badlands’ Star Daniel Wu By Angie Han/Jan. 11, 2017 1:00 pm EST Lara Croft will have a new buddy in the Tomb Raider adaptation. Into the Badlands star Daniel Wu has just joined Alicia Vikander and Walton Goggins in the upcoming adventure, which is being directed by Roar Uthaug (The Wave). Wu is no stranger to video game adaptations, having played Gul’dan (through the power of mo-cap) in last year’s Warcraft....

By Ben Pearson/June 23, 2017 2:30 pm EST In April of 2016, about a month before X-Men: Apocalypse hit theaters, actress Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones) tweeted a photo of her character, Jean Grey, at a mall with Scott Summers, aka Cyclops (Tye Sheridan). They were admiring the album cover of Dazzler, a mutant singer with the ability to create displays of light and energy who hadn’t appeared on screen in any X-Men movie up to that point....

By Ben Pearson/June 12, 2017 2:00 pm EST Wonder Woman is unquestionably the movie of the moment, but when you take a step back and look at the larger film industry, Marvel Studios is still sitting pretty. They already released Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 to great acclaim last month, they have Spider-Man: Homecoming (which is technically a Sony release) coming out soon, and the exciting-looking Thor: Ragnarok is on deck for November....

Don’t Expect To Read J.W. Rinzler’s ‘The Making Of Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ This Year By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 16, 2016 2:00 pm EST While appearing on the GeedDad Podcast, author J.W. Rinzler gave an update on the much anticipated announced and delayed The Making of Star Wars: The Force Awakens book. In fact, if you look at Rinzler’s Twitter account he is still telling people that the book was canceled:...

Emergency Podcast: Let’s Discuss Colin Trevorrow Leaving Star Wars Episode 9 By sfsuperadmin/Sept. 5, 2017 9:12 pm EST On September 5, 2017, we recorded an emergency episode of /Film Daily. Peter Sciretta is joined by Brad Oman and Germain Lussier from io9 to talk about the big news the dropped on Tuesday afternoon: Colin Trevorrow will no longer director Star Wars Episode 9. We tell you what happened, the various reports from behind the scenes that may explain the turn of events, how this may impact the production and May 24, 2019 release of the film, we speculate about who could come on to write and or direct the movie, and discuss the effect these controversies are having on Disney’s Star Wars legacy....

Hayao Miyazaki Coming Out Of Retirement Again By Angie Han/Nov. 14, 2016 9:00 am EST Miyazaki dropped the big news during a Japanese TV special titled, funnily enough, The Man Who Is Not Done: Hayao Miyazaki (via Anime News Network). In it, he revealed he was dissatisfied with Boro the Caterpillar, a twelve-minute short for the Ghibli Museum. So he’s presented a project proposal for a feature-length film, which Miyazaki hopes to complete before the 2020 Olympics in Toyko....