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Watch The First 10 Minutes Of ‘Hunt For The Wilderpeople’, One Of The Best Movies Of The Year By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 23, 2016 2:30 pm EST Not only was What We Do In The Shadows one of my favorite films of 2015, it shocked us all by coming in at #2 on the list of the best movies of the year put together by all of us here at /Film. Right now the film’s director, Taika Waititi, is busy in Australia behind the camera for Thor: Ragnarok, the third film in the Marvel Studios franchise....

‘BlacKkKlansman’ Review: Spike Lee’s Latest Is Outrageous, Necessary, And A Bit Clumsy By Joi Childs/Aug. 6, 2018 10:00 am EST What do you do when you’re a Black person trying to infiltrate the local chapter of the KKK?If you’re a Black person being asked this question, your immediate response should be “no thanks,” for obvious reasons. But if you spend the time thinking through the frankly ridiculous ask for the sake of the exercise, you could imagine that it would take detailed planning and a gracefulness needed to pull it off....

‘Bloodline’ Season 3 First Look: The End Is Near For The Rayburn Family By Jack Giroux/April 17, 2017 1:00 pm EST Netflix has announced that Bloodline will return for its third and final season on May 26. The last time we saw the Rayburn family, they hit an all-time low. Season two ended with John Rayburn (Kyle Chandler) running away – something we never would’ve expected from the once well-respected cop and family man....

The Casting of Cable First up, with regards to the casting of Cable, a cavalcade of names have been linked to the role with contenders like Stephen Lang, Dolph Lundgren and most recently David Harbour being mentioned. There have even been rumors that Pierce Brosnan could end up playing Cable as well. The good news is we won’t have to wait much longer to find out who ends up with the role....

‘Lone Wolf And Cub’ Remake Hires Andrew Kevin Walker To Pen Screenplay For Justin Lin By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 18, 2017 8:00 am EST Seven scribe Andrew Kevin Walker has been tapped to pen a new adaptation of the manga Lone Wolf and Cub. Previously adapted into a six-film series in the 1970s, the new take on Lone Wolf and Cub will be produced by Justin Lin, who will likely direct as well....

‘Robotech’ Zeroes In On New Writer: ‘Wonder Woman’ Scribe Jason Fuchs By Ben Pearson/Sept. 13, 2017 7:30 am EST We’ve been writing about a potential Robotech movie since 2007, when Tobey Maguire was planning to produce a big screen adaptation of the classic anime series. Ten years later, it seems like the movie finally has the right combination of talent attached in order to get it into production. Sony hired It filmmaker Andy Muschietti to direct, and now they’ve scooped up writer Jason Fuchs, hot off of Warner Bros....

‘Sense8’ Christmas Special Trailer: Celebrating The Holidays, Wachowski-Style By Angie Han/Dec. 16, 2016 11:30 am EST Generally speaking, I’m not much of a holiday person. I’m just too cold and dead inside to get caught up in the magic of it all. But if there’s one thing that can get me to feel some seasonally appropriate warm fuzzies, it’s probably Sense8, a show so earnestly empathetic that I find it impossible to resist....

‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Trailer Coming This Monday [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 1, 2018 9:51 am EST Update: It turns out that everyone was one day off. It now looks like the Solo trailer will debut on Good Morning America this Monday, February 5. Our original article follows. “Where’s the Solo trailer?” has been the resounding question in the sci-fi fan community for the past few months. The Star Wars standalone film is merely four months away from release, and we haven’t heard a peep out of Lucasfilm or Disney — highly unusual for a tentpole film in one of the biggest franchises in the world....

‘The Crown’ Season 3 Cast Adds Tobias Menzies As New Prince Philip By Chris Evangelista/March 28, 2018 3:04 pm EST Tobias Menzies, who has appeared on Outlander and AMC’s new horror series The Terror, is about to become royalty. Menzies will take over for Matt Smith on The Crown season 3, which is aging up its entire cast to show the passage of time. More on The Crown season 3 cast below....

‘The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks’ Teaser: HBO Sends Oprah Winfrey Digging For Answers By Angie Han/Feb. 20, 2017 1:30 pm EST Even if you’ve never heard of Henrietta Lacks, there’s a good chance she’s impacted your life in some way. In 1951, while Lacks was undergoing treatment for cervical cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital, her cells were harvested without her knowledge or consent and used to create HeLa cell line....

A ‘Downton Abbey’ Movie Is Coming To Theaters Featuring The Original Cast By Ben Pearson/July 13, 2018 8:30 am EST Ready to reunite with the Crawley family? Three years after coming to an end, the Emmy-winning drama series Downton Abbey is being resurrected for a feature. The original cast members are coming back to reprise their roles, and Oscar-winner Julian Fellowes, who created the series, wrote the movie’s screenplay. And this won’t just be a made-for-TV follow-up: this is a full-fledged theatrical event....

ABC Wanted To Cancel ‘Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’ After Season 4, But Disney Refused By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 28, 2017 12:30 pm EST Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. had long been the red-headed stepchild of the Marvel Cinematic Universe — viewed as a dull but obligatory companion to the much more compelling snarky films and gritty Netflix series. That’s not the case anymore with Iron Fist receiving near-universal criticism, and the upcoming Inhumans racking up some of the most colorful critical slams I’ve ever seen....

AMC Developing Black Lives Matter Series Based On Book ‘They Can’t Kill Us All’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 12, 2017 3:31 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Black Lives Matter is not going away. And as more cases of police brutality are unveiled each day, Hollywood begins to take more notice. Television was the first to address the ongoing movement calling for less police violence targeting African Americans, with episodes of Scandal, Black-ish, and Dear White People setting aside their sleek or comedic facades to candidly tackle the topic head-on....

Believe It Or Not, ‘Frasier’ Helped Inspire ‘Infinity War’ By Chris Evangelista/May 7, 2018 1:00 pm EST Avengers: Infinity War had a surprising influence: Frasier. Yes, the Cheers spin-off starring Kelsey Grammer as Dr. Frasier Crane helped inspire one of the biggest superhero blockbusters of all time. Learn how below! Hey baby, I hear the blues are calling, tossed salads and Infinity Stones. If you had told me a year ago that the hit sitcom Frasier helped inspire Infinity War, I’d probably have you committed to a mental asylum....

Coen Brothers To Pen Silk Road Thriller ‘Dark Web’ By Angie Han/Oct. 14, 2016 3:06 pm EST Formerly titled Silk Road, Dark Web has been in the works since about 2013. THR reports the Coens are following an earlier draft by Shutter Island and Live by Night author Dennis Lehane. The film is based on Joshuah Bearman’s Wired article “The Untold Story of Silk Road.” (You can read it in two parts here and here....

Cool Stuff: New Prints For ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’, ‘A Clockwork Orange’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 15, 2016 5:30 am EST If you’re in the market for some cool new pop culture prints, today is your lucky day. Both Mondo and Bottleneck Gallery have a couple of new prints each inspired by a few movies that have plenty of fans. Matt Taylor has an awesome new print for Star Wars: The Force Awakens featuring the Millennium Falcon traveling through hyperspace (teased above), while another print for the new installment of the saga also comes from Adam Relf....

DC Universe Will Release One Episode Of Original Shows Each Week, But That Will Increase In 2020 By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 17, 2018 4:00 pm EST Over the weekend, the DC Universe subscription service officially launched, giving fans access to loads of comic books, movies, animated series and more from the world of DC Comics. The crown jewel of the DC Universe subscription won’t arrive in October when the original series Titans debuts, but once it does, it will be the beginning of a constant stream of original programming week after week....

Does ‘Wonder Woman’ Have A Credits Scene? By Ethan Anderton/May 22, 2017 12:30 pm EST Thanks to the success of Marvel Studios, whenever a franchise starter comes around, there is usually some kind of credits scene that teases what will hopefully be the next chapter in the franchise. However, when it comes to the films of the DC Extended Universe, Warner Bros. Pictures hasn’t always teased what’s coming next in their comic book franchises....

Exclusive ‘Miss Hokusai’ Clip Reveals A Gorgeously Animated Coming-Of-Age Tale By Angie Han/Oct. 12, 2016 9:00 am EST Even if the name Hokusai doesn’t ring a bell, you’re definitely familiar with his work. He’s the artist behind The Great Wave off Kanagawa, perhaps the most famous work in Japanese art history — you’ve seen the image in museums and books and gift shops and dorm room posters. But he’s not the real subject of Miss Hokusai....

James Gunn Wants A ‘Rocket And Groot’ Spin-Off, Claims Vin Diesel By Ben Pearson/April 28, 2017 12:00 pm EST Guardians of the Galaxy was a pretty obscure comic before Marvel Studios introduced us to its heroes on the big screen, so for many of us, the first time we saw Rocket Raccoon and his tree-like friend Groot was in the movie as a pair of intergalactic bounty hunters. How did these versions of the characters meet?...