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LOL: ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ Gets A ‘Stranger Things’ Remake By Angie Han/Oct. 28, 2016 4:30 pm EST So much of Stranger Things’ irresistible pull stems from its uncanny ability to push all your nostalgia buttons. It feels like classic Steven Spielberg and vintage Stephen King, referencing pop culture touchstones and reminding Gen Xers and older Millennials of a time when middle school kids were allowed to roam freely. But what if Stranger Things went even further?...

New ‘Deadpool 2’ Promos Apologize To David Beckham, Strongly Defend Canada By Ethan Anderton/May 10, 2018 3:30 pm EST The marketing blitz for Deadpool 2 is in full swing. In case you didn’t hear, there will be fan screenings of the sequel next week in major cities all over the country (and pretty much all the tickets are already gone). But besides that, Deadpool 2 is going on a major promotional tour across the world, and they’re really pushing the European leg of the trip....

Paramount Sets Dates For New ‘G.I. Joe", ‘Dungeons And Dragons’ And More By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 18, 2017 2:30 pm EST If you woke up today and thought, “I could go for some news about movies based on toys and games,” rejoice: Paramount Pictures just announced a slew of dates for several toy-and-game-based movie adaptations, including a new G.I. Joe movie, Dungeons and Dragons, Micronauts, and an untitled Hasbro film. Happy Hasbro Movie Date Announcement Day, everyone!...

Paul Feig Still Wants A ‘Ghostbusters’ Reboot Sequel By Chris Evangelista/April 30, 2018 4:30 pm EST Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot was a lot of fun, even though some people got very Mad Online™ about the whole endeavor. Sony was hoping the reboot would launch a whole new franchise, but not-so-great box office seems to have killed that. Still, Feig says he’s definitely open to directing a Ghostbusters reboot sequel should Sony give the idea the go-ahead....

Peyton Reed Wants ‘Ant-Man’ To Remain “Its Own Little Corner” Of The Marvel Universe By Angie Han/Nov. 1, 2016 2:30 pm EST One of the joys of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is that everything is connected, at least in theory. But some superheroes within it are more connected than others. While Black Widow seems to be friends with pretty much everyone, for instance, Star-Lord is floating around the galaxy doing his own thing....

Ridley Scott Is Not A Fan Of Superhero Movies, Is “Concerned” For The Future Of Cinema By Angie Han/Jan. 2, 2017 3:30 pm EST At the age of 79, Ridley Scott is still going strong. After completing his last film, 2015’s The Martian, he wasted no time diving right into the upcoming Alien: Covenant. But although Scott continues to like making movies, it seems he doesn’t have much use for modern moviemaking trends....

Warner Bros. Cuts Final Ties With Brett Ratner By Chris Evangelista/April 13, 2018 5:30 am EST Warner Bros. is finally close to cutting all ties with Brett Ratner’s RatPac Entertainment. In November of 2017, sexual misconduct allegations surfaced against Ratner, which lead Warner Bros. to rush to sever ties with the producer and filmmaker. Still, several projects still lingered that tied RatPac to Warners. Now, that time is almost over....

By Peter Sciretta/March 6, 2017 4:00 pm EST Bosch Season 3 Trailer With a third season about to drop, there must be an audience for this detective drama out there somewhere, but it certainly doesn’t seem to register within the watercooler conversation space that is my film Twitter bubble. To be fair, it’s not an easy show to sell people on. Not only does the description feel generic and like a hundred other shows and movies, but the advertising for the show looks boring, focusing on the star power (or lack thereof) of Titus Welliver....

‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Drops Only 5.7% In Second Weekend Box Office, ‘Happytime Murders’ Gets Killed By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 26, 2018 3:14 pm EST After topping the box office last weekend, Crazy Rich Asians has achieved quite the feat in its sophomore run in theaters. Box office reports coming in have Crazy Rich Asians dropping a mere 5.7% this past weekend with another $25 million coming in for the romantic comedy from director Jon M....

‘Deadly Class’ Trailer: The Russo Brothers’ Stylish New Syfy Series By Ben Pearson/May 14, 2018 11:03 am EST Anthony and Joe Russo are coming off one of the biggest movies in history with Avengers: Infinity War, and now the brothers are tackling another comic book adaptation – this time for the small screen. They’re executive producing the popular comic Deadly Class for Syfy, and now the first Deadly Class trailer has arrived to show off this “twisted coming of age story....

‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 8 Will Premiere In 2019 By Jacob Hall/Jan. 4, 2018 11:24 am EST In the brutal fantasy world of Westeros, winter has finally arrived. But it will take a bit longer for the final season of Game of Thrones to catch up. After months of rumors, HBO has confirmed that Game of Thrones season 8 will not premiere until 2019. So bundle up and bar the gates....

‘Guerrilla’ Trailer: John Ridley’s New Miniseries Starring Freida Pinto And Idris Elba By Jack Giroux/Jan. 10, 2017 1:00 pm EST Showtime has shared some big news and released some notable trailers so far this week. They announced the date for the return of Twin Peaks, renewed The Affair for season four, and gave us our first real good look at Jim Carrey’s I’m Dying Up Here. Today they also have a first glimpse of John Ridley’s (12 Years a Slave) new drama, Guerilla....

‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Star In Talks To Play J.R.R. Tolkien In Upcoming Biopic ‘Tolkien’ By Ben Pearson/July 26, 2017 1:30 pm EST J.R.R. Tolkien, the architect of Middle-earth and the author of beloved novels like The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, both of which were famously adapted into live-action film trilogies, will provide the source material for yet another movie. But this one won’t be about a world that sprang from his imagination, but rather about his own life....

‘Ready Player One’ Box Office Tracking Falling Short Of Expectations By Chris Evangelista/March 8, 2018 2:00 pm EST Despite an over-abundance of marketing, Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One is tracking for a disappointing $35 million-plus debut weekend. Warner Bros. had been hoping for something in the $50 million range, but that’s growing increasingly unlikely. Perhaps if they added even more pop culture references that might help? More on the Ready Player One box office below....

‘Rick And Morty’ Season 4 May Not Arrive Until 2019 By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 4, 2018 7:00 am EST Rick and Morty fans had a nearly two-year wait between the Adult Swim show’s second and third season. That was difficult enough and it sounds like they’ll have to do it all over again while waiting for the show’s fourth season. Series writer Ryan Ridley recently participated in an interview where he indicated that Rick and Morty may not return for a fourth season until 2019, and even he’s not particularly happy about that....

‘Sharknado 5: Global Swarming’ Teaser Trailer: Yep, There’s Another One By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 16, 2017 8:30 am EST The Earth is round, gravity pulls you down, and there’s another Sharknado movie. Because why wouldn’t there be? I’ll admit I’ve only watched one Sharknado movie while black out drunk — I think it was Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! because I remember being upset that they cast Ann Coulter in the movie and didn’t kill her off — but I get it, guys....

‘The Mummy’ – What Did You Think? By Jacob Hall/June 9, 2017 4:30 pm EST The Mummy isn’t a remake of the 1999 blockbuster starring Brendan Fraser. Nor is it a remake of the 1932 horror classic starring Boris Karloff. Instead, it is Universal’s attempt to launch a brand new cinematic franchise (dubbed “Dark Universe”) that will blend their stable of classic movie monsters like Frankenstein, the Wolf Man, the Invisible Man, Van Helsing, and others into a shared world....

‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ Honest Trailer: Keeping Hot Topic In Business By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 25, 2016 2:32 pm EST There’s an ongoing debate as to whether or not The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Halloween movie or Christmas movie. For some reason, those people just can’t accept that it can actually be both. If you regard The Nightmare Before Christmas as a Halloween movie, then now is the time for you to revisit the stop-motion animated classic directed by Henry Selick and produced by Tim Burton....

‘Wind River’ Trailer: Jeremy Renner & Elizabeth Olsen Hunt A Killer In The Cold Wilderness By Ethan Anderton/May 25, 2017 11:30 am EST After writing the acclaimed films Sicario and Hell or High Water, screenwriter Taylor Sheridan has tried his hand at directing a suspenseful thriller of his own. Wind River follows Jeremy Renner as US Fish & Wildlife agent Cory Lambert working on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming....

Daily Podcast: Villains Who Should Get Movies, Most Anticipated Movies, Roma, Netflix, Mindhunter, Sinemia By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 30, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the August 30, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by weekend editor Brad Oman and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to answer a couple letters in the Mail Bag and talk about the latest film and tv news, including the most anticipated movies of Fall 2018, Roma early buzz, Netflix going theatrical, Mindhunter season 2 casting and Sinemia....