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By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 18, 2017 8:30 am EST On the September 18, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by Jacob Hall and Hoai-Tran Bui to talk about the latest news, including: the release date for John Wick: Chapter 3, Jon Hamm voicing Boba Fett in a Star Wars story, Jamie Lee Curtis returning for the Halloween reboot, some intriguing Westworld casting, and a director’s cut of It. In our Feature Presentation, Hoai-Tran introduces her new mission to tackle the horror genre after years of being terrified by it....

Daily Podcast: Super Bowl Movie Trailer Reactions, Is Cloverfield’s Surprise Release The Future Of Movies? By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 5, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the February 5, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and weekend editor Brad Oman to talk about the trailers from the 2018 Super Bowl. We’ll give our reactions for Solo: A Star Wars Story, Westworld Season 2, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Avengers: Infinity War, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, and The Cloverfield Paradox, as well as some observations on things you may have missed on first viewing....

First ‘Death Wish’ Clip Pushes You Into The Crawlspace By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 14, 2018 5:30 am EST We may not need a Death Wish remake, but we’re getting one anyway. Eli Roth helms the updated revenge-thriller, which stars Bruce Willis as an angry man who takes the law into his own hands. In the first official Death Wish clip, Willis’ character very calmly decides to shove his daughter into a crawlspace....

Here Comes An ‘Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind’ TV Series No One Asked For By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 8, 2016 1:00 pm EST There are countless films being turned into TV shows right now. Some of the more recent projects in development include shows based on The Departed and Let The Right One In, and now one more revered film will be brought to the small screen. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is one of the best movies of the 21st century (not to mention one of my favorites of all time) and now the film’s producer is in early development to turn the film into a TV series....

Jason Momoa To Lead ‘The Crow’ Remake By Angie Han/Aug. 10, 2016 12:30 pm EST The story behind Relativity’s The Crow remake is practically as full of struggle and hardship as the plot itself. For a while it was a revolving door of talent, unable to hold on to a director or star long enough to actually start shooting. Then, just when it looked ready to take flight with director Corin Hardy, it was crippled by Relativity’s financial woes....

Rian Johnson Says ‘The Last Jedi’ Marketing Manipulates, But Never Misrepresents By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 7, 2017 10:00 am EST This past weekend, I had a chance to sit down with Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson to talk about the new Star Wars film, which no one outside of Lucasfilm has seen yet. Since the filmmakers can’t say much about the film, I decided to ask about the marketing....

Superhero Bits: Black Panther World Cup Uniforms, Teen Titans Go! To The Movies Reactions & More By Ethan Anderton/July 2, 2018 6:00 pm EST How much has Incredibles 2 earned at the US box office in just two weeks? Who does Mike Colter want to cameo on the third season of Luke Cage? What are the first reactions to Teen Titans GO! to the Movies saying? What Saturn Awards did Black Panther walk away with?...

The ‘American Crime Story’ Season 2 First Look Reveals ‘‘The Assassination Of Gianni Versace’ By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 28, 2017 4:00 pm EST The Assassination of Gianni Versace, the latest season of FX’s hit show American Crime Story, is likely to be one of 2018’s most talked-about new TV shows. A new first look feature takes you behind-the-scenes of the series, which focuses on the murder of fashion designer Gianni Versace by spree killer Andrew Cunanan....

The ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Score Does Something Surprising With A Signature John Williams Theme By Ethan Anderton/May 25, 2018 3:00 pm EST This weekend’s release of Solo: A Star Wars Story has one huge surprise that will blow fans away (and if you already know what we’re talking about, you can read more about it over here but beware of spoilers!). But Solo also has another tidbit that might go unnoticed....

Watch The Incredible ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Throne Room Lightsaber Battle Right Now By Ethan Anderton/March 6, 2018 1:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. No matter how you felt about Star Wars: The Last Jedi as a whole, you can’t deny that it has one of the best lightsaber battles in the entirety of the franchise. Rey (Daisy Ridley) and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) engage in an intense lightsaber battle involving Supreme Leader Snoke’s Praetorian guards....

When Will We See The First ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Trailer? By Angie Han/Nov. 18, 2016 7:00 am EST Tom Holland’s Spider-Man is the third big-screen iteration of the character in just 15 years, but any skepticism fans may have had seemed to disappear the moment he swung onscreen in Captain America: Civil War. At that point, the question went from “do we really need another Spider-Man reboot?” to “so when will we get to see that Spider-Man reboot?...

‘Cargo’ First Look: Martin Freeman Stars In The Zombie-Infested Drama By Jack Giroux/Sept. 24, 2016 11:00 am EST Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling’s short film Cargo has close to 11 million views on youtube. The Australian filmmaking duo have now adapted their hit short into a feature film of the same name. Ramke and Howling’s father-daughter zombie drama stars Martin Freeman (Sherlock), playing a dad desperately trying to get his daughter to safety before the virus turns him....

‘Comeback’ Movie Coming From ‘Colossal’ Director Nacho Vigalondo By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 10, 2017 9:00 am EST Nacho Vigalondo, the talented director behind the weird and wild Anne Hathaway dark comedy Colossal, will team with The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman to adapt the Image Comics series Comeback into a feature film. The story focuses on two time travelers who save people’s lives, for a fee. After the time travelers get stranded in the past, they have to fight to survive and return to their own time....

‘Confederate’ Creators Are “Not Actively” Working On The Controversial HBO Series By Ben Pearson/Nov. 28, 2017 2:30 pm EST The only problem was, the announcement of that series – which is called Confederate – was met with wide derision online and caused the type of response HBO wasn’t initially hoping for: a full-blown controversy. Things have been quiet on the development front since then, but now a new report says the show’s creators are “not actively” working on it…though it does remain in development....

‘Detroit’ Final Trailer: A Pulse-Pounding Portrait Of ‘What Really Happened’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 27, 2017 8:15 am EST Detroit has released a gripping and provocative final trailer in anticipation of its August release. The Kathryn Bigelow-directed movie delves into the events surrounding the Algiers Motel, in which three black men and two white women were killed during a police raid, with nine other people brutally beaten. The Detroit final trailer offers to reveal “what really happened” during the 1967 Detroit race riots....

‘Han Solo’ Directors Reveal New ‘Star Wars’ Alien In Force For Change Video By Ben Pearson/April 18, 2017 11:30 am EST Last week, Disney and Lucasfilm announced a new contest in their Force For Change initiative, a charity fundraiser through Omaze that gives Star Wars fans the chance to participate in some once-in-a-lifetime movie-related experiences. Today, Omaze released a new video in which fan favorite Warwick Davis, who has played a number of characters across the Star Wars movies, gives a spoiler-free tour of the Han Solo movie set, and the coolest part gives us a peek at a brand new creature from the film....

‘Incredibles 2’ Box Office Tracking Predicts Pixar’s Biggest Opening Weekend By Chris Evangelista/May 24, 2018 1:21 pm EST Update: The Hollywood Reporter says the new Pixar sequel is now tracking for a $140 million opening weekend, which would make it the highest opening yet for a Pixar movie. Our original article follows. Audiences have been waiting for Incredibles 2 for over a decade. And perhaps it was worth the wait, at least from a financial standpoint....

‘Lady Bird’ Featurette Focuses On The Incredible Direction Of Greta Gerwig By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 17, 2018 4:00 pm EST Lady Bird is one of the major awards contenders this season, and it will likely end up with a Best Picture nomination when all is said and done. The real question is whether the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be smart enough to give Greta Gerwig a nomination for Best Director....

‘Lady Bird’ Trailer: Saoirse Ronan Soars In Greta Gerwig’s Solo Directorial Debut By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 5, 2017 7:30 am EST The indie darlings team up in the coming-of-age film replete with quirky shenanigans and whimsical musings on life, with Ronan starring in the Gerwig-surrogate role as a stubborn aspiring bohemian who clashes with her equally strong-willed mom (Laurie Metcalf). A24 has done it again, showing off what looks like a compelling coming-of-age film that showcases the talent of the women behind and in front of the screen....

‘Rules Don’t Apply’ Music Trailer: A New Look At Warren Beatty’s Great Performance By Jack Giroux/Nov. 16, 2016 7:00 am EST Warren Beatty gives a towering performance in Rules Don’t Apply. The film features one of Beatty’s most nuanced and vulnerable performances as the ambitious, charismatic, and deeply troubled Howard Hughes. Fans eager to see the actor, writer, and director’s return likely won’t leave the movie disappointed by his performance. Before Beatty ends his 15-year hiatus from acting next Friday, a new trailer without dialogue has been released for his fifth directorial effort....