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Daily Podcast: It: Chapter 2, Incredibles 2, John Krasinski, Aquaman, Westworld, Scorsese, And More By Ben Pearson/April 13, 2018 4:30 pm EST In the News: Other articles mentioned: All the other stuff you need to know:You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes./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....

Daily Podcast: Lucasfilm Story Group’s Role In Star Wars Movies, Stephen King, Stan Lee, Apple TV 4K, Devin Faraci By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 14, 2017 8:30 am EST On the September 14, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by Jacob Hall Hoai-Tran Bui to talk about the latest news, including: the effect of Rotten Tomatoes scores on the box office, another Stephen King movie adaptation in development, Stan Lee lines up future Marvel Studios cameos, Apple announced Apple TV 4K and we have a serious discussion about the Devin Faraci/Alamo Drafthouse situation....

Daily Podcast: Star Wars, Pirates, Indiana Jones, Mother, John Williams, Penn & Teller & More By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 6, 2017 8:00 am EST On the September 6, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by Hoai-Tran Bui, Jacob Hall and Brad Oman to discuss the latest news, including Han Solo movie casting, the possibility of more Pirates of the Caribbean movies, Indiana Jones 5, a LGBTQ character and Snoke in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the early buzz from Darren Aronofsky’s mother!...

Disney Doesn’t Want To Make ‘National Treasure 3,’ But A Reboot For Disney’s Streaming Service Is Likely By Peter Sciretta/July 31, 2018 8:00 am EST Every time I talk to director Jon Turteltaub, I have to ask about the status of National Treasure 3. The Nicolas Cage-led 2004 film is a delightful Da Vinci Code meets Indiana Jones-lite adventure and it spawned a not-as-much-fun sequel, National Treasure: Book of Secrets, in 2007....

Disney Imagineering Has Built Stunt Robots; Robot Uprising Now Inevitable By Chris Evangelista/June 29, 2018 4:00 pm EST Having learned nothing from Westworld, Disney Imagineering went ahead and built stunt robots that can flip through the air, and probably eventually rebel against their cruel human masters. It’s likely these high-flying bots will be used in Disney’s Star Wars land, or possible upcoming Marvel attractions. Disney Stunt Robots In the video above, you can see the cool and potentially terrifying new robot stunt doubles built by the folks at Disney Imagineering....

Drew Goddard Leaves The Door Open To Return To ‘Cloverfield’ And Reveals His ‘X-Force’ Secret Weapon By Ben Pearson/June 27, 2018 1:00 pm EST Early this week, I traveled to Lake Tahoe to cover an early press event for Bad Times at the El Royale, a 1960s-set crime drama written and directed by The Cabin in the Woods director Drew Goddard. I spoke with Goddard on camera about his new movie (we’ll be publishing that video closer to the film’s release), but I caught up with him a few minutes after we recorded the interview to ask whether or not he’s directing a recently-announced Cloverfield movie....

Exclusive Clip From ‘The Guilty’, Denmark’s Oscar Submission, Features A Call For Help By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 20, 2018 10:30 am EST The Guilty finds tense, clever ways to make a one-location film exciting. The Danish thriller finds an emergency dispatcher trying to save a kidnapped woman after receiving a panicked call. In an exclusive The Guilty clip below, you can see the moment that launches the entire film into motion, as the dispatcher (Jakob Cedergren) receives the call....

Final Season Of ‘Portlandia’ Will Say ‘Oh, Hello’ To John Mulaney And Nick Kroll By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 19, 2017 11:00 am EST It’s a damn shame, but the comedy sketch series Portlandia is coming to an end after being renewed for an eighth and final season on IFC. Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein have assembled a cavalcade of hilarious characters over the years, and they’ve brought some of their best comedian friends into the show with them to make it even better....

First ‘War For The Planet Of The Apes’ Teaser Comes With A Dire Warning By Angie Han/Oct. 6, 2016 6:58 am EST The War for the Planet of the Apes teaser has Andy Serkis’ Caesar materializing out of snow, and then getting blown away. While there’s no actual footage from the movie, there is an interesting bit of dialogue. Caesar warns, “You must go before the fighting begins. I’m sorry. War has begun....

J.J. Abrams To Direct ‘The Nix’ TV Series Starring Meryl Streep As Another Bold Woman By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 8, 2016 3:25 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. After tackling time travel last year with 11.22.63 and a futuristic theme park populated by advanced androids in Westworld next month, director/producer J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot production banner are venturing into different territory for their next television project....

James Wan Will Produce The ‘Resident Evil’ Reboot [UPDATED] By Ethan Anderton/May 22, 2017 2:34 pm EST Update: Deadline reports that Insidious, The Conjuring, Furious 7, and Aquaman director James Wan is on board to produce the Resident Evil reboot. Considering his history with the horror genre, this choice certainly does suggest that the new films will hew closer to the tone of the original games. Greg Russo will write the script....

Kate McKinnon’s Extensive ‘Ghostbusters’ Outtakes Are Wonderful Improvisational Magic By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 20, 2016 1:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ghostbusters just arrived on home video last week, and it came with the extended cut of the film that wasn’t seen in theaters. Word on the street is that the extra 15 minutes put back into the movie actually fixes many of the plot holes that remained in the theatrical cut, and it just might be worth watching....

Kevin Hart Will Play Santa Claus In Disney’s ‘Dashing Through The Snow’ Christmas Comedy By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 27, 2016 3:30 pm EST The movie is called Dashing Through the Snow, and it will feature superstar comedian and Central Intelligence co-star Kevin Hart playing Santa Claus. Anyway, it’ll probably be hard for her to get upset about this movie since The Hollywood Reporter reveals it will follow a story that sees the one true Santa Claus getting a workaholic father to believe in the magic of Christmas to repair the strained relationship he has with his son....

Marvel Celebrates 10 Years Of The MCU With A New Website, Glitzy Gold Posters By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 12, 2018 4:00 am EST Gold is usually reserved for 50-year anniversaries, but we’ll let it slide for Marvel Studios. The studio is celebrating an unlikely 10-year anniversary that began all the way back with Iron Man in 2008 — a movie that no one expected to launch a cinematic universe spanning 10 years and 19 movies....

Matt Reeves Reveals What ‘The Batman’ And ‘War For The Planet Of The Apes’ Have In Common By Ben Pearson/May 1, 2017 1:30 pm EST When Ben Affleck vacated the director’s chair of his upcoming film The Batman, we knew Warner Bros. would need to find someone special to step in if they wanted to keep fans buzzing about the film’s possibilities. Hiring Matt Reeves, the man behind Cloverfield and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, seemed like a pretty solid play....

Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller 3D’ Is Getting An IMAX Theatrical Release For The First Time Ever By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 29, 2018 8:30 am EST There’s no better celebration of Michael Jackson’s birthday than the — ahem — thrilling news that his iconic short film that revolutionized the music video landscape is coming to theaters. Right on the heels of the Michael Jackson Diamond Celebration, IMAX announced that Michael Jackson’s Thriller 3D will head to IMAX 3D theaters for the first time ever....

Netflix’s ‘A Series Of Unfortunate Events’ Will End With Season 3 By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 2, 2018 7:30 am EST The sad tale of the Baudelaire children will finally reach its dreary end. Netflix’s TV adaptation of Lemony Snicket’s darkly comedic A Series of Unfortunate Events will be wrapping up its run after its third season, which will likely air sometime in 2019. A Series of Unfortunate Events finally received the wry and whimsical adaptation it deserved with Mark Hudis and Barry Sonnenfeld’s TV series adaptation of the popular children’s book series, which first premiered on Netflix on January 13, 2017....

New ‘Star Wars’ Anthology Will Explore Untold Stories Of ‘A New Hope’ Characters By Peter Sciretta/April 7, 2017 11:30 am EST Earlier this week, a mysterious hashtag popped up online teasing something exciting having to do with Star Wars. The details behind #OperationBlueMilk have now been revealed, as Disney will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of the saga with new stories centering on the weird background characters of the series....

Patrick Stewart Is Retiring From X-Men Movies Because ‘Logan’ Is So Damn Good By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 25, 2017 9:00 am EST The early buzz on Logan is not only is it the best solo outing for Hugh Jackman as Wolverine (by leaps and bounds), but it’s one of the best X-Men movies ever made. Hugh Jackman was so dedicated to make this the Wolverine movie fans have wanted for years, he knew this had to be his last outing as the iconic mutant....

Richard E. Grant’s ‘Logan’ Villain Revealed By Jacob Hall/Dec. 8, 2016 11:00 am EST Aside from that spectacular trailer, we know precious little about Logan, the tenth movie in 20th Century Fox’s X-Men series and the swan song for Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine. What we do know has been fed to us via social media, with those involved in the production of the film offering little tidbits here and there. The latest morsel comes from Mr....