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Cool Stuff: These ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Winter Jackets Don’t Smell Bad On The Outside (Or Inside) By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 5, 2017 6:00 am EST On the ice planet of Hoth from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, the only way to keep warm when you’re stranded in the middle of nowhere is to cut open your Tauntaun companion and situate yourself within its innards. Thankfully, the folks at Columbia are doing their best to ensure you won’t have to do that when it gets cold this winter....

Daily Podcast: Best Movies Of 2017 You Haven’t Seen, Sundance 2018 Opening Night Movies By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 19, 2018 4:30 pm EST On the January 19, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and senior writer Ben Pearson to talk about the films they saw on the opening night of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. In Our Feature Presentation, Rob Hunter talks about The Best Movies of 2017 You Probably Haven’t Seen....

Daily Podcast: Comic-Con 2018: Clone Wars, Better Call Saul, Predator, Nightflyers, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, And More By Ben Pearson/July 20, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the July 20, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film Managing Editor Jacob Hall, Weekend Editor Brad Oman, and writer Chris Evangelista to talk about what they’ve seen so far at San Diego Comic-Con 2018. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it)....

David Letterman Is Coming To Netflix For A New Series, But Will His Epic Beard Come Too? By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 8, 2017 11:00 am EST David Letterman stepped down from his longtime post as the host of The Late Show on CBS in 2015, replaced by comedian Stephen Colbert. But as any good comedian will tell you, it’s hard to stay away from the spotlight, and David Letterman is a great comedian, so it should come as no surprise that he’s coming out of retirement with a new show....

By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 6, 2018 11:30 am EST Speaking to Variety at the Television Critics Association press tour, FX CEO John Landgraf revealed Marvel didn’t want to move forward with the kind of series Donald and Stephen Glover had written. Landgraf said: This pretty much confirms what many had assumed after Donald Glover wrote a 14-page script mocking the cancellation of the series in the style of what the animated series might have looked like....

How ‘Halloween’ Copyright Issues Led To The Best Joke In ‘Baby Driver’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 13, 2018 4:30 pm EST Edgar Wright is a singularly talented filmmaker with a knack for balancing dynamic action scenes with comedy. And Baby Driver was the culmination of that — a heist film that played like a musical, with a fair few great jokes thrown in. But it turns out that one of the best gags of the film came about almost by accident....

Jason Blum Says ‘Halloween’ Reboot ‘Respects The DNA Of The Franchise’ By Chris Evangelista/April 14, 2018 1:00 pm EST Jason Blum has seen a cut of the new Halloween reboot, and proclaimed it a success. Blum isn’t exactly an impartial witness here, since he’s producing the film, but we’ll take any Halloween info we can get at this point. I would like to see David Gordon Green’s Halloween reboot/sequel right now, please and thank you....

New ‘Solo’ Photos Reaffirm That Donald Glover’s Lando Is Really, Really Cool By Chris Evangelista/April 20, 2018 10:30 am EST The movie may be called Solo, but I think by now we’re all in agreement: Donald Glover’s Lando is going to steal the show. And that’s fine! Below, check out some new Solo photos, including one that reaffirms once again that Donald Glover’s Lando is really, really cool. I think Solo: A Star Wars Story looks fantastic, and I think Alden Ehrenreich is going to make a great young Han Solo....

New ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Rumors Describe Luke’s Mysterious Gear By Jacob Hall/May 19, 2017 2:30 pm EST We’re still seven months away from the opening of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, so I hope the chair in which you’ve decided to wait this one out is still accommodating your backside. And since we probably won’t be seeing another trailer for Rian Johnson’s chapter in the beloved saga for some time yet, are you up for a quick hit of Star Wars news?...

By Ethan Anderton/April 23, 2017 9:00 am EST As of now, there are Star Wars movies scheduled through the summer of 2019. Star Wars: The Last Jedi arrives on December 15, 2017, the Han Solo spin-off starring Alden Ehrenreich takes Star Wars back to summer on May 25, 2018, and then Star Wars: Episode IX will hit theaters on May 23, 2019. Anything after that is unknown, and it’s anyone’s guess as to what Disney and Lucasfilm have in mind....

Superhero Bits: Ant-Man And The Wasp Reshoots, Matt Damon Turns Down Spider-Man Villain Role & More By Ethan Anderton/March 30, 2018 5:30 pm EST Want to see the full music video for Trish Walker’s song “Cray Cray” from Jessica Jones? Did you know X2: X-Men United almost adapted the Phoenix Saga? What are Ant-Man and the Wasp reshoots fixing? Which Ocean’s Eleven cast member reportedly turned down the villain role in the Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel?...

Watch New ‘Rogue One’ Clips And Learn About A Possible ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Connection By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 7, 2016 7:30 am EST If you’ve given up on watching any new footage from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, we totally understand. But the publicity blitz is underway around the world with the cast appearing on late night and daytime talk shows to get more general audiences into theaters when the movie arrives next week....

WTF Stuff: ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Doritos Bags Play The Entire Soundtrack By Ethan Anderton/April 26, 2017 12:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Whenever a big blockbuster like Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 comes out, there are endless cross promotions and merchandise being sold with the film’s title and characters all over the place. Therefore, we’re not surprised seeing soda cans and bags of chips with Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax the Destroyer, Groot and Rocket Raccoon on them....

‘Baby Driver’ Featurette: See How Music Brings Edgar Wright’s Action Movie To Life By Ethan Anderton/June 12, 2017 2:30 pm EST Not long ago, we saw the full soundtrack list for Edgar Wright’s latest film, the music-driven thriller Baby Driver. Since the music has been built up as an integral part of the movie (which has been described as a car chase musical), it provided insight into what we could expect from the movie....

‘Colossal’ Teaser: Anne Hathaway Is A Literal Monster By Angie Han/Jan. 20, 2017 11:30 am EST Even if you’re a monster movie aficionado, it’s likely you’ve never seen one quite like Nacho Vigalondo’s Colossal. Anne Hathaway stars as Gloria, whose charm helps paper over the fact that she’s a total mess. Unemployed and freshly single, she moves back to her hometown and reconnects with an old friend (Jason Sudeikis) who becomes her new drinking buddy....

‘Cyrano The Moor’: David Oyelowo Will Star In Live-Action Disney Musical By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 25, 2017 3:30 pm EST Today in extremely cool movie news, Disney announced they will be making a new live-action musical starring David Oyelowo, from Tarell Alvin McCraney, the playwright who inspired Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight. The House of Mouse has been slowly but surely remaking their animated classics into live-action musicals, like last year’s Beauty and the Beast with Emma Watson and a bunch of CGI tomfoolery....

‘Fantastic Beasts’ Deleted Scene: Singalong To The Ilvermorny School Anthem By Jack Giroux/Jan. 30, 2017 12:30 pm EST At the heart of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a straightforward and sweet story: an animal lover and magizoologist, Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), comes to New York City, where a few of his misunderstood creatures get loose. Newt’s story often gets derailed by some uninteresting subplots, an underwhelming twist/piece of setup, and franchise thinking in David Yates’ inconsistent film, which frequently goes from wonderous to frustrating....

‘Fifty Shades Freed’ Trailer: Post-Wedding Life Isn’t All Bliss For Mr. And Mrs. Grey By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 2, 2018 9:00 am EST Mr. and Mrs. Grey will see you now, and it definitely is not for a threesome. But speaking of threesomes, the Fifty Shades of Grey series has reached its final and third installment, wrapping up the kinky and borderline abusive tale of love in the time of BDSM. Fifty Shades Freed follows Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) and Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) after they pledge to love and honor each other in sickness and in health....

‘First Kill’ Trailer: Bruce Willis And Hayden Christensen Buddy Up By Jack Giroux/June 10, 2017 11:00 am EST Bruce Willis has three action movies coming out over the next few months. Next week, we can watch him team up with John Goodman for Once Upon a Time in Venice, a movie that doesn’t like as fun as its cast. A couple of weeks later, he’ll be back in theatres (or on demand) with First Kill....

‘I Am Paul Walker’ Trailer: The Late ‘Fast And The Furious’ Actor Is The Focus Of A New Documentary By Chris Evangelista/July 26, 2018 2:30 pm EST The people behind documentaries like I Am Chris Farley and I Am Heath Ledger have turned their attention to Paul Walker. I Am Paul Walker follows a similar trajectory as the aforementioned docs, chronicling Walker’s tragically short life with home video footage, and through interviews with friends and family....