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‘Apostle’ Poster And Synopsis Teases An Occult Fable From Director Gareth Evans By Chris Evangelista/July 31, 2018 2:30 pm EST Director Gareth Evans is back with his first film since The Raid 2, and it sounds amazing. Apostle is described as an “occult fable” and stars Dan Stevens as a man attempting to rescue his kidnapped sister from sinister religious cult. See the Apostle poster, and scope the full synopsis, below....

‘Better Call Saul’ Season 4 Clip Checks In On ‘Gene’ By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 2, 2018 4:15 pm EST Better Call Saul, one of the very best shows on TV right now, returns for a fourth season this month. The latest season tracks the further misadventures of Jimmy McGill, the man who would be Saul Goodman. In a new Better Call Saul season 4 clip, we check in with Jimmy/Saul during his new life, where he’s assumed the identity of Gene, lowly Cinnabon manager....

‘Birds Of Prey’ Cast: Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Justina Machado And More Testing For Roles By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 21, 2018 7:00 am EST Warner Bros. is on the lookout for their Birds of Prey cast, and they’re considering several exciting actresses for parts. A new report indicates Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Justina Machado and more have all tested for parts. Janelle Monae has also been mentioned, although it remains unclear if she tested for a part or not....

‘Black Beauty’ Remake Will Bring The Classic Story Into Modern Day By Ben Pearson/May 27, 2018 10:00 am EST Anna Sewell’s 1877 novel Black Beauty is one of the best-selling books ever, and there have already been a half-dozen film adaptations of the story. But now a new Black Beauty remake is in the works, and this modern reimagining will update the story’s setting to modern day. Sewell’s Black Beauty is told from the perspective of the titular horse recounting incidents from its life – early days on a farm, working as a taxi horse in London, and eventually settling down in the country....

‘Blade Runner 2049’ Extended TV Spot: What’s The Deal With This Replicant Army? By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 22, 2017 9:30 am EST We’re returning to futuristic Los Angeles this Fall with the long-awaited sequel, Blade Runner 2049. Picking up where Ridley Scott left off in 1982, director Denis Villeneuve (Arrival, Prisoners) follows a new blade runner played by Ryan Gosling as he uncovers a secret from the past that will greatly impact the future, especially when it comes to replicants....

‘Blade Runner 2049’ TV Spot: Ryan Gosling And Harrison Ford Are Being Hunted By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 8, 2017 7:30 am EST The plot of Blade Runner 2049 has thus far been shrouded in mystery, and the marketing and trailers for the Denis Villeneuve film seem intent on keeping it that way. However, it’s inevitable that we’ll learn a smidgen more of the secrets of this film. The newest Blade Runner 2049 TV spot gives us a hint of the motivations behind the Big Bad played by Jared Leto, as well as why Harrison Ford’s Rick Deckard went into hiding for 30 years after the events of the original Blade Runner....

‘Cars 3’ Almost Featured Several Batmobile Cameos, Which Is Super Weird By Ethan Anderton/June 19, 2017 4:30 pm EST The universe in which Pixar’s animated franchise Cars exists is already confusing enough, and it was almost expanded to be even more perplexing in Cars 3 with several cameos inspired by a certain DC Comics superhero. In a recent interview, director Brian Fee explained that a different version of Cars 3 almost saw Lightning McQueen end up in Los Angeles at a Hollywood party that would have been full of movie stars, including two different Batmobiles....

‘Dear White People’ Trailer: Justin Simien’s Movie Is Now A Netflix Show By Ben Pearson/April 13, 2017 2:00 pm EST Writer/director Justin Simien’s 2014 debut feature film Dear White People announced the arrival of a bold new voice in entertainment. Simien’s movie tackled topics like identity and race with humor and wit, and I was thrilled when Netflix announced they’d picked up the concept as a TV series. After a quick date announcement trailer a couple of months ago, they’ve released the first full trailer for the series – and it looks fantastic....

‘Destination Wedding’ Will Reunite Winona Ryder And Keanu Reeves For A Rom-Com By Jack Giroux/Aug. 31, 2017 3:30 pm EST Here’s an unfinished movie that’s already got my money, guaranteed: a romantic comedy starring Keanu Reeves and Winona Ryder. They’re playing miserable wedding guests in writer-director Victor Levin’s (5 to 7) Destination Wedding, which has already wrapped shooting. The romantic comedy is the fourth time Reeves and Ryder have done a movie together, following Coppola’s Bram Stoker’s Dracula, A Scanner Darkly, and The Private Lives of Pippa Lee....

‘Dragonheart 4’ Trailer: Yep, They’re Still Making ‘Dragonheart’ Sequels By Ben Pearson/March 28, 2017 6:30 am EST Depending on your tolerance for cheesy fantasy movies, you’ll either be appalled or pleasantly surprised to know that Universal is still pumping out Dragonheart sequels. It’s been 21 years since the original movie hit theaters, but last year’s prequel, Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer’s Curse, evidently did well enough to warrant keeping this franchise alive....

‘Heathers’ Pilot Ordered From ‘Bachelorette’ Director Leslye Headland By Jack Giroux/Sept. 7, 2016 3:00 pm EST TV Land is moving forward with its Heathers anthology series. Today, the network ordered a pilot based on the 1988 cult film. For years, a remake and sequel were talked about or rumored, but back in 2009, it was decided television was where the modern update of Heathers would go. Directing the pilot is Leslye Headland (Bachelorette, Sleeping with Other People), whose name raises our expectations for this particular film to TV adaptation....

‘Solo’ Drops 65% In Second Weekend But Still Tops Domestic Box Office By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 4, 2018 8:30 am EST Solo: A Star Wars Story continues to fly so low at the box office, with its second weekend seeing a drastic 65% drop. Solo only made $29.3 million at the domestic box office this weekend, far less than its $84 million three-day opening, though still enough to maintain its No. 1 spot....

‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’: Jake Johnson Is Your New Peter Parker By Ben Pearson/April 24, 2018 11:30 am EST Jake Johnson (New Girl, Jurassic World) is your new Peter Parker. But unlike all of the other Spider-Man movies we’ve seen thus far, Sony Pictures Animation’s upcoming Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse won’t follow Peter as the central character. Instead, it tells the story of Miles Morales, Marvel’s half-black half-Hispanic character who is bitten by a radioactive spider and takes on the superhero mantle....

‘Swamp Thing’ Casts Crystal Reed As Abby Arcane, Maria Sten As Liz Tremayne By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 7, 2018 11:00 am EST Crystal Reed just can’t stop falling in love with supernatural beasts. The former Teen Wolf star is moving on to another supernatural property with the DC Universe’s Swamp Thing TV series produced by James Wan’s Atomic Monster. The Swamp Thing cast has tapped Reed as the female lead and the titular creature’s frequent love interest, Abby Arcane....

‘The Crow’ Remake Will Finally Open In 2019 (Maybe) By Chris Evangelista/March 3, 2018 1:00 pm EST The long-delayed The Crow remake has a new release date and it’s in the fall of 2019. Justice League star Jason Momoa will take on the role of the resurrected anti-hero, based on the comic written by James O’Barr. A Crow remake has been flapping its wings around Hollywood since at least 2008. Blade director Stephen Norrington was set to helm a new take on the character, which was previously adapted into a 1994 film directed by Alex Proyas....

‘The Mist’ Trailer: Take A Nice, Quiet Stroll In The Mist By Jack Giroux/June 6, 2017 6:30 am EST Frank Darabont adapted Stephen King’s novella, The Mist, into a dramatic and suspenseful horror movie back in 2007. He made one major departure with the ending that left moviegoers either shaken or irritated. The deviation from King’s ambiguous ending is a masterful surprise, one the Spike television series hopefully won’t try to replicate with a new ensemble of characters....

‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’ Clip: Get To Know The Man Behind ‘Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood’ By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 20, 2018 9:00 am EST One of the standout documentaries premiering at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival is undoubtedly Won’t You Be My Neighbor? The film from 20 Feet from Stardom director Morgan Neville looks back at the lasting legacy of the children’s television program Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood by painting an intimate portrait of the man who hosted the show: Fred Rogers....

Daily Podcast: 2018 Emmy Nominations Snubs And Surprises By Peter Sciretta/July 12, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the July 12, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief is joined by managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to talk about the Emmy nominations, the snubs and surprises.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)....

Daily Podcast: What We Watched Over The Holidays And Our Favorite Christmas Gifts By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 28, 2017 4:30 pm EST On the December 28, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, senior writer Ben Pearson, weekend editor Brad Oman and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about what they did over the Holidays and share their favorite Christmas gifts.You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it)....

Daily Podcast: Will Streaming Services Go Ad-Supported? Louis CK, Tarantino, LOTR, Spider-Man, Justice League & Punisher By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 13, 2017 4:30 pm EST At the Water Cooler: In the News: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com. /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....