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Calling All ‘30 Rock’ Fans, Tina Fey Is Joining ‘Great News’ And You Better Be Watching By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 3, 2017 4:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It’s been over four years since Tina Fey and Robert Carlock’s hit, Emmy-winning comedy series 30 Rock came to an end on NBC. Thankfully, their series The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt on Netflix has helped fill the void, but the network that turned Tina Fey into a star on Saturday Night Live is about to bring her back to primetime....

Christopher Nolan To Screen ‘2001’ In 70mm At Cannes Ahead Of Summer Re-Release By Chris Evangelista/March 28, 2018 1:15 pm EST Big ole honking film nerd Christopher Nolan is going to lug a 70mm print of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey to Cannes this year. The Cannes screening comes ahead of a 70mm re-release hitting select theaters this May. More on the 2001 Cannes screening below. 50 years after its initial release, Stanley Kubrick’s immortal sci-fi classic 2001: A Space Odyssey is headed to Cannes....

Cool Stuff: Silicon Valley Funko Pops, Remote Control Mouse Droid, Aliens M56 Prop Replica And More By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 11, 2017 2:00 pm EST In today’s edition of Cool Stuff, we take a look at some new Storytime art prints from JoeBot, Silicon Valley Funko Pop figures, a remote control Star Wars Mouse Droid which is only available in Disney theme parks, a Ghostbusters Zuul 1:10 Art Scale Statue, Star Wars opening crawl infinity scarves, Funko Playmobile figures which includes Back to the Future and Doctor Who, a 1:6 scale Albus Dumbledore from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, a Aliens M56 Smart Gun 1:1 Prop Replica and more....

Daily Podcast: Kyle Newman Discusses The Obi-Wan Kenobi Movie & Star Wars: The Last Jedi Predictions By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 18, 2017 8:30 am EST On the August 18, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Ben Pearson and Brad Oman join Peter Sciretta to discuss the Galaxy Quest tv show news, and in the feature presentation we are joined by filmmaker and Star Wars fanatic Kyle Newman (Fanboys, Barely Lethal) to discuss the big news that Disney is developing an Obi-Wan Kenobi movie and in the Mail Bag we answer a question about lingering Force Awakens questions and what we want and expect from Star Wars: the Last Jedi....

Disney’s ‘Merlin’ Saga Adaptation Eyes Ridley Scott For Director By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 5, 2018 8:30 am EST Disney is courting Scott to helm the studio’s adaptation of The Merlin Saga, which follows the legendary wizard as a young man before he becomes mentor to King Arthur. It’s one of two Camelot-related projects that Disney is developing, including a Sword in the Stone remake which, surprise, Scott also met with executives to discuss....

Exclusive ‘Believer’ Clip: A Drug Deal Goes Horribly Wrong In This South Korean Crime Thriller By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 7, 2018 7:30 am EST If you could believe it, the No. 1 reigning movie at the South Korean box office right now is not Solo: A Star Wars Story, but a homegrown crime thriller called Believer. That’s right, Lee Hae-young’s taut and brutal remake of Johnnie To’s gritty Hong Kong crime epic Drug War has currently blasted Solo right out of the top spot — and now it’s coming to the U....

GLOW Teaser Trailer: Netflix’s New Series Starring Allison Brie Goes Inside The Wrestling Ring By Peter Sciretta/March 1, 2017 10:00 am EST One of the Netflix original television series that I’m really excited about is G.L.O.W., from Orange Is The New Black and Weeds creator Jenji Kohan. The new dramedy series is based on the real-life 1980’s female wrestling league “Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling,” featuring a cast that includes Alison Brie (Mad Men), Ellen Wong (Scott Pilgrim), Betty Gilpin (Nurse Jackie), Marc Maron (Maron), and more....

Greta Gerwig Is Planning Three More Sacramento Movies To Follow ‘Lady Bird’ By Chris Evangelista/March 2, 2018 5:00 pm EST Lady Bird may have been the first in a series of films set in sunny Sacramento. In an interview with Moonlight director Barry Jenkins on the new A24 Podcast, director Greta Gerwig confessed she was hoping to make a quartet of films in the Lady Bird setting. Super indie movie studio A24 just launched a podcast, and they managed to rustle up two extremely impressive hosts for the first episode: Moonlight director Barry Jenkins and Lady Bird filmmaker Greta Gerwig....

How Did Movie Trailers Get Their Name? [Video Essay] By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 25, 2016 5:00 am EST One of the most exciting things in the movie news world is when a new trailer arrives for one of our most anticipated movies. Last week we were treated to teaser trailers for both Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Logan, the third and final Wolverine sequel featuring Hugh Jackman. But have you ever wondered why these clips used to market upcoming movies are called trailers?...

Jordan Peele Had A Really Good Reason To Turn Down The ‘Akira’ Remake By Jacob Hall/May 16, 2017 4:00 pm EST I’m not even thinking about my top 10 movies of 2017 list yet (mostly because it’s May), but if I was thinking about, I’m fairly certain Jordan Peele’s Get Out would be occupying the number one spot. It’s the cinematic equivalent of a shotgun blast to the face – a bold and terrifying and deeply personal horror movie with a sharp comedic bite....

Kevin Feige Wants A Marvel-Only Convention Like Star Wars Celebration By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 12, 2017 4:00 pm EST If you enjoy attending cons like NYCC and SDCC to get a first glimpse of the latest Marvel news, you might want to start planning different travel arrangements. MCU head honcho Kevin Feige recently said he’s keen to see a Marvel-specific convention, similar to Disney’s Star Wars Celebration event. Good news for Marvel fans, not such good news for regular Comic-Con attendees....

Michael Bay Responds To ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ Nazi Controversy By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 26, 2016 10:30 am EST Can we just take a minute to acknowledge how weird it is that there is a Nazi controversy tied to a Transformers movie? All right, let’s get to the story. Last week, we learned that Transformers: The Last Knight would be bringing Hitler and Nazis into the equation somehow. This information came to light because the sequel from director Michael Bay is currently filming in the United Kingdom, and one of their locations included Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire, England, the home of Winston Churchill....

MoviePass Claims They Accounted For 40% Of Ticket Sales To The Critically Savaged ‘Gotti’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 18, 2018 12:30 pm EST MoviePass’s business strategy continues to confound all of us. The ticket-buying service’s sustainability has always been in question since it dropped its prices to the popular $10 a month, but MoviePass was not content to simply disrupt the moviegoing industry. It had to get behind the scenes as well....

The First ‘Fast 8’ Trailer Will Debut This Winter By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 14, 2016 1:00 pm EST While Fast 8 has been in production over the past few months, we’ve been treated to plenty of cool glimpses behind the scenes featuring director F. Gary Gray and the ensemble cast hard at work, not to mention some of the awesome vehicles we’ll see racing around. However, all those updates will soon be far less abundant as production is close to finishing....

The Morning Watch: ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ VFX, Robert Rodriguez Talks ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ & More By Ethan Anderton/May 9, 2018 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows....

Watch: Edgar Wright And Spike Jonze Directed Great Commercials For Nike And Apple By Chris Evangelista/March 7, 2018 8:30 am EST Edgar Wright and Spike Jonze released new projects in the last few days, but not on the big screen. The Baby Driver and Her filmmakers have turned their talents towards commercials, filming ads for Nike and HomePod, respectively. Watch both the Edgar Wright commercial and the Spike Jonze commercial below....

Why Colin Trevorrow Left ‘Star Wars: Episode 9’ By Ben Pearson/Sept. 8, 2017 2:30 pm EST Earlier this week, we found out that Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow will no longer direct the third installment in the latest Star Wars trilogy, and now stories are coming out that purports to explain why he and Lucasfilm parted ways. It has to do with his vision for the sequel clashing with that of Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, and if we’ve learned one thing through all of the behind-the-scenes turmoil that company has experienced over the past couple of years, it’s that if you step into battle with Kennedy, you’ve already lost....

‘A Dark Song’ Trailer: Black Magic Is Not A Game By Jacob Hall/March 29, 2017 4:00 pm EST One of the most pleasant surprises to come out of last year’s Fantastic Fest was Liam Gavin’s A Dark Song, a stripped-down, no-nonsense horror movie about the perils of the occult. It was one of the most intriguing, unique, and creepy movies I saw in 2016…and soon, it will be one of the most intriguing, unique, and creepy movies you’ll see in 2017....

‘Archer & Armstrong’ Tracks Down ‘Zombieland’ And ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean’ Veterans By Jacob Hall/March 24, 2017 11:30 am EST While Sony struggles to build an entire movie universe out of the Spider-Man franchise, another comic book world is waiting in the wings. The studio partnered up with Valiant Comics a few years back to bring series like Bloodshot and Harbinger into theaters, but it’s been a slow road and a revolving door of writers and directors....

‘Arrested Development’ Season 5 Could Be A (Partial) Prequel By Jacob Hall/Jan. 24, 2017 10:00 am EST There has been talk of Arrested Development season 5 since the day after season four debuted on Netflix in 2013, which means that we’ve been writing stories about how another batch of episodes is on the way for about four years now. Remember when it was definitely going to happen in 2016? And then it wasn’t?...