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‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Will Transcend The Genre, Claims Chris Pratt By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 2, 2017 12:00 pm EST Avengers: Infinity War is a movie 10 years in the making, built up over the course of many movies and six TV shows. So anticipation was already high for the denouement of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or at least this current iteration of it. But Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 star Chris Pratt has even higher praise for the movie that will see the Avengers teaming up with the Guardians and meeting the ultimate Big Bad: Thanos (Josh Brolin)....

‘Columbus’ Review: A Sweet And Subtle Drama With Shades Of ‘Once’ And ‘Before Sunrise’ [Sundance] By Angie Han/Jan. 26, 2017 4:00 am EST Early in Columbus, Casey (Haley Lu Richardson) defends her decision to use less spice in a dish. She was going for subtlety, she explains, all the better to let the true flavors of the ingredients shine through and leave a lingering aftertaste. That, essentially, is the mission statement for the entire movie....

‘Disenchantment’ Trailer: ‘The Simpsons’ And ‘Futurama’ Creator Matt Groening Heads To Netflix By Chris Evangelista/June 28, 2018 10:00 am EST Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons and Futurama, is headed to Netflix with Disenchantment. The new animated series looks very much like a reboot of Futurama set in the far past instead of the distant future, right down to the animation style and voice cast – and I’m a-okay with that....

‘Fist Fight’ Trailer: Ice Cube And Charlie Day Go Mano-A-Mano By Jacob Hall/Sept. 22, 2016 6:00 am EST Maybe I’m a man of simple pleasures, but I find it impossible to hate the trailer for any movie that features Charlie Day doing an old-timey boxer pose. So I certainly don’t hate the Fist Fight trailer, which looks silly and lowbrow and dumb, but also…maybe funny? I see a lot of funny people in this footage, so this is a situation where I’m fully prepared to keep my fingers crossed....

‘I’m Thinking Of Ending Things’ Heads To Netflix With Director Charlie Kaufman By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 25, 2018 11:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Charlie Kaufman will be writing and directing an adaptation of I’m Thinking of Ending Things, based on Iain Reid’s novel of the same name, which follows a suspenseful and tense break-up that unfolds on the road as a woman is being taken to meet her boyfriend’s parents for the first time....

‘John Wick’ Director Chad Stahelski Teases Third Film, TV Spin-Off By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 13, 2017 2:00 pm EST John Wick and its sequel, John Wick: Chapter 2 were unexpected critical and box office hits, so naturally, people keep asking director Chad Stahelski if we’re going back to the wild and violent world of John Wick. And Stahelski confirms, yeah, he’s thinking we’ll go back. (Don’t hate me, I know the joke is bad....

‘Life’ Super Bowl Spot & Trailer: In Space, You Can Hear Jake Gyllenhaal Scream By Jacob Hall/Feb. 5, 2017 10:00 am EST Life has looked intriguing since its first trailer, which felt an awful lot like Alien and Gravity got shoved into that faulty teleportation pod from The Fly. You can see the DNA of both movies present here: extraterrestrial life is discovered, it’s not very nice, and everyone unfortunate enough to be near it must fight to survive the ensuing science fiction calamity on board the International Space Station....

‘Terminator’ Sequel Casts ‘Rock Of Ages’ Actor Diego Boneta By Ben Pearson/April 9, 2018 12:30 pm EST Deadpool director Tim Miller is hard at work on his untitled Terminator sequel, and while the new film has a few of the major players in the franchise returning – including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, and producer James Cameron – it’s looking for some fresh blood, too. Diego Boneta (Rock of Ages) has reportedly snagged a key role in the upcoming movie, and although his role is being kept a secret, we can use what we know about this movie to speculate about who he might be playing....

‘The Book Of Love’ Trailer: Jason Sudeikis Helps Maisie Williams Set Sail Into A Sea Of Cheesy Drama By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 22, 2016 6:30 am EST As we get closer to the end of the year, we’re starting to get trailers for movies that are getting unceremoniously dumped in January so as to have little to no competition with early spring blockbusters, the prime summer tentpoles or the previous month’s awards contenders....

‘The Emoji Movie’ Trailer: The Meh Emoji About Sums It Up By Angie Han/Dec. 20, 2016 10:05 am EST Sometime last year, Sony announced plans to make The Emoji Movie, which is exactly what it sounds like — an entire feature film about the bubbly little faces that live in your phone. It was described in rough terms as “Wreck-It Ralph meets Inside Out,” which, despite the fact that we really like both of those movies, didn’t do much to make us feel better about The Emoji Movie....

‘The Meyerowitz Stories’ Trailer: The Movie That Garnered Adam Sandler Rave Reviews At Cannes By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 15, 2017 11:30 am EST Netflix is already full of Adam Sandler movies. The only problem is that most of them are downright terrible, with the only exceptions being Big Daddy and Punch-Drunk Love, the latter of which showing us what the comedian can do when he really puts the effort into giving a great performance....

‘Toni Erdmann’ Trailer: Dads Are Weird By Angie Han/Oct. 10, 2016 4:30 pm EST Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann may be Germany’s selection in the Best Foreign Language Oscar category this year, but the cringeworthy hilarity of a really bad dad joke transcends language barriers. The story follows a father and daughter who aren’t on great terms. She (Sandar Hüller) is busy with a high-powered job in Bucharest, and he (Peter Simonischek) is even lonelier than ever after his dog dies....

A24’s Science Fiction Mystery Movie Revealed To Be Short Film ‘Toru’ By Jacob Hall/Jan. 16, 2017 8:30 am EST Last week, a teaser trailer for a mysterious, untitled science fiction movie was uploaded to YouTube by A24, leading everyone to wonder what they could have up their sleeve. Were we looking at a top secret new film from a celebrated filmmaker or the next big thing from an unknown talent? Well, it turns out that we were thinking a little too big....

AMC Is Hosting A 31-Hour MCU Marathon Ahead Of The Release Of ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 16, 2018 11:39 am EST AMC’s MCU marathon is back. And it’s 31 hours long. The movie theater chain first introduced the insane endeavor in 2012 ahead of the release of The Avengers. But that 12-hour marathon would soon increase to 28 hours with Avengers: Age of Ultron. Both Marvel marathons cost the lives of no one and the sanity of many, but they seem like cake walks compared to the 31-hour monstrosity that AMC is holding ahead of Avengers: Infinity War....

By Ben Pearson/March 28, 2018 5:00 pm EST In the News: In our Feature Presentation: Other posts referenced in this episode You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked in 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: Crazy Rich Asians, Dead Cells, Breaking Bad 101, NECA’s TMNT Figures, And More By Ben Pearson/Aug. 15, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the August 15, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about what they’ve been up to in another edition of the Water Cooler.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: Water Cooler Discussion, Solo Sequels, Rambo 5, Spider-Man Homecoming Sequel By Peter Sciretta/May 7, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the May 7, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by managing editor Jacob Hall and senior writer Ben Pearson to talk about what we’ve been up to at The Water Cooler, including playing board games, eating fried chicken, kidney stones, and watching Westworld, Cobra Kai, Dear White People season 2, and GeoStorm....

J.J. Abrams Sets ‘Outlander’ Director Anna Foerster To Direct ‘Lou’ By Angie Han/Nov. 30, 2016 2:00 pm EST J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions has had a hand in some truly exciting projects over the past few years, ranging from megabudget juggernauts like Star Wars: The Force Awakens to scrappy but impressive thrillers like 10 Cloverfield Lane. So when they set their sights on another new film, it’s reason to sit up and pay attention....

Superhero Bits: Canceled The Flash Video Game, Everything Wrong With Deadpool & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 27, 2016 5:00 pm EST Why didn’t Arnold Schwarzenegger’s The Governator superhero comic book ever happen? Did you know The Flash almost had an open world video game for XBOX 360 and PS3? Which filmmaker will DC’s Legends of Tomorrow have to stop from quitting film school? Just how many things are “wrong” with Deadpool?...

Taron Egerton Reminds Us That ‘Rocketman’ Is Not An Elton John Biopic By Ben Pearson/May 3, 2018 4:00 pm EST Kingsman star Taron Egerton is the latest actor to play Robin Hood (watch this morning’s new trailer here), but the 28-year-old actor will also be suiting up as singer/songwriter/superstar Elton John in a new film called Rocketman. Production begins later this year, and in a new interview, Egerton confirms that the film will be a “fantasy musical” and not an Elton John biopic....