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‘Top Of The Lake: China Girl’ Trailer: It’s All In The Family By Ben Pearson/May 11, 2017 9:00 am EST In the Peak TV era, it would be completely understandable if Jane Campion’s New Zealand-set detective series Top of the Lake might have slipped through the cracks for some of you. But after hearing that the upcoming second season features returning star Elisabeth Moss and a new supporting cast that includes Game of Thrones’ Gwendoline Christie and Big Little Lies’ Nicole Kidman, I’m guessing you’ll want to catch up as soon as possible....

Daily Podcast: The Making Of ‘Die Hard’, And How It Impacted A Generation Of Filmmakers By Ben Pearson/July 17, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the July 17, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson presents a special episode of the podcast looking back on the making of John McTiernan’s 1988 classic Die Hard, featuring snippets of interviews with people who made it and filmmakers who were inspired by it....

Hong Kong Disneyland Reveals Ant-Man Ride Title, Film’s Stars To Reprise Roles By Ben Pearson/July 26, 2018 11:30 am EST The Walt Disney Company is used to dealing with stunning successes, but so far, the Hong Kong Disneyland theme park has been something of a disappointment. The park’s attendance numbers aren’t as high as Disney execs would like, so in order to give the park a slight boost, they’re turning to some superheroes to help save the day....

James Gunn Reveals His Deleted ‘Pacific Rim Uprising’ Cameo By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 30, 2018 5:30 am EST Forget cancelling the apocalypse, Pacific Rim Uprising’s worst transgression was that it probably cancelled the party of the year. Steven S. DeKnight’s sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 action monsters-vs.-robots flick nearly had an out-of-this-world cameo from none other than Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn. But sadly, a James Gunn Pacific Rim Uprising cameo was not meant to be....

Michelle Pfeiffer To Play Janet Van Dyne In ‘Ant-Man And The Wasp’ [Comic-Con 2017] By Jack Giroux/July 22, 2017 6:40 pm EST The great Michelle Pfeiffer is returning to the world of superheroes. The actress is set to play the original Wasp, Janet van Dyne. “She was our dream choice when we were making the first film,” Marvel President Kevin Feige said at Comic-Con. We also learned Laurence Fishburne is playing the villain Dr....

Mondo Debuts A New Poster For ‘Hell Or High Water,’ Bottleneck Gallery Returns To The ‘Alien’ Series By Jacob Hall/Aug. 19, 2016 10:00 am EST It’s a good day to be a poster fan, as both Mondo and Bottleneck Gallery have revealed new posters, albeit for very different movies. As part of the film’s expanded release this week, Mondo has debuted a poster for the crime drama/modern western Hell or High Water....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 16, 2018 5:00 pm EST Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos announced that Netflix plans to hit 1,000 originals on its platform by the end of 2018, Quartz reports. And the streaming service will only increase the frenzied pace at which it’s been producing original content since launching their first original, Lilyhammer, six years ago. When it released House of Cards, there was “this notion that if we believe in our own model, then networks will want to create their own on-demand products, and they will want to retain those shows for their own products down the road,” Sarandos said....

Ruby Rose May Be The CW’s Batwoman, But A Solo Series Is Not Set In Stone Yet [TCA 2018] By Fred Topel/Aug. 7, 2018 3:15 pm EST Today, The CW cast Ruby Rose as their Batwoman for a crossover event between their Arrowverse shows – Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow – this season. Yesterday, CW President Mark Pedowitz spoke to the Television Critics Association. While he didn’t share this news then, this announcement puts yesterday’s Batwoman talk in perspective....

Sam Mendes To Direct Live-Action ‘James And The Giant Peach’ For Disney By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 26, 2016 9:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Director Sam Mendes may be done with James Bond, but now he’s in early talks to take on another familiar James from the pages of literature. The Skyfall and Spectre director is currently negotiating with Disney to develop and direct a new live-action take on James and the Giant Peach, based on the book of the same name by Roald Dahl, which was previously turned into a stop-motion animated film by The Nightmare Before Christmas director Henry Selick in 1996....

There’s A ‘Rogue One’ Character Hidden In The ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Trailer By Ethan Anderton/April 10, 2018 10:30 am EST Following the debut of the new trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story trailer, we put forth an extensive breakdown taking a look at some of the details you might have missed. However, there was one detail that we missed, and it’s the return of a character who appeared in Rogue One....

Watch ‘Rogue One’ Director Gareth Edwards’ SXSW Keynote Speech By Jacob Hall/March 16, 2017 8:30 am EST While the bulk of the Gareth Edwards-related headlines to come out of SXSW have to do with the upcoming Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Blu-ray and DVD release, the filmmaker was actually in Austin, Texas for a reason beyond talking about Star Wars with journalists and bloggers. He was actually there to talk about Star Wars in front of an enormous crowd as one of the fest’s keynote speakers....

‘Ant-Man And The Wasp’ Featurette Highlights Action And Special Effects By Chris Evangelista/July 4, 2018 3:00 pm EST Ant-Man and the Wasp is one of Marvel’s lightest, most laid-back movies in recent memory. And that’s not a bad thing. The film is low on stakes and big on funny set pieces and action scenes. A new Ant-Man and the Wasp featurette highlights some of the film’s special effects and action beats, giving you a taste of what to expect from the latest MCU entry....

‘Bad Boys For Life’ Gets A Director, TV Spin-Off Enlists A Ghostbuster By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 31, 2018 7:30 am EST The two Bad Boys projects are finally gonna come to you. The long-gestating third Bad Boys film, known as Bad Boys For Life, has tapped a directing duo and is eyeing an August production start. Meanwhile, the Bad Boys TV spin-off, featuring Gabrielle Union reprising her role from Bad Boys II, has cast Ghostbusters’ Ernie Hudson as her father....

‘Despicable Me 3’ Trailer: ‘South Park’s Trey Parker Plays Gru’s Latest Nemesis By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 14, 2016 8:30 am EST With their new animated comedy Sing on the way later this month, Illumination Entertainment has just released a sneak peek at Despicable Me 3, the sequel bringing back Steve Carell as the dastardly but charming villain Gru. The roster of characters continues to grow with a new villain challenging Gru this time, voiced by a man who creates stuff that you wouldn’t let your little ones watch....

‘Doctor Strange’ IMAX Featurette Gets Trippy By Angie Han/Oct. 10, 2016 8:37 am EST We’ve seen some pretty weird stuff over the past eight years and 13 films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, visiting other planets and even other realms. But Doctor Strange has the potential to be the most out-there MCU movie yet. A new Doctor Strange featurette offers a look at some of the trippy Steve Ditko-inspired visuals we’ll see in the movie — just in time to convince you to shell out extra for IMAX 3D when tickets go on sale today....

The Most Expensive TV Shows Ever Made So where does Game of Thrones’ $15 million per episode fall on the list of the most expensive shows of all time? Considering that price is only for a six-episode season, it’s right up there at the top. Let’s look at a handful of others: The Crown: The first season of Netflix’s royal drama cost a rumored €120 million, which translates to about $141 million, which breaks down to $14....

‘I, Tonya’ First Look: Margot Robbie Looks Ready To Hit The Ice, Break Some Legs By Jacob Hall/Jan. 17, 2017 10:30 am EST You don’t have to care at all about ice skating to find the story of figure skaters Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan to be one of the most jaw-dropping and mesmerizing tales of greed, ambition, and low-rent crime to ever transpire outside of a Coen brothers movie. So yeah, put I, Tonya on your radar, because the always wonderful Margot Robbie will be playing the disgraced Olympian in Craig Gillespie’s new movie....

‘I Am Heath Ledger’ Trailer: Documentary Examining The Life Of The Late Oscar Winner By Ethan Anderton/April 4, 2017 2:30 pm EST Spike usually doesn’t have much to offer in the vein of quality entertainment, but the one worthwhile endeavor they do bring to the table is their ongoing series of feature length documentaries. The network has examined pop culture sensations such as Chris Farley and Johnny Cash, and now their latest documentary shines a light on the life and death of Heath Ledger....

‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ Viral Website Reveals What Claire Has Been Doing By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 5, 2018 2:30 pm EST It’s been four long years since disaster hit the Jurassic World theme park. In the time since then, Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) has traded heels for sneakers, a severe bob for long flowing locks, and a shallow corporate mindset for conservation activism. The term “Dinosaur Protection Group” has been thrown around in various synopses for J....

‘King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword’ Trailer: Guy Ritchie Tries To Make King Arthur Cool By Angie Han/Feb. 20, 2017 10:38 am EST If you keep forgetting that King Arthur: Legend of the Sword hasn’t actually come out yet, you’re not alone. Indeed, if you keep forgetting it exists at all, you’re probably not alone there either. After all, it’s been nearly two years since Guy Ritchie entered production on his medieval fantasy epic, which was originally supposed to open in summer 2016....