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‘Jumanji’ First Look: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black & Karen Gillan Are Deep In The Jungle By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 20, 2016 8:30 am EST At the beginning of the month, Dwayne Johnson offered us a hint as to what we can expect him to be doing in Sony Pictures new take on Jumanji, by way of some concept art. The movie isn’t a reboot, but rather a continuation of the events that happened in the first film from 1995, complete with some kind of tribute to Robin Williams planned....

‘Kodachrome’ Trailer: Ed Harris Looks To Develop Photos And A Bond With Jason Sudeikis By Ethan Anderton/March 27, 2018 3:00 pm EST Another day, another trailer for one of the 700-plus movies and TV shows coming to Netflix this year. Except this selection from the Toronto International Film Festival looks better than the usual Netflix original movie. Kodachrome premiered at TIFF last year to mostly warm reactions, and now the road trip dramedy starring Jason Sudeikis, Ed Harris and Elizabeth Olsen has a full trailer to entice you to watch this one from the comfort of your couch....

‘Kong: Skull Island’ - What Did You Think? By Ethan Anderton/March 10, 2017 5:00 pm EST The king has returned. Kong: Skull Island is officially in theaters, bringing the giant ape back to the big screen as you’ve never seen him before. Director Jordan-Vogt Roberts has created a monstrous action adventure that is packed with plenty of creatures for Kong to do battle with. It’s nothing like Peter Jackson’s King Kong from 2005, and it’s the kind of monster movie that we don’t get to see often from Hollywood anymore....

‘Max Steel’ Trailer: Mattel’s First Film Is Finally Coming To Theaters By Jack Giroux/Sept. 1, 2016 7:00 am EST After sitting on the shelf for a decent amount of time, Max Steel is now less than two months away from being released. Six years ago, Paramount announced they were making a feature based on the Mattel action figure and the animated series. Following that announcement, Taylor Lautner signed on to star, only to then depart from the project and attach himself to, weirdly, Stretch Armstrong, another picture based on a toy....

‘Monster Trucks’ Projected To Lose $115 Million For Paramount Pictures By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 22, 2016 1:00 pm EST All the major studios are having conference calls and meetings with their investors this week to talk about the upcoming fourth quarter of the fiscal year. Disney downplayed the expectations of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story a bit; Netflix talked about eventually having 50% of their library made up of original programming, and now Paramount Pictures has delivered some troubling but unsurprising news about one of their upcoming projects....

‘Searching’ Viral Website: Scour John Cho’s Phone For Clues About His Missing Daughter By Ben Pearson/Aug. 16, 2018 4:00 pm EST Here’s a trailer for the film, just so we’re all on the same page: John Cho is fantastic in the movie, delivering a nerve-wracking performance as a father who’s reaching the end of his rope. And since the movie is so reliant on technology (in a great way, not a gimmicky one), Sony has created a viral website to give us a look inside Cho’s character’s phone....

By Ethan Anderton/June 2, 2017 11:00 am EST The Last Tycoon takes place back in 1930s Hollywood and follows Monroe Stahr (Matt Bomer) and his mentor Pat Brady (Kelsey Grammer) as they battle for control of their movie studio at a time sandwiched between the Great Depression and the start of World War II. It looks provocative, sexy and pretty damn good. As a cinephile, I’ve always been a sucker for stories set in Hollywood, especially during the film industry’s golden years, even if they’re fictionalized such as this (though Fitzgerald’s book is inspired by real life film mogul Irving Thalberg)....

A ‘Labyrinth’ Origins Comic Book Will Remind You Of The Babe, Jareth The Goblin King By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 15, 2017 4:00 pm EST Say it with me: dance, magic, dance, the Goblin King is returning to our lives! This time, Jareth — the original Babe with the power of voodoo (over my heart) — will be casting his spell over readers of a new Labyrinth comic book from writer Simon Spurrier and artist Daniel Bayliss....

By Angie Han/Jan. 3, 2017 7:15 am EST As timely as ever, the exploration of characters at a dark point for humanity has provided incredible stories for two seasons. Eric and his team are doing an incredible job crafting stories about the inner lives of those who struggle to do good in a world that is not. We couldn’t be more excited to bring Season 3 to customers in 2017....

American Cinema Editors’ 2018 ACE Eddie Award Nominations Include ‘Dunkirk’, ‘Get Out’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 3, 2018 9:00 am EST Today, it’s the American Cinema Editors announcing the nominees for their 68th ACE Eddie Awards. Like the Golden Globes, the ACE Eddie Awards divide the motion picture categories up into “dramatic” and “comedy,” which means Get Out is again strangely regarded as a comedy. Other nominees across the movie board include Dunkirk, Baby Driver and The LEGO Batman Movie....

Daily Podcast: The Problem With Modern Cinema, Stranger Things Theories, Sicario, Star Wars, Fincher By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 18, 2017 4:30 pm EST On the October 18, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by Ben Pearson and Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest news, including the Sicario sequel, a Rogue One character returns to Star Wars Rebels, the problem with modern movies according to David Fincher, and a Dark Tower sequel....

Doug Liman Might Direct ‘Unearthed,’ An Indiana Jones-Esque Space Adventure By Jack Giroux/Oct. 30, 2016 12:00 pm EST You know what’s nice? Despite the fact Edge of Tomorrow underperformed at the box-office, it doesn’t seem to have slowed down director Doug Liman at all. Not too long ago Liman wrapped American Made starring Tom Cruise, but over the past year or so, he’s been attaching himself to a variety of projects, including the high-profile Justice League Dark....

Han Solo’s Jacket From ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Can Be Yours For Only $1.3 Million By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 3, 2018 1:30 pm EST The world of collectible movie props is a lucrative business, but as we learned in the wake of an Iron Man helmet being stolen from a storage facility in Southern California, it can also be a shady business. However, there are also plenty of legitimate sales happening in broad daylight thanks to auction houses around the world....

John Boyega Reveals Who He Wants Finn To End Up With In ‘Star Wars’ By Ben Pearson/March 7, 2018 1:00 pm EST Within the first few minutes of Finn meeting Rey in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it’s obvious he has a crush on her. But one of the movie’s smartest decisions was to not actively fuel that particular fire, instead allowing for a blossoming friendship that never tipped into full-on romantic territory....

Lasse Hallstrom And Joe Johnston Will Share Director Credit On ‘Nutcracker And The Four Realms’ By Chris Evangelista/July 6, 2018 8:30 am EST The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, a real movie that is actually coming out this year, underwent reshoots in late 2017. While the film was initially helmed by What’s Eating Gilbert Grape filmmaker Lasse Hallstrom, Rocketeer and Captain America: The First Avenger director Joe Johnston was brought in to handle the aforementioned reshoots....

LOL: Will Ferrell Returns As Harry Caray To Celebrate The Chicago Cubs In The World Series By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 25, 2016 9:01 am EST Even though Back to the Future Part II predicted 2015 as the year the Chicago Cubs would win the World Series, the team didn’t make it to the Major League Baseball championship game until this year. Over the weekend, the Chicago Cubs won the pennant, and they’re headed to the World Series to face the Cleveland Indians in a Midwest baseball battle for the ages....

Melissa McCarthy Must Save Christmas As ‘Margie Claus’ By Ethan Anderton/June 9, 2017 7:30 am EST Making a holiday movie is rite of passage for on-screen talents in Hollywood. Eventually, almost every actor or actress makes an attempt at starring in a holiday movie because it’s one of those things that’s guaranteed to bring in residual checks every years when networks air them around Thanksgiving and Christmas. That time has come for Melissa McCarthy....

Reese Witherspoon And Jennifer Aniston Are Reuniting For A TV Series About Morning Shows By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 28, 2017 1:30 pm EST The Green girls are back together once again. Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston are set to reunite after appearing together as sisters in Friends to star in a TV series about the world of morning shows. It’ll be a return to the small screen for Aniston, who made her name and won an Emmy for her role in Friends, and another notch in Witherspoon’s new career as a prestige television actress after her Emmy-nominated turn in Big Little Lies....

Scarlett Johansson To Play Trans Mobster In Rub & Tug By Chris Evangelista/July 2, 2018 2:30 pm EST Scarlett Johansson is re-teaming with the director of Ghost in the Shell for the true story Rub & Tug. Johansson will play a real-life figure who took on the mafia, all while running a series of illicit massage parlors.Deadline has the scoop on the story, saying Rub & Tug is being sold as “an American Hustle-like true story in which Rupert Sanders will direct Scarlett Johansson in the fact-based story of a woman who flourished in a male-dominated business of massage parlors and prostitution by essentially taking on the physical identity of a man,” adding:...

See An Exclusive Sneek Peek Of ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’ At IMAX Showings Of ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 21, 2018 1:00 pm EST Dinosaurs and secret agents aren’t a combo that would usually work, but in IMAX they both look stunning. Audiences seeing Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom in IMAX this weekend will be treated to a special sneak peek of the one of the most anticipated blockbusters of the season....