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‘Maze Runner: The Death Cure’ Trailer: The Series Comes To An End By Jacob Hall/Dec. 8, 2017 12:33 pm EST The wave of young adult novel adaptations that arrived in the wake of The Hunger Games is pretty much a graveyard, with more than a few potential franchises dying loudly and publicly. But one series has kept its head down and stayed alive: the Maze Runner films. Now, following an extended delay after its leading man suffered an on-set accident, the final film is about to hit theaters....

‘Meg’ First Look: Jason Statham, Jason Statham’s Turtleneck, And Li Bingbing Go Shark Hunting By Jacob Hall/Oct. 14, 2016 9:30 am EST A film adaptation of Steve Alten’s 1997 prehistoric killer shark book Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror has been on and off the table for the better part of two decades now. If you journey into the /Film archives, you’ll find a 2007 post about how New Line was killing their version after years of failed development....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 13, 2017 10:00 am EST The revolution isn’t over yet. USA Network announced that Mr. Robot has been renewed for a fourth season, shortly before its third season finale airs. This renewal comes on the tail of the most invigorating season of the grim hacker show yet and star Christian Slater’s third nomination for a Golden Globe for his work as the title character. The third season has found idealistic hacker Elliot Anderson (Rami Malek) attempting to undo the devastating consequences of his hack that brought down the global economy, engineered by his wrathful alternate personality Mr....

‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ Revival First Look And Release Date Revealed By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 22, 2017 10:00 am EST Fans of the movie-mocking Mystery Science Theater 3000 had their wildest dreams come true when a successful Kickstarter campaign resulted in the show getting revived for a whole new season of episodes making fun of more movies. Making the return of the show even sweeter was that Netflix picked it up for exclusive distribution on their streaming service....

‘Pet Sematary’ Remake Screenwriter Says New Film Will Be One Of The Scariest Stephen King Adaptations By Chris Evangelista/May 8, 2018 5:30 am EST Pet Sematary remake screenwriter Jeff Buhler offered an update on the upcoming Stephen King adaptation, and everything he said about the film sounds pretty darn exciting. As Buhler tells it, he and directors Dennis Widmyer and Kevin Kolsch are setting out to make one of “the scariest Stephen King adaptations ever....

‘Ready Player One’ Set Photos Reveal ‘Oasis’ Ad, VR Goggles, More ’80s References, And A Dystopian Reality By Jack Giroux/Sept. 6, 2016 12:00 pm EST The future doesn’t look too bright in Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One. The world is dealing with an ongoing energy crisis that has shattered society and the economy. People want to escape the world of 2044, and they do so with the virtual reality called OASIS and a pair of VR goggles....

‘Ride Along 3’ Is On The Way; Ice Cube & Kevin Hart To Return By Angie Han/Oct. 14, 2016 7:30 am EST Universal is on board for another Ride Along. A third installment of the comedy series starring Ice Cube and Kevin Hart is on the way, with a script currently in development from screenwriters Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi. Director Tim Story is returning. Speaking to TheWrap, Story revealed that his upcoming projects include Ride Along 3:...

‘Santa Clarita Diet’ Season 2 Trailer: Zombie Drew Barrymore Is Back By Chris Evangelista/March 8, 2018 3:00 pm EST Santa Clarita Diet, the Netflix dark comedy featuring Drew Barrymore as a cannibalistic zombie, is back for an all-new flesh-eating season. The show focuses on a suburban couple dealing with zombie-like virus, in humorous ways. Watch the blood-soaked Santa Clarita Diet season 2 trailer below. Is it possible Netflix has too many original shows?...

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Tops The Most Profitable Movies Of 2017 By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 5, 2018 4:00 pm EST Box office reports are easy to parse through, but what about the overall net profit of a movie? And when you factor in production and marketing costs, what do the lists of highest-grossing movies really look like? According to the new reports about the 2017 most profitable movies, not too different than what you’d expect....

‘Stranger Things’ Season 2: David Harbour Talks Hopper’s Past And Future By Jack Giroux/Oct. 10, 2016 12:30 pm EST Unlike some of the kid-led adventure movies of the 1980s it evoked, Stranger Things spent quite a bit of time with the adults during the first season of the popular series. Ross and Matt Duffer’s decision to do so paid off because of Jim Hopper (David Harbour), who, in particular, helped make season one of the sci-fi show significantly more dramatic....

By Ethan Anderton/June 14, 2017 4:00 pm EST In just a couple weeks, The House will be open for business as the R-rated comedy starring Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler hits theaters. The film follows two suburban parents faced with the prospect of having no money to send their daughter to college, so their friend Frank (Jason Mantzoukas) helps them open an illegal, underground casino in his house for a month in order to make enough money to afford tuition....

‘Tomb Raider’: Dominic West To Play Lord Richard Croft By Jack Giroux/Jan. 27, 2017 1:30 pm EST Dominic West (The Affair) will play Lara Croft’s (Alicia Vikander) father in Tomb Raider. West has a pivotal role in Roar Uthaug’s (The Wave) video game adaptation/reboot, which involves the titular character searching for her father. Production on the reboot began only a few days ago in South Africa. Below, learn more about the Dominic West Tomb Raider casting....

‘Young Frankenstein’ Returning To Theaters For One Night Only In October By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 7, 2016 5:30 am EST If you haven’t seen Young Frankenstein, this is your chance to see it how it was meant to be seen. Mel Brooks captures the style of classic horror and injects in with pitch perfect parody. It’s a comedy classic, and even more impressive is that it came out the same year as Blazing Saddles....

Cool Stuff: Pick Up A Ton Of ‘Star Wars’ Comics In This Ultimate Box Set By Ethan Anderton/June 8, 2017 5:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ever since Star Wars was announced to return to the big screen with The Force Awakens, the entire saga has been reinvigorated. Leading up to the release of the movie, Marvel Comics started creating several different comic books that expanded the stories of the Star Wars universe, and now you can get a ton of them in a single collectible box set....

Daily Podcast: TIFF 2018, The Nun, Les Moonves, Candyman, Brooklyn Nine-Nine By Ben Pearson/Sept. 10, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the September 10, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by managing editor Jacob Hall and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to talk about the latest film and TV news, including the fall of CBS CEO Les Moonves, The Nun’s stellar box office opening, a Candyman remake, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s increased episode order....

Dwayne Johnson And Will Ferrell Team Up For Wrestling Comedy Series At Fox By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 21, 2016 2:45 pm EST The Fast and Furious franchise star will be returning to his roots in the wrestling world by teaming with Will Ferrell to produce a comedy series set behind the scenes of a fictional wrestling organization. The concept of the show is actually inspired by the real-life experiences shared by the former wrestler who was known as The Rock and Brian Gewirtz, who had no experience in the wrestling world before he went on to become the head writer at WWE....

He’ll Be Back: Arnold Schwarzenegger Says He’s Not Done With ‘Terminator’ Films By Ben Pearson/April 3, 2017 12:30 pm EST A sequel to Terminator: Genisys is dead. But James Cameron and Deadpool director Tim Miller are supposedly teaming up for a Terminator 6, so the franchise itself hasn’t been terminated yet. Genisys star Emilia Clarke won’t be coming back for more, and even Jai Courtney says it’s time to hang it up, but now original series star Arnold Schwarzenegger says he’s not finished making Terminator movies....

Is There Another Villain In ‘Wolverine 3: Logan’? By Jack Giroux/Oct. 13, 2016 7:00 am EST Below, see the villain a new Logan photo calls to mind. For the past week, we’ve seen some black-and-white photos teasing Logan, courtesy of the film’s Instagram page, wponx. Today’s picture, captioned “Prom,” is a little mysterious and suggestive: Comic Book Movie and others are speculating this is Arcade, a villain with a long history in the comics....

Joe And Anthony Russo Would Also Like To See Anna Kendrick As Squirrel Girl By Angie Han/Aug. 19, 2016 2:00 pm EST Officially, Marvel Studios has made no indication that they intend to bring Squirrel Girl to the big screen. But that’s not stopping fans from fantasizing about who should play the unbeatable rodent superhero. Over the past year or so, Anna Kendrick has emerged as a popular fantasy-cast pick, with Kendrick herself expressing interest in the role....

NBC Wanted ‘The Walking Dead’ To Be A Zombie Crime Procedural (Or Maybe Even Drop The Zombies Altogether) By Angie Han/Aug. 29, 2016 11:30 am EST The Walking Dead has been a staple of the AMC lineup ever since it debuted to record numbers in 2010, even spawning two spinoffs, the chat show Talking Dead and the prequel series Fear the Walking Dead. But before it joined AMC, it almost made its home at NBC....