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‘Transformers’ Writer Scripting DC’s Harley Quinn & Birds Of Prey Spin-Off By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 11, 2016 2:30 pm EST Just earlier today, we learned that the script for the developing Transformers spin-off focusing on the Autobot Bumblebee was completed and Paramount Pictures would be looking for a director soon. The woman behind that script is Christina Hodson, and now that she’s done with alien robots, she’s heading into comic book territory....

A Future ‘American Crime Story’ Season Will Focus On The Monica Lewinsky Scandal By Jacob Hall/Jan. 19, 2017 7:30 am EST 2016 ended up, somehow, being the year of the O.J. Simpson trial. While O.J.: Made in America was one of the best documentaries of the year, American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson was one of the best television shows of the year, with both projects capturing the same material from different (and complementary!...

Action-Packed ‘Cloak And Dagger’ Trailer Shows Off Marvel’s Latest Divine Pairing By Ben Pearson/April 30, 2018 12:30 pm EST While all eyes are on Marvel Studios and Avengers: Infinity War right now, Marvel Television is about to launch a brand new TV show with Cloak & Dagger. Freeform has debuted a final trailer for the series, and it proves that this isn’t just going to be another teen soap opera – this thing has some kick to it, too....

Cool Stuff: Voltron LEGO Set Lets You Assemble The Robot In More Ways Than One By Ethan Anderton/April 26, 2016 7:00 am EST For me, there’s something that’s not only fun but almost relaxing about building a cool vehicle or building from various pop culture worlds out of LEGO pieces. Whether it’s the Ghostbusters firehouse or the Batcave from the 1966 Batman TV series, I just love piecing together a LEGO set....

Daily Podcast: What Role Will Lando Have In Star Wars Episode 9? Why Are So Many Female Superheroes Stuck In The Past? By Peter Sciretta/July 10, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the July 10, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by Star Wars expert Bryan Young, to talk about the recent casting news of Billy Dee Williams in Star Wars Episode 9 and speculate what kind of role Lando might play in JJ Abrams’ film....

David Gordon Green Will Direct The ‘Friday Night Lights’ Reboot, Which Is Happening For Some Reason By Chris Evangelista/May 9, 2018 2:00 pm EST For reasons beyond my comprehension, Universal is getting ready to reboot Friday Night Lights into a new movie. And they just found their director: David Gordon Green, helmer of the upcoming Halloween reboot. Clear eyes, full hearts, why is this happening? Remember Friday Night Lights? The book that became a movie that became a TV show?...

Gore Verbinski Explains Why His ‘Bioshock’ Movie Never Happened By Angie Han/Feb. 15, 2017 4:00 pm EST Way back in 2008, before A Cure for Wellness was even a twinkle in his eye, Gore Verbinski had plans to direct the Bioshock movie. But just as things seemed to be coming together, they all fall apart. In spring 2009, Universal abruptly pulled the plug over concerns about its ballooning budget, and by summer 2009, he’d ditched the video game movie entirely....

Josh Brolin Says He Will Play Cable Three More Times In ‘Deadpool’ Sequels By Chris Evangelista/April 17, 2018 4:30 pm EST Get ready for a lot more Cable. Josh Brolin says there are plans for at least four films featuring the Deadpool character, set to make his debut in Deadpool 2. In other words, expect to see Cable in a few more Deadpool sequels. Josh Brolin is popping up in two big comic book movies this year: Avengers: Infinity War, where he plays the film’s big bad Thanos, and Deadpool 2, where he plays the time traveling Cable....

Listen: James Gunn Releases Secret ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Awesome Mix Vol. 0 Tracklist By Ethan Anderton/March 1, 2018 6:30 am EST One of the defining factors that made Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy an immediate favorite was the soundtrack full of classic pop and rock tunes courtesy of Meredith Quill’s Awesome Mix Vol. 1, given to her little Star-Lord. The soundtrack for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 went for some deeper cuts, but it still made Awesome Mix Vol....

Marvel Almost Made A ‘War Machine’ Movie By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 9, 2018 9:00 am EST We might have seen Marvel’s first solo black superhero movie long before Black Panther. A pitch for a War Machine solo movie starring Don Cheadle was nearly greenlit by Marvel. The project got as far as Marvel hiring the writer who pitched the idea, screenwriter Joe Robert Cole (who would later co-write Black Panther), but the project stalled as Shane Black’s Iron Man 3 script started coming together....

Mary Elizabeth Winstead To Star In ‘Fargo’ Season 3 By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 16, 2016 4:00 pm EST How can one of my favorite televisions shows get any better? 10 Cloverfield Lane star Mary Elizabeth Winstead has joined the cast of Fargo season 3, opposite Ewan McGregor and Carrie Coons. Find out about what we can expect from Mary Elizabeth Winstead in Fargo, after the jump. Winstead will be playing Nikki Swango, who is described as “a crafty and alluring recent parolee with a passion for competitive bridge playing....

POTD: Sylvester Stallone Shares Some Rare ‘Rocky IV’ Behind The Scenes Photos By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 27, 2016 6:00 am EST You may not have realized it yet, but this year marks the 40th anniversary of Rocky. The film release in November of 1976 went on to win Best Picture, and it’s easily Sylvester Stallone’s greatest contribution to cinema. Recently the franchise has taken a new form with the successful spin-off Creed, and we’re still hoping for a sequel to come together sooner than later....

Rian Johnson On The Return Of An Unexpected Character In ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ [Interview] By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 18, 2017 11:00 am EST Star Wars: The Last Jedi is filled with surprises and one of them is the appearance of a character few of us expected to show up in this particular Skywalker saga episode. While talking with writer/director Rian Johnson, I learned the story behind this special moment.Major spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi follow....

Scott Derrickson To Direct ‘Locke & Key’ Pilot For Hulu By Jack Giroux/April 21, 2017 6:30 am EST Below, learn more about the potential Locke & Key television show. According to Deadline, Hulu has ordered an hour-long pilot of the fantastical horror-drama. Hill wrote the script on spec, and once it got to the hands of Derrickson, the Doctor Strange director quickly boarded the project. He’ll direct the pilot, but if Hulu decides to make more Locke & Key, he’ll remain involved and direct a few more episodes before moving on to make a sequel to his Marvel hit....

See Your Favorite Horror Movies Turned Into ‘Goosebumps’ Books By Ethan Anderton/May 11, 2018 6:00 am EST For children of the 1990s, the best thing in school was getting the order pamphlet for new books from the Scholastic Book Club. That’s because they almost always featured the latest in R.L. Stine’s ongoing horror book series Goosebumps. There were dozens of books released under the banner with several other books spinning off from the primary line-up....

Seth Rogen And The Lonely Island Are Working On A Music Festival Disaster Comedy By Ethan Anderton/April 30, 2017 10:00 am EST If you’ve been paying attention to the internet over the past couple days, you’ve likely noticed the trending topic “Fyre Festival” come up more than once. That’s because the music festival on the island of Fyre Cay in the Bahamas (which doesn’t really exist) created by Ja Rule and Billy McFarland featuring performances by Blink 182, Migos and Major Lazar, marketed towards the super rich party people of the Instagram generation, turned into a complete nightmare....

Superhero Bits: Justice League Day, Jason Momoa Named Aquaman’s Trident & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 3, 2017 5:00 pm EST How did a certain cameo in Thor: Ragnarok come together? What’s in store for Justice League Day on November 18? Who is playing Brainiac on SyFy’s Krypton series? Did you know The Revengers are a real superhero team in Marvel Comics? How much is Thor: Ragnarok on track to make this weekend?...

The ‘Uncharted’ Movie Needs To Seek Out And Plunder A New Release Date By Jacob Hall/Sept. 2, 2016 7:30 am EST In the least surprising movie news you’ll read this week, Sony has removed the long-gestating film adaptation of the hugely popular Uncharted video game from their schedule. That June 30, 2017 release date has felt unlikely for some time, so this shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone, especially since new talent was just brought hired to beat this movie into shape a month ago....

They’re Making ‘The Lawnmower Man’ Into A Virtual Reality Series For Some Reason By Jacob Hall/Jan. 24, 2017 3:30 pm EST In Stephen King’s 1978 short story “The Lawnmower Man,” a pagan employee of a lawn service company run by the god Pan murders a new customer with a magic lawnmower. It’s not a great story, but it is what it is. What it is not is a riff on Flowers For Algernon about a mentally challenged greenskeeper who becomes an all-powerful, all-intelligent, telepathic super-villain thanks to early ’90s virtual reality technology....

By Ben Pearson/June 13, 2017 12:30 pm EST The Marvel Cinematic Universe is currently king of the mountain when it comes to telling interconnecting stories across multiple movies, but Warner Bros.’ DC Extended Universe and Universal’s Dark Universe are looking to build their own ongoing cinematic universes. Valiant Entertainment, a company looking to use their comic books as the basis for a cinematic universe of their own, has been waiting on the sidelines since 2012, and it seems like they’re finally inching closer to joining the fray with a film based on Shadowman....