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VOTD: The Visual Influences & References Of Director Wes Anderson By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 18, 2016 5:30 am EST Wes Anderson is one of those filmmakers with a style that you know immediately. Symmetrical cinematography, period settings and colorful production design are just some of the common traits you’ll find in a Wes Anderson movie, and we haven’t even gotten to the recurring cast members. However, if you’re not well-versed in some classic films such as The Graduate, Harold and Maude, Citizen Kane or The 400 Blows, then you might not have noticed....

‘A Bad Moms Christmas’ Hits Theaters This November By Jack Giroux/May 3, 2017 2:30 pm EST The good times will continue with A Bad Moms Christmas, which has secured a 2017 release date and will co-star Susan Sarandon. Below, learn more about the Bad Moms sequel. Filming is already underway in Atlanta on the sequel, which will co-star Sarandon as Carla’s (Kathryn Hahn) mom, Christine Baranski (The Good Wife) as Amy’s mom, and Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm) as Kiki’s (Kristen Bell) mom....

‘Avatar 2’ Begins Shooting After Months Of Pre-Production In Australia By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 25, 2017 10:00 am EST Eight years after the first Avatar flew into theaters, Avatar 2 is finally beginning production. James Cameron’s much-anticipated sci-fi sequel begins shooting this week, after pre-production of the film began in Australia back in the spring.Avatar 2 begins shooting this week with Cameron at the helm and original cast members Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Joel David Moore, Stephen Lang, Matt Gerald, and Sigourney Weaver returning for the sequel....

‘Blazing Saddles’ & ‘Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory’ Return To Theaters This Weekend By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 2, 2016 5:30 am EST Get the full list of locations where you can see Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Blazing Saddles in theaters after the jump. Here’s the entire list of AMC Theatres locations playing both movies: At all locations, on Saturday, September 3rd and Sunday, September 4th, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory will play at 5pm while Blazing Saddles will play at 7:30pm....

‘Cobra Kai’ Trailer: The ‘Karate Kid’ Saga Continues By Chris Evangelista/March 21, 2018 1:03 pm EST Whatever happened to Karate Kid Daniel LaRusso and his rival Johnny Lawrence? They grew up, of course. And now they’re together again for the YouTube Red series Cobra Kai. The new, full Cobra Kai trailer is here to get you pumped-up on nostalgia. The Karate Kid series spawned four films – The Karate Kid (1984) The Karate Kid Part II (1986) The Karate Kid Part III (1989) and The Next Karate Kid (1994) – and a 2010 remake starring Jackie Chan....

‘Girlboss’ Trailer: Britt Robertson Flips Clothes With Attitude In Netflix’s New Series By Ethan Anderton/April 3, 2017 3:30 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The trailer takes an interesting twist when Sophia is forced to create her own website after some bad business on eBay doesn’t go in her favor. She doesn’t take this slight lying down, and after a quick cry, she uses it to fuel her ambition....

‘Godzilla: Planet Of The Monsters’ Trailer: Netflix Enters The Anime Game By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 26, 2017 6:00 am EST In a world where Godzilla has dominated our pop culture conversation for more than 50 years, it’s a shock that this will be the first time it’s been made into an anime. The Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters CG-anime hybrid is the byproduct of Netflix, Toho Animation, and Polygon Pictures — part of a new era for both the kaiju monster himself and the world of anime....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Scores A Perfect 100 In Test Screening By Angie Han/Feb. 10, 2017 4:30 pm EST Crank up the hype machine: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is shaping up to be an even bigger crowdpleaser than the first one, at least if test audiences are to be believed. The James Gunn-directed Marvel sequel has scored a perfect 100 in an early test screening – an extremely rare feat and the highest ever number for a Marvel movie....

‘It’ Sequel Release Date Pits Pennywise Against The Losers’ Club In 2019 By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 25, 2017 4:00 pm EST Andy Muschietti’s creepy film adaptation of Stephen King’s It has become a box office phenomenon, earning the highest opening weekend ever for a horror film while also earning the biggest advance night opening for any R-rated movie and the biggest opening gross for any Stephen King adaptation. To put it simple, It’s big....

‘Jean Claude Van Johnson’ Trailer: Jean-Claude Van Damme Is Leading A Hilariously Depressing Life By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 19, 2016 4:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Here’s the Jean Claude Van Johnson trailer in all its glory: This is just an intro to where we find Jean-Claude in this series, grooming himself with his own branded beauty product, living in a house stocked with strawberry Pop-Tarts, using a Segway to get the day’s issue of Variety....

‘Justice League’ Actor Ray Fisher Joins ‘True Detective’ Season 3 By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 14, 2018 4:30 pm EST True Detective season 3 is coming together nicely. Blue Ruin and Green Room director Jeremy Saulnier is co-directing, Deadwood creator David Milch is part of the creative team, Oscar winner Mahershala Ali is the lead, and the cast continues to grow. The latest addition to the True Detective season 3 cast is Justice League actor Ray Fisher, who will play the son of Ali’s character....

‘Luke Cage’ Season 2 Clip: Harlem Has Questions For Luke Cage By Chris Evangelista/May 27, 2018 9:00 am EST The Marvel Cinematic Universe might still be reeling from the events of Avengers: Infinity War, but it looks like business as usual for the Marvel Netflix universe. Luke Cage season 2 is fast-approaching, and in a new clip, we get to see Luke Cage dealing with some angry Harlem residents. Watch the Luke Cage season 2 clip below....

‘Mulan’ First Look: Production Has Begun On Disney’s Live-Action Remake [Updated] By Ben Pearson/Aug. 14, 2018 9:15 am EST Update: Director Niki Caro has revealed a stunning shot from the set of the film and you can check it out below. Disney is getting down to business with a live-action remake of Mulan, the 1998 animated film about the folktale of the female Chinese warrior who goes undercover in the Imperial Army by posing as a man and fights against invading forces....

‘People’s Republic Of Desire’ Turns Its Lens On China’s Live-Streaming Culture [Fantasia Film Festival] By Sarah Foulkes/July 18, 2018 1:00 pm EST If you’re anything like me and the thought that you’ve accidentally Instagram Live-d your makeup routine induces sudden nausea, than making a living by live-streaming is probably not one of your career goals. But for the subjects of Hao Wu’s documentary People’s Republic of Desire, live-streaming isn’t just how they make their living, it’s how they make up their sense of self....

‘Spider-Man Homecoming’ Deleted Scene Teases Further ‘The Winter Soldier’ Connection By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 4, 2017 1:30 pm EST Spider-Man: Homecoming was a nice surprise. At the time of the film’s release, the last thing we as a filmgoing society needed was yet another Spider-Man reboot. But with Spidey now firmly embedded within the MCU, the character found a new lease on cinematic life, resulting in one of the year’s most entertaining films....

‘Star Wars Battlefront II’ Trailer Reveals ‘The Last Jedi’-Inspired DLC Season, Introduces Finn And Phasma By Ben Pearson/Dec. 8, 2017 10:30 am EST Fans of Star Wars Battlefront II were up in arms when they realized it would take 40 hours of game play (and a heck of a lot of in-game credits) to be able to unlock the ability to play as Darth Vader, and EA ultimately relented to the overwhelming pressure and made that character (and others) far more easily accessible to all....

‘The Goldbergs’ Will Wax Off With A ‘Karate Kid’ Episode By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 14, 2016 2:00 pm EST The ABC sitcom The Goldbergs is deeply entrenched in the nostalgia of the 1980s. Currently in its fourth season, the series has paid tribute and featured plenty of homage to favorites like The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Dirty Dancing, The Goonies, Say Anything, A Christmas Story and more. So it should come as no surprise that another iconic 1980s movie will get the same treatment (confounding the show’s true timeline even more) in an episode coming in 2017....

The Predator Trailer The trailers for The Predator seem to be getting campier with each release, and now the final trailer seems to be the campiest of all. But perhaps that’s what the film always was all along — darkly comic director Shane Black unleashing his dry humor upon the world, except this time there are bloodthirsty aliens involved. Black’s trademark snappy dialogue is on full display in this film, as well as the Predators themselves — a vast improvement from the shadowy, hard-to-see first trailer!...

Bad Robot’s ‘God Particle’ Is Not Like ‘Interstellar’, Says Star David Oyelowo By Angie Han/Nov. 4, 2016 12:30 pm EST Julius Onah’s God Particle got a big boost in advance hype last month when we learned it was actually the third Cloverfield movie, as we’d long suspected. But otherwise, Bad Robot is taking their usual secretive approach to God Particle. Star David Oyelowo won’t even disclose which character he’s playing in the movie....

Daily Podcast: Comcast/Fox, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, Laika, Sherlock Holmes 3, Bill & Ted 3, A Quiet Place 2 By Ben Pearson/May 8, 2018 5:30 pm EST In the News: Other articles mentioned:All the other stuff you need to know:You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside 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....