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‘The X-Files’ Season 11 Teaser Trusts No One By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 30, 2017 11:30 am EST Last year, The X-Files returned for a highly buzzed-about, but not altogether successful revival with season 10. Agents Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) were once again thrown head-first into a series of strange paranormal cases and wild conspiracies. At one point, Mulder took magic mushrooms and later, Scully’s head morphed into an alien....

‘Wind River’ Clips And Featurettes Tease A Strong Antidote To The Post-Summer Doldrums By Jacob Hall/Aug. 4, 2017 4:00 pm EST August and September are often (and rightfully) viewed as studio dumping grounds, the place where films that don’t fit the summer and awards season molds get tossed. But sometimes, this is the perfect time to release a smaller movie that could vanish between the cracks elsewhere in the year. It’s even the ideal time to release a serious-minded thriller for adults that was a hit on the festival scene earlier in the year....

Apple Responds To The Case Of The Disappearing Digital Purchases By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 17, 2018 11:30 am EST Five days after the story went viral, Apple has finally issued a response. And you can be certain we’ll read the fine print on this one. Last week we learned that any digital movie purchases from Apple are not as permanent as we originally thought. Apple is only a “store front that gives content provider(s) a platform or place to sell their items,” which essentially means that you’re not buying the movie itself, you’re buying a license to watch it....

Ben Affleck Keeps Jerking Us Around About The State Of ‘The Batman’ By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 2, 2017 6:30 am EST Ben Affleck has consistently said that he wouldn’t direct a solo Batman movie unless the script was good, but more recently he sounded a bit more optimistic. However, now I’m starting to wonder if Affleck is just messing with film journalists, because he’s back to saying the project and his involvement is on unstable ground....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 23, 2017 4:30 pm EST Larson will be producing and starring in a biopic based on the life of Victoria Woodhull, who ran for the White House in 1872, more than 40 years before women had the right to vote (via Deadline). Woodhull ultimately lost the race (obviously), but she paved the way for women’s suffrage in the years to come. Deadline provides a brief background of the Woodhull’s story below:...

Chris Pratt’s ‘Cowboy Ninja Viking’ Movie Is Still Happening, Gets Two New Writers By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 18, 2018 4:00 pm EST Chris Pratt may be the star of two of the biggest franchises today, but his pet project Cowboy Ninja Viking just can’t seem to get off the ground. But the comic book adaptation has been steadily galloping (Sneaking? Sailing?) toward the big screen, with Michelle MacLaren announced as the director earlier this year....

Cool Stuff: Eric Tan’s ‘Star Wars’ Prequel Trilogy Posters Make These Movies Look Good By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 19, 2017 5:00 am EST Though there is a substantial amount of Star Wars fans who hate the prequel trilogy, there is still a sect of passionate individuals who will to defend all three movies until they’re red in the face. We’ll let you hash it out in the comments if you want to open that can of worms, but we’re here to talk about Eric Tan’s gorgeous new trio of posters paying tribute to each of the movies....

Cool Stuff: Fanmade LEGO Voltron Is Becoming An Official Set By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 4, 2017 6:00 am EST We’ve featured plenty of custom LEGO sets here, but only a handful of them get a legitimate shot at being turned into real sets that end up on the shelves of toy stores around the world. Thanks to the creation of LEGO Ideas, master builders have a chance at having LEGO fans vote on which custom sets they’d like to see go in front of the board that decides which of the sets get turned into official LEGO products....

Daily Podcast: Actors Who Should Be Cast As The Joker, Guardians, Kingsman, Jumper, Black Mirror By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 28, 2017 8:30 am EST On the August 28, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by Brad Oman, Jacob Hall and Hoai-Tran Bui. to talk about the news, including Kingsman 2 presented in 270 degrees, Guardians of the Galaxy Mission Breakout gets a Halloween makeover, Black Mirror season 4 trailer reactions and observations, and another Jumper tv series....

Daily Podcast: Jacob’s Best Movies Of 2017, Red Son, John Wick, Monsters By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 15, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the January 15, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and senior writer Ben Pearson to talk about the latest news, including a Superman: Red Son movie, a John Wick and Monsters TV series. And in Our Feature Presentation, Jacob Hall talks about his top 10 movies of 2017....

Daily Podcast: The Latest On Disney/James Gunn, Jon Turteltaub Interview, Venom, Silver & Black, And Sonic The Hedgehog By Ben Pearson/Aug. 9, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the August 9, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by weekend editor Brad Oman and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss the latest film and TV news, including a new update about Disney and James Gunn, Venom’s potential rating, the latest in Sony’s brand of Marvel movies, and the new voice of Sonic the Hedgehog....

David Lowery Secretly Shot A New Movie With Casey Affleck And Rooney Mara By Jack Giroux/Nov. 23, 2016 3:30 pm EST Well, this is exciting. Around the time director David Lowery’s Pete’s Dragon remake was released he filmed another feature with his Ain’t Them Bodies Saints stars, Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara. Lowery shot the mystery film in Dallas, where he’ll soon shoot his next drama, The Old Man and the Gun, which he calls a bit of a tribute to its star, Robert Redford....

Exclusive: Watch An ‘Uncle Drew’ Deleted Scene From The New Blu-Ray And DVD By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 13, 2018 5:30 am EST Uncle Drew, a movie inspired by a soda commercial, is dribbling its way onto Blu-ray and DVD soon, and is now on digital. In conjunction with the comedy’s home video release, we’re showcasing an exclusive Uncle Drew clip featuring a deleted scene from the flick. Check it out below!...

HBO’s ‘The Night Of’ Had A “Couple Of Possible Endings” Planned By Angie Han/Sept. 6, 2016 5:30 am EST As HBO’s The Night Of neared its end, it was anyone’s guess how things would turn out. Would Naz get to walk free? Would we find out what really happened that night? Would Stone’s eczema’s season-long arc finally pay off? Now that that finale has come and gone, we know the show managed to end in the most satisfyingly unsatisfying way possible....

Henry Bowers Lives: Two More Actors Join The ‘It: Chapter 2’ Cast By Chris Evangelista/June 25, 2018 2:30 pm EST Who is Teach Grant? He’s a Canadian actor who appeared on Netflix’s Altered Carbon, and he’s also the latest addition to the It: Chapter 2 cast. Grant’s casting is notable for who he’s playing: the adult version of bully Henry Bowers, a character who appeared to have died in 2017’s It....

By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 27, 2017 9:30 am EST Justice League is weeks away from hitting theaters, which means the cast is out there doing all sorts of promotion for the highly anticipated DCEU film. As part of that recent promotion, star Gal Gadot revealed that the Wonder Woman story was altered in the wake of Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice in an attempt to bring some hope to the dour DCEU....

International ‘Kong: Skull Island’ Trailer Proves That Monsters Exist By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 12, 2017 10:30 am EST A new adventure featuring the classic movie monster King Kong is just a couple months away. Kings of Summer director Jordan Vogt-Roberts is bringing the massive ape to the big screen in his largest form yet in Kong: Skull Island, but he’s not the only monster that a group of explorers have to contend with....

Is ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Director Making A ‘Star Wars’ Movie? By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 19, 2018 11:15 am EST Is Reed Morano, one of the directors behind season 1 of the hit Hulu series The Handmaid’s Tale, the next Star Wars director? That’s the current buzz, as a Morano confirms that she had a lengthy sit-down meeting with Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy. If Morano lands the gig, that might make her the first female director in Star Wars history – a moment fans have been awaiting for a very long time....

Jay Z And (Possibly) Netflix Come Aboard Lee Daniels’ Richard Pryor Biopic By Jack Giroux/Oct. 7, 2016 6:30 am EST Director Lee Daniels has come back to the Richard Pryor biopic, and he’s brought producer Jay Z with him. Pryor was set to star Mike Epps as the iconic comedian, in addition to Oprah Winfrey, Eddie Murphy, Kate Hudson, and Tracy Morgan, but this summer, Daniels dropped out of the biopic due to his crowded schedule....

LEGO Stranger Things: A Homegrown Brick Recreation Of Netflix’s Popular Series By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 11, 2016 6:30 am EST Even though the buzz surrounding Stranger Things has died down since the summer, fans are hungry for any scrap of news they can get about the second season. But since we don’t frequently get updates like Sean Astin and Paul Reiser being added to the cast in key roles, sometimes we just need some Stranger Things stuff to hold us over, and we’ve got a nice little video to do just that....