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‘Kong’ And ‘Planet Of The Apes’ Are Crossing Over In A Comic Book Miniseries By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 13, 2017 12:00 pm EST It’s the ape-mazing crossover you never knew you wanted (yes that was terrible, I’m sorry): King Kong and Planet of the Apes are colliding in a comic book miniseries from BOOM! Studios. The miniseries, titled Kong on the Planet of the Apes, takes place in the timeline of the original 1968 Planet of the Apes movies, and will run for six issues....

‘Rampage’ Trailer: Dwayne Johnson Takes On A Trio Of Giant Monsters By Jacob Hall/Nov. 16, 2017 1:19 pm EST Rampage, one of the most simplistic arcade games of all time, is now a giant event movie starring Dwayne Johnson. The world’s most charismatic movie star takes on a trio of giant animals (one of whom is his best buddy) in the video game adaptation, which is based on an experience that has no plot, no characters, and little do to beyond mash a button to smash buildings....

‘Resident Evil: The Final Chapter’ Is Auctioning Off Over 600 Props This Month By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 18, 2017 5:00 am EST If you’re a fan of the Resident Evil franchise, then you probably already know that Resident Evil: The Final Chapter is coming to theaters in 10 days. But what you may not know is that if you have some extra money lying around, you can try to get your hands on some props that were used in the last installment of the video game movie franchise....

‘Sherlock Gnomes’ Trailer: There’s A Fart Joke 25 Seconds Into This (And Also Johnny Depp) By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 7, 2017 8:00 am EST What have we done to deserve Sherlock Gnomes? You know what? Don’t answer that. Gnomeo & Juliet, a very real movie about sentient garden gnomes, was apparently a big enough hit to warrant a sequel. That sequel? Why Sherlock Gnomes, of course! Finally, lawn ornaments and detective work have been combined into a candy color nightmare, and you can share in the nightmare by watching the new Sherlock Gnomes trailer!...

‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Director Ron Howard Reshot A Lot More Than Was Originally Intended By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 22, 2017 6:30 am EST The film world was caught off-guard earlier this year when it was announced that directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller would be leaving the Han Solo spin-off film, and that Ron Howard would be taking their place. Howard did extensive reshoots on the film, and now Solo: A Star Wars Story co-star Paul Bettany has revealed that Howard possibly did even more reshoots than originally intended....

‘The Founder’ Trailer: Michael Keaton’s McDonald’s Biopic Kicks Off Its Awards Qualifying Run Today By Angie Han/Dec. 7, 2016 10:30 am EST Michael Keaton’s Oscar chances just got ever-so-slightly better. The Weinstein Company has just announced that it will put The Founder into theaters starting today for an awards-qualifying release. Directed by John Lee Hancock, the biopic tells the story of Ray Kroc, the enterprising businessman who turned McDonald’s from a humble local operation into a global billion-dollar empire....

‘The Matrix’ Reboot Writer Insists He Isn’t Rebooting ‘The Matrix’ By Ethan Anderton/March 17, 2017 2:30 pm EST The internet got into a tizzy earlier this week when news came that Warner Bros. Pictures was considering some kind of reboot of The Matrix. The initial report indicated that it wasn’t clear what form this project would take, but many assumed that The Matrix reboot was just going to retread the same story of the original movie....

‘Twin Peaks’ Season 4: Mark Frost And Showtime Are Considering Another Season By Ben Pearson/Oct. 27, 2017 11:30 am EST Earlier this summer, in the midst of the madness of Twin Peaks: The Return, Showtime president David Nevins told us that he wouldn’t be having any conversations about a potential fourth season until after The Return wrapped its 18-episode limited series run. But the show came to a mystifying and haunting end in early September, so now that possibility is being raised....

‘Under The Silver Lake’ Trailer: Andrew Garfield Follows The Girl Who Got Away In Wacky Neo-Noir By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 21, 2018 7:30 am EST After his breakout success with It Follows, it would not have been a surprise if director David Robert Mitchell rode the wave of critical acclaim with another high-concept horror film. Instead, Mitchell has delivered a wacky, surreal neo-noir. The first Under the Silver Lake trailer is a kooky ride, featuring Andrew Garfield playing against type as an awkward deadbeat who bumbles across Los Angeles looking for his beguiling next-door neighbor (Riley Keough), who has mysteriously vanished....

2018 Movie Photos: See Brand New Images From ‘Avengers: Infinity War,’ ‘Ready Player One,’ And More By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 29, 2017 10:00 am EST 2018 is fast approaching, and that means we’re due for a surge in new photos from the year’s most anticipated movies. Superheroes, magical nannies, and VR video game players galore populate a new batch of 2018 movie photos. And while we’ve already seen a few sneak peeks at films like X-Men: Dark Phoenix, A Wrinkle in Time, and Avengers: Infinity War, these new photos give us something new to chew on....

Adam Sandler Will Star In The Next Safdie Brothers Movie [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 3, 2018 10:05 am EST Update: It’s official: Adam Sandler will star in Uncut Gems for the Safdie brothers and A24, Deadline reports. Our original story follows below. For the past decade, Adam Sandler has made a name for himself as a goofball movie star who makes movies solely for the purpose of earning him a trip to Hawaii....

Christopher Tolkien Resigns From The Tolkien Estate – Does This Mean More ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Movies And Shows? By Jacob Hall/Nov. 15, 2017 9:30 am EST But now, Christopher Tolkien has resigned as director of the Tolkien estate and that means more movies and shows (and possibly projects beyond that) set in this legendary fantasy world may come to pass. TheOneRing.net brings the news of Christopher Tolkien’s resignation, which follows the publication of Beren and Luthien, described as “[his] last book in the long series of editions of [his] father’s writings....

By Peter Sciretta/April 6, 2017 8:45 am EST Last year, artist Grzegorz Domaradzki (aka Gabz) released one of the best Star Wars trilogy prints I’ve ever seen. Today he returns with a Star Wars: The Force Awakens print. Lucasfilm, Acme Archives, and Bottleneck Gallery have teamed together on this new Force Awakens poster. Find out the details, after the jump. The art print is titled simply “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and was created by artist Grzegorz Domaradzki (aka GABZ), whose work we’ve featured many times in the past few years....

Cool Stuff: ‘Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory’ Gets A Scrumdiddlyumptious Laurent Durieux Print By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 22, 2016 5:30 am EST Earlier this month, we got the sad news that comedy icon Gene Wilder had passed away. Since then, there have been honorary screenings around the country of movies such as Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Now you can remember Gene Wilder with some gorgeous new artwork as well....

Cool Stuff: Sexy Ian Malcolm Is Now A Funko Pop By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 19, 2018 12:45 pm EST The greatest Jeff Goldblum moment in movie history – where Goldblum’s Ian Malcolm poses like a glorious, sexy Renaissance painting in Jurassic Park – will soon be available to own in the palm of your hand. A new Sexy Ian Malcolm™ Funko Pop is coming your way. Life, uh, finds a way. See the glorious Jurassic Park Funko Pop below....

Daily Podcast: Comic-Con 2018 Day 1: It Chapter 2, The Nun, Laika, And More By Ben Pearson/July 19, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the July 19, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film Managing Editor Jacob Hall, Weekend Editor Brad Oman, and writer Chris Evangelista to talk about what they saw on the first day of San Diego Comic-Con 2018.You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it)....

Daily Podcast: Spoiler-Free Last Jedi Reactions, Mark Hamill Interview, Golden Globe Nominations & More By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 11, 2017 4:30 pm EST On the December 11, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film writers Chris Evangelista and Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss the latest news, including the first reactions to Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Mark Hamill talks Luke Skywalker, the 2018 Golden Globe nominations, the Venom movie storyline, our reactions to a couple trailers for the Spider-Man animated movie and Ready Player One, an update on Louis CK’s I Love You Daddy, and the future of the Fantastic Four....

Hans Zimmer Gave Up Scoring ‘Batman’ Movies Because Of Zack Snyder’s Version Of The Dark Knight By Jack Giroux/March 17, 2017 2:00 pm EST After Hans Zimmer completed his work on Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, he shared the news that he was no longer scoring comic book movies. “[Batman v Superman] was very hard for me to do, to try to find new language,” he told BBC Hardtalk. “I did Batman Begins with Chris [Nolan] 12 years ago, so The Dark Knight trilogy might be three movies to you; to me, it was 11 years of my life....

Jonathan Nolan Wanted A Classic Rock Song In ‘The Dark Knight’ Trilogy Marketing But Christopher Nolan Refused By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 13, 2018 4:30 pm EST With three films in The Dark Knight trilogy, there have been plenty of trailers and TV spots around the world advertising Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed take on Batman. However, one marketing tactic that was never used to promote any of the films in the comic book trilogy was the use of modern music to drive those trailers and TV spots....

Kyle MacLachlan Talks ‘Twin Peaks’, The Possibility Of Even More & Dougie [TCA 2018] By Fred Topel/Jan. 13, 2018 10:00 am EST Kyle MacLachlan was on a Television Critics Association panel for the upcoming final season of Portlandia with Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein. After the panel, /Film was able to ask him about coming back to Twin Peaks: The Return, including his initial reaction to the character of Dougie. Plus, MacLachlan offered his own thoughts on the possibility of Twin Peaks season 4....