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You Can Rent The House From ‘A Christmas Story’ By Ethan Anderton/May 8, 2017 6:00 am EST A Christmas Story is a holiday classic that provides an accurate portrayal of a dysfunctional but touching family Christmas as it happens in 1940 Indiana. Now you can come close to have that holiday experience yourself in the exact same house that Ralphie and the entire Parker family spent the holidays.A Christmas Story’s House & Museum in Cleveland, Ohio will offer fans the chance to rent the real house from the movie for an awesome overnight stay....

‘Avengers 4’ Is Bringing Back ‘Iron Man 3’ Whiz Kid Ty Simpkins By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 21, 2017 1:00 pm EST We already know the cast of Avengers: Infinity War will be massive by bringing in all the surviving superheroes from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and it sounds like the cast of Avengers 4 will be bringing even more characters into the mix outside of all the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy....

‘Black Panther’ Director’s Commentary Revealed What Happened To Killmonger’s Mother By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 7, 2018 1:30 pm EST Erik Killmonger was a villain of Wakanda’s own making. Abandoned as a child in Oakland, California, and left fatherless and motherless, the Big Bad of Black Panther undoubtedly had one of the most tragic backstories for a Marvel villain. But what happened to Killmonger’s mother? We never quite learn her fate in the movie, but now, Ryan Coogler has revealed the sad story of Killmonger’s mother in the Black Panther Blu-ray commentary....

By Jacob Hall/April 19, 2017 10:24 am EST The director of the Captain Marvel movie has a big responsibility: they have to introduce a character who isn’t particularly well known outside of comic book shops to a wide audience while also shouldering the burden of making the first solo female superhero movie set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And now, we know who Marvel Studios has tasked with the gig: the directing team of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck....

‘Castle Rock’ Teaser: J.J. Abrams Dives Into The Entire Stephen King Universe By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 18, 2017 9:00 am EST The Constant Readers of the works of Stephen King (yes, there’s a proper name for his most loyal fans) will recognize the name Castle Rock for being the fictional town of Maine where many of the author’s stories have been set. Stories like Cujo, The Dead Zone and The Body are set in that location while works like It, Dreamcatcher, Pete Sematary, Sleepwalkers, The Shawshank Redemption and Under the Dome make reference to the town....

‘Daredevil’ Season 3 Brings Back Vincent D’Onofrio As Kingpin By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 25, 2017 2:30 pm EST First the old: Vincent D’Onofrio is returning as the Marvel-Netflix series’ best and most complex villain, Kingpin. And the new: Erik Oleson is joining the superhero series as the new showrunner, replacing season 2’s Doug Petrie and Marco Ramirez. Things are starting to get cooking in Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil prepares for its upcoming third season in front of and behind the cameras....

‘Godless’ Trailer: Jeff Daniels And Michelle Dockery Go West In Steven Soderbergh’s Netflix Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 16, 2017 11:00 am EST Neo-Westerns and Western remakes abound, but you’d be hard pressed to find a good old-fashioned original Western right now. Steven Soderbergh, who after a brief flirtation with his old feature film haunts with Logan Lucky, has returned to the television world to offer you just that. Soderbergh is producing Godless, a new limited series on Netflix created by Scott Frank (co-writer of this year’s genre-bending superhero hit Logan)....

‘Heathers’ Reboot Gets A Killer New Cast Member With Selma Blair By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 7, 2017 3:00 pm EST Selma Blair is tapping into her cruel intentions and joining the TV reboot of Heathers, the ’80s high school-set black comedy that starred Winona Ryder and Christian Slater. However Blair, who has played her own share of ’90s teen queen bees, won’t be a Heather but a Jade — the “hard-edged, gold-digging” stripper stepmother of Heather Duke....

‘Lost In Space’ Trailer: The Classic Sci-Fi Series Gets Rebooted On Netflix By Jacob Hall/Feb. 21, 2018 8:00 am EST “Danger, Will Robinson!” Lost in Space is a classic television series in that it’s iconic. Everyone can quote it. Everyone is familiar with its iconography. But it was never a great show – it was merely a show that a lot of people grew up watching. Now, a promising reboot of the series could change that....

‘MacGyver’ Trailer: CBS Cobbles Together A New Pilot With Director James Wan By Angie Han/Aug. 18, 2016 10:30 am EST The Conjuring 2 has already come and gone from theaters, but James Wan’s got another directorial effort coming our way this fall. A couple of months ago he was tapped to direct the pilot for a MacGyver reboot at CBS, with Lucas Till as the resourceful lead. Now the show is on track to premiere this fall, and you can get a peek at the new MacGyver trailer below....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 26, 2018 11:30 am EST Our original story from May 22, 2018 follows below. The Expanse debuted to critical acclaim in 2015 and, over the course of its three seasons, accumulated an ardent and loyal fanbase who extolled the virtues of the series, which is set in a future where humanity has colonized the solar system. The series is based on James S. A. Corey’s best-selling book series and stars Steven Strait, Shohreh Aghdashloo and Dominique Tipper....

‘Their Finest’ Trailer: This Is Not The Movie About Dunkirk You’re Waiting For By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 23, 2017 2:30 pm EST Hollywood loves making movies about making movies, and even though Lone Scherfig’s World War II romantic dramedy Their Finest actually hails from across the pond, it’s still looking for that sweet spot of nostalgia for classic filmmaking crossed with the hardships of war. After playing at the Toronto International Film Festival last year and the Sundance Film Festival just last month, Their Finest follows the making of a movie about the heroic events of a couple sisters at Dunkirk who save hundreds of soldiers....

‘Yardie’ Trailer: Idris Elba Makes His Directorial Debut With A Jamaican Crime Thriller By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 23, 2018 5:30 am EST Audiences love seeing Idris Elba on screen, whether it’s in big franchises like Marvel’s Thor or in the British crime drama series Luther. But will they be just as interested in seeing what he can do behind the camera? Yardie is a new crime thriller that marks Idris Elba’s directorial debut....

Amy Poehler Will Direct, Produce And Star In Netflix Movie ‘Wine Country’ By Chris Evangelista/March 21, 2018 6:30 am EST Good news, everyone. The extremely funny and talented Amy Poehler is getting in on that sweet Netflix original action. Poehler will produce, direct and star in the Netflix film Wine Country. And in case you were wondering – yes, Tina Fey is involved. More on the Wine Country movie below....

Daily Podcast: Fight Club Card Game, Demolition Man 2, The Sandlot, Top Gun 2, It’s A Small World, Terminator 6, And More By Ben Pearson/Aug. 1, 2018 5:30 pm EST In The News: In Our Feature Presentation: 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....

Daily Podcast: Guillermo Del Toro, Armada, Avengers, Jurassic Park, Universal Studios, Venom By Peter Sciretta/April 3, 2018 4:30 pm EST In the News: 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....

Danny Elfman To Score ‘Justice League,’ Will Probably Charge More Than $1 By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 15, 2017 7:30 am EST Elfman returns…to superhero movies. Danny Elfman, the composer for classic superhero movies like Tim Burton’s Batman and Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2, has signed on to score Justice League. This may throw a wrench in Elfman’s recently announced plans to score smaller films for $1 — I’m pretty sure Warner Bros....

Final ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ Trailer Pushes Bayhem To The Max By Ethan Anderton/May 17, 2017 5:58 am EST The release of the new Transformers sequel from director Michael Bay is still over a month away, but Paramount Pictures has released the final trailer so it can play in theaters in the coming weeks. Every Michael Bay blockbuster is full of explosions and spectacle, especially when it comes to Transformers movies, but this one looks like it might be the biggest one yet....

How Darth Vader Helped Make Christopher Reeve Superman By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 30, 2017 12:00 pm EST Here’s some movie history for you: Darth Vader had a hand in making Christopher Reeve Superman. Sort of. David Prowse, the actor who played Darth Vader (at least physically; James Earl Jones, of course, provided that iconic voice), confirms that when Reeve needed to bulk up to play the Man of Steel, he turned to Prowse for help....

How M Night Shyamalan Convinced Disney To Let Him Do ‘Split’ Twist, And What That Means For The Sequel By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 16, 2017 1:30 pm EST It’s hard to talk around the spoilers, so if you’ve seen Split, please continue on. Learn how filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan convinced Walt Disney Pictures to allow him to do the much-talked about twist at the end of his new Universal distributed thriller Split, and what that might mean for the possible sequel now that the movie is a gigantic hit....