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‘The Shallows’ Director Jaume Collet-Serra Might Direct ‘Suicide Squad 2’ By Ben Pearson/July 11, 2017 5:41 pm EST After a lengthy search, executives at Warner Bros. and DC Films may have finally found their Suicide Squad 2 director. Deadline reports that Jaume Collet-Serra, the Spanish filmmaker behind movies like Orphan, The Shallows, and the Liam Neeson vehicles Unknown, Non-Stop, and Run All Night is now the frontrunner to helm the villain-centric comic book movie sequel....

‘The Young Karl Marx’ Trailer: Communism Gets The The Hot, Young Makeover By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 2, 2018 5:30 am EST First, it was a Young Pope, in the form of Jude Law. Then we received a Young Shakespeare, courtesy of TNT’s edgy series, Will. Then we were gifted Young Dumbledore, again in the form of Jude Law. I’m not suggesting that there is a cinematic universe of young, sexy versions of famous figures (the majority of them looking like Jude Law), but seeing the rollout of several film and TV projects centered around a “young” figure is a little funny....

By Ben Pearson/May 23, 2018 6:30 am EST Check out the first Too Old to Die Young trailer below. Too Old to Die Young Trailer Details are still relatively scarce, but we know Miles Teller plays Martin, a cop who is mourning the murder of his partner. Martin and his partner’s killer quickly find themselves in a scenario involving Yakuza soldiers, cartel assassins, the Russian mob, and gangs of teenage murderers....

‘Venom’ Will Be An R-Rated Sci-Fi Horror Movie By Peter Sciretta/March 27, 2017 11:30 am EST My Entertainment World is claiming that the film will start shooting this fall, revealing that the project is in the genre of “Action/Horror/Sci-fi.” It’s a shame that Sony couldn’t (or maybe didn’t want to?) work out a deal with Disney to try to build their Spider-Man universe into something bigger, something that works within the existing Marvel Cinematic Universe....

‘Westworld’ Season 2 In The Works, Won’t Go To Roman World And Medieval World By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 10, 2016 12:00 pm EST While HBO hasn’t officially renewed Westworld for a second season yet, showrunner Jonathan Nolan says they’ve already started work planning the story for Westworld season 2. Along with his co-showrunner and wife Lisa Joy Nolan, they teased what we can expect from the second season and debunked a couple of fan theories....

2018 Directors Guild Awards Nominations Finally Give Greta Gerwig And ‘Lady Bird’ Some Love By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 11, 2018 11:30 am EST The 2018 DGA Awards nominations were announced today, and Lady Bird fans will be happy to see that director Greta Gerwig has finally been given her due diligence by landing a nomination. Furthermore, Get Out director Jordan Peele has landed two nominations, one in the primary outstanding directorial achievement award and one for being a first-time director....

Charlie Cox Wants Bullseye For Daredevil Season 3, But His Co-Stars Don’t By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 10, 2016 1:01 pm EST We’ve now had two seasons of Netflix’s Daredevil tv series which has introduced a lot of classic antagonists: The Kingpin, Elektra, The Hand and Punisher. But the biggest omission so far has to be Bullseye, a merciless assassin that never misses his mark, able to turn anything into a lethal weapon....

Cool Stuff: ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Funko POPs Include The Ghostbusting Kids By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 31, 2017 6:00 am EST Hopefully you had some time to binge watch Stranger Things season two last weekend since everybody is having a problem waiting to talk about it online. We’re doing our best to hold off on diving deep into the new episodes until more people have had a chance to watch, but in the meantime, those who have already made it through the new season may be looking to get their hands on some collectibles from the Netflix series....

Cool Stuff: Hot Toys ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Luke Skywalker 1/6th Scale Figure By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 30, 2016 3:00 pm EST It may be “Rogue Friday” but not all the Star Wars announcements today concern Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Yesterday we shared with you the latest in Hot Toys’ Movie Masterpiece Series, a bunch of 1/6th scale figures from Rogue One. Today we bring you a 1/6th scale figure that many fans have been waiting for — Luke Skywalker for Star Wars: The Force Awakens....

Daisy Ridley Thought Rey’s Parentage Was Revealed In ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ By Angie Han/Dec. 6, 2016 3:10 pm EST One of the big questions we had going into Star Wars: The Force Awakens was who, exactly, Rey could be related to… and one of the big questions we had coming out of Star Wars: The Force Awakens was still who, exactly, Rey could be related to. Although the character makes reference to a family that left her behind on Jakku, she doesn’t say who her parents are, and the film doesn’t spend much time dwelling on that aspect of her past....

David Gordon Green And Danny McBride To Write/Direct New ‘Halloween’ Movie By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 9, 2017 3:51 pm EST In May 2016, we learned that Blumhouse, producer of The Conjuring, Paranormal Activity, Insidious, Sinister and The Visit, would be teaming with Miramax to co-finance a new Halloween movie. Not long after, we heard that Oculus director Mike Flanagan was in talks to direct. Well, it looks like that isn’t happening after all....

Don’t Freak Out, ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ Is Shorter Than The Other ‘Transformers’ Sequels By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 1, 2017 7:00 am EST Reports of Transformers: The Last Knight’s lengthy running time have been greatly exaggerated, according to director Michael Bay. News surfaced yesterday — and on Google’s search results — that the fifth entry into the massive Transformers series would boast an equally massive run time of 3 hours and 2 minutes....

Emergency Podcast: Boba Fett Movie Gets ‘Logan’ Writer/Director James Mangold By Peter Sciretta/May 24, 2018 3:58 pm EST Big Star Wars news has been unleashed upon this world, so we have gathered in our bunker for an Emergency Episode of /Film Daily. /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and Germain Lussier from io9 to talk about the big story of the hour: James Mangold is writing and directing a Boba Fett spin-off movie....

Han Solo Movie To Feature Star Wars’ First Significant Female Droid By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 13, 2017 11:00 am EST Last week it was reported that Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge would be joining the Han Solo movie as a performance capture character. At the time I speculated that this either meant that she would be playing some sort of alien creature or a new Droid. A new unconfirmed report claims that Phoebe will be playing the first significant female droid in the Star Wars universe....

Jeffrey Tambor Leaves ‘Transparent’ Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations By Hoai-Tran Bui/Nov. 20, 2017 7:30 am EST In a statement to Deadline, Tambor said: I’ve already made clear my deep regret if any action of mine was ever misinterpreted by anyone as being aggressive, but the idea that I would deliberately harass anyone is simply and utterly untrue. Given the politicized atmosphere that seems to have afflicted our set, I don’t see how I can return to Transparent....

Joe Carnahan Defies God And Man, Finishes The ‘Uncharted’ Screenplay By Jacob Hall/Jan. 9, 2017 1:30 pm EST In Joe Carnahan’s The Grey, a group of oil workers survive a plane crash in the Alaskan wilderness and trek through the elements, dying one-by-one as they’re torn to pieces by wolves or simply lose the will to live. It’s a fine metaphor for Sony’s long-gestating adaptation of the Uncharted video game series, which has been in development since 2009 and has burned through more writers, directors, and release dates than I care to include in this sentence....

Kathleen Kennedy Wants A Taika Waititi ‘Star Wars’ Movie (And Who Can Blame Her?) By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 7, 2017 3:30 pm EST Taika Waititi has gone from indie filmmaker to blockbuster super-director with the success of Thor: Ragnarok, which means it’s only a matter of time before he moves on to even bigger things. Like Star Wars, for example. Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy recently confirmed that she’d be thrilled to have Waititi direct a Star Wars film, and Waititi has expressed a vague interest in the past....

Martin Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’ Will Cost Around $125 Million By Jack Giroux/March 2, 2017 7:00 am EST Last week we heard the exciting news that Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman found a home at Netflix, following a split from a currently risk-averse Paramount Studios. Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Al Pacino are starring in the gangster drama. Considering all the heavy-hitters and special effects involved in the film, it’s not too surprising to learn The Irishman is going to cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $125 million....

Original ‘Jurassic World’ Script Featured A Raptor Helicopter Jump, Totally Different Characters By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 28, 2018 10:30 am EST Movies can look completely different from their inception and the final product on the big screen, especially since every movie goes through several script changes. This certainly applies to Jurassic World. Director Colin Trevorrow joined the project after a script had already been written by by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, bringing along his own changes and writing partner Derek Connolly....

The Morning Watch: Meryl Streep Edition - Role Swap With Tom Hanks, Interviewing Anna Wintour & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 11, 2018 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this special Meryl Streep edition, The Oscar-winning actress and The Post co-star Tom Hanks portray some of each others’ most iconic roles....