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VOTD: How The Sound Design Of ‘Baby Driver’ Creates Perfect Harmony By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 1, 2018 6:00 am EST If you’ve seen Baby Driver, then you already know that it’s a masterpiece mesh of music and motion meticulously crafted by director Edgar Wright. But he didn’t do that all by himself. Edgar Wright’s Oscar-nominated sound designer Julian Slater is responsible for both the sound mixing and sound editing that brings all of the audio that would otherwise just be a cacophony of sound and creates the synchronous, harmonious mix that we hear in the film....

VOTD: Meet ‘Saturday Night Live’ Director Don Roy King By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 19, 2016 6:00 am EST Even people who aren’t die hard Saturday Night Live fans like myself know who Lorne Michaels is. When you’re the man responsible for creating one of the biggest, groundbreaking television shows of all time, and you continue to run the show for nearly four decades (there were some years he wasn’t in charge), even casual fans are bound to learn your name....

By Jacob Hall/May 16, 2017 2:00 pm EST Lionsgate had big plans for the Power Rangers series. In the lead-up to the first film’s release, CEO Jon Feltheimer teased four (or five or six) sequels. The message was clear: they were on board for the long run and the glossy revival of the nostalgic favorite would be one of their next big franchises. After all, something has to fill that Hunger Games-shaped hole in their line-up....

Watch: Netflix’s Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events Teaser Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 4, 2016 9:55 am EST Netflix has finally released a teaser trailer for their upcoming television adaptation of Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. Based on the bestselling children’s series by Daniel Handler (a.k.a. Lemony Snicket), this new series will follow the adventures of three orphaned Baudelaire children adopted by their cousin Count Olaf, who is after their family inheritance....

Water Cooler Discussion: What We Did/Watched/Played/Read Over The Memorial Day Weekend By Peter Sciretta/May 30, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the May 30, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about what we’ve been watching and what we’ve been up to in an extended but delayed edition of Water Cooler Monday....

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Clip Shows The Making Of Queen’s Most Famous Hit By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 5, 2018 2:30 pm EST One of the most anticipated movies of the fall is Bohemian Rhapsody, the story of classic rock band Queen and their show-stopping frontman Freddie Mercury. The movie will undoubtedly be in the running for awards when the time comes, but in the meantime, you can check out a new Bohemian Rhapsody clip that shows the making of Queen’s titular track that people can’t help but sing when they hear it, no matter where they are....

‘Broad City’ Season 4 Trailer: Abbi Jacobson And Ilana Glazer Head For Warmer Climates By Ethan Anderton/June 5, 2017 4:00 pm EST One of the best comedy series on TV right now is undoubtedly Broad City. What first felt like the female answer to Workaholics has become the shining beacon in Comedy Central’s current line-up of shows as Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer have taken New York City by storm across three seasons....

‘Golden Exits’ Trailer: The Latest From Alex Ross Perry By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 10, 2018 4:00 pm EST Alex Ross Perry, the filmmaker behind Listen Up Philip and Queen of Earth, is back with Golden Exits. The indie ensemble, set against a Brooklyn background, features a stellar cast colliding with each other amidst affairs and other real world dramas. A brand new Golden Exits trailer awaits you below. Alex Ross Perry doesn’t make blockbusters – a fact he’s more than comfortable with....

‘Jurassic World’ Sequel Starts Shooting In March, Will Connect More Strongly To ‘Jurassic Park’ By Angie Han/Nov. 14, 2016 8:30 am EST The Jurassic Park franchise reopened its doors last year with Jurassic World, and while the theme park itself predictably proved to be another disaster, the film was a resounding success. Which, naturally, means the adventure will continue in future movies. Earlier this year, J.A. Bayona was announced as the new director for the sequel, and now he’s revealed shooting will get underway in March....

‘Miami Vice’ Reboot Coming From ‘Fast & Furious’ Collaborators Vin Diesel And Chris Morgan By Ben Pearson/Aug. 2, 2017 3:41 pm EST It looks like Detectives Crockett and Tubbs are coming back to NBC. A new report says that Vin Diesel and Chris Morgan, two of the major creative forces behind the Fast & Furious film franchise, are collaborating on a small-screen reboot of Michael Mann’s classic cop series Miami Vice....

‘Olaf’s Frozen Adventure’ Music Video Released; Could This Be The New “Let It Go”? By Ben Pearson/Nov. 21, 2017 3:30 pm EST When Frozen was released in 2013, it became a smash hit on a scale that caught Walt Disney Animation by surprise. Part of the reason for its success was the movie’s soundtrack, which was full of catchy and memorable songs – chief among them being “Let It Go,” the movie’s most show-stopping musical number....

‘Smurfs: The Lost Village’ Trailer: Born To Be Blue By Jack Giroux/March 13, 2017 4:00 pm EST After two trips to the live-action world, the Smurfs are back and animated next month. Smurfs: The Last Village shows the adorable little blue humanoids adventure to – you guessed it – The Lost Village. Their latest journey continues to look more appealing the recent live-action films, which were successful overseas but they weren’t the most enjoyable family-friendly movies....

‘Stoned Alone’: Ryan Reynolds Is Developing An R-Rated ‘Home Alone’ Riff By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 26, 2018 7:30 am EST Ryan Reynolds is attached to produce and potentially star in Stoned Alone for 20th Century Fox, Deadline reports. Here’s the synopsis per Deadline: Stoned Alone is reminiscent of that hallowed comedy classic. It centers around a twenty-something weed growing loser who misses the plane for his holiday ski trip. He makes the best of things by getting high....

‘The Crown’ Season 3 Will Replace Claire Foy With Olivia Colman By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 27, 2017 6:10 am EST If you were wondering how the Netflix series The Crown would handle its character’s aging as the show progressed throughout the life of Queen Elizabeth II, wonder no more. Broadchurch actress Olivia Colman will take over the lead role from Golden Globe winning actress Claire Foy for seasons 3 and 4 of the popular Netflix saga, which chronicles the life and reign of the current Queen of England....

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Honest Trailer: Probably The Best He-Man Movie We’ll Ever Get By Ethan Anderton/March 7, 2018 6:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Yesterday brought Thor: Ragnarok home on Blu-ray and DVD, which means we can watch the funniest Marvel Studios movie to date over and over again. Adding to the laughs is the Honest Trailer that doesn’t really make fun of the movie so much as make some amusing observations about the characters and give Marvel some flack for not letting Edgar Wright do his thing with Ant-Man when they had the chance....

A ‘Pacific Rim’ Crossover With ‘Godzilla’ And ‘Kong’ May Eventually Happen By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 20, 2017 12:30 pm EST The movie franchise that started as a love letter to the kaiju monster genre may end up battling some of the OG kaiju in future crossover movies, if Pacific Rim Uprising director Steven S. DeKnight gets his wish. The sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s affectionate homage to the mecha anime and monster movie genres that sprung out of Japan, Pacific Rim Uprising also happens to hail from the same studio that is currently spearheading Godzilla and King Kong’s cinematic MonsterVerse, Legendary Pictures....

New ‘Joker’ Video Shows Joaquin Phoenix Reveling In Chaos, Plus Get A First Look At Zazie Beetz By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 23, 2018 2:00 pm EST Another day, another sneak peek at the Joker origin movie that is currently in production. Joaquin Phoenix is playing the iconic Batman villain in a movie that explores how a man named Arthur Fleck came to be the Clown Prince of Crime in Gotham City. A new look at the Joker arrived just before the weekend showing Phoenix in full clown make-up, but now a different glimpse at the character from the set of the movie shows the actor in full Joker mode, complete with a classic purple suit....

New ‘Jurassic World 2’ Character Has Ties To The Original ‘Jurassic Park’ By Ethan Anderton/April 27, 2017 12:30 pm EST Even though production on Jurassic World 2 is currently at the halfway point, we still know very little about the sequel. Jeff Goldblum surprisingly joined the sequel this week, and the tyrannosaurus rex that injured him and chased him in a Jeep will be back again (hopefully there will be some kind of reunion played for laughs), and there is supposedly a submarine sequence....

New ‘Starship Troopers’ Reboot Coming From ‘Baywatch’ Writers By Jacob Hall/Nov. 3, 2016 11:54 am EST The long-promised (or oft-threatened, depending on your point of view) Starship Troopers reboot is finally gearing up to take a big step forward. Columbia Pictures is set to reboot Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 classic, with Fast and Furious producer Neal H. Moritz and Baywatch reboot writers Mark Swift and Damian Shannon. I’m not going to say this is an bad idea, but I will say that the original film is as close to perfect as movies can get and is, quite literally, my thirteenth favorite movie of all time....

New ‘Titans’ Images Introduce Us To The Team And Jason Todd And It Doesn’t Look Pretty By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 13, 2018 2:15 pm EST Three new images have debuted from Titans, the gritty reimagining of the classic DC Comics team. One is a cheesy official production photo and the other two are overly dim stills of Dick Grayson (Brenton Thwaites) meeting a familiar face. Either way, visually, this show looks a mess....