Tick Tick Boom Lin Manuel Miranda To Direct Movie Adaptation Of The Musical

‘Tick, Tick…Boom!’: Lin-Manuel Miranda To Direct Movie Adaptation Of The Musical By Ben Pearson/July 19, 2018 11:12 am EST Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda is not throwing away his shot…to direct his first feature film. Miranda – Broadway sensation, multiple Tony Award winner, and future star of Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns – is stepping behind the camera for his feature directorial debut, a film adaptation of a musical called Tick, Tick…Boom! Read all about it below....

April 24, 2022 · 7 min · 1422 words · James Keeler

War Machine Trailer Brad Pitt Goes Into Battle

‘War Machine’ Trailer: Brad Pitt Goes Into Battle By Angie Han/March 1, 2017 9:00 am EST One of the interesting things about Netflix’s massive original programming slate is that unlike a lot of traditional distributors, they don’t really have a type. They’ll release gritty superhero dramas and fluffy kiddie fare, sober documentaries and goofy standup specials, Adam Sandler comedies and arthouse oddities. They’ve got a little something for everyone, which makes perfect sense since “everyone” is their target customer....

April 24, 2022 · 6 min · 1174 words · Mary Williams

Cinema Returns To Saudi Arabia After Decades Long Ban With The Emoji Movie

Cinema Returns To Saudi Arabia After Decades-Long Ban – With ‘The Emoji Movie’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 15, 2018 1:00 pm EST Movie theaters may be slowly losing prominence in the American landscape, but they’re just starting to re-emerge in Saudi Arabia. The Middle Eastern country banned movie theaters in the early ’80s as a result of a conservative Islamist pressure to clamp down on public entertainment and the intermingling of men and women, but now the 35-year ban is finally ending....

April 24, 2022 · 7 min · 1434 words · Brandee Neel

Cool Stuff All Your Favorite Sci Fi Movies Are In This Where S Waldo Esque Print

Cool Stuff: All Your Favorite Sci-Fi Movies Are In This Where’s Waldo-Esque Print By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 21, 2016 5:00 am EST For any sci-fi fan, it would be a dream come true to find a place where the characters from all your favorite sci-fi movies and TV shows existed in the same world. But unless we figure out how to travel to a parallel dimension where all those character that have been imagined over the years are real, we’ll have to settle for this new print from the Hero Complex Gallery show Sci-Scapes....

April 24, 2022 · 5 min · 858 words · Latonya Keller

Cool Stuff Get Incredibles 2 Prints From Cyclops Print Works Right Now

Cool Stuff: Get ‘Incredibles 2’ Prints From Cyclops Print Works Right Now By Ethan Anderton/June 5, 2018 7:30 am EST Not too long ago, we hyped up a new art show coming to Gallery Nucleus in conjunction with Cyclops Print Works featuring some fantastic new artwork inspired by the forthcoming Pixar Animation sequel Incredibles 2. Now even more pieces from the show have been unveiled from artists like Eric Tan, Bryan Mon, Stéphane Kardos and Craig Drake....

April 24, 2022 · 4 min · 766 words · Rachel Reyes

Creepy Suspiria Clip Features Writhing Dancing And Claws

Creepy ‘Suspiria’ Clip Features Writhing, Dancing And Claws By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 28, 2018 4:30 pm EST Do you like Tilda Swinton drawing a huge set of curtains, Dakota Johnson writhing on the floor, and cameo appearances from monster hands? If so, this creepy new Suspiria clip is for you! Luca Guadagnino’s remake of Dario Argento’s horror classic remains enigmatic, and this clip certainly won’t provide any direct answers. What it will provide, though, is an overall feeling of dread....

April 24, 2022 · 6 min · 1276 words · Enrique Miller

Daily Podcast Solo The Last Jedi Apple His Dark Materials Ready Player One Love Star Wars Rebels

Daily Podcast: Solo, The Last Jedi, Apple, His Dark Materials, Ready Player One, Love, Star Wars Rebels By Peter Sciretta/March 12, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the March 12, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest news, including Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Director and the Jedi, Apple’s Original Series, His Dark Materials, and Ready Player One....

April 24, 2022 · 5 min · 990 words · Chad Sanchez

Daily Podcast The Best Movies Of 2018 So Far According To Ben Ht Chris

Daily Podcast: The Best Movies Of 2018 So Far (According To Ben, HT & Chris) By Peter Sciretta/July 5, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the July 5, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about a small bit of latest news, Hobbs and Shaw casting, and in our Feature Presentation, Ben, HT and Chris talk about their favorite films of the first half of 2018....

April 24, 2022 · 5 min · 1051 words · Delores Thomas

Emergency Podcast Lets Geek Out Over Analyze The Star Wars The Last Jedi Trailer

Emergency Podcast: Lets Geek Out & Over Analyze The ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 10, 2017 8:20 am EST The second Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer has been unleashed upon the galaxy. Brad Oman (aka Ethan Anderton) and I have gathered in the /Film Resistance Base to record an emergency podcast, geeking out and over analyzing every little detail about this new trailer. What did we think of the new trailer?...

April 24, 2022 · 3 min · 633 words · Andre Clark

Hailee Steinfeld Eyed For Transformers Spin Off Bumblebee

Hailee Steinfeld Eyed For ‘Transformers’ Spin-Off ‘Bumblebee’ By Jacob Hall/May 31, 2017 3:28 pm EST Is it weird to feel pretty good about Bumblebee, the first Transformers spin-off and the start of what Paramount hopes will be a long and healthy franchise post-Michael Bay? The film is set to be directed by Travis Knight, the incredibly talented director behind Kubo and the Two Strings (one of the best films of last year) and now Oscar nominee Hailee Steinfeld is in talks to star....

April 24, 2022 · 7 min · 1351 words · Betty Ely

Ian Malcolm S Return In Jurassic World 2 Will Please Fans Of The Original Novel

Ian Malcolm’s Return In ‘Jurassic World 2’ Will Please Fans Of The Original Novel By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 19, 2017 10:30 am EST This weekend has not been kind to Colin Trevorrow, whose passion project The Book of Henry was lambasted by critics and put the goodwill surrounding him as the choice to direct Star Wars: Episode 9 at risk. But people still kinda liked Jurassic World, so the sequel that he co-wrote and produced will be anticipated nonetheless....

April 24, 2022 · 8 min · 1537 words · Robert Gibson

Jack Black Reveals How The Jumanji Sequel Will Pay Tribute To Robin Williams

Jack Black Reveals How The ‘Jumanji’ Sequel Will Pay Tribute To Robin Williams By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 19, 2017 11:00 am EST Robin Williams casts a large shadow on Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, the upcoming sequel to Jumanji, the 1995 adventure film for which the now-passed comedian was beloved by many a ’90s kid. While we knew that the sequel starring Dwayne Johnson planned to pay tribute to Williams, we weren’t sure if it would be in a passing reference or line of dialogue....

April 24, 2022 · 7 min · 1338 words · Katrina Westbrook

Kristen Stewart Naomi Scott And Ella Balinska Are Charlie S Angels For Director Elizabeth Banks

Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott And Ella Balinska Are ‘Charlie’s Angels’ For Director Elizabeth Banks By Chris Evangelista/July 26, 2018 10:45 am EST Elizabeth Banks has found her Angels. Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska will star in Banks’ new big screen take on the TV series Charlie’s Angels. The film will focus on a “new generation” of Angels working for the never-seen Charlie Townsend. Everything old is new again. Every franchise, every TV show, every story already told and told again will be rebooted, forever and ever....

April 24, 2022 · 8 min · 1555 words · Martine Thomas

Michelle Yeoh Awkwafina Team Up With Swiss Army Man Directors For Everything Everywhere All At Once

Michelle Yeoh, Awkwafina Team Up With ‘Swiss Army Man’ Directors For ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 30, 2018 12:30 pm EST The Crazy Rich Asians effect is continuing to take over Hollywood. Michelle Yeoh and Awkafina, who both starred in the groundbreaking Asian-led hit, are reuniting in a film that is worlds away from that luxe rom-com. Yeoh and Awkafina are teaming up with Swiss Army Man directing duo Daniels for a sci-fi action film titled Everything Everywhere All At Once....

April 24, 2022 · 7 min · 1331 words · Chad Williams

Moviepass May Have Removed Its Popular One Movie Per Day Plan For Good

MoviePass May Have Removed Its Popular “One Movie Per Day” Plan For Good By Ben Pearson/April 26, 2018 3:15 pm EST MoviePass, the subscription service that allows subscribers to see one movie per day in theaters for a monthly cost of $9.95, may be drastically changing its offerings to new users. The company’s CEO recently spoke to an interviewer at CinemaCon, and one of his comments has sparked speculation that the popular “one movie per day” MoviePass package may not be offered again....

April 24, 2022 · 8 min · 1513 words · Brandon Marsh

Robert Zemeckis Goes Back To Science Fiction With Steel Soldiers

Robert Zemeckis Goes Back To Science-Fiction With ‘Steel Soldiers’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 7, 2018 5:30 am EST Robert Zemeckis is going where they don’t need roads. After mostly working in prestigious dramas and adventure films for the past few decades, the Allied director is returning to the science-fiction genre. Zemeckis is still beloved for his Back to the Future trilogy, which has cemented itself as a staple of ’80s nostalgia, and he is now attached to his first sci-fi movie since 1997’s Contact....

April 24, 2022 · 6 min · 1195 words · Terry Silvia

Superhero Bits Spider Man Homecoming Runtime Wonder Woman Meets Conan The Barbarian More

Superhero Bits: Spider-Man: Homecoming Runtime, Wonder Woman Meets Conan The Barbarian & More By Ethan Anderton/June 20, 2017 5:00 pm EST Which comic book movies landed Teen Choice Awards nominations? Want to see Wonder Woman teamed up with Conan the Barbarian? Are Marvel Studios actors allowed to do DC Comics movies it the opportunity presented itself? Want to see a trailer for The Batman cut in the style of the Black Panther teaser?...

April 24, 2022 · 7 min · 1438 words · Jacqueline Newton

The Coco Opening Scene Was Almost A Spirited Musical Number

The ‘Coco’ Opening Scene Was Almost A Spirited Musical Number By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 7, 2018 12:30 pm EST Coco begins in an unusual fashion. Young, aspiring musician Miguel (Anthony Gonzalez) dramatically recounts the story of his family’s past as the people within the story spring to life via the colorful papel picado banners that decorate the streets of Mexico on Dia de los Muertos. As stunning as the animated papel picado drawings are, it’s a bold choice to not show our hero immediately, and even bolder to dive into a generations-long family history....

April 24, 2022 · 7 min · 1370 words · Rodney Coley

The Voltron Legendary Defender Season 2 Trailer Is Here

The ‘Voltron: Legendary Defender’ Season 2 Trailer Is Here By Jacob Hall/Jan. 6, 2017 12:00 pm EST Netflix has released the first trailer for the second season of Voltron: Legendary Defender, which is officially set to arrive on the streaming service later this month. So if you have an appetite for more robot-fueled intergalactic action, you’re in luck. Season two of DreamWorks Animation’s revival of the beloved ’80s cartoon series was announced back in July, with an estimated arrival window of late 2016....

April 24, 2022 · 5 min · 974 words · Dusty Guilliam

The New Star Wars Trilogy From Rian Johnson Won T Be The Old Republic

The New ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy From Rian Johnson Won’t Be The Old Republic By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 5, 2017 1:00 pm EST Longer and further away than the events of George Lucas prequel trilogy lies the story of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, a role-playing video game from 2003 that followed an epic battle between the Jedi and the Sith. The video game was hugely popular among Star Wars fans, garnering critical acclaim a sequel....

April 24, 2022 · 7 min · 1394 words · Christopher Brown