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‘Stranger Things’ Director Rebecca Thomas Will Make Amblin’s ‘Intelligent Life’ By Jack Giroux/Aug. 22, 2017 3:00 pm EST Rebecca Thomas has been lining up some high-profile and promising projects, including Universal’s The Little Mermaid. The director of Electrick Children and an upcoming episode of Stranger Things has just signed on to direct an Amblin picture co-written by Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World) and Derek Connolly. Frank Marshall (Indiana Jones) is producing the sci-fi film, which is titled Intelligent Life....

‘The House That Jack Built’ Trailer: Lars Von Trier’s Serial Killer Thriller Looks Predictably Unhinged By Chris Evangelista/May 14, 2018 1:00 pm EST Lars von Trier has a new movie on the horizon, and if you’re familiar with his work, you probably won’t be surprised to learn that the movie looks predictably unhinged. The House That Jack Built is a new thriller from the Antichrist director, starring Matt Dillon as an artistic serial killer....

‘The Raid’ Director Gareth Evans Is Back In Action With ‘Apostle’ Starring Dan Stevens By Jacob Hall/Nov. 3, 2016 10:30 am EST The Raid and The Raid 2 rank among the most confident and satisfying action movies ever made, so yes, news of whatever director Gareth Evans is up to next should interest you. Although The Raid 3 still exists as a blip on the horizon, his next project looks like it will be a period action movie titled Apostle, with The Guest’s Dan Stevens set to star....

‘The Vanishing Of Sidney Hall’ Trailer Cracks A Literary Mystery By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 10, 2018 1:00 pm EST Kyle Chandler is on the hunt for a missing writer in the intriguing The Vanishing of Sidney Hall trailer. Shawn Christensen helms this new drama from indie super-studio A24, about a wildly popular writer who vanishes off the face of the earth. Or does he? A24 can’t stop, won’t stop – 2018 is barely 10 days old, and they’re already out here dropping trailers for brand new films....

‘Ultimate Beastmaster’ Trailer: Sylvester Stallone Produces Netflix’s Riff On ‘American Ninja Warrior’ By Jacob Hall/Jan. 26, 2017 3:30 pm EST If you’ve channel-surfed at some point in the past decade, you’ve seen something like Ultimate Beastmaster. Maybe it was American Ninja Warrior (a spin-off of the Japanese series Sasuke), where some of the toughest people you’ve ever seen attempt to complete an obstacle course built to test their strength, speed, and endurance....

‘Venom’ Officially Rated PG-13, Could Open Between $60M-$70M By Ben Pearson/Sept. 13, 2018 3:00 pm EST One of the central questions about Sony’s Venom movie has been about its rating, and now the answer has officially arrived: Venom is going to be PG-13. Also, some new box office tracking numbers have arrived and have zeroed in on how the film might perform during its opening weekend. If these numbers are correct, Tom Hardy’s anti-superhero movie is about to break a box office record....

Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) An American pilot working undercover for the British Allied Forces who is trying to get German intelligence about a new weapon of mass destruction back to his superiors. He’s a hero in his own right, enormously courageous, rogue-ish, but also a jaded realist. Even so, he knows the world deserves to be saved and that there’s goodness in humanity. Director Patty Jenkins adds, “It was super important to me that there be a Steve Trevor who we truly loved, who we truly needed, who made us laugh, who made us feel stronger, who was a great partner on the ride, but let Wonder Woman become the great Wonder Woman she needed to be....

‘X-Men: Dark Phoenix’ May Have Cast A ‘Paper Towns’ Actress As Dazzler By Ben Pearson/Aug. 15, 2017 2:30 pm EST We know that X-Men: Dark Phoenix, writer/producer Simon Kinberg’s directorial debut, will primarily be about Sophie Turner’s young Jean Grey. (It’d be super weird if they chose that title and it didn’t focus on Jean.) But this is an X-Men movie, and that means, historically speaking, it needs an expansive cast of characters that might end up with decent supporting roles or, just as likely, could be little more than glorified extras....

Character Actor And Coen Brothers Regular Jon Polito Dead At 65 By Jacob Hall/Sept. 2, 2016 9:30 am EST Character actor Jon Polito, the instantly recognizable character actor who lent his unique presence to countless films and television shows, has passed away at the age of 65. While he was never a household name, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone with a passing interest in popular culture who hasn’t seen him in half a dozen different projects....

Cool Stuff: Mondo Gives ‘Edge Of Tomorrow’ A Collectible Vinyl Soundtrack By Ethan Anderton/June 13, 2017 6:00 am EST Mondo previously gave the Tom Cruise led sci-fi flick Oblivion a special vinyl soundtrack, because M83’s score for the film was one of the best of the past decade, along with Daft Punk’s score for TRON Legacy. Now they’re giving the same treatment to Tom Cruise’s superior sci-fi action flick directed by Doug Liman the year after....

Cool Stuff: Scott C’s ‘Twin Peaks’-Inspired “In The Warmth Of The Great Northern” Print By Ben Pearson/May 11, 2017 7:30 am EST It’s hard to believe, but more than 25 years after David Lynch and Mark Frost’s surreal, influential TV series Twin Peaks went off the air, we’re about to head back to the town that started it all with a batch of brand new episodes on Showtime later this month....

Daily Podcast: Comic-Con 2018: Glass, Halloween, Spider-Verse, Infinity War, Walking Dead, Good Omens, And More By Ben Pearson/July 21, 2018 9:30 am EST 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). At Comic-Con 2018: All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm....

Daily Podcast: Last Jedi, Bright, Batman, Overboard, Survivor, Breadwinner & More By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 21, 2017 4:30 pm EST On the December 21, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss the latest news, including: Ben Affleck’s Batman plans, the first Bright reviews, a reaction to the trailer for the Overboard remake, a group takes credit for the Star Wars: The Last Jedi backlash and Snoke apparently has another apprentice?...

James Franco Will Return For HBO’s ‘The Deuce’ Season 2 By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 12, 2018 4:00 pm EST James Franco is coming back for round two of The Deuce. Franco plays the pair of twin brothers at the center of George Pelecanos and David Simon’s grimy HBO series exploring the early years of the porn industry in 1970s New York City. Franco’s return for the second season of the drama series had been called into question after allegations of the actor’s sexual misconduct surfaced, and House of Cards star Kevin Spacey was replaced for similar allegations....

James Wan’s ‘Aquaman’ Adds Patrick Wilson As Villain By Angie Han/Dec. 13, 2016 7:00 am EST In the past six years, James Wan and Patrick Wilson have made no fewer than four movies together. So it probably shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that when it came time for Wan to add to the cast of his latest project, he turned to his favorite star. Wilson is jumping into the pool with Wan for Aquaman, joining Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, and Willem Dafoe....

More Details On The CW’s Next Big Superhero Crossover [TCA 2017] By Fred Topel/Aug. 3, 2017 7:15 am EST This morning, The CW President Mark Pedowitz teased the four part “Arrowverse” crossover: one night pairing Supergirl with Arrow followed the next day by The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow. After a Legends of Tomorrow panel, producer Mark Guggenheim, who also produces Arrow, said the team led by Greg Berlanti is pitching the network on the crossover the following day, Thursday, August 3....

Paul Bettany Won’t Star In ‘The Crown’ Season 3 After All [Updated] By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 25, 2018 10:15 am EST Update: THR now reports that Paul Bettany has a scheduling conflict and will not star in The Crown season 3. So the hunt is on for a new Prince Philip. Our original story continues below. All hail Prince Paul Bettany. As Netflix’s The Crown jumps forward in history, the original cast is being replaced with slightly older actors to show the passage of time....

Step Onto The Set Of ‘The Last Jedi’ With This Stunning ‘Star Wars VR’ Video By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 31, 2018 12:00 pm EST There may be a dozen featurettes and documentaries out right now that give you a taste of what it’s like to be on the Star Wars: The Last Jedi set, but none let you set foot on it. Until now. A Star Wars VR set video has been released that gives you an idea of what it’s like to step onto the set of The Last Jedi....

Superhero Bits: ‘Batman And Harley Quinn’ Voices Revealed, Black Order In Infinity War & More By Ethan Anderton/April 4, 2017 5:00 pm EST How will Black Widow deal with meeting the Guardians of the Galaxy? Who will voice Batman and Harley Quinn in the animated feature with the hero and villain? Will the Black Order be featured in Avengers: Infinity War? What does Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins think of Joss Whedon directing Batgirl?...

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: Batman Day, Black Manta Tease, New Thor: Ragnarok Details & More By Ethan Anderton/July 27, 2017 5:00 pm EST Watch a demo of the new Marvel Powers United VR game experience, which was available to play at Comic-Con. Director Taika Waititi confirms Thor: Ragnarok sets up how Thor meets up with the Guardians of the Galaxy. Harley Quinn is turning 25 this year, so she’s taking over Batman Day celebrations herself on September 23, 2017....