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‘The Lure’ Trailer: You Know, Just Another Polish Period Piece Mermaid Murder Musical By Jacob Hall/Jan. 5, 2017 4:00 pm EST What’s this? Another musical about bloodthirsty mermaids forming a pop band in 1980s Poland? Ugh. The film industry is entirely bereft of original ideas. Time to pack it all up. But in all seriousness, the trailer for director Agnieszka Smoczynska’s The Lure is here and this is the kind of thing every single adventurous movie fan should put on their radar....

‘The Week Of’ Trailer: Adam Sandler And Chris Rock Butt Heads Over A Wedding By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 27, 2018 11:30 am EST Ever since Adam Sandler and Chris Rock starred together on Saturday Night Live in the ’90s, Rock has been a constant fixture in Sandler’s progressively crass repertoire — from The Longest Yard, to Grown-Ups and Grown-Ups 2. But as the two reteam in The Week Of for Sandler’s last movie in his original four-film Netflix deal, they seem to pull off a miracle: a genuinely charming movie....

‘Westworld’ Season 2 Casts ‘Lost’ Actor As New Samurai Character By Jacob Hall/Sept. 15, 2017 12:00 pm EST In case the headline wasn’t enough, we’re pretty much going straight into some pretty insane Westworld spoilers with this news. So act accordingly. Hiroyuki Sanada has joined the cast of Westworld season 2 and his character will clearly build on on the silliest and most awesome reveal from the first season finale of HBO’s incredible science fiction series....

Ben Affleck Reminds Everyone ‘The Batman’ Doesn’t Exist Until It Does, May Have A Different Title By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 7, 2016 2:00 pm EST Just a few days ago, Ben Affleck apparently confirmed that the title of his forthcoming solo outing for The Dark Knight would be called The Batman, as was rumored for awhile. However, now the actor is walking back what he said a little bit, trying to remind everyone that the movie doesn’t exist until it does....

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Daily Podcast: The Best Films & TV Of SXSW 2018, Shia LaBeouf, John Musker, Chopping Mall, Weinstein & Justice League By Peter Sciretta/March 20, 2018 5:00 pm EST On the March 20, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about Shia LaBeouf, John Musker, movie theater accidents, Chopping Mall, The Weinstein Company, and Justice League. And in Our Feature Presentation, /Film Managing Editor Jacob Hall joins us to talk about the best films he saw at SXSW 2018....

By Ben Pearson/Nov. 9, 2017 2:47 pm EST Following today’s bombshell announcement that Star Wars: The Last Jedi writer/director Rian Johnson is developing a completely separate and brand new trilogy of Star Wars movies, today also brings the news that the long-rumored live action Star Wars TV show is officially happening. And a new Star Wars show isn’t the only thing they’re working on. We gathered in the /Film bunker for an emergancy episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and Nerdist writer Amy Radcliffe to discuss the big breaking Star Wars news....

LOL: Lin-Manuel Miranda Slurs Through The Story Of ‘Hamilton’ In A New ‘Drunk History’ Clip By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 25, 2016 11:00 am EST You might remember that over the summer Comedy Central announced that Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda had been recruited for the fourth season of their Emmy-winning series Drunk History. Just as everyone assumed or hoped, Miranda is telling the story of Alexander Hamilton and his rivalry with Aaron Burr....

New ‘Forces Of Destiny’ Short Features Qi’ra Facing Off Against A Famous Bounty Hunter (No, Not That One) By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 30, 2018 4:00 pm EST If Solo: A Star Wars Story proves anything, it’s that we can’t get enough of brunette British ladies kicking butt and taking names — all while wearing some fabulous capes. Unfortunately, Qi’ra isn’t wearing her glamorous wardrobe in this new Forces of Destiny animated short, but she is kicking quite a bit of bounty hunter butt....

Pixar Goes Back To Its Roots With New Experimental Short Division By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 29, 2017 9:00 am EST Pixar has a problem. It’s a problem that’s well-detailed in The Atlantic article, “Did Disney Ruin Pixar?” which proposes that the once-great animation studio has reached the end of its golden age, weighed down by halfhearted sequels and poorly received original films. But maybe with the recent announcement of a new experimental shorts division, Pixar can recapture the spirit of its early days and make a comeback....

Rotten Tomatoes Adding New Voices To Tomatometer, Focusing On Inclusion And New Media Platforms By Ben Pearson/Aug. 28, 2018 9:50 am EST Since the first movie reviews were published, film criticism has largely been dominated by men – specifically white men. But times are changing, and review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes is taking new steps to ensure that a variety of diverse voices will factor into its all-powerful Tomatometer rating system....

See How The ‘Kubo And The Two Strings’ Epic Opening Scene Was Animated [Video] By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 23, 2016 5:00 am EST This past weekend brought Kubo and the Two Strings to theaters, another gorgeous stop-motion animated adventure from the geniuses at LAIKA. As time goes on, stop-motion animation just gets more and more impressive thanks to the advancement of the technology used to make it. There’s some digital assistance here and there, but largely, it’s just some fine work done by brilliant animators who know exactly what they’re doing....

Superhero Bits: Black Panther Hits Netflix In September, Spider-Man PS4 Combat Trailer & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 21, 2018 6:00 pm EST Do you want to see an Arrowverse crossover focusing on the women of the DC Comics TV shows? Who is the latest villain confirmed to appear in the final season of Gotham? When does Black Panther come to Netflix? How was the Avengers: Infinity War scene in the Soul Stone world almost much darker?...

Superhero Bits: Wentworth Miller Leaving The Arrowverse, Beta Ray Bill, Aquaman’s Quindent & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 6, 2017 5:00 pm EST How much has the Marvel Cinematic Universe made altogether at the box office after this past weekend? How much do you know about the comic origins of The Contest of Champions in Thor: Ragnarok? Are the cast members of Justice League up for a DC and Marvel crossover if it were ever possible?...

Timothée Chalamet Joins Denis Villenueve’s ‘Dune’ Cast By Chris Evangelista/July 16, 2018 1:45 pm EST Chalamet is in talks to play Paul Atreides, the main character of the sprawling novel. The book, which is almost impossible to sum up concisely, is set on the desert planet Arrakis and tells the story of “Paul Atreides—who would become known as Muad’Dib—and of a great family’s ambition to bring to fruition humankind’s most ancient and unattainable dream....

Tom Cruise Seemingly Injured During ‘Mission: Impossible’ 6 Stunt Jump By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 13, 2017 10:00 am EST Even at 55 years old, Tom Cruise is still known for doing his own stunts across the various blockbusters he’s starred in over the years. The Mission: Impossible franchise has become a consistent showcase for at least one wild stunt that Tom Cruise has decided to do himself. But one of the less complex stunts on the set of Mission: Impossible 6 appears to have not gone exactly as planned....

VOTD: Adam Savage Explores The Set Of ‘Alien: Covenant’ By Ethan Anderton/April 28, 2017 6:00 am EST This past week brought the celebration of Alien Day, which included the arrival of some awesome new memorabilia, as well as a new tease of Alien: Covenant in the form of a prologue revealing the fate of the crew from Prometheus. Now we get another tease of the sequel arriving in theaters next month with former Mythbusters co-host Adam Savage taking a tour of the set, showing how the various structures in the film are created....

Zazie Beetz Cast As Domino In ‘Deadpool 2’ By Peter Sciretta/March 9, 2017 1:38 pm EST German-born actress Zazie Beetz has apparently been cast as Domino in Deadpool 2. The actress is probably best known as playing Vanessa (AKA Van) in Donald Glover’s television series Atlanta. Hit the jump to learn more about the Zazie Beetz Deadpool 2 casting reveal and what she could bring to director David Leitch’s sequel....

‘Annabelle 2’ Teaser Trailer: The Creepy Doll From ‘The Conjuring’ Returns, Again By Angie Han/Sept. 15, 2016 11:30 am EST 2014’s Annabelle was no great shakes, trading the artfully crafted tension and atmosphere of The Conjuring for cheap scares lifted from other, better movies. But it did make a lot of money: $256 million, to be precise, which is all the more impressive when you realize it cost just $6.5 million to make....

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Box Office Hits $2 Billion Worldwide By Chris Evangelista/June 12, 2018 1:00 pm EST Have you heard of this Avengers: Infinity War movie? Apparently it’s pretty big. Bigger than sliced bread, even. In fact, the Infinity War box office haul is so big that it just hit $2 billion worldwide. This makes Infinity War the fourth film in movie history to earn such a distinction. Disney might be a little unhappy with the lackluster Solo box office, but Infinity War’s whopping success should keep them happy....