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‘Santa Clarita Diet’ Season 3 Given Green-Light At Netflix By Chris Evangelista/May 8, 2018 10:30 am EST Netflix likes their zombie comedy Santa Clarita Diet so much they’re coming back for thirds. The streaming service just gave a green-light to Santa Clarita Diet season 3, with stars Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant set to return. Santa Clarita Diet, the comedy where Drew Barrymore plays a suburban flesh-eating zombie, is getting a third season....

‘Shadow Of Truth’ Trailer: Netflix Has Another True Crime Docuseries To Obsess Over By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 24, 2017 4:00 pm EST Netflix subscribers love to binge watch new shows, and one of the more addicting additions to the streaming service’s library was the true crime docuseries Making a Murderer. It sparked endless debates, constant speculation, and the case has had several updates since the documentary sparked further examination into the story at the center of the series....

‘The Man In The High Castle’ Season 3 Trailer Wants You To Fight For The World You Want By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 23, 2018 11:30 am EST The Man In The High Castle Season 3 Trailer This is a very good trailer…except for the dreadful cover of “In The Name of Love”, which nearly derails the whole thing. Beyond that, The Man In The High Castle season 3 looks unfortunately timely, with resistance fighters pushing back against fascists in power....

‘The Road Movie’ Trailer: The Crazy Dash-Cam Documentary You Never Knew You Needed By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 15, 2017 1:30 pm EST Ready for a wild road trip? Then buckle-up for The Road Movie trailer. The film is a compilation of dashboard camera footage shot across various roads in Russia, and it looks wild. This is one of those weirdo ideas that almost seems like a joke, but is apparently very real....

‘War Machine’ Trailer: Brad Pitt Will Win The War In Afghanistan (He Doesn’t) By Jacob Hall/March 30, 2017 9:30 am EST Brad Pitt has always been at his best when he abandons all pretense of being a “movie star” and embraces his inner-character actor. So there’s plenty of fun to be had in the War Machine trailer from watching one of the most famous men in the world vanish under a grey head of hair and a grizzled accent....

All Classic ‘Doctor Who’ Episodes Now Available To Stream On BritBox By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 5, 2017 4:30 pm EST Doctor Who is regenerating into a new life on streaming devices. Every episode of the “Classic Doctor Who” series, the original incarnation of the long-running British sci-fi series that aired on the BBC from 1963 to 1989, will be available to US viewers on BritBox, the new streaming service from the BBC and ITV....

Daily Podcast: Ready Player One, Avengers: Infinity War, MoviePass, Black Adam, Netflix Vs. Cannes, Joaquin Phoenix, And More By Ben Pearson/April 11, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the April 11, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by writers Chris Evangelista and Hoai-Tran Bui to talk about MoviePass, Paul Thomas Anderson, Black Adam, Netflix vs. Cannes, Joaquin Phoenix, Alex Garland, Avengers: Infinity War, and Ready Player One....

Disney Attempts To Block ‘Star Wars’ Sabacc Mobile App By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 23, 2017 12:00 pm EST Disney, who now own literally everything along with Star Wars, have filed a federal trademark lawsuit in an effort to stop a mobile app game based on Sabacc, a card game that was created for the Star Wars universe. Sabacc was first referenced in The Empire Strikes Back, and Star Wars novels later revealed that Han Solo won the Millennium Falcon from Lando Calrissian in a game of Sabacc – a fact that’s likely to come up at some point in Solo: A Star Wars Story....

Explore ‘Game Of Thrones’ And ‘The Mist’ In Two New Featurettes By Ben Pearson/June 11, 2017 12:00 pm EST In many ways, HBO’s Game of Thrones and Spike’s upcoming take on Stephen King’s The Mist couldn’t be more different. One is a mega-popular fantasy series that’s about to enter its home stretch of episodes, while the other is a nascent adaptation that’s just preparing to take its first steps. But hey, here’s at least one way they’re similar: they both recently released behind-the-scenes featurettes promoting their new seasons....

Here’s How To Access The Movies You Bought On Apple If They Disappear From Your Library By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 15, 2018 11:00 am EST Earlier this week, customers who love buying movies through Apple found out that their digital purchases may not be as permanent and secure as they originally thought. After one iTunes user recently discovered some titles were missing from his movie library, he found out they were no longer available in the iTunes store, and it seemed they were no longer his to watch whenever he wanted....

Hollywood Legend Al Pacino Joins Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ By Chris Evangelista/June 7, 2018 3:12 pm EST Quentin Tarantino just added another surprising name to his ever-expanding Once Upon a Time in Hollywood cast: Al Pacino. Pacino will play the agent of Leonardo DiCaprio’s washed-up Western TV star. Maybe we should just start a list of who isn’t going to be in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, because it seems that the filmmaker adds a new name every day....

It’s A Bird! It’s A Plane! It’s A New ‘Supergirl’ Movie Officially In The Works By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 6, 2018 11:45 am EST More than 30 years after the last feature film attempt at bringing the super-cousin of steel to the big screen, a new Supergirl movie is in the works at Warner Bros. And she’ll be making her big debut in the DC film universe under the guidance of the writer of 22 Jump Street and The Cloverfield Paradox....

Jamie Foxx And Joseph Gordon-Levitt Join Netflix Sci-Fi Film From ‘Catfish’ Directors By Ben Pearson/Sept. 21, 2018 6:30 am EST Talk about an intriguing combination of talent: Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained, Collateral) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception, Looper) have joined the cast of an untitled Netflix sci-fi movie that involves characters gaining superpowers. My curiosity is already piqued by just that small amount of information, but there’s something else that raises my eyebrows even more: the movie will be directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, the guys behind the 2010 documentary Catfish....

Joseph Gordon-Levitt Has A Cameo In ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ By Ben Pearson/Sept. 11, 2017 11:00 am EST Writer-director Rian Johnson and actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt have collaborated on every one of Johnson’s three feature films thus far, so it’s not much of a surprise to hear that Gordon-Levitt is heading to a galaxy far, far away for a small part in Johnson’s biggest movie to date, Star Wars: The Last Jedi....

Marty Sklar, Legendary Imagineer And Walt Disney’s Right-Hand Man, Dies At 83 By Jacob Hall/July 28, 2017 12:30 pm EST Marty Sklar, the legendary Imagineer who learned his craft by working directly under Walt Disney, has passed away at the age of 83. If you’ve ever enjoyed a Disney theme park, you’ve enjoyed the work of this bonafide Disney Legend, who worked on many iconic attractions and oversaw the design and development of numerous theme parks all over the world....

See How ‘Stranger Things’ Brought The Haunting Demogorgon To Life By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 2, 2017 6:00 am EST Now that it’s 2017, new episodes of Stranger Things feel much closer. The first season debuted last summer, and fans are expecting the second season to arrive on Netflix around the same time this year, though no official release date has been set just yet. In the meantime, how about we take a closer look at how the signature monster known as the Demogorgon was brought to life for the show?...

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: Wonder Woman Lands Critics Choice Nods, Agents Of SHIELD Final Season & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 6, 2017 5:00 pm EST A deleted scene from the Crisis on Earth-X crossover shows Barry Allen and Iris West trying to honeymoon. ScreenRant makes a convincing, nostalgic argument for Netflix to bring back X-Men: The Animated Series. Here are a few of the fire minions I worked on for #thorragnarok It was an amazing experience to work under the guidance of @andyparkart and #marvelstudios to bring some of the denizens of Surtur’s domain to life!...

‘A Quiet Place’ Producers On The Last-Minute Creature Design And Casting Without A Plan B [Interview] By Meredith Borders/April 5, 2018 12:00 pm EST And as far as John Krasinski is concerned, we were working with John on Jack Ryan, and we really were enjoying our experience of just talking about the show with him. And we mentioned to him that we had just gotten this new spec script in, and would he be open to playing the dad in the script....

‘Breaking Bad’ Reunion And ‘Better Call Saul’ Heading To Comic-Con By Chris Evangelista/June 30, 2018 10:00 am EST Breaking Bad and its spin-off prequel Better Call Saul are both headed to San Diego in July. San Diego Comic-Con will host both a Breaking Bad reunion featuring the original cast, as well as the Better Call Saul season 4 premiere episode. The cast of Breaking Bad recently had a big reunion for Entertainment Weekly, but if you were hoping to see everyone together again live, and in person, here’s your chance....

‘Doctor Strange’ Clips: Benedict Cumberbatch Flirts With Rachel McAdams, Learns About The Mystical By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 20, 2016 10:30 am EST Last night, a bunch of members of the press saw Doctor Strange, and while the reviews are still under embargo, a bunch of initial reactions hit Twitter last night praising the visual spectacle, the incredible action, and Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange. It doesn’t sound like it blows any of our favorites from the Marvel cinematic universe out of the water, but it should be a great franchise starter for another Marvel hero....