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‘Rock And A Hard Place’ Trailer: Dwayne Johnson Helps Give Convicts A Second Chance By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 23, 2017 6:30 am EST Dwayne Johnson is one of the biggest movie stars in the world right now, and he’s all about using his fame to help other people. One of his new endeavors allowed him to not only help convicts who need a second chance at life, but also make a new film to show people that some prisoners just need a push in the right direction in order to get back on track....

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ Taking Samuel L. Jackson And Cobie Smulders Abroad By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 7, 2018 12:08 pm EST Spider-Man: Far From Home is in production right now overseas, and a couple rumored casting additions have just been confirmed that continue to undo certain events in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. After briefly appearing in the post-credits scene of Avengers: Infinity War, former SHIELD agents Nick Fury and Maria Hill will be getting involved in Spider-Man’s upcoming adventure abroad....

‘Terminator 2: 3D’ Trailer: James Cameron Believes It Looks “Spectacular” By Jack Giroux/July 1, 2017 12:00 pm EST If you never got a chance to see Terminator 2: Judgement Day in theaters, then lucky for you, $7 million has been spent on converting James Cameron’s action movie classic to 3D for a re-release. The director was hoping it’d be in theaters last summer for the 25th anniversary, but that didn’t pan out....

‘The Predator’ Box Office Tracking: Shane Black’s Sequel Aims For $30 Million Opening Weekend By Ben Pearson/Aug. 23, 2018 1:30 pm EST Shane Black’s The Predator is using the titular alien’s triangular laser targeting system to zero in on a $25-$30 million opening weekend for the upcoming sci-fi sequel. That’s a far cry from Iron Man 3’s gigantic opening, but a significant improvement over Black’s previous film, The Nice Guys. Read more about The Predator box office tracking below, and see how the sequel stacks up against the other movies in the franchise....

‘The Secret Life Of Pets’ Honest Trailer: ‘Toy Story’ Without Toys, Heart, Humor Or Story Structure By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 1, 2016 5:00 am EST As of now, Illumination Entertainment’s animated comedy The Secret Life of Pets is sitting at #3 on the domestic list of the highest grossing movies of 2016. That’s not likely to last once Rogue One: A Star Wars Story storms the charts, but with a worldwide box office total over $874 million, the movie is still a hit....

‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’ Trailer: John Krasinski Goes From Analyst To Special Agent By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 11, 2018 11:00 am EST Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan Trailer In addition to Krasinski, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan stars Abbie Cornish, Mena Massoud, Timothy Hutton, Peter Fonda, and Wendell Pierce. The series was created by Lost’s Carlton Cuse and Graham Roland, and has a laundry list of executive producers that includes Krasinski, Cuse, Roland, Michael Bay, Mace Neufeld, Brad Fuller, Andrew Form, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Marcy Ross, and Lindsey Springer....

‘Twin Peaks’ Teaser Trailer: A New Look At Some Old Friends By Ben Pearson/May 4, 2017 11:30 am EST More than 25 years after it was unceremoniously cancelled by ABC, David Lynch and Mark Frost’s absurd, comical, horrific, and totally mesmerizing series Twin Peaks is set to return as a limited event series on Showtime. The network has been doling out teaser trailers with a frustrating lack of new footage, but as I learned catching up with the whole original run of the series recently, frustration seems to be part of the whole Twin Peaks experience....

‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Reveals Kristen Wiig As Barbara Minerva Before She Becomes The Villainous Cheetah By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 27, 2018 10:41 am EST Though she will become a fierce supervillain predator that goes by Cheetah, Wonder Woman 1984’s Barbara Minerva resembles more of a mouse. At least she does before she transforms into one of Wonder Woman’s greatest foes. Director Patty Jenkins has provided us with a first look at the character, showing us Kristen Wiig in costume as the mousy Barbara Minerva, who, in the comics, is an archaeologist who gets cursed and possessed by an evil entity known as Cheetah....

Bill Condon Reveals ‘Beauty And The Beast’ Mistake In Alternate ‘Days In The Sun’ Sequence By Ethan Anderton/May 23, 2017 10:30 am EST Though the remake of Beauty and the Beast was pretty loyal to the animated adaptation that Disney brought to the big screen in 1991, it also added some details to the story, including a few original songs. You’ll be able to see even more of the movie when Beauty and the Beast arrives on home video, and director Bill Condon has revealed one of those extras today....

Cool Stuff: ‘Blade Runner 2049’ Brings Another Limited Edition Whiskey To The Table By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 19, 2017 6:00 am EST This year we’ve already heard about two different whiskeys being released by Old Forester and Glendronach distilleries as a cross-promotion with Kingsman: The Golden Circle. But there’s one more movie-themed whiskey on the horizon inspired by another major fall blockbuster. Blade Runner 2049 hits theaters in under three weeks, and along with it will be a special limited edition whiskey from Johnnie Walker, inspired by the liquor’s own appearance in both the original Blade Runner and the forthcoming sequel....

Daily Podcast: Mission: Impossible, Ant-Man, Coen Bros, MIB, Hamilton, Enter The Dragon And Buffy The Vampire Slayer By Peter Sciretta/July 25, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the July 25, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Chris Evangelista we’ll discuss the latest news, including Mission: Impossible – Fallout budget, Ant-Man and the Wasp cut cameo, the formula for box office success, The Coen Brothers convert a tv series into a movie, Men in Black spin-off casting, a Hamilton movie, Enter The Dragon remake, and the Buffy The Vampire Slayer reboot....

Halloween Horror Nights ‘Stranger Things’ Maze Photos Take You To The Upside Down By Ben Pearson/Sept. 5, 2018 12:30 pm EST It’ll be a while before we head back to the small town of Hawkins, Indiana for Stranger Things 3, but guests at Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights will be able to step into a recreation of the Upside Down in just a couple of weeks in the theme park’s brand new Stranger Things mazes....

LOL: ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Star Eddie Redmayne Gets Emotional In Hufflepuff PSA By Angie Han/Nov. 16, 2016 11:00 am EST Of all the Hogwarts houses, none gets picked on more than poor Hufflepuff. The Gryffindors get to be the brave heroes, the Slytherins the seductive villains, and the Ravenclaws the cunning masterminds. But Hufflepuffs? They’re the nice, diligent types who toil in the background and get none of the glory. They have the goofiest house name and the least exciting mascot....

Ridley Scott On Neill Blomkamp’s Alien Sequel: “There Was Never Even A Script” By Jack Giroux/May 1, 2017 1:00 pm EST Below, Ridley Scott discusses Blomkamp’s Alien sequel. Over two years ago, discussions surrounding the District 9 and Chappie director’s Alien sequel got started. Once Alien: Covenant got moving, a shadow of doubt loomed over the project. Not long after the sequel got placed on hold, Blomkamp said the chances of it happening were “slim....

Superhero Bits: DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow To Battle Fugitives, Ant-Man And The Wasp Premiere & More By Ethan Anderton/June 26, 2018 6:00 pm EST Who will DC’s Legends of Tomorrow be fighting in the fourth season? What does director James Gunn have to say about Ant-Man and the Wasp? What does Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld think about Donald Glover’s animated series getting canceled? Did Laurence Fishburne spoil a detail about his character in Ant-Man and the Wasp?...

Superhero Bits: Spider-Man Audition Tapes, Infinity War Set Photos, Deadpool Mocks BvS & More By Ethan Anderton/July 6, 2017 5:00 pm EST Which Marvel character does Jon Watts want to see enter the MCU in a future Spider-Man sequel? Is Edgar Wright interested in directing a DC Extended Universe movie? Have you seen Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man screen test or Tom Holland’s secret Spider-Man: Homecoming audition tapes? Which Marvel Studios movie will be the first to get a 4K Ultra HD release on home video?...

The Morning Watch: How To Paint With Tenacious D, Meet Gal Gadot’s Stunt Double & More By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 26, 2018 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, find out how to paint with Tenacious D duo Jack Black and Kyle Gass....

This Week’s ‘Game Of Thrones’ Finale Will Be The Longest Episode Yet [Updated] By Jacob Hall/Aug. 22, 2017 11:37 am EST However, the season will also contain the shortest episode to date. Update: This Sunday’s Game of Thrones season 7 finale is titled “The Dragon and the Wolf” and will run 79 minutes and 43 seconds. That’s just a hair shorter than we originally reported a few months ago. Our original article continues below....

Watch Nicolas Cage Give A Hilariously Blunt Review Of ‘Justice League’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 23, 2018 3:30 pm EST Remember when Nicolas Cage was supposed to play Superman in Tim Burton’s ill-fated Superman Lives project in the ’90s? As the superhero boom has taken over Hollywood, a documentary has been made on the subject and Cage has been grilled about it endlessly — and he is probably done talking about it, thank you very much....

Why NBC’s ‘Will & Grace’ Reboot is Ignoring the Series Finale [TCA 2017] By Fred Topel/Aug. 3, 2017 11:48 am EST NBC will have a Television Critics Association panel with the cast and creators of Will & Grace later today, but in the morning, executives spoke about bringing the hit sitcom back. Creators Max Mutchnick and David Kohan told Entertainment Weekly that the new 12 episode series would ignore the series finale in which Will (Eric McCormack) and Grace (Debra Messing) have children and husbands....