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‘Futurama: Worlds Of Tomorrow’ Continues The Series In Free-To-Play Mobile Game By Alex Riviello/June 29, 2017 6:30 am EST While word of yet another free-to-play game for mobile devices may elicit groans from some, when said game is based on a beloved TV show and manages to round up its creators (and an impressive list of stars!), it’s hard for fans not to take notice. Such is the case with Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow, which is available on the App Store and Google Play today....

‘Jessica Jones’ Season 2 Featurette: The Super Women In Front Of And Behind The Camera By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 1, 2018 3:00 pm EST Jessica Jones is unlike any female superhero we’ve seen before. And it’s thanks to the fantastic women in front of and behind the camera that we’re getting to see her for a second season in Netflix’s Jessica Jones. The newest featurette for the best Marvel Netflix series spotlights the women of Jessica Jones....

‘Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle’ Trailer: The Rock Hits Reset On The Most Dangerous Game By Jacob Hall/Sept. 20, 2017 6:04 am EST The first trailer for Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle introduced the core concept that is driving this combination of reboot and sequel. Yes, there is still a mystical game that puts children in harm’s way by plunging them into jungle-centric adventures. But while the original movie (and the original storybook) were based around a magical board game, the new film updates it to a video game…and goes a little Big on us by dropping the kids into adult-sized avatars shaped like Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Karen Gillan....

‘The Grudge’ Reboot Taps ‘The Eyes Of My Mother’ Director Nicolas Pesce By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 7, 2017 7:30 am EST The Grudge will be resurrected once again. Director Nicolas Pesce, whose directorial debut The Eyes of My Mother made a big splash at 2016’s Sundance Film Festival and Fantastic Fest, has been tapped to helm a reboot of The Grudge for Ghost House Pictures. Pesce is set to direct the reboot of The Grudge and rewrite the script from Midnight Meat Train writer Jeff Bulher, according to a report by Deadline....

‘The Hitman’s Bodyguard’ Is Getting A Sequel Titled ‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 7, 2018 10:00 am EST Here’s your most eagerly anticipated news to come out of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival: The Hitman’s Bodyguard is getting a sequel! And it’s got an even clunkier title to boot! A Hitman’s Bodyguard sequel is in the works with the focus turning from the dynamic duo of Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds to Salma Hayek’s character in a film titled The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard....

‘Thoroughbreds’ Featurette Explains How A Play Evolved Into A Movie By Ben Pearson/March 2, 2018 3:30 pm EST Focus Features’ upcoming thriller Thoroughbreds may seem like it’s being helmed by a long-time filmmaker with plenty of features under his belt, but it’s actually the debut movie for writer/director Cory Finley. We’re debuting a brand new Thoroughbreds featurette in which Finley explains how the story morphed from its original form – a stage play – into a wholly cinematic experience....

Andy Serkis On ‘Black Panther,’ Potentially Returning To ‘Planet Of The Apes,’ And More [Interview] By Ben Pearson/Feb. 16, 2018 9:00 am EST Read our full Andy Serkis interview below. (Ever-so-light spoilers ahead, so if you’d rather go into the movie completely fresh, save this article and come back to it.) First thing’s first: aside from “What is Love”, what else do you think is on Ulysses Klaue’s mixtape? Andy Serkis: (laughs) I think he’s probably got a little bit of Janelle Monae, he’s probably got some Burt Bacharach, he’s probably got a little bit of Pink Floyd....

Ben Mendelsohn Is The Sheriff Of Nottingham In ‘Robin Hood: Origins’ By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 13, 2016 2:00 pm EST Hot off of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which opens later this week, Ben Mendelsohn is in talks to play another big screen villain: The actor who plays Commander Orson Krennic in Gareth Edwards’ Star Wars standalone movie, is in negotiations to play The Sheriff Of Nottingham in Lionsgate’s Robin Hood: Origins....

Daily Podcast: Assessing The Justice League Aftermath, Box Office, Zack Snyder’s Cut, Reshoots & End Credit Scenes By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 20, 2017 5:00 pm EST On the November 20, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Chris Evangelista for a special episode of the podcast taking a look at the aftermath of Justice League’s opening weekend, its failure at the box office, a fan petition for a Zack Snyder cut, what Joss Whedon’s writing credit means, and Ben Affleck’s future as Batman in the DCEU....

Jeffrey Tambor Officially Fired From ‘Transparent’ By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 16, 2018 6:15 am EST In November 2017, Tambor seemingly announced his departure from the show following accusations of sexual misconduct from the actor’s former assistant, actress Van Barnes and Transparent semi-regular Trace Lysette. Tambor’s November statement is below: I’ve already made clear my deep regret if any action of mine was ever misinterpreted by anyone as being aggressive, but the idea that I would deliberately harass anyone is simply and utterly untrue....

New ‘Star Wars Battlefront 2’ Trailer Makes Yoda A Pilot In A Massive Space Battle By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 20, 2017 9:00 am EST With no full theatrical trailer released yet for Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Force Friday II under two weeks away, Star Wars fans are hungry to any new details they can get about the sequel hitting theaters in December. In the meantime, how about we whet your appetite with a new look at another anticipated Star Wars sequel?...

Rachel McAdams May Join Jason Bateman In ‘Game Night’ By Jack Giroux/Jan. 4, 2017 4:30 pm EST Rachel McAdams (Doctor Strange) is close to signing up to star in the ensemble comedy Game Night, which Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley (Vacation remake) are directing. Actor and co-producer Jason Bateman’s involvement in the project began almost four years ago, and he remains attached to star. The dark, ensemble comedy is about a game night gone horribly wrong....

Remember ‘ALF’? He’s Back, In Reboot Form By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 1, 2018 2:15 pm EST What do we, as an entertainment audience, want? Original, exciting works that introduce us to new worlds? Or…an ALF reboot? The answer, according to Warner Bros. TV, is the latter. So now there’s an ALF reboot in the works. Congratulations, everyone! ALF is back, in reboot form! Variety is reporting that execs at Warner Bros. TV were sitting around recently, throwing darts at a wall covered in slips of paper....

Superhero Bits: An Avengers 4 Funeral, Cyborg’s New Origin, Beast Boy Heads To Titans & More By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 18, 2017 5:00 pm EST Which Marvel show on Netflix is the most binge-watched in the first 24 hours of debuting? How has Cyborg’s origin story been changed in the DC Extended Universe? Who is going to play Beast Boy on the live-action Titans series coming from DC? Did you know that we almost got an animated version of Tim Burton’s Superman Lives?...

Superhero Bits: Gotham & Agents Of SHIELD Renewal Likely, Marvel Heroes Omega & More By Ethan Anderton/April 18, 2017 5:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. What the hell is the #GrootDancebomb challenge? Want to see a Batman: The Animated Series poster in the style of Star Wars: The Last Jedi? Which songs do you hope are on the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 soundtrack?...

Watch: The ‘Captain Marvel’ Trailer Recut In Chronological Order By Ben Pearson/Sept. 19, 2018 2:00 pm EST Yesterday, Disney and Marvel released the first trailer for next year’s highly-anticipated Captain Marvel, the first Marvel Studios film to feature a solo female lead. We took a close look at it in our trailer breakdown, but one fan went above and beyond and re-edited the entire thing into what they think is chronological order – not the order in which events will unfold in the movie, but rather tracking Carol Danvers’ (Brie Larson) journey from childhood into ultimately becoming one of the most powerful characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

‘American Assassin’ Trailer: Dylan O’Brien & Michael Keaton Are Chasing Taylor Kitsch By Ethan Anderton/July 13, 2017 7:00 am EST It’s been some time since we’ve seen Taylor Kitsch, mostly because he starred in a stream of bad movies that included Battleship and Savages, as well as the sorely underrated and underseen box office bomb that was John Carter. He had a bit of an uptick by being part of the ensemble cast of Lone Survivor, but now he’s playing for the bad guys in a new action thriller....

‘Batman And Harley Quinn’ Animated Movie Coming To Theaters For One Night Only By Ethan Anderton/June 23, 2017 5:00 am EST Continuing the tradition of Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment releasing their animated comic book movies in theaters for one night before they debut on home video, we have details on the theatrical release of Batman and Harley Quinn. Batman and Harley Quinn is an animated feature in the style of Batman: The Animated Series which sees Batman and Nightwing forced to team up with their enemy, Harley Quinn, in an effort to stop Poison Ivy from executing a plan that will save the planet by eliminating mankind....

‘Black Mirror’ Season 4 Trailer: Enter The ‘Black Museum’ By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 29, 2017 3:30 pm EST Black Mirror, the Twilight Zone-like anthology series that turns technology into more of a nightmare than a dream, is about to return to Netflix with a whole new series of anxiety-inducing episodes. Netflix has been slowly rolling out individual trailers for each episode, and the latest, for the segment Black Museum, has just arrived....

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ Clip: Star-Lord And Gamora Practice Pelvic Sorcery By Ethan Anderton/April 18, 2017 12:30 pm EST In case it wasn’t clear in the first Guardians of the Galaxy, the teaser trailer for this summer’s sequel affirmed that Star-Lord (Chris Pratt) has some romantic feelings for Gamora (Zoe Saldana). The new character Mantis (Pom Klementieff) revealed as much by way of her psychic empathy, allowing her to feel the emotions of others just by touching them....