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‘Venom’ Movie Recruits ‘Black Panther’s Ludwig Goransson As Composer By Ben Pearson/March 30, 2018 3:30 pm EST After scoring Marvel Studios’ Black Panther, composer Ludwig Goransson is staying in superhero movie territory for his next big project. The musician will provide the score for Sony’s upcoming Venom movie, which has cast Tom Hardy (Inception, The Dark Knight Rises) in the lead role. Learn about Goransson’s relationship to Childish Gambino, how this film will be a reunion for him and its director, and more about the new Venom composer below....

War For the Planet of the Apes Comic Book Miniseries Covers Strangely, this series is titled War for the Planet of the Apes, just like Matt Reeves’ upcoming film, which could be confusing for those buying the book at retail. The comics will feature an in-continuity story (read: canon) that takes place between the events of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and the upcoming sequel, War for the Planet of the Apes, which is due out this summer....

Ben Whishaw May Join Rob Marshall’s ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ By Jack Giroux/Aug. 16, 2016 5:00 am EST One of the live-action fairy tales Disney has coming up is Mary Poppins Returns. Director Rob Marshall’s (Into the Woods) sequel to the 1964 film will star Emily Blunt, and she may soon get another co-star. Actor Ben Whishaw, who was recently seen in The Lobster and Spectre, may land a supporting role in the sequel....

Beyonce In ‘Beauty And The Beast’? It Almost Happened By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 15, 2017 12:00 pm EST The live-action adaptation of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast did boffo box office, but imagine how much more money it could’ve taken in had director Bill Condon been able to cast Beyoncé. The filmmaker recently revealed that he offered Queen Bey a part in his musical, but she declined to be his guest and take him up on the offer....

Cool Stuff: Mondo Bringing ‘Planet Of The Apes’ And ‘The Shape Of Water’ Prints To San Diego Comic-Con By Ethan Anderton/July 12, 2018 6:00 am EST We’re less than a week away from the beginning of San Diego Comic-Con, and more exclusives that fans will be able to get their hands on are popping up all the time. Every year the pop culture convention comes around, we’re excited to see what goodies the folks at Mondo are bringing to the show floor, and the first couple prints have been revealed....

Daily Podcast: Why Do Video Game Movies Usually Suck? By Ben Pearson/April 12, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the April 12, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, writer Hoai-Tran Bui, and director Dan Trachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane) to have a feature discussion about why video game movies usually suck and what Hollywood can do to fix them. Plus: a clip of director Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kong: Skull Island) offering his thoughts on the subject....

Damian Lewis Is Suiting Up To Play Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford By Ben Pearson/April 10, 2018 1:30 pm EST Before his death in 2016, Rob Ford made headlines across the globe as the crack-smoking mayor of Toronto. Now his real life exploits are being dramatized in a Hollywood movie, and Homeland and Billions star Damian Lewis will suit up to play Ford in a drama called Run This Town. That’s odd casting, isn’t it?...

First Photos And Video From The ‘Avatar: Discover Pandora’ Exhibition By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 7, 2016 2:00 pm EST Watch a three and a half minute behind the scenes video about Avatar: Discover Pandora below: And here is a selection of the first photos from AVATAR: Discover Pandora exhibition: Sadly this exhibition looks like a cash grab and not much more. I think if anyone is interested in a real Pandora experience they will have to wait until Walt Disney Imagineering finish up on the themed land in Florida’s Animal Kingdom theme park....

By Ben Pearson/March 7, 2018 2:30 pm EST A Revolutionary Goal If they manage to do that, it would be a drastic change. Nielsen, the company that’s largely responsible for measuring television ratings in the United States, says that on broadcast TV in 2017, the average amount of ad time per hour was just over 13 minutes, and on cable it was 16 minutes. Dropping to just two minutes an hour would mean abandoning the ad-supported model that’s been in place since the invention of the medium....

Nathan Fillion And Tony Hale Join ‘A Series Of Unfortunate Events’ Season 2 By Jack Giroux/June 12, 2017 8:30 am EST Production is underway on season two of A Series of Unfortunate Events. The second season of the Netflix show is covering five books: “Austere Academy,” “Vile Village,” “Hostile Hospital,” “Ersatz Elevator,” and “Carnivorous Carnival.” Nathan Fillion (Firefly), Tony Hale (Veep), and others have joined the series, which is based on Daniel Handler’s 13-part book series....

New ‘Stranger Things 2’ Featurette Focuses On Working With The Duffer Brothers By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 24, 2018 11:30 am EST Since we still have a long wait before Stranger Things 3 arrives in the summer of 2019, Netflix is trying to hold fans over with a series of featurettes that go behind the scenes of the second season of the streaming service’s sci-fi sensation. And the latest highlights the shows twin brother creators....

Plot Details Emerge For Rupert Wyatt’s New Sci-Fi Movie ‘Captive State’ By Jack Giroux/Jan. 11, 2017 7:30 am EST Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) and John Goodman are reuniting for Captive State, an original science-fiction story the director wrote with his wife, Erica Beeney. Up until now, the story was under wraps, but details have now come out about the film, previously described as “very grounded and relatable to our world....

See How Steven Spielberg Emulates Stanley Kubrick In ‘A.I. Artificial Intelligence’ [Video] By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 13, 2016 6:30 am EST If you’re more than a casual fan of either Steven Spielberg or Stanley Kubrick, then you likely know that the film A.I. Artificial Intelligence is basically a collaboration between the two filmmakers. Kubrick began working on the film in the 1970s and kept developing it through the 90s, mostly because he didn’t believe technology would effectively allow him to create the lead character David in the way he wanted....

Superhero Bits: Disabled Kids Become Justice League, Marvel TV Wants To Do Comedy & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 25, 2017 5:00 pm EST What is supposedly the budget for Aquaman? Want to see a photographer turn several uniquely disabled kids into the Justice League? Would you like to see a Marvel TV comedy series at some point? Does Justice League Dark have a new writer? Is Maggie Sawyer going to survive on Supergirl?...

Superhero Bits: Justice League Batmobile, Aquaman Cinematographer, Spider-Man Merch & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 20, 2017 4:30 pm EST Will we see Aqualad make an appearance in Aquaman? Does a Spider-Man: Homecoming LEGO set hint at an action scene we can expect from the movie? Which superhero movie director does James Cameron cite as a young inspiration? Want to see the upgraded Batmobile from Justice League? Who is the cinematographer on Aquaman?...

The Hasbro Cinematic Universe Is Getting Smaller By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 22, 2018 1:30 pm EST The Hasbro Cinematic Universe, which is a real thing, is taking a step or two backwards. After a big recent announcement setting dates for a whole slew of Hasbro-related films, two properties – M.A.S.K. and ROM: The Space Knight – have been officially omitted from the line-up. But don’t worry: the Transformers franchise will remain unaffected....

The Morning Watch: ‘Incredibles 2’ Easter Eggs, ‘Stranger Things’ Theme Breakdown & More By Ethan Anderton/June 18, 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, check out a round-up of Incredibles 2 Easter eggs you might have missed....

The Morning Watch: ‘Star Wars’ Holiday Special Explained, ‘Peanuts’ Goes ‘Riverdale’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 15, 2017 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, the infamously terrible Star Wars Holiday Special gets explained and is even given some surprising credit for making Star Wars what it is today....

The Morning Watch: Moments Between Movie Montages, Kristen Stewart’s Directorial Debut & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 14, 2017 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, watch the directorial debut of actress Kristen Stewart with a short film called Come Swim....

The Weekend Read: Marvel Scoops, ‘Star Wars’ Theories, And Why A ‘Redwall’ Movie Must Happen By /Film Staff/April 21, 2017 6:00 pm EST If you’re looking for something to read over the weekend, we’ve got you covered. Here’s every review, editorial, list, feature, column, and rant published by the /Film staff and our team of freelancers over the past week. Exclusives and Scoops Join Peter Sciretta as he takes you on the a behind-the-scenes tour of Marvel Studios’ swanky headquarters....