Stephen King Adaptation ‘In The Tall Grass’ Headed To Netflix By Chris Evangelista/May 8, 2018 2:43 pm EST Netflix wants to stay in the Stephen King business, and who can blame them? Interest in adaptation of King’s work is at an all-time high thanks the success of last year’s It. Netflix had two King adaptations of their own last year – Gerald’s Game and 1922. Soon, they’ll have another: In The Tall Grass....
The Morning Watch: Comparing Movie Monster Sizes, The Avengers Video Essay & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 30, 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, see how some of cinema’s most famous monsters compare to each other in size....
The Morning Watch: History Of Marvel Movies Before The MCU, Johnny Knoxville’s Injuries & More By Ethan Anderton/June 7, 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, take a look at the history of Marvel movies before the Marvel Cinematic Universe came into existence....
The Morning Watch: The Cancellation Of Star Wars Detours, Making Of Brigsby Bear & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 9, 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 what went down behind the scenes with the cancellation of the animated series Star Wars Detours....
This ‘Sherlock Gnomes’ Poster Is The Worst Movie Poster Of 2018 By Chris Evangelista/March 20, 2018 11:00 am EST A new parody poster for Sherlock Gnomes has arrived and it’s resulted in one pressing question: is this the worst movie poster of 2018? The year may still be relatively young, but it’s hard to believe another film will produce a poster as confounding as this. Below, we investigate this Sherlock Gnomes poster and ponder: why?...
Watch: M. Night Shyamalan’s Unmade ‘Tales From The Crypt’ Promos By Angie Han/Feb. 21, 2017 1:30 pm EST M. Night Shyamalan is enjoying something of a career resurgence right now. His last two films (The Visit and Split) did well critically and commercially, his TV drama Wayward Pines was well received, and his Unbreakable looks like it might finally get that long-awaited sequel. Next up on his to-do list for this year was supposed to be Tales from the Crypt, a resurrection of the classic anthology horror series, but rights issues might be keeping that one six feet under for the time being....
Why Ian McKellen Turned Down Playing Dumbledore In The ‘Harry Potter’ Films By Ben Pearson/April 4, 2017 4:30 pm EST Sir Ian McKellen is known for playing one of the greatest wizards in cinematic history as Gandalf in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy. (What’s that? What Hobbit trilogy? Nice try – we both know that never happened. Good joke!) But the actor almost had the chance to play another beloved on-screen conjurer: Harry Potter’s Albus Dumbledore....
‘Deadpool’ Creator Rob Liefeld Brings Superhero Cinematic Universe To Netflix By Chris Evangelista/March 8, 2018 1:37 pm EST Netflix wants in on that sweet superhero cinematic universe action, and they’ve turned to the creator of Deadpool to make it happen. Rob Liefeld has inked a deal with the streaming service to bring his Extreme Universe comic book characters to a series of inter-connected films. Akiva Goldsman will set up a writers room to tackle the projects....
‘Everything Sucks!’ Teaser Trailer: Netflix’s New Series Goes To High School In 1996 By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 16, 2018 10:30 am EST There has been plenty of nostalgia and love for the 1980s in recent years, but now that we’re inching closer to 2020, it looks like the 1990s are about to enjoy their heyday in the nostalgic spotlight. At least that’s what Netflix is hoping with the teaser for a new high school series set in 1996....
‘Goon: Last Of The Enforcers’ Trailer: Seann William Scott Is Back On Ice By Angie Han/Nov. 23, 2016 2:00 pm EST Canadian Thanksgiving came and went over a month ago, but American Thanksgiving takes place this week. So consider this a little holiday gift from our neighbors in the north. The first trailer for Goon: Last of the Enforcers brings back Seann William Scott as hockey enforcer Doug Glatt. Though he’s retired now, the sequel sees him lured back to the ice in search of glory....
‘Lean On Pete’ Trailer: A Boy And His Horse And A Whole Bunch Of Broken Hearts By Jacob Hall/Dec. 7, 2017 8:00 am EST There’s an entire subgenre of “a boy and his animal” movies out there, so you can be forgiven for taking a quick glance at the Lean on Pete trailer and writing it off. However, early buzz suggests that would be a huge mistake. Andrew Haigh’s film hits theaters in 2018, but it made the festival rounds this year, racking up critical acclaim....
‘Paddington 2’ Trailer: The Lovable Bear Goes To Jail By Ben Pearson/Dec. 27, 2017 2:30 pm EST “If we’re kind and polite, the world will be right,” the titular talking bear declares in this new Paddington 2 trailer. That’s a heartwarming sentiment I think we can all get behind right now, and this delightful new trailer about a marmalade-loving bear who just wants to buy his aunt a nice birthday present is a great way to refresh your spirits after a pretty dismal year....
‘Patriots Day’ Trailer: Mark Wahlberg Leads Peter Berg’s Boston Marathon Bombing Drama By Angie Han/Oct. 5, 2016 7:00 am EST If you liked Deepwater Horizon last weekend, perhaps you’ll want to catch Peter Berg’s other new movie based on a real-life tragedy and starring Mark Wahlberg as a down-to-earth hero when it opens later this year. Patriots Day centers on the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed several people and injured hundreds more....
‘Stephen King’s ‘It’ Has Largest Opening Weekend Ever For A Horror Movie, Breaks All Sorts Of Records [Updated] By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 10, 2017 10:30 am EST Update: The early estimates were incorrect. It did not make $117.2 million in its opening weekend. It made $123.1 million. The hype and box office predictions for the new adaptation of Stephen King’s beloved horror novel It were high well before the movie hit theaters, and the sneak preview screening numbers indicated that It was going to have a huge weekend....
‘The Rocketeer’ Animated Series Is Coming To Disney Junior In 2019 By Ben Pearson/Feb. 27, 2018 12:00 pm EST Remember The Rocketeer, Disney’s 1991 pulp adventure about a stunt pilot who finds a prototype jet pack and uses it to fight Nazis? It’s an exuberant, stylish piece of work that manages to improve on the tone of Dave Stevens’ already-wonderful comic book series, but it sputtered at the box office and failed to garner any sequels....
‘The Young Pope’ Trailer: Jude Law Isn’t Going To Forgive Your Sins By Jacob Hall/Nov. 7, 2016 4:30 pm EST If you’ve been watching Westworld for the past six weeks, you’ve surely become familiar with the trailers for The Young Pope, Paolo Sorrentino’s upcoming limited series about the first American Pope (played by Jude Law) and the eccentric machinations he brings to the Vatican. It doesn’t look like an easy sell and there’s no instantly identifiable hook, which is one of the reasons why I’m so interested in checking out....
‘Venom’ Movie Will Star Tom Hardy, Ruben Fleischer To Direct By Jacob Hall/May 19, 2017 11:30 am EST A few months ago, we learned that Sony was planning a Venom movie for 2018 as part of their attempt to use Spider-Man: Homecoming to create a new universe of movies starring Peter Parker’s enemies and allies. And now, we know who will don that icky black suit and who will call the shots behind the camera – Tom Hardy will star as Eddie Brock, and Zombieland’s Ruben Fleischer will direct....
‘What We Do In The Shadows’ Spin-Off Coming To TV In 2018 By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 20, 2017 11:30 am EST There have been rumblings of a What We Do In the Shadows sequel and TV series spin-off almost ever since the film hit theaters in 2014, and now it’s time to add yet another spin-off into the mix: Wellington Paranormal will arrive in 2018. The What We Do In the Shadows spin-off will focus on the hilariously obtuse cops who appear briefly in the 2014 vampire comedy....
Cool Stuff: ‘The Dark Crystal’ And ‘Labyrinth’ Christmas Sweaters Are Pure Magic By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 27, 2017 6:00 am EST The weather has only just started to cool down as we ring in the fall season, but plenty of retail outlets are already getting out their Christmas decorations and gear for eager holiday lovers who have already bailed on Halloween. That includes a new batch of ugly Christmas sweaters to make your friends jealous....
Daily Podcast: Avengers 4 Theories, Does Death Even Matter In The MCU? Fast And The Furious, Harry Potter And More By Peter Sciretta/May 4, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the May 4, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by senior writer Ben Pearson, and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to talk about the new Fast and Furious Supercharged ride at Universal Studios Orlando, an update on the future of the Fast and the Furious franchise, and more Avengers: Infinity War discussion including details on a deleted scene, Peter’s guess about an Ant-Man and the Wasp end credits tie-in, and we’ll talk about a bunch of fan theories for Avengers 4 including one that has been confirmed by the directors....
