Hulu Reveals The First ‘Runaways’ Cast Photo By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 4, 2017 8:30 am EST Hello world: they’re your wild heroes. Teen superhero series Marvel’s Runaways, based on the beloved comic book, was picked up by Hulu Wednesday, and while some attendees of Hulu’s Upfront Presentation in New York got a glimpse of some first footage, we plebeians had little idea of what the new Marvel series looks like. Until now....
Joel Edgerton Says ‘Bright,’ An Original Movie, Was Made For The Fans And Not Critics By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 1, 2018 3:30 pm EST “It’s made for the fans, not the critics,” is an increasingly common defense that filmmakers and actors are falling back on these days. Now, it’s apparently a shield for every middling blockbuster that critics savaged, from superhero movies that do have a built-in audience, to an original Netflix film that…doesn’t....
John Carpenter’s ‘The Fog’ Returning To Theaters With First Ever 4K Restoration In October By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 8, 2018 10:30 am EST When it comes to horror movies directed by John Carpenter and starring Jamie Lee Curtis, of course Halloween gets all the glory. But don’t sleep on The Fog, a landmark horror classic that reunited the two in 1980 and is also worth your attention every time the spooky season rolls around....
By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 21, 2018 11:40 am EST Chloe Zhao has been tapped to direct Marvel’s The Eternals. Zhao, the director of the acclaimed indie Western film The Rider, was initially on the short list to direct Marvel’s Black Widow movie, which ultimately went to Cate Shortland. Now as The Eternals director, Zhao will be helming Marvel’s next potential franchise that could help shepherd the Marvel Cinematic Universe into the cosmic realm....
MoviePass Peak Pricing Is Here; Read About Their New Surge Fees And How You’ll Be Able To Combat Them By Ben Pearson/July 5, 2018 2:30 pm EST MoviePass is still clinging to life, but the movie ticket subscription service certainly isn’t making things easy on themselves. After threatening to implement surge pricing a couple of weeks ago, MoviePass Peak Pricing has arrived. Translation: if you have a monthly MoviePass subscription and want to see a popular movie on opening weekend, there’s a very good chance you’ll have to pay an additional fee....
New Details On The FX+ Streaming Service Launching Next Month [TCA 2017] By Fred Topel/Aug. 9, 2017 1:45 pm EST Hulu’s business model actually provides evidence that people who get FX on cable may still want to pay $5.99 a month to watch those shows without commercials. “An interesting factoid I learned was when Hulu only had a subscription service with ads, they had tons of complaints,” Landgraf said. “When they introduced a more expensive subscription without ads, they sorted themselves into those who were willing to pay the extra fee [and those who didn’t]....
POTD: ‘Deadpool 2’ And ‘X-Men: Dark Phoenix’ Wrap Production By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 15, 2017 2:00 pm EST Following the debut of the first teaser trailer for New Mutants last week, two more of 20th Century Fox’s comic book movies have just wrapped production. Deadpool 2 has wrapped production, with Ryan Reynolds delivering the news on Facebook, complete with a small batch of behind the scenes photos. Plus, X-Men: Dark Phoenix director Simon Kinberg has announced the end of shooting for the next sequel in the long-running mutant franchise as well....
POTD: Josh Brolin Dressed As His Character In ‘The Goonies’ For A 1980s Party By Ethan Anderton/June 14, 2017 6:00 am EST Today, Josh Brolin is an Oscar-nominated actor who is playing, not one, but two major comic book characters in the upcoming sequels Deadpool 2 and Avengers: Infinity War. But way back in 1985, Josh Brolin was just a nobody getting his big break as Brandon “Brand” Walsh in the classic adventure movie The Goonies....
Superhero Bits: ‘Constantine: City Of Demons’ Movie Trailer, Scott Derrickson Leaves Twitter & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 1, 2018 6:00 pm EST Which The Defenders star has thrown their support behind James Gunn? Who has been cast as the Vice President on Supergirl? Which Marvel Studios director has left Twitter? Want to see the trailer for the Constantine: City of Demons movie that will conclude the animated series? Did Rob Liefeld reveal the villain in the X-Force movie?...
Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 9, 2018 6:30 pm EST When can you catch the first trailer for Teen Titans Go! To the Movies? Could Avengers 4 be an adaptation of the Marvel Comics storyline Secret Wars? Could X-Men becoming part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe end up be more of a problem than people think? Why is Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance co-director Brian Taylor bored with the MCU?...
The ‘Logan Lucky’ Easter Egg Movie Fans Should Watch Out For By Jack Giroux/Aug. 18, 2017 1:30 pm EST Below, learn more about the Logan Lucky easter egg. ScreenCrush spotted the easter egg and it’s a fun one. Singani 63 is a sponsor for NASCAR driver Dayton White (Sebastian Stan), who treats his mind and body like a temple. He’s driving in the Coca Cola 600 – the race the Logan family is going to crash to pull off a heist....
The New ‘Baby Driver’ Poster Is All Fast Cars, Big Guns, And Earbuds By Jacob Hall/May 11, 2017 12:30 pm EST The funny thing about this new Baby Driver poster is that, technically, it represents everything we hate about modern movie poster designs: it’s all giant floating heads hovering over a city skyline. However, there’s one key difference and it means everything. This poster is hand-illustrated. Suddenly, the go-to choice for hacky Photoshopped posters looks stunning....
The Newest ‘Star Wars: Forces Of Destiny’ Episode Has A ‘Rebels’ Cameo By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 2, 2017 12:00 pm EST A fan-favorite Rebel returns to the small screen in the new Star Wars: Forces of Destiny episode. Sabine Wren, voiced by Star Wars Rebels actress Tiya Sircar, steals the show once again in the three-minute-long Forces of Destiny episode, “Newest Recruit.” The episode follows Sabine as she brings fellow Rebels character Ketsu Onyo on a covert mission....
The Russo Brothers And Thanos Ask Fans To Not Spoil ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 3, 2018 8:30 am EST There is less than a month until the release of Avengers: Infinity War. Which only means one thing: we’re about to enter spoiler season. The Avengers: Infinity War team is embarking on a worldwide press tour, where they will not only talk to journalists about the movie, but show select footage of the superhero ensemble to fans....
Warner Bros Is Transforming San Diego Into ‘Blade Runner 2049’ At Comic-Con By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 7, 2017 1:00 pm EST One of the best aspects of Blade Runner is the rich, immersive futuristic world inhabited by humans and replicants — a world that director Denis Villeneuve and cinematographer Roger Deakins seem to be making even more stunning in the upcoming Blade Runner 2049. And now, thousands of attendees at the San Diego Comic-Con this year can experience it for themselves....
Wesley Snipes Joins The ‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Cast Alongside Eddie Murphy By Chris Evangelista/June 14, 2018 5:00 pm EST Wesley Snipes is joining Eddie Murphy in Netflix’s Dolemite Is My Name!, a biopic of comedian and producer Rudy Ray Moore. Snipes will play D’Urville Martin, an actor and director who helmed the 1975 American blaxploitation film Dolemite. Say what you want about Netflix, but the streaming service is now making a movie that co-stars Eddie Murphy and Wesley Snipes – that’s pretty damn cool....
What Cable Or Streaming TV Series Might Have A 20-Year Time Jump For Next Season? By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 27, 2018 7:30 am EST According to TV Line, a “popular drama series is looking to shake things up creatively by jumping ahead in time by upwards of two decades.” The outlet reports: A source cautions that the ambitious idea — which would likely find several of the show’s cast members quadrupling their time in the makeup chair in order to authentically morph into their now-older characters — is still in the planning stages and a number of stars (both literal and figurative) would have to align in order to pull off such a narrative gamble....
‘Bright’ Honest Trailer: How Does ‘Shrek’ Still Exist In This Universe? By Ethan Anderton/March 14, 2018 6:00 am EST Netflix’s first blockbuster took the gritty cop drama of movies like Training Day and End of Watch and mixed them with the magic and fantasy of Hellboy and Lord of the Rings. If that premise sounds like it would make for an awesome movie, you’d be right. But unfortunately we don’t live in the universe where that movie exists....
‘Captive’ Trailer: Doug Liman’s Hostage Documentary Series Is Coming To Netflix By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 10, 2016 4:00 pm EST When it comes to cinema, seeing people taken hostage is just something audiences have become accustomed to seeing. The bad guy needs a little insurance, the thieves need someone they can hold for ransom, a seriously disturbed individual has sinister plans for a victim trapped in a well. However, the consequences are all the more dire when people are kidnapped in the real world....
/Film Daily Podcast: Tarantino, Suicide Squad 2, Scarface, Black Panther, Rainbow Six & Fast 9 Director Predictions By Peter Sciretta/July 13, 2017 7:30 am EST On episode #4 of our new podcast /Film Daily for July 13, 2017, Peter Sciretta is joined by Brad Oman (aka Ethan Anderton) and Ben Pearson to discuss the latest news Quentin Tarantino’s next film, who might direct Suicide Squad 2, Scarface loses a director, new Black Panther details revealed, a Rainbow Six movie in development, and we try to offer directing choices for the next Fast and the Furious movie....
