‘War For The Planet Of The Apes’ Trailer: Time To Abandon Your Humanity By Jack Giroux/March 30, 2017 11:39 am EST The war between man and ape is in full swing, and it doesn’t look pretty. Director Matt Reeves’ War for the Planet of the Apes looks like the biggest and perhaps most intense addition to the series yet, but it also looks to continue the series’ great tradition of thoughtful science-fiction....
Bryan Singer In Talks To Direct Rami Malek In The Freddie Mercury Biopic By Jack Giroux/Nov. 5, 2016 1:00 pm EST Deadline reports Malek has signed on to play the Queen frontman, who tragically passed away at the age of 45. The biopic, which is now at 20th Century Fox, not Sony, comes from producer Graham King and his GK Films. The producer has been working on Bohemian Rhapsody for eight years....
Cool Stuff: ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Funko POPs Will Meet You In Valhalla By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 1, 2017 6:00 am EST The number of Funko POP Vinyl figures that have been made so far is unbelievable. I’m honestly not sure how many different figures have been released, but I’m sure it’s in the low thousands by now. Will many of them end up in landfills? Probably. Will that stop people from buying them?...
Daily Podcast: Which Directors Would You Want To See As Funko Pops? Monument Valley, Doom Patrol, James Gunn & More By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 22, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the August 22, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk the latest film and tv news, including a Monument Valley movie, Doom Patrol casting, James Gunn’s next movie, Duffer Brothers get Funko Pop figures, Jacob’s Ladder remake, Crazy Rich Asians sequel and Mid90s composers....
Director Robert Rodriguez Is Going Low-Budget Again With His Next Film By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 30, 2017 8:00 am EST Robert Rodriguez launched his career with the ultra low-budget film El Mariachi, made for only $7000. Since then, Rodriguez’s budgets have substantially risen, but now the Sin City filmmaker is returning to his low-budget roots with his next film. The film will be made as part of the unscripted series Rebel Without a Crew....
By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 27, 2018 8:30 am EST Now with the shareholders’ approval in the bag, the Disney acquisition of 21st Century Fox’s assets will likely be finalized as early as the first half of 2019. Disney’s and Fox’s shareholders held their meetings on the deal at the New York Hilton Midtown hotel, voting on their approval of the $71.3 billion deal within eight minutes of meeting, according to The Hollywood Reporter....
Here’s Joe Carnahan’s Pitch For ‘The Raid’ Remake By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 22, 2017 1:06 pm EST Last week it was revealed that Joe Carnahan would be directing a “re-imagining” of The Raid starring Frank Grillo. Now Carnahan has begun doing press, revealing more about his Raid film. Here is what we knew previously about The Raid remake: While the original film was set in Indonesia, Carnahan’s film will be set in Caracas, Venezuela....
LOL: ‘Game Of Thrones’ Star Kit Harington Auditioned For More Than Jon Snow By Ethan Anderton/July 11, 2017 6:00 am EST Jimmy Kimmel Live was fortunate enough to get their hands on Kit Harington’s other auditions thanks to showrunners Dan Weiss and David Benioff reaching back into the archives for these amazing screen tests. Watch the Kit Harington Game of Thrones audition tape below to see his other tryouts. Listen, I know that everyone has a crush on the Mother of Dragons, but I think it’s safe to say that Kit Harington would give Emilia Clarke a run for her money if he ended up with the part....
Stan Lee Has Shot His Next Three Marvel Cameos By Angie Han/Sept. 6, 2016 9:00 am EST Each Marvel movie has its own unique quirks and charms, but the one thing they all have in common (besides a shared timeline) is Stan Lee. The comic book icon has cameoed in every single Marvel Cinematic Universe to date, from 2008’s Iron Man to this year’s Captain America: Civil War. And he’ll continue to make appearances for at least the next year, as Lee reveals he’s already shot his next three Marvel cameos....
The Morning Watch: Millie Bobby Brown’s ‘Stranger Things’ Recap Rap, ‘Frozen’ Meets Metallica & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 2, 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, Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown delivers a rap recap of the Netflix show’s first season....
Tim Burton’s Live-Action ‘Dumbo’ Adds Oscar-Winner Alan Arkin By Jack Giroux/Aug. 20, 2017 2:00 pm EST Tim Burton is currently shooting another live-action remake for Disney: Dumbo. Production began almost a month ago with Colin Farrell, Eva Green, Danny DeVito and Michael Keaton confirmed to star, and now Academy Award winner Alan Arkin (Argo, Litle Miss Sunshine) has joined the impressive cast. Below, learn more about the Alan Arkin joining the Dumbo cast....
VOTD: Tommy Wiseau Breaks Down One Of The Best Scenes From ‘The Disaster Artist’ By Ethan Anderton/March 13, 2018 6:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Yesterday Tommy Wiseau scared the hell out of us with a video of him auditioning as The Joker for no good reason at all. Now today he’s providing some insight into the accuracy of The Disaster Artist when it comes to depicting the making of his infamous independent film turned cult classic, The Room....
‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Will Have Spider-Man And Gamora By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 10, 2017 12:30 pm EST With The Avengers: Infinity War production beginning soon, it sounds like Marvel Studios knows that they won’t be able to keep the cast of the massive superhero sequel under wraps, because confirmation of two more cast members has just come to light. Thanks to two different interviews, we’ve learned that Zoe Saldana will make an appearance as her Guardians of the Galaxy character Gamora, and that recent Marvel Cinematic Universe addition Tom Holland will swing into action as Spider-Man....
‘Bill And Ted 3’ Gets An Appropriately Rockin’ Title: ‘Bill And Ted Face The Music’ By Ben Pearson/Oct. 9, 2017 2:30 pm EST Keanu Reeves has been talking about making Bill and Ted 3 for almost 10 years now, and it seems like every few months, the project inches its way a bit closer to production. Now it’s perhaps the closest yet, because Reeves revealed at NYCC that the long-brewing movie has an actual title, and one that’s particularly relevant for the music-loving doofuses at the center of the would-be trilogy: Bill and Ted Face The Music....
‘Blade Runner 2049’ Wins The Top Award For Cinematography At The ASC Awards By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 19, 2018 7:30 am EST We’re coming down to the last two weeks before the Academy Awards, and the final technical ceremonies are doling out their top prizes. The latest: the 2018 ASC Awards. On the same weekend as the BAFTA Awards, the 32nd annual awards ceremony for the American Society of Cinematographers gave out awards for the best cinematography in movies and television in 2017....
‘Fantastic Beasts’ Will “Feature” A Certain Hogwarts Professor By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 14, 2016 11:30 am EST Yesterday came the surprising news that Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them wasn’t just the start of a new trilogy, but the first in what will become a five-film series from J.K Rowling. That’s rather ambitious for a spin-off franchise that hasn’t proven itself to audiences yet, but surely the Harry Potter fanbase is strong enough to support it....
‘Gambit’ Snags ‘Cloverfield’ Star Lizzy Caplan As Its Female Lead By Ben Pearson/Nov. 20, 2017 2:00 pm EST 20th Century Fox’s Gambit solo movie was originally scheduled to hit theaters over a year ago, but several starts and stops and a revolving door of directors kicked its release back to 2019. And since the movie has just found a director in Gore Verbinski, important casting decisions are happening: Lizzy Caplan, the star of movies like Cloverfield and TV shows like Masters of Sex, has been cast as the film’s female lead....
‘Legends Of Tomorrow’ Will Feature A Young George Lucas By Angie Han/Dec. 29, 2016 6:41 am EST It’s not just Star Wars actors who get dramatically de-aged through Hollywood magic. Sometimes it happens to Star Wars creators, too. A young George Lucas will reportedly appear in an upcoming episode of Legends of Tomorrow, with a significant change in his early career proving to have drastic effects for all the Legends. In Lucas’ case, however, it won’t be CG wizardry that makes him young again — instead, the show has cast Sweet/Vicious actor Matt Angel to portray him....
‘Star Wars Episode 8’ Will Reveal The Truth About Rey’s Parentage By Angie Han/Oct. 24, 2016 12:00 pm EST For as long as fans have known of Rey’s existence, we’ve been wondering about her parentage, and The Force Awakens did nothing to clear things up. There’s reference to a family that’s left her behind, and this being Star Wars, the odds seem good that she’ll turn out to be related to someone we know....
‘Suspiria’ Early Buzz: High Art Meets Horror In This Gorgeous, Not Very Scary, And Divisive Remake By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 3, 2018 7:00 am EST It sounds like Owen Gleiberman at Variety was hoping for something a little less artistic: “Suspiria” is that rarity, an extreme horror movie made by a deeply serious maestro of a director. Yet considering that it’s a remake of one of the most lavishly nutty baroque-schlock horror films of its era, you’d think Guadagnino might have wanted to lighten up and take a bit more debauched glee in the material....
