Ben Affleck Weighs In On The Very Mixed Reactions To ‘Batman V Superman’ By Angie Han/Oct. 3, 2016 3:00 pm EST Batman and Superman’s actual battle in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice may have been over in minutes, but the debate over the movie has raged on. It’s certainly one of the most divisive films of the year, drawing both fervent critics and passionate defenders. But what does Batman himself make of the movie?...
Cool Stuff: How To Make A Big, Cheap BB-8 Action Figure More Screen Accurate By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 14, 2016 5:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Find out how to easily create a BB-8 action figure screen accurate after the jump. The above video comes from Cosplay Chris, who frequently takes toys from various franchises and gives them makeovers in order to make them that much cooler....
Daily Podcast: Stranger Things, Thor, Star Trek, Justice League, Phantom Thread, Geostorm & More By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 23, 2017 3:30 pm EST On the October 23, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by Ben Pearson and Jacob Hall to talk about the latest news, including the first reviews for Stranger Things 2, the reasons Last Action Hero bombed, Star Trek Discovery gets a second season, the Justice League run-time is much shorter than expected, we give our reactions to the trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread and does Thor Ragnarok feature an LGBT character?...
Eli Roth’s ‘Death Wish’ Remake Casts Lead Villain By Jacob Hall/Oct. 26, 2016 7:00 am EST Eli Roth’s Death Wish remake has cast Beau Knapp as the film’s lead villain… which is a sentence that actually speaks volumes about the kind of movie the new Death Wish will be. After all, Michael Winner’s original didn’t have a a lead villain, a choice that, by design, makes it one of the more disturbing revenge movies ever made....
Jesse Pinkman Could Return On ‘Better Call Saul’, Says Vince Gilligan By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 26, 2018 4:00 pm EST Breaking Bad let Aaron Paul’s Jesse Pinkman speed off into the night, but we may not have seen the last of the character. Vince Gilligan, the creator behind Breaking Bad and its fantastic spin-off series Better Call Saul, recently revealed that he’s open to bringing Jesse back to TV, one way or another....
Kickstarter Product Lets You Swing Through The Air Like Spider-Man And Will Possibly Kill You By Chris Evangelista/March 6, 2018 3:30 pm EST Have you ever wanted to swing through the air like radioactive superhero Spider-Man? What about death – are you interested in that? A new Spider-Man Kickstarter product might give you the chance to achieve both of those dreams! I’m at a bit of a loss here. There’s a new Kickstarter page for something called “Air-Ropes: The Grappling Hook Experience” and I watched the video presentation wondering if it was supposed to be a joke....
Kyle Chandler, Jason Clarke, And Corey Stoll Join Damien Chazelle’s ‘First Man’ By Jack Giroux/June 23, 2017 2:00 pm EST No surprise here: a trio of very talented actors want to work with Whiplash and La La Land director, Damien Chazelle. Kyle Chandler (Bloodline), Corey Stoll (Café Society), and Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty) have signed up to star alongside Ryan Gosling in Chazelle’s First Man, which is about NASA’s attempt to put astronauts on the moon....
Superhero Bits: Batman Suit World Record, Constantine Casting, Comic-Con Cruise & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 25, 2016 5:00 pm EST How much more will be unveiled about The Joker in the third season of Gotham? How did one man’s cosplay Batman suit set a Guinness World Record? Who should play John Constantine in the Justice League Dark movie? Want to hear a radio play version of Batman: The Killing Joke that’s more true to the source material?...
The Latest ‘Twin Peaks’ Season 3 Teaser Consists Mostly Of David Lynch Eating A Donut By Jacob Hall/Dec. 19, 2016 11:00 am EST What if I told you that the latest teaser for Twin Peaks season 3, one of the most mysterious and anticipated television events in some time, dedicated most of its precious 30 seconds to series co-creator, director, and actor David Lynch eating a donut? If you don’t know the show at all, you’d raise an eyebrow and wonder what the hell is going on....
The Morning Watch: Peter Capaldi’s TARDIS Console Deconstructed, ‘The Last Jedi’ 16-Bit Battle & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 2, 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, watch the TARDIS console from Peter Capaldi’s tenure as Doctor Who torn down one last time....
Tom Hanks Considering Playing The Villain In Tim Burton’s ‘Dumbo’ By Jack Giroux/Jan. 12, 2017 3:30 pm EST For two years now Tim Burton has been attached to Disney’s live-action remake of Dumbo. As the project stayed in development, we rarely heard news about it, but this week is providing plenty of signs of life for the film. Yesterday it was reported Will Smith is considering a starring role in Burton’s film, and today brings us the surprising news that Tom Hanks is circling the role of the villain — a part we don’t see him in often....
VOTD: You Can Still Visit Abandoned Movie Sets For ‘The Hunger Games’, ‘Gone Girl’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 9, 2016 5:30 am EST Some of the most hardcore cinephiles dream of one day being on a film set. Having been fortunate enough to have this experience a decent amount of times, I can tell you that it’s a mixed bag of satisfaction. While it’s undoubtedly surreal and often cool to be on a movie set, a lot of people don’t realize that most of the time spent on a movie set is just standing around waiting for things to happen....
‘Captain Fantastic’ Director Matt Ross Helming Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Tomorrow And Tomorrow’ By Jack Giroux/Feb. 28, 2017 11:00 am EST Over the past few years, Matt Ross has made two notable career achievements. The first achievement: playing one of today’s funniest villains on TV in Silicon Valley. The second: writing and directing Captain Fantastic, a movie with a big, authentic heart. Ross is doing some fantastic work in front of and behind the camera, and he intends on getting behind the camera again soon with a science-fiction thriller called Tomorrow and Tomorrow....
‘Daredevil’ Season 3 Release Date Revealed In Grim New Teaser By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 20, 2018 10:15 am EST It looks like the devil’s finally winning Matt Murdock’s internal conflict in Daredevil season 3. Netflix has revealed the Daredevil season 3 release date in a new vengeful teaser that shows Matt (Charlie Cox) donning his old black costume again and re-evaluating his long battle against evil. Daredevil Season 3 Release Date Announcement...
‘Dredd 2’ Could Still Happen, But As An Animated Movie [UPDATED] By Jacob Hall/Feb. 9, 2017 12:30 pm EST UPDATE: Dredd executive producer Jason Kingsley has revealed that Adi Shankar has nothing to do with the series at this point. This quote feels like a polite way of kindly requesting that we all stop paying attention to him: While we truly do appreciate Adi’s enthusiasm for Judge Dredd, he has no involvement with the franchise and any future cinematic or small screen outings....
‘Enchanted 2’ Gets ‘Rock Of Ages’ Director Adam Shankman; Amy Adams Returns To Star By Angie Han/Oct. 6, 2016 10:59 am EST Before there were live-action remakes of Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast and every other fairy tale in the Disney stable, there was Enchanted. The 2007 film was an affectionate sendup of Disney’s animated catalogue, plucking a stereotypical Disney cartoon princess played by Amy Adams and dropping her in the real world....
‘Ghostbusters’ Reboot VFX Reel Shows How Some Practical Tools Helped Create The Ghosts By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 28, 2016 11:00 am EST The reboot of Ghostbsuters arrived this summer and stirred up plenty of buzz, both good and bad. It doesn’t sound like the movie performed well enough at the box office to warrant a sequel to get made, despite Sony’s confidence immediately after the film opened, but we’ll see how things play out after it hits home video....
‘House Of Cards’ Final Season Adds Diane Lane And Greg Kinnear To The Cast By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 31, 2018 10:32 am EST Netflix’s political drama series House of Cards is being shaken up after the firing of Kevin Spacey following sexual misconduct allegations. The show is entering its final season, and without Spacey returning as Frank Underwood, the show will instead focus on Robin Wright as his wife Claire Underwood. However, some new faces will be joining the production as well....
‘Les Misérables’ First Look: You Won’t Forget David Oyelowo, Dominic West, And Lily Collins In The PBS Masterpiece Miniseries By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 16, 2018 4:30 pm EST Les Misérables is coming to Masterpiece Theatre. However, it won’t be the popular musical version that you fondly refer to as “Les Mis,” but a straight adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel. So how does the cast of the PBS Masterpiece-BBC adaptation look in the Les Miserables first look images?...
‘Logan’ Honest Trailer: Rated R For The Realization That We All Get Old And Die By Ethan Anderton/May 24, 2017 6:00 am EST Of course, Screen Junkies couldn’t help but take some shots at Logan in their latest Honest Trailer, which is also their 200th episode. Even if the movie was a little more difficult to make fun of because of how great it is, they still have some good jokes, mostly about sad, aging Logan, the surprisingly expert created documentary about all the mutant children being experimented on, and how the rest of the X-Men movies now pale in comparison....
