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‘Love Actually’ Cast Getting Back Together For A Sequel, But There’s A Catch By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 15, 2017 12:00 pm EST For the most part, Love Actually is a beloved holiday movie, even though there are those who have started to express their hate for the movie as time has gone on. Personally, as cheesy as it is, I think it’s quite the charming romance featuring a fantastic ensemble cast from across the pond that includes Hugh Grant, Keira Knightley, Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, Bill Nighy and many more....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 29, 2017 6:30 am EST An Oprah’s Book Club 2016 selection, New York Times bestseller, and the winner of the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction, The Underground Railroad imagines the famous Underground Railroad as a literal underground subway system, full of engineers, conductors and a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil. The novel follows Cora, a fugitive slave who makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South, escaping her Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad....

‘Prospect’ Trailer: Pedro Pascal Stars In An Eerie SXSW Space Western By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 6, 2018 2:30 pm EST The moment Pedro Pascal strutted on screen in Kingsman: The Golden Circle, he proved he was ready to be a bonafide movie star. The actor has been stealing scenes since he first appeared in Game of Thrones, going on to play a starring role in the Netflix series Narcos. Now, he will finally be the lead in a feature film....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 23, 2017 8:30 am EST Star Trek: Discovery is boldly going on to its second season. Six episodes into its first season, CBS All Access has officially renewed the Star Trek TV series starring Sonequa Martin-Green. But Trekkies’ long wait for season 1 — which was delayed after showrunner replacements and budget issues — may be repeated come season 2, which executive producer Alex Kurtzman predicts won’t hit the small screen until 2019....

‘The Alienist’ Should Please ‘Penny Dreadful’ And ‘Hannibal’ Fans By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 22, 2018 4:00 pm EST Now Carr’s serial killer novel finds new life as a TNT TV series, with True Detective season 1 director Cary Fukunaga serving as producer and Black Mirror director Jakob Verbruggen at the helm. The verdict, after all that delay, is this: perhaps it would’ve made a better movie than TV show. The Alienist premieres across TNT’s television, mobile and digital platforms on Monday, January 22....

‘The Bronx Bull’ Trailer: The Former Unofficial ‘Raging Bull’ Sequel Is Finally Coming Out By Jack Giroux/Dec. 14, 2016 7:00 am EST A sequel to Raging Bull was first discussed in 2006. Four and a half years go, shooting began under the title Raging Bull II, which didn’t sit well with MGM, the studio behind Martin Scorsese’s classic film. Director Martin Guigui co-wrote the unofficial sequel’s script with Rustam Branaman based on the book “Raging Bull II,” by Chris Anderson, Sharon McGehee, and Jake LaMotta....

‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ Season 3 Trailer: Kimmy Goes To College, Titus Goes Full ‘Lemonade’ By Ethan Anderton/April 19, 2017 3:00 pm EST Kimmy Schmidt (Ellie Kemper) has come a long way since being rescued from a crazy cult that tricked her into living in an underground bunker for 15 years. She learned a whole lot about the world in the first season of her show, dealt with some of the issues that she buried deep within her mind in the second season, and now for the upcoming third season, she’s setting out to make something of herself by going to college....

By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 12, 2016 5:00 am EST However, there were plenty of X-Men fans who just couldn’t get past how lame of a villain Apocalypse was, how boring the story turned out to be, and why none of the X-Men had aged a day despite being a decade later than X-Men: Days of Future Past. Now an X-Men Apocalypse Honest Trailer really digs into what makes this sequel bad, and it doesn’t hold back anything....

A ‘Candyman’ Remake Could Be Coming From Jordan Peele By Ben Pearson/Sept. 10, 2018 10:00 am EST Actor Tony Todd was already well-known before starring in Bernard Rose’s 1992 film Candyman, but his performance in that film turned him into a horror movie legend. A supernatural killer with a tragic backstory, the imposing Candyman could be summoned by saying his name five times into a mirror. Now, a new report says that Oscar winner Jordan Peele (Get Out) is in talks to produce a Candyman remake – and there’s even a chance he could direct it....

Mondo’s Hellraiser Print by Matt Ryan Tobin Meanwhile, there’s also a Hellraiser print that is on sale as part of a ticket bundle for the Prince Charles Cinema screening. The screen print measures 36x24 and has an edition of 325. Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear you’ll be able to get our hands on this Hellraiser print otherwise, but that might change down the road, especially if there are any prints leftover from the screening....

Daily Podcast: Captain Marvel, Steven Spielberg, MoviePass, And More By Ben Pearson/Jan. 26, 2018 4:30 pm EST On the January 26, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by managing editor Jacob Hall and writers Hoai Tran-Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest movie news, including the truth behind the new Crocodile Dundee movie, the latest shenanigans from MoviePass, The Shining sequel gets a director, Steven Spielberg’s next two movies, the first set photos from Captain Marvel, changes to The Weinstein Company, Big Little Lies season 2’s A-list addition, and Mission: Impossible 6 gets a title and a couple of new photos....

Daily Podcast: Standalone DC Comics Stories That Should Be Movies, Daredevil, Batman, Tremors, Bad Boys 3 & More By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 24, 2017 8:30 am EST On the August 24, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by Ben Pearson and Jacob Hall to talk about the latest news including: Daredevil season 3, Lex Luthor’s role in Justice League, The Batman existing outside of the DCEU, Tremors tv series finds a director, the fate of Bad Boys 3, and how Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....

Dave Bautista Joins Sylvester Stallone In ‘Escape Plan 2’ By Jack Giroux/March 11, 2017 9:00 am EST It was a mild surprise when we learned Sylvester Stallone was going to star in an Escape Plan sequel. Mikael Håfström’s light thriller underperformed in the States, making only around $25 million, but it made over $100 million overseas. It was enough of an international hit to bring back everybody’s favorite escape artist, Ray Breslin (Stallone), back for another round....

First ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Image Reveals Sonequa Martin-Green And Michelle Yeoh By Jacob Hall/May 17, 2017 9:00 am EST With upfronts happening this week, there’s a strong chance that we’ll soon get our first proper look at footage from Star Trek: Discovery. But in the meantime, let’s just enjoy a first look at characters from the series. Specifically, a new new photo featuring Michelle Yeoh’s Captain Philippa Georgiou and Sonequa Martin-Green’s First Officer Michael Burnham has been released....

First Look At Josh Brolin As Cable In ‘Deadpool 2’ Revealed By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 7, 2017 9:20 am EST He’s no Keira Knightley, but Josh Brolin does look plenty proud as Cable in the upcoming Deadpool 2. Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool marketing machine extraordinaire, posted two first looks at a heavily scarred and cybernetically enhanced Josh Brolin as Cable on his Twitter. And true to form, he threw in a “premium Cable” joke too....

George Clooney In Talks To Helm Sci-Fi Film ‘Echo’ By Chris Evangelista/June 21, 2018 7:30 am EST George Clooney is planning his next film: a sci-fi thriller called Echo. Clooney is in early talks to helm the movie, which focuses on everyone’s two favorite things: drones and paranoia. Don’t let the title fool you: Echo is not the long-awaited sequel to Earth to Echo. Instead, it’s an adult sci-fi thriller that’s caught the eye of handsome man/actor/director George Clooney....

Harry Potter’s Childhood Home Is Now For Sale, But It’s Missing One Key Feature By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 20, 2016 6:00 am EST Before Harry Potter was whisked away to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he spent most of his childhood at Number 4 Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey, better known as the household where The Dursley family lived. Now if you happen to be looking for a new home in England, you can live in the same house (kind of)....

Is This The Origin Of The Knights Of Ren? By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 24, 2017 12:00 pm EST Here at /Film, most of us are more than casual fans of Star Wars. In addition to watching the movies, we try to absorb anything and everything regarding the Star Wars universe, and that includes the trilogy of books that began just before The Force Awakens was released in 2015. Chuck Wendig began the book series with Aftermath, continued with Aftermath: Life Debt and concluded with Aftermath: Empire’s End, which just hit shelves a few days ago....

James Cameron Wants Glasses-Free 3D For The ‘Avatar’ Sequels By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 31, 2016 9:30 am EST Earlier this year, CinemaCon brought the news that there would be a total of four Avatar sequels. Avatar 2 is supposed to hit theaters around Christmas 2018, followed by Avatar 3 in 2020, Avatar 4 in 2022, and Avatar 5 in 2023, all around the winter holiday. However, there’s no guarantee that director James Cameron will finish the movies in time to fit that schedule, especially since Avatar 2 has been pushed back for a few years ago, and one hopeful advancement in technology could be the culprit....

Joe Manganiello Sounds Less Certain About Playing Deathstroke In ‘The Batman’ Now By Ethan Anderton/March 19, 2017 11:00 am EST Development of the first standalone Batman movie featuring Ben Affleck as The Dark Knight has been somewhat difficult recently. After being attached to helm the movie for months, Ben Affleck pulled out of the project as director and has since handed off duties to Dawn of the Planet of the Apes filmmaker Matt Reeves....