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‘Monument Valley’ Movie Coming From Oscar-Winning Director Of Disney’s ‘Feast’ By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 22, 2018 10:39 am EST Paramount is looking to turn the visually stunning mobile game Monument Valley into a movie, and they’ve hired director Patrick Osborne to get the job done. Osborne helmed Feast, an animated Disney short that won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. Monument Valley is a surreal game loaded with optical illusions, so it will no doubt make for an aesthetically pleasing film....

‘New Mutants’ Trailer: The Superhero Movie Heads Into Horror By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 13, 2017 5:17 am EST “This isn’t a hospital, it’s a haunted house!” Directed by Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars), New Mutants boasts an all-star cast of talented rising actors including Game of Thrones’ Maisie Williams, The Witch’s Anya Taylor-Joy, and Stranger Things’ Charlie Heaton. But it won’t be your standard superhero flick of the month — Boone promises a claustrophic, horror-inspired spin-off film centered around some of the lesser known X-Men characters....

‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’: Six-Minute Supercut Combines All The Footage Released So Far By Angie Han/Oct. 14, 2016 2:35 pm EST Earlier this week Disney released the third and final trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and they really made it count. The latest promo was jam-packed with tons of new footage, including our first real look at Galen Erso (Mads Mikkelsen) in action and more material involving Darth Vader....

‘The Fate Of The Furious’ Could Make $280 Million Worldwide This Weekend By Jack Giroux/April 12, 2017 1:30 pm EST The Fate of the Furious is a disappointing setback for the series, but as you all probably know, it’s still on its way to another massive opening weekend at the box-office. While box-office analysts don’t see it surpassing Furious 7’s opening in the United States, director F. Gary Gray’s sequel is expected to land somewhere between $110 million to $125 million....

‘The Shape Of Water’ Red Band Trailer: An Up Close And Personal Look At The Creature By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 14, 2017 7:30 am EST The master filmmaker’s poetic, lush The Shape of Water made waves at the Toronto International Film Festival and Venice Film Festival, and its enchanting first trailer piqued many fans’ interest in Del Toro’s Cold War-set story. But Doug Jones’ fish creature was mostly shrouded in mystery next to Sally Hawkins’ lab worker Elisa....

‘Tim And Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!’ Sets 10th Anniversary Special, ‘Bedtime Stories’ Coming Back Too By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 11, 2017 5:30 am EST Earlier this year, we heard about a North American tour to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, the wacky, insane Adult Swim series starring Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim. But for those of you who weren’t lucky enough to catch the tour before it ended in Los Angeles last night, you’ll still get a chance to celebrate 10 years of Tim and Eric....

A ‘Blade Runner’ Anime Is Coming From The Director Of ‘Cowboy Bebop’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 15, 2017 4:30 pm EST With the long-awaited sequel, Blade Runner 2049, soon to hit theaters, indubitably the question will be raised of what happened in the years that passed between the two films. While other franchises have taken to comic books or novelizations to fill in the holes, Blade Runner will release an anime, helmed by the director of Cowboy Bebop....

Cool Stuff: Star Wars, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Stranger Things, Elm Street, Batman, Planet Of The Apes By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 17, 2017 7:00 am EST Cool Stuff is your geekarific Holiday shopping guide published all year round. In today’s edition of Cool Stuff we’ll take a look at Hasbro’s Star Wars Black Series Poe Dameron Electronic Helmet, Funko’s Guardians of the Galaxy pin mate figures, A cool Stranger Things screenprint from MB, an illustrated A Nightmare on Elm Street t-shirt, Hot Toys’ Batman sixth scale figure from Suicide Squad, Ape Meets Girls’ Planet of the Apes screenprint and more....

Daily Podcast: Favorite Journalism Movies, Star Wars, Downsizing, Del Toro, Don’t Breathe, Ingrid Goes West By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 1, 2017 8:30 am EST In The Water Cooler: In the News: In The Mailbag: Jacob Chandler writes in, “I am a huge fan of the podcast. I love listening to you guys every day on my way to school. I am currently going to the University of Southern Mississippi with a study in Mass Communication and Journalism....

Daily Podcast: HUGE Star Wars Movie News, And Our Cloverfield Paradox Review/Reactions By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 6, 2018 3:30 pm EST On the February 6, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about the big news: Game of Thrones creators are making a series of Star Wars films....

Daily Podcast: Michael Bay’s Lobo, Masters Of The Universe, Facebook TV, Solo, Alex Garland & Disney Streaming By Peter Sciretta/Feb. 9, 2018 5:00 pm EST On the February 9, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, and writer Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest news, including Lobo movie gets a director, Master of the Universe loses a director, Facebook’s new tv series, Solo tidbits, Alex Garland’s next project is s tv series, and Disney’s streaming service announces their debut line-up....

How The ‘American Werewolf’ Remake Differs From The Original, According To Max Landis By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 12, 2017 3:30 pm EST Whether we like or not (we don’t), there’s going to be a remake of John Landis’ horror-comedy classic An American Werewolf in London. But unlike most other remakes, this one is going to stay in the family: John Landis’ son Max Landis is penning the screenplay. The younger Landis took to his Twitter account to provide a a brief update on his American Werewolf remake, and reveal how it differs from his father’s original....

Marvel Trying To Convince Disney To Re-Hire James Gunn For ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3’ By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 9, 2018 12:03 pm EST Another day, another detail regarding the uncertain status of director James Gunn and the future of the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise that he shepherded to success. And this one at least has some semblance of hope. There are currently “back channel conversations” happening between Marvel Studios and The Walt Disney Company as the comic book movie studio tries to convince the House of Mouse to hire back James Gunn as the director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....

MoviePass Drops Prices To An Even Lower $6.95 A Month: What Is Their Business Strategy? By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 23, 2018 11:30 am EST What is MoviePass’ business model? Is it getting a portion of the theaters’ box office or concessions income? Is it partnering with studios to promote their films? Or is it using its growing subscriber base as leverage in an ongoing revenue war against theater chains? Whatever their strategy is, it doesn’t seem to making MoviePass much money in the long run....

Netflix Announces ‘The King’ Cast, Including Ben Mendelsohn, Robert Pattinson, And More By Ben Pearson/May 31, 2018 4:00 pm EST A Netflix press release informs us that production will be underway in the next 24 hours on The King, a new movie inspired by elements of William Shakespeare’s historical plays Henry IV and Henry V. For those who aren’t up to snuff when it comes to Shakespeare (that admittedly includes myself), those plays tell the historical story of a young Henry V, a prince who hangs out with lowlifes but eventually ascends to the throne....

New Sacha Baron Cohen Comedy Interview Series In The Works At Showtime By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 6, 2018 11:30 am EST Sacha Baron Cohen’s cryptic hints at a new project might have been revealed. The actor/comedian is in talks with Showtime to star in a new comedy interview series — a return to the type of show that first rocketed him to fame.Variety reports that Showtime is negotiating with Baron Cohen to make an illustrious return to TV....

Ryan Reynolds Is Still Trying To Convince Hugh Jackman To Make A Deadpool/Wolverine Movie By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 3, 2018 2:00 pm EST Ryan Reynolds is on a mission: to give us the Deadpool Wolverine movie we’ve all been waiting for. Okay, maybe Reynolds is the only one waiting for it, but that won’t stop him from trying to persuade Hugh Jackman to come out of X-retirement and don the adamantium claws once again....

The Morning Watch: Solar Eclipses On Film & TV, Making Of ‘Guardians Inferno’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 21, 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, on this day that a total eclipse of the heart sun will be seen in certain parts of the world, take a look at the history of eclipses in film and television....

There Might Never Be Another Season Of ‘Fargo’ By Jack Giroux/May 28, 2017 9:00 am EST Noah Hawley doesn’t know if he’ll make another season of Fargo. He’s said so himself in the past. When he’s working on a season of the acclaimed FX series, he’s not thinking about the future. Hawley is telling one story at a time. If he has another story to tell, he’ll tell it, but he’s in no hurry....

Watch /Film’s Peter Sciretta Talk About The ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Trailer At Star Wars Celebration By Jacob Hall/April 14, 2017 11:17 am EST For the discussion, Peter was joined by Eric Vespe of Ain’t It Cool, Germain Lussier of io9, and Michelle Buchman from Nerdist. Their discussion got off to a slightly chaotic (and very amusing) start, with Finn himself, John Boyega, crashing the stage and taking over as they were analyzing the very first shot....