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‘Top Gun 2’ Will Not Be A Movie About Drones, ‘Alien: Covenant’ Sequel Will Be More About AI Than Aliens By Ben Pearson/Oct. 9, 2017 4:30 pm EST Before his death in 2012, director Tony Scott promised Top Gun 2 would be “a very different movie” from the 1986 original and hinted at the idea of involving drones in the high-flying sequel. In the subsequent years, the project has undergone numerous rewrites – so much so that it seems the drone idea has been scrapped altogether....

Daily Podcast: Will Black Panther Get Oscar Recognition? Ant-Man, Skyscraper, MoviePass, Snowpiercer, Top Gun 2, Westworld And A Quiet Place 2 By Peter Sciretta/July 3, 2018 5:30 pm EST On the July 3, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to talk about the latest news, including: Sonic the Hedgehog casting, Ant-Man and the Wasp and Skyscraper box office tracking, Black Panther awards odds, Snowpiercer tv series, A Quiet Place 2, and Westworld....

Exclusive: Aaron Sorkin On The Hustle And Bustle Of Directing ‘Molly’s Game’ [Video] By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 26, 2018 10:30 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Last year, The West Wing and The Social Network writer Aaron Sorkin made his directorial debut with the true story of Molly’s Game. Based on the memoir of the same name by Molly Bloom and adapted by Sorkin himself, the film follows a young woman as she goes from an Olympic athlete to running an exclusive high-stakes private poker game catering to Hollywood’s finest, athletes, billionaires, politicians, and financial titans....

Here’s Where You Can Watch Star Wars Celebration Live By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 13, 2017 7:53 am EST For eager fans of Star Wars, the Star Wars Celebration convention is a haven of pop culture news and geekdom. This is where Lucasfilm and Disney debut new footage of upcoming movies and television series (along with panels covering all kinds of minutiae related to the saga), making it one of the most anticipated pop culture events of the year....

How Steven Spielberg Saved The ‘Child’s Play’ Franchise By Chris Evangelista/July 13, 2018 4:30 pm EST Powerful filmmaker and confirmed mensch Steven Spielberg has a long list of credits to his name. But what you might not have known is that the man had a hand in saving the Child’s Play franchise from oblivion. That’s right – Spielberg saved Chucky. The Child’s Play franchise has been making headlines recently. MGM announced they were going to move ahead with an ill-advised remake, while original Child’s Play creators David Kirschner and Don Mancini announced they were going to keep making their own in-continuity sequels (and a TV show)....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 28, 2018 11:01 am EST Update 6/28/2018: Today, Laika announced that Missing Link will be released in theaters by U.S. distributor Annapurna Pictures on Friday, April 19, 2019. Our original article from May 8 follows:Laika, the critically acclaimed animation studio behind hits like Coraline and Kubo and the Two Strings, has announced the release date for its next highly anticipated film. Laika’s fifth film is Missing Link, an adventure movie about an investigator of mythical creatures who embarks on a journey to find the legendary “missing link” to mankind’s primitive ancestry....

Rick Moranis And Dave Thomas Are Returning As Bob & Doug McKenzie In July By Ethan Anderton/June 1, 2017 12:30 pm EST Rick Moranis doesn’t think of himself as retired, but with has last feature film performance being a voice in the 2003 animated feature Brother Bear (followed by a straight to video sequel), the Ghostbusters and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids star has certainly been out of the limelight for a long time now....

Showtime Hasn’t Asked David Lynch For Another Season Of Twin Peaks, But There’s Still Hope [TCA 2018] By Fred Topel/Jan. 7, 2018 1:00 pm EST Showtime President David Nevins spoke with the Television Critics Association this weekend and inevitably he was pressed for Twin Peaks news by the reporters in attendance. Unfortunately, Nevins said he has not asked David Lynch about another season at all. But that doesn’t mean it won’t happen....

By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 12, 2017 2:30 pm EST Steven Spielberg shows no signs of slowing down. The 70-year-old filmmaker will be delivering the excellent The Post to theaters this month and releasing his pop culture extravaganza Ready Player One in 2018. But just because Spielberg seems to be constantly plowing ahead into the future, that doesn’t mean we can’t stop and reflect on his past. Two new revealing bits of info from the director’s past detail revelations from former projects, including the time he saved Gremlins and when he got yelled at by Kathleen Kennedy on the set of E....

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: LEGO Batman Movie Trailer Tomorrow, Taylor Swift As Deadpool & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 1, 2016 5:30 pm EST Taylor Swift was Deadpool for Halloween, and Ryan Reynolds helped her find the highest quality costume. The cast of the DC TV four-series crossover on The CW talks about the alien invasion coming to their universe. Jeffrey Dean Morgan talks a bit more about what his Flashpoint Batman would be like on the big screen....

The Morning Watch: How Do ‘Westworld’ Bullets Work, Bruce Wayne’s Thanksgiving & More By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 20, 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, find out how the visual effects wizards behind Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets created the massive city of Alpha....

Watch the Douglas Adams Doctor Who Episode Trailer “‘Shada’ was one of my favorite ‘Doctor Who’ stories. I have many fond memories of shooting the location scenes in Cambridge, and it was disappointing not to finish the story in studio. I’m so glad that BBC Worldwide [has] found a way to bring fans a complete visual version,” Baker said with the release of the trailer, which combines the old footage with the new animation by Charles Norton....

Video: See The ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2’ IMAX Ratio Difference By Peter Sciretta/April 27, 2017 9:00 am EST The best way to experience Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is probably in IMAX. Filmmaker James Gunn designed a good portion of the movie to include an expanded aspect ratio. In those sequences, the picture expands to fill the full IMAX screen, allowing moviegoers to see 26% more of the image than standard theaters....

Watch: Lightning McQueen Gets His Own ESPN ‘30 For 30’ Documentary Short By Ethan Anderton/June 16, 2017 12:30 pm EST The time has come for Lightning McQueen to prove whether he still has some race left in him in Pixar Animation’s sequel, Cars 3. The next chapter in the racer’s story sees his career on the verge of ending as Jackson Storm and a whole crew of high-tech race cars enter the fray, leaving him as the resident old man on the track....

By Blake Harris/June 27, 2017 10:00 am EST Set in the ’90s, Play by Play centers on a 14-year-old wannabe athlete named Pete Hickey (played by Reid Miller) and his herculean quest to find relevance as a freshman in high school. For anyone who’s survived high school, this challenge is all too familiar; but there’s one thing — even more powerful than living in his older brother’s shadow or his younger’s sister warpath — that put Pete’s journey into perilous territory: his freshman class is the school’s first to welcome girls....

Why Netflix Was The Only Place To Make Scorsese’s ‘The Irishman’, According To Robert De Niro By Ben Pearson/Aug. 21, 2017 4:30 pm EST Martin Scorsese’s upcoming gangster movie The Irishman has traveled a long and difficult road toward production, but it’s finally come together at Netflix. The film will star heavy hitters like Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, Ray Romano, and Bobby Cannavale, and it features digital de-aging techniques that will allow those actors to play characters across multiple decades....

‘A Series Of Unfortunate Events’ Season 2 Announced Via Coded Video By Peter Sciretta/March 13, 2017 10:30 am EST Netflix has confirmed that A Series of Unfortunate Events will return for a second season. The confirmation/announcement comes via a strange video released by Netflix that included a code leading fans to message from Lemony Snicket on a website. Learn more details about A Series of Unfortunate Events season 2 after the jump....

‘Are You Afraid Of The Dark?’ Will Open In 2019 [Updated] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 6, 2017 1:50 am EST Update: Paramount has announced that Are You Afraid of the Dark? will open on October 11, 2019. Gary Dauberman is still writing the screenplay and producing alongside Matt Kaplan. Our original article follows below. You’re only a ’90s kid if you remember being scared out of your mind by reruns of Are You Afraid of the Dark?...

‘Black Mirror’ Season 4 Trailers: Charlie Brooker’s Anthology Series Is Back And As Disturbing As Ever By Ben Pearson/Nov. 27, 2017 8:30 am EST In addition to being one of the most gorgeously shot shows on television, Charlie Brooker’s science fiction anthology series Black Mirror is also one of the most disturbing: its episodes are often punishingly bleak, bringing its audience to the brink of despair while offering searing commentary on our relationship with (and dependence on) technology....

‘Bright’ Featurette: Will Smith And Joel Edgerton Give A Peek At The Fairy Tale Buddy-Cop Movie By Hoai-Tran Bui/Oct. 18, 2017 10:30 am EST After a detour into the superhero genre, David Ayer is back to making gritty cop dramas — but with a twist. The End of Watch director brought some of his Suicide Squad stars on board for his Netflix film Bright, which combines Ayer’s buddy-cop sensibilities with some of the supernatural elements he played with in his DCEU film....