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The Best Slashers Turning 40 This Year Paramount Pictures By Joe Lipsett/Sept. 29, 2021 5:13 pm EST There’s no consensus about the origin of the slasher film. “Halloween,” which came out in 1978, perfected the tropes, though 1974’s “Black Christmas” came first. Many genre purists will point to 1960’s one-two punch of “Psycho” and “Peeping Tom” as the beginning of the genre. However, regardless of how it started, the horror subgenre truly hit its stride in 1980 and 1981, when virtually every horror film aimed to capitalize on the financial success of 1980’s “Friday the 13th....

The Lonely Island Is Going On Tour For The First Time Ever By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 20, 2019 12:30 pm EST Oh s***! Get your towels ready It’s about to go down! It’s been 10 years since the comedy group known as The Lonely Island debuted their first album, Incredibad. Now, comedians Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone and Akiva Shaffer are celebrating the anniversary in the most epic way possible: a two week tour in select cities throughout the East Coast and Midwest....

Silence (2016) When it comes to filmmaking, Martin Scorsese is perhaps the most highly respected master of the craft working today. If anything, Silence is a reverse crossover, reaching across the aisle to religious viewers from the mainstream, where it already sits well-regarded. With Scorsese being a pre-seminary drop-out (like yours truly) whose last film before this was The Wolf of Wall Street (The New York Times called him “a grandmaster of the profane”), staunch conservatives are likely to see the director himself as an apostate, much like the film’s main character, Rodriguez....

Warner Bros. Changed ‘Tenet’ Logo To Avoid Confusion With A Bicycle Components Company By Ethan Anderton/May 24, 2020 9:00 am EST When the first trailer for Christopher Nolan’s new film Tenet came along, it arrived with a simple, slick title logo that inverted the last two letters in the title, referencing the “time inversion” that’s at the center of the movie’s plot. However, that logo looks almost exactly the same as one used by a bicycle components company based out of Washington, and since they were first on the scene with the logo design, Warner Bros....

Will There Be A Raya And The Last Dragon Sequel? Here’s What We Know Disney By Lyvie Scott/Dec. 6, 2021 11:38 am EST With “Raya and the Last Dragon,” Disney continued its push towards more diverse stories across the company’s many franchises and studios. The film follows the titular heroine on a quest to reunite her land against a ravaging plague with the help of the world’s last living dragon. It stood out as a striking celebration of the South Asian cultures that are usually excluded from mainstream media, and utilized much diversity behind the scenes with screenwriters Adele Lim (“Crazy Rich Asians”) and Qui Nguyen, as well as an all-Asian cast....

‘Attack On Titan’ Isn’t Just A Great TV Show – It’s The Perfect Introduction To Anime For A Newbie By Rafael Motamayor/July 4, 2019 9:00 am EST (Welcome to Ani-time Ani-where, a regular column dedicated to helping the uninitiated understand and appreciate the world of anime.)It’s been six years since the anime adaptation of Hajime Isayama’s Attack on Titan first aired and despite the countless side and main characters who have been brutally killed, and the world-shattering revelations we’ve experienced, it feels like the story is just getting started....

‘Blackcoat’s Daughter’ Director Oz Perkins To Helm ‘Gretel And Hansel’ By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 14, 2018 9:30 am EST Oz Perkins, who helmed the disturbing slow-burn horror films The Blackcoat’s Daughter and I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House, is setting his sights on a fairy tale. The filmmaker will direct Gretel and Hansel, an adaptation of the famous Brothers Grimm fable about a pair of siblings dealing with a very hungry witch....

‘Bloodthirsty’ Director Amelia Moses On Avoiding Common Werewolf Tropes And Subverting The Genre [Interview] By Kalyn Corrigan/April 22, 2021 9:00 am EST The werewolf forfeits its feral nature in the name of societal niceties. Three nights out of the month, authenticity peeks its shy head out from under the guise of a human exterior, but most of the time, a werewolf wears a mask, suppressing the more callous urges within. But what if, in order to achieve the impossible, one must give in to their darkest desires?...

‘Gemini Man’ Director Ang Lee On 120 Frames Per Second And Staying Edgy [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Oct. 11, 2019 8:00 am EST Gemini Man is a globetrotting 3D action movie with assassins, motorcycle chases, and that emphasizes the value of life, so it’s no surprise that it’s directed by Ang Lee. The visionary director behind Life of Pi and Brokeback Mountain once again pushes the envelope with his high-frame-rate and Will Smith-headlined cinematic experiment....

‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Celebrates “Ghostbusters Day” With New Character Reveals And One Spooky (Probably Haunted) Farmhouse By Marisa Mirabal/June 8, 2021 7:36 pm EST The Ghostbusters franchise creates phantoms that come with more fun than fear, its charm embedded within quirky characters, zany ghosts, and plenty of comical one-liners. The original film was directed by Ivan Reitman and released nearly 40 years ago, but like ghosts, this series keeps coming back. Continuing to keep ghosts (and ghostbusters) in the family, director Jason Reitman is following in his own father’s footsteps with the newest film in the franchise, Ghostbusters: Afterlife....

‘Jupiter’s Legacy’ Teaser: The Netflix Superhero Series From Mark Millar Arrives In May By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 23, 2021 8:00 am EST Back in the summer of 2018, comic creator Mark Millar struck a deal with Netflix to turn several titles from his Millarworld brand into movies and TV shows for the streaming service, and the first one will finally arrive this year. Jupiter’s Legacy is a new superhero series based on the comic of the same name from Millar and illustrator Frank Quitely....

‘MacGruber’ TV Series To Explode Over At The Peacock Streaming Service By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 16, 2020 10:58 am EST MacGruber is coming back to TV. A MacGruber TV series with original star Will Forte is setting up shop at Peacock, the upcoming NBCUniversal streaming service. A MacGruber series was first mentioned as a possibility last year, with news that the film’s director Jorma Taccone had pitched a potential TV adaptation to potential networks and streamers....

‘Prime Time’ Review: A Tense Polish Thriller That Holds The Viewer Hostage [Sundance 2021] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 10, 2021 12:00 pm EST Ever since Peter Finch stormed in front of the TV studio cameras to declare that he’s mad as hell and not going to take it anymore, people — fictional or otherwise — have held a kind of twisted fascination with the parasitic relationship between broadcast television and its viewers....

‘Uprising’: ‘Bumblebee’ Director Travis Knight To Direct Vampire Action Thriller For Netflix By Ben Pearson/May 17, 2021 2:30 pm EST Deadline reports that Knight is attached to direct Uprising, which “is set after a global viral outbreak turns people into vampires and follows CIA agent Lauren Webb, who works against the clock to uncover the truth behind a growing uprising that threatens to wipe out humanity.” It’s based on the book from Raymond Villareal, a practicing attorney in Texas who broke out with this debut novel, a sprawling oral history about the bizarre aftermath of a pandemic (and lest you think this is another book that was rushed to capitalize on the defining topic of the past year, this was first published back in 2018)....

Daily Podcast: History Of Marvel Studios Trivia & Eternals Early Reactions Marvel By Ben Pearson/Oct. 20, 2021 5:54 pm EST On the October 20, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by senior writer Brad Oman to talk about the latest film and TV news, including Marvel Studios and Eternals. Opening Banter: Peter thanks Brad. In the News: Brad plugs some news stories to come out of the Marvel Studios book Brad: Marvel Studios Pushes Back Entire 2022 Slate, Indiana Jones 5 Delayed Almost A Full Year Brad: ​​The Marvels Director Nia DaCosta Blames Captain America For The Snap Brad (og Lex): Eternals Early Buzz: A Sprawling, Sweeping Superhero Movie Unlike Any Other — Or A Complicated Mess All the other stuff you need to know: Also mentioned: All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm....

David Fincher’s Voir Trailer: Take A Tour Of Film History With A Bunch Of Experts Netflix By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 11, 2021 1:03 pm EST Netflix has become one of the leading platforms in delivering movies and shows to mass audiences, giving a platform to storytellers from underserved backgrounds and providing accessibility on a mass scale. That said, the streaming giant hasn’t been able to escape (very justified) criticisms of how exactly they’ve chosen to do business....

What Is Harlem About? Prime Video It’s a familiar premise with a much-needed update. Four best friends living in the NYC neighborhood of Harlem navigate the complexities of their 30s, which includes romantic troubles, challenging career prospects, and the general cacophony of living in the city. There’s Camille, an adjunct anthropology professor at Columbia who specializes in dating practices across cultures, but can’t seem to figure out her own love life....

Hawkeye Comic Writer Matt Fraction Was Involved ‘Throughout The Process’ Of The Disney+ Show Marvel Studios By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 16, 2021 9:43 am EST The Marvel Cinematic Universe owes an immense debt of gratitude towards the original comic book writers and artists responsible for the work that Kevin Feige and his creative team have adapted. They were the ones, of course, who first introduced so many of the concepts and characters that have since gone on to enjoy incredible success worldwide on the big screen....

HBO’s The Last Of Us Will Completely Transform A Small Canadian Town For A Key Game Location Naughty Dog By Eric Vespe/Nov. 4, 2021 11:20 am EST HBO’s stab at finally (FINALLY) making a legitimately good video game adaptation is well underway as the crew of “The Last of Us” continues its trek across Alberta, Canada. And it looks like they may have found their perfect location to represent Jackson, Wyoming, a key post-apocalypse haven for “the good guys” in both the first and second game....

Here’s When You Can Watch No Time To Die At Home United Artists Releasing By BJ Colangelo/Nov. 8, 2021 3:15 pm EST Second only to everyone’s favorite kaiju, “Godzilla,” the “James Bond” franchise is Hollywood’s longest-running cinematic franchise, beginning with 1962’s “Dr. No.” For nearly six decades, Sean Connery, David Niven, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig have all played the titular super spy, with the latter recently starring in his final “Bond” film, “No Time To Die....