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‘Lethal Weapon 5’ Might Happen Because Nothing Really Matters Anymore By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 27, 2017 12:57 pm EST It’s safe to say that the Lethal Weapon franchise has probably run its course by now, right? But Hollywood never gives up on a once-good thing. Today comes news that original Lethal Weapon team Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, and Richard Donner are working together to explore the possibility of Lethal Weapon 5, which will drag Gibson and Glover’s cops back into the action yet again....

‘Passing’ Review: Tessa Thompson And Ruth Negga Deliver Exceptional Performances In Rebecca Hall’s Directorial Debut [Sundance 2021] By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 31, 2021 2:00 pm EST Irene (Tessa Thompson) and Clare (Ruth Negga) meet in the restaurant of a posh New York hotel, spotting each other from across the room. Irene mistakes Clare for a stranger at first, but as it turns out, the women grew up together. But as Irene looks Clare over during this reunion, she can hardly believe her eyes....

‘Shrill’ Season 3 Trailer: Aidy Bryant’s Hulu Comedy Comes To An End By Ben Pearson/April 15, 2021 7:00 am EST Saturday Night Live breakout performer Aidy Bryant is back for one more season of Shrill, her Hulu comedy series that’s coming to an end after its upcoming third season. Her character Annie has improved her love life dramatically, but there’s still plenty of professional obstacles she’ll have to hurdle as the final countdown rolls on....

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 4 And ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Season 2 Debut New Trailers, Both Seasons Arrive This Year By Ben Pearson/April 5, 2021 3:00 pm EST As part of its #FirstContactDay celebration, Paramount+ has unveiled the first Star Trek Discovery season 4 trailer, which showcases some excellent new uniforms for our favorite crew members and lays out the gravity (pun absolutely intended) of what lies ahead for Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and her merry band of space pals....

‘The Boys’ Season 3 Takes The Show To The Next Level, According To Antony Starr By Danielle Ryan/June 28, 2021 11:48 am EST Starr gushed in an interview with TVLine, “Oh, my God, [Season 3] is hands down one of the most enjoyable seasons of TV I’ve had the good fortune of being involved with! I had a great time on Season 2, and I thought we did something really cool there where we took it next-level in many ways from Season 1, and really, it’s just the extension of that....

Daily Podcast: ‘Loki’ Episode One Sees The God Of Mischief Stray From The Sacred Timeline [Spoiler Discussion] By Peter Sciretta/June 9, 2021 11:05 am EST On the June 9, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by weekend editor Brad Oman to have a spoiler discussion about the new Marvel Disney+ TV Series Loki, Episode 1. In The Spoiler Room: Loki Episode 1 Brief reactions Breakdown Speculation Also mentioned: Jason Reitman’s In God We Trust short film All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm....

Daily Podcast: Thor: Love And Thunder, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Comic-Con, Transformers, Batman, And The Suicide Squad By Peter Sciretta/March 29, 2021 2:00 pm EST On the March 29, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by weekend editor Brad Oman and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and TV news, including Thor: Love and Thunder, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Comic-Con, Transformers, Batman, and The Suicide Squad....

DC League of Super-Pets Teaser Until today, DC has kept pretty tight-lipped about the “Super-Pets,” revealing only that Superman’s dog Krypto, Batman’s dog Ace the Bat-Hound, Wonder Woman’s kangaroo Jumpa, and Supergirl’s cat Streaky the Supercat all join forces to create their own lil’ pet version of the Justice League in order to fight crime. The film comes to us from writer Jared Stern (“The Lego Batman Movie,” “Green Eggs and Ham,” “The Lego Ninjago Movie”) in his co-directorial debut alongside animator Sam Levine (“Treasure Planet,” “Tarzan,” “Bolt”)....

Every Don’t Look Up Main Character Ranked Worst To Best Netflix By Liam Gaughan/Dec. 10, 2021 7:12 pm EST Adam McKay’s highly anticipated new film “Don’t Look Up” lands right in the heart of awards season, and is largely a culmination of the two sides of McKay’s career. His earlier films, which include “Anchorman,” “Talladega Nights,” “Step Brothers,” and “The Other Guys,” are silly comedies that feature outlandish premises, hilarious sight gags, and eccentric characters....

Everything We Know About The Willow Sequel Series So Far MGM/Lucasfilm By Sandy Schaefer/Nov. 2, 2021 1:32 pm EST In 1988, George Lucas and Ron Howard joined forces to create “Willow,” a fantasy adventure based on an idea Lucas came up with in the early 1970s. The film, which Howard directed and Lucas both produced and co-wrote, starred Warwick Davis (“Return of the Jedi,” the “Leprechaun” and “Harry Potter” movie franchises) as Willow Ufgood, a Nelwyn (little person) farmer and wannabe magician who is pulled into a quest to protect a Daikini (human) infant prophesied to bring about the downfall of an evil sorceress in the movie’s fantastical setting....

House Of Secrets Series Coming To Disney+ From Harry Potter Director Balzer + Bray By Shania Russell/Sept. 22, 2021 1:05 pm EST The show is based on a series of kids fantasy novels written by — you’ll never believe this — Chris Columbus! Columbus co-wrote the trilogy with the late Ned Vizzini (“Be More Chill”), beginning with the first novel in 2013 and concluding three years later. Here’s what we know about the plot of “House of Secrets....

Page 2: Charlie Brown, Teller, Jungle Book, Doctor Who, Spaceballs, GoT, Haunted Mansion, John Landis, Anchorman By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 8, 2013 3:30 pm EST Page 2 is a compilation of stories and news tidbits, which for whatever reason, didn’t make the front page of /Film. After the jump we’ve included 36 different items, fun images, videos, casting tidbits, articles of interest and more. It’s like a mystery grab bag of movie web related goodness....

By Ben Pearson/Feb. 5, 2021 8:30 am EST Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, the drummer for The Roots, made his feature directorial debut with Summer of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised), a documentary about a nearly-forgotten music festival held in Harlem in 1969. The movie was selected as one of the opening night films of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, and after earning an incredible amount of buzz there, it has now been picked up by Searchlight Pictures....

Star Wars Bits: Galaxy Of Creatures, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Mandalorian, War Of The Bounty Hunters, And More! Lucasfilm By Adam Frazier/Oct. 15, 2021 12:01 pm EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Meet Galactic Wildlife in “Star Wars Galaxy of Creatures” Kumail Nanjiani Talks About His Role in “Obi-Wan Kenobi” Carl Weathers Begins Filming Season 3 of “The Mandalorian” “Bring Home the Bounty” Products Campaign Marvel’s “War of the Bounty Hunters” Continues And More!...

Star Wars Just Revived A Classic Villain From The ’90s Dark Horse Comics By Ryan Scott/Dec. 11, 2021 11:10 am EST Heads up, “Star Wars” fans (particularly those who grew up in the ’90s) — the franchise has just revived a classic villain. It’s admittedly a small bit of information for the time being, and could be nothing more than an Easter egg. Then again, it could blossom into something more significant, depending on how Lucasfilm decides to play it....

Thai Cave Rescue Movie Will Feature The Actual Navy SEALs Recreating Their Mission National Geographic By Joshua Meyer/Sept. 14, 2021 8:55 am EST Since the Tham Luang cave rescue in 2018 (colloquially known as the “Thai cave rescue” in the Western world, because it happened in Thailand), we’ve heard rumblings of more than one movie based on the incident. Last year, came news that Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, the Oscar-winning documentary filmmakers behind “Free Solo,” were working on one such movie, which now goes by the title of “The Rescue....

The Avengers Reimagined In Fine Art Print Series From Artist Tristan Eaton By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 16, 2021 9:30 am EST Tristan Eaton’s next series of art prints is pretty super. The renowned artist, who has previously taken his unique brand of graphic art to franchises like Universal’s Monsters, now tackles Marvel’s The Avengers in a suite of six brand new silver foil prints featuring Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow, Ms....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves’ Is ’90s Entertainment Worth Revisiting By Chris Evangelista/July 7, 2020 7:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movie: Robin Hood: Prince of ThievesWhere You Can Stream It: HuluThe Pitch: It’s Robin Hood – for the ’90s! The legendary outlaw gets an origin story full of grit and nasty details – Robin Hood literally rubs horse s*** on himself at one point – but also understands how to have fun....

Tom Holland Calls ‘Spider-Man 3’ “The Most Ambitious Standalone Superhero Movie Ever Made,” While Salma Hayek Praises “Empowering” ‘Eternals’ By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 4, 2021 12:30 pm EST Tom Holland and Salma Hayek both have upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe films – Holland will appear in the third entry in the MCU’s Spider-Man series, while Hayek is a part of the ensemble for Chloé Zhao’s Eternals. Both films remain under heavy lock and key to avoid spoilers, as is the Marvel way....

Vikings: Where You Can Stream Or Buy Every Season History By Vanessa Armstrong/Sept. 3, 2021 2:50 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. (Welcome to Where to Watch, which provides a clear and simple answer to the question, “Hey, where can I watch this thing?” In this edition: “Vikings.”) The History Channel series “Vikings” is — you guessed it — about Vikings. The show is a drama with political intrigue and other Viking things like waging wars and exploring new places, and it focuses on Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel) and his wife, Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick), a Viking couple that end up having lives that go beyond their expectations of simply farming their land....