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What is The Peripheral? Created by Scott B. Smith, The Peripheral is described as a “dazzling, hallucinatory glimpse into the fate of mankind — and what lies beyond.” The upcoming series from Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s Kilter Films promises to be a wild cyberpunk ride. Gibson is the father of the science-fiction sub-genre which explores transhumanism, artificial intelligence, and cyberspace. The novel follows Flynne Fisher (Moretz), who lives in a small town in rural America where she takes care of her chronically ill mother and can’t quite hold down a job....

Belfast Review: Kenneth Branagh’s Drama Is Funny And Sweet And Missing Something [TIFF 2021] Focus Features By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 13, 2021 4:12 pm EST “Belfast” is often a charming and lovely film. The characters are kind and heartfelt, played by talented actors who bring their all to the roles. The black and white cinematography, with touches of color, courtesy of Haris Zambarloukos, is gorgeous and clean. There’s a sense of humor to the whole thing that can be quite funny....

Cool Stuff: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Series 2 Loot Crates With Exclusive Figures By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 23, 2021 6:00 am EST Following a sold out run on their first collaboration, Loot Crate and NECA are reteaming for a second series of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles collectibles, including a wave of new action figures inspired by the movies, animated series, video games and comic books. There are four total new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Loot Crates available for pre-order, each with an exclusive figure, and if you pre-order all four of them, you’ll get a totally tubular fifth bonus figure....

Daily Podcast: What If…? Episode 3 Crafts An MCU Murder Mystery Disney+ On the August 25, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by senior writer and weekend editor Brad Oman to have a spoiler-filled discussion about the third episode of Marvel’s “What If…?” Opening Banter: In The Spoiler Room: “What If…The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?” Feedback “I’m surprised no one talked about the other effect this timeline had on Thanos shown in this episode....

Dept. H Comic Getting Movie Adaptation From Paradise Hills Director Alice Waddington Alfa Pictures By Ben Pearson/Sept. 28, 2021 5:01 pm EST Alice Waddington, who directed the stylish 2019 indie film “Paradise Hills,” has been hired by Netflix to direct a movie adaptation of the Dark Horse comic series “Dept. H.” Screenwriter T.S. Nowlin, who wrote “The Maze Runner” movies and was a co-writer on “Pacific Rim Uprising,” wrote the screenplay, and Dark Horse Entertainment’s Mike Richardson, Keith Goldberg, and Paul Schwake will produce the movie adaptation....

Dune Director Denis Villeneuve Is Not A Fan Of Post-Credit Scenes, Says Theatrical Release Is His Cut Warner Bros. By Jeremy Mathai/Oct. 22, 2021 1:32 pm EST If there’s one indisputably positive result that the Marvel Cinematic Universe can be held responsible for, it’s the fact that these superhero movies have successfully trained audiences to sit through several minutes of lengthy credits after the final cut to black. Not everyone actually pays attention to the names of the invaluable crew members who poured blood, sweat, and tears into the entertainment we all take for granted, sure, but it’s something at least!...

HBO Renews ‘The White Lotus’ For A Second Season With A New Getaway By Shania Russell/Aug. 10, 2021 1:23 pm EST HBO is booking an extended stay at The White Lotus — and renewing the show for a season 2! This might just be an attempt to finally get into that Pineapple suite, but who can blame them? On some level, a second season of The White Lotus was inevitable. Since premiering last month, the series has received plenty of critical acclaim and online chatter to boot....

Here’s Where You Can Stream Or Buy Every Season Of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia FX By Danielle Ryan/Dec. 4, 2021 10:15 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Season 15 of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” just debuted, and this season looks like it will reflect heavily on the series’ past. Fans who haven’t seen all of the fourteen previous seasons might want to catch up and learn the history of some of the gang’s best gags, so we’ve put together a little primer on everywhere you can watch the entirety of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” save the newest episodes....

Kathleen Kennedy Renews Lucasfilm Contract Through 2024 Disney By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 16, 2021 11:42 am EST Buckle up for this one, folks. You’re not going to believe it, but sometimes — read: most of the time — the angry YouTubers are wrong. Despite a cottage industry of sorts springing up and revolving around YouTube accounts who have eagerly anticipated Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy’s supposedly imminent firing for several years now, reports have come in that her contract has actually been renewed for another three years....

Of Death and Daughters Eon Productions James Bond is dead. But James Bond will return. “No Time to Die” makes the unprecedented move of having Craig’s Bond go out in a hail of missiles. When it happens, he’s alone on an island, much like Luke Skywalker in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” a reference that is sure to engender no ill will from any fans or Russian trolls of the kind a Cold War relic like Bond might fight....

Rick And Morty Season 6: Everything We Know So Far Adult Swim By Ryan Leston/Nov. 10, 2021 6:56 pm EST It’s time to get schwifty — “Rick and Morty” Season 6 is officially on its way, with creators Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland hard at work on the next batch of episodes. The animated sci-fi series has become a major hit since its debut in 2013 and fans are clamoring for their next hit of wacky sci-fi action....

Robert Rodriguez Strikes A First-Look Deal With HBO Max And HBO By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 12, 2021 8:35 am EST Robert Rodriguez, the filmmaker behind the likes of Desperado, Spy Kids, Sin City, Machete, and Alita: Battle Angel, is getting comfortable at HBO Max and HBO with a first-look deal for future series to be developed for either streaming or cable. And it sounds like he might be reaching into the library of intellectual property owned by WarnerMedia....

Squid Game Season 2: Potential Focus Would Be On The Police, Director Says Netflix By Jeff Ewing/Oct. 4, 2021 3:54 pm EST The nine-episode thriller “Squid Game” has swept the globe, quickly becoming the rhetorical talk of the international town and one of Netflix’s most-watched shows of all time. Hwang Dong-hyuk’s series dropped in mid-September, but its surprising success has provoked surprise, admiration, and even Halloween costume suggestions the world over....

That ‘ALF’ Reboot Is No Longer Happening By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 12, 2018 11:30 am EST Sorry, everyone. ALF is dead. The reboot, that is. The actual ALF is a puppet, so he was never alive to begin with. Earlier this year, we learned that an ALF reboot would bring everyone’s favorite cat-eating alien back to the boob tube, but apparently, that idea has been nixed. Perhaps the powers that be had a meeting and realized that the earth would still continue to turn even if we didn’t have an ALF reboot....

The Power of the Dog Netflix Now Streaming on Netflix Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” is one of the best films of the year, a stark, quiet, often disturbing story that plays its cards extremely close to the vest. This is the type of film where you don’t really know what’s going on until the final frames, and it can be very difficult to pull that sort of thing off....

The Daily Stream: The Rurouni Kenshin Trilogy Brings The Western-Samurai Dynamic Full Circle C&I Entertainment By Hoai-Tran Bui/Aug. 24, 2021 4:52 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Movies: Rurouni Kenshin Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3 Where You Can Stream It: Funimation The Pitch: A former assassin nicknamed Hitokiri Battosai lays down his sword after committing countless atrocities during the Bakumatsu war and vows to never kill again....

Weekend Box Office: ‘The Suicide Squad’ Couldn’t Defeat The Threat Of The Delta Variant By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 9, 2021 6:59 am EST We’re still in the midst of a raging pandemic, as evidenced by the rise of Delta variant cases. That might seem like stating the obvious at this point, but it remains a crucial bit of context worth emphasizing at a time when too many box office prognosticators seem intent on downplaying or ignoring reality altogether....

By Vanessa Armstrong/Oct. 20, 2021 8:35 am EST Check it out below: A peek behind the scenes 😲 @TheWheelOfTime premieres November 19th! pic.twitter.com/4ypRpXMcHV It’s a short video, yes, but it’s sure to make fans of the Robert Jordan books the show is based on excited, and newcomers to “The Wheel of Time” world eager to see more of the series’ first season. A Show That’s ‘Emotional and Intangible’ The video, for example, gives us a look behind the camera to see how the show created some of the magical effects, particularly around Moiraine’s powers....

You Can Buy The Conjuring House For $1.2 Million, But It’s Probably Not A Good Idea Warner Brothers By BJ Colangelo/Sept. 27, 2021 3:32 pm EST In the state of the current housing bubble, finding your dream home is a lot harder than it used to be. That is, unless you’re in the market for a house that comes with its own set of otherworldly roommates. The site of the haunting that inspired James Wan’s 2013 film “The Conjuring” is currently on the market for $1....

‘Luca’ Honest Trailer: Pixar Brings Us Cartoon Fish Boy Summer By Ethan Anderton/July 7, 2021 6:00 am EST Pixar’s new movie Luca (now streaming on Disney+) is a deceptively simple coming-of-age adventure in the Italian Riviera, but that’s partially what makes this delightful movie about blossoming summer friendships so magnificent. Even the Luca Honest Trailer doesn’t have too much to nitpick about, even though they do point out that the fish friends played by Jacob Tremblay and Jack Dylan Grazer essentially commit murder and genocide throughout the film....