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‘A Christmas Story 2’ Is A Lump Of Coal In Moving Picture Form By Rob Hunter/Dec. 25, 2018 7:00 am EST (Welcome to DTV Descent, a series that explores the weird and wild world of direct-to-video sequels to theatrically released movies. In this edition, we chug some leftover eggnog while unwrapping the sequel to the best and most quotable Christmas movie of all time!) We’re in the back half of December, and I’m once again visiting DTV sequels to popular Christmas movie favorites....

By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 18, 2018 9:35 am EST Update: The Hollywood Reporter says NBC has given a formal pilot order to this still-untitled show, and some new details about the plot have come to light. Those new details can be found at the bottom of our original article from October 2017, which begins below. Plans for Bad Boys 3 may have stalled, but there’s may still be some more action yet in the form of a new Bad Boys TV spin-off....

‘Clarice’ Trailer: The Silence Is Over In This ‘Silence Of The Lambs’ Sequel Series By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 8, 2021 11:30 am EST A new Clarice trailer dropped during the Super Bowl over the weekend, and it’s a trailer that’s practically screaming, “HEY, REMEMBER SILENCE OF THE LAMBS?!” in all caps. The trailer has Rebecca Breeds as FBI Agent Clarice Starling recounting her traumatic childhood story of trying to save a lamb from slaughter, and even goes ahead and throws in a quick shot recreating the Silence of the Lambs poster, where a moth perches right on Clarice’s lips....

‘Kandisha’ Trailer: ‘Inside’ Directors Julien Maury And Alexandre Bustillo Bring Demonic Folklore Horror To Shudder By Chris Evangelista/July 12, 2021 2:48 pm EST Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, the filmmakers behind the New French Extremity horror movie Inside, are headed to streaming service Shudder with Kandisha. Described as a tale of “demonic folklore horror,” the story follows a young woman who summons up a vengeful demon to go after her abusive ex....

‘Revenge’ Trailer: You Probably Shouldn’t Mess With Matilda Lutz By Ethan Anderton/March 30, 2018 11:30 am EST There have been plenty of badass women on the big screen lately. Whether it’s the inspiring fantasy and sci-fi heroines of Wonder Woman and Star Wars: The Last Jedi, or the bloody, tough ladies of Atomic Blonde and Sicario, there are plenty of female protagonists to admire. But a new female-led revenge thriller from the festival circuit looks to get even more bloody and even more badass....

‘Rustin’: ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ Director George C. Wolfe Directing Netflix Movie About Civil Rights Activist Bayard Rustin By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 11, 2021 5:00 pm EST Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom director George C. Wolfe has another Netflix movie lined-up: Rustin, a feature from Higher Ground Productions, the production company formed by former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama. The feature will tell the story of Bayard Rustin, an American leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights....

‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ Soundtrack Details Revealed, Quad City DJ’s Are Nowhere To Be Found By Ethan Anderton/June 16, 2021 1:43 pm EST When Space Jam hit the big screen back in 1996, it came with an impressive soundtrack that spawned a handful of hit singles. Among them were R. Kelly’s “I Believe I Can Fly” and Seal’s cover of “Fly Like an Eagle.” But nothing tops the movie’s theme song performed by the Quad City DJ’s, who made it big with their single “C’mon N’ Ride It (The Train)....

‘Super Pumped’: Joseph Gordon-Levitt To Play Former Uber CEO In Showtime Anthology Series From ‘Billions’ Creators By Ben Pearson/May 24, 2021 2:00 pm EST When you see the words Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Super Pumped in the same headline, it might be reasonable to assume the Inception actor is making a sequel to his 2013 movie Don Jon, which saw him star as a muscle-bound lughead who is struggling with a porn addiction....

‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’ Featurette Focuses On The True Story That Inspired The Movie By Chris Evangelista/May 20, 2021 4:00 pm EST Like the previous two main Conjuring movies (remember: there’s a big Conjuring universe full of spin-offs, and then there are the main films that focus on the Warrens), The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It is based on a true story. But unlike those previous entries, where the true story involved allegedly haunted houses, The Devil Made Me Do It is dealing with a real-life murder case....

‘The Innocents’ Review: The Superpowered Kids Are Not Alright In Chilling Norwegian Thriller [Cannes] By Jason Gorber/July 20, 2021 8:32 am EST I’m not entirely sure, but it’s possible that it was watching Children of the Corn that made me realize I definitely never wanted kids. There was something especially traumatizing about young people doing harm, and it was far scarier to me than any supernatural creature out for blood. With diabolical kids, you’ve got all the sadism that humanity is capable of, with none of the shame and restraint that adulthood ideally instills....

‘The Kissing Booth 3’ Trailer: The Netflix Rom-Com Is Back With Even More Kissing By Shania Russell/July 7, 2021 12:14 pm EST Once again, the time has come to answer the age-old teenage rom-com question: friendship or love? The Kissing Booth 3 is back with a flashy new trailer as Joey King’s Elle is forced to choose a heart to break. Will it be that of her best friend Lee Flynn (Joel Courtney) or her boyfriend — Lee’s brother — Noah (Jacob Elordi)?...

By Ben Pearson/March 10, 2021 4:30 pm EST The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, an upcoming limited series at AppleTV+ that has Samuel L. Jackson on board to star, has found a director and added a new cast member to the “deeply engaging mystery” show.Ramin Bahrani, the acclaimed filmmaker behind movies like Man Push Cart, 99 Homes, and Netflix’s recent The White Tiger, will get behind the camera to direct and executive produce the series, while Dominique Fishback, the actress who has been making waves with her performance in Judas and the Black Messiah, has been added to the show’s cast....

‘The Staircase’ Limited Series, Based On The True Crime Docuseries, Headed To HBO Max With Star Colin Firth By Chris Evangelista/March 31, 2021 5:00 pm EST The Staircase, the docuseries about the murder trial of Michael Peterson, is becoming a limited series for HBO Max. At one point it was rumored that Harrison Ford would play Peterson on the show, but it looks like that didn’t pan out. Instead, Colin Firth will play Peterson, a writer who was convicted of the murder of his wife, Kathleen Peterson....

‘The Suicide Squad’ Star David Dastmalchian Doesn’t Just Love Comic Books – He’s Making Them, Too By Jack Giroux/July 2, 2021 8:22 am EST Actor David Dastmalchian is a true comic book fan. And a few years ago, he fulfilled a life-long dream by collaborating with Dark Horse Comics to create his own series. The actor and writer, known for his roles in the Ant-Man movies, Blade Runner 2049, and The Suicide Squad, had been imagining the story of Count Crowley for 30 years....

‘The Suicide Squad’ Will Screen Early At The Fantasia Film Festival By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 23, 2021 7:01 am EST The Suicide Squad is one of the most highly anticipated superhero movies of the year, and attendees of Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival will be among the lucky few to get to see it early. James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad will be shown in a special event screening at the Fantasia Film Festival, two days before the film opens in theaters on August 6....

33% Of Fans Want To See This HBO Show Get Rebooted HBO By Ryan Scott/Nov. 10, 2021 8:34 am EST (Welcome to Survey Says, a feature where we conduct a movie-related survey for a random group of people and explain why they’re completely right, completely wrong, or somewhere in-between.) Long before the age of streaming forced so many studios to up their game, and even before the likes of FX and AMC helped make modern TV truly remarkable on cable, HBO was churning out some of the best TV ever made....

Daily Podcast: IATSE Strike Authorization Explained & What It Could Mean For Hollywood 21 Aerials/Shutterstock On the October 4, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta discusses the IATSE strike authorization vote and what it means for the film and tv industry. Opening Banter: In The News: Eric: The Possible IATSE Strike Explained, And Why Movie Fans Should Care Vanessa: IATSE Members Vote To Authorize Strike — Here’s What That Means For The Film Industry...

David Simon Talks New HBO Series Treme And All Things The Wire By Hunter Stephenson/Dec. 17, 2009 3:00 pm EST There is little doubt in the minds of many critics and cultured viewers that any single season of The Wire would be perched near or atop the best films of the decade if it qualified. In a new eight-page interview with Vice, the writer and creator behind all five seasons of the HBO series, David Simon, offers characteristically solid, amusing no-bullshit insight into how The Wire was created....

Every Episode Of Some Show Called Seinfeld Hits Netflix On October 1 — Watch A Trailer Sony TV By Jeremy Mathai/Sept. 1, 2021 11:17 am EST Have you caught yourself in the mood lately to watch a show about nothing? Well, I’m going to go full “Actually” here and point out how technically that’s a misnomer because “Seinfeld” is a show that’s very much about a group of self-absorbed, narcissistic, and generally toxic individuals behaving ridiculously in and around New York City … but you get the idea....

What is Dune About? Warner Bros. “Dune” is a massive story. So massive, in fact, that Denis Villeneuve’s has split it in half (more on that later). Ultimately, this is a big, epic sci-fi saga about empires, fate, destiny, legacy, spice, sand, giant worms, and mind-control. The principal characters are from House Atreides, a powerful royal family that wields power in the year 10191. Duke Leto Atreides (Oscar Isaac, sporting a really great beard) has just accepted stewardship of desert planet Arrakis, a dangerous world rich in a substance known as spice (it’s a vague thing, this spice; thematically, it’s meant as a stand-in for Middle-Eastern oil; but in the context of the film it looks like glitter and we’re told it has hallucinogenic properties)....