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‘The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It’ Director Michael Chaves Wants To Take The Warrens, And The Franchise, Where They’ve Never Gone Before By Chris Evangelista/May 11, 2021 8:00 am EST The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It hopes to shake up the Conjuring formula. The dependable, familiar Ed and Lorraine Warren will be back, once again played by the dependable, familiar Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga. But the two previous main Conjuring movies end with Ed and Lorraine banishing evil via some ritual exorcism, while The Devil Made Me Do It flips things upside down and gives us an exorcism upfront....

A ‘Harry Potter’ TV Series Is Coming To HBO Max…and It’s A Quiz Show By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 19, 2021 10:00 am EST Harry Potter trivia has basically fueled a whole industry (see: Pottermore, countless Harry Potter board games), and now WarnerMedia is looking for it to fuel a whole TV series. In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Wizarding World, WarnerMedia has greenlit an unscripted Harry Potter game show and a retrospective special to air on HBO Max and later, Cartoon Network and TBS....

Anya Taylor-Joy Is Getting Emotionally And Physically Stronger To Prep For Furiosa Focus Features By Lex Briscuso/Oct. 25, 2021 12:07 pm EST Though we’re going to have to wait (entirely too long) to see how she pulls it off, “The Queen’s Gambit” star Anya Taylor-Joy opened up about how she has been preparing for her role as Furiosa in the “Mad Max: Fury Road” prequel of the same title. She told Entertainment Weekly during a chat with her “Last Night in Soho” costar Thomasin McKenzie published on October 25:...

Ava DuVernay To Adapt ‘Wings Of Fire’ Into An Animated Series For Warner Bros. By Ben Pearson/March 6, 2020 3:00 pm EST Ava DuVernay (A Wrinkle in Time, When They See Us) is spreading her wings as a filmmaker, teaming up with Warner Bros. Animation to adapt the best-selling fantasy book series Wings of Fire into an animated series. According to a press release from Warner Bros., the studio’s animation branch has teamed with DuVernay for “a high-end serialized animated family television series” adaptation of author Tui T....

Cinematographer From Alec Baldwin’s Rust Has Died After An On-Set Accident Mark Sagliocco/Getty Images By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 22, 2021 8:18 am EST Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died and director Joel Souza was injured on Thursday after a prop gun misfire on the set of the new Alec Baldwin Western, “Rust.” Multiple sources indicate that Baldwin himself discharged the gun leading to the fatal accident. Details are still pouring in, but Variety and IndieWire both report that the incident occurred in New Mexico at Bonanza Creek Ranch, south of Santa Fe....

Daily Podcast: ‘Loki’ Episode 5 Offers A “Journey Into Mystery” [Spoiler Discussion] By Peter Sciretta/July 7, 2021 3:35 pm EST On the July 7, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by weekend editor Brad Oman to have a spoiler discussion about Loki Episode 5 “Journey Into Mystery”. In The Spoiler Room: Loki Episode 5 “Journey Into Mystery” Feedback Brief reactions Breakdown 14 ‘Loki’ Episode 5 Easter Eggs and What They Could Mean for the Marvel Cinematic Universe How ‘Loki’ Head Writer Michael Waldron Used the Latest Episode to Rewrite the Events of ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ ‘Loki’ Takes Us on a “Journey Into Mystery” With Its Thrilling Penultimate Episode ‘Loki’ Episode 5 Features a Reference to One of Marvel Comics Speculation ‘Loki’ Just Introduced a New Villain – Here’s How It May Set the Stage for the Finale Also mentioned: ‘Loki’ Head Writer Explains Alligator Loki: “It’s So Stupid, But It Also Makes Total Sense” 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: Remembering Michael K. Williams, Plus Shang-Chi, Venom: Let There Be Carnage, And More SundanceTV Opening Banter: In The News: Also mentioned: Ben: Michael K. Williams, The Wire And Lovecraft Country Actor, Dead At 54 Brad: Shang-Chi Exceeds Expectations, Tops Box Office with $146 Million Worldwide Brad: Venom: Let There Be Carnage Release Date Moves Up Two Weeks Lance Reddick remembers MWK Wendell Pierce remembers MWK MWK talks about being typecast All the other stuff you need to know:...

A Photographic Memory and a Nostalgia Critique Showtime It almost sounds like Lynch has a photographic memory or 94% recall like Truman Capote (as played by Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Capote.”) This isn’t the first time, actually, that someone has alluded to that. In a 2017 interview with No Film School, Jon Nguyen, the director of the documentary “David Lynch: The Art Life,” discussed Lynch’s capacity for recalling specific conversations and images years later....

Duchess Meghan Markle Is Getting Into Animation With Family Series ‘Pearl’ By Marisa Mirabal/July 15, 2021 6:37 am EST Duchess Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’sproduction company Archewell Productions is taking on a new Netflix animated project called Pearl (working title). Markle serves as the creator and executive producer while the series itself is centered around inspiring women. The name Archewell Productions was created by combining the Greek word “arche” (meaning source of action) and “well” (a plentiful source or supply; a place to go deep)....

Eternals Director Chloe Zhao Pitched Marvel Using Stills From Denis Villeneuve Movies Marvel Studios By Joshua Meyer/Sept. 10, 2021 8:35 am EST Chloé Zhao and Denis Villeneuve have a mutual admiration society going. Zhao has already praised Villeneuve’s “Dune,” saying she was “blown away” by it and “terrified” by the possibility that people wouldn’t be seeing it in theaters, the way the filmmakers meant for it to be experienced before Covid....

Eternals Star Kit Harington Would Like A Longer Reunion Next Time With His Game Of Thrones Co-Star Richard Madden [Exclusive] HBO By Kaylee Dugan/Nov. 2, 2021 9:00 am EST We don’t know if it’s bad luck or a full blown Hollywood conspiracy, but it feels like the powers that be will not let Kit Harington and Richard Madden act together for more than five minutes. Maybe their charisma is too off the charts?...

Euphoria Season 1 Ending Explained: Into That Good Night HBO By Jamie Gerber/Dec. 13, 2021 4:24 pm EST “I put up a good fight, but I lost. For the first time, but not the last.” This is how Rue Bennett describes her journey into this world from her mother’s womb. As the audience watches with bated breath over the course of eight episodes and two specials, Rue does a whole lot of fighting, and also, a whole lot of losing....

Everything We Know About ‘Mr. Robot’ Season 2 By Peter Sciretta/Oct. 12, 2015 11:30 am EST Mr. Robot was one of my favorite television shows of this year. From the series’ surprise twists and turns, to the interesting framing and composition, to the almost up-to-the-minute commentary on our modern world, to the refreshingly accurate look at computer systems and hacking. Sure it didn’t always hit a home run, and I think a lot of us saw that last twist coming a mile away, but it did so many things right....

Everything We Saw At The 2016 SXSW Film Festival By Jacob Hall/March 21, 2016 7:00 am EST Few film festivals offer the breadth and variety of SXSW and this year was no exception. During my eight days there, I saw gentle comedies, brutal horror movies, fascinating dramas produced on shoestring budgets, inventive documentaries and even an R-rated animated film about talking food. It was one helluva week. Here is everything that I watched, including the (often very good!...

Guy Ritchie’s ‘Cash Truck’ Reteams Jason Statham And Scott Eastwood By Ben Pearson/Nov. 5, 2019 2:00 pm EST Director Guy Ritchie is returning to his London gangster roots next year with the ensemble crime film The Gentlemen, but he’s not done scratching that crime thriller itch just yet. Ritchie is already lining up his next film, Cash Truck, and he’s hired Jason Statham and Scott Eastwood to star, reuniting those actors after they worked together on 2017’s The Fate of the Furious....

Back in the Saddle Again Compass International Pictures “Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers” started off on shaky ground. Both John Carpenter and Debra Hill had aspirations to make “Halloween” into an anthology franchise. But the slasher-less “Halloween III: Season of the Witch,” which did make a profit but failed to perform as well as Paramount’s third “Friday the 13th” sequel, signaled that moviegoers wanted blood with their frights. Carpenter and Hill, frustrated with the story they were being pressured to tell, sold their franchise stake to “Halloween” producer and de-facto franchise custodian Moustapha Akkad in 1987, according to Dustin McNeill and Travis Mullins’ comprehensive book “Taking Shape: Developing Halloween From Script To Scream....

Here’s What Happens When You Call That Phone Number In The ‘Disaster Artist’ Trailer By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 13, 2017 1:00 pm EST The Room aggressively advertised itself by erecting a massive billboard overlooking Highland Avenue in Hollywood showing simply Tommy Wiseau’s face and a cryptic phone number. The billboard stayed up for whopping five years and was so notorious that passerby were surprised when it was finally taken down. But in the spirit of a former Los Angeles landmark, The Disaster Artist brought the billboard back....

Kevin Feige Confirms Charlie Cox Is The MCU’s Daredevil Disney/Marvel By Lex Briscuso/Dec. 6, 2021 10:08 am EST It’s hard to deny that a lot of the actors who play our favorite Marvel superheroes are just synonymous with their characters at this point. Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson. Who else would play those roles? In the same way, actor Charlie Cox has also become known for his turn as Matt Murdock, AKA the tortured, strong, and religiously inclined Hell’s Kitchen hero known as Daredevil — and though Cox has yet to show up in the MCU, it appears Marvel boss Kevin Feige is interested in having him join the ranks at some point....

New Halo Image Shows First Look At Pablo Schreiber As Master Chief 343 Industries By Jeremy Mathai/Dec. 9, 2021 11:37 am EST You ever wonder why we’re here? Wait, hang on, we’re getting updated information that this is a different “Halo” reference. The incredibly influential 2001 video game has gone on to spawn a massive franchise, including a number of sequels, complicated backstory and lore (as told in several expanded universe novels), and, yes, the tangentially related (but no less hilarious) “Red vs Blue” shorts that would go on to take on a life of their own....

So, What’s the Black Phone About? Blumhouse Productions Revealed alongside the first-look images was the synopsis for “The Black Phone,” which reads as follows: After being abducted by a child killer and locked in a soundproof basement, a 13-year-old boy starts receiving calls on a disconnected phone from the killer’s previous victims. “The Black Phone” is an adaptation of author Joe Hill’s story of the same name. It was originally published in 2007....