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By Ethan Anderton/April 15, 2021 3:30 pm EST Serena Williams is coming off a tough loss to Naomi Osaka at the Australian Open earlier this year. If she had won, it would have been her 24th Grand Slam title, but she couldn’t pull off the win. Williams also teared up and left the press conference abruptly following the match, so we know there’s at least some compelling drama that will be chronicled in this documentary series....

That ‘Die Hard’ Prequel Has Died Harder Than Hans Gruber By Ethan Anderton/July 28, 2021 9:44 am EST Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura has been making the publicity rounds for Snake Eyes as it flounders at the box office, and Polygon asked him about the status of the Die Hard prequel. There hasn’t been an update on the project since 2018, and it sounds like there’s a good reason for that. When asked about the project, di Bonaventura flatly said, “Yeah, no, It’s not happening....

The Expanse Cast And Creators Tease What To Expect In Season 6 Prime Video By Vanessa Armstrong/Dec. 9, 2021 10:28 am EST The sixth and final season of “The Expanse” premieres this Friday, with one episode dropping every week until the series finale on January 14. A lot happens in these final episodes (check out our non-spoiler review here), and /Film had the chance to talk with the show’s cast and creative team about what fans can expect....

The Final One-Shot Scene In ‘Loki’ Episode 3 Was Filmed On An Actual Physical Set By Vanessa Armstrong/June 29, 2021 12:30 pm EST Spoilers for episode 3 of Loki follow. Last week’s episode of Loki ended with Tom Hiddleston and Sophia Di Martino in a destructive one-shot where they fought their way through a collapsing city. The two punched out guards as buildings crumbled around them and debris crashed in their wake....

The Shrink Next Door Season 1: Release Date, Cast And More By Ben Pearson/July 28, 2021 1:59 pm EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.)Anchorman cast members Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd appeared on the same TV show (2007’s short-lived The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show) once before, but they were not in the same episode....

The Story Of How The Wachowskis Landed The Matrix Is More Complex Than The Legend Warner Bros. By Ben Pearson/Sept. 8, 2021 3:12 pm EST With hype beginning to build for “The Matrix Resurrections,” now is a good time to poke a hole in one of the biggest and most persistent myths about how writer/directors Lana and Lilly Wachowski convinced Warner Bros. to let them make the original 1999 movie. Let’s lay out the legend behind the first film’s creation and then get to the actual truth of how it got made....

Venom 2 Director Andy Serkis Explains How That Credits Scene Came To Be Sony Pictures By Ryan Scott/Oct. 1, 2021 5:06 pm EST With “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” officially in theaters, director Andy Serkis is opening up a bit on the process of bringing the movie to life. Specifically, the filmmaker has delved a bit into the major post-credits scene included in the Marvel Comics adaptation. As those who have seen the movie are surely aware, there is much to discuss, and Serkis has some interesting insight to offer....

You Are Not My Mother Review: This Irish Folklore Horror Pic Will Give You The Creeps [TIFF 2021] Fantastic Films By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 17, 2021 12:41 pm EST “I can’t do this anymore.” So says Angela (Carolyn Bracken), the weary mother of high schooler Char (Hazel Doupe) at the start of “You Are Not My Mother.” That Char doesn’t think much of the statement is an indication that Angela has said this sort of thing before....

‘Annette’ Actor Simon Helberg On Serving Director Leos Carax’s “Meticulous Vision” [Interview] By Ben Pearson/Aug. 20, 2021 11:36 am EST Helberg plays an unnamed accompanist-turned-conductor with a complicated relationship to an opera singer. I recently had the chance to speak with him about learning how to actually conduct in preparation for the role, Carax’s “incredibly exacting” vision for the movie, and Helberg’s character’s unique relationship to the audience (he breaks the fourth wall and speaks directly to the viewer multiple times)....

‘Behind The Attraction’ Trailer: Go Behind The Scenes Of Some Of The Greatest Theme Park Rides Of All Time By Josh Spiegel/July 13, 2021 11:59 am EST July 2021 is a good month for the Disney theme parks. Not only is the original theme park, Disneyland, celebrating its anniversary on July 17, and not only is the big new blockbuster Jungle Cruise arriving in theaters and on Disney+ on July 30, but there’s a new Disney+ series all about Disney’s theme-park attractions coming too....

Doctor Who Season 13 Teaser: Meet the New Companion At the end of the Doctor Who New Year’s special “Revolution of the Daleks,” BBC tacked on a surprise teaser for season 13, which showed two men discussing horoscopes. “Surprises lie in store this year, the color blue will be important, and the letter D,” one man reads to an unseen man carrying boxes. “Your lucky number’s 13, be prepared for action, and whatever hurdles come your way, just remember it’s not the end of the world....

‘Doctor Who’ Star Jodie Whittaker And Showrunner Chris Chibnall Are Officially Leaving The Show In 2022 By Hoai-Tran Bui/July 29, 2021 8:12 am EST Jodie Whittaker is turning in her sonic screwdriver. The star of Doctor Who is confirmed to be leaving the beloved BBC sci-fi show in 2022, after a trio of “specials” which follow the upcoming 13th season. Leaving alongside Whittaker is showrunner Chris Chibnall, who took over the mantle from Steven Moffat in 2018 and introduced the world to the first female Doctor....

‘In The Heights’ Screenwriter Quiara Alegría Hudes On Killing Her Darlings And Fighting To Ensure Authenticity [Interview] By Jacob Hall/June 9, 2021 11:00 am EST Long before Quiara Alegría Hudes wrote the screenplay for the new movie musical In the Heights, she wrote the book for…well, the stage musical In the Heights, sharing duties with songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda. But a lot happened between those projects. She’s kept busy. She’s written more plays, more musicals....

‘Loki’ Cast And Crew On Filming The Surprising Finale (And Keeping That Big Reveal A Secret) By Jeremy Mathai/July 14, 2021 8:19 am EST Marvel does many things extraordinarily well, but the studio just might have no rival when it comes to preserving secrets and hiding massive character/casting reveals until the absolute last second (except maybe its Disney sibling, Lucasfilm). The recently-concluded Loki continues this proud tradition, springing one of its biggest surprises yet during its finale....

‘The Chair’ Season 1: Release Date, Cast, Trailer And More By Shania Russell/July 30, 2021 6:27 pm EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) Picture this: a prestigious university, a media scandal, a rebelling staff, and plenty of personal drama. No, we’re not talking about your college days — this is the setting for Sandra Oh’s new Netflix miniseries, The Chair....

A Second Chance The extra six months of downtime appears to have been precisely the excuse Lowery needed to go back to the editing bay and improve on much that he wasn’t initially happy with. As he tells Vanity Fair: “I just gave myself permission to dig back into the movie, unlock it, and rework the entire thing. I found the affection I needed to cut it with love in my heart instead of disappointment and hate....

‘Titans’ Is Making Batman The Bad Guy In The First Season Finale Trailer By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 14, 2018 9:34 am EST The first season of Titans is coming to an end. As you may recall, the first trailer for the DC Universe streaming series had Brenton Thwaites proudly proclaiming, “F*** Batman,” and it sounds like The Dark Knight wasn’t too happy about that, because he’s coming back with a vengeance....

All Aboard! ‘Harry Potter’ 4K Box Set Puts Every Movie Inside The Hogwarts Express By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 20, 2021 11:11 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. All aboard! The next train to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is about to leave, and there’s not going to be a lot of room on the train when it leaves Platform 9 ¾. That’s because the entire Harry Potter franchise is being released in a 4K box set that houses each of the films and all the special features inside the Hogwarts Express....

Blue Bayou To Become Second Disneyland Establishment To Serve Alcohol By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 31, 2021 5:30 pm EST Adult Disneyland fans, this is for you. The iconic Blue Bayou Restaurant will soon become the second-ever Disneyland establishment to serve alcohol. The restaurant that serves Cajun- and Creole- inspired cuisine right inside the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction will begin offering limited alcoholic beverage options once it reopens. Disney announced (via WDW News Today) that Blue Bayou Restaurant in Disneyland park will begin offering alcoholic beverages when the theme parks reopen “soon....

Cowboy Bebop’s Opening Theme Song Gets A Club Remix From Steve Aoki Netflix Studios By Anya Stanley/Nov. 24, 2021 10:19 pm EST Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the beloved “Cowboy Bebop” anime series dropped in mid-November, and so far, the critical reaction has been disappointing (but /Film’s Danielle Ryan provides a different interpretation of the series and plenty to appreciate). The show had big shoes to fill; its original twenty-six episodes stand tall as the first anime show to be broadcast on Adult Swim in the United States, and it enjoys prominence as one of the most influential anime series of all time....