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‘Shazam: Fury Of The Gods’ Casts ‘West Side Story’ Actress Rachel Zegler In Key Role By Ben Pearson/Feb. 25, 2021 3:00 pm EST Rachel Zegler might soon become a household name. The previously unknown actress was plucked from obscurity to star as Maria in Steven Spielberg’s remake of West Side Story, and now she’s joining the DC Extended Universe as well. A new report says Zegler has been hired to play a “key role” in the upcoming sequel Shazam: Fury of the Gods, making her the latest member of the Shazam 2 cast....

‘Sparking Joy’ Trailer: Marie Kondo Is Back With A New Netflix Series By Marisa Mirabal/Aug. 16, 2021 7:14 pm EST Professional organizer extraordinaire and emotional cheerleader Marie Kondo is back to spark joy in the lives of Netflix viewers. And we can all use more joy these days, right? Audiences fell in love with Marie Kondo two years ago with her Netflix show Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, based on her book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up....

‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ Breakdown: The Details And History That Enrich “Replacements” By Bryan Young/May 14, 2021 9:00 am EST This post contains spoilers for the third episode of Star Wars: The Bad Batch, titled “Replacements. With their ship in bad shape after their sudden departure from Saleucami, the Bad Batch are forced to make a crash landing on a desolate moon. Echo would have made more effective repairs to the ship if Tech had been able to help him, but Tech is more concerned with examining the functionality of their inhibitor chips....

‘The Ice Road’ Trailer: It’s Basically ‘Armageddon’ On Ice, Starring Liam Neeson By Ben Pearson/May 18, 2021 2:00 pm EST Liam Neeson movie characters have faced some pretty extreme challenges over the past decade or so: a missing daughter, surviving a plane crash, releasing the Kraken, fighting aliens on a battleship, and stopping bad guys on various forms of transportation, including a plane, a train, and a snow plow. Now he’s facing off against the only foe that he may be able to beat temporarily, but that is sure to get the best of him in the end: time....

‘The Last Of Us’ HBO Series Just Cast Another Voice Actor From The Video Game By Ben Pearson/July 16, 2021 12:00 pm EST HBO’s television adaptation of the popular video game The Last of Us continues to fill out its cast as it shambles its way through production like an angry Clicker. One of the latest additions is deeply familiar with the world of the games, because he played a key role in both of them....

‘Titane’ Trailer: The Director Of ‘Raw’ Has A New Movie That Looks Like David Cronenberg Meets ‘Fast And Furious’ By Chris Evangelista/June 21, 2021 2:31 pm EST Just what the hell is Titane? Well, it’s the latest movie from Julia Ducournau, director of the acclaimed horror movie Raw. Beyond that, though, I am at a complete loss – and I mean that as a compliment. This Titane trailer is bonkers – a weird, sexy, cold blend of imagery that looks like a Fast and the Furious movie directed by David Cronenberg in his prime....

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Director Joseph Kosinski Shows Off New Cameras Built Specifically To Fit In A Cockpit By Joshua Meyer/July 2, 2021 8:16 am EST Tom Cruise has been known to hang off the side of planes and even HALO-jump out of them on occasion. In Top Gun: Maverick, he’s moved from the side of the plane to the cockpit — and the camera has gone with him. A new video sheds some light on the Rialto, a camera extension system developed specifically for this movie, which enabled the filmmakers to put not one but six cameras in a fighter jet with Cruise....

Apple Picks Up Joel Coen’s ‘The Tragedy Of Macbeth’ Starring Frances McDormand And Denzel Washington By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 12, 2021 11:00 am EST Apple Original Films and A24 are partnering up to release Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth, which will be released in theaters worldwide ahead of a global launch on Apple TV+. The Tragedy of Macbeth is a black-and-white adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Scottish play starring Washington as the ambitious Macbeth and McDormand as his power-hungry wife Lady Macbeth....

Bruised: Release Date, Cast, And More Netflix By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 25, 2021 5:49 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.) Halle Berry makes her directorial debut with “Bruised,” a drama about “a mixed martial arts fighter who leaves the sport in disgrace.” The film played at TIFF last year and will be heading to Netflix this winter, so I’ve rounded up some details you should know before you check it out....

Buckle Up, Baby: Lucasfilm Wants To Make A Lando Calrissian ‘Star Wars’ Spin-Off By Ethan Anderton/May 16, 2018 8:30 am EST Solo: A Star Wars Story is still a little over a week away from hitting theaters, but the first reviews hit the web yesterday, and you’ll find that one character everyone can’t stop raving about is Lando Calrissian. Played by Donald Glover, the character brings the right amount of swagger and charm to Han Solo’s origin story, and it sounds like that might be enough for him to get a Star Wars Story of his own....

Cannes Film Festival 2021 Lineup Includes New Movies From Wes Anderson, Paul Verhoeven, Andrea Arnold, And Many More By Chris Evangelista/June 3, 2021 11:30 am EST After being canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cannes Film Festival is back for 2021. The 74th Cannes International Film Festival will be held on July 6, and today, the line-up for this year’s fest was revealed. As always, it’s a mix of titles from a wide array of filmmakers....

Cool Stuff: Life-Size ‘Iron Man’ Arc Reactor Replica Coming From Hot Toys By Ethan Anderton/July 18, 2019 6:00 am EST After Tony Stark sacrificed his life in order to save humanity in Avengers: Endgame, a memorial at his cabin saw the first arc reactor he ever built in Iron Man sent off in a loving fashion by Pepper Potts in an arrangement of flowers on the lake. It’s the same arc reactor that Pepper Potts turned into a memento as “Proof That Tony Stark Has a Heart....

Doctor Who: Flux Trailer: Jodie Whittaker’s Time Lord Run Reaches Its End BBC By BJ Colangelo/Oct. 15, 2021 7:25 pm EST Today, the BBC gave Whovians all over the gift of the trailer for the final full series featuring Jodie Whittaker’s run as the thirteenth Doctor, the six-chapter event, “Doctor Who: Flux.” It looks like the members of Team TARDIS, the Doctor (Whittaker), Yaz (Mandip Gill), and Dan (John Bishop) are setting off for a final series of epic proportions, facing off with their greatest threat yet, the Flux, the big bad boss of the series....

Eternals ‘Stands Alone,’ But Will Have ‘Huge Implications’ For The Future Of The MCU Marvel Studios By Vanessa Armstrong/Oct. 11, 2021 12:16 pm EST Marvel’s “Eternals,” a story that spans 7,000 years and focuses on Earth’s first superheroes, is set to premiere in theaters on November 7, 2021. That’s only a few weeks away, and director Chloé Zhao is doing a round of interviews to promote the film and give us a tease about what we can expect to see on screen....

Halloween Kills Will Also Stream On Peacock When It Hits Theaters Universal Pictures By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 9, 2021 5:17 pm EST Michael Myers is coming home … to Peacock. “Halloween Kills,” the follow-up to 2018’s “Halloween,” is now set to open both in theaters and stream on Peacock starting in October. Up until now, the David Gordon Green-directed film was listed as a theatrical exclusive – but that’s obviously changed. Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, and Andi Matichak, “Halloween Kills” picks up immediately where the last film left off, with Laurie Strode, her daughter, and her granddaughter the only survivors of the latest Michael Myers rampage....

Hulu Is Raising Subscription Prices Next Month Hulu By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 7, 2021 1:37 pm EST Don’t get too comfortable with your current monthly rate for Hulu. The streaming service has announced that they will be raising prices for their ad-supported and ad-free subscriptions by $1 starting on October 8. This applies to current and new subscribers, taking the ad-supported tier from $5.99 to $6.99 a month and the ad-free tier from $11....

One Of Kyle Mooney’s Saturday Night Live Characters Seems To Be In Saturday Morning All-Star Hits! Saturday Night Live By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 29, 2021 2:24 pm EST Netflix recently released the first trailer for a peculiar live-action and animated hybrid series called “Saturday Morning All-Star Hits!” Created by and starring Kyle Mooney, the series imagines a fictional Saturday morning programming block for kids featuring live-action and animated TV shows in the spirit of the 1980s and 1990s, but with a darkly comedic twist slowly unfurling....

Snoop Dogg’s Murder Trial Is Becoming A Starz Series G Funk Productions By Anya Stanley/Dec. 13, 2021 9:55 pm EST Multi-hyphenate and G-funk icon Snoop Dogg has enjoyed many professional transitions, from a gangster lifestyle to a pimp image and beyond, an open-mindedness that now has him cooking alongside Martha Stewart. But in 1995, the talk of the town was Snoop’s first-degree murder charge for the shooting death of rival gang member Phillip “Little Smooth” Woldermariam, who was shot by his bodyguard, McKinley Lee Jr....

The Best Movies & TV Shows Coming To Netflix In June 2021 By Chris Evangelista/May 21, 2021 7:30 am EST June is almost here, which brings a whole new set of movies and TV shows to Netflix! Below, we’ve picked out a few highlights before providing you the complete list of what’s new on Netflix in June 2021. It’s what we do here at Slash Film Dot Com. Killing Them Softly...

The Best TV Shows & Movies Coming To Disney+ In October 2021 Marvel Studios By Kaylee Dugan/Sept. 29, 2021 8:32 am EST Spooky season is almost upon us and Disney+ has understood the assignment. Kind of. If you’re looking for some ultra family-friendly Halloween specials, you’ve come to the right place, but if you’re craving something with a little more edge, we recommend searching through the back catalogue or firing up a different streaming service....