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Dave Bautista Thinks Marvel “Dropped The Ball” On Drax’s Backstory By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 12, 2021 12:30 pm EST With Guardians of the Galaxy, Dave Bautista’s Drax the Destroyer became one of the standout characters of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Mean, menacing, but with a natural flair for comedy, Bautista made the instant leap from WWE star to rising Hollywood star, without having to suffer the indignity of making a few critical stinkers that many of his fellow pro wrestlers-turned-actors have had to do....

DC Universe Rebrands As Comic Book Subscription Only, All Original Shows Heading To HBO Max By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 18, 2020 10:00 am EST When HBO Max launched earlier this year and touted the huge catalog of movies, TV shows, and animated series based on DC Comics, it felt like it was only a matter of time before the DC Universe streaming came to an end. The writing on the wall came when Doom Patrol and Harley Quinn became available on HBO Max, and now it’s official: DC Universe will be no more in 2021, and it will be rebranded as DC Universe Infinite, solely a comic book subscription service....

First Look: Jim Carrey As Colonel Stars In ‘Kick-Ass 2’ By Germain Lussier/Sept. 24, 2012 9:45 am EST When Jeff Wadlow cast Jim Carrey in Kick-Ass 2, the movie went from geek anticipated property to mainstream legitimate. Carrey plays Colonel Stars (above), one of the many, many superheroes inspired by the actions of Kick-Ass (Aaron Johnson) and Hit-Girl (Chloe Moretz) in Matthew Vaughn’s first film. He’s the leader of Justice Forever, a superhero supergroup that Kick-Ass joins when Hit-Girl retires from the game....

No Time To Die Tickets Are On Sale Now, Bond Is (Finally) Back MGM By Ryan Scott/Sept. 17, 2021 11:22 am EST At long last, James Bond is coming back after a nearly six-year absence. It may not feel real but it’s about to, as “No Time to Die” tickets are finally on sale in the U.S. They already went on sale in the U.K. a few days ago, which makes this feel all the more real....

Nope: Release Date, Cast And More By Ben Pearson/Aug. 3, 2021 10:51 am 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.) After capturing the world’s imagination with the instant classic Get Out and crafting a metaphor-laden maelstrom with Us, writer/director Jordan Peele has a new movie in the works....

Spoiler Discussion: The Falcon And The Winter Soldier Episode 4 “The Whole World Is Watching” By Peter Sciretta/April 9, 2021 2:15 pm EST On the April 9, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by weekend editor Brad Oman to have a spoiler filled discussion about The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 4 “The Whole World Is Watching”. In The Spoiler Room: The Falcon and The Winter Soldier Episode 4 “The Whole World Is Watching” Feedback Brief reactions Breakdown Speculation All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm....

Superhero Bits: Doctor Strange 2 Trailer Rumors, Marvel Studios Got A Dole Whip Machine & More DC By Ryan Scott/Oct. 7, 2021 5:28 pm EST (Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks....

The Best Movies & TV Shows Coming To Netflix In April 2021 By Chris Evangelista/March 26, 2021 2:30 pm EST March is slowly ticking towards its end, which means it will be time for April. Here’s hoping the month will bring with it spring weather and new possibilities. And if it doesn’t bring either of those, it will at least bring new movies to Netflix. So here are the best TV shows and movies coming to Netflix in April 2021....

The Quarantine Stream: I Just Want To Take A Year Off From Everything And Watch ‘Columbo’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 11, 2021 12:00 pm EST There’s something about Columbo that makes me want to put my entire life on hold so that I can cuddle under a blanket and spend an entire summer watching Peter Falk wander around giant L.A. mansions solving crimes. Even before I finally pressed play on the 1968 pilot episode “Prescription: Murder,” I felt this way — like I had nostalgia for a show I’d never watched....

The Scariest Scene In Cloverfield Really Pops (Literally) Paramount Pictures By Matt Donato/Sept. 3, 2021 10:06 am EST (Welcome to Scariest Scene Ever, a column dedicated to the most pulse-pounding moments in horror with your tour guides, horror experts Matt Donato and Ariel Fisher. In this edition: Matt chimes in on a particularly … explosive scene from “Cloverfield.”) When someone mentions “Cloverfield,” what do you think of first — the movie or the viral marketing campaign?...

True Lies TV Series Casts Someone Who Is Not Arnold Schwarzenegger In The Lead Role By Joshua Meyer/Sept. 9, 2021 8:48 am EST If you watched Fox’s “Lethal Weapon” TV series and thought, “I would like to see another ’80s or ’90s action movie rebooted on network television with a different star,” then you are in luck. A new version of James Cameron’s 1994 film, “True Lies,” has been ordered to pilot at CBS....

Will There Be A Dune Part Two? Here’s What We Know Warner Bros. By Danielle Ryan/Oct. 25, 2021 6:01 pm EST Denis Villeneuve’s big movie adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novel “Dune” has finally premiered, both in theaters and living rooms on HBO Max, and it’s doing quite well. The sci-fi epic set a record for a Warner Bros. day-and-date release on HBO Max on top of its $40.1 million opening weekend at the domestic box office....

Will There Be A Sequel To Coco? Here’s What We Know Pixar By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Dec. 14, 2021 2:59 pm EST Pixar has cracked the code for making emotionally-driven movies that will make you cry non-stop, but the studio has yet to greenlight sequels to some of its best ones. Inspired by the Mexican holiday Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos), “Coco” is teeming with themes of family and the spirit of music....

‘Monsters At Work’ Review: Pixar’s Disney+ Series Aims For Laughs, But Has A Tough Time Matching Wits With ‘Monsters Inc.’ By Ethan Anderton/June 28, 2021 6:00 am EST Monsters Inc. stands as one of Pixar’s best examples of taking the societal norms of the real world and turning them into a clever, mesmerizing, and imaginative setting that has a story full of humor and heart. Unfortunately, Monsters at Work and the fictional company at the center of the new series on Disney+ are both under new management....

‘The Year Earth Changed’ Trailer: Apple TV+ Doc Hones In On Nature And Wildlife In The Age Of Coronavirus By Ethan Anderton/March 29, 2021 5:30 pm EST For the past year, humanity has been dealing with the threat of the coronavirus pandemic. While it’s been a nightmare for millions to be stuck at home in order to keep themselves safe from COVID-19, it hasn’t been quite so bad for nature and the animal kingdom....

‘We’ve Gotta Fix It’: Here Are The Red Notice Scenes That Needed Some Extra Work Netflix By Ben Pearson/Nov. 15, 2021 8:26 am EST “Red Notice” is currently tearing up the charts on Netflix, and it’s no surprise why: the movie features three A-list stars (Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot) in a globe-spanning adventure, bickering and outsmarting and outmaneuvering each other in a quest for hidden treasure. Sure, it can feel formulaic at times, and it often feels like it’s doing a cover version of something you’ve seen in much better movies....

All The Frights On Disc You Need In Our Halloween Blu-Ray Guide Max Evry By Max Evry/Oct. 28, 2021 12:46 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. “Three more days ’til Halloween… Halloween… Halloween…” It’s that time of year when all across the country horror fans are juicing up their Blu-ray players while snacking/pouring/smoking their consumables of choice in anticipation of the most wonderful time of the year (take a hike, Christmas)....

Another ‘Dresden Files’ TV Series Is In The Works By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 9, 2018 5:30 am EST The time has come to summon another Dresden Files TV series. The fantasy-mystery series created by Jim Butcher previously hit the small screen in the form of a now-cancelled Sci-Fi Channel TV show. Now, Fox21 Television Studios have optioned the rights to attempt to bring Butcher’s books to life again. The book series follows private investigator/wizard Harry Dresden as he investigates supernatural goings-on in Chicago....

Daily Podcast: Why Did Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story Underperform At The Box Office? By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 13, 2021 4:32 pm EST On the December 13, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film news desk writer Ryan Scott to discuss this weekend’s box office, and more specifically the financial failure of Steven Spielberg’s “West Side Story.” Opening Banter: Ryan introduces himself. In The News:...

Dragons: The Nine Realms Teaser: How To Train Your Dragon Gets A Modern-Day Sequel Series DreamWorks By Jeremy Mathai/Oct. 15, 2021 10:17 am EST Remember those “How to Train Your Dragon” movies? I won’t sit here and try to convince anyone that they were the pinnacle of animated storytelling or anything, but the first movie came out of nowhere in 2010 and proved to be charming and successful enough to spawn its own trilogy of dragon-rider films set hundreds of years ago in a mystical Viking land....