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Dio: The Last in Line Rhino Entertainment Don Coscarelli directed the 1984 music video for the title track of heavy metal band Dio’s “The Last in Line” by faithfully recreating the aesthetic of its album cover, and reflecting the admittedly unsubtle social commentary of the song’s lyrics, written by frontman Ronnie James Dio. Former “Voyagers!” star Meeno Peluce plays a fresh-faced teenage metalhead delivery boy, whose suburban bike ride to an outwardly shiny office building becomes a literal elevator ride to a post-industrial Hell, as he’s herded alongside what appear to be zombies, nuclear mutants, and cyborgs through a cavalcade of tortures conducted via contemporary mass-media....

By Chris Evangelista/May 6, 2021 4:30 pm EST This news comes to us via Deadline, which reports that Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s Kilter Films are working with Craig Macneill and Clay Chapman to develop Unknown, a psychological horror anthology series that “plunges into the corners of the American landscape, probing the intersection of folklore and our bloody history of true crime,” with the first season “centered around an estranged brother and sister, who return to the Texas Killing Fields, only to encounter a dark spirit that inhabits the region from their childhood....

Daily Podcast: New Batgirl, Assembled: The Making Of Loki, Pen15, And More By Ben Pearson/July 22, 2021 1:28 pm EST On the July 22, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by senior writer and weekend editor Brad Oman to talk about the latest film and TV news, including the new Batgirl, Zack Snyder, why we haven’t seen a Transformers/G.I Joe crossover, Pen15, and Assembled: The Making of Loki....

Every A Nightmare On Elm Street Movie Ranked Worst To Best New Line By Joe Lipsett/Nov. 11, 2021 2:28 pm EST Ranking franchise films is a challenging task because it forces you to consider different permutations of the same premise, spread out across time, with different actors and directors. “A Nightmare on Elm Street” is my favorite of the big three horror franchises (sorry, Jason and Michael), and while each film brings something unique to the table, not all of these entries are created equal....

Final Sing 2 Trailer: Sorry, Parents, You’ll Be Watching This One A Lot Universal Pictures press site By Jenna Busch/Nov. 24, 2021 3:59 pm EST Universal Pictures/Illumination Entertainment has released the final trailer for the upcoming film “Sing 2.” The musical gang of animals is back and this time they’re bringing U2’s Bono with them. The cast includes Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Taron Egerton, Tori Kelly, Nick Kroll, Bobby Cannavale, Halsey, Pharrell Williams, Letitia Wright, Eric André, Chelsea Peretti, and of course, Bono....

Halloween Kills Featurette Jamie Lee Curtis is the biggest returning cast member from the original “Halloween,” but she came back as Laurie Strode in several sequels over the years before returning in “Halloween” (2018). In “Halloween Kills,” Kyle Richards is reprising her role as Lindsey Wallace, one of the kids Laurie Strode was babysitting when Michael Myers went on his killing spree. She’s all grown up now, but the terror of Michael Myers still looms in Lindsey’s mind, and you can only imagine how terrifying it must be to see him in the flesh again....

Where You Can Stream Yellowstone Paramount Network “Yellowstone” is a Paramount Network show, which means that new episodes will require a cable subscription to watch. The good news for streaming folks, however, is that it will also be available on certain streaming platforms. The potential bad news, however, is that the streaming platforms that carry them aren’t the ones you’re probably already a subscriber of. You may think that because “Yellowstone” is a Paramount Network show that it would stream on Paramount+....

How A Character From ‘Moana’ Was Saved Only Months Before Release By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 7, 2016 9:30 am EST Four months before animation work on Walt Disney Animation Studios’ latest film Moana was set to conclude, Disney Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter sat down to decide the fate of one of the movie’s characters. The character had been in the story since day one, and had survived the many iterations of the story, but the consensus was that he was not working and needed to be removed from the movie....

Invasion Season 2 Is Heading To Apple TV+ Apple TV+ By Valerie Ettenhofer/Dec. 8, 2021 5:07 pm EST The invasion isn’t over yet. Apple TV+’s extraterrestrial epic “Invasion” will be returning for a second season, Deadline reports. The series’ first season finale will air on the streamer Friday. Series co-creator (and X-Men franchise mainstay) Simon Kinberg spoke about the renewal, saying, “I’m super excited about what we’re planning for season two, expanding our universe in the most intimate and epic ways....

James Gunn Answers The Most Important Question: Does ‘The Suicide Squad’ Have A Post-Credits Scene? By Chris Evangelista/June 17, 2021 11:31 am EST The most important question anyone can ask about a film right now is, “Does it have a post-credits scene?” Who cares about themes, or story, or cinematography? We only want to know if there will be a post-credits scene to set up the next movie, damn it! And then we want to know if that next movie will have a post-credits scene, too!...

James Wan Calls His Return To Horror “Comforting,” Shares Influences For ‘Malignant’ By Rendy Jones/Aug. 19, 2021 11:43 am EST When you think of 21st century masters of horror, the first name that’ll most likely pop into your head would be James Wan. Since 2004’s Saw, Wan has blazed a trail in horror filmmaking by creating and helming ample successful horror franchises. From Saw to Insidious to The Conjuring, James Wan has captivated and terrified moviegoers with his incredible horror films....

Kingsman 3 Begins Filming Next Year Good news for “Kingsman” fans — waiting four years for more thrilling spy adventures might just pay off. Ahead of “The King’s Man” arriving in theaters, Matthew Vaughn has announced that “Kingsman 3” is on the way. Naturally, just as audiences were preparing to head back into the 1900s, we get word that the Kingman-verse is jumping back into the present, continuing the adventure of everyone’s favorite hilariously nicknamed agent, Eggsy (Taron Egerton)!...

Remembering Quibi, One Year Later After Its Tragic Demise Roku, Inc. By Witney Seibold/Dec. 1, 2021 3:33 pm EST It has been one year since Quibi shuttered its doors after a brief but exciting (to this viewer) seven months in operation. Launched on April 6, 2020 and shut down December 1 that same year, Quibi has gone on to be widely derided for being a $2 billion dollar blunder destined to go down in the record books as one of the most misguided business ventures of all time....

Sony Adds Two Mystery Marvel Movies To Its 2023 Release Schedule Sony By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 22, 2021 5:32 pm EST Sony has just dated two new Marvel-related projects for 2023, which means it’s time to start speculating wildly! We don’t know what either of these movies might be, but it’s probably safe to assume that one of them is “Venom 3.” While “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” has yet to match the massive box office haul of the first “Venom,” it’s a big enough hit for Sony to want more....

Read the previous edition of Superhero Bits right here. Superhero Bits: Evangeline Lilly May Have Spoiled An ‘Ant-Man 3’ Cast Member, ‘Dark Nights: Metal’ Soundtrack & More By Ethan Anderton/May 21, 2021 6:00 pm EST Later this summer you’ll be able to see the third season of DC’s Titans series on HBO Max starting in August. Hey @pattonoswalt, you can take the suit off now because we get to watch #modok in 12 hours!...

Why It’s Essential Viewing Orion Pictures Roger Donaldson (“Cocktail,” “Species,” “The Recruit”) directed this sexy, engaging, and expertly paced thriller, which stands out as one of the best neo-noirs of the 1980s. It’s a movie that knows exactly what it wants to be, immediately falls into the proper groove, clearly establishes the central relationship and the dramatic stakes at play, and wonderfully ratchets up the action and suspense as the walls slowly tighten around its protagonist....

The Gilded Age Trailer: Class Conflict Reigns Supreme In HBO’s Glitzy Period Drama HBO By Shania Russell/Nov. 19, 2021 12:08 am EST From the creator of your favorite British period drama comes “Downton Abbey,” but without the accents! Fine, I’ll get specific — “Downton” creator Julian Fellowes has jumped aboard the HBO train with a new historical drama about New York City in the 1880s. Time to trade in stuffy Brits for uppity New Yorkers, according to our first glimpse at the upcoming series....

Venom: Let There Be Carnage Has A Surprising Crossover With The Matrix Resurrections Sony By Vanessa Armstrong/Oct. 11, 2021 4:09 pm EST Is “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” merely part of the fabricated reality of the Matrix? Some helicopters in the film are, at least. Both “Venom” and the upcoming “The Matrix Resurrections” were shot in San Francisco at the same time, and it seems that some of the shooting from the fourth “Matrix” movie also made its way into “Let There Be Carnage....

Who Is D.B. Cooper? That ‘Loki’ Flashback Explained By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 9, 2021 7:00 am EST In the first episode of Loki, the newest Marvel Studios series on Disney+, Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and Time Variance Authority Agent Mobius (Owen Wilson) are reviewing the god of mischief’s exploits when we get a flashback to a scene that had never featured before in any of the villain’s Marvel Cinematic Universe appearances. We see Loki with unusually slicked-back, short-cropped hair, dressed in a sleek suit and a snazzy pair of shades while seated aboard a 1960s-style airplane....

Why Disney Turned Down The Opportunity To Make Back To The Future Universal Pictures By Lindsay Duke/Nov. 5, 2021 10:18 pm EST It’s hard to look back on classics like “Back to the Future” and ever imagine someone saying, “Nah, that won’t ever work.” That’s just the way Hollywood goes sometimes, though. For every glowing and golden success story, there’s also a rejection in its shadow. Some projects, like “Back to the Future,” offer bigger regrets for being passed over than others....