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The Morning Watch: Creating The Magic Of ‘Harry Potter’, ‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ Easter Eggs & More By Ethan Anderton/April 9, 2021 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, take a look back at the beginning of Harry Potter’s magic on the big screen with a one-hour featurette on the making of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘On-Gaku: Our Sound’ Is A Fresh, Irreverent, And Totally Bizarre “Putting A Band Together” Movie By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 9, 2021 7:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movie: On-Gaku: Our SoundWhere You Can Stream It: Available on PVODThe Pitch: Three high school delinquents who spend their days playing video games when they’re not casually beating up the gangs from rival schools suddenly decide to start a rock ’n’ roll band — despite having no skills, no money, and no equipment except for two stolen bass guitars and half a drum set....

This Halloween Kills Featurette Is All About Those Michael Myers Kills Miramax With “Halloween Kills” arriving in just a week, director David Gordon Green is aware of the pressure facing him. In a fresh new featurette, the “Halloween” director joins the cast and crew in hyping up the anticipated sequel: “It’s called ‘Halloween Kills’ and it has to live up to that title.” Franchise star Jamie Lee Curtis goes even further to say that while the last “Halloween” was Laurie Strode’s story, the upcoming “Halloween Kills” is “the town’s story....

You Can Spend The Night In The House From Scream This Halloween Miramax By Jeremy Mathai/Sept. 29, 2021 3:13 pm EST The call is coming from inside the house … and now you’ll have a chance to spend the night there, too! Just like countless seemingly immortal slasher villains, the beloved homage-heavy horror series “Scream” is coming back for more with a fifth entry. To mark the occasion, Airbnb, Paramount, and Spyglass Media have all joined forces to provide fans with an unforgettable experience: an overnight stay at the California home of Stu Macher, played by Matthew Lillard in the original film....

/Film Set Interview: ‘The Avengers’ Star Mark Ruffalo By Peter Sciretta/April 3, 2012 7:00 am EST In June 2011, Marvel invited a handfull of journalists to the set of The Avengers. /Film was a part of this amazing visit to Albuquerque Studios (which you can read about here). While on set we participated in round table interviews with the cast and crew of the film. After the jump you will be able to read our interview with Mark Ruffalo, who plays Bruce Banner and the Incredible Hulk in The Avengers...

‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ TV Spot: The World Needs Kong By Chris Evangelista/March 15, 2021 4:00 pm EST “We need Kong!” a character says in the latest Godzilla vs. Kong TV Spot. “The world needs him!” The implications could not be clearer: when it comes to Godzilla vs. Kong, Kong is being positioned as the “good guy.” While Godzilla and Godzilla: King of the Monsters presented Godzilla as a monster who will (occasionally) help humans out, Godzilla vs....

‘MacGruber’ Series Adds Sam Elliott, Laurence Fishburne, Mickey Rourke To Cast By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 10, 2021 6:47 am EST The gang’s all here for the MacGruber TV series at Peacock. The NBCUniversal streamer has added three impressive new cast members to the sequel series to the cult action-comedy film, with Sam Elliott, Laurence Fishburne, and Mickey Rourke joining the cast headed by Will Forte. Variety reports that Rourke has been cast as the villain of the eight-episode MacGruber series at Peacock....

‘The Mauritanian’ Star Tahar Rahim On His Long Road Back To Hollywood [Interview] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 10, 2021 9:00 am EST But between 2009 and 2018, Rahim practically disappeared from the Hollywood stratosphere, popping up every now and then in blockbusters like 2011’s The Eagle and arthouse dramas like Mary Magdalene, but mostly preferring to work in his home country of France. “When I worked with Kevin [MacDonald, who directs him in The Mauritanian], on The Eagle, I could barely speak English,” Rahim said in a Zoom interview with /Film....

Dexter: New Blood: Release Date, Cast, And More Showtime By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 22, 2021 2:36 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.) This fall, “Dexter” is making a comeback on Showtime with a limited series revival that will hopefully make up for the disappointing series finale from back in 2013....

Disneyland Is Reopening On April 30 With Limited Capacity And Enhanced Health & Safety Measures By Ethan Anderton/March 17, 2021 9:30 am EST It’s been almost a full year since Disneyland closed last year at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. But now that the COVID-19 vaccine is being distributed far and wide, it’s finally time for the happiest place on Earth to lift people’s spirits by reopening for the spring....

Eternals Star Richard Madden Is Used To Playing Characters Torn Between Love And Duty Walt Disney Pictures / Marvel Studios By Shania Russell/Oct. 21, 2021 1:21 pm EST Marvel is weeks away from bringing its sweeping sci-fi epic to the big screen. “The Eternals” promises to shake up the MCU, delving deeper into the cosmos and introducing an entirely new set of heroes, in the ancient and powerful Eternals. Among them is Richard Madden’s Ikaris, already making a name for himself as the “Superman” of the MCU....

Every Danny Boyle Film Ranked From Worst To Best Pathe By Audrey Fox/Sept. 29, 2021 7:14 pm EST Since beginning his directorial career in the early ’90s, Danny Boyle has become one of the most famous and reliable filmmakers of his generation. Although some of his most successful films have a clear sentimental streak, plucking the heartstrings of the audience like a well-tuned guitar, his work has been surprisingly varied. And what’s incredibly striking when looking at Boyle’s filmography is that there’s not a huge amount of daylight between his worst films and his best films....

Evil Dead Rise Has A Gnarly Story, Even For An Evil Dead Movie New Line Cinema By Anya Stanley/Nov. 24, 2021 4:45 pm EST Hail to the queens, baby. A new entry in the beloved “Evil Dead” franchise inches closer, and today we’ve learned that women and children get in on the mayhem. “Evil Dead Rise” is the latest on a collection of movies first dropping in 1981. Starring Bruce Campbell as the undead-battling Ash, Sam Raimi’s gruesome “Evil Dead” was a scrappy production that eventually landed on the radars of the distributor for “Night of the Living Dead,” the Cannes Film Festival, Stephen King, and Fangoria magazine, becoming a sleeper hit....

George Romero’s Dead Series United Film Distribution George A. Romero’s “Dead” films changed the course of horror cinema forever. It was “a manifesto for the modern horror film,” and while there are many who would refute the political nature of the genre, Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead” proves horror’s subversive political influence. In 1968, Duane Jones auditioned for “Night of the Living Dead” and was cast as the film’s hero, Ben....

“The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of” Marvel In the interview, Scott mentioned that while we know actress Alaqua Cox is coming back for the spin-off “Echo” series, there hasn’t been any mention yet of Fee reprising his role. But if Kevin Feige or one of the other producers asked, would Fee be up for playing Kazi again? According to the actor: “Of course. Of course I would. I have adored playing this role and I have adored working with Alaqua and I have adored being a part of this world....

How Did This Get Made: A Conversation With Sheldon Lettich, Screenwriter Of Bloodsport By Blake Harris/April 5, 2016 8:00 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Shortly after running our last piece, How Did This Get Made: A Conversation with Frank Dux, the Real-Life Inspiration for Bloodsport, I was put in touch with Sheldon Lettich. This was significant not only because he wrote the screenplay for Bloodsport, but also because Dux had said some unflattering things about the writer....

How Malignant Scored A Rare Day-And-Date Release In China New Line Cinema By Joshua Meyer/Sept. 13, 2021 8:29 am EST American horror movies don’t usually fare well in China, if only because so few of them ever make it past government censorship. James Wan’s new film, “Malignant,” however, landed a rare deal enabling it to release on streaming platforms in China the same day it hit theaters in the U.S....

Kevin Feige Is Sorry About Thor’s Dyed Eyebrows By Chris Evangelista/April 25, 2018 3:00 pm EST Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has a lot to be proud of – the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to grow astronomically, and Marvel Studios is more powerful than ever. But there’s one thing Feige regrets about the MCU: Thor’s dyed eyebrows in the first Thor movie. If there was one thing you could change about the Marvel Cinematic Universe, what would it be?...

Legends Of Tomorrow Season 7 Release Date, Cast, And More Warner Bros. Television By Jeremy Mathai/Sept. 22, 2021 8:28 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.) CW shows have a tendency to come with certain preconceptions attached to them, some of which aren’t entirely unfair … but nonetheless don’t tell the full picture....

Locke & Key Season 2 Trailer: The Locke Kids Face More Foes In The Netflix Show Netflix By Vanessa Armstrong/Sept. 14, 2021 12:17 pm EST The first season of Netflix’s “Locke & Key” premiered in 2020 and, while wrapping up some loose threads, ended on quite a cliffhanger. The show’s fans won’t have to wait much longer to find out what happens next, however, as the second season is set to come out this October....