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Animated Anthology ‘Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire’ Brings African Sci-Fi To Disney+ By Chris Evangelista/June 17, 2021 1:29 pm EST Filmmakers from Zimbabwe, Uganda, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and Egypt bring unique animation to Disney+ with Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire, a 10-part collection of original films that will premiere on the streaming service next year. Peter Ramsey, co-director of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, serves as executive producer for the anthology, which is comprised of sci-fi and fantasy stories set in a futuristic Africa....

Anthony Mackie Shares His Pitch For Real Steel 2 Disney By Jeremy Mathai/Oct. 7, 2021 3:36 pm EST Every so often, a prompt goes around Film Twitter regarding favorite underrated movies and of the many deserving choices, 2011’s “Real Steel” routinely gets its fair share of mentions. Rightfully so! But then after a little while, those prompts disappear and nobody talks about the movie again … until the next prompt, that is, at which point “Real Steel” gets some attention again before once more vanishing into the ether....

Avril Lavigne Is Turning Her Song Sk8er Boi Into A Movie, Can We Make It Any More Obvious Arista Records By BJ Colangelo/Dec. 14, 2021 5:44 pm EST In 1597, William Shakespeare introduced us to the star-crossed lovers of “Romeo & Juliet,” falling in love in spite of their warring families. In 1957, the beloved musical “West Side Story” introduced the world to the tale of love being found in the midst of two rivaling street gangs....

Condor Season 2: Release Date, Cast, And More Skydance Television By Jeremy Mathai/Oct. 8, 2021 3:37 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.) “Six Days of the Condor” is one of the greatest paranoid thrillers ever to grace the big screen, featuring unforgettable performances by Robert Redford and the late Max von Sydow and based on the James Grady novel of the same name....

Daily Podcast: Wakanda MCU Show, Deadpool 3, Cloverfield 2, Frasier, And More By Ben Pearson/Feb. 1, 2021 2:45 pm EST On the February 1, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by managing editor Jacob Hall and writer Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and TV news, including a Wakanda TV show, a Cloverfield sequel, Buck Rogers, Deadpool 3, dueling GameStop movies, and a Frasier revival....

Director Joe Lynch Talks ‘The Knights Of Badassdom’ Plus Footage And Trailer Impressions By Germain Lussier/July 21, 2011 3:00 pm EST Saturday at Comic Con, a little movie that could with a star-studded cast will take the stage in Hall H. What happens next? Well, I can’t tell you yet because I’m writing this from the past. Last week, /Film was one of several outlets invited to get an early look at The Knights of Badassdom, a horror comedy adventure film starring Ryan Kwanten, Peter Dinklage, Steve Zahn, Summer Glau, Danny Pudi and others about the world of live action role playing....

Eternals Box Office Projections Point To $75 Million Opening Weekend Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/Nov. 3, 2021 2:42 pm EST After suffering several delays, Marvel’s “Eternals” is finally set to hit theaters, with Thursday preview screenings kicking off tomorrow at 6 p.m. It shouldn’t come as a huge surprise, given the consistent track record that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has established, that the movie is expected to have a strong debut at the box office in its opening weekend....

Eternals Sex Scene Was Essential To Chloé Zhao’s Vision From The Beginning [Exclusive] Marvel Studios By Max Evry/Nov. 1, 2021 11:27 am EST For years there has been endless brouhaha over the apparent sexlessness of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In a series filled with gorgeous and ripped super people, many wondered why none of them seemed to have an ounce of horniness among them. Despite some early implied escapades by Tony Stark, he eventually settled down with Pepper and Marvel barely showed them kissing....

HBO Max Orders ‘Subject To Change’ Original Series From J.J. Abrams By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 22, 2021 7:30 am EST Hot on the heels of the recent news that HBO Max has J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot production banner developing a new series focusing on the DC Comics character Constantine, the streaming service has picked up an original series called Subject to Change from the filmmaker. HBO Max sent out a press release announcing the order of Subject to Change, an original story by Abrams himself....

Win Some, Lose Some HBO Fans of the original series will soon have “House of the Dragon” to look forward to, the prequel/spin-off series that takes place hundreds of years before the events of “Game of Thrones.” According to this report, however, the loss of the untitled Naomi Watts-led series directly led to HBO giving the go-ahead to this one. As Greenblatt is further quoted in the book: “I’m the one who encouraged Casey to green-light it to series....

Mike Flanagan’s Fall Of The House Of Usher Netflix Series Will Star Frank Langella, Mark Hamill, And More Warner Bros. By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 9, 2021 3:09 pm EST Working with Netflix, Mike Flanagan has already given us horror series such as “The Haunting of Hill House,” “The Haunting of Bly Manor,” and the recent “Midnight Mass.” Next up he has the Netflix horror series “The Midnight Club,” but that won’t be the end of the Flanagan/Netflix horror partnership....

No Time To Die Will Screen At The Zurich Film Festival, The First For A Bond Movie MGM By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 27, 2021 11:55 am EST Daniel Craig’s suffering is coming one step closer to finally ending. It almost feels like another lifetime ago now, but the actor once made waves with some hilariously choice comments about his famous Bond role in the immediate aftermath of “Spectre,” making it sound like he was long past ready to take the holster and finely appareled suits and hang them up for good....

Star Trek: The Next Generation’s 10 Best Episodes Paramount By David Court/Sept. 7, 2021 8:15 pm EST “Star Trek: The Next Generation” arrived on our screens in September ‘87, continuing the Enterprise’s mission to explore strange new worlds, seek out new life and civilizations, and boldly split infinitives. With a brand new ship, we’d follow the ongoing adventures of an equally fresh-faced crew and its brooding captain across 178 episodes, until the show’s finale aired in May ‘94....

The Many Saints of Newark Warner Bros. Now Streaming on HBO Max Release Date: 2021 Genre: Mob Drama Director: Alan Taylor Cast: Alessandro Nivola, Leslie Odom Jr., Jon Bernthal, Corey Stoll, Michael Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Vera Farmiga, An “r” that looks like a gun “The Sopranos” gets the prequel treatment with “The Many Saints of Newark.” This crime saga takes us back to Newark in the late ’60s and early ’70s, and introduces us to Dickie Moltisanti (a great Alessandro Nivola), the guy who served as a mentor and father-figure to young Tony Soprano (played by Michael Gandolfini, doing a brilliant and often eerie interpretation of the character his late father made famous)....

The Daily Stream: ‘Future Man’ Is The Time Travel TV Series Humanity Deserves By Danielle Ryan/July 22, 2021 1:38 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Series: Future ManWhere You Can Stream It: HuluThe Pitch: Josh Futturman (Josh Hutcherson) is a janitor for a bioengineering lab. He doesn’t really have any goals in life, except to be the first person ever to beat his favorite video game....

The Daily Stream: ‘Singin’ In The Rain’ Remains The Platonic Ideal Of The Movie Musical By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 15, 2021 10:00 am EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)The Movie: Singin’ in the RainWhere You Can Stream It: HBO MaxThe Pitch: Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) is a silent film star who finds his career threatened by the transition to “talkies....

Who is Adrian Chase? DC Comics As the name suggests, Vigilante is a crime-fighting antihero who functions outside of the law to take down street-level criminals and mob bosses. The Vigilante alias itself has been taken on by various characters throughout DC comics, but Adrian Chase is by far the most well-known. Created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez, Adrian Chase was a New York City district attorney determined to fight for justice any way he could....

How ‘Visions’ Could Fit Into ‘Star Wars’ Canon Disney There are other stories in the oeuvre of “Star Wars: Visions” that could be canon, and we should have many more stories told to complete them and take them further. The top of that list, for me, would be “The Elder.” It tells the tale of a Jedi Master and his Padawan who, in their travels in the Outer Rim, stumble upon an aging Sith warrior....

By Chris Evangelista/April 26, 2021 1:30 pm EST Here’s your chance to score some art by the legendary Drew Struzan. Bottleneck Gallery is releasing a Back to the Future Part III poster from the artist, a painting that’s been re-crafted as a high-quality lithograph. This isn’t the theatrical poster that you’re familiar with and probably have seen over 100 times, which will probably make it even more enticing. You can reserve a copy now – but quantities are limited....

‘Batman ‘89’ And ‘Superman ‘78’ Comics Will Tell New Stories Set In The Worlds Of Those Movies By Ben Pearson/Feb. 16, 2021 5:30 pm EST DC Comics is returning to the worlds envisioned by Tim Burton and Richard Donner in two new Batman and Superman comics. Batman ‘89 and Superman ‘78 will pick up where those seminal films left off, telling additional stories in those universes, introducing new characters, and continuing with plot threads that were left dangling in the original movies, which were precursors of the superhero-heavy cinematic landscape we’re in today....