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Daily Podcast: Visiting The New Academy Museum In L.A. MGM On the October 8, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by Editorial Director Peter Sciretta to talk about the new Academy Museum in Los Angeles. Opening Banter: Our Feature Presentation: The Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures Opens This Fall: Here’s What You Need To Know All the other stuff you need to know: Also mentioned: All the other stuff you need to know:...

Dr. Seuss’ Oh, The Places You’ll Go! Is Becoming An Animated Movie From Jon M. Chu Dr. Seuss Estate By BJ Colangelo/Nov. 11, 2021 3:58 pm EST Jon M. Chu truly is on fire these days, isn’t he? The director behind “Crazy Rich Asians,” “In The Heights,” and the highly anticipated film adaptation of “Wicked” has been attached to yet another high-profile film adaptation of a beloved classic: this time, Dr....

Gerard Butler’s ‘Greenland’ Sequel Sells To STX For A Whopping $75 Million By Chris Evangelista/July 6, 2021 9:42 am EST Greenland is full of surprises. It’s a surprisingly good Gerard Butler end-of-the-world movie, and it’s also (surprisingly!) getting a sequel. That sequel is called Greenland: Migration, and STX, who distributed the first movie, just plopped down a huge chunk of change for the rights. The sequel will follow Butler’s character and his family after “surviving near-extinction by traversing across the decimated frozen wasteland of Europe to find a new home....

Introducing, Selma Blair: Release Date, Trailer, And More Discovery+ By BJ Colangelo/Oct. 5, 2021 5:30 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.) Actress Selma Blair was first introduced to the world as the one-episode love interest, Penelope Ghiruto, for Big Pete on the Nickelodeon series “The Adventures of Pete and Pete....

Jim Carrey Regrets Rejecting Spike Jonze As Director For ‘Ace Ventura 2’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Sept. 12, 2017 9:30 am EST Some of our greatest directors get their starts in the most unexpected places. For Spike Jonze, it could have been by directing the sequel to Jim Carrey’s slapstick comedy classic Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, if fate didn’t have its way. In other words, Jonze could have won his Oscar 19 years earlier than he did when he brought home the trophy in 2013 for Her....

Leonardo DiCaprio And Adam McKay Discuss The Urgency And Humor In Don’t Look Up Netflix By Ben Pearson/Dec. 8, 2021 11:38 am EST “It’s so sad and frustrating to watch people who have dedicated their lives to learning the truth be turned away, because people don’t like what the truth has to say.” That quote from Jennifer Lawrence at the recent “Don’t Look Up” press conference encapsulates the last several years of what it’s been like to live in a world in which science and facts have come under attack....

Noir-Inspired Batman Animated Series From J.J. Abrams And Matt Reeves Coming To HBO Max By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 19, 2021 8:00 am EST The Caped Crusader is returning to the cartoon world. A new Batman animated series is coming to HBO Max, with J.J. Abrams and The Batman director Matt Reeves teaming up with DC animated universe veteran Bruce Timm to create a noir-inspired take on the comic book hero. The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Abrams, Reeves, and Timm are developing Batman: Caped Crusader for HBO Max and Cartoon Network, a new Batman animated series described as a “reimagining of the Batman mythology....

Peacock Orders ‘Da Vinci Code’ Spin-Off ‘Langdon’ To Series By Chris Evangelista/March 9, 2021 4:00 pm EST Robert Langdon, the Harvard symbologist with the bad haircut who has a nasty habit of getting caught up in historical mysteries, now has his own TV series. After ordering a pilot last year, Peacock has now ordered Dan Brown’s Langdon to series, with Succession actor Ashley Zukerman playing the title character. The show will follow Robert Langdon’s “early adventures,” and you better friggin’ believe he’s going to have to solve some puzzles along the way....

Sabrina Spellman Is Finally Coming To Riverdale For A Crossover Netflix By Danielle Ryan/Oct. 7, 2021 3:25 pm EST Praise the Dark Lord, Sabrina is coming to “Riverdale”! Though Netflix cancelled the spin-off series “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” star Kiernan Shipka will reprise her role as the witchy Sabrina Spellman on the upcoming season of the CW series “Riverdale.” Ruh-Roh, Riverdale “Riverdale” writer Evan Kyle revealed that Sabrina will be making an appearance on the show while doing a Q&A on The Dipp following the season 5 finale....

The Line from Jackie to Spencer Neon Larraín’s comments about finding a crisis in “a very contained amount of days or a very small period of that person’s life” recall the approach that Aaron Sorkin and Danny Boyle took with “Steve Jobs.” That film was essentially made up of three long scenes set before major product launches at different points in the late Apple co-founder’s life. There’s a clear parallel between “Spencer” and “Jackie” as well....

The Best Movies & TV Shows Coming To Netflix July 2021 By Chris Evangelista/June 24, 2021 11:11 am EST Here comes July, and with it, a whole new bunch of stuff on Netflix. And while you could probably spend hours scrolling around to figure out what the new titles are, we’ve gone ahead and listed them all for you below, free of charge. You might even say we’re heroes. So here’s what’s new on Netflix July 2021, and what you should go out of your way to watch....

The Daily Stream: Spontaneous Is The Explosive Emotional Release Your Heart Needs Paramount Pictures By BJ Colangelo/Oct. 21, 2021 4:05 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 Movie: “Spontaneous” Where You Can Stream It: Paramount+ The Pitch: The directorial debut of screenwriter Brian Duffield (“Underwater,” “The Babysitter,” “Love & Monsters”), “Spontaneous” is about a high-school student named Mara (Katherine Langford of “Knives Out” and “13 Reasons Why”) navigating the difficult realities of teenage existence when suddenly her classmates begin inexplicably spontaneously combusting in the middle of class....

The Lightsaber Umbrella In Star Wars: Visions Explained Lucasfilm By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 25, 2021 8:25 am EST Ever since Darth Maul whipped out a double-edged lightsaber in “The Phantom Menace” to take on two Jedi at once to the tune of John Williams’ “Duel of the Fates,” “Star Wars” has been playing a game of constant one-upmanship with its laser swords. George Lucas once boiled his lightsaber aesthetic down to the simple maxim of, “Good guys are green and blue....

The Movies That Made Us Season 3: Release Date, Cast And More Netflix By BJ Colangelo/Sept. 26, 2021 11:13 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.) A spin-off of the hugely successful “The Toys That Made Us,” series, “The Movies That Made Us” will be back for a third season....

‘A Quiet Place Part II’ Review: The Horror Sequel Retreads Softly, But Carries Less Impact By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 18, 2021 8:00 am EST The first A Quiet Place was a phenomenon for a reason — its immaculate sound design and unique premise (a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by hearing-sensitive monsters) made for a horror film more akin to a roller coaster: immersive, transporting, and almost completely experiential. But strip A Quiet Place of its novelty, and what do you have?...

‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Adds Breakout ‘Bridgerton’ Star Regé-Jean Page To The Ensemble Cast By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 17, 2021 8:00 am EST The cast of the new Dungeons and Dragons movie continues to grow, and this time Paramount Pictures has dug into one of Netflix’s recent hit shows to find their latest star. Regé-Jean Page is one of the breakout stars of Bridgerton, the Gossip Girl-esque period romance produced by Shonda Rhimes, and just before he steps up to host Saturday Night Live this weekend, he’s now taken a role in the fantasy adventure film based on the role-playing game of the same name....

‘Free Guy’ Spoiler Review: Don’t Hate The Game, Hate Its Many Contradictions By Shania Russell/Aug. 16, 2021 1:53 pm EST Free Guy is a frustrating contradiction: a movie that manages to be a happy surprise, yet utterly underwhelming. Launching its audience into the chaos of an open-world video game, Free Guy is filled to the brim with humor, violence, and romance for a jam-packed two hours that feel shockingly hollow by the time the credits roll....

‘Ride The Eagle’ Director Trent O’Donnell On Pandemic Filmmaking And ‘New Girl’ Memories [Interview] By Jack Giroux/Aug. 2, 2021 9:06 am EST The film is a tender comedy about a son reconnecting with his estranged mother (Susan Sarandon) following her passing. Recently, O’Donnell told us about the logistics of shooting the movie during the pandemic, his time directing New Girl, and much more. Where you shot is so beautiful. Was it a nice escape?...

‘Stranger Things’ Star David Harbour Teases A “Definite Ending” For The Series By Ben Pearson/June 21, 2021 8:48 am EST The inevitable ending of Netflix’s sci-fi juggernaut Stranger Things has been the subject of tons of speculation over the past several years. Now actor David Harbour, who plays Hawkins’ police chief Jim Hopper, is adding a bit more fuel to the fire. In a new interview with Collider, Harbour was asked how the upcoming fourth season of the show compares to the previous seasons, and his answer included a tease about the ending....

‘The Nevers’ Featurette: Discover HBO’s Genre-Bending Sci-Fi Fantasy Series By Ben Pearson/April 7, 2021 4:00 pm EST Right now, HBO’s upcoming series The Nevers is best known for what happened behind the scenes: namely that it was meant to be the big return to television for creator and original showrunner Joss Whedon, only for him to step away from the show in late 2020. But once audiences get a chance to actually see the show instead of just reading about its production, I expect it will be able to carve out a reputation of its own outside of Whedon’s involvement....