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‘Black Widow’ Sequel Is Still Possible, But Without Scarlett Johansson (Obviously) By Ethan Anderton/June 30, 2021 1:13 pm EST Following the demise of Natasha Romanoff in Avengers: Endgame, the upcoming Black Widow movie has to turn back time for a story set between Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War. But that doesn’t mean a Black Widow sequel should be ruled out in the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

‘Blade’ Reboot Will Be Part Of Marvel Phase 5 Or Later, Mahershala Ali Pitched Marvel On The Idea By Chris Evangelista/July 22, 2019 9:00 am EST While other Marvel movies mentioned at San Diego Comic-Con over the weekend offered up more details, the big reveal everyone was talking about was the super-brief, last-minute announcement that Mahershala Ali would star in a Blade reboot. While next to no details were revealed at Comic-Con, more Blade reboot info has started to trickle in, including a confirmation the Blade reboot release won’t happen until after Phase 4, and that Mahershala Ali personally requested the role....

‘Candyman’ Clip: Listen To The Legend Of The Candyman By Shania Russell/Aug. 19, 2021 8:47 am EST We all know better than to chase down ghost stories, right? More than enough horror movies have kickstarted their action with a naive protagonist summoning a ghost or playing with a ouija board, so surely the message is hammered into our heads? Well apparently not everyone got the memo, because in Nia DaCosta’s Candyman, visual artist Anthony McCoy (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is obsessing over a serial killing urban legend....

‘Demon Slayer: Mugen Train’ Is Coming To U.S. Theaters After Smashing Box Office Records In Japan By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 17, 2021 1:30 pm EST Aniplex of America and Funimation announced that they are teaming up for the North American release of Demon Slayer: Mugen Train, which is officially set to open in U.S. theaters on April 23. Directed by Haruo Sotozaki, Demon Slayer: Mugen Train is a sequel to the ongoing anime series which adapts the popular manga series by Koyoharu Gotouge which follows a young boy named Tanjiro who joins an elite group of demon slayers in order to find a cure for his sister after she is turned into a demon....

‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ Featurette Introduces The Human Teams Behind The Massive Monsters By Ethan Anderton/March 10, 2021 9:00 am EST It’s time to pick a side in the battle of Godzilla vs. Kong. The massive movie monsters are coming to blows on the big screen and HBO Max later this month. But they’re not the only ones caught up in the blockbuster battle. Behind Godzilla and King Kong are teams of human characters, each invested in one of the colossal creatures for different reasons....

‘Gunpowder Milkshake’ Trailer: Lena Headey And Karen Gillan Are A Mother-Daughter Assassin Team By Ethan Anderton/May 25, 2021 7:30 am EST In what looks like a fun, female spin on the John Wick formula, Lean Headey and Karen Gillan star in the new action thriller Gunpowder Milkshake as a mother-daughter assassin team forced to take on the ruthless crime syndicate that once employed them. The first Gunpowder Milkshake trailer has arrived, and it just looks like a blast, especially when you see the full ensemble of assassins in the movie....

‘Mortal Kombat’ Honest Trailer: It’s Really Just A Pre-Game To When Mortal Kombat Actually Starts By Ethan Anderton/May 13, 2021 6:00 am EST Look, maybe it’s time we just stop expecting video game movies to be good. After nearly 30 years of turning them into movies, we don’t have a lot to show for it, and this year’s latest entry is no exception. Mortal Kombat take a more serious approach to the fighting game, courtesy of director Simon McQuoid, with an adaptation the mythology that has grown with the video game franchise over the past couple decades....

‘Old’ Star Gael García Bernal On Working With M. Night Shyamalan And What To Watch Next [Interview] By Jack Giroux/July 23, 2021 9:02 am EST M. Night Shyamalan’s Old is built around a simple idea: characters grow old rapidly on a mysterious beach and can’t escape. It’s both new and familiar for Shyamalan. The horror-thriller is one of his more stylized movies, but at its core, it’s another Shyamalan film about family and storytelling....

The Bad Batch Season 2 Announcement Star Wars: #TheBadBatch will return for a second season in 2022. Prepare for the two part finale of season one starting tomorrow, only on @DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/UsseGvPXgS — Star Wars: The Bad Batch (@TheBadBatch) August 5, 2021 The two-part season 1 finale is set to drop tomorrow on Disney+ with the conclusion airing on the following week, but Lucasfilm is wasting no time in keeping the excitement alive for the adventures to come for the rugged and elite team of Clone Troopers....

‘The Chickening’: A New Twist On A Classic Tale Of Horror By Jack Giroux/Jan. 26, 2016 3:30 pm EST At the Fantastic Fest film festival in Austin, Texas, short films often play before the films. Before Anders Thomas Jensen’s Men & Chicken, the audience was treated to The Chickening, directed by Nick DenBoer and Davy Force. The short film was met with a huge applause, almost stealing the spotlight from the feature that followed....

‘The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’ Early Buzz: Does Marvel’s Second Disney+ Series Have The Goods? By Ethan Anderton/March 12, 2021 9:19 am EST Next week brings the premiere of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, the second Marvel Studios series coming to Disney+ in the wake of the wild and surprising WandaVision. But critics have already seen the first episode of the series, and reactions have started to hit the web....

‘The Purge’ Creator James DeMonaco Intended For ‘The Forever Purge’ To Be The Finale – But He Also Has A Pitch For A Sixth Film [Interview] By Jack Giroux/July 6, 2021 10:00 am EST James DeMonaco didn’t expect The Purge to become what it has. The writer and director originally imagined the first movie as a small indie, but with backing from Blumhouse and Universal, we all know how it evolved: four sequels and a TV spin-off....

‘The Tomorrow War’ Star Betty Gilpin Was Happy To Wear Comfy Sweaters While Chris Pratt Injured Himself Doing Action Scenes [Interview] By Jacob Hall/June 14, 2021 12:10 pm EST But do you know who doesn’t care about that? Betty Gilpin. “I was very happy to be eating bagels in baggy sweaters, waving at everyone as they went off to gun training and stunt training and were icing their knees and stuff,” she told me over Zoom....

Daily Podcast: ‘Loki’ Episode 2 Shakes Up The Marvel Universe [Spoiler Discussion] By Peter Sciretta/June 16, 2021 2:52 pm EST On the June 16, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by weekend editor Brad Oman to have a spoiler discussion about Loki episode 2 “The Variant”. In The Spoiler Room: Loki Episode 2 “The Variant” Feedback Disney+ Moves Its Original Series Releases to Wednesdays After ‘Loki’ Was Biggest Debut Yet Brief reactions Breakdown 11 ‘Loki’ Episode 2 Easter Eggs and What They Could Mean for the Marvel Cinematic Universe What’s Up With Josta Soda, the Bizarre Drink of Choice for the TVA in ‘Loki’?...

What We Learned At CinemaCon Sony Pictures Releasing According to ScreenRant, the footage screened at CinemaCon offers quick glimpses of both Miles and Gwen. Miles can be seen doing his signature web-slinging jump, showing off how far he’s come since his many SpiderVerse mentors helped train him. This sounds particularly sweet as a callback to his relationship with Peter B. Parker (Jake Johnson), who taught him to “thwip and release.”...

The History of Hammer Hammer Films Hammer was founded in November 1934, so the company is 87 years old as of this month. As noted on its official website, Hammer’s name has become inextricably linked with horror, but it dabbled in other genres — even cavegirl movies — and only a third of its 300-plus titles were horror. It was in the 1950s that Hammer began to build its brand in horror with films like “The Curse of Frankenstein,” “Dracula,” and “The Mummy....

It’s A Good Day For Bowie Fans As Brett Morgan Announces A Top Secret Project On The Iconic Musician Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images By Lex Briscuso/Nov. 19, 2021 8:01 pm EST We’ve yet to have a tried and true David Bowie documentary that really gets into the nitty-gritty of who Ziggy Stardust was, on and off-stage. Now, we may get just that from Brett Morgan, the filmmaker behind “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck....

Marvel’s What If…? Head Writer And Director Tease Season 2 Plans And Talk Infinity Stones Rules [Interview] Marvel Studios By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 8, 2021 1:43 pm EST The first season finale of Marvel’s “What If…?” animated series debuted earlier this week, finally bringing together the superhero team known as the Guardians of the Multiverse. After the episode premiered on Disney+, we spoke with director Bryan Andrews and head writer A.C. Bradley about the season finale and what it could mean for the future of “What If…?...

NBC Orders ‘Ordinary Joe’, A TV Series From Matt Reeves That’s Been In Development For 15 Years By Ethan Anderton/April 1, 2021 9:30 am EST Today, Matt Reeves is known for bringing us blockbusters like Cloverfield, War for the Planet of the Apes, and the newest version of The Batman. But back in 2006, Reeves was just trying to get a TV show made at ABC called Ordinary Joe, a high-concept drama following the three alternate life paths of the same character, each changed by a different milestone decision made at various points in his life....

Nicole Byer Announces Her First Hour-Long Comedy Special On Netflix By Shania Russell/Aug. 9, 2021 10:36 am EST Nicole Byer’s first hour-long special will premiere on Netflix by the end of the year. The special is currently set to be filmed at the Gramercy Theatre in New York on September 5. The release date is unspecified, but is expected for late this year. In the announcement statement, Byer said: “I’m so f**king excited to do this....