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LeVar Burton Didn’t Get The Jeopardy! Gig, So He’s Developing His Own Game Show CBS By Ryan Scott/Sept. 17, 2021 3:35 pm EST “Jeopardy!” was/is in need of a new host following the passing of Alex Trebek. LeVar Burton, of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “Reading Rainbow” fame, made it very clear that he wanted the job. His fans rallied behind him. He arguably had the most vocal supporters of any of the many guest hosts who were brought in to try out for the gig....

Matt Damon Brings Tears To ‘Saturday Night Live’ With Both Laughter And Love By Ethan Anderton/Dec. 16, 2018 10:30 am EST The Christmas episode of Saturday Night Live is one of holiday cheer and fun, and with host Matt Damon, that’s exactly what we got, complete with some special guests in one of the best cold opens in awhile. But along with the laughter, we also got some heartfelt moments too, especially from our host....

Netflix Is Adapting ‘Redwall’, So Let’s Brainstorm The Ultimate Fantasy Cast By Josh Spiegel/Feb. 11, 2021 9:00 am EST Sometimes, good things come to those who wait. Nearly four years ago at this very site, I wrote a lengthy essay arguing that the next great film or TV series was waiting for any studio to adapt, in the form of the Redwall series by the late author Brian Jacques. The series, which posits an adventurous landscape full of woodland creatures fighting for power and freedom in the forests of the United Kingdom, is full of memorable characters, locations, and food....

Red Stone Clip: Neal McDonough Plays A Hitman In This New Thriller [Exclusive] Cinedigm By Jeremy Mathai/Dec. 2, 2021 12:01 pm EST Who can resist movies about a hitman with a conscience? Countless Westerns have mined as much drama and tension as they possibly could out of similar setups, and this year’s “Red Stone” will be the latest attempt to craft a compelling and original story out of the familiar — but still narratively potent — premise....

S Bukley / Shutterstock By Vanessa Armstrong/Aug. 26, 2021 5:57 pm EST The producer-director is developing the series “Infinite Thread,” a sci-fi crime drama written by Julius and Alston Ramsay. The Ramsay brothers and Byron Balasco (“Kingdom”) will showrun the project together, which promises to be a mashup of sci-fi and true crime. A True Crime Story That “Breaks the Boundaries of Time and Space” Jerod Harris / Getty Images...

Steven Yeun And Ali Wong Starring In New Series From A24 By Chris Evangelista/March 16, 2021 4:30 pm EST This will mark Yeun’s first return to TV since his work on The Walking Dead, where he played Glenn Rhee. Yeun is also coming off an Oscar-nominated turn in Minari, which was also produced by the folks at A24. Wong’s credits include the series American Housewife, Big Mouth, and Tuca & Bertie, and she recently appeared in the film Birds of Prey....

The Purge: Anarchy and The First Purge (tie) Blumhouse Productions There’s a “Purge” for every viewer. That might seem like a bold statement given that “The Purge” franchise, first established in 2013, hinges entirely on both graphic depictions of legal murder and increasingly lavish headgear, but it isn’t. If you favor small-scale thrills, there’s the original home invasion-focused “The Purge.” Should the western genre thrill you, take this year’s “The Forever Purge” for a spin....

Juliette (Lyna Khoudri) Searchlight Pictures There’s nothing like a college student who’s learning about politics for the first time and is convinced that they alone have all the answers. That is, unfortunately, Juliette’s role in “The French Dispatch” — to make everyone else feel as though their commitment to the cause isn’t genuine enough, and that whatever they’re doing is an insult to the movement. Granted, Zeffirelli isn’t exactly Che Guevara, and sure, his manifesto is ghostwritten by the much older woman he’s sleeping with, but how many student activists are actually able to mount a revolution, anyway?...

The Classic Star Trek Episode That Inspired Avengers: Endgame ViacomCBS By Witney Seibold/Dec. 3, 2021 9:59 am EST The 2019 film “Avengers: Endgame,” directed by The Russo Bros., and overseen by “showrunner” Kevin Feige, saw the end of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and there have been absolutely no films or television shows about that timeline or those characters since. The series definitively ended with Iron Man sacrificing himself, and Captain Steve America went back in time to grow old....

The Miyazaki Easter Egg In Toy Story 3 You Might Not Have Noticed Disney/Pixar By Joshua Meyer/Dec. 9, 2021 10:59 am EST “Toy Story 3” is arguably Pixar’s best film, and together with “Up,” it’s one of only two that has earned the studio an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. True to its title, the computer-animated world of Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and other “Toy Story” characters is indeed populated with many toys....

Universal Studios Japan Unveils Elaborate Movie-Themed Food Items To Celebrate The Park’s 20th Anniversary By Ben Pearson/March 10, 2021 11:00 am EST What better way to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Universal Studios Japan than with a truly ridiculous selection of movie-themed food items? The theme park location turns 20 years old this year, and to mark the occasion, they will be offering guests the opportunity to dig into several menu items based on classic and not-so-classic films from Universal’s storied history....

Upcoming Jason Momoa Movies To Keep On Your Radar Warner Bros. By Sandy Schaefer/Nov. 2, 2021 2:56 pm EST (Welcome to On Your Radar, a series where we take a look at what’s next for the biggest actors and filmmakers, and why you should be excited…or not.) Jason Momoa has certainly come a long way from his early, clean-shaven days starring in “Baywatch” in the late 1990s. After bringing Ronon Dex to life on “Stargate Atlantis” in the 2000s, Momoa cemented his status as the go-to actor for playing gruff, long-haired, brawny warriors who could kill you with one hand tied behind their back with his portrayals of Khal Drago on “Game of Thrones” and, to a lesser degree, Conan in the “Conan the Barbarian” reboot....

Video: See Universal Studios Japan’s Full Mario Kart Ride At Super Nintendo World By Ben Pearson/Feb. 3, 2021 12:00 pm EST Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan was once set to open this week, and Universal has lifted the embargo for early coverage of one of the park’s biggest attractions: a Mario Kart ride. The folks who work at Mario Kart: Koopa’s Challenge hand out augmented reality goggles to the guests, and an early visitor has shot a video through those goggles to approximate the experience of what it’s like to be on the ride....

Water Cooler: Godzilla Vs. Kong, Creepshow, Unhinged, Little Shop Of Horrors, The Ewok Movie, Exterminate All The Brutes, Mr. Beast By Peter Sciretta/April 7, 2021 1:30 pm EST On the April 7, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, senior writer Ben Pearson, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler....

‘Borderlands’ Villain Edgar Ramirez Teases A Film Adaptation That Matches The Games By Eric Vespe/July 30, 2021 6:05 pm EST Borderlands is batsh*t crazy and that’s why we love it. It’s a heightened post-apocalyptic world where your guns can not only talk to you, they can be reloaded by throwing them like an explosive grenade. There’s a lot of questions about just how all that will translate to the big screen, but now we have some inside intel from one of its stars that suggests the movie isn’t gonna get all serious on us....

‘Bridgerton’ Breakout Regé-Jean Page Joins Ryan Gosling And Chris Evans In Russo Brothers’ ‘The Gray Man’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 3, 2021 1:30 pm EST Regé-Jean Page will have to compete for his newfound heartthrob status with Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans in the Russo brothers’ spy thriller The Gray Man. The Bridgerton breakout star has joined the cast of the upcoming Netflix film, which is said to be the most expensive in the streamer’s history....

‘Searching’ Sequel Might Star ‘Invisible Man’ And ‘A Wrinkle In Time’ Actress Storm Reid By Chris Evangelista/March 4, 2021 3:30 pm EST The Searching sequel may have just found one of its cast members: Storm Reid. The Wrinkle in Time and Invisible Man actress is in negotiations to join the follow-up film being directed by Will Merrick and Nick Johnson. The movie is not a direct sequel to the excellent 2018 “Screenlife” (that is, a movie that takes place entirely on screens, be it smartphones, computers, or TVs) thriller starring John Cho, but will involve similar elements....

‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ Actor Dee Bradley Baker On Order 66 And What It’s Like To Voice Every Lead Character On A Show [Interview] By Bryan Young/May 3, 2021 10:00 am EST Actor Dee Bradley Baker has been the voice of the entire Clone Army in the Star Wars universe for a long time. He’s been all of your favorites: Captain Rex, Commander Cody, Echo, Hevy, Fives, 99, and more....

‘The Green Knight’ Spoiler Review: A Revisionist Fantasy That Separates Legend From Myth By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 3, 2021 10:15 am EST The concept of legend hangs heavy over the events of The Green Knight, even more so than the menacing (but largely off-screen) presence of the title character himself. From the very first moments of ethereal tone-setting, where Gawain is seated on a throne as his crown artfully floats onto his head before bursting into flames and consuming him, we’re basically given a visual reinterpretation of an eerily similar treatise: “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown....

‘The Matrix 4’ Reunites ‘Speed Racer’ Co-Star Christina Ricci With Director Lana Wachowski By Ethan Anderton/June 6, 2021 10:00 am EST The Matrix 4 is coming to theaters and HBO Max this winter, but we barely know anything about it, and that includes the official title for the sci-fi action sequel. However, thanks to an update to the press kit by Warner Bros. Pictures, we now know about an additional cast member that we hadn’t heard until now....