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‘The Addams Family 2’ Trailer: The Spooky Crew Embarks On A Cruel Summer Road Trip By Marisa Mirabal/July 8, 2021 5:56 am EST The Addams Family is back from the grave with all new ooky and kooky adventures. MGM released the official trailer for the animated sequel that takes the beloved gothic gang out of their decrepit mansion and on the road across America for some good old-fashioned family bonding. The Addams Family 2 Trailer...

By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 22, 2021 1:30 pm EST Them Trailer Created by Little Marvin and executive produced by Marvin, Lena Waithe, Miri Yoon and Roy Lee of Vertigo Entertainment, David Matthews, and Don Kurt, Them is the 10-episode first part of a new “terror” anthology series that looks like it will tap into the socially-charged messaging of Jordan Peele’s films, coupled with an even heavier supernatural approach. He added: “The haunted house stuff is very good (and yep, this is a modern horror project, so Javier Botet shows up), but it’s the non-supernatural scenes, the sequences built around human terror, that sent me into panic attack mode....

‘Together Together’ Review: A Sweet, If Inconsequential, Comedy [Sundance 2021] By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 3, 2021 2:00 pm EST Together Together is a love story – kind of. This is not the typical romantic love story that Hollywood usually pumps out; it’s a story about platonic love. About finding a connection with another human being that isn’t based on seduction or romance. And that’s refreshing! More stories like this from the movies would be welcomed....

30 Reasons Why MuppetVision 3D Is One Of The All-Time Great Disney Theme Park Attractions By Josh Spiegel/May 17, 2021 10:00 am EST The Muppets have been a mainstay of popular culture for decades, seemingly capable of reviving themselves and able to adapt to different eras and audiences. For some, it’s impossible to think of the Muppets without thinking of the Walt Disney Company, although they’ve only been an official entity of Disney since 2004....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 11, 2021 1:23 pm EST They’ll be joining Ritchson, who has been cast as the title character of the series, based on Child’s bestselling novels about an ex-Army investigator who investigates suspicious and dangerous situations and looks decidedly not like Tom Cruise. At 6’ 2" and frequently displaying a rippling physique, Ritchson, who has starred opposite Kreuk before in Smallville as Arthur Curry/Aquaman, looks to fit the bill....

Bob Odenkirk Action Movie ‘Nobody’ Gets A New March Release Date By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 23, 2021 10:30 am EST Nobody is a new action thriller starring Bob Odenkirk. Yes, the Bob Odenkirk who stars in Better Call Saul and almost played Michael Scott in The Office. The movie looks rather badass, so much that people have taken to calling it “Bob Wick.” And the good news is Universal will be releasing the movie a little bit earlier than previously planned....

Daily Podcast: No Time To Die Reactions, Tim Blake Nelson Interview, And More MGM By Ben Pearson/Sept. 30, 2021 3:49 pm EST On the September 30, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by senior writer and chief film critic Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and TV news, including the “Friday the 13th” lawsuit, a director’s cut of “Rocky IV,” the disappointing subscriber numbers for AppleTV+, and the early buzz about “No Time to Die....

Eric Vespe’s Favorite Movies Of All Time By Eric Vespe/Aug. 4, 2021 9:00 am EST Ranking films is always, always, always a fool’s errand. The whole reason we like cinema in the first place is because we go into each and every film with our own unique baggage. Strike that, we go into each and every viewing of a film with that baggage. So, a movie you saw in your 20s might have bounced off of you, but when you watch it again a decade later you’re going in with 10 more years of life experience and it can hit you in a radically different way....

Everything We Know About Netflix’s Assassin’s Creed Series So Far Ubisoft By Jeremy Mathai/Dec. 1, 2021 11:04 am EST You probably know the story by now. Though the industry was headed inexorably to this point already, the pandemic has only worsened the need for studios to shore up their various IP rights and get in on the franchise game. Video games have notoriously resisted Hollywood’s repeated attempts to adapt this medium into film and television, but perhaps that dam is finally breaking....

First Footage From ‘Kate’ Features Mary Elizabeth Winstead As An Assassin In ‘Crank’ Mode By Ben Pearson/June 7, 2021 12:05 pm EST Want to see Mary Elizabeth Winstead get the drop on her enemies? The first Kate teaser is here to remind us that creative assassins who are seeking revenge don’t only attack from street level – sometimes they can come from above. Be sure to make a note of that next time you think about poisoning a ruthless assassin and expecting her to not try to kill you....

Hawkeye Funko Pops And Marvel Legends Figures Revealed Disney By Jenna Busch/Dec. 3, 2021 10:33 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. It’s toy time, everyone! Funko and Hasbro Marvel Legends are releasing some “Hawkeye” goodies for you! Now, we’re not getting them until next year, but if you want to buy these for holiday gifts, you could always blame the crazy shipping issues we’re all having right now....

Here’s Where You Can Stream Or Rent Every Scream Movie Miramax (Welcome to Where to Watch, which provides a clear and simple answer to the question, “Hey, where can I watch this thing?” In this edition: all four “Scream” movies.) Ghostface has been dormant for a decade, but that isn’t going to be the case for much longer. A brand new “Scream” movie (which should probably be titled “Scream 5” but is instead just titled “Scream”) is on the way in January 2022....

Last Of Us Video Game Director Will Helm An Episode Of The HBO Series Naughty Dog By Eric Vespe/Sept. 20, 2021 8:49 pm EST Production on “The Last of Us” HBO series is well underway in Canada at this very moment, which means with every passing day/week/month we’re gonna get more and more tidbits of information. Today we found out about a biggie: the video game’s director, Neil Druckmann, will be directing an episode of the series....

Nathan Fielder Is Staging ‘The Rehearsal’ Comedy Series At HBO By Ethan Anderton/June 26, 2021 8:45 am EST Nathan Fielder, host and creator of the brilliant Nathan for You from Comedy Central, is currently working on a new comedy series for Showtime with the Safdie Brothers, directors of Uncut Gems. But that’s not stopping the comedian from setting up another comedy series at a competing cable network. HBO has ordered a half-hour comedy series called The Rehearsal, and Nathan Fielder will be writing, directing, executive producing and starring in the series....

Netflix Acquires Sundance Film ‘Passing’ With Tessa Thompson And Ruth Negga By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 4, 2021 8:30 am EST Netflix has purchased Passing, the Sundance movie from director Rebecca Hall that stars Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga. Based on the 1929 novel by Nella Larsen, the film follows two Black women living in 1920s New York. One of the women, played by Negga, passes for white and even has a white husband who doesn’t know she’s Black – a decision that her friend, played by Thompson, grapples with....

New ‘Star Wars’ Comic Will Reveal The Trouble Boba Fett Had Delivering Han Solo To Jabba The Hutt By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 16, 2021 10:00 am EST Star Wars fans are eagerly anticipating the arrival of The Book of Boba Fett, a new spin-off series focused around the bounty hunter who made quite the return in The Mandalorian on Disney+. But before we see how the story of Boba Fett continues, Marvel Comics and writer Charles Soule are going to tell a story from his past that fills in the gap between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi....

Resident Alien Season 2: Everything We Know So Far SyFy By BJ Colangelo/Sept. 22, 2021 8:43 am EST The start of 2021 introduced the science-fiction comedy series “Resident Alien,” with a second season greenlit just before the season 1 finale. Based on the Dark Horse comic of the same name, the series centers on an alien with an unpronounceable birth name who crash-lands on Earth on a mission to wipe out humanity....

Short Film, A**hole, Now Online (Brooklyn’s Curb Your Enthusiasm?) By Hunter Stephenson/Oct. 4, 2009 7:54 am EST Pal of David Cross and Johnny Knoxville and all-around New York renaissance man, Gavin McInnes, has released his short film from Sundance, entitled Ahole, to the web masses. The short has a simple premise: McInnes plays the titular (analar? familiar?) character, a man on the verge of blowing up or becoming a full-blown snuggler during a reg visit to the doctor....

Superhero Bits: ‘Supergirl’ Final Season Trailer, ‘Batwoman’ Season 2 Recasts Kate Kane & More By Ethan Anderton/March 23, 2021 6:00 pm EST Who is the new Kate Kane that was revealed in the second season of Batwoman? Which former Saturday Night Live cast member live-tweeted Zack Snyder’s Justice League? What did Kevin Feige say about Young Avengers possibly coming together? What signature hairstyle did Zack Snyder originally want to give Superman in Justice League?...

The ‘WandaVision’ Finale Originally Featured Doctor Strange – Here’s Why He Was Cut By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 3, 2021 12:31 pm EST WandaVision was originally building up to a major cameo in the finale. And no, it wasn’t Mephisto. According to a new interview with Rolling Stone, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige revealed that the cameo was going to be Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange. And Feige also explained why the Sorcerer Supreme was written out of the buzzy Disney+ series....