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The Quarantine Stream: ‘Hemingway’ Strives To Deconstruct The Self-Created Myth Of Ernest Hemingway By Chris Evangelista/April 7, 2021 9:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movie: HemingwayWhere You Can Stream It: PBSThe Pitch: A six-hour, three-part documentary from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick that explores the life and work of Ernest Hemingway....

The Wheel of Time Director, Crew, And More Rafe Judkins, who worked on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. previously, is the showrunner for The Wheel of Time. Stranger Things alum Uta Briesewitz is on board to direct the first two episodes of the first season. The Wheel Of Time Season 1: Release Date, Cast And More The Wheel of Time Release Date and Where You Can Watch It What is The Wheel of Time?...

Will There Be A Sequel To District 9? Here’s What We Know Sony By Sandy Schaefer/Dec. 3, 2021 11:48 am EST South African-Canadian filmmaker Neill Blomkamp caught the world off-guard with his feature directorial debut: 2009’s “District 9,” a movie that expanded the premise for his 2006 sci-fi short “Alive in Joburg” into a Paul Verhoeven-style blend of action, satire, and splatter gore. It wasn’t everybody’s cup of tea (neither is Verhoeven’s work), but the film was a critical and box office hit that landed multiple Oscar nods, including one for Best Picture, and firmly secured Blomkamp’s status as someone to keep on your radar....

‘American Horror Story’ Season 10 Had To Halt Production Due To COVID-19 Exposure By Marisa Mirabal/July 20, 2021 7:18 pm EST In true meta fashion, American Horror Story season 10 has encountered a horror story of its own and had to halt production as a result. COVID-19 seems to be back with a vengeance leading the cast and crew to take all precautions necessary to stay safe. Variety announced that, due to a positive COVID-19 case and potential exposure to the illness, production on American Horror Story: Double Feature will be temporarily shut down....

‘Destroyer’ Puts Nicole Kidman Through Hell In A Brutal Blend Of Crime Thriller And Character Study [TIFF] By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 8, 2018 1:00 pm EST Nicole Kidman gives a tour de force performance as a damaged cop on the edge in Karyn Kusama’s twisty, brutal Destroyer. Blending a crime thriller framing device with a character drama focus, Destroyer is one of the year’s best films. Detective Erin Bell staggers into the crime scene –literally....

‘Here Today’ Trailer: Tiffany Haddish And Billy Crystal Become Fast Friends By Ethan Anderton/April 23, 2021 10:30 am EST Billy Crystal is still kicking around. He’s been laying pretty low for the most part, starring in small productions like The Comedian, Untogether, and Standing Up, Falling Down, usually playing a funny father figure. Now the comedian is keeping that tradition going strong in a new film, and he’ll be joined by one of the most popular comedians at the height of their career....

‘Hunger Games’ Prequel Film Based On ‘The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes’ Will Begin Shooting Next Year By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 5, 2021 4:59 pm EST Have you heard The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes? They’re singing it over at Lionsgate, where an adaptation of the Suzanne Collins novel of the same name is gathering steam. Collins, of course, is the author of the YA book series The Hunger Games. Three of the four books in that series became a franchise of four films starring Jennifer Lawrence....

‘Jackass Forever’ First Look Photos Get The Gang Back Together For Total Mayhem Before The First Trailer Next Week By Ethan Anderton/July 12, 2021 7:37 am EST What’s the best way to celebrate getting back together with friends after a year being away from them? How about watching another group of friends get together to do some totally dangerous and insane stunts? Jackass Forever will deliver just that this fall with the return of Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Dave England, Wee Man, Ehren McGhehey, and Preston Lacy....

‘Shogun’: FX Series Retelling Of James Clavell’s Novel Will Be ‘Game Of Thrones’ In Feudal Japan By Hoai-Tran Bui/Dec. 10, 2020 4:10 pm EST FX is developing the scripted series Shogun, a retelling of James Clavell’s bestselling novel, which is being billed as Game of Thrones in feudal Japan. Boardwalk Empire producer and Thrones director Tim Van Patten is set to produce the series. At the Disney Investors conference, FX announced that it is developing a retelling of Shogun from Counterpart creator Justin Marks and his wife Rachel Kondo, who will act as supervising producer....

‘The Last Of Us’: HBO Taps Arthouse Filmmakers Jasmila Žbanic And Ali Abbasi As Directors By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 23, 2021 2:30 pm EST HBO continues to hire directors almost exclusively from the arthouse industry to helm its high-profile series adaptation of the acclaimed video game The Last of Us. Oscar-nominated Quo vadis, Aida director Jasmila Žbanic and Border director Ali Abbasi are the latest filmmakers to be added to the roster of The Last of Us directors....

‘Titane’ Review: ‘Raw’ Director Julia Ducournau Returns With A Shocking Body-Horror Show [Cannes] By Jason Gorber/July 14, 2021 6:49 am EST Julia Ducournau stunned Cannes audiences back in 2016 with Raw, the story of a vegetarian veterinarian student who soon develops a taste for manflesh. She returns in 2021 with Titane, an even more stylized, violent and resonant work set to shake up the main competition for Palme D’or. The film begins in a car trip, with a haughty teen obnoxiously prodding the father in the front seat....

Ain’t Them Bodies (Decapitated) Saints: Director David Lowery On A Scene From ‘The Green Knight’ By Joshua Meyer/July 30, 2021 5:37 pm EST What do a decapitated Christian saint and the 1984 Star Wars TV movie Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure have in common? They were both influences on writer-director David Lowery, whose commentary in a new video explains how these two seemingly disparate things came together to inform a scene in his new movie The Green Knight, in theaters this weekend....

By Vanessa Armstrong/Aug. 6, 2021 11:10 am EST No Vaccine, No Acting For You Will Other Studios Follow Suit? The vaccine requirements will also likely make working on set a bit easier. In the past, Covid protocols required a lot of segregation and separation for good reason. The risk of Covid spreading is astronomically reduced if everyone is vaccinated, however, which means on-set protocols may become less stringent. That news will certainly be welcome for those currently in production, as I’ve heard from more than one person how strict protocols have made sets feel disjointed....

Blue Bayou: Release Date, Cast, Trailer And More By Shania Russell/July 23, 2021 11:41 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.) With theaters reopening and blockbusters slated to take over the summer, there’s a chance smaller releases may get lost in the shuffle. But the upcoming film Blue Bayou is exactly the kind of moving indie drama that deserves to be remembered....

Cool Stuff: Hasbro Unleashes ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Mini-Pufts And Glowing Slimed ‘Ghostbusters’ Figures By Ethan Anderton/June 11, 2021 6:00 am EST Ghostbusters Day happened earlier this week, and for the most part, it came and went without much excitement. For some reason, the Ghostbusters: Afterlife featurette that recently debuted arrived the day after the annual celebration, and fans hoping for a new trailer were extremely disappointed. Thankfully, we have some new Ghostbusters action figures that were revealed to hold us over for now....

Daily Podcast: Black Widow Early Reactions, UFOs, John Wick 4, And More By Ben Pearson/June 17, 2021 2:04 pm EST On the June 17, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and TV news, including Black Widow early buzz, Pixar’s plan to go back to theatrical releases, John Wick 4, V/H/S/94, and a UFO docu-series from J....

Daily Podcast: Movies That Are Better Than The Book, Paul Bettany’s WandaVision Troll, Alamo Drafthouse, And More By Ben Pearson/March 4, 2021 1:45 pm EST On the March 4, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to talk about the latest film and TV news, including Alamo Drafthouse’s bankruptcy, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Paul Bettany’s troll (or was it?...

HBO Max Episodes Available On Snapchat Now To Capture The Attention Of Those Elusive Youths By Shania Russell/July 20, 2021 4:24 pm EST HBO Max will stop at nothing to boost their subscription numbers. Their Same-Day Premiere slate was a particularly clever bid for users, but with theaters reopening, they’ve decided to dig deep into their creative depths to develop an even newer, more attention-grabbing strategy. That’s right, HBO Max is coming to Snapchat....

James Gunn’s Original ‘The Suicide Squad’ Pitch Had A Slightly Darker Ending By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 6, 2021 8:57 am EST The idea of creative freedom has hung over the head of Warner Bros. ever since Zack Snyder’s roller coaster of an experience when dealing with the studio pushing back on his grand, operatic, but not exactly crowd-pleasing Justice League. James Gunn’s experience while working on The Suicide Squad sounds like it couldn’t have been more different, as the recently-released film bears all the filmmaker’s personality and trademarks with nary a hint of studio interference....

Jungle Cruise Sequel Officially In The Works At Disney, Dwayne Johnson And Emily Blunt To Return Disney By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 30, 2021 1:12 pm EST Ready for another “Jungle Cruise”? Disney sure hopes you are, because they’ve gone ahead and made it official: a “Jungle Cruise” sequel is in the works. Stars Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt are both expected to return, as is director Jaume Collet-Serra. It’s too early to know what the sequel will be about, but it’s safe to assume it will involve jungles and/or cruises....