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The Tenet Debacle Warner Bros. “Tenet” was Christopher Nolan’s time-bending thriller, released last summer at the height of the pandemic. After some back and forth, ultimately, Nolan got his wish and the movie was released exclusively in theaters last August. The results were fine-ish, especially by pandemic standards. But there is no question the movie stood to make more under different circumstances. Things were a little tense. Then, Warner Bros. revealed its plan to release its entire 2021 slate both in theaters and on HBO Max on the same day....

Cobra Kai’s Xolo Maridueña In Talks To Star As HBO Max’s ‘Blue Beetle’ By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 2, 2021 7:19 pm EST We’ve seen an animated, Afro-Puerto Rican version of Spider-Man in Into the Spider-Verse, and several other supporting Latino characters in DC and Marvel movies. However, DC’s first Mexican-American lead hero, Blue Beetle, has his own HBO Max film on the way, and now, Xolo Maridueña (Cobra Kai), an actor of Mexican, Cuban, and Ecuadorian heritage, is in negotiations to star....

Daily Podcast: An Interview With Lynn Fisher, The Creator Of Nestflix By Ben Pearson/Aug. 12, 2021 5:52 pm EST On the August 12, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson presents a conversation with Lynn Fisher, the web designer behind the new site Nestflix.fun. Opening Banter: In Our Feature Presentation: Nestflix Creator Lynn Fisher Shares the Inspiration For Her Website Devoted to Fake Movies Also mentioned: Check Out Nestflix, A Netflix Copycat Featuring All the Fake Movies Within Movies & TV Shows More of Lynn’s Work All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm....

Dragons: The Nine Realms Trailer: The How To Train Your Dragon Saga Continues, In TV Form DreamWorks By Jenna Busch/Dec. 9, 2021 9:40 am EST DreamWorks Animation has released the trailer for their upcoming series “Dragons: The Nine Realms,” set in the “How To Train Your Dragon” universe. If you’ve missed adorable dragons, you’re in for a treat, because there are some adorable ones in here. Here is the info on the series for you:...

Exclusive ‘Why Don’t You Play In Hell’ Clip: The Blood Slide By Russ Fischer/Nov. 7, 2014 11:15 am EST Why Don’t You Play in Hell is the biggest, weirdest, most joyous ode to genre moviemaking you’ll see this year. Sion Sono created this film as a blend of hyper-violent gangster pictures, coming of age stories, and romantic comedy. It follows a group of amateur filmmakers who call themselves the F*** Bombers as they encounter the most unusual yakuza clan battle you’ve ever seen....

Heroes, Villains, Rejects, And A-Holes: The Marvel Cinematic Universe Ranked By /Film Staff/May 10, 2017 8:00 am EST It’s become a tradition at this point: whenever a new entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is released, everyone ranks the movies. And now that everyone on the /Film staff has had a chance to see Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and spend a few days digesting it, it’s time to completely refresh our list....

How The Director Of ‘Beckett’ Upends His Netflix Thriller With A Personal Touch [Interview] By Vanessa Armstrong/Aug. 13, 2021 6:47 am EST Beckett, the latest thriller to premiere on Netflix, is different from the typical man-on-the-run film. The lead character, Beckett (John David Washington), is truly an average guy. At the beginning of the movie, Beckett faces personal tragedy, and the tone is more drama than a thriller. Things take a turn, however, and he soon finds himself alone in the mountains of Greece fleeing people trying to kill him....

James Gunn Has Talked To Marvel And DC About A Harley Quinn And Groot Crossover Movie By Danielle Ryan/July 26, 2021 9:52 am EST In the best crossover concept I’ve heard since last week’s Blade/Underworld idea, James Gunn wants to make a Harley Quinn and Groot crossover movie. I’m always a fan of crossing the streams and mixing up IPs, and Gunn has plenty of experience with both of these. The director has worked on both Marvel’s The Guardians of the Galaxy and DC’s The Suicide Squad....

Photo Teases Jared Leto’s New Joker Look In Zack Snyder’s ‘Justice League’ By Ben Pearson/Feb. 2, 2021 10:30 am EST The Joker has a new look. We know that Jared Leto’s “damaged” take on Gotham City’s Clown Prince of Crime will be appearing in Zack Snyder’s revamped version of Justice League when that long-discussed project finally debuts on HBO Max next month. And now Snyder himself has shared a new Jared Leto Joker photo, teasing a very different vibe for this previously high-strung iteration of the character....

Spoiler Discussion: The Falcon And The Winter Soldier Episode 1 “New World Order” By Peter Sciretta/March 19, 2021 1:20 pm EST On the March 19, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall and senior writer Ben Pearson to have a spoiler discussion about The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 1 “New World Order” In The Spoiler Room: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 1 “New World Order” Brief Reaction Episode Breakdown Speculation 1:11:50: Interview with showrunner Malcolm Spellman All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm....

Taylor Swift’s All Too Well Short Film Has Higher Letterboxd Ratings Than Parasite YouTube By Shania Russell/Nov. 15, 2021 8:35 pm EST If you haven’t been online in the past four days, then you may have missed the big news: musical icon Taylor Swift just added director to her long list of accolades. Along with a 30 song album, Swift dropped “All Too Well,” a short film based on the 10-minute version of her famous song, released back in 2012....

Thanos Actor Josh Brolin Never Wanted To Play A Superhero, But Was More Than Happy To Play Their Nemesis By Shania Russell/Aug. 20, 2021 10:03 am EST Josh Brolin’s Thanos is best remembered for traumatizing the masses by snapping away half of humanity in Avengers: Infinity War. He engaged in a bunch of grandstanding epic battles against the Avengers and will always be known as the jerk behind the most painful Marvel deaths....

The Actual Town From ‘Eurovision’ Is Campaigning For The “Husavik” Best Original Song Oscar By Hoai-Tran Bui/March 8, 2021 1:30 pm EST Oscar campaigns are often the most ingratiating, irritating part of awards season, full of million-dollar advertising campaigns and star-studded luncheons that us plebeians only get to watch from afar. But every now and then, there’s an utterly charming winner of awards season — usually in the form of a likable star or director who has no patience for the Tinseltown pageantry....

The Color Purple Musical Will Star In The Heights Stand-Out Corey Hawkins Warner Bros. By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 27, 2021 11:00 am EST Corey Hawkins, who was — in my humble opinion — the best part of the “In the Heights” movie, has landed himself another musical role. Hawkins has joined the cast of “The Color Purple,” which will be helmed by “Black Is King” filmmaker Blitz Bazawle for Warner Bros. Based on the 1982 novel of the same name by Alice Walker, its 1985 film adaptation directed by Steven Spielberg, and the Broadway adaptation with a book by Marsha Norman and music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray, the film follows a Black woman growing up in poverty in the American South....

The Improvised Avengers Scene Tom Hiddleston Instantly Regretted Marvel Studios By Lindsay Duke/Dec. 13, 2021 10:57 am EST Tom Hiddleston isn’t exactly someone we’d describe as having a face you’d like to hit. A face you’d like to gaze at? Sure. Whether he’s playing a creepy vampire in “Only Lovers Left Alive,” a creepy castle man in “Crimson Peak,” or everyone’s favorite creep you still root for in “Loki,” he’s not creepy enough for us to look away....

The Morning Watch: A Guide To Pop Music Needle Drops In Movies, Stuntmen React To ‘Mr. And Mrs Smith’ & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 18, 2021 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows....

The Morning Watch: How Tony Leung Acts With His Eyes, Creating Chasing Amy’s Comic-Con Opening & More Ocean Shores Video By Ethan Anderton/Sept. 9, 2021 8:04 am EST (The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows....

Tricera-tummy ache Universal Pictures The triceratops digests food such as vegetables or fruit by also eating small stones that crush and mash the food in their stomach. In the original book upon which the film is based, we find out that the stones it eats are too close to poisonous West Indian Lilac berries. So when the dinosaur replaces the stones every six weeks it simultaneously picks up some of the fallen berries and is poisoned again....

TV Bits: ‘And Just Like That…’, ‘Ultra City Smiths’, ‘Vampire Academy’, ‘Dangerous Liaisons’, ‘Dave’, ‘Love, Victor’, ‘White House Plumbers’, ‘Powerpuff Girls’ By Chris Evangelista/May 28, 2021 5:00 pm EST In this edition of TV Bits: Sara Ramírez joins the Sex and the City sequel series And Just Like That… Stop-motion animated series Ultra City Smiths will feature the voices of Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard, Alia Shawkat, and more. Peacock orders Vampire Academy....

We’ll Take A Jurassic World Movie Set Entirely In The Past, Thank You Very Much Universal Pictures By Ryan Scott/Nov. 23, 2021 7:34 pm EST While we still have yet to get a trailer for “Jurassic World Dominion,” the third entry in the current trilogy and the sixth movie in the franchise overall, we did recently get a five-minute prologue that gave us some idea of what to expect from the upcoming blockbuster....