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Daily Podcast: A Conversation With Sparks About Their New Musical, ‘Annette’ By Ben Pearson/Aug. 20, 2021 4:15 pm EST On the August 20, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson presents an interview with Sparks about their first movie musical, Annette. Opening Banter: In The News: Sparks on the Evolution of ‘Annette’, Ceding Control, Their Next Project(s), and More [Interview] Also mentioned: ‘Annette’ Ending Explained: A Closer Look at That Final Scene Marion Cotillard on the “Dark Side” of Her ‘Annette’ Character and More [Interview] ‘Annette’ Actor Simon Helberg on Serving Director Leos Carax’s “Meticulous Vision” [Interview] ‘The Sparks Brothers’ Director Edgar Wright on Playing With What a Music Documentary Can Be ‘The Sparks Brothers’ Review: A Delightful, Cheeky Portrait of an Eccentric, Eclectic Pop Duo [Sundance 2021] All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm....

Denis Villeneuve Explains Why He Insisted On Dune Being Framed As ‘Part One’ Warner Bros. By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 21, 2021 9:00 am EST If you haven’t heard, the movie we’ve all been calling “Dune,” based on the classic science-fiction novel by Frank Herbert, actually bills itself as “Dune Part One” when its title first appears onscreen. Director Denis Villeneuve originally wanted to film Part One and Part Two back to back, but that didn’t happen, and over the last year, there’s been some concern over whether or not moviegoers would ever get to see “Part Two” of “Dune....

Dune Passes $100 Million At Domestic Box Office In Great Boost For The Spice Economy Warner Bros. By BJ Colangelo/Nov. 26, 2021 4:40 pm EST In an unexpected turn of events, Warner Bros. and Legendary’s sensational and spiritual spectacle “Dune” has surpassed $100 million at the domestic box office. This is a milestone achievement for the adaptation of Frank Herbert’s legendary science-fiction novel of the same name, and the second film from Warner Bros....

Everyone Gets An Olly Moss ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Mondo Poster By Germain Lussier/July 17, 2012 11:30 pm EST Update: The print is now on sale for anyone and everyone to buy on the Mondo website until midnight CST on Wednesday night. Buy it here now. Everyone complains that Mondo posters sell out too fast. People believe they’re a hipster, elite company that only makes art for super fans. Saturday night at San Diego Comic-Con 2012, Mondo is making sure that won’t ever be said again....

Everything We Know About Ms. Marvel So Far Disney+ By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 12, 2021 5:43 pm EST It’s an exciting time to be a Kamala Khan fan. After winning over countless comic book readers through the years, the Pakistani-American teen is set to make her official live-action debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Among many other distinctions, the upcoming “Ms. Marvel” series will be the first Marvel property to focus on a Muslim character who chases her inspiration to become a superhero in her own right....

Fangoria Studios Announces Its First Movie With Creature Feature ‘Sitora’ By Danielle Ryan/July 7, 2021 1:01 pm EST You’ve heard of the werewolves of London, but what about the were-tigers of Malaysia? Fangoria Studios has announced its first feature film, and it’s a modern, practical effects-driven creature-feature. Sitora is inspired by a lost Malay horror film from 1964 called Sitora Harimau Judian. The film was written and directed by Malaysian auteur P....

Guardians Of The Galaxy 3 Finds Its Adam Warlock In Will Poulter A24 By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 11, 2021 7:32 pm EST Big news, Marvelites: your favorite superhero film studio has cast Will Poulter as Adam Warlock in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.” Adam Warlock is a major comic book character who played a huge role in the original “Infinity Gauntlet” and “Infinity War” miniseries. Outside a credits tease in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....

Here Are The Movies That Inspired ‘Fear Street’ Director Leigh Janiak – And Where You Can Watch Them By Danielle Ryan/July 16, 2021 1:35 pm EST Fear Street director Leigh Janiak clearly knows her horror movies. The co-writer and director of the Netflix horror flicks recently sat down for a chat with /Film about all things Fear Street, including the movies that directly influenced each chapter in the Netflix trilogy. While some of the picks seem obvious, like 1996’s Wes Craven classic, Scream, she also referenced auteur Terrence Malick and the 1980s kids classic, The Goonies....

Landscapers Trailer: Olivia Colman Buries Her Bloody Secrets In HBO True Crime Miniseries HBO By Shania Russell/Oct. 29, 2021 2:04 pm EST Academy-Award winner Olivia Colman takes the lead in HBO’s upcoming true crime miniseries “Landscapers.” It’s not the first time we’ve seen her deep in the weeds of a mysterious investigation, but this time, Colman isn’t trying to solve a murder — she’s the one involved. “Landscapers” explores the story of Susan Edwards (Colman) and husband Christopher Edwards (David Thewlis), a middle-aged, mild-mannered couple discovered to have two bodies buried in their backyard....

Marry Me Trailer: Jennifer Lopez Is A Pop Diva Who Gets Hitched To Owen Wilson Universal Pictures By Shania Russell/Nov. 18, 2021 2:38 pm EST A new rom-com trailer just dropped and it’s better than you could possibly imagine: in the span of two minutes, watch Owen Wilson and Jennifer Lopez get married, attend a high school dance and fall in love … in that order. The JLo Hollywood agenda continues with “Marry Me,” a chaotic story of love that sees the lead characters spontaneously getting married despite not knowing each other at all....

Nature Heals Some More: Fireworks Are Returning To The Disney Theme Parks By Josh Spiegel/June 15, 2021 10:19 am EST If you live in the Anaheim or Orlando areas of the country, you’ve no doubt gotten used to – slightly, perhaps – the sound of silence every night over the last 15 months. That’s because fireworks spectaculars at locations like Disneyland and Walt Disney World haven’t been taking place since the early spring of 2020....

Phoebe Waller-Bridge Contributed More To No Time To Die Than You May Think MGM By Jeremy Mathai/Sept. 28, 2021 1:04 pm EST We’re right in the middle of the “Twiddling our thumbs” phase of the “No Time to Die” cycle — far enough away from release that we’ve already been exposed to the majority of marketing (doubly so, considering the film’s many delays and false starts), but close enough that we have nothing better to do except hang onto every new quote that comes out these days....

Rare Exports Director Is Finally Making Another Movie Oscilloscope Laboratories By Anya Stanley/Sept. 22, 2021 9:48 am EST There’s gold in them hills. Deadline reports that principal photography has begun on “Immortal,” a World War II action picture from “Rare Exports” director Jalmari Helander. The film follows a one-man army going into battle against the Nazi army in the Finnish wilderness. Set in 1945, “Immortal” tells the story of ex-soldier Aatami (Jorma Tommila), who stumbles upon gold in the deep woods of Lapland, where the filming will primarily take place along with Helsinki....

Rick And Morty Halloween Short Will Arrive Next Month Adult Swim By BJ Colangelo/Sept. 30, 2021 2:43 pm EST Season 5 of the ultra-popular Adult Swim show “Rick and Morty” came to a close just a few weeks ago, but fans won’t have to wait nearly as long as usual for new content. In honor of the most wonderful time of the year, we’re going to be treated with a brand-new “Rick and Morty” Halloween special....

Screenwriters Paul Wernick And Rhett Reese Share A Few Ideas For A ‘Life’ Sequel By Jack Giroux/March 27, 2017 4:30 pm EST After its underwhelming opening weekend at the box-office, a Life sequel appears very unlikely. Nobody was expecting a follow-up to the lean sci-fi horror movie anyway, but screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick actually have an idea or two for how to continue the story. It turns out that the duo has a bigger Aliens-esque sequel in mind for their Alien-esque film....

Sequel Bits: JJ Abrams Puts Up Walls To Keep Star Trek 2 Secrets, Ghostbusters 2 On Blu-Ray, Hangover 3 Will Be The Last, Kick-Ass 2 Will Be About The Villains, Randy Couture Hints At The Expendables 3 By Peter Sciretta/March 26, 2012 11:30 am EST JJ Abrams loves his secrecy. There may not be a filmmaker alive who hates spoilers and set photos more than the Bad Robot director. So what happens when a bunch of set photos leak out of Star Trek 2?...

Star Wars Bits: Chuck Wendig’s Sequel Trilogy, Project Luminous, Knights Of The Old Republic, A Kobe Bryant Easter Egg In The Clone Wars, Star Wars: Resistance Series Finale, And More! By Adam Frazier/Jan. 30, 2020 5:30 pm EST In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Chuck Wendig’s version of the Sequel Trilogy What the hell is Project Luminous? A new Knights of the Old Republic game in the works? Tour a Los Angeles mansion’s Star Wars-themed basement The series finale of Star Wars: Resistance A Kobe Bryant easter egg in Star Wars: The Clone Wars And more!...

Nowhere Boy Icon Film Distribution Despite the overwhelming impact that the Beatles have had on pop culture, there have been surprisingly few biopics about the members of the famous Liverpool band. Out of all the Beatles, John Lennon had perhaps the most cinematic early life: He came from a working-class background and was raised by an aunt while his mother was in and out of his life, before dying in a car accident when Lennon was a teenager....

The Terrifying ‘True’ Story That Inspired The Blob Sony Pictures By BJ Colangelo/Oct. 26, 2021 4:21 pm EST In 1958, director Irvin Yeaworth and writers Kay Linaker and Theodore Simonson unleashed “The Blob” upon the world. In it, a mysterious, gelatinous, corrosive, amoeboidal material seeps out of a meteorite that has crash landed onto earth. The unknown sludge slowly begins to consume everything in its path, growing stronger and larger with each envelopment....

This Week In Trailers: Fathom, Cinema Toast, Dark Side Of Football, Money, Explained By Christopher Stipp/April 25, 2021 9:00 am EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...