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‘Chucky’ TV Series Cast Includes ‘Final Destination’ Star Devon Sawa By Chris Evangelista/March 5, 2021 1:00 pm EST Once upon a time, Chucky, the Child’s Play TV series, was going to arrive in 2020. That didn’t happen thanks to the pandemic, and the show hasn’t even begun filming yet. But production is expected to begin soon – and now we know more about the cast. It’s already been reported that original Chucky Brad Dourif would be lending his voice to the show, and that franchise player Jennifer Tilly would be involved as well....

‘Coming 2 America’ Finally Confirms The Return Of Shari Headley As Lisa McDowell By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 13, 2019 4:00 pm EST The cast of the comedy sequel Coming 2 America has brought back a lot of key players from the original Paramount Pictures hit from 1988. Plus, plenty of new faces have been added to the roster of talent alongside returning stars Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall. But one key member from the original film had not yet return, and thankfully, that has changed....

‘Creed 3’ Enters The Ring In Thanksgiving 2022 With Michael B. Jordan Confirmed As Director By Ben Pearson/March 10, 2021 3:00 pm EST Michael B. Jordan, the star of the Creed franchise, has officially been confirmed as the director of Creed 3 – something that has been rumored for months. The fresh news here is the Creed 3 release date: the boxing sequel will punch its way into theaters on Thanksgiving 2022....

‘F9’ And Vin Diesel Celebrate Returning To Theaters With More Footage Of The Rocket Car By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 26, 2021 7:30 am EST Prepare to get more emotional over flying cars than you’d ever expect. Universal has released a new F9 promo featuring star Vin Diesel, who welcomes audiences back to theaters in a moving tribute to cinema, punctuated by new footage of the latest Fast and Furious movie and its rocket car....

‘No Sudden Move’ Trailer: Steven Soderbergh Returns To The Heist Movie With A Criminally Good Cast By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 7, 2021 11:54 am EST Every time director Steven Soderbergh returns to the heist genre, we get a banger — the Ocean’s movies, Logan Lucky — and No Sudden Move looks to be another good one. With a killer cast that includes Don Cheadle, Benicio del Toro, Jon Hamm, David Harbour, Ray Liotta, Kieran Culkin, and Julia Fox, how could it not be?...

‘The Suicide Squad’ TV Spot Has Lots Of New Footage Of Our Favorite Boy King Shark By Chris Evangelista/July 12, 2021 11:50 am EST There’s a good chance a lot of the characters in The Suicide Squad will be dead by the time the end credits roll, but there are two specific characters I really hope make it. One is the miserable Polka-Dot Man, played by David Dastmalchian. The other is everyone’s favorite new chonky boy, King Shark (AKA Nanaue), voiced by Sylvester Stallone....

Frozen Fun Disney In February, we got a look at some hi-res stills that contained a Frozen Easter egg — if you look in the bottom left corner of the photo above, you can see two little elephant children in Anna and Elsa costumes. Well, it turns out Frozen isn’t the only Disney movie with a Zootopia equivalent. Is Zootopia’s Zootopia about humans? At one point in the film, we see the shady Duke Weaselton selling bootleg DVDs on a street corner....

5 Clint Eastwood Westerns To Watch After Cry Macho Warner Bros. By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 17, 2021 11:42 am EST Clint Eastwood, who will apparently be making movies until he’s carried away in a coffin, has a new film in theaters and on HBO Max this weekend: “Cry Macho.” It’s a neo-Western, and Eastwood certainly knows a thing or two about Westerns. If Eastwood’s latest has you craving more Western action from the actor/director, I’ve rounded up five of his horse operas below — and included where you can stream them....

Other Boston Strangler Movies Warner Bros. Pictures Back in 2014, the year Coon broke out in “The Leftovers” and “Gone Girl,” we heard about another Boston Strangler movie that was in development, with Casey Affleck attached to star and Mark Romanek in talks to direct. Affleck grew up in the Boston metropolitan area and is already associated with it on celluloid through movies like “Gone Baby Gone” and “Good Will Hunting....

Stupid Sexy Flanders Vinyl Figure Kidrobot is excited to present The Simpsons Stupid Sexy Flanders 8" Vinyl Figure. This premium vinyl art figure features Ned Flanders showing off his ski suit and some of his other assets as he joins his neighbor Homer on the slopes. “Feels like I’m wearing nothin’ at all!” This iconic scene from The Simpsons has burned its place in our hearts and become a beloved meme-worthy moment that will be forever captured in your collection....

Daily Podcast: ‘Lord Of The Rings’ TV Series, Marvel’s ‘What If…’ & The Monsterverse By Peter Sciretta/Aug. 2, 2021 2:32 pm EST On the August 2, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by weekend editor and senior writer Brad Oman and senior writer Ben Pearson to discuss the latest film and TV news, including the Lord of the Rings tv series, What If and the Monsterverse....

DMX: Don’t Try To Understand Trailer: The Music Box Series Celebrates The Late Rapper HBO By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 21, 2021 12:10 pm EST Born Earl Simmons, DMX was known first and foremost as a hip-hop artist, but he also had a number of acting credits to his name, including crime dramas and action films like “Belly,” “Romeo Must Die,” and “Exit Wounds.” Now, the platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated rapper, who died earlier this year, is the subject of “DMX: Don’t Try to Understand,” the latest documentary in HBO’s ongoing Music Box series....

Horns RADiUS-TWC It’s a strange kind of blessing when a movie you love gets panned by critics, bombs at the box office, and disappears into obscurity. While it’s easy to lament a film not getting the appreciation it deserves, the film is also spared the grim fate of being over-hyped, dissected by discourse, backlashed, parodied, and referenced in pop culture until it’s more a collection of memes than a movie....

Happier Than Ever Trailer: Billie Eilish’s New Concert Movie Heads To Disney+ Disney+ By Ben Pearson/Aug. 24, 2021 3:44 pm EST Grammy Award winner Billie Eilish is teaming up with filmmaker Robert Rodriguez (“Spy Kids,” “Sin City”) for “Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles,” a new concert experience which features the acclaimed singer/songwriter performing the entirety of her new album “Happier Than Ever” on stage at the famous Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles....

Hawkeye Directors Explain Why Marvel Changed To Multiple Directors Per Show Disney+ By Sandy Schaefer/Dec. 9, 2021 10:40 am EST Directing a feature-length film is a massive undertaking, as anyone who’s ever done so will tell you. Calling the shots on an entire season of TV, particularly one with distinctly cinematic qualities, is an even greater challenge due to the sheer time commitment. Even so, that hasn’t stopped Marvel Studios from hiring a single director to oversee each of its live-action Disney+ series so far, starting with Matt Shakman on “WandaVision” and continuing on to Kari Skogland with “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” and Kate Herron on “Loki....

Hocus Pocus 2 First Look: Something Wicked This Way Comes, Decades Later Disney By Kaylee Dugan/Nov. 12, 2021 9:44 am EST We can all agree that “Hocus Pocus” is the best Disney Halloween movie, right? I know there are some people out there who are probably yelling at their computers about “Halloweentown,” but let’s be real, “Hocus Pocus” is the best, which is why it’s so wild that we’re only now getting a sequel to that surprisingly morbid, adorably fun, and totally virgin-obsessed film....

How Angelina Jolie & A Laser Pen Helped Lauren Ridloff Shoot Eternals Disney By Joshua Meyer/Sept. 16, 2021 12:04 pm EST In “Eternals,” Lauren Ridloff plays Makkari, the first deaf superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. You may also know Ridloff’s face from her role as Connie in “The Walking Dead.” She’s a Tony-nominated actress, having starred on Broadway in “Children of a Lesser God,” and now she’s on a first-name basis with Angelina Jolie (she calls her “Angie”)....

How Michael Gandolfini Prepared To Play His Father’s Iconic Character In The ‘Sopranos’ Prequel Movie By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 10, 2021 1:30 pm EST The Many Saints of Newark will bring viewers back to the world of The Sopranos, and bring back many of the groundbreaking show’s characters in the process. But since Many Saints is a prequel, all of those familiar characters are being played by different, younger actors. And perhaps the most interesting cast member is Michael Gandolfini, son of the late James Gandolfini....

New CBS Show Trailers: S*** My Dad Says, Kurtzman And Orci’s Hawaii Five-O, The Defenders, Blue Bloods, And Mike & Molly By Peter Sciretta/May 20, 2010 2:00 pm EST CBS has released trailers/previews for their new television line-up, which was announced this week. Shows include William Shatner in S*** My Dad Says, the Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci reboot of Hawaii Five-O, The Defenders, Blue Bloods, and Mike & Molly. Watch them now, after the jump....

Steven Spielberg Had To Talk Martin Campbell Into Making ‘The Mask Of Zorro’ By Jack Giroux/Aug. 20, 2021 7:30 am EST The Mask of Zorro is pure swashbuckling fun. It’s a movie fully packed with energy, from Antonio Banderas’ exuberant performance as the title hero to the thrilling and practical set pieces. Director Martin Campbell’s film is endlessly entertaining. It’s also a film not too many people were originally keen on producing, including the director and studio behind it....