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‘Generation’ Trailer: HBO Max Chases ‘Euphoria’ With Its Own Teen Dramedy By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 12, 2021 1:00 pm EST The kids are mostly all right in Generation (also styled Genera+ion), a new teen dramedy series from HBO Max. Well, at least they’re a tad more stable than the destructive teens of Euphoria, the acclaimed HBO teen drama that Generation appears to be chasing. Executive produced by Lena Dunham and created by 19-year-old Zelda Barnz and her director father Daniel Barnz (Cake), Generation follows a diverse group of LGBTQ teens as they explore their identities....

‘Good Boys’ Red Band Trailer: Middle School Has Never Been So Raunchy By Ethan Anderton/July 17, 2019 12:00 pm EST The raunchy side of comedy is usually reserved for the likes of high school and college. But the next generation is growing up faster and faster these days, and kids in middle school can be total jerks. That’s why we’re not surprised that Superbad writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have taken a nasty dive into adolescence by producing the R-rated comedy Good Boys....

‘Shaft’ Reboot Picks Up ‘Black-Ish’ And ‘Goldbergs’ Writers; Will Be Action Comedy By Angie Han/July 29, 2015 12:30 pm EST New Line’s Shaft reboot is moving forward with help from, of all places, ABC’s Wednesday night sitcom block. Black-ish creator Kenya Barris and The Goldbergs writer/exec producer Alex Barnow have been tapped to write the latest take on blaxploitation classic. Whereas the original Shaft was a gritty thriller, the new film is envisioned as an action-comedy....

‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ Honest Trailer: How Many Commercials Can You Cram Into One Movie? By Ethan Anderton/July 30, 2021 5:30 am EST For 25 years, fans have been waiting for a sequel to the live-action animated hybrid slam dunk of a movie that was Space Jam. But for the longest time, there was no point in making one without a basketball star to match up to the legacy of Michael Jordan....

‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ Teaser Has Road Runner Announcing A Full Trailer This Weekend By Ethan Anderton/April 1, 2021 10:30 am EST LeBron James will follow in the footsteps of Michael Jordan yet again this summer with the animated/live-action hybrid sequel Space Jam: A New Legacy. This time we won’t just be getting the two-dimensional version of the Looney Tunes playing basketball with an NBA superstar champion, but a favorite Looney Tunes cartoon duo has announced the forthcoming arrival of the first trailer in classic slapstick fashion....

‘The Batman’ Spin-Off Series Will Focus On James Gordon, Won’t Adapt ‘Gotham Central’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 19, 2021 8:30 am EST HBO Max’s yet-untitled The Batman spin-off series has been purported to be about Gotham PD for months now, with the corrupt police force at the center of the TV show. It was even assumed that fans would get something of an adaptation of the acclaimed comic series Gotham Central, written by Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka, with that series’ diverse cast of characters finally getting their screen debut....

15 Must-See Horror Anime Movies Madhouse By Mary Beth McAndrews/Sept. 16, 2021 2:39 pm EST Creating terror with animation means that you aren’t limited to our concept of reality. In anime, the body can be bent, stretched, and ripped apart using excruciating and fantastical methods that can only be realized via hand-drawn or computer-generated images. Films such as “Vampire Hunter D” and “Wicked City” realize horror anime’s grotesque potential, creating hellish worlds where women become spider demons and eat men alive....

By Shania Russell/Oct. 20, 2021 3:25 pm EST The Cost of Recreating Thrones “It’s not like we can go say, ‘Oh, you know, Game of Thrones, season one, they only spent this. The audience expectation is coming off of the last season of Game of Thrones, not the first season.” “The Wheel of Time” showrunner and executive producer Rafe Judkins added: “One of the crazy things about now is just how ready and willing networks are to just look you in the eye, and you say, ‘I’m going to build the Two Rivers and then we’re going to burn it down at the end of episode one....

And Just Like That Trailer: Can Some Things Change? HBO By Ariel Fisher/Nov. 30, 2021 9:56 pm EST “The more I live, the more I find that, if you have good friends in your corner, anything is possible.” So begins the latest, and likely final, trailer before the premiere of the new “Sex and the City” revival, “And Just Like That…” Where we previously had a premiere month to look forward to, we now have an official date: Thursday, December 9....

Arclight Cinemas And Pacific Theatres Will Close Permanently By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 13, 2021 8:30 am EST Arclight Cinemas and Pacific Theatres are closing down permanently. The beloved theater brands, considered an institution of the Los Angeles movie scene, are shutting down due to the financial toll brought on by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Arclight Cinemas and Pacific Theatres will close down, their parent company Decurion has announced (via Variety). This will shutter the beloved Hollywood Arclight multiplex on Sunset Boulevard and its iconic 58-year old Cinerama Dome, which is a favorite of many filmmakers, even making a cameo in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood....

Daily Podcast: Mini-Water Cooler: House Of Gucci, Belfast, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, And More United Artists Releasing By Ben Pearson/Dec. 3, 2021 5:02 pm EST On the December 3, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman at the virtual water cooler to talk about what they’ve been up to. Opening Banter: At The Water Cooler: What we’ve been Doing: Brad is way behind on decorating for Christmas, is getting ready to go to London....

Doctor Strange’s Weird Box In Spider-Man: No Way Home Has A Truly Remarkable Name! Sony Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 30, 2021 1:04 pm EST Alright, get all your “Se7en” jokes out of your system now. Ever since our very first look at “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” fans have been consumed by one single question: what’s in the box??? Okay, that might be a little misleading since the internet is notorious for digging deep into every tiny detail in upcoming superhero movies and picking them apart until all we’re left with are countless questions....

Eternals’ Gender-Swapped Characters Is Partly What Drew Chloé Zhao To The Project Marvel/Disney By Lex Briscuso/Oct. 20, 2021 9:56 am EST Sometimes, all you need is a woman’s touch — in the form of a smart director and a gender-swapped lead, that is. Yesterday, director Chloé Zhao and the cast of her upcoming Marvel film “Eternals” sat down alongside Marvel studio president and producer Kevin Feige for a virtual press conference following the film’s Los Angeles premiere one day prior....

Ethan Hawke’s Moon Knight Role Inspired by David Koresh During the course of the interview, Meyers joked that Hawke — with his long, wild-looking hair and glasses — looked a lot like the cult leader, David Koresh. Hawke looked pleasantly surprised at Meyers comment and responded that he has, in fact, based his character on Koresh. Hawke couldn’t say too much of course, given the thousands of NDAs he said he had to sign before starting the MCU project....

Guillermo Del Toro ‘Would Have Killed To Adapt’ Pet Sematary Paramount By Chris Evangelista/Dec. 7, 2021 2:11 pm EST I was a fan of the recent “Pet Sematary” reboot from “Starry Eyes” filmmakers Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer, but I would gladly trade that film if it meant we could’ve had a “Pet Sematary” from Guillermo del Toro. The “Nightmare Alley” filmmaker expressed interest in adapting Stephen King’s tale of terror in the past....

Hailee Steinfeld Says Playing Emily Dickinson Prepared Her For Hawkeye’s Kate Bishop Marvel Studios By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 16, 2021 1:01 pm EST If you haven’t been keeping up with your Apple TV+ shows — and sadly, not enough viewers have — you may not have seen Hailee Steinfeld in “Dickinson.” However, if you’re a Marvelite — as many moviegoers and Disney+ subscribers are — you’re surely aware that she will be playing the self-styled “world’s greatest archer,” Kate Bishop, in the upcoming “Hawkeye” streaming series....

J.J. Abrams as D-O Lucasfilm There’s a new droid on the scene in The Rise of Skywalker. His name is D-O, and he rolls around on a single wheel with a tiny megaphone for a head. He’s found in an abandoned ship that’s key in Rey’s journey to figuring out who she is. BB-8 uses some of his own energy to wake him up and he’s suddenly part of the gang....

Hugh Dancy To Investigate Killers, Try Not To Fall In Love With Them, In Law & Order Revival NBC By Danielle Ryan/Nov. 24, 2021 12:33 pm EST How is Hugh Dancy supposed to solve homicides without his murder husband? According to Deadline, Dancy — who played FBI consultant Will Graham in the NBC series “Hannibal,” opposite Mads Mikkelsen’s titular cannibal — has been tapped to star in the “Law & Order” revival, which is also happening at NBC....

What is I Want You Back About? Apple TV+ “I Want You Back” is about two thirty-somethings living in what seems like bliss, who are randomly dumped by their partners and suddenly have to face the possibility that their dream lives of marriage, starting a family, and owning a home in the suburbs are no longer viable. With no potential suitors on the horizon and the lingering fear of dying alone hanging above their heads, Emma (Slate) and Peter (Day) hatch a plan to try and win back their exes, whom they are horrified to discover are already in new relationships....

James Gunn Confirms Yondu Is Not Mary Poppins Y’All, Will Not Be Coming Back Marvel Studios By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 3, 2021 9:53 am EST If you were hoping to see Michael Rooker’s character, Yondu, make his live-action return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it won’t be happening … not if writer-director James Gunn has anything to say about it. Gunn and Rooker reteamed this year for “The Suicide Squad,” so the pair have continued their working relationship outside the MCU, but Yondu died at the end of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....