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‘Black Widow’ Clip: David Harbour Is Russia’s Version Of Captain America, And No Prison Can Hold Him By Joshua Meyer/July 8, 2021 8:56 am EST Black Widow, the 24th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is almost upon us. In preparation for the movie’s July 9 release in theaters and on Disney+ Premier Access, Marvel Studios has unveiled a new clip featuring David Harbour on the grounds of a Russian prison: a scenario that may be very familiar to fans of his character, Jim Hopper, on Netflix’s Stranger Things....

‘LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales’ Halloween Special Will Journey Into Darth Vader’s Castle By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 3, 2021 7:25 am EST Following last year’s goofy, time-hopping, saga-mixing LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special, Disney+ and the building brick company are teaming up for a different kind of holiday special. LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales will be coming to Disney+ in October for the streaming services “Hallowstream” celebration. The new animated special finds Poe Dameron and BB-8 making an emergency landing on the volcanic planet of Mustafar, where Darth Vader’s castle is being turned into an all-inclusive Sith-inspired luxury hotel....

‘Miracle Workers’ Season 3 Trailer: The TBS Comedy Anthology Series Heads To The Oregon Trail By Ethan Anderton/May 21, 2021 3:30 pm EST When Miracle Workers began on TBS, it followed two factory workers in Heaven tasked with handling humanity’s prayers after God has checked out. But that was only the first season of a series that was planned as an anthology comedy series where each season focused on an entirely new story with the same cast playing totally different characters....

‘Mission: Impossible 7’ Won’t Feature Angela Bassett After All Due To The Pandemic By Jeremy Mathai/July 16, 2021 10:15 am EST Maybe we got a little greedy. Mission: Impossible – Fallout is one of the best franchise sequels in years for many obvious reasons, but in no small part due to the top-to-bottom joys of watching that ensemble crash against one another in the most unpredictable ways. With the exception of some pivotal character deaths, we were hoping that as much of the cast as possible would be returning for the sequels....

‘Pet Sematary’ Prequel Casts Samantha Mathis And Henry Thomas By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 17, 2021 9:29 am EST The Pet Sematary prequel – which doesn’t have a title yet, but will probably be called Pet Sematary: Resurrection or something like that – continues to put together an interesting cast. The legendary Pam Grier recently came on board the film, and now Samantha Mathis and Henry Thomas have signed on as well. They join the previously-announced Jackson White, Forrest Goodluck, Jack Mulhern, Natalie Alyn Lind, and Isabella Star LeBlanc....

‘The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers’ Trailer: Disney+ Series Tries To Capture The Underdog Spirit Of The ’90s Films By Ben Pearson/Feb. 24, 2021 3:00 pm EST Quack Attack is back, Jack – but this time, it’s a new generation of hockey-loving kids who needs the help of Gordon Bombay (Emilio Estevez), the lawyer-turned-coach-turned-minor-league-player-turned-coach-again. Disney+ has released a new trailer for The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, the upcoming 10-episode series which extends the story beyond the trilogy of 1990s movies and brings Bombay back into the fold to serve as a mentor figure to a new generation....

‘Werewolves Within’ Trailer: A Small Town Battles A Werewolf In A Horror Comedy From ‘Scare Me’ Director Josh Ruben By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 27, 2021 7:30 am EST A small town is besieged by a mysterious wolf-like predator. The town take shelter indoors, in one closed space together, and they slowly get picked off from inside. It sounds like a solid premise for a horror movie, but an even better one for a video game, and Werewolves Within is actually both: it started out as an Ubisoft multiplayer VR game published in 2016 which has now inspired a horror comedy movie starring Sam Richardson....

Brigadoon Loews Although time travel usually belongs to the science fiction genre, “Brigadoon” offers up a musical fantasy interpretation of the trope. Two modern-day Americans (Gene Kelly and Van Johnson) go wandering through the Scottish highlands when they happen upon a strange little town, one that is cursed to awaken from its slumber for just one day every 100 years. As such, it’s effectively stuck in the 1700s, protected from the changing world around it....

A James Cameron MasterClass Is Now Available, Just In Case You Want To Learn From The Best By Chris Evangelista/June 17, 2021 7:56 am EST Good morning, class. I have a very special announcement. James Cameron, the filmmaker behind some of the biggest hits of all time, is your new teacher! So you better sit up straight and look like you’re interested in all those Avatar sequels. Cameron is the latest big-name director to teach an online MasterClass, following in the footsteps of directors such as Martin Scorsese, Werner Herzog, and David Lynch, and his class is available right now....

Bob’s Burgers: The Movie: Release Date, Cast, And More By BJ Colangelo/Sept. 23, 2021 10:05 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.) Now in its 12th season, “Bob’s Burgers” centers on Bob Belcher, his wife Linda, and their children Tina, Gene, and Louise, and their ridiculous hijinks running a burger restaurant while dealing with the trials and tribulations of lower working-class life....

Chris Pratt Is Voicing Mario In The Animated Super Mario Bros. Movie, And That’s Game Over Nintendo By BJ Colangelo/Sept. 23, 2021 8:17 pm EST The fact that this breaking news isn’t just the phrase “lol wut?” 100x is truly a testament to the dedication I have to my job. As part of the Nintendo Direct livestream discussing the winter releases and news for the Switch, Nintendo revealed an upcoming animated feature in co-production with Illumination about everyone’s favorite goomba-stomping plumber titled “The Super Mario Bros....

Cool Stuff: New ‘Star Wars’ And ‘The Mandalorian’ Hot Toys And Sideshow Collectibles Items Revealed By Ethan Anderton/May 4, 2021 9:30 am EST Star Wars Day might be getting more expensive than Christmas. Whenever May the 4th rolls around, you can always expect to open up your bank account for some new Star Wars merchandise, and today is no different thanks to a batch of new collectibles unveiled by the quality creators at Hot Toys and Sideshow Collectibles....

Daily Podcast: Did You Know About The Ghostbusters Pee Tubes? Plus: Black Canary, The Old Guard 2, And More Sony By Ben Pearson/Aug. 27, 2021 5:22 pm EST On the August 27, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by senior writer and chief film critic Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and TV news, including a Black Canary movie, The Old Guard 2, The Lion King prequel, the next project from the guys behind American Vandal, and Ghostbusters....

Daily Podcast: Tom Holland’s Spider-Man’s Contract & What 2021’s Box Office Means For The Future Of Movies Sony/Marvel By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 10, 2021 3:52 pm EST On the December 10, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film editor Ben Pearson to discuss the latest film and TV news, including Spider-Man’s contract and what 2021 box office might mean for the future of theatrical movies....

What Else to Expect from Halloween Ends Universal In addition to the time jump and the pandemic, “Halloween Ends” will also grapple with what star Jamie Lee Curtis called “cultural phenomenon of violence.” “That’s what the third movie ultimately is, a very powerful examination of violence…It comes at it from a slightly different way. You’ll like it…If you believe in me at all, I promise you what David Gordon Green has come up with as a way to complete this trilogy is sensational....

Scorsese’s American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince So who was Steven Prince and how did he become the subject of a lost Scorsese documentary? Well, the above video from Metaflix (by way of IndieWire) identifies Prince as “Scorsese’s friend, a part time roadie [for Neil Diamond], junkie, and raconteur best known for playing the cameo role of Easy Andy in Taxi Driver.” The video goes back and forth between footage from “American Prince” and the reenacted scene in “Pulp Fiction,” with Prince telling his version side-by-side....

How The “Justice For Han” Campaign Was Instrumental In Bringing Sung Kang Back In ‘F9’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 14, 2021 10:30 am EST When the #JusticeforHan campaign first sprung up in the wake of the eighth entry of the Fast and the Furious franchise, The Fate of the Furious, Justin Lin wasn’t even aware of the fervor that had kicked up around the fan-favorite character that he had introduced in Tokyo Drift....

“You Can Forget All Your Troubles, Forget All Your Cares, So Go…” The video also serves as a light teaser, with clips from the psychological horror film. /Film’s own Marshall Shaffer has good things to say about it, observing that Edgar Wright is “out of his comfort zone, but not out of his range.” According to the synopsis for “Last Night In Soho,” aspiring fashion designer Eloise (Thomasin McKenzie) finds herself able to access 1960s Soho, where she encounters a stunning aspiring singer, Sandie (Taylor-Joy)....

Marvel And Warner Bros. Will Skip Comic-Con At Home This Summer By Eric Vespe/July 8, 2021 5:42 am EST It’s officially official: No Marvel or DC films will be gracing the at-home-Hall-Hs this year. Deadline has the story and they say both blockbuster giants are bowing out of the upcoming Comic-Con@Home, which will livestream its panels to viewers in the comfort of their own homes. Hence the name. Comic-Con has been a cornerstone of promoting geek properties pretty much since the very beginning when a little sci-fi movie called Star Wars decided it’d be cool to set up a booth there and try to raise awareness for this weird space opera....

Marvel’s ‘Secret Invasion’ Series Casts Oscar And Emmy-Winner Olivia Colman By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 19, 2021 11:00 am EST Marvel might snatch up another Oscar-winning actress for the upcoming Secret Invasion series at Disney+. Olivia Colman, who won an Oscar for The Favourite and is nominated for an Academy Award once again this year for The Father, may join the Marvel universe in the Disney+ Secret Invasion series. And she would be in good company, starring opposite the previously announced cast members Samuel L....