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Morbius Trailer: Jared Leto Is A Living Vampire In Sony’s Spider-Man Universe Sony Pictures By Ryan Scott/Nov. 2, 2021 9:03 am EST Today finally brings a brand new trailer for “Morbius,” the latest Marvel Comics film adaptation from the folks at Sony. As was the case with “Venom,” the studio is going deep on its collection of Spider-Man-adjacent characters in order to cook up its own big franchises. Though the bulk of Marvel Comics characters are back in the hands of Marvel Studios, Sony owns the movie rights not only to Spidey himself but also to Marvel characters who are principally related to the web-slinger — such as Venom, Carnage, Spider-Gwen, Spider-Woman, Spider-Ham and, well, you get the idea....

Ms. Marvel First Look: A Marvel Fangirl Becomes A Superhero Disney+ By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 12, 2021 12:42 pm EST Disney has been hyping up today’s grand unveiling of Disney+ Day as the place to be for all sorts of reveals, first looks, and trailer footage for all their most highly-anticipated upcoming projects. Of course, any movie or show related to the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been at the forefront of many an eager fan’s mind....

A Poster That’s Pure ’70s Nostalgia It’s great to see Anderson working in the 1970s again. Many of us discovered him through “Boogie Nights,” so the vibe of “Licorice Pizza” feels like a homecoming. The title “Licorice Pizza” is a reference to a now-defunct chain of record stores in Southern California. They took their name from a joke about unsuccessful records being sold as licorice pizza. The trailer and poster set Hoffman and Haim as the leads in this romantic-looking coming-of-age drama....

Queenpins Directors Break Down The Movie’s $40 Million Extreme Couponing Scam [Interview] STX Entertainment By Jack Giroux/Sept. 10, 2021 1:48 pm EST Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly had a specific ambition in mind with their new film, “Queenpins.” “What we realized is we wanted to write this love letter to the post office,” Pullapilly said. Not only that, but for audiences to leave their comedy about a crime involving counterfeit coupons and write a letter to a loved one....

Spoiler Alert: The ‘Loki’ Variant Has Their Own Character Poster By Ethan Anderton/June 21, 2021 9:29 am EST The second episode of Loki made the mystery of the time traveling criminal at the center of the Marvel Studios series infinitely more intriguing. After the first episode revealed that the time-hopping troublemaker in question was Loki himself, the end of the second episode, appropriately titled “The Variant,” revealed a surprising detail about this alternate version of Loki....

The Last Duel: Release Date, Cast And Crew, And More By Chris Evangelista/July 14, 2021 10:48 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.)Ridley Scott, who shows no signs of slowing down despite being 83-years-old, has a new movie on the way. Technically, he has two new movies on the way, but we’re only here to talk about one of them – The Last Duel....

Making of The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf First up, Netflix goes behind the scenes of the animation for the upcoming anime series “The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf.” Listen as director Han Kwang Il talks about designing the character Vesemir, a witcher who was slaying monsters when Geralt of Rivia was still in his youth. Find out how they came up with the character’s final look, and listen as the director discusses the use of 2D and 3D animation as well as how his team combined elements of Japanese and American animation styles to create the film’s distinct look....

The Morning Watch: How Animals Are Trained For Movies & TV, The VFX Of David Fincher’s ‘Mank’ & More By Ethan Anderton/April 2, 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 Marvel Makes Movies Before Shooting Begins, Reviewing Jazz Scenes In Movies & More By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 29, 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. In this edition, take a look at how Marvel Studios begins to plan movies like Avengers: Endgame through previsualization, often before the screenplay is completed....

The Nightmare Before Christmas Manga Is Coming To … Cracker Barrel? Jonathan Weiss/Shutterstock By Anya Stanley/Oct. 24, 2021 12:44 pm EST Everyone hail to the Pumpkin King, who is also now the Chicken Pot Pie King. In a tweet from TokyoPop this morning on their official account (@TOKYOPOP), the anime and manga distributor announced plans to bring its “The Nightmare Before Christmas” manga to the racks of “good country cooking” American chain restaurant Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc....

These Are The Eternals Characters Cut From Early Drafts The Screenwriters Hope Appear In Future Movies [Exclusive] Walt Disney Pictures / Marvel Studios By Shania Russell/Nov. 18, 2021 4:00 pm EST That “Eternals” movie sure had a lot of characters! But what if there were even more? Marvel’s latest release, a wildly ambitious space epic that’s guilty of overextending itself, has a whopping 10 characters leading the story, all superpowered beings sent to defend Earth from other superpowered beings....

Watch: ‘The Farewell’ Director Lulu Wang Shot A New Short Film On An iPhone And You Can Watch It Now By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 29, 2021 12:30 pm EST Lulu Wang reunited with her team from the Golden Globe-nominated The Farewell to shoot a film on Apple’s fancy new iPhone in honor of Lunar New Year. In the short, Nian, Wang puts a new twist on an old Chinese folktale in an 11-minute short that manages to capture a feeling of Studio Ghibli-style magic....

Water Cooler: Army Of The Dead, Spiral, Dark Side Of The Ring, In The Heights, Profile, Columbo, West Side Story, Those Who Wish Me Dead By Peter Sciretta/May 13, 2021 12:45 pm EST On the May 13, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler....

‘Captain America 4’ In Development With ‘The Falcon And The Winter Soldier’ Head Writer Malcolm Spellman Co-Writing The Script By Ben Pearson/April 23, 2021 2:01 pm EST The Captain America film franchise is continuing at Marvel Studios. In the wake of today’s season finale of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, word has come out that head writer Malcolm Spellman and staff writer Dalan Musson are writing the screenplay for Captain America 4, which is expected to continue the story of Anthony Mackie’s character, Sam Wilson, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

By Ben Pearson/June 4, 2021 12:07 pm EST Johnson and his frequent collaborator Beau Flynn have teamed up to produce a high-octane action movie called Emergency Contact, which has Abdul-Mateen II on board as an executive producer and the film’s star. Details are being kept under wraps for now, but the film is described as “a high-concept, high-octane action film set in the underground music scene of Austin, Texas.” Abdul-Mateen is attached to star and executive produce....

‘F9’ Clip: Just Your Everyday, Run-Of-The-Mill Car Chase Through A Minefield By Ben Pearson/June 2, 2021 1:30 pm EST In 2017’s The Fate of the Furious, the most recent entry in Universal’s official Fast Saga, the Fast and Furious #family found themselves speeding across a volatile icy tundra. In this month’s F9, director Justin Lin is turning up the heat in more ways than one. Universal has released a new F9 clip featuring a car chase through a jungle environment – one that happens to be full of landmines....

‘F9’ Speeds Onto Blu-Ray & DVD In September With An Extended Director’s Cut By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 17, 2021 7:12 am EST F9 sped into theaters this past summer with an impressive pandemic box office debut, but it wasn’t good enough to keep the movie from getting a VOD release by Universal Pictures much earlier than usual. Now the ninth installment of the Fast and Furious franchise is slated to come home on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD in September, and it’s even getting an extended director’s cut from filmmaker Justin Lin....

‘Foundation’ Trailer: David S. Goyer Adapts The Isaac Asimov Sci-Fi Classic For Apple TV+ By Chris Evangelista/June 28, 2021 8:30 am EST The work of Isaac Asimov serves as inspiration for the flashy new Apple TV+ sci-fi series Foundation. The upcoming show follows a band of exiles on a journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization during the fall of the Galactic Empire (note: this is not the same Galactic Empire from Star Wars, so please don’t get confused)....

‘Gunpowder Milkshake’ Gets A Sweet New Poster And A Summer Release Date On Netflix By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 20, 2021 2:30 pm EST Gunpowder Milkshake is vying for greatest movie title of this year, and it’s got a sweet new poster to match. Netflix has released a new poster for the female-driven action flick that stars Karen Gillan, Lena Headey, Angela Bassett, Michelle Yeoh, and Carla Gugino, along with an official release date....

‘High-Rise’ Trailer: Tom Hiddleston Is An Excellent Specimen By Angie Han/Feb. 9, 2016 7:00 am EST Tom Hiddleston is one of the few Marvel stars sitting out this summer’s Captain America: Civil War, but he might have something even better up his sleeve. This spring brings the release of Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise, in which he plays a doctor named Robert Laing who moves into a high-end apartment building. He’s seduced by the easy luxury of life in the tower, which seemingly has everything a young man could need....