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The Human Torch Easter Egg You May Have Missed In Captain America: The First Avenger Marvel Studios By Lindsay Duke/Jan. 10, 2022 4:51 pm EST One of the fun things about Marvel having over eight decades of comic book pages to flip through is that provides the Marvel Cinematic Universe with an abundance of stories and characters to mine when coming up with new stories for the films and shows. Even after a dozen years and counting, there’s still plenty to explore in depth....

The Martin Scorsese Movie Joker 2 Is Clearly Going To Borrow From Warner Bros. By Witney Seibold/June 14, 2022 3:46 pm EST Todd Phillips’ 2019 film “Joker” is the most controversial studio blockbuster in recent memory. Few films have been (at least in the “fan community” sense) as hotly debated, lambasted, defended, and discussed, with the possible exception of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” Many fans reacted positively to the film’s dour rawness and some cited its portrait of mental health — even in a comic book universe — to be striking and unique for the genre....

Tuca & Bertie Season 3: Release Date, Cast, And More Adult Swim By Danielle Ryan/June 15, 2022 4:42 pm 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.) “Tuca & Bertie,” the cartoon series for adults about two bird-women learning to thrive in the big city, is coming to Adult Swim and HBO Max for its third season, so fans of these feathered friends can rejoice....

Why Apple TV’s Pachinko Begins Every Episode With A Joyous Dance Number Apple TV By Michael Boyle/July 5, 2022 12:55 pm EST The first season of “Pachinko” makes for some heavy television, and if the source material is any indication, the next few seasons won’t be any lighter. About half the show’s early narrative is focused on young Sunja (Minha Kim) as she’s forced to leave her home in Japan-occupied Korea in the early 1930s....

Why Does The Actor Who Plays Vigilante On Peacemaker Look Familiar? HBO Max By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 17, 2022 2:09 pm EST Last week brought the first three episodes of “Peacemaker” to HBO Max. The DC Comics series is a spin-off of “The Suicide Squad,” picking up where we last saw John Cena’s morally questionable character. Though the “superhero” isn’t dealing with anything as big as a giant starfish, there’s a whole new alien threat keeping Peacemaker and his Task Force X teammates busy....

Why We’ll Never See A House Of 1,000 Corpses Extended Cut, According To Rob Zombie Lionsgate Films By Anya Stanley/June 17, 2022 11:19 am EST Rob Zombie is something of a prophet. Shaking off poor critical reviews of his films, the multihyphenate once said: “At first they say it’s not as good as the last one, and then you come out with a new one and suddenly everyone loved the one before....

12 Shows Like Stranger Things You Definitely Need To Stream Netflix By Scott Thomas/Jan. 13, 2022 2:11 pm EST When the Ghostbusters made their return to movie theaters last November, many noted a “Stranger Things” influence on the proceedings, from the film’s small-town setting to the presence of Finn Wolfhard. It was a full-circle moment for The Duffer Brothers’ show, which dressed its protagonists as “Ghostbusters” two seasons ago. The student, it seemed, had become the teacher....

Alan Ladd Jr., Legendary Producer Behind Star Wars And Braveheart, Dead At 84 N. Beattie/Getty Images By Bill Bria/March 2, 2022 4:35 pm EST One of the most prolific and influential figures in Hollywood history, Alan Ladd Jr., died Wednesday at the age of 84. His daughter Amanda Ladd-Jones, director of a documentary about her father entitled “Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies,” broke the news on that film’s official Facebook page: “With the heaviest of hearts, we announce that on March 2, 2022, Alan Ladd Jr....

AMC Had A Slew Of Ideas For Mad Men Spinoffs — Here’s Why They Wouldn’t Work AMC By Caroline Madden/April 29, 2022 11:00 am EST In the age of reboots, spinoffs, and remakes, it’s hard not to imagine exploring more of the “Mad Men” world — especially with the success of other AMC properties such as “Better Call Saul” and several “Walking Dead” series. After the release of “Mad Men” season 4, creator Matthew Weiner underwent intense contract renegotiations....

A Non-Binary No Thank You Paramount Pictures Actor Justin Theroux, who co-wrote the script for “Zoolander 2” with several others, defended the character as a joke intended to point out how backwards Zoolander (Ben Stiller) and Hansel (Owen Wilson) were in response to a changing world. If Hollywood were properly representing trans and non-binary people, and life for us wasn’t growing increasingly dangerous every day, then maybe the joke would have landed differently....

Black Crab Director Adam Berg On The State Of The Action-Thriller In Sweden [Interview] Netflix By Jack Giroux/March 18, 2022 3:58 pm EST Director Adam Berg creates a surprising sense of scale with his directorial debut, “Black Crab.” The war film, which involves a team on a suicide mission and a whole lot of ice skating, is by no means a big-budget film, but the adaptation of Jerker Virdborg’s thriller novel would’ve popped on a big screen....

Daily Podcast: Most Anticipated Superhero Movie, Jurassic World’s Future, Box Office, & Fast 10 Casting Marvel On the January 31, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film news writer Ryan Scott to discuss the latest film and TV news, including weekend box office, most anticipated summer movies, “Fast 10,” and the future of “Jurassic World.” Opening Banter: In The News: Ryan: No Way Home Box Office Has Cemented Spider-Man As A Cultural Phenomenon For The Ages...

Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness Marks A Long-Awaited Reunion For Kevin Feige Marvel Studios By Rafael Motamayor/March 23, 2022 11:45 am EST One of the many, many reasons to be excited about the upcoming “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” — besides the multiverse stuff — is the return of one of the most acclaimed superhero movie directors ever, Sam Raimi. Long before “The Avengers” assembled, long before Thanos decimated half the universe, there was “Spider-Man....

Hear A Track From John Carpenter’s Original Firestarter Score Universal By Debopriyaa Dutta/April 21, 2022 12:22 pm EST Blumhouse’s “Firestarter,” based on Stephen King’s novel, has just dropped a new track as a part of the upcoming film’s score, composed by none other than John Carpenter himself. Carpenter has created this original track alongside composers Cody Carpenter and Daniel Davies, who have worked on the score for the “Halloween” franchise." King’s “Firestarter” was adapted into a 1984 film, which was a commercial failure and criticized for being too uninspired in its tone and execution....

How Political Revolution Threatened Platoon’s Production In The Philippines Warner Bros Home Entertainment By Adam Wescott/April 18, 2022 4:35 pm EST “Platoon” was a challenging film to make. Oliver Stone had served in the Vietnam War and was intent on getting it right on screen. Few others shared his vision. The Pentagon not only refused him funding, but put out a warning to their personnel urging them not to cooperate. As for Hollywood, Stone said to ABC News in Australia, they “did not want to make this subject matter … realism was not of interest to them....

How Star Trek’s Transporter Effect Actually Worked Viacom CBS By Jenna Busch/Jan. 25, 2022 9:51 am EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. One of the first memories I have of adult television is watching the cast of the original “Star Trek” beaming down to a planet in the transporter. I don’t know which episode it was, but I do remember asking my dad how they did that, and could we go to Disneyland that way....

Jordan Peele And Jamie Lee Curtis Used CinemaCon 2022 To Argue We Need Horror Paramount+ By BJ Colangelo/April 27, 2022 8:45 pm EST CinemaCon is well underway in Las Vegas, and today marked the presentation from Universal Pictures. The studio is known for their tentpole summer blockbusters, but also has distribution deals with Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions and the horror juggernaut, Blumhouse. Jordan Peele was in attendance at CinemaCon to provide an exclusive first look at his highly-anticipated follow up to “Get Out” and “Us,” the not-of-planet-earth sci-fi horror thriller, “Nope....

Michael Rosenbaum Couldn’t Have Cared Less About Landing Smallville’s Lex Luthor Role The CW By Jamie Gerber/May 26, 2022 10:14 am EST They say a hero is only as good as their villain, and few comic book Big Bads have been portrayed with the same level of complexity as Michael Rosenbaum’s Lex Luthor in “Smallville.” The Superman prequel series ran for 10 seasons, beginning in 2006 on The WB and wrapping up on The CW in 2011....

Okay, Bryce Dallas Howard, You Can Direct A Star Wars Movie Now Lucasfilm By Lyvie Scott/Jan. 26, 2022 6:00 pm EST “The Book of Boba Fett” has left a mixed impression across its five episodes so far. The new Disney+ series has struggled to find a tone, trying to balance the nostalgia of older “Star Wars” properties while trying something a bit different. That said, it seemed inevitable that a callback to “The Mandalorian” was coming sooner or later — and episode 5 delivers that and more....

Paper Boi Is Canceled In Atlanta Season 3 Episode 8, ‘New Jazz’ Fx/Hulu By Deshawn “DeLa Doll” Thomas/May 5, 2022 10:33 pm EST It’s time to get high. Or at least that’s what Darius and Al decide in the latest episode of “Atlanta,” entitled “New Jazz.” In it, the two embark on an adventure through Amsterdam while under the effects of hallucinogenic honey. Notably, Darius is depending on Al to pay for everything along the way, including the drug....