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Peacemaker Has A Crisis Of Conscience In ‘Better Goff Dead’ Warner Bros. By Danielle Ryan/Jan. 13, 2022 11:30 am EST We’re two episodes into “Peacemaker,” and absolutely nowhere closer to learning what a “butterfly” actually is or how the team’s going to achieve peace. Thankfully, the third episode of James Gunn’s rip-roaring superhero-adjacent series answers at least one of those questions. In the episode, titled “Better Goff Dead,” Christopher Smith, AKA Peacemaker (John Cena), is faced with a foe he cannot defeat: his budding conscience....

Rob Zombie’s The Munsters Will Officially Be Rated PG Rob Zombie By BJ Colangelo/March 9, 2022 5:56 pm EST For the first time possibly ever, horror fans can breathe a sigh of relief over a remake of a beloved property not earning a hard R-rating. Known for his foul-mouthed, ultra-gory, nudity-filled horror films like “House of 1000 Corpses” and “The Devil’s Rejects,” Rob Zombie’s long-awaited film adaptation of “The Munsters” is staying true to form and has been given the family-friendly PG rating....

Spider-Man: No Way Home Set To Become One Of The Top 10 Highest-Grossing Movies This Weekend Sony Pictures / AMC By Ben F. Silverio/Jan. 1, 2022 4:08 pm EST Just as “Spider-Man: No Way Home” brings together multiverses, the holiday season brings people together. And despite the ongoing pandemic with new variants emerging, those people are flocking to theaters in order to see the friendly neighborhood wall-crawler’s latest feature film. In fact, so many people are seeing Jon Watts’ latest chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that it has become Sony Pictures’ biggest movie of all time, crossing the $1 billion mark at the global box office after just 13 days....

Superhero Bits: New Peacemaker Featurettes, The Deadliest Hulk Ever & More Warner Bros. By Ryan Scott/Jan. 7, 2022 6:43 pm EST (Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.) In this edition of Superhero Bits:...

Taika Waititi And Christian Bale Planned A Gorr Dance Sequence That Was Never Shot For Thor: Love And Thunder Marvel Studios By Joshua Meyer/June 27, 2022 9:05 am EST Who’s ready to see a proper dance-off, with or without pants, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe? “Eternals” gave us a taste of one with its Bollywood dance number, but in that scene, our heroes stood on the sidelines, watching as immortal-turned-actor Kingo (Kumail Nanjiani) shot a choreographed routine on the set of a film-within-the-film....

The Dropout: Release Date, Cast, And More Hulu By BJ Colangelo/Dec. 20, 2021 10:07 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.) The story of Theranos founder and world’s youngest female self-made billionaire, Elizabeth Holmes, is a peculiar one, and people have been buzzing about the possibility of a dramatized look at the situation ever since the Wall Street Journal uncovered that her entire empire was built on a lie....

It’s Not Easy Being A Shaman GDH 559 / Showbox But Pisanthanakun doesn’t exaggerate this divide. Instead, he uses it to mold and shape his characters, as when Noi explains to the documentary crew that the god Ba Yan did try to possess her when she was younger, relaying the depths of the “shaman fever” she experienced during that period — with symptoms like prolonged migraines and months-long, non-stop menstruation — and her decision to reject her traditional god in favor of Christianity....

‘You can’t go around playing characters that everyone loves all the time’ Warner Bros. You play this guy as pretty calm and cool for an antagonist. Not too many eccentricities. I know what you mean. I think one of the things that I enjoy most about approaching a role like this is trying to find a way to make him a little more enjoyable for audiences. It’s a funny thing with a character like Horn, without hanging myself on the hook too much with giving stuff away, he kind of does weave himself into the story as somewhat of a polarizing figure, but he wouldn’t see himself that way....

‘It’s so unruly and unpredictable’ Marvel Studios Speaking with /Film’s Hoai-Tran Bui, Taika Waititi explained that Thor will find Stormbreaker harder to manage in “Thor: Love and Thunder,” especially after Mjolnir and Jane re-enter the picture. It’s all based on the idea that Stormbreaker is a relatively young and, in turn, less mature weapon prone to “adolescent” mood swings. He explained: “Now that relationship, those exes, yeah. That again was something that was really cool because in my mind Stormbreaker, because, you remember the handle of Stormbreaker is made from Groot’s arm....

Watchmen’s Danielle Deadwyler Will Star In HBO’s J.J. Abrams Series Demimonde HBO Max By Debopriyaa Dutta/April 27, 2022 9:52 am EST “Demimonde,” the long-gestating HBO series to be helmed by J.J. Abrams, has finally found its protagonist. Danielle Deadwyler, who played June in “Watchmen,” and also starred in last year’s “The Harder They Fall,” has been cast in the much-anticipated limited series as Olive Reed (via The Hollywood Reporter). Abrams’ “Demimonde” was first announced back in 2018, and details about the project remained scant since then....

Why Gedde Watanabe Thinks His Breakout Sixteen Candles’ Role Is Bittersweet Universal Pictures By Witney Seibold/May 13, 2022 4:13 pm EST Actor Gedde Watanabe was born in 1955 in Ogden, UT, and he got bit by the acting bug as a teen. He performed in high school productions and worked the streets of San Francisco as a busker and public performer. His first notable film role didn’t come until 1984, when he landed the role of Long Duk Dong in John Hughes coming-of-age comedy “Sixteen Candles....

Young Justice Season 4 Part 2 Review: A Focused, Emotional Premiere HBO Max By Rafael Motamayor/March 31, 2022 12:00 pm EST “Young Justice” returns after an extended break with a new set of episodes that continue to show how much the characters have evolved in the ten years since the series premiered, and how much the series stands apart from other superhero shows. The three-episode premiere kickstarts a new story arc that is completely separate from what came before, exploring a previously unseen side of the DC universe in exciting ways, while still catching up on old friends and lingering plot threads....

‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ Season 1 - Everything We Know So Far By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 5, 2021 6:14 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.) The Star Trek franchise almost feels like a tale of two mediums, with multiple different shows currently airing (and thriving!) on television while the movie side of things is still attempting to figure out the next steps....

Akira Kurosawa’s Elaborate Sets Weren’t Built Just To Look Good On Screen Toho By Witney Seibold/June 17, 2022 9:23 am EST Akira Kurosawa may be one of cinema’s more humane filmmakers. While he did see a lot of sadness and injustice in the world, and would address those issues in his films, few of his works skewed full-bore into cynicism. Often, wicked characters would face retribution for their actions — seen most notably in Kurosawa’s Shakespeare adaptations “Throne of Blood” (1957), “The Bad Sleep Well” (1960), “Kagemusha” (1980), and “Ran” (1985) — but more often, their moral fall was depicted as a great, tragic failing of the world....

Anson Mount’s Dream Star Trek Role Isn’t In Strange New Worlds Paramount By Witney Seibold/June 22, 2022 10:06 am EST The Capt. Christopher Pike seen on “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” as portrayed by Anson Mount, is a far cry from the Capt. Pike that actor Jeffrey Hunter portrayed in “The Cage,” the original 1966 “Star Trek” pilot. In “The Cage,” Pike was a stern authority figure, largely humorless, and suffused with a note of anger....

Batman Unburied Trailer: The Dark Knight Has A Podcast Now Spotify/DC Comics By Danielle Ryan/April 5, 2022 2:32 pm EST Riddle me this, riddle me that … where can you go and listen to the bat? On Spotify, of course, where the new Spotify Original podcast “Batman Unburied” will be dropping globally on May 3, 2022. In anticipation of that release, the folks at Warner Bros. and Spotify have released an audio trailer where you can hear Winston Duke’s Batman for the first time, along with Hasan Minhaj as The Riddler and Gina Rodriguez as Barbara Gordon....

A ‘bizarre, out of the box show’ Adult Swim “This show is unlike anything else you’ll see this year,” said Lionsgate Television EVP & Head of Scripted Development Scott Herbst. “This is one of the most bizarre, out-of-the-box shows I’ve ever worked on, and I can’t believe we’re even getting to make it.” This obviously tells us nothing more than to expect some absolute ridiculousness, because trying to predict what kind of absurdity Wolnier is capable of creating is like trying to predict what new fresh hell will appear on our 2022 bingo cards....

Butcher ‘Pays A High Price’ For His Superpowers In The Boys Season 3 Prime Video By Valerie Ettenhofer/June 5, 2022 11:30 am EST In the world of “The Boys,” superpowers bring suffering and nothing good can last. The show’s warning message is obvious from its very first episode, which starts with an innocent civilian getting obliterated by superhero A-Train (Jessie T. Usher) and written off as “collateral damage.” Now, three seasons in, “The Boys” is shaking things up by giving anti-superpower crusader Billy Butcher (Karl Urban) powers too....

Daily Podcast: Fast X Gets A New Director, Fantastic Four Loses Director & The Killer Gets The Same Director Again Marvel Comics By Peter Sciretta/May 2, 2022 2:44 pm EST On the May 2, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film news writer Ryan Scott to discuss the latest film news, including “Fast X” getting a new filmmaker, “Fantastic Four” losing its director, and “The Killer” receiving the same director once again....

David Ayer Will Direct Jason Statham In The Bee Keeper For Miramax Warner Bros. Pictures By Jenna Busch/May 6, 2022 10:35 am EST The Jason Statham-led film “The Bee Keeper” has found a director. David Ayer, who helmed films like “Suicide Squad,” “End of Watch,” and “Fury,” as well as the Netflix film “Bright,” is taking on the upcoming action thriller, according to Deadline. Now, as to what this film is about, well, that’s a weird one....