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Year Of The Vampire: Dracula’s Daughter Is The True Queen Of The Universal Monsters Universal Pictures By BJ Colangelo/Feb. 19, 2022 12:43 pm EST (Welcome to Year of the Vampire, a series examining the greatest, strangest, and sometimes overlooked vampire movies of all time in honor of “Nosferatu,” which turns 100 this year.) Universal Pictures set the standard for movie monsters from the 1930s-1950s, turning characters like Count Dracula, The Wolf Man, Frankenstein’s Monster, The Mummy, The Gill Man, The Invisible Man, the Phantom of the Opera, and The Bride of Frankenstein into pop culture staples, and making legends out of actors like Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr....

20 Movies Like The Conjuring That Will Surely Scare You Warner Bros. By Chad Collins/April 25, 2022 2:12 pm EST There’s hardly a person on Earth who isn’t at least familiar with James Wan’s “The Conjuring.” A perennially scary classic, it banked nearly $320 million worldwide, and in terms of 21st-century horror, its legacy remains unmatched. There are likely a few horror movies post-2013 that have been either directly or indirectly influenced by Wan’s masterclass in gothic terror....

‘I just wanted the 100,000 yen prize’ FUNimation Entertainment In an interview with another comics legend Rumiko Takahashi, made available on the Takahashi fan site Rumic World, Akira Toriyama confesses what led him to become a comics artist. “To be honest,” he says, “I just wanted the 100,000 yen prize.” Toriyama had quit his job as a designer and was looking for something to do. While reading comics in a coffee shop, he came across a magazine offering a 500,000 yen prize to new artists....

Amityville In Space Trailer: It’s More Amityville, But This Time, In Space Wild Eye Releasing By Witney Seibold/June 2, 2022 3:15 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The Amityville film series is perhaps the most persistent and the most bizarre in the annals of franchise horror. The original “Amityville Horror,” based on the 1977 “non-fiction” book by Jay Anson, told the story of the Lutz family who moved into 112 Ocean Ave....

Cardboard Cinema: All Your Favorite ’80s Movies Are Now RPGs Free League Publishing By Matthew Monagle/May 6, 2022 12:47 pm EST (Welcome to Cardboard Cinema, an ongoing series where we look at board games inspired by or connected to our favorite media. In this edition of our monthly round-up, we take a look at new games based on “Firefly,” “Jurassic Park,” “Blade Runner,” and more.) When you write a monthly column highlighting film-inspired tabletop games, you’re always at the mercy of the licensing gods....

Chelsea Peretti’s Exit From Brooklyn Nine-Nine Is Still A Mystery NBCUniversal By Jeremy Mathai/June 14, 2022 10:51 am EST The cast, crew, and viewers of the hit series “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” endured some wild swings of emotion throughout the show’s original run. Canceled by Fox prior to its sixth season, only a dedicated and fiercely vocal internet campaign kickstarted by the many fans dismayed to see the story end before its time helped salvage the show....

Chris Hemsworth Will Play The Lead Villain In Furiosa Netflix By Danielle Ryan/Feb. 28, 2022 2:38 pm EST In “Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road,” author Kyle Buchanan dug deep into not only the creation of “Mad Max: Fury Road,” but its upcoming prequel film, “Furiosa.” While “Furiosa” is still a ways away, with plans to premiere in 2024, at least fans can sink their teeth into all of the goodies Buchanan unearthed, including some casting information about the main villain....

Christopher Nolan Snuck A Nod To His Kids Into Almost All Of His Films Warner Bros. By Sandy Schaefer/Feb. 8, 2022 11:44 am EST Throughout his career as a director, Christopher Nolan’s films have explored time and memory and how these things inform their characters’ understanding of not only themselves but the very nature of their reality. More than that, since becoming a father in real life, Nolan has often woven these themes into stories about parents (specifically fathers) and their relationship with their kids....

Cillian Murphy Reveals What Drew Him To His Peaky Blinders Role BBC By Jamie Gerber/June 10, 2022 4:23 pm EST What would the Shelby saga be without Cillian Murphy heading up the clan as Tommy? “Peaky Blinders” began its run in 2013 and prepares to take its final bow with season 6, which just hit Netflix after first airing on BBC One. This may be the show’s last season, but there is a film continuation in the works to wrap up the story....

Daily Podcast: Obi-Wan Kenobi Expectations And Predictions Lucasfilm On the May 13, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film news writer Ryan Scott to talk about their expectations for Obi-Wan Kenobi. Opening Banter: In The News: Ryan: Star Wars Fans Want These Questions Answered In Obi-Wan Kenobi Owen Lars Luke Skywalker Darth Vader Inquisitors Kumail Nanjiani A Rogue One retcon that earns its place?...

Did Spider-Man: No Way Home Hint At The Introduction Of Miles Morales? Sony Pictures By Ryan Scott/Dec. 21, 2021 9:21 am EST “Spider-Man: No Way Home” arrived in theaters over the weekend, as you may have noticed, and it made quite an impact. Not just at the box office, but on the future of the franchise, not to mention the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe, as well as Sony’s continued “Spider-Man” spin-off franchises....

Edge Of Tomorrow 4K Will Live. Die. Repeat. In July Warner Bros. By Jeremy Mathai/May 19, 2022 4:01 pm EST Tom Cruise fever is sweeping the globe, folks. Not only can the French apparently not get enough of the movie star, awarding him a Palme d’Or prize at Cannes ahead of the buzzy release of “Top Gun: Maverick,” but more importantly, we, as a species are just about to mark the 5th anniversary of the iconic Dark Universe franchise....

George R.R. Martin Gives Updates About Multiple Game Of Thrones Spin-Offs HBO By Eric Vespe/March 9, 2022 9:00 pm EST HBO has decided they are staying in the dragon business. It’s been a couple of years since “Game of Thrones” wrapped up, but that didn’t deter the cable giant from developing what I believe those in the business call a metric crap-ton of spin-offs. They have so many spin-offs that they could shoot a whole-ass pilot for one starring Naomi Watts and just go, “Naw, we’ll just go with another one....

Why Gi-hun Turns Back at the End Netflix Knowing now that “Squid Game” has a second season on the way, it’s easy to chalk the first-season ending up to a simple cliffhanger, but there’s more to it than that. If the show had concluded where it did, never to return, it would have still left us with the question of why Gi-hun turns back and what that means. Hwang elaborated:...

How Bruce Lee Helped Jumpstart Jackie Chan’s Career Columbia By Anthony Crislip/March 16, 2022 10:43 am EST Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee may have made very different movies, but they share a similar degree of global impact, each having been the face of Hong Kong cinema for stretches of time. It was Lee’s few movies in Hong Kong, and tragic early death in 1973, that set the direction of the region’s ‘70’s action film output, and Chan’s emergence as a star at the decade’s tail end would mark a major change towards physical comedy....

Jamie Lee Curtis Is Giving A Special Tribute To Betty White At The Oscars Tonight PBS By Ryan Scott/March 27, 2022 7:05 pm EST The world lost an icon last year when “Golden Girls” star Betty White passed away at the age of 99 in December. The world “legend” gets thrown around an awful lot, but White truly deserved the moniker. As such, she will be the subject of a tribute tonight at the Oscars, and none other than Jamie Lee Curtis will be paying tribute to her during the ceremony....

Jeff Goldblum Had An Interesting Perspective On His Life Aquatic Character Buena Vista Pictures By Ryan Leston/April 15, 2022 7:25 pm EST Back in 2004, “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou” was my first introduction to the wondrous filmmaking of Wes Anderson. A “Moby Dick”-style revenge tale inspired by the life of Jacques Cousteau, “The Life Aquatic” was as thrilling to me as it was poignant. It wasn’t long before I watched as many Wes Anderson films as I could lay my hands on....

Matthew Vaughn Is Still Ready To Make A ‘Colorful, Fun’ Superman Movie With Henry Cavill Warner Bros. By Sandy Schaefer/Dec. 22, 2021 1:42 pm EST For years, “Kick-Ass” and “Kingsman” director Matthew Vaughn has spoken openly about the “Superman” movie trilogy he and writer Mark Millar pitched to Warner Bros. in 2008 and how he still wants to make a film about Kal-El one day. However, those holding onto the dream of Vaughn directing Henry Cavill in “Man of Steel 2” may not want to hold their breath: With Sasha Calle making her debut as the DCEU’s Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl, in next year’s “The Flash” and two different projects centered on Black Kryptonians in the works, it seems Warner Bros....

Michael B. Jordan Learned An Important Lesson From Denzel Washington’s Directing John Nacion/STAR MAX/IPx/AP By Collier Jennings/April 19, 2022 1:27 pm EST “A Journal For Jordan” united two of the most prominent Black actors working today: Michael B. Jordan and Denzel Washington. Jordan stars in the film as First Sgt. Charles Monroe King, who writes the titular journal as a guide for his infant son Jordan. Washington directs and, in a career first, chooses to stay behind the camera rather than casting himself in a role....

Ms. Marvel Director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy On Recreating Photographs Of Partition And Avoiding The Yellow Filter [Interview] Marvel Studios By Jeremy Mathai/July 1, 2022 1:42 pm EST Of all the filmmakers to ever have a hand in bringing the various Marvel television shows to life, director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy might have the most fascinating story of them all. Born in Karachi, Pakistan, Obaid-Chinoy once explained how she took the anger she felt towards the injustice all around her and channeled it into writing....