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Oscar Isaac, Rad Dude, Has Words About Disney’s Response To ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Lucasfilm By BJ Colangelo/March 23, 2022 8:28 am EST The Disney employee walkouts inspired by their inaction to Florida’s abhorrent HB 1557 “Don’t Say Gay” bill is well underway, with many people in the entertainment industry acting in solidarity by performing their own walkouts, or refusing to watch, stream, or promote anything owned by the House of Mouse....

First Look at Paper Girls Prime Video Our first look at “Paper Girls” comes courtesy of Entertainment Weekly, featuring, among other things, four childhood best friends riding their bikes through an 80’s suburbs — and they have no idea that their coming-of-age is about to collide with some life-altering sci-fi developments. In a lot of ways, this is just begging for the “Stranger Things” comparison — especially as the Netflix show is nearing its end and leaving a void that streamers will be angling to fill....

Peacemaker Just Let Us Know This Bizarre Character Exists In The DCEU Warner Bros. By Jamie Gerber/Jan. 18, 2022 8:29 am EST “Peacemaker” recently dropped its first three episodes on HBO Max and it’s just as wacky and wild as everyone was hoping it would be! However, like James Gunn’s other work, the series is more than just crazy fun: it also injects a surprising amount of heart into these installments....

Pixar’s Turning Red Will Now Be Released Directly On Disney+ Disney It’s beginning to feel a lot like early 2020 again, with the announcement that Disney and Pixar’s next feature, “Turning Red,” will now premiere exclusively on Disney+ in the United States. The news broke today in a statement from Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution, and like the Academy Award-winning “Soul” and critically-acclaimed “Luca” that came before it, the anticipated theatrical run for “Turning Red” has pivoted directly to streaming....

Robert Pattinson’s Batman Initially Spoke In A Bat-Whisper Until People Asked Him To Stop Warner Bros By Shania Russell/Feb. 17, 2022 11:34 am EST Robert Pattinson, connoisseur of weird pasta and self-proclaimed Batman fanatic, is living every fanboy’s dream this year by starring as the Caped Crusader on the big screen. And because he’s nothing if not downright strange, Pattinson saw this as an opportunity to get experimental with his take on the brooding hero....

Russian Doll Almost Starred Jordan Peele And Alfred Molina Comedy Central By Sandy Schaefer/April 25, 2022 4:43 pm EST “Russian Doll” season 1 centers on Nadia Vulvokov (Natasha Lyonne), a cynical software coder who finds herself stuck in a time loop where she’s forced to relive the night of her 36th birthday party before dying and repeating the process anew. Every time she cycles through the loop, things are a little different....

Rust Armorer Sues Ammunition Supplier For Mixing Live And Dummy Rounds Sam Wasson / Getty Images By Anya Stanley/Jan. 14, 2022 9:24 am EST The litigation train keeps chugging along in the wake of the accidental shooting on the “Rust” set last year, which ended in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and the injury of director Joel Souza. While star Alec Baldwin fired the fatal round from a set weapon during a scene rehearsal, his liability as the actor seemed limited (though the Santa Fe County DA says that criminal charges are still on the table) until the film’s script supervisor filed a lawsuit against him and the producers in November....

Mark, Irving, and Helly Apple TV+ In the “Severance” season 1 finale, Mark’s strand of the plot packs an emotional rather than physical wallop, as he realizes he’s been working alongside his own presumed-dead wife, Gemma (Dichen Lachman), at Lumon the whole time without knowing it. Gemma and Mrs. Casey, the wellness counselor on the severed floor (where employees retain no memory of their personal lives outside work), are really one and the same....

Star Trek: The Next Generation Audition Memo Teases Alternate History With Wesley Snipes Paramount By Witney Seibold/April 7, 2022 10:10 am EST The original documentation for “Star Trek: The Next Generation” painted a slightly different picture compared to what eventually made its way to the screen. According to Larry Nemecek’s invaluable “The Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion” (the 1995 version), the show’s first casting call went out on December 10, 1986, calling for a certain kind of captain:...

Why keep Jedi corpses? Lucasfilm Obviously, like a prideful hunter who mounts an elk’s or moose’s head above their fireplace, Inquisitors would love to collect those demented trophies of their kills (much like the Youngling helmets and lightsabers that were spied in the background early in the series). But the storage of preserved bodies has also served a nefarious purpose for the Inquisitors. In season 1 of the “Star Wars: Rebels” cartoon, Order 66 Jedi survivor Kanan Jarrus and his padawan Ezra Bridger learn from a report where Jedi Master Luminara Unduli is being held prisoner....

The (Dumb) Mystery Is Afoot In Episode 5 Of Star Trek: Picard Paramount By Witney Seibold/March 31, 2022 4:00 am EST Over the weekend, I revisited the “Star Trek: The Next Generation” episode “The Measure of a Man” from 1988. In it, Data (Brent Spiner), an android, was put on trial to determine his sentience. Was Data alive and conscious, or was he merely running elaborate programs to emulate human behavior?...

The 2022 Oscar Nominations Netflix Best Picture “Belfast” “Coda” “Don’t Look Up” “Drive My Car” “Dune” “King Richard” “Licorice Pizza” “Nightmare Alley” “The Power of the Dog” “West Side Story” Best Director Kenneth Branagh, “Belfast” Ryusuke Hamaguchi, “Drive My Car” Paul Thomas Anderson, “Licorice Pizza” Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog” Steven Spielberg, “West Side Story” Best Actor Javier Bardem, “Being the Ricardos” Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog” Andrew Garfield, “tick, tick…BOOM!...

The Full Monty TV Series Is Coming From Disney With Original Cast Returning Searchlight Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/March 28, 2022 12:59 pm EST This rather unexpected news was announced by Searchlight and FX (via THR), with the reveal that filming has already commenced in the UK (specifically the cities of Sheffield and Manchester, the former of which the original movie is set in). The production will bring back many of the original cast members while also introducing a whole new generation of characters, made up of the children and grandchildren of the original cast of characters....

The Last-Minute Change That Saved Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho Paramount Pictures By Christian Gainey/March 25, 2022 7:43 pm EST A young, attractive woman steps into a running shower and closes the curtain behind her. She shuts her eyes, enjoying the hot water, and turns her back to the closed curtain. Suddenly, the screeching sounds of string instruments rise over the scene. Do you know what comes next? Chances are, without seeing a looming shadow or a single drop of blood, you guessed murder....

Fascism as the ultimate evil Warner Bros. This isn’t the director’s first foray into telling a tale about the horrors of fascism. In his 2004 film “Hellboy,” the greatest threat to humanity isn’t some demonic force, but Nazis and neo-Nazis. In his 2006 Oscar-winning masterpiece “Pan’s Labyrinth,” a young girl (Ivana Baquero) escapes into a fairy tale world in order to deal with the terrors of living through an authoritarian regime in Spain just after World War II....

The Tragic Incident On The Resident Evil Set That Cost A Stuntwoman Her Arm Sony Pictures Releasing By Witney Seibold/May 25, 2022 1:46 pm EST Stunt work is dangerous work, and stunt performers deserve all the credit in the world for the peril they intentionally put themselves through for our entertainment. It’s utterly baffling that stunt performers still, at this late date, do not have an Academy Award devoted to their craft....

The Unexpected Genius Behind Akira’s Legendary Score Toho By Andrew Housman/March 14, 2022 2:39 pm EST There’s never been anything quite like the soundtrack to the anime classic “Akira.” To this day, the pulsating rhythms and otherworldly chants still sound unlike any other music put to film. That uniqueness is due to the unorthodox approach of composer Shoji Yamashiro, whose background in amateur musicianship allowed him to create a score completely outside the realm of professional tradition....

So, what’s happening in England? Bernard Walsh/Netflix The story of “Vikings: Valhalla” begins with the ailing King Æthelred the Unready ordering the mass slaughter and purge of Danes, known as the St. Brice’s Day massacre. The seeds of chaos sown, Æthelred basically says, “okay, good luck with all that!” and dies, leaving his son, Edmund (Louis Davison as the petulant young boy-king), to deal with the incoming Vikings. As was the case with Judith in “Vikings,” the real schemer in the royal family isn’t the king but the queen: Emma of Normandy (Laura Berlin), a descendant of Rollo who was a powerless piece of property in Normandy but has now amassed a great deal of wealth and power in her own right....

Andrew Garfield Says He’ll Do Strictly Come Dancing If He Wins His Oscar For Tick, Tick…Boom! Netflix By Valerie Ettenhofer/Feb. 20, 2022 2:54 pm EST Sometimes watching Oscar campaigns can feel like pulling teeth, but this year’s award season has had some incredible bright spots. Few shine brighter than Andrew Garfield, who’s been nominated for an Oscar for his role as playwright Jonathan Larson in “Tick, Tick…Boom!” It’s been a delight to see Garfield talk about everything from Spidey secret-keeping to his love of “Cobra Kai,” but now the actor has a new topic of conversation: reality TV dance shows....

Daily Podcast: Predicting The 2022 Summer Movie Box Office Universal By Peter Sciretta/April 15, 2022 3:43 pm EST On the April 15, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Scireta is joined by /Film news writer Ryan Scott to talk predict this summer’s box office. In Our Feature Presentation: Ryan helps Peter plan for the Summer Movie Wager by offering his opinion on this summer’s movie box office prospects....