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The Sleeper Must Awaken Director Daniel Griffith On Arrow’s Dune ‘84 Documentary [Interview] Arrow Video By Max Evry/March 23, 2022 1:06 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Originally intended to be the primary special feature on last August’s 4K release of 1984’s “Dune” from Arrow Video (which features an incredible new transfer of the film), the feature-length documentary “The Sleeper Must Awaken: Making Dune” is finally available on the Arrow streaming service....

This Week In Trailers: The Internet’s Own Boy, Burt’s Buzz, We Could Be King, Ivory Tower Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week we meditate on the notion of what it means to have an open Internet, get kinky, play some football, befriend some bees, and then faint after seeing our tuition bill for next semester....

Venom Was Nearly In Spider-Man: No Way Home’s Final Battle Sony Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/Dec. 30, 2021 3:20 pm EST You know what “Spider-Man: No Way Home” was missing? That’s right, more characters. In all seriousness, the crossover extravaganza billed as the moviegoing event of 2021 easily lived up to the hype, at least in terms of stuffing the narrative full of villains and heroes from previous “Spider-Man” continuities. Somehow, against all odds, the script mostly kept its focus squarely on Tom Holland’s Peter Parker and his toughest, most challenging adventure in the MCU yet....

Ravaging from the rich to give to the poor Marvel Studios It was the Ravagers who kidnapped Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) from Earth as a boy. In Marvel’s “What If…?” animated series, we also saw an alternate reality where they had kidnapped T’Challa from “Black Panther” instead, so that he became Star-Lord in that reality and went on to lead the Ravagers and steer them down a slightly more noble, Robin Hood-like path, where they were robbing from the rich to give to the poor....

Which Characters Are Most Likely To Die In Stranger Things 4 Vol. 2? Netflix By Valerie Ettenhofer/June 27, 2022 11:00 am EST “Stranger Things” is the biggest show on TV right now, and in the grand tradition of small-screen spectacle storytelling, it’s probably about due to kill some characters off. Past seasons’ home stretches have given bloody and dramatic send-offs to Matthew Modine’s Dr. Brenner (although he didn’t stay dead), Dacre Montgomery’s Billy, Sean Astin’s Bob, and David Harbour’s Hopper (although, again, he’s actually alive)....

Will There Be A Sequel To Blade Runner 2049? Here’s What We Know Warner Bros/Sony Pictures By Lee Adams/Jan. 10, 2022 8:35 am EST These days there is just so much franchise content to get your teeth into. You can hardly turn around without tripping over a prequel and tumbling headlong into three seasons of extended universe material, and now it looks like the “Blade Runner” is next. November 2021 saw the premiere of the anime series “Blade Runner: Black Lotus,” about a week before Ridley Scott announced that a 10-episode live action TV series is also in development (via Variety)....

‘Tisn’t The Season, But That’s Not Stopping NECA From Releasing Krampus Figures Legendary By Joshua Meyer/Feb. 21, 2022 8:05 pm EST Hopefully by now everyone has taken down their Christmas decorations — unless we have some folks who are just of the mind that every day is Xmas, like Earth Day. In which case: have I got news for you! The toy company NECA is coming your way with Krampus action figures....

A Georgia Bill Could Have Hurt Huge Hollywood Productions And The State’s People Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/March 31, 2022 12:11 pm EST Even slightly casual film and TV fans have probably noticed that a number of productions set up shop in the state of Georgia. Even if it’s something that takes place in space, a fictional country, or during a zombie apocalypse, Georgia is a state that everyone from Disney to AMC uses to suit those needs....

Candy Composer Ariel Marx Explains Why String Music Is Great For Horror [Interview] Hulu By Jack Giroux/May 13, 2022 11:00 am EST Ariel Marx knows how to deepen a story’s sense of discomfort and horror. The composer behind “Candy,” Hulu’s five-part true-crime miniseries, can make even the most mundane of interactions and moments have a prevailing sense of unease. Another one of Marx’s recent scores, “Shiva Baby,” was basically a masterclass in how to ramp up tension, when to slow down for a breather, and when to go full-throttle....

Candy Trailer: Jessica Biel Becomes An Axe-Wielding Housewife Hulu By Shania Russell/April 13, 2022 12:15 pm EST Jessica Biel has transformed into a 1980s housewife for Hulu’s upcoming series, “Candy.” She carpools children, mixes Kool-Aid, volunteers at church, and on the weekends, she murders neighbors with an axe! That’s normal, right? At the very least, we can all agree that ’80s sitcoms would be significantly improved by all female characters running rampant with sharp, dangerous objects....

Clark Trailer: Bill Skarsgard Is A Very Likable Bank Robber Netflix By Debopriyaa Dutta/April 21, 2022 11:48 am EST The latest official trailer for the Netflix crime biographical drama “Clark” is here, and let me tell you one thing about this trailer — it is chaotic. Directed by Jonas Åkerlund (“Polar,” “Lords of Chaos”), “Clark” chronicles the life of notorious Swedish gangster/bank robber Clark Olofsson, who single-handedly might have been the originator of Stockholm Syndrome....

Daily Podcast: Should Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 4 Happen? Plus: Nancy Meyers, Sherlock Holmes, And More Sony Pictures By Ben Pearson/April 6, 2022 4:20 pm EST On the April 6, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor Jacob Hall to talk about the latest film and TV news, including a new Nancy Meyers movie, the Sherlock Holmes universe, Spider-Man 4, a Killing Eve prequel, and more Orphan Black....

Daily Podcast: Spider-Man: No Way Home Spoiler Discussion Marvel By Peter Sciretta/Dec. 17, 2021 4:17 pm EST On the December 17, 2021 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman to have a spoiler discussion about “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” Opening Banter: In The News: Ryan: Spider-Man: No Way Home Swings In With Heroic $50 Million Thursday Preview Box Office In The Spoiler Room::...

Duffer Brothers Having ‘Total Meltdown’ Over Stranger Things Monopoly Netflix By Shania Russell/May 19, 2022 11:51 am EST Monopoly, the fun board game for families (aka a relationship-ruining psychological experiment in capitalism) has expanded beyond tearing families apart and instead set its sights on major streaming franchises. “Stranger Things” season 4 is just around the corner and while fans in the know are taking special care to shield their eyes and cover their ears until they can binge through the super-sized season in a single night, it turns out that spoilers are lurking around every corner....

Halo Season 2 Ordered At Paramount+ Before First Season Premieres Paramount+ By Jenna Busch/Feb. 15, 2022 6:03 pm EST Paramount+ is showing its confidence in the upcoming series “Halo,” with a season 2 renewal before the first season of the show even airs, according to Variety. Considering that video game adaptations can be tricky (“Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time,” “Assassin’s Creed,” “Street Fighter,” I’m looking at you), this is likely — fingers crossed — good news for video game fans....

Bruce Campbell was literally the new Liam Neeson Universal Pictures Campbell reveals that, while he didn’t get the Darkman part himself, Raimi did find a cheeky way to technically make the actor Darkman in a pivotal moment. In the scene, Neeson laments his transformation to love interest Julie Hastings (Frances McDormand) before donning one final disguise and fleeing into the crowd. He takes one final look back… and it’s Bruce Campbell as Darkman’s final form (at least until the sequel)....

Inventing Anna Trailer: Wild Accents, Wilder Story Netflix By Jenna Busch/Jan. 15, 2022 10:22 am EST Netflix has released a trailer for its upcoming series “Inventing Anna.” The show, which premieres February 11, 2022, is based on the true story of Anna Sorokin, a Russian-born German woman who created a fraudulent identity for herself in New York’s elite social circles by posing as a German heiress called Anna Delvey. Sorokin basically created a shell game, using fake credit cards, borrowing money from people, and applying for loans with fake Swiss bank account papers....

Kids In The Hall Were Already Ahead Of Their Time When They Started In The ’80s CBC Television By Witney Seibold/April 29, 2022 2:31 pm EST The “Kids in the Hall” sketch comedy show didn’t debut on Canadian television until October of 1988, but the Kids themselves — Dave Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Mike McKinney, Kevin McDonald, and Scott Thompson — first met and formed in Toronto in 1984. The story goes, according to the Canadian Encyclopedia, that McCulloch and McKinney, working with their troupe The Audience, met and fused with Foley and McDonalds, who were already calling themselves Kids in the Hall....

Marmaduke Trailer: Pete Davidson Is Great, And Also, A Dane Netflix By Valerie Ettenhofer/April 9, 2022 4:12 pm EST In a move that feels like a Mandela Effect-type fever dream in the making, Netflix is releasing an animated “Marmaduke” movie featuring the voices of Pete Davidson and J.K. Simmons. The movie follows that big goofy dog from the classic comic strip, only now the Great Dane (and his owners) all have a stick-thin, funkily computer animated look to them....

Michael Bay Explains That Making A Big Explosion Is Just Like Making A Salad Paramount Pictures By Jenna Busch/Feb. 18, 2022 2:38 pm EST If any director out there is known for giant explosions, it’s Michael Bay. From the “Transformers” films to “Armageddon,” to “Pearl Harbor,” the man sure likes to blow things up. I may not have had any idea what was happening in some of the “Transformers” films, but I love a good on-screen explosion....