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Chris Evangelista’s Top 10 Movies Of 2021 2021 already feels like a broken promise. After the nightmare that was 2020, we could be forgiven for hoping something better was on the horizon. But 2021 was a dumpster fire right out of the gate, kicking off immediately with a violent insurrection that threatened to toss the few remaining tattered shreds of American democracy to the wolves. Vaccines offered a glimmer of promise against a deadly pandemic, but variants emerged, while grifters and selfish ghouls who fancy themselves heroes continue to get in the way....

Conan O’Brien’s Work At TBS Is Evolving, Includes New Series And Potential ‘Conan’ Changes There was quite the brouhaha whenConan O’Brienwas removed from his post as host ofThe Tonight Showfollowing Jay Leno’s short-lived retirement from the long-running late night show. Fans were upset, Conan was understandably heartbroken, and it was quite the controversial time for late night television. But thankfully, Conan found a fantastic home at TBS, one that has allowed him to do so much more than NBC ever would have....

Confirmed: ‘Deadpool 2’ Hires ‘John Wick’ Director David Leitch UPDATE:THRreports that Leitch has closed his deal to directDeadpool 2. Original story from 10/29/16 follows.John WickdirectorDavid Leitchis the frontrunner to directDeadpool 2, which last week lost director Deadpool directorTim Millerovercreative differences. with Ryan Reynolds. Hit the jump for more info on the Deadpool 2 director frontrunner. The report comes fromMashable, who cites “several individuals familiar with the project” as their source for the information....

Cool Stuff: Carlos Ramos' Kubrick-Inspired Art Show Burbank-born artistCarlos Ramos(storyboard artist and writer onDexter’s Labratory, ChalkZone, My Life as a Teenage Robot, The X’s, andNi Hao Kai-lan) is presenting a solo exhibition of his Stanley Kubrick-inspired artwork atthe Copro Galleryfrom July 10th until August 3rd. 11 years after the death of Stanley Kubrick, Ramos pays homage to the man who wrote and directed such films as A Clockwork Orange, Dr. Strangelove, The Shining and 2001: A Space Odyssey by transforming the galley into a retrospective space with graphic pieces celebrating the greatest and most respected filmmaker in history....

Daily Podcast: Terminator: Dark Fate, Kill Bill 3, MCU Phase 4, Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3, Thor: Love And Thunder & Blade On the July 29, 2025 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chiefPeter Scirettais joined by weekend editorBrad Oman, senior writerBen Pearsonand writerChris Evangelistato talk about the latest film and tv news, includingTerminator: Dark Fate, Kill Bill 3, MCU Phase 4, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Thor: Love and Thunder, andBlade....

David Bowie’s Son Is Not Happy About That Biopic, Which Doesn’t Have The Music Rights The other day, we brought you news of a youngDavid Bowiebiopic in the works calledStardust. Now, Bowie’s son, filmmakerDuncan Jones, has weighed in, and he doesn’t seem very happy about it. As Jones tells it, the movie doesn’t have any rights to Bowie songs, which means it’ll be a David Bowie movie without David Bowie music....

David Fincher’s ‘World War Z 2’ Is Officially Dead And Buried We all had a hard time believingDavid Fincherwould directWorld War Z 2, and now, it’s not even happening. Fincher has been working on the project since at least 2016, but constant scheduling delays may have finally delivered a head shot to the project once and for all. While there’s always a chance aWorld War Zsequel will rise from the grave some day, as of now, the Fincher version is dead and buried....

Die Hard 24/7 And Fantastic Four Reborn? Ain’t It Coolhas heard from their sources (which I assume must be embedded in 20th Century Fox) that the upcomingDie Hard 5will be titledDie Hard 24/7and the in developmentFantastic Fourreboot might be titledFantastic Four Reborn. And if the title wasn’t completely clear, Harry also confirms that the Fantastic Four movie will be a “complete reboot”. Two horrible titles if you ask me, but they could very well change (lets hope so)....

First Photos: Tarsem’s Immortals Rogue Pictures has released the first photos fromTarsem Singh’s new Greek mythology epicImmortals. Relativity Media paid mid-six against seven figures for the script byCharley and Vlas Parlapanides. Sleeper Code/Machine Gun Preacher scribeJason Kellerpenned the most recent draft of the script. Warner Bros had toyed around with the idea of buying theImmortalsscript for their remake ofClash of the Titans. Obviously,Clashwas the first to go into production. Here is the previously released logline:...

Get Your First Look At The Real-Life Good Dogs Of The Live-Action ‘Lady And The Tramp’ Remake You can scrub the memory of the photorealistic lions out of your mind with the upcomingLady and the Tramplive-action remake, which stars some very good real-life doggos. The canine cast of the Disney+ film is made up exclusively of rescue dogs, voiced byTessa Thompson, Justin Theroux, Sam Elliott, Janelle Monáe, and more. See theLady and the Trampremake first look images....

Gillian Jacobs On Working With Chris Pine In The Contractor, Directing More Than Robots, And More [Interview] Gillian Jacobs has been busy. From co-starring in Tarik Saleh’s new thriller “The Contractor” to making her feature directorial debut with “More Than Robots” to appearing in the forthcoming Netflix series “Transatlantic” (currently shooting in France), her recent filmography is littered with an eclectic array of unique and wonderful pieces. In “The Contractor,” she plays a woman whose ex-Special Forces husband gets drawn into the shady world of military contracting, while “More Than Robots” covers four teams of teenagers who prepare to build robots for the 2020 FIRST® Robotics Competition....

How The Total Recall Crew Built Mars On Earth Martin Scorsese once said, “Movies touch our hearts and awaken our vision, and change the way we see things. They take us to other places, they open doors and minds.” Where Scorsese and other great filmmakers succeed is inknowinghow to take us to other places. But what about places that don’t even exist on Earth? In Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 classic “Total Recall,” Douglas Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) questioned what was real and what was fake after a memory is implanted in his head....

Kevin Smith Talks The DNA Of ‘Mallrats’, Which He Had To Rediscover For ‘Mallrats 2’ WithJay and Silent Bob Reboot, writer and directorKevin Smithdug back into his interconnected series of comedies known as the View Askewniverse. The movie felt like a farewell of sorts to characters fromClerks, Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, andJay and Silent Bob Strike Back, but instead, Smith seems to be reinvigorated to attempt another sequel to one of his movies....