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‘Zombieland 2’ Is Cameo Hunting; Plus Early Plot Hints [Editor’s note: The following article debatably contains a spoiler for the originalZombieland.] It’s not crazy to surmise thatZombielandwent from good to great when Bill ‘Ghostbustin” Murray hit the screen. His cameo in theRuben Fleischerdirected,Rhett Reese/Paul Wernickhorror comedy took an entertaining film to a whole new level because it was so totally unexpected and funny. Well, as is the case with any sequel, the surprises are going to be tougher to come by this time around....

2020 BAFTA Winners: Surprising No One, ‘1917’ And Director Sam Mendes Come Out On Top Our friends across the pond have handed out their equivalent of the Academy Awards with the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards, or theBAFTAs. Since these are British-centric awards, more love is typically given to movies made by U.K. filmmakers, so it should come as no surprise that1917and directorSam Mendeswalked away with Best Film and Best Director, as well as Outstanding British film, and a handful of other awards too....

Alamo Drafthouse’s Rolling Roadshow Returns With ‘The Sandlot’, ‘Iron Man’, ‘The Dark Knight’ & More TheAlamo Drafthouseis easily one of the best cinema chains out there. Between their strict no talking and texting policy and their fantastic line-up of the latest theatrical releases, special screenings and parties, it’s a great place for cinephiles. Now Alamo Drafthouse is taking their cinematic celebrations outside of the theater with a new line-up ofRolling Roadshowevents....

Anatomy Of A Scene: Knowing’s Plane Crash Editor’s Note:You probably knowAlex Proyasas the director of films likeThe Crow, Dark City, Garage Days, I RobotandKnowing, but for the last few weeks the filmmaker has been guest blogging on /Film. The post below is his last column. Later this week he will answer some of the questions submitted by /Film readers. Also, be sure to click after the jump to see a clip of the completed plane crash sequence....

Apple Officially Announces New Streaming Video Service, AppleTV+, Which Debuts This Fall Nearly two years after first announcing thatthey’d be entering the streaming video realm in a significant way, Apple has finally pulled back the curtain and revealed some major details about its new video service, which is calledAppleTV+. Here’s everything we know about it. Apple reportedly spent about a billion dollars on original content last year, and now we’re finally starting to get a better idea of what they have in store: AppleTV+, a “new service unlike anything that’s been done before....

Baz Luhrmann’s Music-Driven TV Show ‘The Get Down’ Coming To Netflix; Watch A Teaser The latest big name director to make the move to TV isBaz Luhrmann, and he’s following David Fincher toNetflix. The streaming service has just signed on to make 13 one-hour episodes of Luhrmann’sThe Get Down, a music-driven show set in 1970s New York City. Luhrmann will serve as executive producer, and direct the first two episodes of the show as well as the season finale....

BBC Announce Huge Slate Of Feature Film Projects Excuse me if this story reads like little more than a really long list of future films but there are so many new movies on the BBC’s slate, and so many of them sound so good, that I want to give them all a quick shout out. There’s going to be something for everyone (well,nearly everyone) in this selection. We’ll get the previously announced ones out of the way first....

Check Out New Footage In ‘The Grandmaster 3D’ Trailers There is now a fourth version ofWong Kar Wai’s most recent film,The Grandmaster. Originally released in 2013 in a 130-minute Chinese version, then a 122-minute “international” version, and finally in a streamlined and substantially-different 108-minute US version, the film has been converted to 3D for re-release in China. This new 3D cut is based mostly on the US version — so it loses entirely some characters from the longer cuts — but also features some new footage....

Christopher Nolan Says He’d Love To Direct A Bond Film We don’t usually seriously report on the wish-fulfillment stories where a director or actor says they would like to do some mythical project. As it turns out, it almost never happens and is not much more than a cool headline with little substance. And yes, this is one of those stories, but when a filmmaker likeChristopher Nolancomments that he’d be interested in doing so and so film — there is a bit more weight to the statement....

Daily Podcast: Hawkeye Episode 6 Spoiler Discussion “So This Is Christmas?” On the August 04, 2025 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman to have a spoiler discussion about “Hawkeye” episode 6, entitled “So This Is Christmas?” Opening Banter: Brad has returned! In The Spoiler Room: Hawkeye Episode 6 “So This Is Christmas?” Mac and cheese Rob C writes in “Anna would not have known about Natasha when Yelena reappears from the blip as it would be days, weeks or even months after the blip before the public would get the story of what happened....

David Ayer Takes Responsibility For ‘Suicide Squad’: “This Is My Cut” After months of months of hype,Suicide Squadfinally hits theaters this weekend… and so far, the buzzhas not been great. Sure,it’s got its moments, and yes, it’s on track for a record-breaking opening weekend. But it’s such a mess that it came as little surprise whenreports trickled outabout the film’s behind-the-scenes woes, including a claim that the studio interfered with directorDavid Ayer’s more somber vision....

Did You Hate James Corden’s Performance In ‘Cats’? So Did Andrew Lloyd Webber RememberCats? The nightmarish film adaptation of the hit musical feels as if it hit theaters 100 years ago, but it was actually only six months. Since then, real-life horrors have superseded those of the digital fur variety, but that doesn’t meanAndrew Lloyd Webberis ready to let bygones be bygones. The composer recently recorded a commentary track for the filmed 1998 stage version ofCats, and in the process, had some less-than-charitable things to say about the recent movie adaptation – specificallyJames Corden’s performance as Bustopher Jones....

Doctor Jekyll: Eddie Izzard To Star In Modern-Day Reimagining Of Jekyll And Hyde In 1971, director Roy Ward Baker adapted Robert Louis Stevenson’s legendary 1886 novella “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde,” with a gender subversion twist, giving the world the queer horror classic, “Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde.” The film follows the titular Dr. Jekyll as he looks to create an elixir of everlasting life, extracting the female hormones from fresh corpses as women tend to live longer than men....