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/Film’s 30 Most Anticipated Movies Of Summer 2015 April isn’t even 48 hours old but at the movie theater, summer has already begun. With tonight’s opening ofFurious 7, the trend of major blockbusters opening well before the first weekend in May continues.Fast Five, The Hunger Games and Captain America: The Winter Soldierare a few recent examples; next year,Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justicewill open over a month before the traditional first weekend of summer....

A Letter From David Mamet To The Writers Of The Unit I was having a pretty uneventful day at the office until I sawthis postabout a memo written by writer/directorDavid Mametcrop up on my Twitter feed. It’s a note that Mamet addressed to the writing staff of the now-canceled CBS showThe Unit, in which he lays out some guiding principles for compelling television. According toMovieline, the memo first surfaced recently atInk Canada....

Academy Award Winner And All-Around Exceptional Human Being Viola Davis Is Publishing A Memoir, ‘Finding Me’ Powerhouse performerViola Davisis releasing a memoir due out next year. After conquering the stage, silver screen, and recording studio, it only makes sense that Davis details her life on impressive accomplishments on the page. Essencereportsthat HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced the acquisition of the Academy Award-winning actress’s memoir entitledFinding Me. The book will be published in partnership with Ebony Magazine Publishing and rescheduled to be released in April of 2022....

Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood Trailer: Richard Linklater’s Take On The Moon Landing Space. The final frontier. While this is certainly the case for kids that grew up with an obsession with the cosmos, it also had to be along the lines of what the astronauts were thinking when they set foot on the moon for the first time. Now, thanks to Netflix and acclaimed filmmaker Richard Linklater, both of those stories are combined into one for"Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood....

Bad Blood: Adam McKay Will Direct Jennifer Lawrence As Elizabeth Holmes It seems Adam McKay and Jennifer Lawrence enjoyed working together on"Don’t Look Up,“a sci-fi comedy that McKay co-wrote and directed about a pair of astronomers (played by Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio) who desperately attempt to warn the people of Earth than a massive comet is heading their way. The two are now officially working together on another dark satire in the form of “Bad Blood,” a film inspired by the real-life rise and fall of notorious Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes....

Boondock Saints Director Troy Duffy Responds To Overnight; Calls The Documentary An Unfair Smear Job WithThe Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Dayon the verge of hitting theaters (it opens this Friday), one of things that’s continued to fascinate me is the story of how Troy Duffy was able to remake himself in the aftermath ofTheBoondock SaintsandOvernight, the 2003 documentary that chronicled Duffy’s rise and fall. Duffy was just a bartender when, in 1997, Harvey Weinstein agreed to purchase hisBoondock Saintsscript for $300,000 and let him direct the movie with a budget of $15 million....

Casting Bits: Gerard Butler In ‘Brilliant’, Robert Redford And Diane Keaton In ‘The Most Wonderful Time’ Robert Luketic’sThe Ugly Truthwas among the worst reviewed films ofGerard Butler’s career, so I can’t say I’m all that thrilled to hear that a reunion is brewing for the pair. Butler has signed on to replaceEric BanainBrilliant, a thriller about “a small-time criminal who partners with a female thief to pull off a daring diamond heist....

Casting Bits: Jamie Chung In ‘Knife Fight;’ Joey King In ‘Oz: The Great And Powerful;’ Katrina Bowden In ‘American Reunion’ Jamie Chunghas two big Legendary Pictures films behind her this year,Sucker PunchandThe Hangover Part II, and now (probably not as a response) she’s going indie for the filmKnife Fight. That’s the one starringRob Lowewhere he plays “a political crisis manager who specializes in playing hardball on behalf of scandal-plagued clients.” Jamie Chung will be his savvy assistant....

Daily Podcast: Moon Knight Episode 2 Spoiler Discussion - Summon The Suit On the August 25, 2025 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editorial director Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film news writer Ryan Scott to have a spoiler-filled discussion about Moon Knight Episode 2, “Summon The Suit.” Opening Banter: Brad couldn’t make it this week, but we instead have Ryan! In The Spoiler Room: Moon Knight Episode 2 “Summon The Suit”...

Dark Knight Producer Chuck Roven Working On The Looking Glass Wars? We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Frank Beddorhas been in the news this week. First there was thatawful, awful premiseforRidley Scott’s movie version ofMonopolythat Beddor wrote and explained to the LA Times. Now he’s taken to television to promote his latest book, and while there mentioned thatChuck Roven, one of the producers onThe Dark Knight, is working on an adaptation of Beddor’s novel seriesThe Looking Glass Wars....

Diablo Cody Says ‘Evil Dead’ Remake Will Be “Unbelievably Violent,” Sees ‘Sweet Valley High’ As ‘American Graffiti’ For The ’80s We haven’t seen a feature from screenwriter fromDiablo Codysince 2009’s tepidly receivedJennifer’s Body, but next month’sYoung Adultkicks off a series of interesting projects Cody’s got on her slate. In a pair of recent interviews, Cody touched upon two very different ones: theEvil Deadremake from writer-directorFede Alvarez(which has the blessing of the original’s directorSam Raimiand star/exec producerBruce Campbell, before you get too up in arms), and thatSweet Valley Highmovieannounceda couple of years back....

Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ On Its Way To Broadway The Disney film to Broadway transition worked forBeauty and the Beast, The Lion King, is currently working forNewsies, and might soon take a carpet ride through Agrabah. At a recent Disneyland performance, songwriterAlan Menkinmentioned that the hit 1992 musicalAladdinmight soon be making its way to Broadway. This isn’t exactly a huge surprise, however, as a musical version of the show has already been performed in Seattle, St....

Edgar Wright’s ‘The Wright Stuff II’ Wrap-Up It’s always been a dream of mine to attend the entire Sundance Film Festival and, last week, I was able to fulfill that dream. Leave it toEdgar Wrightto simultaneously program one of the most amazing repertory programs in recent memory and make me reconsider what dreams are made of. The Wright Stuff IIran from January 14-31 at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles and featured Wright-selected double features with special guests, Q&A’s, fun trailers and more....