"Severance" has some of the most memorable production design of any show this year, with the twisting corridors of the Lumon Industries building coming to life via a practical set. It's a place where Mark S. (Adam Scott) and his colleagues in the Macrodata Refinement department i … | Continue reading
It might not seem like it to the uninitiated, but composers would maintain that they're just as much storytellers as any writer, director, or actor on a television series or movie. The only difference is that their medium of choice is purely auditory and, unless their name happen … | Continue reading
In no time at all, "Severance" has successfully made the leap from a quirky oddity (admittedly, with an intriguingly original premise) to the latest show viewers simply can't stop talking about. The jury is probably still out on whether events like San Diego Comic-Con serve as an … | Continue reading
Good things come to those who wait, but for "Severance" creator Dan Erickson, his wait resulted in greatness. The addictive and harrowing science-fiction workplace thriller has been one of the most talked-about shows of 2022, nabbing 14 Emmy nominations including Outstanding Dram … | Continue reading
There have been many movies and TV shows that showed the perspective of office workers trapped in a stultifying cubicle existence, but "Severance" managed to make it feel fresh again by adding a sci-fi twist and drawing inspiration from some of the greats. The series is coming o … | Continue reading
Marvel is more than just the live-action movies that make up the Marvel Cinematic Universe. More than that, it extends beyond even the live-action shows that have increasingly become a larger part of the equation on Disney+. Animation is becoming a bigger part of the whole for th … | Continue reading
It's been fifteen years since Benjamin Franklin Gates went on his last history-driven adventure, so fans of the "National Treasure" franchise have ample reason to be excited about the return of the series -- even if Gates isn't returning ... so far as we know. Created by Cormac a … | Continue reading
Over 45 years ago, George Lucas debuted a little film known as "Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope" (or just "Star Wars," back then) and completely changed the cinematic landscape forever. Many have equated seeing "Star Wars" for the first time as the closest thing a movie fan co … | Continue reading
We've got some adorable news out of San Diego Comic-Con, and it involves a giant red beastie. Our own Ryan Scott was at the panel for "Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur." The series is based on the characters from the Marvel comic book of the same name by Brandon Montclare, A … | Continue reading
In Andy Muschietti's 2019 film "It Chapter Two," based on the novel by Stephen King, the character Bill Denbrough (James McAvoy) has grown from being a fearful child into a struggling author of acclaimed mystery novels. Throughout the film, multiple characters point out to Bill t … | Continue reading
Perhaps it's appropriate that San Diego Comic-Con 2022 properly kicked off with a panel dedicated to Paramount Pictures' "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves." After all, this one project connects the disparate ends of what Comic-Con was and is: This a movie based on the worl … | Continue reading
(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they've been watching, why it's worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The series: "Deadly Women" Where you can stream it: Seasons 7-13 are available on Hulu; all 13 seasons are availab … | Continue reading
Comic-Con is happening right now in San Diego, and /Film has a team on the ground, ready to bring you every juicy detail from the event. Our own Jacob Hall was in Hall H for the "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" panel, where he learned all about the film based on the role … | Continue reading
It's the wildest and most wonderful time of the year for geeks of all kinds, with San Diego Comic-Con already kicking off with some huge announcements. Today provided the first look at "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves," the highly-anticipated D&D movie from Jonathan Golds … | Continue reading
There are a lot of reasons to love "Lost," but the characters Sun (Yunjin Kim) and Jin (Daniel Dae Kim) are two of the best. In a show that features a whole other slew of romances and a lot of mysterious characters to keep you hooked, these two were compelling characters from sta … | Continue reading
One of the most respected and admired figures within the animation world for the last 30 years has been Genndy Tartakovsky. Throughout the years, he created "Dexter's Laboratory," "Samurai Jack," and most recently "Primal," as well as being a key creative force behind "The Powerp … | Continue reading
The animated series "Primal" had creator Genndy Tartakovsky ("Samurai Jack," "Dexter's Laboratory") bring a visceral, vicious, and visually stunning story to Adult Swim. The series follows a Neanderthal and a Tyrannosaurus, both struggling to survive in a dangerous world after th … | Continue reading
Creating a "Dungeons & Dragons" movie that will satisfy all of its many fans is as difficult as tackling a Great Red Wyrm all by yourself, but the writing/directing duo behind "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" are rolling the dice anyway. Besides hiring an all-star cast i … | Continue reading
Over 50+ years, Jeff Bridges has played Dudes and despoilers, Starmen and Old Men. From "The Last Picture Show" up to "Bad Times at the El Royale," Bridges has secured reverence as one of the country's finest actors. The American photographer, writer, and musician has avoided typ … | Continue reading
With Daniel Craig's time as James Bond coming to a definitive end, the conversation surrounding the next 007 is looming on the horizon. To say that the role is one of the most coveted for any British male over the age of 25 wouldn't be much of a stretch — but the privilege of por … | Continue reading
More than any other anthology show, Netflix's "Love, Death & Robots" has polarized audiences. It may be hit or miss, but you can't deny that it's an eclectic, ambitious series that pushes the boundaries of animation, and its best episodes are some of the most interesting, vital g … | Continue reading
Though this story is being written in July, with many countries breaking heat records, and San Diego Comic-Con in full swing, it doesn't stop us from giving you all the information about the upcoming animated Netflix film "Scrooge: A Christmas Carol." As you sit in front of a fan … | Continue reading
"Dungeons & Dragons" has been around for almost 50 years, and in those decades we've seen fantasy trends come and go in Hollywood, with the 1980s seeing a wave of fantasy films released to various levels of success, "Lord of the Rings" kind-of-but-not-really reviving that trend i … | Continue reading
Roll the dice and get ready for "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves," which hopes to bring the classic role-playing game to the big screen in a much, much better way than the previous film adaptation. This new take looks surprisingly light and fun, and the first trailer for … | Continue reading
The year was 1999. Seminal teen movies like "She's All That," "10 Things I Hate About You," "Drive Me Crazy," and "Never Been Kissed," were all hitting theaters, painting an idealized fantasy world of brightly colored high school stories with earworm filled soundtracks and impres … | Continue reading
Michael Waldron, a writer on "Rick and Morty" and the screenwriter of "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness," said in an interview with /Film that assembling the script for the 28th MCU movie was akin to playing Frankenstein. He described sitting in a highly scrutinized wr … | Continue reading
If you've been online in the last 13 years, you've very likely stumbled upon people claiming nobody can remember the actual plot of James Cameron's 2009 mega-blockbuster "Avatar," much less the names of the film's characters. Cameron himself certainly has, having bluntly referred … | Continue reading
"The House of the Dragon," the spin-off that takes place 200 years before the events in "Game of Thrones," has its own off-site activation at San Diego Comic-Con that delivers on the "Dragon" part of the show's title. The latest trailer does feature a couple dragon shots while it … | Continue reading
The hit HBO series "Barry" has always been a dark comedy — its humor derived from the most awful situations — but season 3 took the tone to pitch black. The series, which follows ex-soldier and occasional hitman Barry (Bill Hader) after he discovers that he likes acting and wants … | Continue reading
In the hit SyFy series "Resident Alien," the town of Patience, Colorado is being overrun by aliens. At first, it was just Harry (Alan Tudyk), an extraterrestrial on a mission who assumed the identity of a town doctor after crash landing on earth. But the series is halfway through … | Continue reading
As previously featured in the virtual pages of /Film, Sam Raimi's "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" — currently available on Dinsey+ — featured one of the director's notable trademarks: The appearance of his own yellow 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88. Both Raimi and his freq … | Continue reading
The score for Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy is one of the few soundtracks I listen to over and over again. Howard Shore's work is gorgeous and moody, and immediately sends me right back to Middle-earth. When the upcoming Prime Video prequel series "The Lord of t … | Continue reading
"Scream" is unlike most major horror franchises in every way. Where "Friday the 13th," for example, never embraced a single female character long-term (often killing the Final Girl at the beginning of the next film), "Scream" became Sidney Prescott's story. She's survived five at … | Continue reading
"Doom Patrol" isn't a conventional superhero show, but that doesn't mean it's without the grandeur and out-of-this-world concepts that most comic book adaptations come with. One could argue that "Doom Patrol" features some of the weirdest creatures and villains out of any recent … | Continue reading
From page to screen, Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings," his prequel follow-up trilogy "The Hobbit," and now Prime Video's upcoming "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" series all represent the lasting legacy of Tolkien's vivid imagination ... one buoyed, in no small … | Continue reading
"Arrested Development's" existence on television is almost as strange and unique as the show itself. When it premiered in 2003, it was met with immense critical acclaim and was immediately hailed as a great emerging comedy. It received a slew of awards, even winning the outstandi … | Continue reading
"Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" is a film filled to the brim with colorful characters. You've got the titular sorcerer (Benedict Cumberbatch), the Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez), Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor), Sorcerer Supreme Wong (Bened … | Continue reading
The second trailer for "Don't Worry Darling" is here, and it's clear by now that something is very, very wrong in the town of Victory. Olivia Wilde's film stars Harry Styles and Florence Pugh as a couple, Jack and Alice, who live in a seemingly idyllic experimental town where the … | Continue reading
Later in 2022 — as announced in Variety — Netflix will be releasing a new adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's novel "All Quiet on the Western Front," a work that you probably read in the ninth grade. The new film, a German production shot outside of Prague and presented in Engli … | Continue reading
Trevante Rhodes ("Moonlight) is ready to throw some punches inside the ring as Mike Tyson in Hulu's upcoming limited series, "Mike." A trailer for the series has dropped, which features Tyson's arc as a boxer and his gradual rise to stardom amidst troubled waters. In the trailer, … | Continue reading
In the current world of non-stop superhero movies and TV shows that all seem to take themselves far too seriously, the vulgar, violent, unapologetically silly "Harley Quinn" can seem like a breath of fresh air. At times, the show feels like it only exists to relentlessly mock all … | Continue reading
This is not a drill: the "Deadpool" movies and "Logan" are coming to Disney+. That's right, the grown-up, R-rated Marvel movies are headed to the streaming service on July 22, 2022, so parents should probably make sure those parental controls are fully set before then. After all, … | Continue reading
The first look at "John Wick Chapter 4" is here, and our favorite un-retired assassin looks to be doing some soul searching. The photo comes courtesy of Lionsgate, and features Keanu Reeves' Wick looking down – solemnly? With determination? Like he's about to kill some people? It … | Continue reading
"The Umbrella Academy" is having quite the moment: according to Variety, the newly released season 3 racked up 125 million hours of watch time within the first five days. Loosely based on the comics by Gabriel Bá and My Chemical Romance singer Gerard Way, "The Umbrella Academy" f … | Continue reading
One of the most accomplished and prolific writers of her generation, Nora Ephron was a screenwriter, director, and producer of movies as well as a food writer, essayist, journalist, playwright, and novelist. Thanks to her personal mantra of "everything is copy," Ephron's work was … | Continue reading
After taking a hiatus for a few years due to the ongoing pandemic, San Diego Comic-Con has returned and is currently in full swing. As fans at the San Diego Convention Center are properly pouring into the hallowed halls for the first time since 2019, they prepare for a weekend pa … | Continue reading
I've always liked to go through — not around — the things that stress me out. Nowhere is this more evident than in my growing collection of post-apocalyptic board games. With water shortages and record heat scorching our country, any sane person would look for comfort instead of … | Continue reading
The world of comics just got a lot grimmer and sadder. Alan Grant, the legendary Scottish comic book writer known for his influential work on "Judge Dredd" and "Batman," has passed away at 73 years old. The news was first shared by Grant's wife Susan announced his passing on Face … | Continue reading