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On the January 24, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Obi-Wan Kenobi, Captain Marvel 2, Justice League, The Matrix 4 and much more. In The News: Brad: Disney’s Obi-Wan Kenobi Series Has Been Shut Down, Scripts Being Completely Rewritten Brad: Ewan McGregor Addresses Delay in Obi-Wan Kenobi TV Series Production HT: ‘Captain Marvel 2’ Goes Higher, Further, Faster With New Writer… Brad: ‘Justice League Dark’ Movie and TV Projects Being Developed by Bad Robot Brad: ‘Fanboys’ Writer Wants to Make a Sequel Focused on The Snyder Cut of ‘Justice League’ HT: Quentin Tarantino Says He’s at “War” With Blockbusters Brad: ‘Parasite’ Getting Limited Re-Release in Black and White, Has Been Completed Since Before Cannes Premiere HT: ‘The Matrix 4’ Won’t Bring Back Hugo Weaving as Agent Smith, But It Sounds Like That Was the Original Plan Brad: Hugo Weaving Explains Why He Didn’t Return as Red Skull for ‘Avengers’ Sequels   Other Articles Mentioned:   All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com.  You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS).  Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word!  Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On the January 22, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler.   Opening Banter:    At The Water Cooler: What we’ve been Doing:Peter spent 3 days at Disneyland last week, covering the Rise of the Resistance press event, experiencing the opening day with friends, and covering the Lunar New Year food festival at Disney California Adventure. Brad had his make-up done by his girlfriend. Hoai-Tran is very stoked about her animation-themed gallery wall she finally started hanging up. Ben saw the Frozen musical. Chris is trying not to freak out about flying to Sundance.  What we’ve been Watching:Chris and Ben watched Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez. Peter saw Little Women and Brittany Runs a Marathon. Brad watched Hustlers, Pain & Glory, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, and Zumbo’s Just Desserts. Hoai-Tran watched Dolittle, The Gentlemen, Weathering With You, Transit, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Delicatessen, and binged The Witcher and The Circle.   Ben watched 6 Underground, Force Majeure, The African Queen, Homecoming, The Outsider, and started rewatching Breaking Bad.   Chris saw Bad Boys for Life and Ted Bundy: Falling For a Killer. What we’ve been Eating: Brad tried Hershey’s Kisses and Jolly Ranchers cereal, Mountain Dew Zero Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On the January 21, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Chris Evangelista to talk about the most anticipated movies of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.    Opening Banter:    In Our Feature Presentation: /Film's 10 Most Anticipated Movies of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival C: Shirley B: Come Away C: The Last Thing He Wanted B: Omniboat: A Fast Boat Fantasia C: Jumbo B: Palm Springs C: Possessor B: The Nest C: The Night House B: Summertime   Anything else that didn’t make the list that you’re excited about? Other Articles Mentioned:   All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com.  You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS).  Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word!  Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On the January 17, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and TV news, including Disney killing the 20th Century Fox name, a possible Taika Waititi Star Wars movie, Better Call Saul coming to an end, details about the new Peacock streaming service.   Opening Banter:    In The News: Chris - Disney Wants Taika Waititi to Develop a New ‘Star Wars’ Movie HT - The Worst Scenes in ‘Dolittle’ Were Added During Expensive Reshoots Chris - Disney is Killing the Fox Name, Will Use 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures Instead Chris - ‘Better Call Saul’ Renewed for Sixth and Final Season [TCA 2020] Ben - Peacock Streaming Service: Pricing Tiers, Release Dates, What Will Be on the NBCUniversal Service, and More Other Articles Mentioned: ‘Dolittle’ Review: A Messy, Ill-Conceived Voyage You’re Better Off Not Taking   All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com.  You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS).  Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word!  Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On the January 16, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest film and TV news, including Mindhunter season 3, The Dark Tower TV show, a Green Lantern series update, why HBO chose one Game of Thrones prequel over another, Watchmen season 2, and Colin Trevorrow’s Star Wars script.   Opening Banter:    In The News: HT - ‘Mindhunter’ Season 3 Put on Indefinite Hold as Cast Released from Contracts HT - ‘The Dark Tower’ TV Series is Not Moving Forward at Amazon Chris - ‘MacGruber’ TV Series to Explode Over at the Peacock Streaming Service Ben - HBO Max Reveals ‘Green Lantern’ Series Details and Future Plans for DC Universe Streaming Service Ben - Why HBO Greenlit ‘House of the Dragon’ But Passed on Other ‘GoT’ Prequel; ‘Watchmen’ Season 2 Probably Won’t Happen Without Damon Lindelof Chris - Colin Trevorrow’s ‘Star Wars’ Script Leaks, Reveals a Very Different Movie Called ‘Star Wars: Duel of the Fates’ Other Articles Mentioned: Amazon Announces Its ‘Lord of the Rings’ Cast Members, Which Are Mostly New Faces   All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com.  You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS).  Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word!  Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On the January 15, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, senior writer Ben Pearson, weekend editor Brad Oman and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to narrow down their 25 most anticipated movies of 2020.   Opening Banter: Let’s close the book on 2019 and look ahead to the rest of 2020!   In this Edition of The Writer’s Room: What are our 25 most anticipated movies of 2020?   Here is the initial list of films we began with:   Universal Support - 6 votes   A Quiet Place Part II - JH, CE, B, HB, PS, BP Wonder Woman 1984 - JH, CE, B, HB, PS, BP In the Heights - JH, CE, B, HB, PS, BP Tenet - JH, CE, B, HB, PS, BP Last Night in Soho - JH, CE, HB, B, PS, BP West Side Story - JH, CE, B, HB, PS, BP Dune - JH, CE, HB, B, PS, BP The French Dispatch - JH, CE, HB, B, PS, BP   Strong Support - 5 votes   Soul - JH, CE, B, HB, PS Mank - JH, CE, HB, B, BP   Good Support - 4 votes   Eternals - JH, B, HB, PS No Time to Die - JH, CE, B, BP Death on the Nile - JH, CE, HB, BP Rebecca - JH, CE, HB, BP   Some Support - 3 votes   Black Widow - JH, B, HB The Invisible Man - JH, CE, B Bill and Ted Face the Music - JH, B, HB Halloween Kills - JH, CE, B Raya and the Last Dragon - JH, B, PS Antlers - JH, CE, HB Birds of Prey - CE, HB, BP Antebellum - CE, HB, BP   Small Support - 2 votes   Candyman - JH, CE Malignant - JH, CE Jungle Cruise - JH, PS On the Rocks - CE, B Ghostbusters: Afterlife - B, PS The Personal History of David Copperfield - HB, B The Turning - CE, HB I’m Thinking of Ending Things - CE, BP  Top Gun: Maverick - B, BP Coming 2 America - B, PS Fast and Furious 9 PS, BP   Outliers - 1 vote   Saint Maud - JH  Escape Room 2 - JH Gretel and Hansel - CE The Many Saints of Newark - CE  The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It - CE  Free Guy - B The Trial of the Chicago 7 - B Taylor Swift: Miss Americana - B Emma - HB Mulan - HB Promising Young Woman - HB Minari - HB Chaos Walking - PS Godzilla vs Kong - PS The Way Back - PS Boss Level - PS The Witches - PS BIOS - BP Other Articles Mentioned:   All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com.  You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS).  Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word!  Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On the January 14, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss the Morbius trailer and how the movie connects to the MCU, a new Uncharted director, more details on the Parasite HBO series, Bryan K Vaughan’s Ex Machina movie, and Universal’s Super Nintendo World. In The News: HT: ‘Morbius’ Trailer: Jared Leto is the Blood-Sucking Spider-Man Villain Brad: Does ‘Morbius’ Connect to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, ‘Venom’, or Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Universe? Brad: ‘Venom’ Director Ruben Fleischer Reeled in to Keep ‘Uncharted’… HT (og Chris): ‘Parasite’ Series From Bong Joon-ho and Adam McKay Will Expand the Movie Brad: Brian K. Vaughan’s ‘Ex Machina’ Sci-Fi Comic Is Becoming a Movie from Legendary Entertainment HT: Universal’s Super Nintendo World Will Use Wearable Tech to Turn a Real-Life Theme Park Land Into a Video Game   Other Articles Mentioned:   All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com.  You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS).  Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word!  Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On the January 13, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to discuss the 2020 Oscar Nominations.   Opening Banter:    In Our Feature Presentation: 2020 Oscar Nominations: ‘Joker’ Leads the Pack With 11 Nominations   Best Picture   Ford v Ferrari The Irishman Jojo Rabbit Joker Little Women Marriage Story 1917 Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Parasite   Best Director   The Irishman – Martin Scorsese Joker – Todd Phillips 1917 – Sam Mendes Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino Parasite – Bong Joon-ho   Ht - Snub: Greta Gerwig for Directing Little Women Brad - Snub: Taika Waititi for Best Director Ht - Snub: Portrait of a Lady on Fire for…Also Anything at All   Best Actor   Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Adam Driver – Marriage Story Joaquin Phoenix – Joker Jonathan Pryce – The Two Popes   Brad - Snub: Eddie Murphy for Dolemite is My Name Brad - Snub: Adam Sandler for Uncut Gems HT - Snub: Taron Egerton for Rocketman   Best Actress   Cynthia Erivo – Harriet Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story Saoirse Ronan – Little Women Charlize Theron – Bombshell Renee Zellweger – Judy   Brad - Snub: Lupita Nyong’o for Us (mention Us getting snubbed entirely) HT - Snub: The Farewell for Anything at All   2020 Oscar Snubs and Surprises: Who Landed the Unlikely Nods and Who Was Overlooked? Brad - Snub: Frozen II for Best Animated Feature HT - Snub: Weathering With You for Best Animated Film Brad - Snub: Song Kang-ho for Parasite   Other Articles Mentioned:   All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com.  You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS).  Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word!  Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On the January 10, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Doctor Strange 2 losing it’s director, Warner Bros using AI to decide movies to greenlight and a Parasite HBO series.   Opening Banter:    In The News: Ben: Scott Derrickson Will No Longer Direct ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ Ben: Warner Bros. Will Use Artificial Intelligence to Help Decide Which Movies to Greenlight Ben: A ‘Parasite’ Limited Series is Coming to HBO For Some Reason, But Will It Be a Sequel or a Remake?   Other Articles Mentioned: Ben Pearson’s Top 10 Movies of 2019 /Film’s Top 15 Movies of 2019   All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com.  You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS).  Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word!  Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On the January 9, 2020 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman, and writer Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Mission: Impossible and The Batman casting, an update on The Flash, a remake of The Howling, who's hosting the Oscars, and Quibi’s plans to change the viewing experience.   Opening Banter:    In The News: Chris: Nicholas Hoult Joins ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ and ‘Mission: Impossible 8’ Chris: Matt Reeves Confirms Colin Farrell as The Penguin in ‘The Batman’ [Updated] Brad: ‘The Flash’ Director Andy Muschietti Teases a “Different Version” of the ‘Flashpoint’ Storyline Chris: The Howling Remake Brad: Oscars Going Hostless Again This Year Chris: Quibi Created a New Viewing Experience Called “Turnstyle”   Other Articles Mentioned:   All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com.  You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS).  Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word!  Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy