‘Mank’ First Look Photos: David Fincher’s New Movie Stars Gary Oldman As ‘Citizen Kane’ Writer Herman J. Mankiewicz DirectorDavid Fincheris back with his first feature film sinceGone Girlin 2016. The film is calledMank, and Netflix will be releasing it this fall, hoping to get some awards season glory with a story about screenwriterHerman J. Mankiewiczas he worked on the screenplay for the influential Hollywood classicCitizen Kane, directed byOrson Welles. In honor of the 79th anniversary of the wide release ofCitizen Kane, Netflix released a batch ofMankfirst look photos, revealingGary Oldmanas Mankiewicz, as well asAmanda Seyfried,Charles Dance, andLily Collins, all in glorious black and white photography....

‘Mr. Robot’ Review: ‘Frederick And Tanya’ Is A Grim Portrait Of The Fallout (We’re going to kickstart our weekly discussion of USA’sMr. Robotseason 3 by answering one simple question: who had the biggest mental breakdown in this week’s episode?) Sobering reminders of reality go hand-in-hand withMr. Robot, and “Frederick and Tanya” is no exception. The episode has the thankless job of dealing with the aftermath of the Dark Army’s shocking attack against 71 E Corp buildings, as well as tying up loose plot threads that have been forgotten since season 2....

‘Never Here’ Poster: This Lynchian Debut Feature Burrows Into Your Brain So much has happened in the news recently that it seems almost impossible that the Los Angeles Film Festival happened less than four months ago. But as the entertainment industry continues its push through the traditional festival season, we wanted to shine a little light on a smaller film from the LAFF that’s getting a release this month and is worthy of your attention....

‘One Punch Man’ Is A Hilarious Anime Parody Of Superhero Stories (Welcome toAni-time Ani-where, a regular column dedicated to helping the uninitiated understand and appreciate the world of anime.)The term “superhero fatigue” is usually brought up and discussed when a new superhero movie hits theaters. Now that we have no superhero movies (or movies of any kind!) coming out for the next few months, many people are starting to miss having a big, bombastic action movie starring people with superpowers....

‘Sadako’ Trailer: The Director Of The Original ‘Ring’ Returns To The Cursed Video Series Hideo Nakata, director ofRingu, the movie that inspiredThe Ring, is returning to the franchise withSadako. Once again, that darn long-haired ghost girl is messing with people’s lives after her curse is reborn. But since the era of VHS is a thing of a past, the cursed video is now going viral thanks to being uploaded online. Watch theSadakotrailer below....

‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Box Office Tracking Hints At A Record Opening Weekend For The Franchise WillTerminator: Dark Fatefinally break the curse of terribleTerminatorsequels? Every movie in the franchise has been trying, and failing, to live up to the glory of James Cameron’s originalThe Terminatorand its sequelTerminator 2: Judgement Day, with disappointing results. ButDark Fateis hoping to change things up with some familiar faces. James Cameronis back (producing), andLinda Hamiltonis returning to the franchise for the first time sinceT2....

‘The Batman’ Casts Paul Dano As The Riddler Just one day after Jonah Hillexited negotiations for the role,The Batmanhas found its new Riddler.Paul Dano, best known for his work in movies likeLittle Miss SunshineandThere Will Be Blood, has taken on the role. And you know what? We can totally see his lanky frame filling the hell out of a green suit covered in question marks. Warner Bros. announced the news in a brisk press release, stating that Dano will take on the role of “Edward Nashton,” a slight variation on the comic book character, who is typically known as “Edward Nygma....

‘The Imagineering Story’ Trailer: Disney+ Documentary Dives Deep Into Theme Park Magic We’re under a month away from The Walt Disney Company entering the streaming wars with their Disney+ streaming service. The full roster of programming coming to the Disney+ was recently revealed, but it looks like one of their launch day shows was left out of the mix. The Imagineering Storyis a new documentary series, coming exclusively to Disney+, that will take a look behind the scenes of all the theme park magic that happens at Disneyland, Disney World, and more....

‘Three Days Of The Condor’ TV Series Will Try To Predict Future World Events In March it was reported that Skydance Productionswould be makingaThree Days Of The CondorTV series, based on Sydney Pollack’s 1975 film. The original movie starredRobert Redfordas a low-level CIA analyst who must find answers while dodging pursuers after his entire office cohort is murdered while he’s out at lunch. Inour extensive interview with Skydance Productions CEODavid Ellisonand Chief Creative OfficerDana Goldberg, we asked about the small screen adaptation ofThree Days Of The Condor....

‘Victor Frankenstein’ Trailer: Daniel Radcliffe And James McAvoy Create A Monster 20th Century Fox has dropped the first trailer forVictor Frankenstein, starringJames McAvoyas the mad doctor andDaniel Radcliffeas his faithful (and so far non-hunchbacked) protege Igor. If you’ve seen really any version of theMary Shelleyclassic, you know how it goes: Frankenstein engages in some crazy science and creates a literal monster, with predictably disastrous results. What’s different this time is a playful buddy comedy dynamic between Frankenstein and Igor, a la Guy Ritchie’sSherlock Holmesmovies....

‘Zoolander No. 2’ TV Spots: Sexy Fighting, Gross Kissing And A New Cologne One of mymost anticipated movies of 2016isZoolander No. 2, the sequel to the fashion comedy spawned from a character that first appeared on the VH1 Fashion Awards. The first film is a favorite comedy of mine for being so relentlessly dumb and just plain goofy, with two of the best comedic performances thatBen StillerandWill Ferrellhave ever given. And now we get another whiff of the sequel with some new TV spots, including one that perfectly parodies the always stupid fragrance ads on TV all the time....

/Film UK - A Special Screening Of Moon, An Alice In Wonderland Controversy Exclusive, And Much, Much More Coming to you weekly from my vantage point in good old Blighty, it’s Slashfilm UK. Anglos and Anglophiles rejoice as every Friday I’ll be bringing you a round up of news, links and coverage specific to the motion picture comings and goings here in the UK. Sometimes we’ll be talking about films that have already played in the US, other times it will be films that won’t make it to the US for a good while yet, and from time to time you’ll read about films that will never make it to the US at all....

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu May Direct Revenge Tale ‘The Revenant’ Michael Punke’s novelThe Revenant, a dire revenge tale set in raw 1800s America, has been in the hands of Warner Bros for almost a decade. John Hillcoat was once linked to the film, with Christian Bale said to be attached to star; prior to that Park Chan-wook and Samuel L. Jackson were linked. As you read more info on the tale of a man wronged and bent on retribution, you’ll quickly see why either of those pairings might have been a great idea....