The New ‘What We Do In The Shadows’ TV Pilot Lives Up To The Brilliant Original Movie [NYCC] Back in 2014, New Zealand’s top funny men,Jemaine ClementandTaika Waititi, directed a weird little movie that would soon become one of the most revered mockumentaries, comedies, and vampire films of all time.What We Do In The Shadows’hilarity and uniqueness made it ripe for an expanded universe, so the creators decided to look past the vampires of Wellington, NZ and move over to the everyday lives of vampire roommates living in Staten Island, New York for a new FX TV show....

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Blinded By The Light’ Is A Joyous Coming-Of-Age Movie That Should Have Been A Jukebox Musical (Welcome toThe Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movie:Blinded By the LightWhere You Can Stream It:HBO MaxThe Pitch:Javed (Viveik Kalra) is a poetry-writing Pakistani teenager growing up in the racially divided, working class town of Luton, England in 1987, who dreams of escaping his intolerant hometown....

The Tom Hanks Comedy, A Man Called Otto, Sells To Sony For A Record-Setting $60 Million At EFM It’s already common knowledge thatTom Hanksis America’s sweetheart, but everyone’s favorite good guy actor just set a massive record at the European Film Market. The film “A Man Called Otto,” from SF Studios just sold to Sony Pictures for a hefty sum of $60 million. This makes the Hanks-starring comedy the most expensive deal in EFM history, usurping the record previously held by Netflix when they acquired “The Pale Blue Eye” last year for $55 million....

Toy Story 3 Teased A Pixar Movie We’ll Probably Never See When Disney Animation officiallycanceled the movie “Gigantic”— a retelling of the “Jack and the Beanstalk” fairy tale that had been announced in 2015 — it came as a real shock. In the modern world of filmmaking, big-budget animated features that simply aren’t coming together the way a studio would like (as was the case with “Gigantic”) are usually scrapped long before the public is formally made aware of their existence....

Trivia: Steven Spielberg Almost Directed An Episode Of ‘Twin Peaks’ I’ve ingested a lot ofTwin Peakstrivia over the years, but this is a tasty new morsel: evidentlySteven Spielbergwas such a fan of the show’s first season that he got into some talks to direct the second season opener. What happened? Series co-creatorDavid Lynchwanted to do the episode himself, and did. As it turned out that was a good call. That episode features some of the show’s best ‘Lynchian’ moments, such as thefirst appearanceof “senior droolcup” (venerable Western character actorHank Worden) andhis giant analog(Carel Struycken)....

Will An Old Villain Return In ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’? Take this with a good degree of caution, butUltimate Spider-Mantrainspotters may enjoy the speculation, at least. As directorMarc Webbhas been posting photos from the set ofThe Amazing Spider-Man 2, he has hinted at something unexpected. His last photo showed what could be a morgue locker, or some much more compact storage unit, along with a “happy birthday” tag. Each item seems pretty innocuous, but there is rampant speculation that taken together, and in context with theUltimate Spider-Mancomic series, they suggest that Venom is coming back to the big screen inThe Amazing Spider-Man 2....

Zack Snyder Promises “Insane Zombie Mayhem” With ‘Army Of The Dead’ Zack Snydermade his feature debut with the surprisingly goodDawn of the Deadremake, and now he’s returning to the world of zombies withArmy of the Dead. StarringDave Bautista,Ella Purnell,Ana de la Reguera,Garret Dillahunt,Raul Castillo,Omari Hardwick,Hiroyuki Sanada,Tig Notaro, andMatthias Schweighöfer, the upcoming film follows a group of mercenaries trying to rob a Las Vegas casino during a zombie outbreak. During a recent interview, Snyder clued fans into what they can expect to see whenArmy of the Deadhits Netflix next year: (mostly) practical effects zombies, and “insane zombie mayhem....

‘Ant-Man And The Wasp’ Casts ‘Black Mirror’ Star Hannah John-Kamen In Unknown Role Even if you don’t know her name, chances are strong that you’ve seenHannah John-Kamenin something. And if you haven’t seen her in anything, you are definitely going to see her in something soon. The British actress, whose credits include everything fromBlack MirrortoGame of Thrones, is the first major new cast member to join Marvel’s upcomingAnt-Man and the Wasp....

‘Back To The Future: The Musical’ Released Its First Song, And You Can Listen To It Right Now Every single movie you loved as a kid or teen must now become a stage musical – it’s the law.Back to the Futureis the latest title to get the musical treatment, headed to London in 2020. While you might have to wait a full year to see the musical, you won’t need a time machine to hear the music....

‘Better Call Saul’ Won’t Be Back Until 2022 I had such high hopes for 2021, but so far, the new year keeps letting me down. And now to add insult to injury it looks likeBetter Call Saulseason 6 won’t arrive until early 2022. COVID-19 delays are to blame, and while there was some hope that the sixth and final season of the AMC series would arrive before 2021 ended, that’s no longer in the cards....

‘Borderlands’ Movie In Development At Lionsgate As we hope that some upcoming video game movies will break the mold of underwhelming adaptations that has defined video game films since the 90s, one more has been tossed on to the growing pile of forthcoming video game-based projects. Today,Lionsgatehas announced that they’re developing aBorderlandsmovie. It’s based on the RPG/first-person shooter combo game that follows a group of stranded colonists on an alien planet that has been left for dead, and is slowly moving closer to the sun, sparking the rise of horrifying creatures to wreak havoc on those left behind....

‘Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee’ Season 6 Trailer Teases A ‘Seinfeld’ Reunion Just ahead ofSeinfeld’s Hulu premiere, two of the show’s stars are reuniting for a much more modest venture: a quick drive and a cup of coffee.Julia Louis-Dreyfusis dropping by the sixth season ofJerry Seinfeld’s web seriesComedians in Cars Getting Coffee, along withStephen Colbert,Trevor Noah,Steve Harvey,Bill Maher, andJim Carrey. Watch theComedians in Cars Getting CoffeeSeason 6 trailer after the jump....

‘Fast & Furious 9’ Set Pic Brings The Family Together With New Addition John Cena Fast and Furious 9is now shooting, which meansVin Dieseland theFastfamily are up to their old shenanigans again. It was co-starMichelle Rodriguez’s birthday the other day, and to celebrate,Nathalie Emmanuelwho plays Ramsey in the franchise, shared aFast and Furious 9set pic that brings (most of) the family together again. It also provides our first look at new cast memberJohn Cenain character....