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Ben Pearson, Hoai-Tran Bui and Jacob Hall join Peter Sciretta for the August 1, 2017 episode of /Film Daily. In The Mailbag: Stingray asks “What movie/TV would y'all like to see turn into a theme park land or ride?” Peter’s picks: Goonies, Moana, Labyrinth (a whole land, a musical theater show with the Goblin King, a journey through the maze dark ride), Gremlins, a Pixar Ride HT’s picks: Atlantis: The Lost Empire Ben’s picks: The Lord of the Rings Jacob’s picks: In The News: ‘The Emoji Movie’ is Officially the Worst-Reviewed Movie of 2017 Bryan Fuller Originally Planned For ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ to Be an Anthology Series ‘Suicide Squad 2’ Loses Its Top Choice Director to ‘Jungle Cruise’ Spoilers Are Coming: Beware Leaked ‘Game of Thrones’ Episodes and Scripts From HBO Hack ‘The Dark Tower’ TV Series Will Be “Totally Canon” and Adhere Closer to Stephen King’s Books John Cena joins Bumblebee Movie You can find all that and more at slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). This podcast 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. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.

  Today's episode of /Film Daily does not have a news segment as the news coming off Friday was not very discussion-worthy.  In The Mailbag: Peter is asked to give a recommendation for a movie-focused app. In Our Feature Presentation, Hoai-Tran Bui talks with us about her favorite movies of 2017 so far. You can find all that and more at slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). This podcast 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. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.

Ben Pearson joins Peter Sciretta for the News: John Powell Will Compose The 'Han Solo' Movie Score Despite Rumors, David Ayer Reassures That He’s Still Involved with ‘Gotham City Sirens’ IMAX is Starting to Ditch 3D, Citing ‘Clear Preference’ for 2D In The Mailbag: Tyler from Orlando asks “I've never been to film school or taken any film studies courses but I am infatuated with movie history. I've watched the Mark Cousin documentary, The Story of Film: An Odyssey. It was a tremendous watch and would recommend it very highly. But I would like to know what books you would recommend that cover interesting/impactful epochs of film history.” Ben recommends: The Secret History of Hollywood podcast You Must Remember This podcast Waking Sleeping Beauty documentary Peter recommends: the documentary Los Angeles Plays Itself Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance and the Rise of Independent Film Written by: Peter Biskind Rebels on the Backlot: Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System By Sharon Waxman The Mailroom: Hollywood History from the Bottom Up by David Rensin Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting By William Goldman DisneyWar by James B. Stewart The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company by David A Price The Making of Star Wars books from JW Rinzler In Our Feature Presentation, Jacob Hall joins us to discuss his visit to the set of Andy Muschietti’s adaptation of Stephen King’s It. You can find all that and more at slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). This podcast 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. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.  

Ben Pearson, Hoai-Tran Bui and Jacob Hall join Peter Sciretta to talk about the latest News: Jared Leto in Talks for ‘Bloodshot’ Comic Book Adaptation - JH James Bond 25 Director short list - JH Zack Snyder’s Influence on DC Films Will Be Significantly Smaller Moving Forward - BP He’ll Be Back: James Cameron Wants to Make a New ‘Terminator’ Trilogy - HT Captain Marvel Won’t Appear in ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ -HT ‘Stranger Things’ Theory: What If The Upside Down Isn’t Another Dimension But … The Future? - HT In The Mailbag: Mich from Maryland: “A tweet from Anne Thompson led me to an article at Wired about a new source material Hollywood is mining -- podcasts.   I'm curious for your take on this, and specifically your craziest ideas about where else Hollywood could look for source material to influence future TV and movie concepts?” Peter references his article Board Game Movies Hollywood Should Make Next.   You can find all that and more at slashfilm.com.  You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). This podcast 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. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.

Brad Oman joins Peter Sciretta. In The Water Cooler, we talk about what we bought at Comic-Con, and what we would have bought if we had Scrooge McDuck money to spend. Peter's purchases: Katie Cook painting, Patrick Ballesteros Director kids commission, Saga #1, The Godfather board game, Scott C Ghostbusters figure, In-Gen T-shirt Peter’s wish list: EFX Force Awakens Darth Vader helmet, Hot Toys life size Baby Groot, Back to the Future Part II Delorean, Sideshow Thanos statue In The News: How Andy Serkis’ ‘Jungle Book: Origins’ Will Be Different From Jon Favreau’s ‘The Jungle Book’ Anne Hathaway in Talks to Replace Amy Schumer as a Barbie Girl in a ‘Barbie’ Movie (read our list of 11 actresses who should have gotten the part) Avengers: Infinity War and Thor: Ragnarok Running Times ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Trailer Breakdown: Analyzing the Cosmic, Comic Sequel Frame-by-Frame In The Mailbag: Mich from Maryland asks: “With summer movie season drawing to a close, if you could only see two new movies for the rest of the summer -- out of those not yet released -- which two would you see and why?”   You can find all that and more at slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). This podcast 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. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.

Ben Pearson and Hoai-Tran Bui join Peter Sciretta. to discuss the latest News: New James Bond movie has been announced ‘Justice League’ ReshootsCost $25 Million, Joss Whedon Reportedly Won’t Receive Directing Credit ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Was 80% Improvised; Clancy Brown is Voicing a Villain ‘Stranger Things 2’ Trailer Breakdown: Secrets Revealed From The Comic-Con Trailer ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Director Joe Russo Sheds Light on Thanos and His Black Order Henchmen Kevin Feige On Why The Skrulls Are Being Introduced in ‘Captain Marvel,’ & The Future of Superhero Movies More Avengers Were Originally Going To Appear in ‘Spider-Man Homecoming’; See The Concept Art   You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). This podcast 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. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.

Brad Oman, Jacob Hall, Jack Giroux and Peter Sciretta are live in San Diego for Comic-Con International 2017. Jacob Hall talks about the fun and frustration of his first SDCC. We all discuss the big things we saw on Friday and Saturday, including the following movies and shows: The Gift Preacher Punisher The Defenders Ready Player One Blade Runner 2049 Aquaman Justice League Stranger Things Season 2 Westworld Ant-Man and The Wasp Thor Ragnarok Black Panther Avengers: Infinity War And we each pick our favorite things we saw and did at the convention. You can find all that and more at slashfilm.com.   You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). This podcast 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. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.

Welcome to /Film Daily, the daily podcast of slashfilm.com. I'm Peter Sciretta and on today’s episode for July 21st, 2017, I'm joined by Brad Oman (Ethan Anderton on /Film) to discuss what we've been seeing at San Diego Comic-Con International: A preview of footage from the new It movie A surprising screening of Annabelle: Creation Fox shows off Kingsman 2 footage Ivan Reitman appears on a Ghostbusters panel Netflix brings Bright and Death Note to Hall H Marvel's Inhumans looks terrible Fargo/Legion showrunner Noah Hawley announces a Doctor Doom movie?   You can find all that and more at slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). This podcast 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. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.

Jacob Hall and Jack Giroux join Peter Sciretta. In The Water Cooler, we talk about the San Diego Comic Con activations for Game of Thrones and Blade Runner 2049.  In The News: ‘Confederate’: HBO Announces New Drama Series From ‘Game of Thrones’ Showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss Christopher Nolan on Making a Netflix Movie: “Well, Why Would You?” ‘Mega Man’ Movie in the Works With ‘Catfish’ Directors in Final Talks to Write and Direct Jon Watts Returning to Direct the ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Sequel How Sony Plans to Handle Its ‘Spider-Man’ Expanded Universe You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). This podcast 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. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.

Brad Oman, Jacob Hall and Jack Giroux joins Peter Sciretta. In The Water Cooler, we talk about Disneyland’s revamped Fantasmic and a double feature of Luc Besson’s first two films. In The News: Luc Besson is Already Writing ‘Valerian 3’, and Why the First Film Can’t Bomb This Weekend The Russo Brothers Will Direct Noah Hawley’s New FX Series ‘The Mastermind’ ‘Justified’ Star Walton Goggins Joins the Cast of ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ ‘The Dark Tower’ Runtime is Only 95 Minutes Long ‘The Disaster Artist’ Trailer: James Franco Plays the Guy Who Made the Worst Movie Ever Made You can find all that and more at slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). This podcast 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. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.

Brad Oman joins us. In The Water Cooler, we talk about Brad seeing Mystery Science Theatre 3000 live, and Peter's unpopular first impressions about Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk. In The News: Neill Blomkamp Wants to Make an ‘Elysium’ Sequel: “I Can Do It Better” Fired Kermit the Frog Actor Says He was ‘Outspoken,’ Disney Blames ‘Unacceptable Business Conduct’ ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Sizzle Reel Breakdown: A Close Look at All the New Details ‘Robotech’ Movie Coming From ‘It’ Director Andy Muschietti ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ Cut a Reference to Jason Clarke’s Malcolm     You can find all that and more at slashfilm.com.  You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). This podcast 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. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.

In Our Feature Presentation, Peter Sciretta gives us a recap of all the interesting news and reveals from D23 Expo 2017.  You can find all that and more at slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). This podcast 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. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and spread the word!

  Today on the show, in Our Feature Presentation, Ben Pearson, Brad Oman (aka Ethan Anderton) and Jacob Hall join me to talk about the 2017 Emmy nominations, surprises, and snubs. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). This podcast 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. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.

  Brad Oman and Ben Pearson joins Peter Sciretta to talk about the latest in The News: Quentin Tarantino’s Next Film is About The Manson Family Murders, met with Margot Robbie for Sharon Tate ‘The Shallows’ Director Jaume Collet-Serra Might Direct ‘Suicide Squad 2’ ‘Scarface’ Remake Loses Director David Ayer New ‘Black Panther’ Details: Wakanda’s Vibranium Supply, T’Challa’s Allies & Villains Akiva Goldsman Developing ‘Rainbow Six’ Movie, Courting Ryan Reynolds to Star In Our Feature Presentation, Ben Pearson joins us to talk about 10 Filmmakers Who Should Direct the Next ‘Fast and Furious’ Movie You can find all that and more at slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). This podcast 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. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.

Brad Oman joins us for today's episode.  In The Water Cooler, we talk about Tour De Pharmacy and getting an annual pass to Universal Studios Hollywood. In The News: ‘Wonder Woman 2’ May Be Set in the 1980s, Bring Back Chris Pine Jon Favreau’s ‘The Lion King’ Remake Casts John Oliver in the Perfect Role Disney’s Live-Action ‘Aladdin’ Movie Struggles to Find Stars of Middle Eastern or Indian Descent ‘It’ Star Bill Skarsgård Joins Hulu’s Stephen King Multiverse Series ‘Castle Rock’ In The Mailbag: Kolin Singh asks “With War of the Planet of the Apes coming out next week and 2017 being a somewhat big year for sequels (John Wick 2, F8, Despicable Me 3, Pirates, etc...) I was curious to know what is your favorite sequel and/or what sequel is better than the original.” In the Spoiler Room, Ben Pearson talks what a War For The Planet of the Apes Sequel Could Be About. You can find all that and more at slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). This podcast 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. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.