On the April 10, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to talk about A Quiet Place 2, HBO’s pay gap, Foundation, Star Wars, Westworld, a new J.R.R. Tolkien novel, and two upcoming movies starring Dave Bautista. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL […]
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‘Succession’ Trailer: Adam McKay Puts the Diss in HBO’s Dysfunctional Family Drama
You can’t always choose your family. But you can choose whether to wage a corporate war against your family members in a fight over control for the biggest media conglomerate in the world. Adam McKay takes family dysfunction to another level in the new HBO drama series Succession. The Big Short director takes his brand of acerbic […]
Westworld 2.0Freeze all motor functions! HBO’s mind-bending…
Westworld 2.0 Freeze all motor functions! HBO’s mind-bending drama Westworld is back for an upgraded new season full of violent delights. Get an exclusive first look at season 2. 📷: Carlos Serrao for EW
James Franco Will Return for HBO’s ‘The Deuce’ Season 2
James Franco is coming back for round two of The Deuce. Franco plays the pair of twin brothers at the center of George Pelecanos and David Simon’s grimy HBO series exploring the early years of the porn industry in 1970s New York City. Franco’s return for the second season of the drama series had been […]
HBO’s ‘Watchmen’ TV Series Taps ‘The Leftovers’ Director Nicole Kassell For Pilot
Who directs the Watchmen? The answer, for the pilot of HBO’s new Watchmen TV series adaptation at least, is The Leftovers director Nicole Kassell. The director of two Leftovers episode will be reteaming with showrunner Damon Lindelof to helm the pilot of his high-profile adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ seminal graphic novel. Kassell has been tapped by HBO to direct the pilot, […]
HBO’s ‘Paterno’ Trailer: A Weary Al Pacino Fields Questions About Jerry Sandusky
“Did you know about Jerry?” The implicit accusation in those words resound through the short teaser trailer for Paterno, HBO’s movie about the disgraced Penn State football coach whose shining legacy was tainted in the wake of a horrific child sex abuse convictions of his assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky. Al Pacino plays the titular Joe Paterno, a […]
HBO’s interactive ‘Mosaic’ series arrives on Android
Despite all the high profile TV shows currently on the air, HBO and Steven Soderbergh have found a way to make Mosaic stand out in the age of binge-watching: hand over narrative control to the viewers. Billed as “interactive storytelling,” the 7.5-hour series starring Sharon Stone debuted earlier this month on iPhone/Apple TV, and is […]
HBO’s Cinemax and Sky Enlists ‘The Raid’ Director Gareth Evans for Gangland Drama
After making a splash with his relentless action films The Raid and The Raid 2 and preparing to jump to the blockbuster big leagues with the upcoming Deathstroke, director Gareth Evans is making his first foray into the small screen. This time, Evans is tackling a gangland drama set in contemporary London for HBO’s Cinemax and Sky networks. Titled Gangs of […]
Videos of the Day: J.J. Abrams and Paul Rudd Dish out ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Ant-Man’ Details on HBO’s ‘Night of Too Many Stars’
HBO’s Night of Too Many Stars, a live benefit that supports programs that aid people with autism, lived up to its name, using its star-studded line-up to tease spoilers for the highly anticipated Star Wars: Episode IX and Ant-Man and the Wasp. The first came in the form of an auction, in which Episode IX director J.J. Abrams — […]
‘Game of Thrones’ Prequels: HBO’s CEO Calls The Choices “An Embarrassment of Riches”
Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss are heading straight into the already-controversial series Confederate after GOT wraps its eighth and final season (which will presumably air sometime in 2019), but that’s not the last we’ll see of George R.R. Martin’s world of ice and fire on the small screen. HBO has multiple prequel […]