‘Indiana Jones 5’ Will Begin Filming in April 2019, Says Steven Spielberg

In the battle between West Side Story and a new Indiana Jones over which movie will capture Steven Spielberg‘s attention first, it looks like Indy won. The Indiana Jones 5 filming start date has been set for April 2019, according to the acclaimed director. That will give Spielberg ample time to complete the film by its July 2020 […]

‘Ready Player One’ Almost Had Another Classic Movie Reference, But Spielberg Axed It [Updated]

Update: In a new interview, Steven Spielberg clarified his comments about being able to secure rights to Star Wars franchise so he could reference it in Ready Player One. Our original article follows, as well as video of Spielberg explaining how Lucasfilm cooperated after all. Ready Player One is jam-packed with references to the pop culture […]

Steven Spielberg Might Direct a Biopic About Composer Leonard Bernstein

With Ready Player One slated for release this month, what’s next for director Steven Spielberg? We know he’s planning to direct Indiana Jones 5 for a 2020 release, and he’s already in the casting process for his remake of West Side Story. But a new report indicates that an entirely new project might jump in […]

Now Stream This: Spielberg, Outdoor Horror, Cannibal Mermaid Musicals, Aubrey Plaza and More

(Welcome to Now Stream This, a column dedicated to the best movies streaming on Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and every other streaming service out there.)  Welcome to another edition of Now Stream This. I’ve scoured the wild world of streaming services to bring you the best of the best of the best. It seems every day another new […]

Indiana Jones 5: EXCITING update on Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford's new movie

It’s been 10 years since the last Indiana Jones movie, the controversial fourth entry, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Rumours have been circulating for a while, and confirmed by Ford and Spielberg, that Indiana Jones 5 isn’t far off. The acclaimed filmmaker has a number of projects in the running, including a West Side Story […]

Daily Podcast: Captain Marvel, Steven Spielberg, MoviePass, and More

On the January 26, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by managing editor Jacob Hall and writers Hoai Tran-Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest movie news, including the truth behind the new Crocodile Dundee movie, the latest shenanigans from MoviePass, The Shining sequel gets a director, […]

Steven Spielberg is Directing a New Movie Version of ‘West Side Story’

If you felt a little tremble around eight o’clock last night, it may have been Film Twitter and Musical Theater collectively reacting to this: Casting Call: yes it’s real. Yes, do it!! #WestSideStorypic.twitter.com/Sj6klhTD2A — Marci Liroff (@marciliroff) January 26, 2018 That’s a casting notice from Marci Liroff – casting director for more than 50 films, […]

The Post: Steven Spielberg ‘Trump’s presidency is why I URGENTLY made this movie’

The 71-year-old filmmaker has a broad back catalogue of movies from classic sci-fi like ET to Cold War drama in the form of Bridge of Spies. Now Spielberg is back with The Post, a political thriller set in 1971, when the Washington Post published the Pentagon Papers. The documents were the Defence’s department’s history of […]

‘Ready Player One’: Lena Waithe Reveals How Steven Spielberg Gets the Performances He Wants

Master of None co-starstar and Emmy-winning writer Lena Waithe was on a Television Critics Association panel this weekend for her new Showtime series The Chi, which she created. After the panel, /Film was able to ask her about working on the upcoming adaptation of Ready Player One, based on Ernest Cline’s novel of the same […]

Steven Spielberg Saved Gizmo, Got Yelled at by Kathleen Kennedy Over ‘E.T.’

Steven Spielberg shows no signs of slowing down. The 70-year-old filmmaker will be delivering the excellent The Post to theaters this month and releasing his pop culture extravaganza Ready Player One in 2018. But just because Spielberg seems to be constantly plowing ahead into the future, that doesn’t mean we can’t stop and reflect on his past. […]