Daily Podcast: Willy Wonka, Peter Rabbit, House Party, Kitty Pride, Netflix, Kung Fury & More

On the February 13, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman, and writer Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest news, including a Kung Fury feature film, another Netflix surprise release, new details on the Kitty Pride movie, Five Nights at Freddys gets a director, Peter […]

How Australia's Willy Wonka Created Britain's Most Controversial Candy

An increase in the price of a chocolate bar doesn’t usually make headlines. But in the U.K., back in January, The Guardian broke the news that the Freddo, a small, frog-shaped chocolate bar produced by Cadbury, was rising in price by five whole pence — from 25p to 30p (40 cents) — and the country […]

Daily Podcast: Press Screenings Explained, Valerian, Kingsman, The Deuce, VR Moviewatching, Willy Wonka & More

On the September 20, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by Ben Pearson and Chris Evangelista to talk about the latest news, including a Netflix cartoon controversy, the possibility of a Valerian sequel, the first reviews for Kingsman: The Golden Circle, a new movie theater VR concept, The Deuce season 2 and […]

John Stamos Leading ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ in Concert, with Weird Al and Finn Wolfhard Co-Starring

Almost a year ago, we heard that Warner Bros. was developing a new movie based on the early adventures of Willy Wonka, the enigmatic chocolatier immortalized in the pages of Roald Dahl’s novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and memorably brought to life by the late Gene Wilder in a 1971 movie adaptation. But while movement on […]