Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ show writers hail from ‘Star Trek’

Amazon is finally attaching some creative talent to its still-mysterious Lord of the Rings series, but it’s not who you might expect. The internet giant’s Jennifer Salke has revealed that writing duo JD Payne and Patrick McKay will develop the Tolkien-based Prime Video show. While their full roles aren’t clear just yet, their backgrounds are. […]

Avengers Infinity War writers would go back and change THIS 'difficult' plot point

Fans across the world wish they could reverse what just happened in Avengers 3. So its eems ironic that even the writers have confessed they wished they had the power to go back in time and make one massive change. Or perhaps they could do it with, you know, a snap of their fingers…? Devastating […]

Solo Star Wars Story: THAT huge cameo EXPLAINED by writers ‘The character was under-used’

WARNING: Spoilers ahead for Solo: A Star Wars Story. Darth Maul – now known only as Maul – is revealed to be the person Dryden Vos answers to in the Star Wars anthology tale. When Dryden is killed by Qi’Ra in the final stretch of the movie, it seems it is her, played by Emilia […]

Avengers Infinity War: Writers explain THAT Captain Marvel scene ‘The best chance of hope’

WARNING: Spoilers ahead for Avengers: Infinity War. The character, played by Brie Larson, will make her debut in next year’s Captain Marvel solo movie, before popping up in Avengers 4. The post-credits tag on Infinity War saw Nick Fury using a communication device to make contact with the hero – real name Carol Danvers – […]

Avengers Infinity War spoilers: Writers reveal why TWO major heroes had little screentime

WARNING: major spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War lie ahead. With such a huge cast of Marvel heroes on board, it was obvious that not everybody would get big chunks of airtime. But critics have called Chris Evans’s Steve Rogers and Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff especially “underused”. In a new interview, writers Christopher Markus and Stephen […]

‘Jigsaw’ Writers Working On Yet Another New ‘Saw’ Sequel

Do you want to play a game…again? Much like Jigsaw himself, the Saw franchise will apparently never really die. Pete Goldfinger and Josh Stolberg, who wrote the most recent sequel Jigsaw, are apparently hard at work on yet another new Saw sequel. What elaborate, implausible traps await us this time? Nothing can kill the Saw franchise. Bloody Disgusting reports that Jigsaw writers Pete […]

Daily Podcast: Avengers: Infinity War Writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely [Interview]

On the March 27, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta presents an Avengers: Infinity War-themed episode of the show, featuring an on-set interview with writers Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the […]

The Murder Gang review: A look at Fleet Street’s crime writers’ finest characters

Now he returns to Fleet Street to look at the lives and careers of Fleet Street’s crime reporters from the 1930s until the 1960s – known as the Murder Gang. They drank in the same pubs on the Street of Shame, knew the same paid-up villains and paid-up coppers and ruthlessly pursued the same stories. […]

Elon Musk has reportedly poached writers from The Onion to work on a secret comedy project

Aaron Bernstein / Reuters Elon Musk is poaching staff writers from The Onion for a secret comedy project, according to The Daily Beast. The Tesla founder issued a cryptic statement to The Daily Beast describing “comedy as the next frontier.” An anonymous source told The Daily Beast that Musk had considered buying The Onion in […]

‘Batgirl’ Movie: Female Writers Throw Their Hats Into the Ring

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s news that Joss Whedon is leaving Warner Bros. and DC Comics’ Batgirl movie, two acclaimed female writers are looking to fill the now-vacated writing slot. Roxane Gay and Hope Larson separately chimed in on Twitter that they’re ready to dive in and take over should DC come calling, and […]