Trying To Make Sense Of The James Gunn Firing
On the July 23, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film Weekend Editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about the big breaking news during Comic-Con, that Disney has fired Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). Opening Banter: Comic Con has nearly destroyed Peter. In The News: James Gunn Fired as Director of ‘Guardians of the Galaxy 3’ The news itself The extent of Gunn’s tweets James Gunn’s history The people responsible for getting him fired Our thoughts on the situation The response from the Guardians on twitter People coming to his defence, the petition Is there any chance Disney will rehire Gunn? What might this mean for the future of the MCU? Other articles mentioned: Screenshots of James Gunn’s tweets James Gunn responds on Twitter Sean Gunn responds on Twitter Dave Bautista responds on twitter Zoe Saldana responds on Twitter Chris Pratt responds on Twitter Pom Klementieff responds on Twitter Michael Ian Black and Patton Oswalt on Twitter Selma Blair Urges Disney's Marvel to Rehire James Gunn: "This Man Is One of the Good Ones" RE-HIRE JAMES GUNN Dan Harmon Deletes Twitter Account After His 2009 Video Featuring Baby Doll Rape Resurfaces Bobcat Goldthwait Asks to Be Removed From Disney Parks Attraction After James Gunn Firing Director James Gunn Apologizes for Anti-Gay and Sexist Comments on Blog Post Disney Should Know the Difference Between James Gunn and Roseanne All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily 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. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Please feel free to send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
23 Jul 201849min
Comic-Con 2018: Aquaman, Shazam, Wonder Woman 1984, Godzilla 2, Fantastic Beasts 2, and The LEGO Movie 2
On the July 22, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film Managing Editor Jacob Hall, Weekend Editor Brad Oman, and writer Chris Evangelista to talk about the Warner Bros. panel from San Diego Comic-Con 2018. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). At Comic-Con 2018: The /Film Comic-Con team give their reactions to footage from Fantastic Beast: The Crimes of Grindelwald, The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Wonder Woman 1984, Shazam, and Aquaman All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily 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. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Please feel free to send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
21 Jul 201819min
Comic-Con 2018: Glass, Spider-Verse, Infinity War, Walking Dead, Good Omens, and More
On the July 20, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film Managing Editor Jacob Hall, Weekend Editor Brad Oman, and writer Chris Evangelista to talk about what they've seen so far at San Diego Comic-Con 2018. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). At Comic-Con 2018: Brad talks about Ghostbusters World and is joined by Chris to talk about footage from Glass, Halloween, Venom, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and Bumblebee Peter and Jon Armstrong talk about the Avengers: Infinity War pop-up Group Hug event and a deleted scene Jacob talks about panels for Fear the Walking Dead, The Walking Dead, and Star Trek Discovery Vanessa Armstrong joins Peter to talk about the Amazon panel, including Sam Esmail's Homecoming, Lore season 2, The Expanse, Good Omens, and Jack Ryan All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily 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. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Please feel free to send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
21 Jul 201855min
Comic-Con 2018: Clone Wars, Better Call Saul, Predator, Nightflyers, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and More
On the July 20, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film Managing Editor Jacob Hall, Weekend Editor Brad Oman, and writer Chris Evangelista to talk about what they've seen so far at San Diego Comic-Con 2018. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). At Comic-Con 2018: Peter and Bryan Young talk about the 10th Anniversary panel for Star Wars: The Clone Wars, which revealed some surprising new information Brad Oman recaps panels for The Predator and Rise of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Chris Evangelista talks about the Castle Rock experience and panels for Better Call Saul season 4 and Breaking Bad's 10th anniversary Jacob Hall recounts what he saw at panels for YouTube’s Origin, John Barrowman, Nightflyers, Van Helsing, Z Nation, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily 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. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Please feel free to send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
20 Jul 201843min
Comic-Con 2018 Day 1: It Chapter 2, The Nun, Laika, and More
On the July 19, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film Managing Editor Jacob Hall, Weekend Editor Brad Oman, and writer Chris Evangelista to talk about what they saw at the first day of San Diego Comic-Con 2018. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). At Comic-Con 2018: Jacob Hall shares his reactions to what he saw at ScareDiego, New Line's event previewing It: Chapter 2, The Nun, andThe Curse of Llorona. Brad Oman talks about the Laika Experience and how the stop motion animation studio is pushing the technology with their latest film Missing Link. Chris Evangelista talks about what it’s like to be at Comic-Con for the first time ever. All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily 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. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Please feel free to send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
19 Jul 201817min
What We're Most Looking Forward To At Comic Con 2018
On the July 18, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film Managing Editor Jacob Hall, Weekend Editor Brad Oman and writer Chris Evangelista to talk about the most anticipated panels of San Diego Comic-Con International 2018. First we talk about our experiences with Comic-Con, how long we’ve been going, how this stacks up with previous cons. Twin Peaks - C Star Trek Discovery - JH Deadpool 2 - BO Nightflyers - JH Amazon Prime - BO The Purge TV Show - JH Clone Wars - P Predator - BO Matt Groening's Disenchantment - C Brooklyn Nine-Nine - JH Venom and Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse - BO Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul - C Bumblebee - P Warner Bros. - P Glass and Halloween - C Other articles mentioned: The Best of Comic-Con: The Coolest and Most Important Moments in Hall H History All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily 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. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Please feel free to send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
18 Jul 201839min
The Making of Die Hard, and How It Influenced a Generation of Filmmakers
On the July 17, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson presents a special episode of the podcast looking back on the making of John McTiernan's 1988 classic Die Hard, featuring snippets of interviews with people who made it and filmmakers who were inspired by it. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). In our Feature Presentation: 'Die Hard' 30th Anniversary: The Cast and Crew Reflect on The Making of an Action Classic [Interviews] 11 Modern Filmmakers Explain How 'Die Hard' Influenced Them All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily 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. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Please feel free to send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
17 Jul 201821min
Water Cooler: AMC A-List, Criterion, Peter Jackson, Mission: Impossible, Skyscraper, Leave No Trace, The Dark Knight, The Babysitter & More
On the July 16, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film Managing Editor Jacob Hall, Weekend Editor Brad Oman, senior writer Ben Pearson and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). At The Water Cooler: What we’ve been Doing:Peter went to Disneyland (again) and rode The Incredicoaster at night. Used his AMC A-List a couple times, observations about the three movies a week, not checking IDs, Premiere lines and AMC Dine-In Theatres. Ben went to a Film Independent Member Screening of Blindspotting and saw a Q&A with the cast Jacob indulged in the Criterion Collection sale at Barnes & Noble and has to deal with a wrecking ball of a cat. Chris went to a set visit in Montreal, and it was the coolest thing ever, except for the flying part, which was terrifying. Brad went to his county fair, attended The Purple Madness Prince tribute concert, tried not to die from strep throat What we’ve been Reading:Chris is reading Anything You Can Imagine: Peter Jackson and the Making of Middle-earth by Ian Nathan. Jacob has been reading the KOBOLD Guide to Gamemastering. What we’ve been Watching:Peter saw Mission: Impossible – Fallout in IMAX, saw Skyscraper. And Sorry To Bother You, and watched the first couple episodes of On My Block. Ben watched Skyscraper, Mission: Impossible – Fallout, The Godfather, and Sharp Objects Hoai-Tran watched Mission: Impossible II for the first time, saw Leave No Trace, can now call herself a My Hero Academia fan. Chris watched A Walk Among the Tombstones, rewatched In The Mouth of Madness for the hundredth or so time and revisited The Dark Knight for the 10th Anniversary. Jacob watched Mamma Mia!, The Devil’s Doorway, The Babysitter, and a number of terrible horror movies Brad finished Great News Season 2, The Phantom What we’ve been Eating:Brad ate some fair food, including a ribeye burger, also a Milka Chips Ahoy chocolate bar Ben went to a specialty soda store What we’ve been Playing:Jacob has been planning to get into Arkham Horror: The Card Game. Peter backed Cthulhu: Death May Die on Kickstarter. Other articles mentioned: We Burned the Forest Down: ‘The Dark Knight’ 10 Years Later All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today’s show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily 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. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Please feel free to send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
16 Jul 20181h 16min
