Water Cooler: Sweets and Snacks Expo, IF, Everybody's In L.A., and More
On the May 22, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman to gather around the virtual water cooler and talk about what they’ve been up to.In the Water Cooler:What we’ve been Doing:Brad returned to the Sweets and Snacks Expo, this time in IndianapolisWhat we’ve been Reading:Ben read My Escape From Venice’s Prison.Brad read The Art and Soul of Dune: Part TwoWhat we’ve been Watching:Ben watched Casanova and rewatched Twister.Brad watched Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Shazam! Fury of the Gods, IF, and John Mulaney’s Everybody’s in LAWhat we’ve been Eating:Brad tried Fruity Pebbles Candy Chews, Sour Patch Kids Oreos, Girl Scouts Cookies flavored Cake Bites, and Parlor DonutsAll 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 TV as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.Send your feedback, questions, comments, concerns, and mailbag topics to us at bpearson@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention your e-mail on the air.Please take a moment to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify - that helps us out a lot. And tell your friends about the show! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
22 Maj 202439min
Road House 2, Another John Wick Spin-Off, Fantastic Four Casting Update, The Porsche Experience, and More
On the May 21, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film staff writer Bill Bria to talk about the latest film and TV news.In The News:Bill visited the Porsche Experience for Bad Boys: Ride or Die.The Fantastic Four casting updates: Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach are the main characters. We know Julia Garner is playing a female version of the Silver Surfer. Since then, Ralph Ineson has been cast as Galactus, and John Malkovich, Paul Walter Hauser, and Natasha Lyonne have joined the movie in unknown roles.Marvel's Fantastic Four Casts Ralph Ineson As Planet-Eating Villain GalactusGalactus Actor Ralph Ineson Is Already In The MCU (But Blink And You'll Miss Him)Marvel Studios Is Dealing With A Decades-Long Comics ProblemRoad House Sequel Is Happening At Amazon, Jake Gyllenhaal Will Return To Bust More HeadsOscar Winner Cillian Murphy Is Returning To The Horror Franchise That Kickstarted His CareerSydney Sweeney's Barbarella Remake Recruits One Of The Best Directors AliveJohn Wick Spinoff Starring Donnie Yen's Caine Is Happening, Will Pay Off That Credits SceneAll 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 TV as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.Send your feedback, questions, comments, concerns, and mailbag topics to us at bpearson@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention your e-mail on the air.Please take a moment to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify - that helps us out a lot. And tell your friends about the show! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
21 Maj 202438min
How Many Movies Should the Average Person See Per Year? Plus IF, The Strangers, and More Box Office Takeaways
On the May 20, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film staff writer and box office analyst Ryan Scott to talk about the latest film and TV news.In The News:Box office recapListener email: Melissa in St. Louis writes in: Hi Ben, I enjoy listening to the box office recap every week, and I wanted to reach out to you and Ryan to ask: How many movies should the average person go see in a year for a healthy domestic box office? When you talk about the money that needs to be made by a specific movie or the overall industry, I’m always curious how that breaks down to the level of a hypothetical individual audience member. I know there’s differing ticket prices and formats and all sorts of other variables, but I’d appreciate hearing your rough estimate of the Average Joe’s movie-going quota for a year, or even just the summer season.Tom Rothman Deadline interviewAll 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 TV as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.Send your feedback, questions, comments, concerns, and mailbag topics to us at bpearson@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention your e-mail on the air.Please take a moment to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify - that helps us out a lot. And tell your friends about the show! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
20 Maj 202438min
Spoiler-Free Thoughts On The Strangers: Chapter 1, Plus A Career-Spanning Interview with Renny Harlin
On the May 17, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor Jacob Hall to talk about The Strangers: Chapter 1 and present an interview with the movie’s director, Renny Harlin.How is The Strangers: Chapter 1?In Our Feature Presentation: An Interview with Renny HarlinWhat is Jacob’s relationship to the Strangers films?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 TV as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.Send your feedback, questions, comments, concerns, and mailbag topics to us at bpearson@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention your e-mail on the air.Please take a moment to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify - that helps us out a lot. And tell your friends about the show! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
17 Maj 202439min
Netflix's NFL Deal, Streaming Bundling, and Kevin Costner's DVD Comments
On the May 16, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film staff writer and box office analyst Ryan Scott to talk about the latest film and TV news.In The News:Netflix's NFL Deal Is The Streamer's Biggest Investment In Live Sports – Here's Why It's A Huge DealIt's Official: Streaming Is Now Just Cable, But Somehow Much WorseDVD Isn't As Dead As You May Think, Says Director Kevin CostnerAll 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 TV as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.Send your feedback, questions, comments, concerns, and mailbag topics to us at bpearson@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention your e-mail on the air.Please take a moment to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify - that helps us out a lot. And tell your friends about the show! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
16 Maj 202430min
Water Cooler: I Saw The TV Glow, Everybody's in L.A., The Cry Baby Killer, and More
On the May 15, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor and chief film critic Chris Evangelista to gather around the virtual water cooler and talk about what they’ve been up to.Opening banter: I know I put the call out at the top of an episode earlier this week for listeners to rate and review this podcast, because it will help us keep the show alive. I wanted to follow up and say that if you give us a five star rating and write a review, I will read the review on the show. I want to incentivize people to take a couple minutes and help us out, so let’s give this a shot and see how it goes.In the Water Cooler:What we’ve been Reading:Chris read The War for Late Night by Bill Carter. What we’ve been Watching:Ben watched The Cry Baby Killer, The Righteous Gemstones season 1, and the first episode of Everybody’s in L.A. Chris watched Madame Web, The Idea of You, I Saw the TV Glow, and Godzilla Minus One. 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 TV as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.Send your feedback, questions, comments, concerns, and mailbag topics to us at bpearson@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention your e-mail on the air.Please take a moment to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify - that helps us out a lot. And tell your friends about the show! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
15 Maj 202431min
A Conversation With Dune: Part Two Cinematographer Greig Fraser
On the May 7, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is going to present an interview he did with Dune: Part Two cinematographer Greig Fraser.In Our Feature Presentation:Greig Fraser interviewSome Of Dune: Part Two's Shortest Scenes Took Three Entire Days To FilmCreating Arrakis For Dune 2 Left Director Denis Villeneuve 'Sand-Traumatized'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 TV as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.Send your feedback, questions, comments, concerns, and mailbag topics to us at bpearson@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention your e-mail on the air.Please take a moment to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify - that helps us out a lot. And tell your friends about the show! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
14 Maj 202418min
RIP Roger Corman, The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, The Office Spin-Off, and More
On the May 13, 2024 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film staff writer and box office analyst Ryan Scott to talk about the latest film and TV news.In The News: Roger Corman, Legendary B-Movie Producer And Director, Has Died At 98New Lord Of The Rings Movie Lands A Familiar Director, But It's Not Peter JacksonEvery The Hunt For Gollum Question You Probably Have, Answered By A Lord Of The Rings ExpertMatchbox Movie Gets Seasoned Action Director As We See What Barbie's Success Has WroughtBox officeStreamers Reinvent Cable As Disney+, Hulu, And Max Offer Bundle SubscriptionThe Office Spin-Off Officially (And Finally) Has A Plot Synopsis And Streaming HomeFriday The 13th TV Series Loses Showrunner Bryan Fuller As Franchise Curse ContinuesAll 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 TV as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.Send your feedback, questions, comments, concerns, and mailbag topics to us at bpearson@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention your e-mail on the air.Please take a moment to rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify - that helps us out a lot. And tell your friends about the show! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
13 Maj 202438min
