Attendance Numbers vs. Box Office Grosses, Captain Marvel, GeoStorm, Venom, American Gangster, Shaun of the Dead & Mark Whalberg

Ben Pearson joins Peter Sciretta for the August 3, 2017 episode of /Film Daily.   In The Water Cooler, Ben talks about editing his New Zealand travelogue and Peter talks about building a podcast studio.   In The Mailbag: Nicholas E from Chicago Heights, IL asks “What's your favorite foreign film, and why?” Peter’s answers: Cinema Paradiso, The Raid, Pan’s Labyrinth, Ben’s answers: Let The Right One In, Holy Motors, Oldboy, Run Lola Run, Hard Boiled, The Killer, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg To submit questions to the mailbag, send them to peter@slashfilm.com. Please mention your name and general geographical location in case we mention the question on the air.    In The News:  Don’t Panic: ‘Star Wars: Episode 9’ Gets a New Writer ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Sends Off Carrie Fisher ‘In An Amazing Way,’ John Boyega Says Why Lord and Miller Got Fired That Late Into Production ‘Stranger Things’ Was Pitched as an Anthology Series Mar-Vell Rumored to Appear In Captain Marvel Akiva Goldsman is No Longer Involved With ‘Transformers’   You can find all that and more at slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). This podcast 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. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and spread the word! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

2 Aug 201729min

Ben Pearson, Brad Oman and Jacob Hall join Peter Sciretta for the August 2, 2017 episode of /Film Daily. In The Mailbag: Kyle from North Carolina: “It seems like one of the things that people enjoy most about Spiderman Homecoming is the handling of the origin story, do you think that more superhero/franchise movies will opt to skip the origin story? Do you think this would be a good idea?”  In The News: ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ Sequel is Coming…as a Comic Book James Bond 25: Rumors Swirl About the Title, Villains and More Nicholas Meyer’s Secret ‘Star Trek’ Series May Be a ‘Wrath of Khan’ Reboot MTV is Rebooting ‘Total Request Live’, But How and Why? ‘The Dark Tower’ Behind-the-Scenes Troubles Explained In Our Feature Presentation, Ben and Jacob discuss ‘Game of Thrones’ is Moving Much Faster Now, But is That a Good Thing? You can find all that and more at slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). This podcast 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. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

1 Aug 201725min

Ben Pearson, Hoai-Tran Bui and Jacob Hall join Peter Sciretta for the August 1, 2017 episode of /Film Daily. In The Mailbag: Stingray asks “What movie/TV would y'all like to see turn into a theme park land or ride?” Peter’s picks: Goonies, Moana, Labyrinth (a whole land, a musical theater show with the Goblin King, a journey through the maze dark ride), Gremlins, a Pixar Ride HT’s picks: Atlantis: The Lost Empire Ben’s picks: The Lord of the Rings Jacob’s picks: In The News: ‘The Emoji Movie’ is Officially the Worst-Reviewed Movie of 2017 Bryan Fuller Originally Planned For ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ to Be an Anthology Series ‘Suicide Squad 2’ Loses Its Top Choice Director to ‘Jungle Cruise’ Spoilers Are Coming: Beware Leaked ‘Game of Thrones’ Episodes and Scripts From HBO Hack ‘The Dark Tower’ TV Series Will Be “Totally Canon” and Adhere Closer to Stephen King’s Books John Cena joins Bumblebee Movie You can find all that and more at slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). This podcast 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. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

31 Juli 201732min

Today's episode of /Film Daily does not have a news segment as the news coming off Friday was not very discussion-worthy.  In The Mailbag: Peter is asked to give a recommendation for a movie-focused app. In Our Feature Presentation, Hoai-Tran Bui talks with us about her favorite movies of 2017 so far. You can find all that and more at slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). This podcast 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. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

31 Juli 201729min

Ben Pearson, Hoai-Tran Bui and Jacob Hall join Peter Sciretta to talk about the latest News: Jared Leto in Talks for ‘Bloodshot’ Comic Book Adaptation - JH James Bond 25 Director short list - JH Zack Snyder’s Influence on DC Films Will Be Significantly Smaller Moving Forward - BP He’ll Be Back: James Cameron Wants to Make a New ‘Terminator’ Trilogy - HT Captain Marvel Won’t Appear in ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ -HT ‘Stranger Things’ Theory: What If The Upside Down Isn’t Another Dimension But … The Future? - HT In The Mailbag: Mich from Maryland: “A tweet from Anne Thompson led me to an article at Wired about a new source material Hollywood is mining -- podcasts.   I'm curious for your take on this, and specifically your craziest ideas about where else Hollywood could look for source material to influence future TV and movie concepts?” Peter references his article Board Game Movies Hollywood Should Make Next.   You can find all that and more at slashfilm.com.  You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). This podcast 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. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

26 Juli 201731min

Brad Oman joins Peter Sciretta. In The Water Cooler, we talk about what we bought at Comic-Con, and what we would have bought if we had Scrooge McDuck money to spend. Peter's purchases: Katie Cook painting, Patrick Ballesteros Director kids commission, Saga #1, The Godfather board game, Scott C Ghostbusters figure, In-Gen T-shirt Peter’s wish list: EFX Force Awakens Darth Vader helmet, Hot Toys life size Baby Groot, Back to the Future Part II Delorean, Sideshow Thanos statue In The News: How Andy Serkis’ ‘Jungle Book: Origins’ Will Be Different From Jon Favreau’s ‘The Jungle Book’ Anne Hathaway in Talks to Replace Amy Schumer as a Barbie Girl in a ‘Barbie’ Movie (read our list of 11 actresses who should have gotten the part) Avengers: Infinity War and Thor: Ragnarok Running Times ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Trailer Breakdown: Analyzing the Cosmic, Comic Sequel Frame-by-Frame In The Mailbag: Mich from Maryland asks: “With summer movie season drawing to a close, if you could only see two new movies for the rest of the summer -- out of those not yet released -- which two would you see and why?”   You can find all that and more at slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). This podcast 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. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

25 Juli 201732min

Ben Pearson and Hoai-Tran Bui join Peter Sciretta. to discuss the latest News: New James Bond movie has been announced ‘Justice League’ Reshoots Cost $25 Million, Joss Whedon Reportedly Won’t Receive Directing Credit ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Was 80% Improvised; Clancy Brown is Voicing a Villain ‘Stranger Things 2’ Trailer Breakdown: Secrets Revealed From The Comic-Con Trailer ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Director Joe Russo Sheds Light on Thanos and His Black Order Henchmen Kevin Feige On Why The Skrulls Are Being Introduced in ‘Captain Marvel,’ & The Future of Superhero Movies More Avengers Were Originally Going To Appear in ‘Spider-Man Homecoming’; See The Concept Art   You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). This podcast 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. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

24 Juli 201734min

Brad Oman, Jacob Hall, Jack Giroux and Peter Sciretta are live in San Diego for Comic-Con International 2017. Jacob Hall talks about the fun and frustration of his first SDCC. We all discuss the big things we saw on Friday and Saturday, including the following movies and shows: The GiftPreacherPunisherThe DefendersReady Player OneBlade Runner 2049AquamanJustice LeagueStranger Things Season 2WestworldAnt-Man and The WaspThor RagnarokBlack PantherAvengers: Infinity War And we each pick our favorite things we saw and did at the convention. You can find all that and more at slashfilm.com.   You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Play, Overcast and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). This podcast 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. We’re still very much experimenting with this podcast, please feel free to send your feedback to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

23 Juli 201744min