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On a special emergency 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 discuss the official announcement of the Star Wars: Episode IX cast.   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 The News: ‘Star Wars: Episode 9’ Cast Announced, Includes Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, and Billy Dee Williams Other articles mentioned:   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

27 Juli 201820min

On the July 27, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by /Film weekend editor Brad Oman writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest news, including the latest update on the Disney/Fox deal, MoviePass’s latest gaffe, Andy Serkis’s Mowgli, Altered Carbon season 2, Star Wars Resistance, Halloween, and /Film managing editor Jacob Hall joins us to talk about a potential new Universal theme park.   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 The News: Disney, 21st Century Fox Shareholders Approve Historic $71.3 Billion Deal MoviePass Temporarily Shut Down Last Night Because They Ran Out of Money Andy Serkis’s ‘Mowgli’ to Premiere on Netflix, Warner Bros. Drops Film From Theatrical Release ‘Altered Carbon’ Season 2 Casts Anthony Mackie as New Lead ‘Star Wars Resistance’ Synopsis Introduces The Show’s Main Character How Will ‘Halloween’ Handle the Absence of Donald Pleasance as Dr. Loomis? Fourth Universal Park All-But-Confirmed, Could Be Called Fantastic Worlds Other articles mentioned: Netflix’s ‘Altered Carbon’ is a Visual Feast Lacking Sustenance   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

27 Juli 201833min

On the July 26, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista we’ll discuss the latest news, including Netflix shows on Cable, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Frasier reboots, Stoned Alone, the Deadwood movie, Genndy Tartakovsky’s R-rated animated comedy, and a new Charlie’s Angels.   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 The News: Chris: ‘BoJack Horseman’ is Coming to Comedy Central Following Deal With Netflix HT: ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’ Reboot May Actually Be A Sequel Series With All-New Characters Chris: ‘Frasier’ Reboot Being Considered by Kelsey Grammer, Because Everything Old is New Again HT: ‘Stoned Alone’: Ryan Reynolds is Developing an R-Rated ‘Home Alone’ Riff Chris: The ‘Deadwood’ Movie Is Finally, Officially Happening HT: ‘Hotel Transylvania’ Director Genndy Tartakovsky to Helm R-Rated Comedy for Sony Chris: Kristen Stewart, Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska are ‘Charlie’s Angels’ for Director Elizabeth Banks   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

26 Juli 201826min

On the July 25, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film senior writer Ben Pearson and writer Chris Evangelista we’ll discuss the latest news, including Mission: Impossible - Fallout budget, Ant-Man and the Wasp cut cameo, the formula for box office success, The Coen Brothers convert a tv series into a movie, Men in Black spin-off casting, a Hamilton movie, Enter The Dragon remake, and the Buffy The Vampire Slayer reboot.   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 The News: Ben: ‘Mission: Impossible – Fallout’s Hiatus Made It The Most Expensive ‘Mission’ Yet Chris: ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ Originally Had a Captain America Cameo Ben: Research Team Claims to Have Discovered the Formula for Box Office Success Chris: The Coen Brothers Have Re-Edited Their Netflix Series ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ Into a Movie Ben: Emma Thompson Joins ‘Men in Black’ Spin-Off, Playing Her Character from Part 3 Chris: ‘Hamilton’ Might Be Headed to the Big Screen Ben: ‘Deadpool 2’ Director David Leitch In Talks to Direct ‘Enter the Dragon’ Remake Ben: ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ Reboot is Happening with a Black Lead, Joss Whedon Involved   Other articles mentioned: Talentof Color Do Not Need White TV Show and F… Hand-Me-Downs   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

25 Juli 201834min

On the July 24, 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 we’ll discuss what we’ve been up to at the Water Cooler and answer some listener mail in The Mail Bag.   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 The Mail Bag: Jorge Z from Australia writes in “I am 42 years old and as you all mentioned, time changes us. Not only that, having kids changes us even more. I don’t really know what my opinion would be if I was 42 with no kids. I do know that if I was 28 I would be frustrated about all of this. The point that I am trying to get to is that now having kids, even with the guy apologising, I would be very uncomfortable if I learned that he and my children were in the same room. Then I thought to myself, what about my friend with kids and my friends without kids? What do they think about it? I can tell you the the opinion of my friends without kids varied and most of them said: I don’t know what to think of this; maybe it was an overreaction. “ Carrie P writes in “I finished listening to your episode on the firing of James Gunn. I have been a podcast subscriber for a couple of months and enjoy and respect everyone's opinions.  I will play devil's advocate you sometimes do. I have been in education for 14 years and there is a federal push for teaching digital citizenship. We are doing our best to educate our students that the footprint they leave on social media can have a huge effect on their future. A lot of teenagers are fans of Marvel and James Gunn. This might be a good learning experience for them to see how comments they have made in the past can keep them from potential jobs and future successes.” L from Texas writes in: “I just thought I would share some thoughts on your discussion of cleaning up after yourself in a theater. I worked in a theater for 6 years most of that time I spent as an usher. At the chain I worked at we were cross trained but each shift we were in a specific area so if you were working an usher shift you were an usher and the same goes for Box Office, Concessions and Booth.  The chain I worked at had a system for cleaning theaters, on the busy nights and days, which was called the ten step system in which if you have at least five usher working to clean a theater it would go like this.  1 - Gather all supplies 2- Turn on cleaning lights  3-2 ushers go to the top of the theater and alternate rows picking up any "big trash" your popcorn bags food containers drinks basically anything big enough to pick up and throw in the trash  4 - Clean any wet or stick spills - The big trash users would let one of the other users know that there was a need for a mop and then it would be cleaned 5- once the 2 ushers for step 3 are about 5 rows down 1 or 2 ushers with a large push broom will go down each row and get all the popcorn and other debris from under and in front of the seats  6 - 2 ushers will go down each side and sweep up the piles left by the #4 ushers and also spot check to make sure there is nothing left in the rows 7 - wipe down any seats that need it and return them to the correct position 8 - Vacuum any carpet that needs vacuuming ( we usually just had hand powered vacuums 9 - Empty the trash cans outside the theater  10 - Cleaning lights off and inform the podium the theater is ready to seat I know this was long but all this to say that if everyone would just take what ushers would consider "big trash" out with them we could eliminate an entire step here and theaters would get cleaned faster.  I will say that there is a lot of down time for ushers when it is not busy or theaters are not that busy but having been a manager as well I know that there is always something that an usher can be doing to keep the theat Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

24 Juli 20181h 5min

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 Juli 201849min

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 Juli 201819min

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 Juli 201855min