Is It Okay For Filmmakers To Lie To Press/Fans? Can Avengers: Endgame Overtake Avatar At The Box Office? Hawkeye, Donald Glover, Child’s Play, Grease & Star Wars Episode 9

On the April 11, 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, senior writer Ben Pearson, and writer Chris Evangelista to discuss the latest film and tv news, including Donald Glover, Child’s Play, Avengers: Endgame, Hawkeye, Grease and Star Wars Episode 9. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). Opening Banter: We survived Hotelpocalypse… but do we have a place to stay for Comic Con? In The News: Ben: Donald Glover and Rihanna’s ‘Guava Island’ Movie Drops on Amazon Prime Video This Weekend Chris: ‘Child’s Play’ Remake Score Will Be Composed by Bear McCreary Using a ‘Toy Orchestra’ Peter: The Russo Brothers Explain Why They Lied About The ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Title Ben: ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Sold Five Times More Tickets Than ‘Infinity War’ in the First Week at Fandango Chris: ‘Hawkeye’ TV Series With Jeremy Renner Coming to Disney+ Ben: ‘Grease’ Prequel ‘Summer Loving’ Gearing Up at Paramount with Writer John August Star Wars:Ben: How ‘Star Wars Episode 9’ Responds to ‘The Last Jedi,’ According to J.J Abrams Chris: Why J.J. Abrams Almost Turned Down ‘Star Wars: Episode 9’ Ben: ‘Star Wars: Episode 9’s Tight Development Schedule Might Have Created “Something Incredibly Special” 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 Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). 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