TIFF 2018, The Nun, Les Moonves, Candyman, Brooklyn Nine-Nine

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🗓️ 10 September 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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On the September 10, 2018 episode of /Film Daily, /Film senior writer Ben Pearson is joined by managing editor Jacob Hall and writer Hoai-Tran Bui to talk about the latest film and TV news, including the fall of CBS CEO Les Moonves, The Nun’s stellar box office opening, a Candyman remake, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s increased episode order. In our Feature Presentation, writer Chris Evangelista gets on the phone to talk about the films he’s seen at the Toronto International Film Festival. 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: In The News: ‘The Nun’ Summons $53.5 Million Debut, The Biggest Opening for ‘The Conjuring’ Franchise CBS CEO Les Moonves Resigns Amidst Sexual Misconduct Allegations A ‘Candyman’ Remake Could Be Coming From Jordan Peele NOICE! ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Now Has an Order For 18 Episodes at NBC In Our Feature Presentation: TIFF Reviews from Chris Evangelista, including: White Boy Rick First Man Halloween Widows Outlaw King The Predator A Star is Born The Sisters Brothers Destroyer Vox Lux The Front Runner Other articles mentioned: Pinheads and Candymen: All Clive Barker Movies Ranked 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). 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

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to slash film daily for September 10th 2018 on today's episode
0:04.2	we're going to discuss the latest film and TV news and in our feature presentation we're
0:07.8	going to be joined by Chris Evangelista to talk about what he's been seeing at the Toronto
0:11.6	International Film Festival.
0:13.2	Before we get into that though, my name is Ben Pearson and I'm the senior writer at slash
0:16.6	film.com and I'm joined today by managing editor Jacob Paul.
0:20.1	Hello, hello.
0:21.4	And writer, why Tran Bowie.
0:23.0	Hey everyone.
0:24.0	All right guys, so let's jump into the news.
0:26.0	Jacob, tell us what's going on with the nun and how that's performing at the box office.
0:30.0	Despite its scathing reviews, the nun opened to 53.5 million dollars in the United States, which is the biggest opening for a movie set in the conjuring universe.
0:41.0	And I think is the bigger news here, it pushed the entire conjuring universe over 1.1 billion at the worldwide box office, making it the biggest R-rated horror franchise in history that tops Halloween nightmare Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday
0:53.2	13th, which is kind of extraordinary. I mean there are bigger franchises at
0:58.1	Pee 13, but for one that's purely R-rated, purely horror, this is like a
1:02.2	success story. This is a the cinematic universe
1:04.6	model applied the horror and it's really kind of thrilling to see it happen because I'm
1:08.4	actually a big fan of the country movies and I am the only fan in the world of the
1:12.0	none which I really enjoyed. I said aside I said on
1:17.0	Twitter and I stand by this fact if somebody made a hammer themed RPG and then adapted their campaign sessions into a movie
1:25.1	it would feel like the nun and that's my that's my niche that's exactly what I like
1:28.7	so I'm happy to see it successful even if everyone else in the world hates it so
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