Last Night in Soho Trailer Reaction, Portal Movie, Game of Thrones Spinoff Gets a Writer, and More

On the May 25, 2021 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 Last Night in Soho trailer, Hardcore, a Portal movie, a Game of Thrones spinoff called 10,000 Ships, and F9. 

Opening Banter: 

 

In The News:

• Reaction: ‘Last Night in Soho’ Trailer: Edgar Wright’s Psychological Thriller Has Time-Hopping Terror
• Ben: ‘Hardcore’: ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ Director Adam Wingard to Direct Film Adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s Comic
• HT: Valve’s ‘Portal’ Movie is “Finally on the Rails,” J.J. Abrams Says
• Ben: ‘10,000 Ships’, HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ Spinoff About Princess Nymeria, Finds Its Writer
• HT: ‘F9’ Review: The ‘Fast and Furious’ Franchise Reaches New Heights of Absurdity

 

CORRECTION: The weapon used in Portal was not cut from Half-Life 2, but was the work of a team from the DigiPen Institute of Technology who were recruited by Valve after their work on a previous game impressed Gabe Newell. We regret the error.

 

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