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Guillermo Del Toro Played A Crucial Role In Bringing Alita: Battle Angel To The Big Screen Kodansha Many people deserve credit for bringing “Alita: Battle Angel” to the big screen. James Cameron spent years developing the film and remained on as a producer even as plans to direct fell through. Robert Rodriguez ultimately directed the final film at Cameron’s behest. Rosa Salazar delivered such a powerful lead performance that it defied the uncanny valley....

It Means “Enemy to Everyone” Lionsgate Mackenzie’s “Hell or High Water” was the second film penned by Sheridan and the only one to land him an Oscar nod for his writing to date. It’s also easily my favorite movie Sheridan has worked on as a writer, between Mackenzie’s tight direction and a great cast of men with mustaches that includes Chris Pine as a divorced father who, with the help of his ex-con brother (Ben Foster, who all but steals the film), carries out a carefully conceived plan to rob a series of Texas Midlands Bank locations, then use the stolen cash to pay back the bank and prevent it from foreclosing on his family’s ranch....

Hocus Pocus 2 Star Doug Jones Teases A Look At Billy Butcherson With Production Wrap Selfie Disney By Debopriyaa Dutta/Feb. 2, 2022 9:20 am EST “Hocus Pocus” fans, Billy Butcherson has risen again. “Hocus Pocus 2” has wrapped filming and will be premiering on Disney+ sometime around Halloween this year, and actor Doug Jones, who will be reprising his role as Butcherson, took to Twitter to confirm the same in a now-deleted tweet....

A top three day in my life Prime Video Let’s recap that horrific little scene for just a moment. Homelander has been keeping Maeve (Dominque McElligott) in a secured location after he and Black Noir (Nathan Mitchell) abducted her. He comes to her, demanding that she tell him where Butcher (Karl Urban) and Soldier Boy (Jensen Ackles) are, as he already knew that she was working with the former in some capacity....

Ti West never made a slasher movie A24 “X” marked West’s first effort in the horror space since 2013’s “The Sacrament” and his first feature since 2016’s “In the Valley of Violence.” Since then, West has done his fair share of episodic TV, including shows like “The Exorcist” and “Outcast.” But how is it that this movie about a group of people trying to make a get-rich-quick porn film in the ’70s before things devolve into a murder fest managed to get him back in the horror movie saddle?...

Ivan Reitman Contributed More To The Ghostbusters Theme Song Than You Might Think Columbia Pictures By BJ Colangelo/Feb. 14, 2022 11:36 pm EST I long for the days when movies came with songs written about the title, a lost artform likely due to it having been perfected with Ray Parker Jr.’s theme for “Ghostbusters.” The phrases “Who you gonna call?” and “I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghost” are as synonymous with Ivan Reitman’s masterpiece as proton packs and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, with the theme song continuing to be a certifiable banger and an inarguable earworm after almost four decades....

The Real Buzz Lightyear Disney Okay. I will take a breath and imagine that I can guess what you’re thinking. Probably something along the lines of “Does any of the nonsense in the last paragraph have anything, really, to do with the actual movie ‘Lightyear’?” And of course, the answer is no. If you have somehow never seen any of the “Toy Story” films, you could watch “Lightyear” and, aside from being slightly befuddled by those opening title cards, have no problem grasping the story....

Mandalorian Season 3 Footage Teases The Return Of Bo Katan, And More Grogu Lucasfilm By Jeremy Mathai/May 26, 2022 3:34 pm EST Day One of Star Wars Celebration started today in Anaheim, California, and the event is already in full swing. Brand-new “Star Wars” details are flying fast and furious, giving us our first look at the upcoming “Andor” series, along with a special look at the continuation of Ron Howard’s and Warwick Davis’ “Willow” movie....

Marvel Has Paid America Chavez Co-Creator ‘Nothing’ For Her Appearance In Doctor Strange 2 Marvel Studios By Ryan Scott/April 8, 2022 5:47 pm EST Comic book movies generate billions of dollars at the box office, not to mention the amount of money they end up producing in terms of merchandising and other ancillary revenue after the fact. That might lead one to believe that the creators of the characters that go on to inspire these movies are wealthy....

Metal Lords First Look: Game Of Thrones Co-Creator Takes On Rock Music Netflix By Kaylee Dugan/March 8, 2022 8:36 am EST This feels like a clickbait title, but you’ll never guess what former “Game of Thrones” showrunner D.B. Weiss is doing next. I say that, because instead of returning to Westeros to work on the suite of “Game of Thrones” prequels that will soon be unleashed upon the world, he’s joined up with Netflix to create a high school heavy metal movie called “Metal Lords....

Michael Douglas Will Play The Legendary Benjamin Franklin For Apple Series Marvel By Danielle Ryan/Feb. 28, 2022 5:09 pm EST While many of us are still singing the songs of “Hamilton,” there’s plenty of room for a new series about one of America’s other founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin. The man whose face is forever emblazoned on the $100 bill will be brought to life by the talented Michael Douglas for a new limited event series from Apple TV+....

More Movies To Watch If You Loved RRR DVV Entertainment By Witney Seibold/June 7, 2022 1:53 pm EST Currently available on Netflix (albeit only in Hindi) is S.S. Rajamouli’s “RRR,” a high-octane, operatic, 182-minute Telugu action-and-dance spectacular about the fictional team-up between two real-life 1920s Indian freedom fighters Komaram Bheem (N.T. Rama Rao Jr.) and Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Charan). The setup is fairly simple: A 13-year-old girl (Twinkle Sharma) has been kidnapped from Bheem’s remote village by an evil British colonizer (Ray Stevenson) and his bloodthirsty wife (Alison Doody from “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade”)....

Our Flag Means Death Renewed For Season 2 And A Bottle Of Rum HBO Max By Danielle Ryan/June 1, 2022 1:04 pm EST Hoist the sails, swab the deck, and make sure you’ve stocked up on oranges: the HBO Max pirate series “Our Flag Means Death” has been renewed for a second season! The swashbuckling rom-com blew queerbaiting fears right out of the water, delivering a romance between the show’s two male leads, Edward “Blackbeard” Teach (Taika Waititi) and Stede Bonnet (Rhys Darby)....

Salma Hayek Has Stepped In To Replace Thandiwe Newton In Magic Mike’s Last Dance Marvel Studios By Sandy Schaefer/April 14, 2022 12:45 pm EST Sadly, Thandiwe Newton won’t be making movie magic (get it? ‘Cause it’s “Magic Mike” and magic and I definitely did not spend too much time thinking about this pun…) with Channing Tatum in the upcoming “Magic Mike’s Last Dance.” The “Westworld” and “All the Old Knives” star has dropped out of the third and final “Magic Mike” film, which had her playing what looks to be a substantial part as the movie’s female lead....

Huge Stakes, Huge Emotions Lucasfilm Claudia Gray is able to navigate these questions in a very breezy, cinematic style. The book is equal parts fun and tense, reading very much like a disaster escape movie from the ’70s, like “The Poseidon Adventure.” Except in space. With Jedi. It’s got a great pulse to it and you’ll want to read it for the quality entertainment value alone. For folks who are interested in keeping up with the story of the High Republic, this book is one of the anchors you will need to read to understand the shifting nature of the galaxy....

The 15 Best Set Pieces In Brian De Palma Films Filmways Pictures By Nick Bartlett/Jan. 20, 2022 11:23 am EST Brian De Palma is the undisputed king of the cinematic set piece. He’s a technical genius when it comes to filmmaking, and while he’s not maintained the consistency of some of his contemporaries, he has proven to be an important influence on later directors including Quentin Tarantino, Terrence Malick, and Noah Baumbach among others....

The Adam Project: Release Date, Cast, And More Netflix By Ryan Leston/Feb. 18, 2022 1:22 pm EST (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) At some point in our lives, everyone wishes they could go back in time to change something in their past. Whether it’s a missed opportunity, a dream job we never landed, or the one who got away, there’s always something....

The Best And Worst Moments In Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore Warner Bros. By Leah Marilla Thomas/April 20, 2022 7:17 pm EST Warning: This article contains spoilers for “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore.” Morally, it’s hard to recommend seeing “Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore” in theaters. The franchise feels cursed, between its past and current cast members embroiled in legal issues, and its creator continuing to use her voice and platform to harm the trans community....

The Crown Prequel Could Be Coming To Netflix Netflix By Shania Russell/April 8, 2022 10:54 am EST Nearly two years have passed since “The Crown” last graced our screens with the trials and tribulations of the British monarchy. The royalists among us are likely entering a withdrawal period (myself included) and though the series is set to return this fall, the reunion is bittersweet: Peter Morgan’s historical drama will soon come to an end....

Why Angelina Jolie Nearly Passed On Tomb Raider Paramount Pictures By Sandy Schaefer/April 12, 2022 5:11 pm EST Fun fact: 2001’s “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” wasn’t the first action film Angelina Jolie ever starred in. That honor goes to the landmark piece of cinema that is 1993’s “Cyborg 2,” the now-defunct Trimark Pictures’ direct-to-video sequel to the 1989 sci-fi martial arts thriller “Cyborg,” starring Jean-Claude van Damme. I haven’t actually seen “Cyborg 2,” so feel free to ignore my snark, B-movie enthusiasts of the world; for all I know, it might be amazing....