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How Disney Successfully Prevented Anastasia’s Success Don Bluth Productions was meant to directly challenge Disney. Perhaps feeling that The Mouse had been at the top of the animation heap for too long, Bluth actively sought to unseat their dominance, or, at the very least, offer some legitimate challenges to their deathlike grip on the popular imagination. While the studio’s first production, “The Secret of NIMH,” was only a modest hit, it eventually become a cult favorite, offering a slightly edgier tone and some scarier imagery than your average Disney animated flick....

How One Manga’s Death Led To The Birth Of Akira Toho By Collier Jennings/March 22, 2022 9:04 am EST Katsuhiro Otomo is best known for his groundbreaking cyberpunk manga “Akira,” along with its 1988 feature film adaptation which he co-wrote and directed. “Akira” is not only a massive influence in the world of animation, but it also served as the foothold for anime in the United States. But the origins of “Akira” lie in another manga that Otomo wrote but never completed, and the experiences on that manga had a major influence on the artist’s vision for “Akira....

How To Watch Deep Water At Home Hulu By Ryan Scott/Feb. 14, 2022 11:54 am EST The internet had a solid fascination with Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas for a spell, and we have the upcoming movie “Deep Water,” an erotic thriller from director Adrian Lyne (“Fatal Attraction,” “Indecent Proposal”), to thank for that. And after being caught up in a major media merger, suffering several delays, and getting shelved during the pandemic, the film is finally making its way out to the world very soon, and you’ll be able to watch it from the comfort of Home....

James Gunn Says A Peacemaker Character Will Return For A ‘Big’ DC Movie In The Future HBO Max By BJ Colangelo/Jan. 18, 2022 2:45 pm EST If you haven’t watched “Peacemaker” on HBO Max yet but are interested in the grand scheme of the DC Extended Universe, you may want to remedy that situation because according to James Gunn, a character from the show is going to show up in the DCEU in a very big way....

Jerry Lewis Taught Martin Scorsese An Important Lesson On The Set Of The King Of Comedy By Ryan Leston/April 18, 2022 12:28 pm EST Back in the early ’80s, “The King of Comedy” saw Martin Scorsese follow up “Raging Bull” with a black comedy like no other. Walking a fine line between “Taxi Driver” and an episode of “The Tonight Show,” it’s the tale of a dangerous loner who wants nothing more than to be noticed....

The separated orchetra Pixar Congratulations on the 50th film you’ve scored just this year. [Laughs] Yeah. When do you rest? Well, yeah, on the surface, it looks like an awful lot of work. And it is an awful lot of work. But you have to remember, most of it was written at a time when we weren’t allowed to go anywhere. Everyone was locked down at home. So, I had nothing to do but work at the time....

New beginnings, same endings The trailer for the third and final season of “Locke & Key” seems to continue the show’s trend of “remixing” the events of the comic, not completely changing things but also not following them to the letter. We see Tyler (Connor Jessup), who turned 18 last season and forgot all about the keys — an emotionally devastating addition to the show — followed by Bode (Jackson Robert Scott) finally activating the “Timeshift Clock” from the comic, which was suspiciously absent last season....

Masters Of The Universe Movie Will Be Faithful And Funny, Similar To Thor: Ragnarok [SXSW] Mattel By Debopriyaa Dutta/March 14, 2022 9:48 am EST “I have the power!” Yes, a gentle reminder that a new “Masters of the Universe” live-action film is still in the works. In an interview with “The Lost City” directors Aaron and Adam Nee at SXSW conducted by /Film’s Jacob Hall, the filmmaking duo revealed that their upcoming “Masters of the Universe” movie will be a “wild and crazy” adaptation that will be similar in tone to Taika Waititi’s “Thor: Ragnarok....

Our Father Review: A Shocking, Stomach-Churning Documentary Netflix By Sarah Milner/May 4, 2022 7:00 pm EST Warning: The following article includes allegations of sexual assault and rape. Netflix’s documentary “Our Father” is a bit of a misnomer; its subject is actually not the disgraced fertility doctor Donald Cline, but his biological daughter Jacoba Ballard — and despite the film appearing to be one of the streamer’s true-crime offerings, audiences will be disgusted to learn that technically, the doctor putting his own semen into non-consenting female patients was not actually illegal at the time the events took place....

Ryan Reynolds’ Detective Pikachu Co-Stars Didn’t Have Much To Work With Warner Bros. By Anya Stanley/May 18, 2022 12:07 pm EST When “Detective Pikachu” released in 2019, it was a first for the anime franchise. The fantastic beasts and those who trained them had been animated and rendered before in long-running series and video games, but director Rob Letterman was at the helm of not only the first live-action Nintendo game adaptation since 1993, but the first Pokémon feature with photorealistic live-action....

‘I was so afraid of it just being an office show, and it being just beige’ Apple TV+ I know you’ve worked with Ben Stiller before, but I’m curious how he pitched “Severance” to you in the very early days when he first was bringing you onto the project. How did he describe the show to you, and what made you interested in it? Ben and I have worked together on “Dannemora” and other small things, and “Dannemora” was a pretty big, long project for both of us — it was the first limited series I did, first television series I did, and the first [dramatic] television series he did....

‘We come from the background of theater, so we’re constantly thinking in-story’ Prime Video I feel like you two have been given a lot of impossible-seeming tasks for this show, like pulling a pop star from thin air and writing a Broadway hit. Curtis Moore: It’s been hilarious. We have had the most insane requests. As Tom will often say, it’s anybody’s guess what the request will be that we get for the next song we have to write....

Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 2: Release Date, Cast, And More Disney+/Lucasfilm By Sandy Schaefer/June 3, 2022 1:37 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.) The animated side of the “Star Wars” universe has certainly come a long way since the 1980s “Ewoks” and “Droids” cartoon TV series — or, for that matter, “The Faithful Wookiee” segment from the 1978 “Star Wars Holiday Special” (somewhere, just now, George Lucas felt a great disturbance in the Force)....

Star Wars Celebration Is Returning To The UK In April 2023 Star Wars By Eric Vespe/May 30, 2022 8:49 pm EST If you’re a “Star Wars” fan and have been online at all in the last four days, you’ll be well aware that Star Wars Celebration has run its course, dropping huge bombshells, revealing tantalizing tidbits, and showering the cast, crew, and fans of this massive franchise with love. After a rocky two years of isolation, it seems like this Celebration was a return to a kind of normalcy — and Lucasfilm came out swinging with appearances from Ewan McGregor, Rosaria Dawson, Hayden Christensen, Harrison Ford, John Williams, Kathleen Kennedy, and pretty much everybody even somewhat associated with the galaxy far, far away....

The Best Fights In Cobra Kai Ranked Netflix By Dalin Rowell/Jan. 13, 2022 8:13 pm EST With its 4th electrifying season, Netflix’s “Cobra Kai” has established itself as one of the most beloved TV shows currently streaming. Whether you’re an old-school “Karate Kid” fan or a newcomer to this ever-evolving franchise, the series truly has something for everybody. But one of the best aspects of “Cobra Kai” (aside from its fantastic cast of characters) is the combat at the center of every thrilling episode....

The Big Gamble Quentin Tarantino Took In Making The Hateful Eight The Weinstein Company By Caroline Madden/Feb. 14, 2022 8:15 am EST “The Hateful Eight” is one of Quentin Tarantino’s most divisive films. It also has one of the highest body counts in Tarantino’s filmography. The movie feels more like a stage play in its tight focus on a group of nasty characters trapped in a cabin during a deadly blizzard....

The Grueling Training Natalie Portman Had To Do For Love And Thunder Disney By Witney Seibold/May 12, 2022 4:37 pm EST Taika Waititi’s “Thor: Love and Thunder,” the 29th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the ninth film to feature this version of the character, and the fourth to be named after him — is due in theaters this July. But it might be the last film to see Thor wielding his mighty mythical hammer....

Where The Book Of Boba Fett Fits In The Star Wars Timeline Disney+ By Sandy Schaefer/Dec. 22, 2021 4:33 pm EST It’s been over a year since “The Mandalorian” season 2 ended with Din Djarin bidding a bittersweet farewell to his little green companion Grogu, allowing him to leave and train in the ways of the Jedi with some rando in a black hood and robe. (Seriously: we know he’s Luke Skywalker, but the least Din could’ve done is ask for his name....

Willem Dafoe Will Be Something Of An SNL Host Himself This January Sony Pictures Releasing By Lex Briscuso/Jan. 18, 2022 5:57 pm EST When you think of all the iconic sketch performers and actors who have graced the Studio 8H stage at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, a ton of major names come to mind: Chris Farley, Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy, Gilda Radner, Tina Fey. Undoubtedly, there is always going to be one or two big stars who have yet to do the honors of hosting “Saturday Night Live” — and sometimes they will shock you....

10 Moments In Pop Culture Where Betty White Proved She Was The GOAT David Livingston/Getty Images By Deshawn “DeLa Doll” Thomas/Jan. 2, 2022 11:18 am EST It is no doubt difficult to pick just 10 moments that exemplify the GOAT status of legendary actress and pop-culture icon Betty White, who passed on New Year’s Eve just a few weeks shy of her 100th birthday. With a vibrant career in film and television that spans over 80 years, there are just so many moments just so much to choose from, ranging from the heartwarming to the hilarious....