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Everything We Know About Onyeka And The Academy Of The Sun Jesse Grant/Getty Images By BJ Colangelo/Feb. 17, 2022 9:53 am EST British-Nigerian author, journalist, and hair care educator Tọlá Okogwu’s new book “Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun” hasn’t even hit bookstore shelves yet, but the story has already picked up a film adaptation from some of the biggest names in Hollywood. Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios and David Oyelowo’s Yoruba Saxon have both partnered with Netflix to bring the story described as “Black Panther” meets “X-Men” or “Percy Jackson” to the streaming screen....

How Special Effects Wizard Tom Savini Changed The Horror Genre Forever United Film Distribution Company By Miyako Pleines/Jan. 13, 2022 4:41 pm EST CGI in movies dates back all the way to the early ’70s, when the film “Westworld” featured CGI in scenes involving the robot Gunslinger. A few decades later, “Toy Story” would become the first film to be entirely rendered in 3D animation. Since then, the use of CGI in film has taken off and never looked back....

Don’t define Nope by the actors’ race Universal Pictures Some people possess the unfortunate and limited viewpoint that Peele is making “Black horror,” when the reality is that Peele is doing so much more than that. “I’m excited to just represent a really cool character that is not solely defined by their complexion,” Palmer said. “I think Jordan [Peele] has done a great job in all his films of talking about something....

Kingdom Hearts 4 Announced — Watch The Stunningly Realistic Debut Trailer Square Enix By Valerie Ettenhofer/April 11, 2022 1:58 pm EST After waiting over a decade for the last installment in the popular Disney-inspired game, “Kingdom Hearts” fans experienced a beautiful surprise this weekend: a fourth game is just around the corner, and it looks amazing. The popular Square Enix franchise is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, and the trailer for the new game debuted at the official anniversary event in Tokyo....

Lady Gaga’s Hold My Hand Does “Hold My Hand” take your breath away? Just as “Top Gun: Maverick” is tasked with following up Tom Cruise’s classic ’80s action flick, Lady Gaga’s new original song is following in some pretty big footsteps. The breakout song of the first film was easily Berlin’s “Take My Breath Away,” which went on to win Best Original Song at the Academy Awards. And that was just one of many hits on a soundtrack that also included “Danger Zone,” “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’,” and “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay....

Marvel Seems To Be Making Up For Pushing Aside Certain Female Characters Marvel Studios By Fatemeh Mirjalili/May 7, 2022 9:45 am EST If you’ve ever wondered how the Marvel Cinematic Universe treated female-led superhero movies until recently, allow me to enlighten you. The MCU kicked off with “Iron-Man” in 2008, but until “Ant-Man and the Wasp” was released a decade later, there hadn’t been a female character even mentioned in any movie titles....

May Calamawy Loved One Particular Part Of Her Scarlet Scarab Costume In Moon Knight Marvel Studios By Fatemeh Mirjalili/May 5, 2022 9:43 am EST Towards the end of the “Moon Knight” season 1 finale that dropped on Disney+ on Wednesday, the Marvel Cinematic Universe introduced its first female Egyptian superhero. Donning wings and spectacular superhero armor, Layla El-Faouly (May Calamawy) emerged from the rubble and transformed into an avatar of Tawaret (the Egyptian Goddess of childbirth and fertility) during “Gods and Monsters,” the show’s sixth episode....

Netflix Games Releasing First-Person Shooter Into The Dead 2: Unleashed PikPok By Danielle Ryan/March 22, 2022 4:15 pm EST Streaming giant Netflix announced that they were going to introduce video games to their platform last summer, but so far they’ve only released a handful of mobile games, all of which were previously released elsewhere. Fans weren’t exactly clamoring to play “Stranger Things: 1984” or “Stranger Things 3,” given that they had both been out for a while, and the other three games at launch were simple sports games....

Nine Inch Nails Repurposed A Rejected Song From Twin Peaks: The Return – Listen To It Now Showtime By Joshua Meyer/June 25, 2022 9:23 am EST The single most memorable episode of “Twin Peaks: The Return” featured a performance by Nine Inch Nails, but the song that we heard isn’t the one that Trent Reznor had originally written for the series. Most episodes of David Lynch’s 2017 “Twin Peaks” revival ended with a musical performance at the Roadhouse, otherwise known as the Bang Bang Bar....

One Crew Member’s Commitment To The Thing Landed Him In The Hospital Universal Pictures By Ryan Scott/June 24, 2022 6:00 pm EST There are few movies in the realms of sci-fi and horror that can garner as much love as John Carpenter’s “The Thing.” It is an absolute masterclass in both genres individually, as well as how to blend the two for maximum cinematic enjoyment. Sure, the film wasn’t exactly a hit in its day (largely because it was released against “E....

Playing Tony Soprano Took A Heavy Toll On James Gandolfini HBO By Devin Meenan/April 18, 2022 9:59 am EST Part of the tragedy when an artist dies young is that their full potential will never be realized. James Gandolfini’s death in 2013 at the age of 51 is one of the most tragic in recent Hollywood memory. Gandolfini had proved himself as a character actor throughout the 1980s and 1990s — he’s a scene-stealer in “True Romance” as hitman Virgil....

Robin Williams’ Reluctance Nearly Doomed Dead Poets Society Buena Vista Pictures Distribution By J. Gabriel Ware/June 21, 2022 10:24 am EST 1989’s “Dead Poets Society” is one of those tearjerker movies where the protagonist dies a tragic and very preventable death, a message that speaks to any teenager struggling to resist their parents’ hardline expectations. In fact, the entire movie is a call to action to “seize the day” (carpe diem) and take your life into your own hands....

Scott Derrickson is staying quite busy Universal Pictures While Derrickson was originally on board to helm “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” for Marvel Studios, he ultimately departed over creative differences, paving the way for Sam Raimi (“Spider-Man”) to take over duties on the sequel. Yet, it hasn’t seemed to hinder the filmmaker’s career one bit, as he’s stayed extremely busy since departing the director’s chair for this summer’s blockbuster....

Skydance Media Ditches Paramount, Sets New Deal With Apple Paramount Pictures By Ryan Scott/Jan. 21, 2022 2:46 pm EST Skydance Media, the studio behind the “Mission: Impossible” and “Terminator” franchises, has signed a new deal with Apple, and that means big things for the future of streaming on the movie side. It also means that Paramount Pictures, who had been Skydance’s biggest partner for roughly a decade, are going to be left out in the cold to some degree....

Stranger Things Helped Kate Bush Hit A Major Music Milestone Netflix By Christian Gainey/June 13, 2022 11:12 am EST Even though cinema began with silent films, those sound-free movies were usually accompanied by music, which was either produced from a phonograph recording or performed live by a variety of musicians. Initially, music accompanied films to overpower the whirring of the projector, and maybe that one loud, drunk guy a couple rows up, but music quickly became as important to the medium as the visuals....

The Daily Stream: Betty Is A Superb Slice Of Skater Girl Life HBO By Valerie Ettenhofer/May 16, 2022 4:00 pm EST (Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Series: “Betty” Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max The Pitch: A group of young women skate through their adolescence — and New York City — in this superb extension of Crystal Moselle’s 2018 movie “Skate Kitchen....

The Mighty Ducks’ Original Script Was Too Dark For Disney’s Standards Disney By Sandy Schaefer/April 15, 2022 11:28 am EST I have vivid memories of seeing 1992’s “The Mighty Ducks” for the first time in theaters at a young age. It was a cold, rainy day, and I recall passing by the cardboard cutout for “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” which I found both startling yet oddly entrancing. My family was running a little late after waiting in line to buy tickets (this truly was a lifetime ago), so the film had already begun by the time we made our way into the auditorium....

The Pulp Fiction Prop That Quentin Tarantino Actually Owned Miramax Films By Jenna Busch/Jan. 14, 2022 3:30 pm EST Some of the most iconic props in our favorite films come from strange places, whether it’s created from a surprising collection of materials or found in the most random of places. When it comes to a certain prop from “Pulp Fiction,” Quentin Tarantino didn’t have to look any further than his own collection of pop culture paraphernalia....

The Reason Ben Schwartz Never Got A Parks And Recreation Spinoff NBC By Rafael Motamayor/April 15, 2022 9:28 am EST “Parks and Recreation” is many things: an incredibly optimistic show about the good that can come from government work, a love letter to small towns, and laugh-out-loud comedy among them. Much like “The Simpsons,” however, “Parks and Recreation” is also a show with a phenomenal ensemble of characters you could easily picture having their own spinoff series where we see the daily lives of background characters....

The Wild History Behind That Cameo In Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Paramount+ By Valerie Ettenhofer/May 5, 2022 10:00 am EST This post contains spoilers for the first episode of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.” “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” premieres this week with a strong pilot episode that centers Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), the canonical commander of the Starship Enterprise before Captain James T. Kirk came aboard. The latest “Trek” series is set to follow Pike’s crew, and Paramount+ has already revealed that Kirk himself will be joining the show’s second season, where he’ll be played by Paul Wesley....