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What Poe Could’ve Looked Like Warner Bros. The same year he wrote, directed, and starred in 2006’s “Rocky Balboa,” Sly made it clear just how serious he still was about making “Poe” a reality. He described his vision for the film at the time to Ain’t It Cool News, stating: “For POE I’d like to focus on a muted color texture for the present day scenes and when we delve into the recesses of [Poe’s] mind, which I will do quite often to see the creations of his extraordinary stories as they unfold in his sub-conscience, they will be portrayed in muted colors and with vivid contrast....

The Scrapped Gambit Movie Would Have Been ‘Mutant Goodfellas In New Orleans’ Warner Bros. Pictures By Jenna Busch/Feb. 10, 2022 4:25 pm EST In the list of movies I’d like to have seen, the Channing Tatum-led “Gambit” is up there. One, because Tatum has enough charm to pull off my favorite character from “X-Men: The Animated Series,” and two, because of what “Gambit” co-writer Reid Carolin told The Playlist (via Heroic Hollywood) about the story we would have seen in the film....

Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride Found Its Roots In A Real-World Folktale Warner Bros. By Witney Seibold/March 7, 2022 4:44 pm EST Victor (Johnny Depp) is betrothed to Victoria (Emily Watson). Their marriage is intended to be purely transactional — his new-money parents will bequeath a sizable dowry to her parents, whose old-money fortune is nearly gone. But Victor and Victoria have an instant bond. They are shy in the same way, and find in each other kindred, introverted spirits....

The many faces of Kenneth Carson Mattel While Ms. Barbara “Barbie” Millicent Roberts has worn a lot of looks over her six decades of fame, for the most part, she’s always been blonde haired and blue eyed. Our boy Kenneth “Ken” Carson, on the other hand, has been a consistent fashion chameleon. When he was first introduced in 1961, Ken came with “flocked” hair (IT WAS FELT AND IT CAME OFF WHEN IT GOT WET) and couldn’t even bend his arms....

White Hot: The Rise & Fall Of Abercrombie & Fitch Trailer: The Brand Equivalent Of Peaking In High School Netflix By BJ Colangelo/March 31, 2022 3:10 pm EST Raise your hand if you were a teen in the late ’90s or 2000s who was personally victimized by Abercrombie & Fitch. The popular lifestyle clothing brand had a cultural stranglehold on teenagers across America during one of the most blatantly cruel times in history, selling exclusivity and hierarchical social power in the form of flimsily made t-shirts with sewn-on branding and black and white photos of shirtless men in denim jeans....

Why Director Joe Wright Deeply Connected With His Black Mirror Episode ‘Nosedive’ Netflix By Lyvie Scott/March 21, 2022 9:53 am EST Netflix’s “Black Mirror” is all about using the not-so-distant future to hit audiences with hypothetical (and, at times, deeply unsettling) questions. In “Nosedive,” the first episode of the series’ third season, director Joe Wright asks: “What if you lived in a world where everyone — not just your Uber driver — was constantly being rated by a five-star system?...

15 Movies Like Dead Poets Society You Definitely Need To See Buena Vista By Audrey Fox/Dec. 16, 2021 8:00 pm EST “Carpe diem,” Robin Williams whispers as the kindly English professor John Keating, giving voice to the generations of men who came before his students. “Seize the day. Make your lives extraordinary.” It is this sense of inspiration that defines “Dead Poets Society.” In it, Williams plays an unconventional teacher who attempts to break his well-heeled prep school students out of their slavish devotion to the prosaic, utterly unremarkable lives that otherwise await them....

American Dreamer Review: Peter Dinklage Sabotages Himself In A Dour Comedy-Drama [Tribeca] Tribeca By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 14, 2022 1:00 pm EST In “American Dreamer,” Dr. Phil Loder (Peter Dinklage) is a long-suffering adjunct professor at Harvard who heads to work in the same shabby car, hangs up his hat in the same shabby closet space of an office, and gets a sad ham sandwich from the same shabby vending machine every day....

Chip ‘N Dale: Rescue Rangers Director Isn’t Ready To Reveal How That Hilarious Cameo Happened Disney+ By BJ Colangelo/May 20, 2022 10:41 am EST Every so often, the movie gods give us a gift so wonderful, it forces us to rethink our entire existence and ponder whether or not we are worthy of such a generous blessing. Never do I ever want to go to bat for a multi-billion dollar corporation, but damn it, Disney did something truly remarkable with “Chip ’n Dale: Rescue Rangers....

Daily Podcast: The Future Of Spider-Man In The MCU (And Beyond) Sony Pictures By Ben Pearson/March 29, 2022 4:43 pm EST On the March 29, 2022 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor Ben Pearson is joined by /Film editor Brad Oman to talk about the latest film and TV news, including the future of Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and beyond. Opening Banter: In The News: Morbius Director Says Venom’s Universe Has A Spider-Man (And We’ll Meet Him ‘Soon’)...

The Other Other Get Out Ending Universal Pictures The original ending of “Get Out” was way bleaker, and honestly, I think everyone is glad Peele didn’t use it. The “Key and Peele” alum originally planned to have the cops show up at the Armitage house instead of Rod — which naturally would’ve put Chris in an incredibly precarious position. In this alternate ending, Chris ends up in jail and Rod comes to visit him, but it’s clear that Chris is never going to be released from incarceration....

Gillian Jacobs On Working With Chris Pine In The Contractor, Directing More Than Robots, And More [Interview] Paramount Pictures By Jeff Ewing/April 1, 2022 5:25 pm EST Gillian Jacobs has been busy. From co-starring in Tarik Saleh’s new thriller “The Contractor” to making her feature directorial debut with “More Than Robots” to appearing in the forthcoming Netflix series “Transatlantic” (currently shooting in France), her recent filmography is littered with an eclectic array of unique and wonderful pieces....

Having The Northman’s Vikings Speak English Wasn’t An Artistic Choice Focus Features By Kaylee Dugan/April 20, 2022 8:49 am EST There are a lot of fun facts and historical details you can glean from Robert Eggers’ press tour for his upcoming film “The Northman,” but the only thing that I learned is that someone needs to give Eggers an unlimited budget so he can unleash a movie entirely in Old Norse onto the world....

When and where to watch Hello Stranger Netflix We’ll have to start with the bad news here, and that is that there’s no news about when or where “Hello Stranger” will debut. It’s not specifically tied to a streaming platform and it’s clearly got some big names attached, so I’d say the odds are good that this baby is destined for a theatrical release, but you never know. What we do know is that the film is currently being shot in the Toronto area, so while that rules out the rest of 2022, “Hello Stranger” could get a later 2023 or an early 2024 release date....

Here’s What Simu Liu Wants To See In Shang-Chi 2 Marvel Studios By Jenna Busch/Jan. 18, 2022 12:51 pm EST “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” was a box office success (despite the pandemic), and a wonderful addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We saw the line about the Ten Rings returning at the end of the film, and in the mid-credits scene, Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) welcomed Shang-Chi (Simu Liu) to the team....

How Neve Campbell Was Convinced To Return For Scream Dimension Films By Valerie Ettenhofer/Jan. 21, 2022 3:59 pm EST If horror fans think we have a lot invested in the success of the new “Scream” movie, imagine how Neve Campbell feels. The actress is bringing tough survivor Sidney Prescott to life for the fifth time in the latest iteration of the franchise, but it turns out, she wasn’t always on board with the project....

How Video Game Engines Are Changing The Way Animation Is Made [Annecy] Netflix By Rafael Motamayor/June 21, 2022 5:00 pm EST The Annecy International Animation Film Festival is a mecca for animation fans, a place to see the latest films from around the world, to learn about new exciting projects, where the animation industry is, and also where it’s going. Every major studio was on the ground at the French alpine town to talk about how they are focusing on diversity, creator-driven stories, and more experimentation with visual styles....

Life Wasn’t Easy Behind The Scenes For Pacific Rim’s Jaeger Pilots Warner Bros. Pictures By Lyvie Scott/April 15, 2022 4:06 pm EST Jaeger pilots. We’ve all imagined being one, right? …No? Seriously? You’re lying. Who wouldn’t want to control a massive robot the size of a 10-story building, a robot literally designed to brawl with equally-massive monsters emerging from an interdimensional portal? There is nothing cooler or sweeter, especially since the people piloting said jaegers usually share some kind of neurological connection, be it familial, romantic, or platonic....

Made In Abyss Is A Deeply Disturbing Yet Life-Affirming Adventure Anime HIDIVE By Rafael Motamayor/April 29, 2022 11:00 am EST (Welcome to Ani-time Ani-where, a regular column dedicated to helping the uninitiated understand and appreciate the world of anime.) “Elden Ring” has been a pretty big obsession the past couple of months. The game takes the FromSoftware formula to new heights with incredible gameplay, memorable boss fights, and a massive open world....

Milo Ventimiglia To Star In ABC Conman Drama The Company You Keep NBC By Joshua Meyer/March 5, 2022 12:31 pm EST NBC’s “This Is Us” is in the home stretch of its final season, with the series finale set to air on May 24, 2022, which means stars like Milo Ventimiglia are already lining up more work. In January, we heard that Ventimiglia was lining up a hockey drama called “Hometown Saints,” which would keep him attached to NBC through his production company, Divide Pictures....