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That’s a whole lot of credits — this ship will be full of spice traders, I think In the video, we learn that the ship, the Halcyon, has been restored to its former glory and the first place the starcruiser went was Batuu, the planet you’re on at Galaxy’s Edge. The story is set between the events of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.” Not only that, but we’ll be seeing familiar faces....

Rise Composer Ré Olunuga Wants To Convey The Truth [Interview] Disney+ By Jack Giroux/June 24, 2022 4:57 pm EST Composer Ré Olunuga had a complicated dance with his first major studio film, “Rise.” The drama, which tells the true story of the Antetokounmpo family, is an ensemble film spanning many years, visits different counties, and has an ending anyone vaguely familiar with the NBA already knows. For anyone not remotely familiar with professional basketball, Giannis, Thanasis, and Alex Antetokounmpo are NBA stars....

Some Like It Hot Was Never Supposed To Feature Its Famous Final Line United Artists By Mike Shutt/April 28, 2022 10:56 am EST If you were to rank the greatest final lines in the history of cinema, the films of Billy Wilder will probably have a few of them, and there is an incredibly strong chance that one of his films would be atop that list. I am talking about the immortal final lines of his 1959 comedy “Some Like It Hot....

South Park And Beavis And Butt-Head Will Stream Exclusively On Paramount+ In 2025 Comedy Central By BJ Colangelo/Feb. 15, 2022 6:14 pm EST Paramount+ is about to become the home of edgy adult animation, as the streamer is regaining the library rights to Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s “South Park” in 2025, and is taking over for Comedy Central as the home for the revival of Greg Daniels and Mike Judge’s “Beavis and Butt-Head....

The Batman Teaser: Batman And Catwoman Are A Helluva Duet Warner Bros. Pictures By Jenna Busch/Jan. 5, 2022 10:38 am EST If you haven’t watched the latest trailer for “The Batman,” what’s stopping you? It’s dark and brooding, and it looks amazing! If you want all the goods, /Film has a breakdown for you. In the meantime, a new clip appeared on the official account for the film with just a smidge of new moments for us....

The Batman Upholds The Caped Crusader’s Horror Roots Warner Bros. By Valerie Ettenhofer/March 4, 2022 4:00 pm EST Note: This article includes spoilers for “The Batman.” “The Batman” tells us it’s a horror movie from its very first frame. The first shot shows a surveillance view of a happy family, their kid dressed for trick-or-treating. Within minutes, the family’s seemingly friendly patriarch, who’s also Gotham’s mayor, will be dead. The predator’s eye-view and the costumed, pumpkin-basket-holding kid at the scene’s center are familiar....

The Morning Watch: How Mike Myers Creates Characters, Halo TV Series Easter Eggs & More New Line Cinema By Jenna Busch/May 16, 2022 8:00 am EST (The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fan-made productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows.)...

The Shawshank Redemption Scene That Put Morgan Freeman In A Sling Castle Rock Entertainment By Christian Gainey/March 9, 2022 4:23 pm EST “The Shawshank Redemption” is about the friendship between two prison inmates, Red (Morgan Freeman) and Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins). The film is interesting, touching, and heartbreaking all at the same time. It is generally accepted to be one of the best movies ever made, holding the first spot on IMDb’s Top 250 list since 2008, and earning seven Academy Award nominations back in 1995....

The Umbrella Academy Season 3: Every Sparrow Academy Member’s Powers Explained Netflix By BJ Colangelo/June 23, 2022 11:00 am EST We’ve had two seasons with the dysfunctionally wonderful Hargreeves super-siblings of the titular “Umbrella Academy,” but in the aftermath of their most recent brush with almost destroying the universe, we’ve got a whole new set of super-sibs to get to know. In case you’re not caught up, the Hargreeves siblings sparked a timeline blitz while trying to reset the all of existence, and unintentionally wound up in an alternate timeline where Sir Reginald Hargreeves didn’t adopt them, and instead tracked down seven of the other 43 super-powered babies that were born on October 1, 1989, creating the Sparrow Academy....

This Hellraiser Scene Hit Fans The Hardest Entertainment Film Distributors By Witney Seibold/April 1, 2022 5:41 pm EST Based on his 1986 novel “The Hellbound Heart,” Clive Barker’s 1987 film “Hellraiser” is one of the best and most striking horror films of its decade. Predicated on lust, infidelity, and supernatural acts of sadomasochism, “Hellraiser” plays like a blood-soaked, myth-heavy rendition of Walt Whitman’s “I Sing the Body Electric,” wherein flesh is the only gauge by which one measures divinity....

Uwe Boll To Return To Director’s Chair With Gangster Drama Ness Event Film Distribution By Debopriyaa Dutta/May 18, 2022 10:03 am EST Uwe Boll, the man behind “BloodRayne,” “Postal,” and “Rampage,” has not given up on his dream of making objectively terrible movies. Boll is expected to make a return to filmmaking with a movie based on the life of Prohibition agent Eliot Ness, who is best known for taking down Al Capone (via The Hollywood Reporter)....

Vortex Review: Gaspar Noe’s Latest Is Softer But No Less Arresting Than His Usual, Making It One Of His Best Utopia By Lex Briscuso/April 22, 2022 3:00 pm EST “Life is but a dream. A dream within a dream.” But not all dreams are beautiful. Some reflect life’s saddest and most heart-wrenching moments. Dreams are not always a refuge. And it is on that note that writer-director Gaspar Noé comes in....

Year Of The Vampire: Fright Night Embraces Queer Vampirism And Is So Cool, Brewster Columbia Pictures By BJ Colangelo/Jan. 11, 2022 12:00 pm EST (Welcome to Year of the Vampire, a series examining the greatest, strangest, and sometimes overlooked vampire movies of all time in honor of “Nosferatu,” which turns 100 this year.) Just before the 2020 presidential election, the Michigan Democrats held a fundraiser where the original cast of “Fright Night” would reunite via Zoom to do a live script reading of the 1985 vampire comedy, with Mark Hamill stepping in for the late Roddy McDowall and Rosario Dawson for any additional one-off characters....

Lalo’s back in town Joe Pugliese/AMC/Sony Pictures Television Before we get to the meat of the episode, let’s delve into what’s going on in the dangerous world of the cartels. Lalo has returned from Germany, and he’s determined to bring Gus down. He sets up shop in the sewer directly in front of the industrial laundry that acts as a front for Gus’ meth superlab. Like Pennywise the Clown, Lalo peers out of a storm drain, gathering intel....

Fraggle Rock: Back To The Rock Showrunners On Honoring Jim Henson’s Legacy [Interview] Apple TV+ By Ryan Scott/Jan. 21, 2022 11:53 am EST For people of a certain age, combining the words “Fraggle” and “Rock” together stirs a very certain nostalgic feeling. Jim Henson created an awful lot of memorable stuff in his years on this planet, but the funny little creatures we call Fraggles were certainly one of his most memorable....

Ian McKellen’s Last Desire Is To Star In A Musical (And Cats Doesn’t Count) Universal By Sandy Schaefer/Jan. 25, 2022 10:26 am EST Over the course of an acting career in film, TV, and theater spanning 60 years, there’s very little the great Sir Ian McKellen hasn’t done at this point. Indeed, since he started working in the early 1960s, McKellen has played famous comic book antiheroes, wizards, Shakespeare characters, and even voiced the talking polar bear Iorek Byrnison in the 2007 movie version of “His Dark Materials....

Jackie Chan’s First Encounter With Steven Spielberg Sounds Extremely Delightful DreamWorks By Witney Seibold/May 27, 2022 4:42 pm EST Kevin Donovan’s 2002 film “The Tuxedo,” while certainly not critically beloved, began with a cute enough premise. An affable chauffeur (Jackie Chan) becomes the driver for a kindly government agent played by Jason Isaacs. When Isaacs is unexpectedly killed, Chan inherits his tuxedo. It turns out, though, that the Isaacs character was a James Bond-type spy, and his tuxedo is, in fact, a high-tech suit of armor that can robotically manipulate the limbs of its wearer....

James Gunn Confirms 2022 Release For Disney+ Series I Am Groot Marvel By Jenna Busch/Dec. 17, 2021 8:42 am EST One of the Disney+ shows that has Marvel fans really excited is the upcoming animated series “I Am Groot.” Of course, there is very little information out about it right now. Up until this point, we knew the title, that it is part of Phase Four of the MCU, and that it will be a series of shorts starring Baby Groot, produced by Marvel Studios, with Kirsten Lepore as director....

Lightyear Director Angus MacLane And Producer Galyn Susman On Metanarrative And More [Interview] Pixar By Witney Seibold/June 13, 2022 5:08 pm EST Director Angus MacLane and producer Galyn Susman have been heavily involved in numerous Pixar projects going back decades. Susman’s first credit as an associate producer came with “Ratatouille” in 2007, and she later produced several Pixar shorts and TV specials. Her first credited feature as a producer was for “Toy Story 4,” and she returns to that role again now for “Lightyear....

Moon Knight Funko POPs Line-Up Adds Scarlet Scarab And A Couple Of Egyptian Gods Disney+ By Jenna Busch/May 6, 2022 11:15 am EST “Moon Knight” ended its six-episode run this week, though considering that ending, it would be absolutely shocking if this is the last time we see the Marvel character. Now, before we go any further, let’s make one thing clear: this is a toy story, but toys often give spoilers, and this one is no different....