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How The Honey, I Shrunk The Kids VFX Crew Pulled Off Human-Sized Insects Buena Vista Pictures Distribution By Sandy Schaefer/March 17, 2022 3:39 pm EST Filmmaker Joe Johnston got his start in the late 1970s by working on the miniatures and optical effects for “Star Wars.” He would go on to co-create the design for Boba Fett in “The Empire Strikes Back” before winning an Oscar for the visual effects in “Raiders of the Lost Ark....

‘I didn’t say no to anything’ Paramount Pictures What was it like working with these guys after sort of following in their footsteps for all of these years and just getting to actually be a part of this? Holmes: It was a dream come true for me. I never really thought that I would get to work with these people that I looked up to my whole life, and it was just awesome being able to work with them and have them like welcome me with open arms....

Jeff Goldblum Had No Shortage Of Suggestions For His Jurassic World: Dominion Dialogue Universal Pictures By Matthew Bilodeau/May 5, 2022 11:52 am EST “Jurassic World: Dominion” is poised to be one of the biggest movies of the summer. Dinosaurs always find a way to break box office records. However, the real reason why the third installment of the “Jurassic World” series is going to be a massive success is because of the return of Ian Malcolm, played by the ever lovable Jeff Goldblum....

The Jurassic Park Gates Homage King Kong Universal Pictures In the Netflix series “The Movies That Made Us,” art director John Bell reveals that, when designing the Jurassic Park front gate, he was thinking of creating something fun and eye-catching like Disneyland. But director Steven Spielberg wanted it to actually look like the gate from “King Kong.” The final product is a towering structure with torches coming out of the top....

Moon Knight Series Finale Trailer: The Epic Conclusion Is Almost Here Marvel Studios By Rafael Motamayor/May 2, 2022 12:17 pm EST We are just two days away from the end of the wonderful experiment that has been Marvel’s “Moon Knight.” Across five weeks, the show managed to tell an intimate, trippy, emotional, exciting tale that captures what makes action adventure movies like “The Mummy” so grave-diggingly fun. Though not super connected to the rest of the MCU, Jeremy Slater and his team have mixed several genres in order to tell as story that feels like a long-running comic brought to life — one with ancient gods, great action, emotional damage, and arguably the single best performance in a Marvel property....

One Of Bob’s Burgers Biggest Mysteries Might Soon Have An Answer Disney–ABC Domestic Television By Natalia Keogan/May 24, 2022 10:59 am EST With the release of the heavily anticipated “Bob’s Burgers Movie” finally upon us, now seems as good a time as ever to dig into the questions that have been plaguing viewers over the series’ impressive 12-season run. Several nagging thoughts continue to bewilder fans: What’s the deal with Bob’s mom?...

Pam & Tommy Trailer: The Sordid ’90s Legend Becomes A Hulu Series Hulu By Shania Russell/Jan. 5, 2022 1:48 pm EST Come for the scandalous story behind the world’s most infamous sex tape, and stay for the Meat Loaf needle drops! One of 2022’s most anticipated series is quickly approaching its release, meaning it’s finally time to get a closer look at “Pam & Tommy.” The series tagline dubs the show “the greatest love story ever sold,” and those familiar with this sordid tale are hard-pressed to disagree....

Peter Jackson’s Original Vision For The Lord Of Rings Was Quite Different New Line Cinema By Andrew Housman/Feb. 25, 2022 5:50 pm EST “The Lord of the Rings” set a new standard for fantasy filmmaking, bringing to the big screen material that had previously been considered unfilmable. Of course, remaining true and faithful to J.R.R. Tolkien’s dense, detailed work means that the films are famously lengthy. However, director Peter Jackson and screenwriter Fran Walsh originally planned on abridging the threes books into two films, which would have radically altered the entire structure....

Shining Girls Showrunner Silka Luisa Wants To Keep You Guessing [Interview] Apple TV+ By Ben Pearson/April 29, 2022 12:00 pm EST Murder mystery shows have been a staple of television for decades, but since the true crime boom, it feels like there has been a tidal wave of shows about traumatized detectives or reporters who are desperately trying to stop an active serial killer. On paper, the intriguing new Apple TV+ series “Shining Girls” seems like it might fall into that same category....

Shout! Factory Acquires Rights To ’80s Sitcom ALF, Will Expand The Property In Ways Nobody Asked For NBC By Kaylee Dugan/Feb. 25, 2022 9:49 am EST Alright, kids, gather around grandma now and let me weave you a tale about an era of film and television that was surprisingly puppet-dominant. There were, of course, the forever series like “Sesame Street” and “The Muppets,” the kind of programs where the IP is legally not allowed to die lest it break the hearts of millions....

Broadchurch Endemol Shine UK “Broadchurch” is not an easy watch. Sure, the sunny fictional village of Broadchurch along the Dorset Coast is pleasant, and stars David Tennant and Olivia Coleman are as charming as ever, leaning into their comedy roots for performances as amicable lead detectives, but that’s all just an illusion. “Broadchurch” is like a murder mystery that director Mike Flanagan might conceive. It is a deeply-reflective, sorrowful foray into the murder of 11-year-old Daniel “Danny” Latimer (Oskar McNamara)....

Superhero Bits: Sony Weighs In On Amazing Spider-Man 3, The Suicide Squad Game Gets Delayed Again & More Rocksteady By Ryan Scott/March 23, 2022 2:55 pm EST (Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks....

The Bob’s Burgers Movie Footage Reaction: The Animated Series Leaps To The Big Screen [CinemaCon 2022] 20th Century Studios By Ryan Scott AND Shania Russell/April 27, 2022 2:55 pm EST “Bob’s Burgers” has somewhat quietly become one of the longest-running animated shows on TV right now. While the likes of “American Dad,” “Family Guy,” “South Park,” and “The Simpsons” have been going far longer, the tales of the Belcher family have been going strong since 2011 and there are no signs no signs of the series slowing down....

The Book Of Boba Fett’s Teasers Are Deliberately Hiding Something Major Lucasfilm By Ryan Scott/Dec. 16, 2021 12:37 pm EST “Star Wars” fans have something big to look forward to in the not-too-distant future, as “The Book of Boba Fett” is making its way to Disney+ in less than two weeks. The show has been hyped up ever since that surprise post-credits scene that was attached to “The Mandalorian” season 2 finale....

Why it’s essential viewing Miramax Wuxia was dead to begin with, by the time “A Chinese Ghost Story” rolled into theaters in 1987. The golden age of directors King Hu (“Come Drink With Me”) and Chang Cheh (“One-Armed Swordsman”) had long since passed. The new wave of Hong Kong martial arts films were mysteries (“The Butterfly Murders,”) comedies (“Encounters of the Spooky Kind”), and gangster films (“A Better Tomorrow”). To return to the genre meant either to knowingly do homage or to do something completely different....

The Morning Watch: Creating Spider-Man’s Digital Double, Luca Scene Breakdown & More Sony Pictures Releasing By BJ Colangelo/March 28, 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.) In this edition, Vox goes in depth to talk about CGI superhero stunt doubles and break down why digitally replacing the fabric of their supersuits is easier than trying to replicate skin....

The Morning Watch: The Costumes Of Lord Of The Rings, The Boys Set Tour With Jack Quaid & More Warner Bros. Pictures By Jenna Busch/June 7, 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....

This Jackass Stunt Was So Expensive, They Had To Scrap It MTV Entertainment Studios By Anya Stanley/Jan. 26, 2022 8:43 am EST Watching the trailer for “Jackass Forever,” you’d think that this band of merry stuntpeople had infinitely loose purse strings in order to enable the rowdy madness that director Jeff Tremaine teases for the upcoming reality-based comedy film: there are exploding toilets, ball taps from heavyweights, and, of course, someone gets shot out of a cannon in their underwear....

Top Gun: Maverick Trailer: Get Back In The Danger Zone, For Real This Time Paramount By Joshua Meyer/March 29, 2022 9:07 am EST After a long, long wait, audiences are finally about to get back in the cockpit and ride into the danger zone with Tom Cruise in “Top Gun: Maverick.” The sequel to Tony Scott’s 1986 blockbuster, “Top Gun,” which is now in the National Film Registry, has been brewing for many years....

Why Christopher Nolan Tried To Change Man Of Steel’s Controversial Ending Warner Bros. Pictures By Devin Meenan/March 1, 2022 2:30 pm EST “Man of Steel” has been overshadowed by its follow-ups, “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Justice League,” but there was a time when Zack Snyder’s Superman reboot was one of the most hotly controversial superhero films ever. One of the key points of discussion was the film’s ending....