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Do your thing, DPs! Disney+ “Myself and the other cinematographer, Greg Middleton, I think we had a lot of freedom and that wasn’t honestly something I was expecting,” Palermo explained, citing the cinematographer who worked on the show’s first and third episodes. He added: “I thought there would be a lot more restrictions or things that we could and couldn’t do. Honestly, at some point during shooting [laughs], I was like, ‘I haven’t been getting any feedback....

Ms. Marvel Directors Bilall Fallah And Adil El Arbi Reveal How This Show Fits In Their Wheelhouse Marvel By Danielle Ryan/June 3, 2022 4:54 pm EST The newest Marvel superhero coming to Disney+ is Kamala Khan (Iman Vellani), a teenage girl who idolizes Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) and wishes she were a superhero herself. The series is based on the wildly popular comic of the same name, and has been a huge step forward in Muslim representation in superhero stories....

Netflix’s Lost In Space Tops Streaming Charts Once Again Netflix By Anya Stanley/Jan. 8, 2022 5:02 pm EST Netflix’s bank-on-the-binge-watchers approach has paid off once again on the streaming charts. The numbers for Nielsen’s U.S. streaming chart have come in, and for the week of December 6 to 12, Netflix’s reboot of the classic 1960s sci-fi series “Lost In Space” came out on top again with 1.018 billion minutes of viewing....

Station Eleven Spoiler Review: Finding Hope Among Harsh Times Through Creativity And Serendipity HBO Max By Joshua Meyer/Jan. 14, 2022 10:00 am EST HBO Max’s “Station Eleven” has been structured in such a way that the shape of the narrative was not immediately evident from its first three episodes, which premiered in mid-December and which we covered in our non-spoiler review. It was only as the weeks went on that it became fully clear what this sublime miniseries from showrunner Patrick Somerville was doing as it alternated between odd-numbered, character-centric flashback episodes and even-numbered ones rooted in the post-pandemic present....

Superhero Bits: Venus Returns To TMNT, Spider-Man: No Way Home Cover Art & More DC Comics By Ryan Scott/Feb. 25, 2022 3:48 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....

60 years and different music between them Disney Michael Eisner became chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Company back in 1984, and the idea for “Fantasia 2000” came about after Walt Disney’s nephew and Disney vice chairman Roy E. Disney suggested it to Eisner. There were a few missteps in the development, but in December 1999, the film was released. One of the major differences was that this time around, celebrities introduced the segments in live-action bits....

The Book Of Boba Fett Episode 2 Should’ve Been Episode 1 Disney+/Lucasfilm By Sandy Schaefer/Jan. 5, 2022 11:32 am EST Spoilers ahead for “The Book of Boba Fett” episode two. Where the first episode of “The Mandalorian” quickly got people buzzing thanks to its unexpected little green guest star, the pilot for its spin-off series, “The Book of Boba Fett,” elicited more shrugs than applause. It’s not that the latter’s first episode, “Stranger in a Strange Land,” was bad so much as overly familiar....

The Boys Star Karl Urban On Whether Butcher Has Crossed A Line [Exclusive] Prime Video By Rafael Motamayor/June 6, 2022 2:26 pm EST “The Boys” is many things, but it is not a very optimistic show. It is hilarious, thrilling, action-packed, and very, very gross, but the series works as biting satire because it looks at the reality of our world and laughs at it — not necessarily because it sees a bright way out of this nightmare....

The Daily Stream: Fight Club Is More Nuanced Than Its Reputation Suggests, Thanks To Meatloaf And That Ending (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 Movie: “Fight Club” Where You Can Stream It: DirecTV, IMDb TV (free with ads), TBS/TNT/truTV The Pitch: An office worker escapes the drudgery of modern life by starting an underground fight club, which soon escalates beyond fisticuffs into a full-blown terrorist group....

The Morning Watch: Breaking Down 2022’s Oscar-Nominated VFX, The Adam Project Bloopers & More Marvel / Wired By BJ Colangelo/March 22, 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, take a deep dive into the five Academy Award nominees for Best Visual Effects and find out what makes them each so special....

Why Robert Englund Is Such A Perfect Fit For Stranger Things Netflix By Debopriyaa Dutta/May 28, 2022 2:00 pm EST Warning: major spoilers ahead for “Stranger Things” season 4, volume 1. The worldbuilding in “Stranger Things” has always had its roots in horror, be it in the form of a parallel shadow realm known as the Upside Down that poses a continuous threat to the central characters or the kind of monsters that spring forth from that dimension....

Why Will Smith Was So Disappointed In I Am Legend Warner Bros. By Ryan Scott/March 8, 2022 1:55 pm EST There are few actors who can say that they’ve enjoyed the level of sustained success across multiple decades the way that Will Smith has. After graduating from “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” to the big screen in the ’90s, he has often been box office gold and even earned the title of “Mr....

Bat-Merch Returns McFarlane Toys Holy merchandise, Batman! If you thought Bat-branded Oreos would be the end of the shameless marketing tie-ins surrounding this movie, then think again. Screen Rant has an exclusive look at a number of Spin Master Batman figures and Batmobile toys, many of which give even closer and more detailed looks at the suits, characters, and vehicles featured in the film. Parent company WarnerMedia, meanwhile, has divulged an avalanche of toys, clothing, accessories, collectibles, and more in the lead-up to the release of “The Batman....

ABC And Abbott Elementary Have Partnered With Scholastic To Provide Free Books To Underfunded Schools ABC By BJ Colangelo/March 10, 2022 9:58 am EST Quinta Brunson is truly out here putting in the good work to ensure that “Abbott Elementary” talks the talk and walks the walk. The must-see mockumentary sitcom about a group of educators in the Philadelphia public school system, “Abbott Elementary” has been shining a much-needed light on the realities of the American education system, in particular, what it’s like to work in an underfunded public school where a majority of the scholars, educators, and administrators are Black....

Adam Driver Insisted On Doing His Own Star Wars Stunts Lucasfilm By Shania Russell/May 26, 2022 12:35 pm EST After playing the role across three films in the “Star Wars” sequel trilogy, Adam Driver became intensely dedicated to Kylo Ren and fiercely protective of his portrayal. Let’s be honest, lots of people attached themselves to the scowling, dark-side seduced Jedi and took his every move very personally, but Driver was in a more intimate position than even the world’s most intense “Star Wars” fans....

Bubble: Release Date, Cast, And More Netflix By Shania Russell/Dec. 20, 2021 11:05 am 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.) Water movies are the best sub-genre of animation, and you’ll never convince me otherwise. This probably doesn’t count as an actual genre, but it definitely should — how else can we classify the many overlapping films about water and the power of friendship?...

How A Failed Twin Peaks Spinoff Became Mulholland Drive Universal Pictures By Joshua Meyer/March 28, 2022 2:46 pm EST In a 2016 BBC poll, over 175 film critics from around the world voted David Lynch’s “Mulholland Drive” the greatest movie of the 21st century thus far. However, Lynch’s surreal neo-noir thriller, an American dream turned L.A. nightmare, famously began life as a TV project. He shot much of it as the pilot for a potential television series, and it was only after the network, ABC, passed on it that he re-developed it as a standalone story for the big screen....

Injury Lawyers Tally Up The Real-Life Cost Of Homer Simpson’s Medical Bills Fox/Disney+ By Valerie Ettenhofer/Dec. 30, 2021 11:14 am EST When I was younger, one of my favorite gags from “The Simpsons” came in the eleventh season episode called “Behind the Laughter.” A faux making-of documentary, the episode detailed the (totally fake) behind-the-scenes moments that made “The Simpsons” a success. At one point, Homer (Dan Castellaneta) gives commentary on a famous scene in which he tumbles down a rocky cliffside, hitting every rock along the way....

Jai Courtney Tells Us He Acted His ‘F***ing Brains Out’ While Making Love, Death, And Robots [Exclusive] Netflix By Lex Briscuso/June 29, 2022 10:26 am EST Animation isn’t easy. From the voice acting to the drawing and rendering, there is no part of the process of making animated projects that comes without effort. On that note, /Film’s Jack Giroux recently spoke with actor Jai Courtney for a soon-to-be-published interview, and the actor talked about his experience working on season 3 of the hit Netflix anthology series “Love, Death, & Robots....

LeVar Burton Joins Blindspotting Season 2 In Recurring Role Sony Pictures Television By Joshua Meyer/April 14, 2022 9:01 pm EST LeVar Burton is lining up some new projects this year that might come as consolation to viewers who were left disappointed when his guest stint hosting “Jeopardy” in 2021 didn’t develop into a full-time gig. First, we heard that Burton was developing his own game show. Then, his voice and name appeared in a recent teaser for “Picard” season 3, confirming that he will reprise his role as Geordi La Forge alongside other returning cast members from “Star Trek: The Next Generation....