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Top Gun: Maverick’s Lewis Pullman, Monica Barbaro, And Jay Ellis Have A Need For Speed [Interview] Paramount Pictures By Jenna Busch/May 26, 2022 3:00 pm EST “Top Gun: Maverick” is hitting theaters later this month, and I got a chance to chat with the cast and crew in San Diego, California. I sat down with Lewis Pullman, who plays Lieutenant Bob Floyd (call sign “Bob”), Monica Barbaro, who plays Lieutenant Natasha “Phoenix” Trace, and Jay Ellis, who plays Lieutenant Reuben “Payback” Fitch....

Why Adam Driver Was Hesitant To Take The Kylo Ren Role Lucasfilm By Fatemeh Mirjalili/Dec. 15, 2021 3:04 pm EST When Adam Driver’s Kylo Ren was first introduced as the newest “Star Wars” villain on the block in “The Force Awakens,” some fans weren’t entirely convinced. This guy with the perfect hairdo? A villain? Adam Driver didn’t look like a quintessential “Star Wars” bad guy, even in his all-black wardrobe. Kylo Ren didn’t have a frightening facial tattoo such as Darth Maul’s, his power hadn’t distorted his face like Emperor Palpatine’s, and he wasn’t half-machine like Darth Vader, even if he tried to emulate his presence with a signature helmet and vocal distortion....

Why Has Pete Davidson Garnered Such A Huge Following At SNL? NBC By Michael Boyle/March 21, 2022 3:00 pm EST Pete Davidson opened up his 2020 Netflix stand-up special his set by mentioning how he felt after the finale of his first season on “Saturday Night Live.” The comedian said, “So it’s 2014 or ‘15, and it’s the finale of SNL, and I was so shocked and happy that I didn’t get fired, and this is a feeling that I get to relive every week… It’s really awesome....

8 Moon Knight Comics You Should Read If You Like The Show Marvel Comics By Lyvie Scott/March 31, 2022 10:00 am EST We’ve heard it a million times when it comes to a new Marvel project: it seems like, no matter the title, it will be “unlike anything the Universe has ever seen.” Sometimes it’s true, like when James Gunn opened the door to the cosmic — and paved the way for some equally-weird projects — with the first “Guardians of the Galaxy” installment....

A Very Close Call Universal Pictures The “Nobody” actor is very open about the details of his heart attack in this interview, and he says there’s one thing he wants to clear up. In a conspiracy-rife time, apparently some fans started a rumor that his health scare was related to the COVID vaccine. “My God, what is wrong with people? Why are they so angry at normal science?” he points out, before explaining that the event was the result of a plaque build-up he had known about since 2018....

Bradley Cooper’s Maestro Casts Sarah Silverman In A Key Role Broad Green Pictures By Danielle Ryan/June 3, 2022 4:03 pm EST “Maestro,” Bradley Cooper’s directorial follow-up to his 2018 Academy Award-winning “A Star is Born,” has just cast another major role. The film already stars Cooper as composer Leonard Bernstein in intense prosthetic makeup, along with Matt Bomer as one of Bernstein’s lovers, Carey Mulligan as his wife, and Maya Hawke as his eldest daughter Jamie, but now they will be joined by funnywoman Sarah Silverman....

Colin Firth, Toby Jones, And More Join Sam Mendes’ Empire Of Light Universal Pictures By Valerie Ettenhofer/Dec. 22, 2021 5:46 pm EST Sam Mendes is assembling the cast of his next film, and even though it hasn’t actually been made yet, it already sounds like an awards contender in-the-making. The “1917” director’s latest project is titled “Empire of Light,” and we previously learned that Olivia Colman and Michael Ward would star....

David Duchovny Had Serious Doubts About Starring In The X-Files 20th Television By Witney Seibold/June 22, 2022 3:15 pm EST Thinking back to 1993, it’s hard to imagine a time when someone wouldn’t want to be associated with “The X-Files.” Although Chris Carter was not yet a household name — he had previously written a few projects for Disney, like 1986’s “The B.R.A.T. Patrol” — his new series was certainly tapping into something very real in the culture, and a modern audience might assume actors were lining up for appear....

Elizabeth Olsen Felt The Classic Scarlet Witch Costume In WandaVision Was Silly And Perfect Disney+/Marvel Studios By Sandy Schaefer/May 6, 2022 11:10 am EST Remember when Cyclops made a crack about Wolverine preferring to wear yellow spandex in 2000’s “X-Men” movie? Joking about the impractical nature of most superhero attire has become more of a cliche in comic book films since then, but it doesn’t make it any less true. Really, it’s a testament to the skilled costume designers who work on Marvel and DC’s movies that they’ve found ways to not only realize some of the more ridiculous super-suits out there in live-action, but also make them pretty darn snazzy-looking....

HBO Max’s Wonder Twins Movie Finds Its Stars In KJ Apa And Isabel May The CW By BJ Colangelo/April 15, 2022 5:37 pm EST Wonder Twins, activate! The upcoming DC film from Adam Sztykiel (“Rampage,” “Scoob!,” “Black Adam”) has found its Zan and Jayna. KJ Apa, who plays Archie Andrews on “Riverdale,” and Isabel May of “1883” and “Alexa & Katie” fame will be playing the titular twin heroes, with production on the HBO Max exclusive due to begin this summer in Atlanta....

A tale of fear, doom, and guilt Netflix Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” opens with the narrator visiting his sick friend, Roderick Usher, after he receives a letter from him asking for help. The narrator learns that Usher’s sister, Madeleine, has also fallen ill like him, and that Usher believes that the house is somehow sentient. Usher has an eerie premonition of his death being connected to the fate of the mansion, and the narrator finds himself feeling increasingly on-edge as strange things occur over the course of his stay....

How James Wan Really Feels About All Those Malignant Memes Warner Bros. By BJ Colangelo/June 10, 2022 5:57 pm EST Ask any horror fan which directors deserve to be on the proverbial “Mt. Rushmore,” and James Wan is likely to make the list. The man is responsible for three of the most successful horror franchises in history (“Saw,” “Insidious,” “The Conjuring”), which made him an immediate target for studios looking for someone to help massive blockbusters like “Furious 7” and “Aquaman....

Is Warner Bros. Quietly Working On An Edge Of Tomorrow TV Show? Warner Bros. By Ryan Scott/Feb. 7, 2022 2:40 pm EST Things just got interesting when it comes to the future of “Edge of Tomorrow.” As sci-fi fans are surely aware, the Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt flick from 2014 proved to be quite the satisfying ride and, ever since, there have been plans to get a sequel going that never quite materialized, though the team never stopped trying to make it happen....

It’s Hard To Argue With Nicolas Cage’s Top Three Nicolas Cage Films Neon By Jeff Ewing/April 11, 2022 4:34 pm EST Since the 1980s, the ever-meme-able Nicolas Cage has been one of the most memorable and widely beloved performers in modern film history, a true national treasure. The actor plays a fictionalized version of himself in the forthcoming film “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” so it isn’t much of a surprise that career reflections and examinations will be widespread as the film nears its April 22, 2022 release date....

Jurassic World Dominion Footage Reaction: Chris Pratt Is On A Daring Dino Rescue Mission [CinemaCon 2022] Universal Pictures By Jenna Busch AND Ryan Scott/April 27, 2022 10:05 pm EST Film footage is roaring through CinemaCon in Las Vegas right now, and /Film is on the ground to bring you all about the tasty nuggets of movie goodness being shown to press. One of the films on display is the highly anticipated “Jurassic World: Dominion....

‘It’s okay to be different and to be yourself’ Netflix [“Metal Lords” is] a feel good movie, and I feel like everyone really needs that right now. So I’d love to hear your thoughts on the story of “Metal Lords” and the message. Absolutely. Yeah. I completely agree. I mean, just the sheer theme of it being about outcasts trying desperately to make their mark on the world is what makes it, I think, so fun....

Moon Knight Could Have Featured A Chris Evans Cameo As Old Captain America Marvel Studios By Joshua Meyer/June 27, 2022 8:46 am EST Chris Evans recently said that making his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut as the Human Torch — the character he played in two non-MCU “Fantastic Four” movies in the 2000s — would be “an easier sell” for him than coming back to it as Captain America. Evans seems content to end his run as Cap where he left it, with Steve Rogers having aged into an old man after going back in time and living happily ever after with Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) in “Avengers: Endgame....

An inferior product Sony While all of these new skills might be seen as a blessing, they also come with a heavy burden. For one thing, Morbius can’t quench his thirst for blood, which puts others around him in danger. For another, when he gets angry, the character is prone to having his face morph into a CGI mess, all ghoulish cheekbones, oversized fangs, and a snout-like nose. This is probably moot at this point, but gosh: what the hell ever happened to practical make-up effects?...

No One Behind The Scenes Of The Big Sleep Understood The Story Warner Bros. By Anthony Crislip/April 29, 2022 10:49 am EST Howard Hawks’ 1946 adaptation of “The Big Sleep” is one of the best Humphrey Bogart movies. It’s a great detective movie, following private eye Philip Marlowe (Bogart) as he investigates a blackmail case surrounding wild-child socialite Carmen Sternwood (Martha Vickers) on the instruction of her elderly father, General Sternwood (Charles Waldron)....

Old Federation Allies: Star Trek’s Aenar And The Andorians Explained Paramount By Devin Meenan/May 12, 2022 10:52 am EST Episode 2 of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” properly introduced the Enterprise’s chief engineer, Hemmer (Bruce Horak). Hemmer is a member of a familiar “Star Trek” species, but not quite the one you may think. Specifically, he’s an Aenar (pronounced i-nar), a subspecies of the Andorians. The pale white Aenar resemble their blue-skinned cousins, but there are some differences that go more than skin-deep....