For the honor of Grayskull! Filmation There is no writer attached to the live-action “She-Ra” series at the moment. Though Variety reports that it will feature a “new, standalone story and will not be connected to the animated show,” I really do hope they take some inspiration from the new animated series. DreamWorks Animation will serve as an executive producer on the live-action show, as it did with “She-Ra and the Princesses of Power....
The Reason Denis Villeneuve Didn’t Direct Sicario: Day Of The Soldado Lionsgate By Anthony Crislip/March 30, 2022 2:04 pm EST Denis Villeneuve’s 2015 film “Sicario” took a familiar take on the complexities of the border war and turned it into a nuanced thriller. Villeneuve brought to the story his typical technical precision and intuitive staging, the same qualities that made him capable of crafting a sensational adaptation of “Dune.” With the story of FBI Agent Kate Mercer (Emily Blunt), a moral person navigating the modern world of U....
The Red Sonja Movie Is Once Again In Jeopardy Dynamite Entertainment By Jeremy Mathai/April 14, 2022 12:08 pm EST I’ll admit, it doesn’t take a whole lot to go wrong in order to convince me that something I’ve really wanted to happen is, for whatever reason, just not meant to be. There’s absolutely something to be said for persistence and defying long odds and overcoming numerous obstacles … but how many unsubtle signs does the universe need to toss into your path before realizing that it’s just not going to happen?...
The Tinder Swindler Trailer: A Con Man’s Marks Turn The Tables In Netflix Doc Netflix By Jenna Busch/Jan. 11, 2022 7:18 pm EST Today, Netflix has released a new trailer for their upcoming true-crime documentary “The Tinder Swindler.” Dating apps can be dangerous places. If you’ve been on them, you know what people will say and do to get what they want. In the film, which is directed by Felicity Morris, we learn about one such person....
The Wookiee Gladiator In The Book Of Boba Fett Chapter 2 May Be Setting Up A Major Character Reveal Lucasfilm By Ryan Scott/Jan. 5, 2022 11:43 am EST Boba Fett, former bounty hunter and current ruler of Tatooine, has returned to “Star Wars” for another adventure in this week’s episode of “The Book of Boba Fett.” Picking up where the first episode of the series left off, we got more of Fett’s ongoing navigation of the new world he finds himself in, while also giving us more flashbacks to what happened in the time between “Return of the Jedi” and his return in “The Mandalorian....
Trusting The Audience Was Key To Making Harold And Kumar’s Comedy Work New Line Cinema By Michael Boyle/May 23, 2022 12:32 pm EST A common sentiment you often hear is the idea that a certain sitcom or comedy film “couldn’t have been made today” because of political correctness run amok. You’ll often hear these laments being made about shows like “The Office,” where Michael Scott (Steve Carell) would constantly say offensive things that wouldn’t fly in today’s climate, and isn’t that a shame?...
Universal Pulls Michael Bay’s Ambulance From Release In Russia Universal Pictures By Valerie Ettenhofer/March 1, 2022 7:56 pm EST Universal Pictures has joined the growing list of studios pulling their movies from release schedules in Russia over the past 24 hours. Per The Wrap, the studio has announced that plans to release its upcoming Michael Bay movie, “Ambulance,” in Russia are on hold as the nation continues its invasion of Ukraine....
Why Ana De Armas Originally Declined To Audition For Knives Out Lionsgate By Mike Shutt/May 5, 2022 11:01 am EST When we all went to go see “Knives Out,” we had a certain preconceived notion as to what the movie was going to be. After all, it was a classic murder mystery setup. You have the gentleman sleuth, here played by a Southern fried Daniel Craig, who comes in to investigate the murder of an individual among a group of people who all had motive to kill him....
Why The Creator Of Doctor Who’s Theme Song Went Uncredited For Decades BBC By Christian Gainey/April 4, 2022 11:30 am EST Swoops, clouds, and wind bubble. if someone gave you a piece of paper with these words or images on it, could you make a song? Maybe. Would it be any good? Possibly. Would it become iconic and change tv and music forever? Very doubtful. But that’s exactly what one woman did and I can almost guarantee you’ve heard her creation....
Chinatown Ending Explained: Forget It, Jake Paramount By Mike Shutt/March 7, 2022 3:40 pm EST The films of the New Hollywood had a distinct way of leaving the audience on a total bummer. They could make you throw up your hands and think, “Man, the world’s just bad, isn’t it?” and somehow make that into a completely satisfying conclusion. It spoke truth to a world being upended, with figures of authority and the status quo constantly being challenged....
Daily Podcast: Batman’s Running Time, Ahsoka Casting, MonsterVerse TV Series & More Lucasfilm By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 24, 2022 3:13 pm EST Opening Banter: In The News: Also mentioned: How high will it go? How high will it go? (og Jeremy): Mission: Impossible 7 And 8 Release Dates Have Been Delayed Again previously scheduled for a September 30, 2022 and July 7, 2023. New dates: July 14, 2023, and June 28, 2024....
Disney Did Some Unusual Research To Recreate Ratatouille’s Kitchen Disney / Pixar By Witney Seibold/March 21, 2022 12:28 pm EST Animation is a meticulous process, and attention to detail marks the difference between a good animated film and a great one. As large-budget animated features have continued to advance technologically, so too have animators’ ability to add in a great deal more visual nuance. In high-profile productions like the ones Pixar regularly produces, entire teams of designers and animators are devoted to conceptualizing and creating all the tiny details in the background of each shot....
Ethan Hawke Accepted His Role In The Black Phone As Creepily As Possible Universal Pictures By Anya Stanley/April 30, 2022 10:53 am EST When “Doctor Strange” director Scott Derrickson returned to the horror genre with his frequent collaborator C. Robert Cargill to adapt “The Black Phone,” he knew he needed exceptional elements to elevate Joe Hill’s original source material to something as outright terrifying as Derrickson and Cargill’s 2012 chiller, “Sinister....
Get A Behind-The-Scenes Look At Sweet Tooth Season 2 Netflix By Joshua Meyer/June 7, 2022 8:21 am EST “Sweet Tooth” is that rarest of things: a family-friendly, post-apocalyptic, survival fantasy. It’s been a year since the Netflix series debuted to rave reviews, and now the streamer has released a new featurette, confirming that “Sweet Tooth” season 2 has wrapped and giving a behind-the-scenes look at its production. Developed by Jim Mickle (“We Are What We Are,” “Cold in July”) and executive produced by Susan Downey and Robert Downey Jr....
How Outer Range Aimed To Flip Hollywood’s Western Revival On Its Head Prime Video By Joshua Meyer/April 18, 2022 8:35 am EST “Outer Range,” the new Prime Video series starring Josh Brolin and Imogen Poots, puts a sci-fi twist on the neo-Western. Brolin’s character, a Wyoming rancher named Royal Abbott, sees his daughter-in-law go missing, and it may have something to with an enigmatic black hole to nowhere that appears on his land....
How Pacific Rim Paid A Surprising Homage To John Wayne Warner Bros. Pictures By Collier Jennings/April 11, 2022 5:36 pm EST I don’t think I have to tell you how awesome “Pacific Rim” is. It’s a movie featuring giant robots punching the crap out of giant monsters — that’s an instant recipe for greatness. But what’s even more awesome is the thought that was put into shaping the world of the film....
How The Batman Returns McDonald’s Ad Campaign Changed The Series Warner Bros. Pictures By Collier Jennings/Feb. 11, 2022 11:49 am EST Tim Burton’s “Batman” and its sequel “Batman Returns” are the films that pushed the Dark Knight into the mainstream, thanks largely to their nightmarish atmosphere and Michael Keaton’s intense performance as Bruce Wayne. Can you believe that Bill Murray could’ve gotten the part? “Returns” even led to the creation of the beloved “Batman: The Animated Series,” which, for my money, is the definitive Batman take for its generation....
Jonah Hill Holds The Record For Most Cursing In A Movie, And Samuel L. Jackson Had The Perfect Response Miramax By Jenna Busch/March 11, 2022 5:56 pm EST As someone who owns a bottle opener that has Samuel L. Jackson saying, “Tick tock, motherf***er!” in my kitchen right now, this news was surprising. As it turns out, despite having many famous scenes of spewing profanity on film, Jackson is not the record holder for the most curse words said in films....
All the world’s a stage, all our actors are fools IFC After pharmaceutical businessman Humberto Suárez (José Luis Gómez) is suddenly seized by the idea of entering the movie business, he shells out millions for the rights of a popular book and hires what he hears is the best of the best to adapt it: Cannes mainstay Lola Cuevas (Cruz). Asking Lola that she only cast “the best” for her film, Humberto is confused by her elaborate arguments for the innately tense casting of international heartthrob Félix Rivero (Banderas) opposite acclaimed theatre veteran Iván Torres (Martinez) as two brothers at each other’s throats, only replying with a simple, “Well, as long as they’re the best....
One Of The Umbrella Academy’s Most Explosive Scenes Was More Real Than You Think By Valerie Ettenhofer/Jan. 28, 2022 11:44 am EST Most behind-the-scenes stories about explosions involve complex pyrotechnics, or even CGI. But how many can say one of their best set stories involves an exploding field of corn? Well, “The Umbrella Academy” director Stephen Surjik can. If you’ve caught the second season of Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy,” you might remember the scene in question....
