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Black Manta Gets More To Do In ‘Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom,’ Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Says By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 11, 2021 9:10 am EST Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s upward trajectory over the last few years simply can’t be stopped. The Aquaman actor was first introduced to most audiences through his performance as the villainous Black Manta in the billion dollar-grossing comic book movie, and he’s set to reprise his role in the sequel....

Casting Bits: Emma Stone In ‘He’s F*ckin’ Perfect’, Michelle Monaghan In ‘Fast Flash To Bang Time’, Brian Cox In ‘Dog Fight’, Alice Eve In ‘Decoding Annie Parker’ By Angie Han/Nov. 3, 2011 2:30 pm EST Emma Stone has been moving into more dramatic territory lately with parts in The Help and Gangster Squad, but she may be returning to her comedy roots soon. The actress has entered talks to star in He’s Fuckin’ Perfect, a comedy by first time feature writer Lauryn Kahn....

Did You Know These Six Characters Were Written As Insults To Real People? By Ethan Anderton/May 23, 2016 4:00 am EST Writers take inspiration from everything around them. Whether it’s characters, conversations, stories or anything that you find in a screenplay, there’s a good chance those elements are shaped and informed by something that happened in any given screenwriter’s life. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that some of the bad guys we’ve seen in movies were inspired by real life jerks....

Gladiator 2 Will Be ‘Ready To Go’ After Ridley Scott’s Next Movie, Apparently DreamWorks By Ben Pearson/Sept. 29, 2021 5:01 pm EST What we do in life echoes in eternity, and director Ridley Scott is making sure that he crams as much into his life as humanly possible. The 83-year-old filmmaker has two major movies coming out this year (“House of Gucci” and “The Last Duel”) and a Napoleon-centric drama called “Kitbag” lined up to film next....

Golda First Look: Helen Mirren As Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images By Joshua Meyer/Nov. 18, 2021 10:08 am EST In “Golda,” Academy Award winner Helen Mirren is set to undergo a startling transformation for her role as Golda Meir, Israel’s first female Prime Minister. Israeli director Guy Nattiv, who also won an Academy Award for his short film, “Skin” (which he then developed into a feature-length film starring Jamie Bell), is on board to helm the upcoming biopic....

Kevin Smith’s ‘Red State’ Cast Will Return For ‘Hit Somebody’ By Peter Sciretta/Jan. 23, 2011 11:00 am EST Kevin Smith has unveiled the final credit card of his upcoming horror film Red State, which promises that “almost this entire cast will return in Hit Somebody.” Based on the Warren Zevon song, Hit Somebody (The Hockey Song), the story is about an insanely passionate hockey player named Buddy who gets his chance play professional hockey for the World Hockey Association, but as an enforcer (aka the “guy who goes out there and beats the s*** out of people”)....

Marvel Was Planning A What If…? Spin-Off For Star-Lord T’Challa Marvel Studios By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 6, 2021 9:11 pm EST Marvel’s “What If…?” animated series is now streaming its season 1 finale on Disney+, and with it, comes the last known performance from the late, great Chadwick Boseman, who lent his voice to four episodes this season. Before Boseman’s untimely death, it seems that there were plans for a spin-off involving his character....

Rami Malek Impersonates Pete Davidson In A Wholly Satisfying Saturday Night Live (With A Little Help From Daniel Craig) NBC By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 17, 2021 4:42 pm EST This weekend brought another new episode of “Saturday Night Live” — the third in a series of four back-to-back episodes kicking off season 47 with four first-time hosts. “No Time to Die” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” star Rami Malek hosted the show, and although he’s best known for his dramatic roles and having “resting villain face,” he turned out to be a wholly satisfying collaborator who wasn’t afraid to get weird with the “SNL” cast....

The 14 Best What We Do In The Shadows Episodes, Ranked FX/Hulu By Addison Peacock/Dec. 15, 2021 1:57 pm EST Ever since Bram Stoker burst on the scene with a little gothic horror novel called “Dracula,” popular culture has been obsessed with vampires. From “Twilight” to “Nosferatu,” there are dozens of different interpretations of vampire lore across film and television to sink your fangs into. One recent favorite that soared above the crown on its little bat wings was the 2015 mockumentary comedy, “What We Do in the Shadows....

Tracy and Dexter — The Philadelphia Story Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Tracy (Katherine Hepburn) and Dexter (Cary Grant) are both passionate hotheads whose love affair ended as quickly as it began. Two years after their divorce, Tracy is set to marry again, and the ornery Dexter plans to interrupt the wedding. Dexter makes a plan with a tabloid to cover Tracy’s wedding; in exchange, the editors will kill a story about Tracy’s father, leading Dexter to show up with a reporter and photographer on the eve of the event....

The Daily Stream: Billy On The Street Is Like A Pre-Pandemic Vacation Funny or Die By Danielle Ryan/Nov. 23, 2021 6:47 pm EST (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 Series: “Billy on the Street” Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max The Pitch: Comedian, writer, and actor Billy Eichner runs around the streets of New York City playing a variety of “game shows” with random strangers and a whole host of celebrities....

The Mist Ending Explained: 14 Years Later, The Ending Still Hits Like A Gunshot Dimension Films By Max Evry/Nov. 17, 2021 11:57 am EST Very few times in a career watching and analyzing horror movies do you come across a mainstream film with a true bone-rattler of an ending, but that’s exactly what happened when director Frank Darabont released “The Mist” on November 21, 2007, almost exactly 14 years ago. It was Darabont’s fourth time adapting a work by Stephen King for the screen after “The Shawshank Redemption,” “The Green Mile” and his very first major short film “The Woman in the Room....

This Week In Trailers: Two Gods, Ailey, The Justice Of Bunny King, Chasing Childhood By Christopher Stipp/May 29, 2021 9:00 am EST Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising?...

Under The Boardwalk: Release Date, Cast, And More Paramount Animation By Ben Pearson/Nov. 29, 2021 3:43 pm 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.) Since its inception in 2011, Paramount Animation hasn’t exactly lit the world on fire with its movies. So far, it has released two “SpongeBob” films, a movie called “Wonder Park” that literally didn’t have a credited director when it came out, the forgettable “Sherlock Gnomes,” and the notorious disaster known as “Monster Trucks....

Upcoming Samuel L. Jackson Movies To Keep On Your Radar Lionsgate By Ben Pearson/Nov. 23, 2021 3:53 pm EST (Welcome to On Your Radar, a series where we take a look at what’s next for the biggest actors and filmmakers, and why you should be excited…or not.) With one glance at his IMDb page, it’s easy to see why Samuel L. Jackson is one of the highest-grossing actors of the modern era....

The Need for Speed Dimension Films Despite the intricate art form and its risky outcomes, stunt performances are extremely undervalued in film. After almost a century of Oscars, the Academy still does not recognize the best stunt performances with their own category. Stunt work is a crucial part of movie magic and entertainment that fills theater seats. In the days of guerrilla filmmaking, Friedkin was not alone in his maverick techniques....

Zack Snyder’s ‘Army Of The Dead’ Poster Sets Netflix Release Date By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 22, 2021 7:00 am EST Zack Snyder is raising an Army of the Dead, and it’s shambling onto Netflix this spring. The streamer has set the official release date, which it announced via a nifty first teaser poster. See the Army of the Dead poster below. Army of the Dead Release Date Poster Army of the Dead will premiere on Netflix on May 21, 2021, Netflix announced, revealing a teaser poster that shows a bloody vault full of money and playing cards, with dozens of zombie hands reaching through the cracks....

/Filmcast Ep. 609 - WandaVision (GUEST: Joanna Robinson From Vanity Fair) By Slashfilmcast/March 10, 2021 8:00 pm EST Jeff returns from a throat surgery. David, Devindra, and Jeff discuss the Oprah interview with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry on CBS. For the feature review, the cast dives into the Marvel television show WandaVision with Joanna Robinson, Senior Writer at Vanity Fair. The Slashfilmcast is launching a Patreon! Support us at http://patreon....

‘Masters Of The Universe’ Honest Trailer: The Kinkiest Movie Based On Action Figures By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 14, 2019 6:00 am EST Transformers: The Movie may have come to the big screen in 1986, but it wasn’t until 1987 that we got the first live-action movie based on a line of action figures in the form of Masters of the Universe. Inspired by the toys and animated series with the much more manly title of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, this movie has a few characters fans love, and some random ass characters that no one gives a s*** about taking up 50% of the film’s running time....

‘Modern Love’ Season 2 Cast Includes Kit Harrington, Dominique Fishback, Anna Paquin, Minnie Driver, And More By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 22, 2021 4:00 pm EST The first season premiered in 2019 and featured Anne Hathaway, Tina Fey, Andy Garcia, Dev Patel, Olivia Cooke, Andrew Scott, among others. The idea for the show comes from The New York Times column of the same name, with John Carney serving as showrunner, writer, director, and executive producer....