Shang Chi Director Destin Daniel Cretton Directed One Key Scene From His Iphone

Shang-Chi Director Destin Daniel Cretton Directed One Key Scene From His iPhone Walt Disney Pictures / Marvel Studios By Shania Russell/Sept. 3, 2021 7:07 pm EST Directing a Marvel tentpole comes with a whole flurry of complications. The enormous blockbusters demand filmmakers juggle a giant crew and lots of extended universe madness. If that’s not crazy enough, there’s all the secrecy they have to worry about on top of that. Adding to the pile is the general chaos of this past year....

November 2, 2022 · 9 min · 1743 words · William Semien

The Daily Stream Caravan Of Courage Is A Reminder For Star Wars Fans To Complain Less

The Daily Stream: Caravan Of Courage Is A Reminder For Star Wars Fans To Complain Less Lucasfilm By Ryan Scott/Sept. 30, 2021 12:18 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 Movie: “Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure” Where You Can Stream It: Disney+ The Pitch: “Star Wars” wrapped up its initial run with “Return of the Jedi” back in 1983....

November 2, 2022 · 14 min · 2964 words · Kathleen Jones

The Quarantine Stream Destroyer Is An Vastly Underrated Neo Noir Flick

The Quarantine Stream: ‘Destroyer’ Is An Vastly Underrated Neo-Noir Flick By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 5, 2020 7:00 am EST (Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.)The Movie: DestroyerWhere You Can Stream It: HuluThe Pitch: A near-unrecognizable Nicole Kidman is a hard-boiled cop haunted by a violent tragedy in her past.Why It’s Essential Quarantine Viewing: It still boggles my mind that Destroyer seemed to come and go without much attention....

November 2, 2022 · 8 min · 1581 words · James Gaddie

22 Jump Street Set Visit Like Going From Bad Boys To Bad Boys Ii But More Ridiculous

‘22 Jump Street’ Set Visit: Like Going From Bad Boys To Bad Boys II… But More Ridiculous By Germain Lussier/April 3, 2014 9:00 am EST Still unsure what to make of 22 Jump Street? Directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord have you right where they want you. “Everything we’ve ever done has been riding on low expectations,” Miller said. “Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs? A terrible idea. Doing 21 Jump Street as a movie is a terrible idea....

November 1, 2022 · 28 min · 5853 words · Debra Vetter

Demonic Ifc Midnight Will Distribute Neill Blomkamp S Supernatural Horror Movie

‘Demonic’: IFC Midnight Will Distribute Neill Blomkamp’s Supernatural Horror Movie By Ben Pearson/March 31, 2021 4:30 pm EST Neill Blomkamp, of District 9 and Chappie fame, directed a horror movie in Canada last year during the pandemic that was cloaked in mystery, but now we finally know a little bit about it. The film is called Demonic, and IFC Midnight has announced that the company has picked up the U.S. distribution rights....

November 1, 2022 · 6 min · 1215 words · Matthew Small

Demonic Trailer District 9 Director Neill Blomkamp Is Back With A New Horror Movie

‘Demonic’ Trailer: ‘District 9’ Director Neill Blomkamp Is Back With A New Horror Movie By Chris Evangelista/July 21, 2021 5:25 am EST Neill Blomkamp is leaving big-budget sci-fi behind for indie horror. Demonic, the latest effort from the father of Chappie, is Blomkamp’s first horror effort, and it’s considerably smaller scale than the movies he’s made before. Here, a young woman is forced to reconnect with her estranged mother. But this is no normal family reunion....

November 1, 2022 · 6 min · 1155 words · Stephanie Davies

Escape Room 2 First Look The Deadly Game Expands In A Tournament Of Champions

‘Escape Room 2’ First Look: The Deadly Game Expands In A ‘Tournament Of Champions’ By Ethan Anderton/May 24, 2021 12:30 pm EST After being made on a budget of just $9 million, the suspenseful puzzle thriller Escape Room went on to be a major box office success, raking in over $155 million worldwide. That was more than enough for Sony Pictures to get a sequel off the ground immediately, and now we’re finally getting a hint at how the deadly game will expand in the next chapter....

November 1, 2022 · 10 min · 2013 words · Frank Neidich

League Of Legends Animated Series Arcane Coming To Netflix This Fall Watch The Teaser Trailer

‘League Of Legends’ Animated Series ‘Arcane’ Coming To Netflix This Fall, Watch The Teaser Trailer By Chris Evangelista/May 3, 2021 11:30 am EST The extremely popular multiplayer online battle arena video game League of Legends is unleashing a new animated series for Netflix called Arcane, and the first teaser for the series just arrived. The series comes from League of Legends creators Riot Games, and is set within the world of the game....

November 1, 2022 · 6 min · 1202 words · Pete Lund

Mortal Kombat Director Simon Mcquoid On The Challenges Of Video Game Movies And The Freedom Of An R Rating Interview

‘Mortal Kombat’ Director Simon McQuoid On The Challenges Of Video Game Movies And The Freedom Of An R-Rating [Interview] By Chris Evangelista/April 19, 2021 10:00 am EST It’s time once again for Mortal Kombat as a new film arrives based on the wildly popular, wildly violent video game franchise. Like the games and the previous films, the new movie centers on fighters from our world must battle enemies from another dimension with the fate of Earth in the balance....

November 1, 2022 · 16 min · 3260 words · Darren Kennedy

Paper Girls Co Showrunner Exits Series Production Still Ongoing

Paper Girls Going Forward Folsom’s departure leaves Christopher C. Rogers as the sole showrunner for the series. He’ll also executive produce alongside his Halt and Catch Fire co-creator Cantwell, and creators Vaughn and Chiang. The mysterious sci-fi series follows four young girls who “while out delivering papers on the morning after Halloween in 1988, become unwittingly caught in a conflict between warring factions of time-travelers, sending them on an adventure through time that will save the world....

November 1, 2022 · 5 min · 874 words · Matthew Harcar

Shackleton Tom Hardy To Play The Famous Polar Explorer In New Biopic

‘Shackleton’: Tom Hardy To Play The Famous Polar Explorer In New Biopic By Ben Pearson/Feb. 7, 2020 4:30 pm EST Tom Hardy will soon return to the big screen as Eddie Brock in a sequel to his 2018 hit Venom, but he’s also planning to head south in a new survival thriller. Hardy will star in a biopic of Ernest Shackleton, the legendary polar explorer who, after a disastrous crash in the Antarctic, led his expedition on a months-long journey to safety....

November 1, 2022 · 6 min · 1122 words · Marilyn White

The Crown Star Emma Corrin Lands A Role Opposite Harry Styles In Romantic Drama My Policeman

‘The Crown’ Star Emma Corrin Lands A Role Opposite Harry Styles In Romantic Drama ‘My Policeman’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 5, 2021 9:30 am EST My Policeman is an LGBTQ romance that takes place in the late 1990s, as an elderly Patrick reunites with Marion and Tom, triggering a flood of memories from 40 years prior, when Tom and Patrick embarked on a passionate affair at a time when homosexuality was illegal....

November 1, 2022 · 2 min · 370 words · Bradford Jenkins

The Suicide Squad Sets New Record For Most Viewed Red Band Trailer In A Week

‘The Suicide Squad’ Sets New Record For Most Viewed Red Band Trailer In A Week By Ethan Anderton/April 5, 2021 4:30 pm EST James Gunn announced the record-breaking news on Friday, just before the Easter holiday weekend: I just got word #TheSuicideSquad redband trailer set a new record for most views of a redband trailer in a week, with over 150 million views worldwide. I’m incredibly grateful to all of you for making this happen!...

November 1, 2022 · 2 min · 345 words · Elizabeth Aaron

The Suicide Squad Trailer Breakdown Let S Take A Closer Look At This Wild Anti Hero Team But Mostly King Shark

‘The Suicide Squad’ Trailer Breakdown: Let’s Take A Closer Look At This Wild Anti-Hero Team…but Mostly King Shark By Ethan Anderton/March 26, 2021 12:00 pm EST Now this is what I call a Suicide Squad. After the first iteration of the DC Comics team of bad guys trying to do some good failed to stir up much excitement, Guardians of the Galaxy franchise director James Gunn is giving them a bit of an overhaul....

November 1, 2022 · 28 min · 5855 words · Samuel Whitmire

10 Things You Didn T Know About John Constantine

He seduced a monkey DC Comics John Constantine was born in Liverpool on May 10, 1953, after strangling his twin brother with his umbilical cord in the womb. In a parallel universe, John’s twin survived to become the successful and functional adult magician that John could never be. Growing up with an alcoholic, abusive, widowed father, John left home to form the punk rock band Mucous Membrane. His roadie, Francis “Chas” Chandler (nicknamed after the bassist for The Animals), would become John’s closest, oldest, and only surviving friend, after John freed Chas from the clutches of his mother, a possessive witch whose familiar was not a black cat, but a chimpanzee dressed as a woman....

November 1, 2022 · 32 min · 6802 words · Margaret Sneed

20 Pieces Of Trivia We Learned At The Napoleon Dynamite 10Th Anniversary Screening

20 Pieces Of Trivia We Learned At The ‘Napoleon Dynamite’ 10th Anniversary Screening By Germain Lussier/June 10, 2014 2:00 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Below, read 20 things we learned about Napoleon Dynamite from the 10th anniversary screening. Thanks to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the great event and screening photos. Here are the cool things we learned: The first thing filmed was Napoleon walking around the thrift store and finding the Sai and dance tape....

November 1, 2022 · 3 min · 582 words · Roderick Armstrong

Daily Podcast An Interview With Eternals Director Chlo Zhao Plus Wicked Werewolf By Night And More

Marvel By Ben Pearson/Nov. 5, 2021 3:26 pm EST Opening Banter: In The News: In Our Feature Presentation: (Ben og Anya) Ariana Grande And Cynthia Erivo Have Been Cast As Glinda And Elphaba In Jon Chu’s Wicked Adaptation (Ben og Shania) The Incal Movie Coming From Taika Waititi, Will Adapt Jodorowksy’s Foundational Comic (HT og Kaylee) Disney’s Live-Action Snow White Has Found Its Gal … Gadot, That Is, As The Evil Queen...

November 1, 2022 · 2 min · 376 words · Robert Odle

Doctor Strange 2 Director Sam Raimi Explains His Process A Different Take Something Unexpected

Raimi’s Return Universal Pictures Marvel’s grand plans for Doctor Strange’s post-“Avengers: Endgame” appearances were temporarily derailed when the studio mutually parted ways with director Scott Derrickson. As much as I enjoyed Derrickson’s take on the first movie, things may have worked out for the best when Sam Raimi, of all directors, was enlisted to take over. Raimi, of course, directed Sony’s “Spider-Man” movies to critical acclaim in the early 2000s and even managed to sneak in a funny (and, at the time, niche) Doctor Strange reference....

November 1, 2022 · 5 min · 933 words · Carl Lane

Firebite Sounds Like The Australian Hunters Versus Vampires Series We May Need

Firebite Sounds Like The Australian Hunters Versus Vampires Series We May Need Warner Bros./Netfix By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 25, 2021 8:46 am EST Australian hunters fighting vampires in the desert? Yes, please. That’s the concept behind “Firebite,” a new series coming to AMC+. The series centers on two Indigenous hunters, played by two Indigenous actors, Rob Collins and Shantae Barnes-Cowan. Deadline reports that they’re on “a quest to battle the last colony of vampires in the middle of the South Australian desert....

November 1, 2022 · 7 min · 1483 words · Evan Carroll

Friday The 13Th Vs Paranormal Activity The Greatest Horror Franchise Ever Round 7

Friday the 13th Warner Bros. “Friday the 13th” is, in many ways, the quintessential slasher franchise, and slashers are arguably the quintessential subgenre in the horror landscape. While “Halloween” is arguably the best slasher movie we have, what has been accomplished in the “Friday the 13th” movies is truly unique and, above all else, wholly entertaining for those who enjoy these sorts of cinematic pleasures. The fact of the matter is “Friday the 13th” started out in 1980 as a kind of by the numbers slasher flick with a twist that had nearly none of the signature elements that casual movie fans would come to associate with it down the road....

November 1, 2022 · 12 min · 2347 words · Robert Garcia