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‘Mortal Kombat’ Featurette Explores The Making Of The Video Game Movie: Here’s What We Learned By Danielle Ryan/July 15, 2021 1:39 pm EST The 2021 Mortal Kombat movie ain’t perfect, but it has quite a bit going for it. The production design is incredible, the costumes are gorgeous, and quite a few of the special effects are seamless. While some of the special effects don’t quite mesh and the tonal inconsistencies can be jarring, when Mortal Kombat get something right, it really nails it....

‘Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie’ Trailer Reveals The English Voice Cast For The Netflix Release By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 7, 2021 1:00 pm EST There’s a new official trailer for Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal The Movie. Whew, try saying that five times fast. But the extra-long title is worth it, because the wait for a new anime adaptation of the beloved anime has been just as long. The Movie is a continuation of the Sailor Moon Crystal anime series, which debuted in 2014 as a more accurate adaptation of Naoko Takeuchi’s seminal manga....

‘Ted Lasso’: Higgins’ Motivation For Season 2, Physical Comedy, And More [Interview] By Ben Pearson/July 30, 2021 6:00 am EST Jeremy Swift, the Emmy-nominated actor who plays AFC Richmond’s director of football operations on Ted Lasso, brings a lovable and goofy air to the character of Leslie Higgins. (Leslie, if you’ll recall, is a “feminine junior,” named after his mother.) But working for the sleazy former owner Rupert Manion before the events of season 1 took a toll on his character, and though he got a great and emotional apology sequence near the end of the first season, Swift still thinks there’s more drama to mine from Higgins’ spotty past....

How The Lion King Was Filmed The movie is filmed in a way Silver describes as “metaphorically live-action,” shot on what’s called a “volume” – a motion-capture equipped sound stage with black curtains lining the walls, and sensors and cameras stationed at strategic points throughout. (To see what a volume looks like, check out this video of how Thanos came to life in the two most recent Avengers films.) On The Lion King set, there are physical dolly tracks, an actual crane, and even a handheld Steadicam rig – but there aren’t any film cameras attached to them....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 28, 2021 12:00 pm EST Netflix has got some grade-A talent for its next animated film. Musical trio Haim will be providing the music for The Witch Boy, an animated musical based on the bestselling graphic novel of the same title by Molly Knox Ostertag. The film will be directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Minkyu Lee in his feature directorial debut. An animated musical with music by Haim? Sign us up....

‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’ Will Play On With A TV Movie On The Roku Channel By Joshua Meyer/Aug. 10, 2021 6:06 am EST Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist is coming back for an encore. NBC unceremoniously canceled the musical dramedy earlier this summer, but producers are eyeing a deal with a streaming service, The Roku Channel, which would see Zoey, played by Jane Levy, return for a holiday TV movie. Depending on the success of that movie, viewers could possibly see more new episodes down the line as well....

13 Fantasy Films That Never Got Sequels Warner Bros. By Leah Marilla Thomas/Sept. 7, 2021 2:04 pm EST We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Unlike “The Lord of the Rings,” not every road goes ever on and on. For every sprawling, multi-part fantasy franchise, there’s at least one fantasy film that never got a sequel — and often, that’s for the best. After all, some stories lend themselves better to further world-building and epic storytelling....

20 Years Ago, Tom Cruise Reinvented Himself As An Actor With ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ And ‘Magnolia’ By Josh Spiegel/July 17, 2019 10:30 am EST Tom Cruise has always been a risk-taker on the big screen, for good and ill. Lately, the risks he takes center around the physical — the ever-expanding Mission: Impossible franchise is now focused on the question of how far Cruise can push his body for the sake of entertaining the masses....

Breaking Bad And Preacher Producer Enlists With Team Apple In The Streaming Wars AMC By Kaylee Dugan/Oct. 7, 2021 9:56 am EST Just like the chicken sandwich wars, the streaming wars are an ongoing conflict that is quickly turning into a forever war that will haunt our credit card payments for as long as we shall live. We recreated cable on the internet and it’s clearly going great! There’s nothing wrong with having to set up a dozen reoccurring payments for streaming services that run the gamut in quality and content and disappear as quickly as they’re introduced....

Brendan Fraser Joins Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers Of The Flower Moon,’ Continuing The Fraser-Aissance By Danielle Ryan/Aug. 3, 2021 10:06 am EST Good news, fellow Fraser fanatics—Brendan Fraser has joined the casts of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and Max Barbakow’s Brothers. It’s time to officially call it a Fraser-aissance. Killers and Brothers According to Deadline, Fraser will join the casts of both Killers of the Flower Moon and Brothers, the latter of which is already in production in Atlanta....

David Fincher Calls The Social Network “The Citizen Kane Of John Hughes Movies” By Peter Sciretta/Sept. 17, 2010 5:00 pm EST New York Magazine has an awesome seven page cover story on David Fincher’s The Social Network. If you’re not yet excited for the movie you should check it out. If you’re already excited for the film, the article is a must read. Here are a couple excerpts: The result may be what Fincher kiddingly calls “the Citizen Kane of John Hughes movies”—not to mention a gimlet-eyed study of old-money, we’re-all-gentlemen-here entitlement versus the equally cutthroat stylings of classless (in both senses) New Economy titans....

Edgar Wright Has A James Bond Pitch, Says We Need ‘Milk Chocolate’ After Daniel Craig MGM By Max Evry/Oct. 27, 2021 11:22 am EST It is no surprise that filmmaker Edgar Wright, whose new thriller “Last Night in Soho” opens this Friday, has an opinion on James Bond. Nor is it surprising that the man who parodied action movies so deftly in “Hot Fuzz” would like to see the 007 franchise head in a lighter, perhaps more cheeky direction....

Fantastic Fest 2021 Line-Up Includes ‘Titane,’ ‘Lamb,’ And More Wild Genre Movies By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 6, 2021 10:16 am EST Despite the growing concern of the Delta variant of COVID-19 around the country, Fantastic Fest 2021 is still scheduled to unfold in Austin, Texas from September 23 through 30. Austin recently returned to Stage 5 pandemic guidelines, the highest level of restrictions, but that’s not stopping the first wave of the Fantastic Fest 2021 line-up from being revealed....

Gone Girl Ending Explained: She Wants You To Be Your Best By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 10, 2021 2:39 pm EST Adapted from Gillian Flynn’s bestselling novel by the author herself, David Fincher’s “Gone Girl” isn’t a movie that screams “aspirational” in the way that a show like “Ted Lasso” does. However, for a certain breed of cinephile — someone who prefers dark dramas to rom-coms — “Gone Girl” might be the only date movie you’ll ever need....

House Of Gucci Clip: Lady Gaga Starts To Shake Up The Fashion Empire MGM By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 15, 2021 11:13 am EST Lady Gaga and her Dracula accent are ready to take out the trash in a new “House of Gucci” clip. The footage features Gaga and co-star Adam Driver having a not-so-heated argument. Gaga’s character, Patrizia Reggiani, wants Driver’s Maurizio Gucci to cut off his family members, all of whom are part of the massive Gucci empire....

How ‘The Marvels’ Will Build Upon Relationships Established In ‘Captain Marvel’ And ‘WandaVision’ By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 23, 2021 1:29 pm EST Monica Rambeau was introduced back in 2019’s Captain Marvel as a young child, but due to a few snaps and a handy time-skip, she’ll be returning in the Marvel film’s upcoming sequel as a young woman played by Teyonah Parris. And though the The Marvels is looking to be a pretty crowded ensemble piece featuring not only the return of Brie Larson as Carol Danvers but young Muslim superhero Ms....

How Did This Get Made: An Interview With The Director Of ‘Money Plane’ By Blake Harris/Aug. 18, 2020 10:00 am EST Recently, the gang at How Did This Get Made? covered this summer’s most over-the-top and Snakesonaplane-ish action film: Money Plane. To figure out how Money Plane got made, I spoke with the film’s director (and co-writer), Andy Lawrence. Which, I must admit, was especially fun as I’ve been a fan of Andy’s work since the mid-90s when he—along with his older brothers Joey Lawrence and Matt Lawrence—starred in the series Brotherly Love....

Kevin Smith Shares Details On His Phone Call With Marvel’s Kevin Feige By Joshua Meyer/Sept. 28, 2021 10:15 pm EST Kevin Smith’s long and winding career has left him with some zany credits in his filmography — and even zanier behind-the-scenes stories. Back in the day, he shared some of those stories onstage in his “Evening with Kevin Smith” series of DVDs. Since then, the proliferation of podcasts, Smodcasts, movie vlogs and blogs, and social media has made it even easier to hear the unfiltered thoughts of Smith and other filmmakers....

LOL: Watch Justin Roiland Get Drunk To Record ‘Rick & Morty’ Dialogue By Ethan Anderton/May 9, 2017 6:00 am EST Fans are anxiously awaiting the return of Rick and Morty after the surprise third season premiere debuted on April Fools Day earlier this year. We still don’t have a confirmed release date for the rest of the season of the Adult Swim series, but the late night Cartoon Network programming block has provided another tease of what’s to come with a special look behind the scenes....

No Time To Die Director Cary Fukunaga On Giving Daniel Craig’s James Bond A Proper Ending [Interview] MGM By Phil Nobile Jr./Oct. 7, 2021 10:55 am EST There are a lot of firsts happening in and around “No Time To Die,” the 25th official James Bond film. Billed insistently and loudly as Daniel Craig’s final adventure as 007, the film itself contains moments and flourishes never before depicted in the series’ 59-year history, and those choices will fuel years of fan debate....