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By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 4, 2021 5:00 pm EST The Father of the Bride remake has found its director. Gaz Alazraki, who helmed Club de Cuervos, is set to direct the pic for Warner Bros., with this latest incarnation focusing on a Cuban American family. The original Father of the Bride opened in 1950 with Spencer Tracy in the lead, and was followed by a sequel in 1951, Father’s Little Dividend. In 1991, the film was remade with Steve Martin....

‘House Of The Dragon’ Begins Production At HBO – See Photos Of The Cast At A Table Read By Ben Pearson/April 26, 2021 12:00 pm EST Are you ready to return to Westeros? HBO is banking on the fact that the same audience that made Game of Thrones a television phenomenon will be willing to put aside their disappointment with how that show concluded and dive back into George R.R. Martin’s fantasy world....

‘In The Heights’ Trailer: Will This Musical Be The Event Of The Summer? By Chris Evangelista/April 26, 2021 5:30 pm EST Last night during the Oscars a brand-new trailer for In the Heights arrived, giving us yet another look at the highly anticipated musical from Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu. While some of the footage here was from a previous trailer, it’s set to different music, and continues to make In the Heights look like a must-see....

‘LFG’ Trailer: HBO Max Documentary Follows U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team’s Fight For Equality By Chris Evangelista/March 9, 2021 7:30 am EST In 2019, three months before the FIFA Women’s World Cup, the players filed a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation, alleging gender discrimination. The new HBO Max documentary LFG chronicles this story as well as the team’s ongoing fight for equal pay, featuring interviews with Megan Rapinoe, Jessica McDonald, Becky Sauerbrunn, Kelley O’Hara, Sam Mewis, and more....

‘Prospect’ Review: The Best Indie Science Fiction Movie Since ‘Moon’ By Jacob Hall/Nov. 1, 2018 1:00 pm EST (This review originally ran during our coverage of the 2018 SXSW Film Festival. Prospect opens in New York and Los Angeles tomorrow, November 2, 2018.)Prospect exists in a huge universe, one whose scope boggles the mind and imagination. And we are treated to only the smallest, most tantalizing glimpse. A taste. What a taste it is....

‘Quiz’ Trailer: Matthew Macfadyen Cheats At ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?’ In AMC’s Miniseries By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 14, 2020 12:30 pm EST What is it about Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? that lends so much Hollywood-worthy drama? Is it the progressively higher stakes as sweating contestants ponder harder questions for more money? Is it the dramatic lighting? The lifelines? Whatever the case, the sensationally popular TV game show has found itself at the center of several feature films and TV shows, the latest of which tells the true story of the British edition’s biggest scandal....

‘Red Sonja’ Movie May Be Casting Another Marvel Actor By Ben Pearson/June 14, 2021 1:01 pm EST Millennium’s Red Sonja cast may have just added another actor who has previously played in the Marvel Studios sandbox. Hannah John-Kamen, who played the mysterious villain Ghost in 2019’s Ant-Man and the Wasp, is starring in the sword-and-sandal fantasy epic that’s been mired in development hell for years, and now it appears that Thor and Thor: The Dark World actress Jaimie Alexander may be joining her in a whole different type of comic book movie....

‘Sesame Street’ Loses Lawsuit Against ‘The Happytime Murders’ By Chris Evangelista/May 31, 2018 1:30 pm EST The folks at Sesame Street filed a lawsuit against ejaculating puppet movie The Happytime Murders, claiming the film tarnished the Sesame brand. And now it’s over –a judge has ruled in favor of The Happytime Murders. A few days ago, Sesame Workshop, the people who own and operate Sesame Street, filed a lawsuit against The Happytime Murders, the film that asks: “Wouldn’t it be hilarious if puppets said ‘f***’?...

‘The Rising Storm’ Brings Us To The ‘Star Wars’ Equivalent Of Disneyland For A Fresh, Action-Packed Adventure By Bryan Young/June 29, 2021 8:22 am EST This post contains minor spoilers.Written by Cavan Scott, Star Wars: The High Republic – The Rising Storm is the latest major novel in this first wave of stories coming from the High Republic era of Star Wars. Taking place approximately a year after Charles Soule’s Light of the Jedi, the Nihil have been biding their time and laying low as the Republic and the Jedi grow complacent....

The Underground Railroad Clip Whoa. The name of the clip, “In Aeternum,” translates to “forever,” a word that’s obviously associated with history and finality. But Jenkins seems to have other plans in mind. “They say history is written by the victors, so…???’? ??? ?? ????,” he wrote in an accompanying caption on Twitter. And run it back he does, reversing the photography and at least temporarily erasing some of the horrors that befell Black people in this country during the days of slavery....

‘War Magician’ Recruits Benedict Cumberbatch For Colin Trevorrow’s World War II Movie By Chris Evangelista/March 16, 2021 5:00 pm EST Benedict Cumberbatch is going from Sorcerer Supreme to War Magician. The actor will star in the new film from Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow, based on the true-ish story of Jasper Maskelyne, a world-famous magician and illusionist who used his stage skills to help the British Army during World War II....

‘What We Do In The Shadows’ Season Three: Release Date, Cast, And More By Danielle Ryan/July 29, 2021 4:52 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.) New Zealand duo Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi created a horror-comedy masterpiece with their movie What We Do in the Shadows, and then they turned around and did the exact same thing for TV with their series of the same name....

22% Of Marvel Fans Most Want To See This Villain In The MCU Marvel By Ben Pearson/Oct. 25, 2021 2:36 pm EST (Welcome to Survey Says, a feature where we conduct a movie-related survey for a random group of people and explain why they’re completely right, completely wrong, or somewhere in-between.) With an impressive 25 movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as of this writing, there have been dozens of opportunities for the studio to introduce famous (and some not-so-famous) villains from the pages of Marvel Comics into the realm of live-action....

Ahsoka Tano’s Voice Cameo In ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Doesn’t Mean She’s Dead, According To Dave Filoni By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 20, 2020 11:30 am EST Ahsoka Tano is one of the most popular new characters to emerge from the Star Wars animated universe — with one of the coolest character designs. So why hasn’t she made it to the big screen? Well, she sort-of has with a sight unseen cameo in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, but in a way that devastated fans of the character....

Captain Carter Is The Crux Of Marvel’s ‘What If…?’ Animated Series And Will Return In Future Seasons By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 2, 2021 8:54 am EST Marvel’s What If…? animated series will soon take us across the multiverse with a remix of familiar stories from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. One of the most prominent characters in the marketing so far has been Captain Carter, a super soldier version of Peggy Carter (voiced by MCU star Hayley Atwell) that puts a new spin on the origin story of Captain America: The First Avenger....

Disney’s Guardians Of The Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind Ride Will Open In 2022 Disney By Josh Spiegel/Sept. 30, 2021 6:11 pm EST It’s been years in the making, but the date is almost here. As Disney ramps up its 50th anniversary celebration for the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, they announced today that the new E-Ticket roller-coaster attraction Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind has an opening … year. Yes, it’s not quite time to plan your trip to the opening day of the big new roller coaster, but we now know that Cosmic Rewind will open at Epcot in 2022....

Distant Release Date and Where You Can Watch It IMDb “Distant” is set to hit theaters on March 11, 2022. As part of the multiyear licensing deal that begins in 2022, “Distant” will air on Showtime, The Movie Channel, and Flix, as well as Showtime’s multiplex linear channels and streaming service. What is Distant About? UMG (on behalf of Universal Records) Here’s the official synopsis from the Amblin website: Not everyone who goes to space gets the glory....

Dune Could Still Get A Sequel Even If It Underperforms Thanks To HBO Max Legendary Entertainment By Joshua Meyer/Sept. 14, 2021 8:46 am EST After several delays, “Dune” is fast-approaching its October 22 release date. Some lucky festival attendees, like our own Marshall Shaffer, have already had a chance to see and review the film. The rest of us are marooned on our own spice-free planets (#NotArrakis), waiting for it to go into wide release next month....

Emily Blunt Debunks ‘Fantastic Four’ Casting Rumors, Doesn’t Like Superhero Movies Anyway By Ethan Anderton/May 12, 2021 9:30 am EST John Krasinski and Emily Blunt have been at the top of the fan-casting lists for the roles of Reed Richards and Sue Storm, AKA Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman, in Marvel’s forthcoming Fantastic Four. But even though Emily Blunt nearly entered the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Black Widow before scheduling took her away from the role, the actress may no longer be interested in taking on a superhero role....

Everything We Know About Marvel’s She-Hulk Series So Far Marvel Comics By Shania Russell/Sept. 16, 2021 3:32 pm EST “She-Hulk” is about to join Daredevil in the ranks of superheroes who are a dual threat — fighting both in the streets and in the courtroom. After the emotional conclusion of the Infinity Saga, the Marvel Cinematic Universe entered a longer-than-expected hiatus. When Marvel Studios finally came back, it decided to make up for lost time with our current reality: a constant stream of new MCU movies and shows....