Posts

‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Action Figures Confirm Another Member Of The Next Generation By Ethan Anderton/July 27, 2021 10:27 am EST Hot on the heels of this morning’s new trailer for Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Hasbro has revealed the first wave of action figures featuring the next generation of paranormal exterminators from the anticipated sequel. We’ve already met Egon Spengler’s grandkids, Trevor (Finn Wolfhard) and Phoebe (Mckenna Grace), and we’ve gotten a glimpse of newcomer Logan Kim as a new friend nicknamed “Podcast” who helps them out....

‘In Bruges’ Director Martin McDonagh’s New Movie With Colin Farrell And Brendan Gleason Is Filming This Year By Jeremy Mathai/June 16, 2021 10:49 am EST You know what they say: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. After Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri garnered plenty of awards attention (not to mention a fair amount of controversy) four years ago, writer/director Martin McDonagh is back with his next project… and he’s bringing along some familiar faces, too....

‘Jungle Cruise’ Opens Big, ‘Green Knight’ Does Well For An A24 Movie By Jeremy Mathai/Aug. 2, 2021 8:34 am EST Not to beat a dead horse or anything, but every box office report these days comes with the important caveat that we’re still in the midst of a pandemic. That means families are still a bit hesitant to turn out for blockbusters, smaller movies are facing even more dire struggles than they already were, and Disney continues to goose their box office numbers by including Disney+ Premier Access rentals....

‘Loki’ Head Writer Michael Waldron Deftly Dodges Our Questions About A Second Season, ‘Doctor Strange 2,’ And Kevin Feige’s ‘Star Wars’ Movie By Ethan Anderton/June 7, 2021 11:18 am EST When working with secretive properties the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Star Wars, filmmakers quickly learn how to dodge questions from sites like/Film that are looking for any scrap of new information about the future of these franchises. So we’d like to commend Loki head writer Michael Waldron on his freshman outing with Marvel Studios for being able to successfully sidestep and dodge any questions about a potential second season of Loki, how the series might impact Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and what he’s bringing to Kevin Feige’s developing Star Wars movie....

‘Marvelous And The Black Hole’ Review: A Sweet But Slight Coming-Of-Age Comedy About Letting A Little Magic Into Your Life [Sundance 2021] By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 10, 2021 10:00 am EST 13 is a hard age. No longer a child, not yet an adult, and nowhere to channel that teen angst, which is even rawer for angry delinquent Sammy Ko (Miya Cech), who is struggling to overcome the grief over losing her mother....

‘Nobody’ Sequel In The Works, So Maybe Bob Odenkirk Can Become ‘Somebody’ This Time By Chris Evangelista/June 18, 2021 10:48 am EST Nobody, the John Wick-ish actioner that turned Bob Odenkirk into an ass-kicker, might be getting a sequel. The potential sequel has not been given a greenlight yet, but writer Derek Kolstad is said to be working on the script. And according to Nobody director Ilya Naishuller, the script is going to give Connie Nielsen, who plays Odenkirk’s wife, more to do....

‘Shogun’ Limited Series Cast Adds Hiroyuki Sanada And Cosmo Jarvis By Chris Evangelista/May 24, 2021 5:00 pm EST The FX limited series based on James Clavell’s Shogun has added Hiroyuki Sanada and Cosmo Jarvis to its cast. Sanada just appeared in both Mortal Kombat and Army of the Dead, while Jarvis’s credits include Annihilation and Calm With Horses. The story is “set in feudal Japan and charts the collision of two ambitious men from different worlds and a mysterious female samurai....

‘The Last Letter From Your Lover’ Trailer: Shailene Woodley And Felicity Jones Conduct Love Affairs Across Decades By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 4, 2021 12:30 pm EST How down are you to watch Shailene Woodley do a dodgy British accent while wearing glamorous 1960s clothes? If your answer is 100% down, then Netflix’s new weepy romance drama The Last Letter From Your Lover is tailor-made for you. Watch The Last Letter From Your Lover trailer below....

‘The Mitchells Vs. The Machines’ Filmmakers Break Down The Incredible Furby Fight By Ethan Anderton/May 10, 2021 8:30 am EST Netflix has a big hit on their hands with The Mitchells vs. The Machines, the latest animated film from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and The LEGO Movie producers Phil Lord & Chris Miller. Now that the film is available in their streaming library, they’re rolling out a look into how it was made....

‘Tomb Raider’ And ‘Skull Island’ Anime Series Ordered At Netflix By Hoai-Tran Bui/Jan. 28, 2021 7:30 am EST Tomb Raider and Kong: Skull Island are the next properties getting the anime treatment at Netflix. The streamer and Legendary Television have announced a Tomb Raider anime series, based on the Square Enix video game, and a Skull Island anime series, based on the Legendary monster, King Kong. Netflix has ordered two new anime series in collaboration with Legendary TV....

1313 Mockingbird Lane Lives Again For Rob Zombie’s The Munsters Universal By Lex Briscuso/Sept. 25, 2021 9:30 am EST Out with the old, in with the new … Munster Mansion, that is! “The Munsters” movie reboot director Rob Zombie shared a new sneak peek of the reconstruction of the famed TV home. “It’s a beautiful day in Budapest and good old Mockingbird Lane is coming along perfectly. Who wouldn’t want to live here?...

Batgirl Brings In Loki Composer, Can We Hope For Some Sweet Theremin Action? HBO Max / Marvel Studios By Joshua Meyer/Sept. 24, 2021 1:41 pm EST Natalie Holt, the composer who gave such “glorious purpose” to “Loki” this summer on Disney+, has confirmed via her Twitter account that her next project is the upcoming “Batgirl” movie for HBO Max. After providing Marvel Studios with one of its best original scores, Holt will now be going to work for the Distinguished Competition, DC, on another superhero-related project....

Cleanin’ Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters Leading today’s column is a clip from Screen Media’s forthcoming documentary “Cleanin’ Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters,” featuring original “Ghostbusters” director Ivan Reitman and more talking about the first day on set seeing Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, and the late Harold Ramis suited up in their iconic jumpsuits. The clip also features associate producer and National Lampoon Magazine vet Michael C. Gross, who passed away in 2015, talking about how he had never worked on a live-action film until the 1984 comedy classic....

Cool Stuff: ‘Aliens’ Nerf Pulse Blaster Lets You Annoy Xenomorphs With Non-Lethal Foam Darts By Vanessa Armstrong/Aug. 17, 2021 11:22 am EST The 35th anniversary of Aliens is coming up. Looking for a way to celebrate? I suppose you could rewatch the movie. Know what could be better, though? Rewatching the movie and shooting foam darts at the screen every time a Xenomorph shows up. Don’t have a Nerf gun handy?...

What is Cruel Intentions About Sony 1999’s “Cruel Intentions” starred Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, and Selma Blair and focused on the world of petty, wealthy, and ruthless sexual conquest amongst high school elites. The film was a huge success and won multiple MTV Movie Awards and Teen Choice Awards, with the infamous kissing scene between Sarah Michelle Gellar and Selma Blair taking home “Best Kiss.” The kiss also inspired an over-the-top and memorable parody scene in “Not Another Teen Movie....

By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 1, 2021 5:30 pm EST Sony has paid a seven figure number for the rights to author Don Winslow’s upcoming crime trilogy epic City on Fire. The yet-to-be-published crime books from Winslow, who has penned the screenplays to adaptations of his novels like Savages and Satori, has already generated enough buzz to become one of the biggest book deals of the year so far. Deadline reports that Sony Pictures and Elizabeth Gabler’s 3000 Pictures, which is a partnership between Sony and HarperCollins, has acquired the rights to all three novels in Don Winslow’s upcoming crime saga, City on Fire....

The Circle of Influence Is Now Complete Warner Bros. Acknowledging that his comments were sure to be dissected (given the delicate nature of “Star Wars” fandom), Villeneuve continued with his explanation of why he thinks “Star Wars” peaked with “The Empire Strikes Back:” “So, there was something in ‘The Empire Strikes Back,’ in its darkness, in the way it was approaching the psychological path of Luke Skywalker. And I just feel like they lost that after....

Eternals Sneakily Introduces A Major MCU Character – Here Are The Details Marvel Studios By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 5, 2021 10:42 am EST For those who saw Marvel’s “Eternals” last night, it soon became clear that the blockbuster came jam-packed with all sorts of new additions to the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe. These include (but are not limited to) centuries-spanning lore, unabashedly nerdy depictions of the enigmatic and all-powerful Celestials, and, oh yeah, a whole new team of superheroes that has been set up to play a huge role in the future of the franchise....

HBO’s ‘The Outsider’ Spoiler Review: How The Show Diverged From And Deepened The Stephen King Novel By Joshua Meyer/March 9, 2020 8:00 am EST For now, however, the dust is left to settle around a stellar first season with a top-of-the-line ensemble cast led by Ben Mendelsohn and Cynthia Erivo. Developed by Richard Price — the author/co-screenwriter of Clockers and co-creator of The Night Of miniseries, among other things — the show adhered to many aspects of the book while also deviating from the source material in some notable ways....

Interview: Luc Besson Reveals The Secrets Behind That Stunning ‘Valerian’ Trailer By Peter Sciretta/Nov. 10, 2016 10:00 am EST This morning, the trailer for Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City Of A Thousand Planets was released. The Fifth Element director’s return to sci-fi looks stunningly beautiful and wonderfully weird. If you haven’t watched the Valerian trailer yet, now’s your chance. Last week I had the opportunity to visit Wildfire Studios and talk to Besson about his upcoming film....