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David Gordon Green’s ‘Exorcist’ Movie Confirmed To Be A Direct Sequel To The Original By Danielle Ryan/July 23, 2021 9:02 am EST Call an old priest and a young priest, because David Gordon Green is giving us a The Exorcist sequel. The director, who previously created sequel magic in 2018 with his direct follow-up to 1978’s Halloween, is at it again. In an interview with Total Film, Green shared all of the details on his Exorcist sequel, and why fans of existing sequels shouldn’t fret....

Disney+ To Stream 13 Marvel Movies In IMAX Expanded Aspect Ratio Format Marvel Studios By Jeremy Mathai/Nov. 9, 2021 9:58 am EST Rarely has the underlying tension between movie theaters and home viewing options felt as pronounced as it did during the height of the pandemic. Name brand directors all but went to war against streaming services and seemingly daily debates raged on social media about the future of movie theaters … good times!...

Don’t Rush the Spice Warner Bros. When asked if “Dune” could start shooting next spring, Villeneuve said, “No, that’s too soon. We still have a lot of work to do. It’d probably be more towards fall, and even that would be fast.” It’s good to know that much of the pre-production work is already done for “Dune Part Two,” but I have a hard time computing how the production and post-production time needed for a big-budget, effects-driven tentpole like this would jibe with the studio’s planned release date....

Dwayne Johnson Joins ‘DC League Of Super-Pets’ As Krypto The Super-Dog By Ethan Anderton/May 21, 2021 9:30 am EST Dwayne Johnson will soon be joining the DC Comics big screen universe by starring in Black Adam, but that’s not the only superhero the wrestler-turned-blockbuster-star will be playing. Warner Bros. Pictures is bringing in Dwayne Johnson to lead DC League of Super-Pets, an animated comic book movie that will have the Fast and Furious franchise co-star playing Krypto the Super-Dog, the loyal canine companion of Superman who shares the same powers as the Man of Steel....

Flesh And Ink: A Century Of Live-Action/Animation Hybrids By Andrew Todd/Dec. 19, 2018 11:00 am EST Later, from 1918 to 1929, Betty Boop creator, Popeye animator, and “bouncing ball” singalong inventor Max Fleischer created a series of silent shorts called Out of the Inkwell, in which animated characters leapt off Fleischer’s easel into reality. These would also herald Fleischer’s invention of the Rotoscope, which allowed animators to trace live-action footage to create more natural movement – a technique we’ll return to later....

Hawkeye Episode 5 Suggests That, Yes, Those ARE Canon Marvel Studios By Jeremy Mathai/Dec. 15, 2021 11:36 am EST Just like the all-too-short holiday season itself, “Hawkeye” is rapidly speeding toward its conclusion after feeling like it had only just begun. With five episodes down and only one more to go, the big picture of the series is falling into place — even as more and more plates are left spinning....

Lakewood Review: Naomi Watts Races Against The Clock In This Overblown School Shooting Drama [TIFF 2021] Boies/Schiller Film Group By Chris Evangelista/Sept. 14, 2021 1:55 pm EST That most horrible — and American — of institutions, the school shooting, is the impetus behind “Lakewood,” Phillip Noyce’s frantic, overblown blend of drama and thriller. The basic concept behind the film — a mother racing against the clock to get to her child during a shooting — could yield something potentially great, devastating, and timely in the right hands....

LOL: Star Trek Motion Stabilized Ruins The Space Attack Illusion By Peter Sciretta/June 3, 2014 12:00 pm EST When the USS Enterprise was hit with an enemy attack, it would rock the entire starship, throwing crew members over equipment and to the floor. Most people know the effect on the old Star Trek television series didn’t have the budget to put the set on a shaker, and the old school movie magic effect was created simply by shaking the camera and have the actors throw themselves around the set as if the room was in sudden movement....

New ‘Hellraiser’ Movie Will Be A “Small Reimagining,” Whatever That Means By Chris Evangelista/Aug. 11, 2021 1:14 pm EST There’s a new Hellraiser movie on the way, with The Night House director David Bruckner at the helm(raiser). And whenever someone attempts to revive a classic horror series like this, people wonder how much of the material is going to be changed. The answer from David Bruckner: not much! When the project was first announced, it was described as being “loyal, yet evolved,” which is pretty vague....

Ron Moore Still Wants To Make A ‘Star Wars’ TV Series Nearly A Decade After ‘Star Wars: Underworld’ Was Canned By Chris Evangelista/Feb. 23, 2021 1:30 pm EST A long time ago in a galaxy not so far away (it was this galaxy), Ron Moore, a writer on various Star Trek shows and the creator of the Battlestar Galactica reboot, was attached to write a Star Wars TV series – Star Wars: Underworld....

Sebastian Stan Joins Julianne Moore For Apple TV+ Original A24 Thriller ‘Sharper’ By Joshua Meyer/July 29, 2021 6:04 pm EST Are you ready for some more Julianne Moore on Apple TV+? How about a little Sebastian Stan? If you answered, “Yes, please,” then you’re in luck, because Moore and Stan will, in fact, be teaming up on Apple TV+ for Sharper, a new A24 thriller based on a script that made last year’s Black List of best unproduced screenplays....

Sequel Bits: ‘Undercover Brother 2’, ‘Halloween Kills’, ‘The Goonies 2’, ‘Zombieland: Double Tap’, ‘Coming To America 2’, ‘Frozen 2’ By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 13, 2019 10:30 am EST In this edition of Sequel Bits: Hey! Did you know there’s an Undercover Brother 2? Yet another original Halloween cast member is back for Halloween Kills. Corey Feldman is here to dash your dreams of Goonies 2. Blame Deadpool for the long Zombieland 2 delay (if that’s something you were upset about)....

Superhero Bits: Loki Almost Died Permanently In ‘Thor: The Dark World’, Engineer Built Real-Life Web Shooters & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 18, 2021 2:40 pm EST (Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks....

Tales From The Box Office: How Baby Driver Became A Mid-Budget Miracle Sony Pictures By Ryan Scott/Nov. 6, 2021 12:28 pm EST Edgar Wright somewhat quietly asserted himself as one of this generation’s most interesting and talented filmmakers in the early 2000s with movies like “Shaun of the Dead” and “Hot Fuzz.” It’s pretty easy to argue that the man has a perfect track record, with even his “worst” movie (certainly changing dependent on the viewer) still ranking as pretty damn good....

“Rise of the Old Masters” Lucasfilm This marks where Rebels took stride by cementing the heart of the series: the father-son, master-apprentice relationship between Kanan and Ezra. The crew gets wind of intel that may reveal an imprisoned Jedi Master. Kanan hopes that the rescue of a Jedi Master may provide Ezra a more competent teacher, while Ezra feels saddened and short of Kanan’s approval. This episode defines the frailties of the master and apprentice that will resonate throughout the series: Kanan’s stern-but-steady way of winging his guardianship to Ezra as well as the latter’s longing for guardianship....

The 14 Greatest Science Fiction Movies Of The 21st Century Warner Brothers By Liam Gaughan/Sept. 15, 2021 5:39 pm EST The last two decades have seen an embarrassment of riches for fans of science fiction. Iconic sci-fi franchises like “Star Wars” and “Planet of the Apes” have returned with some of their greatest installments. Filmmakers like Christopher Nolan, Denis Villeneuve, and Alex Garland have pushed the genre forward with stylish, thought-provoking films that prove there’s demand for original science fiction stories as well....

The Daily Stream: Cowboy Bebop Is Neo-Noir Anime Perfection Sunrise Entertainment By Danielle Ryan/Nov. 15, 2021 6:25 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: “Cowboy Bebop” Where You Can Watch It: Netflix, Hulu, and Funimation The Pitch: The year is 2071. The solar system has been colonized, though the colonies are something like the old west, and Earth is a nearly uninhabitable wasteland....

The Wire Creator David Simon Pulls HBO Project Out Of Texas Over Abortion Law Jeff Kravitz/Getty Images By BJ Colangelo/Sept. 22, 2021 4:03 pm EST While Texas conservatives continue stripping the rights away of their citizens in an attempt to cover up the death rattle of an antiquated party losing power, some Hollywood creatives are choosing to hit the state where it hurts most: in the pocketbook. Known for creating popular shows like “The Wire” and “The Deuce,” David Simon took to social media to announce that despite his new project being set in Texas, he’s refusing to film the project there in response to the Texas abortion ban....

Tom Jane Confirms That He’s Vying For Jonah Hex. Rad. By Hunter Stephenson/June 20, 2008 9:58 am EST Our friends at Film School Rejects just received word personally from Tom Jane regarding the origins of the artwork above and his (non-)involvement in the DC Comics adaptation Jonah Hex… “Yeah, the pic is real all right – my pal [writer/producer] Akiva Goldsman told me about the project and I fell in love with the idea right away....

Watch Ilya Naishuller’s POV Action Short Film Sequel ‘Insane Office Escape 2’ By Peter Sciretta/March 19, 2013 6:00 am EST A couple years ago we posted Insane Office Escape, a super fun short action film shot entirely in POV. Ilya Naishuller has returned with a sequel, which not only ups the action but takes the POV situations and one-take stunts to even larger explosive extremes. In a day and age when the big studios are trying to make found footage movies for under $15 million, I’m not sure why Hollywood hasn’t tried to get Naishuller to replicate this POV action in a feature film....