Why Does Michael Shannon Have Flipper Hands In ‘Batman V Superman’? (No, Really, Why?) By Angie Han/Aug. 19, 2015 4:00 pm EST General Zod sure looked dead in that Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer, but don’t assume his story is over quite yet. Michael Shannon has confirmed he’ll be back for the upcoming movie — and not only that, he’ll have a new look that involves flippers for hands....
Shatner in Space CBS Tom Cruise and the Russian film industry aren’t the only ones getting a chance to blast off into space these days. With NASA increasingly looking towards privately-funded businesses for assistance in getting astronauts and equipment into orbit, yet another space race of sorts has rapidly begun to brew between billionaire entrepreneurs such as Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Richard Branson. While Musk’s SpaceX company has far outpaced its rivals in terms of gaining lucrative government contracts and providing test-proven, reusable rockets for NASA’s repeated use, and Branson is more focused on prestigious commercial flights, Bezos’ Blue Origin has been trying to close the gap by making short suborbital flights (there are debates on whether these trips truly constitute reaching the limits of “space” or not) and bringing wealthy guests along for the ride....
YouTube TV Is Adding Offline Downloads And 4K Streaming By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 17, 2021 12:30 pm EST It’s becoming hard to compete with the influx of new streaming platforms, each offering new original titles. So YouTube is offering a bit of an upgrade to its live-TV streaming platform YouTube TV. With the imminent rollout of a new add-on package, YouTube TV offline downloads, 4K streaming, and more will be available on the platform to its subscribers....
‘Elvis’ Movie From Director Baz Luhrmann Delayed Until 2022 By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 29, 2021 2:00 pm EST The news comes to us from Variety, who report that Luhrmann’s Elvis movie is moving from its November 5, 2021 release date to June 3, 2022. This move also will keep Elvis from joining the other 2021 Warner Bros. movies that are all headed to HBO Max on the same day they hit theaters....
/Filmcast Ep. 616 - Mortal Kombat (GUESTS: Tara Ariano And Daanish Syed) By Slashfilmcast/April 28, 2021 8:00 pm EST David and Devindra are joined by friends of the show Tara Ariano and Daanish Syed to chat about the good, the bad, and the awkward of the Academy Awards. For the feature review, the cast watches Mortal Kombat, the directorial debut of Simon McQuoid. Follow Daanish on Twitter and follow Tara Ariano on Twitter....
‘Game Of Thrones’ Author George R.R. Martin Regrets Letting The Show Outpace His Books, Which He Will Never, Ever Finish By Shania Russell/June 28, 2021 12:06 pm EST George R. R. Martin is just like us — full of regrets. More importantly, he shares the fan consensus that Game of Thrones was much more likable when adapting from his books.Author of the fantasy novel series A Song of Fire and Ice, Martin created the world Game of Thrones was based in, but didn’t finish his books in time to see the series through to its ending....
‘Heels’ Trailer: Stephen Amell And Alexander Ludwig Are Rival Wrestling Brothers Chasing A Dream By Ethan Anderton/May 3, 2021 1:00 pm EST Since GLOW is finished at Netflix, wrestling fans need a new show to latch onto that appeals to their body-slamming interests. Thankfully, Starz is entering the ring with Heels, a new series about two brothers (Stephen Amell of Arrow and Alexander Ludwig of The Hunger Games) who are wrestling rivals in a small-town Georgia ring and trying to make something out of themselves in the real world....
By Danielle Solzman/Dec. 10, 2020 12:00 pm EST The biggest thing that attracted me to this script was Jean’s journey. I love that this is a quiet woman who discovered her power frame by frame by frame. Jean is a fairly traditional 1970s housewife. She really dreamed to find the husband, to have the house, to have the family, and discovered, obviously, that she unfortunately wasn’t able to have children. That was an extremely traumatic experience for her and that’s where we meet her when the film opens....
‘Party Down’ Revival Set For Starz, But It’s Unclear Which Cast Members Are Returning By Chris Evangelista/March 4, 2021 12:30 pm EST Party Down, the very funny series that lasted two seasons, is coming back! That’s the good news. Now, for the murky news: it’s unclear which members of the original cast – Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Jane Lynch, Ryan Hansen, Martin Starr, Lizzy Caplan, and Megan Mullally – will be back....
‘The Orange Years’ Review: An Enlightening And Nostalgic Look Back At How Nickelodeon Changed TV By Ethan Anderton/Nov. 17, 2020 12:30 pm EST Launched as the first ever cable network for kids, Nickelodeon is known as a powerhouse for children’s entertainment. But the channel characterized by an orange splat had a long journey full of experimentation, big risks, and innovation from female television executives who knew exactly how to reach kids without pandering to them in an insulting way....
‘Thor: Love And Thunder’ Is So Crazy “It’s Almost Like It Shouldn’t Be Made,” Teases Director Taika Waititi By Jeremy Mathai/July 12, 2021 7:50 am EST Some filmmakers can be prone to hyperbole at times, providing quotes that wildly exaggerate their intentions with any given movie to make for some juicy headlines and press cycles. We would humbly propose that Thor: Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi, on the other hand, tends to say exactly what he means and mean exactly what he says....
‘Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts’ Director Steven Caple Jr. Wants To Tap Back Into The Heart Of The Franchise By Ethan Anderton/June 22, 2021 2:17 pm EST Today, Paramount Pictures announced Transformers: Rise of the Beasts as the next installment of the toy-inspired blockbuster film franchise that began back in 2007. While Bumblebee offered a smaller scale Transformers story a few years ago, this latest chapter will ramp things up by diving into the war between new kinds of Transformers that we haven’t seen on the big screen yet....
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions Extended Cut Scene As we can see, the clip gives us a behind-the-scenes look into the shady organization that is Minos. The entity behind these deadly games is powerful, overflowing with resources, and has a wide reach. What we don’t see much of in either movie is how this all comes together, and this clip provides a window into the inner workings. We are likely to get even more of that once the Blu-ray arrives, given that we’re getting 25 minutes of new footage....
How Eternals Fails To Live Up To The Potential Of Jack Kirby Marvel Comics By Max Evry/Nov. 14, 2021 3:44 pm EST There’s no getting around it: Marvel Studios’ new film “Eternals” is a weird movie. Not just weird compared to other Marvel Cinematic Universe movies, but compared to all movies that came before or since. It contains rapid-fire tonal shifts that make your head spin, jumping from light comedy to action to cosmic sci-fi and back again seemingly without blinking....
How Tina Fey And Amy Poehler Will Host The 2021 Golden Globes From Separate Coasts By Hoai-Tran Bui/Feb. 3, 2021 2:30 pm EST Maybe it’s for the best that we’re getting an off-the-wall Golden Globes ceremony to match the chaotic energy of last year. The nominations for the 78 annual Golden Globe awards are all over the map, and the first-ever virtual ceremony may just top that. This year’s ceremony will be the first to be hosted from multiple locations, with hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler leading the processions from two separate coasts....
Jason Sudeikis Kinda Forgot About Punching Baby Yoda In ‘The Mandalorian’ By Ethan Anderton/June 26, 2020 2:30 pm EST In the first season finale of the Star Wars series The Mandalorian on Disney+, the asset officially referred to as “The Child” and lovingly referred to as Baby Yoda was kidnapped by Imperial Scout Troopers. The little guy is being held in a satchel, and he keeps wiggling around inside of it, trying to get out....
Jo Koy’s ‘Easter Sunday’ Comedy Brings In ‘Super Troopers’ Director Jay Chandrasekhar By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 17, 2021 1:30 pm EST For the past decade, Super Troopers director Jay Chandrasekhar (pictured, right) has mostly kept busy by directing episodes of television shows like Community, Psych, Royal Pains, New Girl, Fresh Off the Boat, and The Goldbergs. After interrupting a long TV run to take the helm of Super Troopers 2 back in 2018, Chandrasekhar is returning to the big screen with Easter Sunday, a new family comedy based on the life experiences and stand-up comedy of Jo Koy....
Kevin Smith Has Completed A Holiday Horror Anthology Screenplay By Germain Lussier/Jan. 24, 2014 11:45 am EST When you sit around and talk with your friends for hours on end, some crazy stories are bound to come out. And if you’re Kevin Smith, you turn those stories into screenplays. That’s how his next movie, Tusk, came about, and the origin of a potential musical project called Helena Handbag. Now a third story has been turned into a screenplay....
New Moonfall Images Feature Cool Spacesuits, Hot Movie Stars, Moons Falling Lionsgate By Ryan Scott/Oct. 28, 2021 2:42 pm EST Today brings something fun for fans of disaster movies, as we have new images from director Roland Emmerich’s “Moonfall.” Emmerich, the man behind “Independence Day” and “2012,” is no stranger to such large-scale disaster filmmaking. In this case he appears to have truly outdone himself, bringing the moon on a collision course with Earth, with Halle Berry and Patrick Wilson along for the ride....
By Chris Evangelista/March 11, 2021 3:00 pm EST A two-part documentary about Paul Reubens, AKA Pee-wee Herman, is headed to HBO with producers Josh and Benny Safdie. The doc is described as a “kaleidoscopic portrait” of Reubens, who started his career as an improv comedian and stage actor before striking it big with a sold-out stage show called The Pee-wee Herman Show. Reubens translated the stage show first into two feature films and then a CBS Saturday-morning children’s TV show....
