Posts

The Morning Watch: The Evolution Of AI In Movies, SnyderVerse Vs. The Marvel Cinematic Universe & More By Ethan Anderton/May 31, 2021 8:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this edition, see how artificial intelligence has evolved in movies over the years, from the classic film Metropolis through The Terminator, Blade Runner, Her and beyond....

There Are ‘Conversations Happening’ About A Malignant Sequel Warner Bros. By Ben Pearson/Nov. 29, 2021 5:50 pm EST Hollywood essentially gave horror maestro James Wan a blank check after the success of his “Conjuring” movies, the “Insidious” films, the action-packed “Furious 7,” and the billion-dollar behemoth that was “Aquaman.” Wan decided to cash that check in a highly entertaining way with this year’s “Malignant,” a bug-nuts horror/camp classic which lured audiences into a false sense of security with its even-keel storytelling in its first half, only to completely flip the script in its back half with a twist that caused viewers to lose their minds....

Two Great New Indie Horror Movies Join Hulu’s ‘Huluween’ Collection Magnet Releasing By Marisa Mirabal/Sept. 28, 2021 9:10 pm EST It’s the most wonderful time of the year! If you think I’m talking about Christmas, then you are sorely mistaken. October is right around the corner, the weather is sort of cooler (at least here in Texas), and horror programming is getting announced left and right in preparation for Halloween. Now in its fourth year, “Huluween” is “Hulu’s annual Halloween event with a full slate of nail-biting programming, and an online immersive experience for fans to enjoy from home....

Umbrella Academy Fan Theories That Could Change The Game In Season 3 Netflix By Alli Martin/Sept. 29, 2021 8:11 pm EST Love ’em or leave ’em, fan theories run rampant for twisty, nonlinear, time-wimey series like Netflix’s adaptation of “The Umbrella Academy.” With the team disrupting the past and returning to an apocalypse-free 2019 at the end of Season 2, anything and everything is on the table for what’s changed, what to expect, and how the Umbrella Academy will fit into this new timeline....

Venom: Let There Be Carnage Is Reportedly 90 Minutes Long And For The Love Of God, Please Let This Be True Sony Pictures By Jeremy Mathai/Sept. 10, 2021 2:08 pm EST Do you remember the bizarre saga surrounding the alleged runtime of the first “Venom” movie? The actual runtime is a reasonable 1 hour and 52 minutes, but unfounded internet reports flew fast and furious that the film would boast 140 minutes of symbiote-related mayhem — which is a (once again, completely false) total that still pops up whenever anyone Googles “Venom runtime....

By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 24, 2020 11:00 am EST Warner Max, we hardly knew ye. The film label was launched in February of this year, with the plan being that Warner Max would produce eight to ten mid-budget movies per year for HBO Max. However, Warner Max is now being phased out, with Warner Bros. Pictures Group chairman Toby Emmerich now overseeing all feature output, streaming and theatrical.The Hollywood Reporter has the news that Warner Max is being phased out....

Why They Had To Shoot That ‘Wonder Woman’ Photo Twice By Jack Giroux/June 15, 2017 2:00 pm EST Recreating the Diana Prince-led group photo from Batman v Superman in Wonder Woman wasn’t quick and simple. Because it was going to be a part of Zack Snyder’s film, which came out four months after the new DCEU movie started production, director Patty Jenkins had to shoot the photo first. Then, when Jenkins and everybody were back together on set, they had to recreate the photo just as it was shown in Snyder’s film....

‘Castlevania’ Producer Guarantees The First Good Video Game Adaptation By Jack Giroux/Feb. 10, 2017 6:30 am EST Yesterday Netflix announced Castlevania season 1, part 1 is coming out later this year. Adi Shankar (Dredd), comic book writer Warren Ellis (Planetary), and executive producer Fred Seibert (Adventure Time) are working on the animated series, which Shankar says has a “Game of Thrones vibe to it.” He also guarantees it’ll conclude “the streak and be the western world’s first good video game adaptation....

‘Godzilla Vs. Kong’ Smashes Through Pandemic Box Office Slump With $48.5 Million 5-Day Opening By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 5, 2021 9:30 am EST Let them fight save cinemas. Godzilla vs. Kong has done what Tenet could not, and reinvigorated the plummeting box office that has been on the decline since the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic shut down theaters a year ago. Since its release on Wednesday, Godzilla vs. Kong has earned a five-day opening of $48....

‘Hobbs And Shaw’ First Look: Dwayne Johnson And Jason Statham Have A Staring Contest By Chris Evangelista/Oct. 3, 2018 5:00 pm EST Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson took to Instagram to offer up the first official look at Hobbs and Shaw, the Fast and Furious spin-off featuring two of the franchise’s many bald characters. The film directly spins-off from The Fate of the Furious, and finds Johnson’s US Diplomatic Security Agent Luke Hobbs forming an unlikely alliance with Jason Statham’s criminal character Deckard Shaw....

‘Kevin Can F**k Himself’ Trailer: Annie Murphy Is Tired Of Playing The Perfect Wife By Chris Evangelista/April 23, 2021 3:00 pm EST Here’s a new, brief trailer for Kevin Can Fk Himself, the intriguing new dark comedy series starring Schitt’s Creek breakout Annie Murphy. Murphy plays a woman alternating between single-camera realism and multi-camera comedy as she decides to stop playing the perfect housewife and kill her husband. As the logline reads, it’s “a darkly comedic spin on the sitcom housewife....

‘One Night In Bangkok’ Trailer: Mark Dacascos Stars In A Rideshare Version Of ‘Collateral’ By Ben Pearson/June 22, 2020 9:30 am EST Many people know Mark Dacascos as The Chairman from the cooking reality series Iron Chef America, but others know him from his work in martial arts or action movies like Brotherhood of the Wolf or John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. Now Dacascos is starring in a Lionsgate thriller called One Night in Bangkok, in which he plays an assassin who asks a rideshare driver to take him to each of his targets....

‘The Fast And The Furious’ Honest Trailer: It’s Just ‘Point Break’ With Toyotas Instead Of Surf Boards By Ethan Anderton/June 25, 2021 6:00 am EST It’s been 20 years since The Fast and The Furious brought Paul Walker and Vin Diesel together and inadvertently kicked off what would become one of the biggest blockbuster franchises in the world. The action film series that has featured tanks, submarines, magnetic planes, and rocket cars started off with petty larceny but is now the MCU with a GED....

Shang-Chi Enters the Marvel Studios Logo Marvel Studios This year, “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” introduced a new superhero into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and he’s now been added to the Marvel Studios opening logo. As you can see above, right there in the “M” of “Marvel” there’s Simu Liu wielding the power of the Ten Rings. Welcome to the party, pal! Stane Tower Marvel Studios When we catch up with Kate Bishop in present day, she’s pulling off a bit of a college prank with her friends....

Armie Hammer Leaving ‘The Godfather’ Making-Of Series ‘The Offer’ By Ethan Anderton/Jan. 29, 2021 10:30 am EST Armie Hammer will no longer be starring in The Offer, a new series coming to the soon-to-be launched Paramount+ that will chronicle the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s classic mob drama The Godfather. Apparently this was an offer he was able to refuse. Hammer was previously set to lead The Offer as producer Al Ruddy, who worked to get The Godfather in front of cameras....

Casting Notes: Michael Parks In ‘Red State’; Seann William Scott In Talks For Evan Goldberg’s Hockey Comedy ‘Goon’ By Russ Fischer/July 28, 2010 1:30 pm EST Kevin Smith announced the opening round of casting for his film Red State while at Comic Con, and the biggest name is one that probably isn’t known to a widespread audience, but will mean a lot to hardcore film fans. Michael Parks (From Dusk Till Dawn, Kill Bill) has been cast in one of the lead roles....

Here’s Where You Can Stream Every Mission: Impossible Movie By Ben Pearson/July 29, 2021 1:11 pm EST (Welcome to Where to Watch, which provides a clear and simple answer to the question, “Hey, where can I watch this thing?” In this edition: the Mission: Impossible franchise.) Writer/director Christopher McQuarrie has taken control of this franchise in recent years (largely for the better), and he’s currently working on making two more Mission: Impossible films with franchise mega-star Tom Cruise reprising his role as Ethan Hunt....

How ‘In The Heights’ Director Jon M. Chu Made The Movie Musical Event Of The Summer [Interview] By Jacob Hall/June 9, 2021 8:00 am EST The only thing more energetic than the new musical In the Heights is the man who directed it. Jon M. Chu has made a career out of creating high energy movies like Step Up 2: The Streets, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, and Crazy Rich Asians, but his particular skill set feels so perfectly in line with this latest project....

‘Something Fresh Each Time’ Eon Productions Broccoli elaborated further on the thinking behind these two questions, explaining, “The combination of those two things means that we do something fresh each time.” Wilson chimed in to say, “Of course, now it turned out to be four years hence because of COVID.” It’s really been six years since the last Bond movie, “Spectre,” which opened in the United States in November 2015. “No Time to Die” was originally slated for 2019 back when it had Danny Boyle on board as director, but then Boyle left the project and “Beasts of No Nation” and “True Detective” season 1 auteur Cary Fukunaga came in....

Live-Action ‘Invincible’ Movie Still Happening, Will Be Seperate From The Upcoming Animated Series By Chris Evangelista/Jan. 27, 2021 5:00 pm EST When the Invincible movie was announced in 2017 it came with the news that Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg would write and maybe even direct the project. Rogen is providing one of the voices for the upcoming Invincible show, and Kirkman says Rogen and Goldberg are still attached to the film as well:...